Do You Have Any Pixel Cents?
Melissa Welsh is a lot more than a photographer. She is a problem solver. Especially, if it is a problem photographers are having.
One major topic of contention among photographers is how to respond to clients who ask for digital files. If you are reading this post, I know you have had a client who has asked or demanded for "their" digital files. And, you have struggled to find the right words that will satisfy both them and you.
Most of the wedding industry now "gives" the files to the couple. Some portrait photographers sell the files. Some photographers bundle it with other products. There isn't one industry standard that makes everyone happy. Either the clients are miffed because they were expecting or assuming the files would be included in the fee, or the photographer is upset because she or he is now having to deliver more value with no or a negligible monetary return.
Something had to be done and Melissa Welsh, a Victoria, British Columbia photographer with 20 years of experience as a photographer set out to find a solution that will be a win-win for all. Information about the Pixel Cents app is available here.
So what is this elixir? It's called Pixel Cents. It's both an ebook and a iOS application. The ebook is smartly bundled together with a few other tools you will find useful.
Photographers can use our industry standard cents per pixel (cpp) rates and calculate the value of their photos for all types of personal, commercial, editorial and advertising photo use.
A few weeks back, when Melissa was about to launch Pixel Cents, she emailed a bunch of her friends to introduce the idea to us. Some of us received the Pixel Cents ebook to read in advance and to possibly review.
Pixel Cents is bringing both efficiency and profitability to my family portrait photography business. And, I am no longer struggling to explain whether digital files are or are not included. Who wins? Everyone. Clients receive their files and I am compensated fairly. Hand wringing is history.
Need more convincing? Here in a nutshell is Melissa's solution.
The Pixel Cents Formula is the simple, easy way to value your photographs for personal, advertising, editorial and corporate use.
I trust this post will stir a pot a bit and we are all open to having a healthy dialogue here. So, comment below. We would love to hear from you. If you buy Pixel Cents, let us know what you think. Could this business model be the new industry standard? I really think so.
So, let me ask you again, do you have any Pixel Cents?
The image you see below was created as part of an engagement session. It was towards the end of shoot when we were at a beach and sun had already gone down. The park visiting hours were already over and there was a cop driving everyone out. And it was cold, the chill factor in the wind was sending shivers down our spines. We quickly grabbed couple of shots and drove out of the park.
This shot was taken with the help of an off camera flash, Nikon SB900 inside a Lastolite 24″x24″ softbox, triggered with my trusted Pocket Wizards. The following is a lighting diagram showing the set up for this shoot.
The flash had a full cut CTO (color temperature orange) gel on it. I wanted to give the feel for the post dusk bluish night sky. So I turned my camera to tungsten white balance. This gives the blue tint to the whole image. To compensate the blue tone on the subjects and bring the skin color back to normal yellow/orange tones, the flash had the orange gel on it. The full cut CTO gel fully compensates for the tungsten white balance.
Another challenge was that we required the light to be very close to the couple and we wanted wide angle shot to include more of the background for context. So the assistant was in the picture.
1. Open both the images in Photoshop as layers, with the image with assistant as the top layer.
2. Auto align layers (Edit –> Auto-Align). When we don't use a tripod there is always a slight movement of the camera and the frame changes. To compensate for that, we have to align the layers.
3. Once the layers are aligned, select the top layer and use layer mask to mask out the assistant. Now we are using everything else from this layer except area where assistant was. That area is picked up from the layer beneath.
4. Make other changes as required.
And, voilá, we have our final image. Do you have any questions? Feel free to ask below!
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Andrew Gibson is a prolific photographer and writer. He currently has all three of his ebooks on mastering Lightroom on sale right now. You will find them on Photo Dough, but hurry as time is very limited.
I have bought and really loved Andrew's other books, Mastering Photography and Square. He has an uncanny ability to explain and instruct in a very simple manner. I look forward to diving into these Lightroom ebooks myself. For a grand total of $24, you can get started on using and may be even mastering Lightroom.
This is a guest post by Jimmy Moncrief, a wedding photographer in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and co-founder of Ciderr.
Every decade there is a new technology that usually disrupts an industry. Ten years ago, there was a max exodus from film to digital due to the rapidly falling prices of digital cameras and the rapidly declining costs of post-production in digital format. Yes, I understand digital photography was around earlier than this, but digital really gained traction about ten years ago.
A couple of days ago, I was very fortunate to speak with Mike Hanline, the President of WHCC. I was fascinated by the fact that his lab went completely digital in 2000. This prescient move, was well ahead of the industry. Now, WHCC is an industry leading lab provider because they embraced new technology ahead of their time. Below are three companies that are disrupting the photography business with new technology.
Ciderr – big brands have always used wedding registries to increase brand awareness and to increase sales. Ciderr, now gives that power to photographers and other wedding vendors. Ciderr, lets businesses upload their products and services in a registry. All high-quality wedding vendors get some variation of this email: "I love your products, but can't afford them." Now they can! The wedding vendor, can offer the bride and groom a personalized registry. The bride and groom pick the products and services they want, and then create their personalized registry. Then the bride and groom share the link via email, facebook, and twitter and get their friends and family to help pay for that portion of the wedding!
Pinterest – yes, it's significantly smaller than Facebook and Twitter. The media reports traffic to be in a range of 10-15 million, while Facebook has over 850 million and Twitter has over 100 million. However, it has better referral traffic for your website. Shareholic.com reported in July that referral traffic from Pinterest was greater than Twitter, SumbleUpon, Bin and Google! Essentially, this means Pinterest might bring a smaller amount of traffic to your site, but it will be higher quality.
I love how Melisa Jill organizes and displays her photography on Pinterest.
Sticky Albums – Sticky Albums lets you create digital photo album – which your clients can save to their iPhones and iPads as a separate app. This is how the vast majority of clients want their app anyway, so it is a great convenience for the client. The best part however, is how this service helps your marketing. All the photographs include your logo! So when the client shares these pictures, your brand is being marketed.
In summary, photographers are in a great position to embrace new technology for marketing and establishing a competitive advantage. I would love to hear in the comments how photographers are using the above mentioned resources for their photography business. Also, please let me know of any other innovative businesses out there helping photographers grow their business.
Wes Kauffman is the President and Lead Technician at Perfect Image Camera, an independent camera repair center located in Lancaster, PA. Perfect Image has been providing professional camera repair service to the amateur, advanced amateur and professional photographic community for over 30 years.
I could not disagree more with the above statement. There are three guaranteed things in life. Death, taxes, and the fact that 90% of the lenses you buy will not focus properly on your camera. As a camera repair technician I am continuously hearing photographers complain about soft images. Either their lenses used to be sharp and now are not, or they just never performed up to their expectations. The truth is they are right, their lenses are not sharp, no matter how expensive, how new, or how well they take care of their lenses. Taking a camera and lens off the shelf, putting them together and getting perfectly sharp images is just not likely.
The reason is simple. Manufacturing relies on producing a high quality product, not a perfect product. Could Canon and Nikon produce perfectly matched cameras and lenses? Yes, but none of us could afford them. So in order to keep cost down they manufacture equipment to fall within "Allowable Tolerances". In other words if a lens back focuses just a little, or a camera front focuses a tiny bit that is ok, because the amount of time and money it would take to get things perfect is just not worth it.
So, what's a photographer to do? Thankfully the answer is really quite simple, Micro-Adjust (for the Canon lover), and AF Fine Tune (for all you Nikonians out there). Essentially what the manufacturers have come up with is a software solution. The process goes like this. We take a camera and lens that are having front or back focus issues, test them on an AF adjustment tool, enter the correct adjustment into the camera and voila we have a camera and lens combo that focus correctly. Now in real life it takes a little more work than that, but you get the idea. In my opinion the most practical and well thought out feature in newer DSLR's is the AF Calibration feature. Very few technical advances have had such a profound impact on image quality as this one tool.
Now I'm going to be honest with you. Calibrating your camera is something you can do yourself, some of my customers do, and some of my customers try. The truth is a qualified repair tech can do it faster, and probably more accurately. They will have the correct tools and more importantly the experience. You also need to keep in mind that not all camera models have the AF Calibration feature built in. Here is a list of current cameras that can be calibrated.
Sometimes calibration is not the answer to focus issues you might be having. Often times, (especially in Canon lenses) the USM (ultrasonic motor) unit in the lenses can go bad. If you have a Canon USM lens and the focus "seeks" (goes in and out without locking focus), or is very erratic (i.e. will back focus one moment and front focus the next) you need a repair not just a calibration. Nikon lenses don't have the problem as frequently, but it still does occur. I always check a lens for these problems before I even begin the calibration process. If your lens does need repair please keep in mind that once the repair is complete it should still be calibrated with your camera.
So to wrap things up, your images are soft, guaranteed! Well 90% guaranteed anyway. Thankfully there is a solution and I can help you with it. Check out my website www.perfectimagerepair.com or click here to order your calibration service today.
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Professional Photography Is Dead. Long Live Professional Photography!
This is Dr. Dhiraj Kacker's second guest blog post here. Read his first post on album manufacturing too. He is the CEO and co-founder of Canvera, an online digital photography company based in Bangalore, India. Dhiraj can be found online on Twitter, his company blog or his personal blog.
This post has been on my mind for a long time as I think a lot about the changing role of pro-photographers in the digital age. But in some ways I got beaten to the punch by a much more spunkier take on the issue by Allen Murabayash, CEO of Photoshelter, on his blog post "Rant: I Love Photography". Please go read it. My post here will be much more sedate and boring! With that warning, let's dive into it.
I have much more insight into the market where pros get hired for personal or corporate events (such as weddings, portraits, bar/bat mitzvahs, etc) so I will focus on that and not on commercial, editorial and stock photography which has its own set of dynamics in the digital world.
What do we all hear and say everyday: DSLRs are getting cheap, everyone has a camera, it's getting tougher to earn a living being a pro! A lot of it is true. Digital Photography combined with the internet and cheaper and cheaper capture devices have made it simpler for all and sundry to take and share images like never before. Unshackled from the physical limitations of film and the cost of taking each picture everyone today can pretend to have some proficiency in photography. There are weekend wedding photographers who are taking business away from full time pros just based on price. There are pro-sumers who are building online galleries, showcasing their work and in fact selling their work.
– For the first time in the history of pro-photography we have celebrity wedding photographers! Celebrity status was limited to fashion and editorial photographers, never to wedding photographers. How did this happen?
– Family portraits on the wall look like model shoots today, not just people saying cheese into a camera and accepting whatever came out. Perfect lighting, perfect smile are must!
– Never before have engagements & boudoir shoots been taking place in such large numbers. The smart photographers have also created the "trash the dress shoot" as well!
I don't believe any of this was common a decade ago.
So what's really going on? Let me talk a little from my personal experience. I had a run of the mill point and shoot film camera in the 90s and in 2000 bought my first 3MP digital camera – an Olympus 3000 for a $1000 (yes, a thousand bucks for a 3MP P&S camera). I remember the excitement of getting pictures back in the film world and just being able to relive those memories was amazing. At the time the pictures looked great but today, they look mediocre (and I am being generous). Too much sharpening, probably done by the minilab and too much contrast because of the film I bought. And of course I had no eye for composition or lighting. Initially I really liked my P&S digital camera – it was quite simply the excitement of digital. But my appreciation of photography kept going up and at some point that quality was just not good enough.
After my first kid was born, I finally invested in an SLR and for a few years managed with the default lens. And then I got fancier with the lens. It is safe to say that today with two young kids I shoot a lot of pictures, but here's the kicker: unlike in the film world where I did not know any better, I can immediately tell how many decent shots I got. It takes me possibly 100 shots to get one really good one! I don't have an eye for light or composition, and I rely on sheer volume to get lucky. So much so that on a recent birthday party I did the unthinkable: I called up a pro friend of mine to hire him to take pictures. By playing around a lot I have come to realize just how difficult it is to consistently take good shots. It is kind of like playing sports and developing a greater appreciation for the professional who plays the same sport. Isn't it true that the omnipresence of little leagues and minors grows the business for the majors?
Here is what is happening: never before have average consumers been exposed to this much high quality imagery – web, mobile, magazines, hoardings, blogs – you name it. The quality of images on Pinterest or Tumblr is just mind blowing. Sub-consciously consumers have developed a greater appreciation for good images. Everything I've listed above is happening because of this trend. I believe that today consumers (like me) are experimenting a lot more with photography trying to reproduce the quality they observe. And like me they are coming to appreciate how difficult the art and craft of photography is. So when it comes to important life events (operative words being "important life events"), my prediction is that over the next decade pros will be hired in record numbers. Consumers will be spending in record amounts.
None of this means that things have not changed and pros can simply fall back to what they did in the 90s (which was essentially to build a physical portfolio and get referral business). Like a pro-sportsperson, they have to be savvy business people. I am writing on a photographer's blog so I know that this audience is aware that from building a brand, to marketing to sales and operations, a pro has to do a lot more; a pro's life has become lot more complicated. But boy, I don't think there has ever been a greater appreciation for the art and craft of photography as it is today and I think we are at the start of a golden age of professional photography fueled by the omnipresence of images in our lives.
So, what do YOU think? Pen your thoughts below!


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Two friends, with deep passions for coffee and outdoor adventure, made the daunting decision to open a coffee shop in a town already littered with coffee options. But we like a good challenge…hence Deep Creek Coffee was established in 2012 in the beautiful town of Springdale, Utah. This small town is host to over 3.5 million visitors yearly as they enter stunning Zion National Park.
We started out slowly, with a simple coffee, espresso and tea menu, Cassie's famous baked goods, and a healthy dose of friendly banter. This kept us busy…but there was a chorus of requests for breakfast from our locals. We took a deep breath, and introduced our first breakfast item: the BRO-rito. We featured more breakfast specials and soon the BRO-rito was joined by a few other cafe favorites…and always with a focus on real ingredients. We tweak our menu with the seasons and try our hardest to remain true to our community-based roots while meeting the needs of a diverse range of domestic and international customers.
Now in our third year we are happy to feel constant progress in our quest to provide quality coffee in a state struggling to lose the bad coffee standards of generations past. We are happy to continue to work with many local, small-batch roasters to promote the growth of our industry in Utah.


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Major media package for BHRC
February 7, 2019 – 3:09 pm
Posted in British Gravel Rallying, British Tarmac Rallying
Tagged Fuchs Lubricants Motorsport UK British Historic Rally Championship, MCR Motorsport Media, Special Stage
The FUCHS LUBRICANTS Motorsport UK British Historic Rally Championship will enjoy its furthest-reaching media package to date when the seven-event season starts on Rally North Wales (Saturday 30 March).
As well as an on-going TV package, the championship will make extensive use of social media channels with a particular focus on Facebook and YouTube.
Live event coverage on Facebook was a real hit in 2018 and drew almost one million page views for the championship in coverage produced by Matt Cotton and Bex Hinton from MCR Motorsport Media. The final tally for the BHRC alone was a hugely impressive 988,390.
During the coming season they will again catch up with crews at various points during the rally, subject to the availability of phone signal, and will bring all the immediate news, chat, gossip and stories from the rally.
The team at Special Stage will continue to film all the rallies and produce tailored edits for YouTube and social media, with each of the categories enjoying bespoke coverage. In 2018, the BHRC edits drew a Facebook audience of 48,500.
All edits will be published through the championship and Special Stage Facebook pages, giving a reach of over 60,000 followers. In addition, the championship will feature regularly on Special Stage Weekly, the TV programme available on Front Runner, Sky Channel 468 and Freesat Channel 250. Across all of its motor sport coverage, Special Stage has a spectacular audience on Social Media, with a total of 2.3 million views on Facebook and a further 250,000 views on YouTube during 2018.
Championship manager Colin Heppenstall said: "I am delighted to confirm our media packages for 2019. We enjoyed very encouraging statistics in 2018 and I am sure that the reach of the BHRC will continue to grow this season. We are now achieving far greater exposure than in the era when niche TV was the only avenue available."
As well as being the first of seven BHRC rounds, Rally North Wales is also the first round of BHRC2 supported by Sherwood Engines, which puts the emphasis on the Category 1 (pre-1968) and up to 1600cc cars in the championship, and the first round of the BHRC Forest Challenge, supported by Rally and Competition Equipment.
For information on FUCHS LUBRICANTS, visit: http://www.fuchs.com/uk
More details about the FUCHS LUBRICANTS Motorsport UK British Historic Rally Championship can be found at http://www.racrmc.org
Follow the championships on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MSABHRC and on Twitter: @MSABHRC
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I am one convinced of the FACTS that nefarious people have succeeded in infiltrating governments around the world for purposes of profit and will stop at nothing to see their evil deeds done. The idea of Chem-trails I have honestly shied away from. But when I see information like this, and knowing that the heart of man is desperately wicked, I must begin to give this credence. Weather control through the use of technology like HAARP has not gone unnoticed by many, including myself. The plan to reduce the population to around 500 million may seem to some that believing that makes me guilty of drinking the Cool-aid. So be it. I am doing my homework though, I hope you do as well.


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UPDATE 2-Japan Display in talks to sell key smartphone screen plant to Apple, Sharp -Nikkei
* Sharp says carefully considering purchase after client request
* Factory sale could fetch up to $820 mln - Nikkei
* Japan Display still owes Apple more than $800 mln for the plant (Writes through with details of Asahi report, Sharp comment)
TOKYO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Japan Display Inc is discussing the sale of its main smartphone screen factory to Apple Inc and Sharp Corp for as much as $820 million, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.
Sharp, a unit of Taiwan's Foxconn and which like Japan Display is also a supplier of phone screens to Apple, said it was considering the purchase of the plant after receiving a request from a client it did not identify.
"We are carefully considering it, reviewing the impact that any purchase would have on our earnings, and whether and how much risk it would entail," Sharp said in a statement.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Japan Display said it was considering all options for its plant in Hakusan City, Ishikawa prefecture in western Japan, but that nothing has been decided.
The maker of advanced LCD screens owes Apple more than $800 million for the $1.5 billion cost of building the plant four years ago.
A sale of the entire factory would represent a shift from Japan Display's statement this month that $200 million promised by a customer, which sources said was Apple, may come in the form of purchasing equipment at the plant.
The Nikkei put the potential sale price at 80 billion yen to 90 billion yen ($730 million to $820 million).
A separate report in the Asahi newspaper said Sharp aims to purchase the plant, which has been idle since July, by March of next year and that details would be worked out with Apple.
Japan Display's shares rose as much as 8.2% in Tokyo trade on the reports, valuing the company at around 67 billion yen.
It said this month that it plans to receive up to 90 billion yen in financial support from Ichigo Asset Management, giving the Japanese asset manager effective control.
Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer Wistron Corp is also set to take part in the bailout.
Japan Display has lost money for the past five years and reported its 11th consecutive quarterly net loss last month on sluggish display sales and restructuring costs.
Although a late shift to OLED screens has cost it orders from Apple and is responsible for much of Japan Display's financial woes, the U.S. tech giant still accounted for about 60% of its revenues in the last financial year ended March. ($1 = 109.5600 yen) ($1 = 109.4400 yen) (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim, Makiko Yamazaki and Rocky Swift; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)


AUGUSTA — So what's next for Tiger Woods?
From the way he closed out his Masters Tournament victory on Sunday, more major championship victories and a run at Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 majors are back in play.
Two years after Woods thought he "was done" because of severe back pain, he showed more than a few flashes at the 83rd Masters of his old form, when he won 14 majors, including four Masters from 1997-2005.
Now with a back that was fused just after the 2017 Masters, he is healthy again, as his scores (70-68-67-70) attest. He shot 13-under 275 and won by a shot over Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele.
Woods said his tournament schedule won't change in the wake of the stirring victory, his first major wins since the 2008 U.S. Open. He wouldn't elaborate, but he is expected to tee it up in the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C., starting May 2, and will definitely play in the next major, the PGA Championship starting May 16.
The PGA Championship is at Bethpage Black, where Woods won the U.S. Open in 2002 in wire-to-wire fashion. The following major this year, in mid-June at Pebble Beach, is the U.S. Open. Woods won the U.S. Open there in 2000 by a major championship-record 15 shots.
Woods doesn't have any experience at the other major venue this year, the British Open in mid-July. It is in Portrush, Northern Ireland at Royal Portrush Golf Club, where it hasn't been played in 68 years.
With 15 professional majors under his belt, Woods is now three away from tying Nicklaus' record.
"The next two majors are at Bethpage, where he has won and at Pebble Beach, where he has won. So, he has got me shaking in my boots, guys," Nicklaus told Golf Channel after Woods won the Masters.
"Well, I don't know if he's worried or not," Woods said about Nicklaus.
Woods said one thing he knew he wouldn't do on Monday is hit a golf ball. Nicklaus said that won't last and Woods will be soon focusing on major No. 16 and his record.
Fans will see less of Woods this season than the previous one when he made 19 starts. That was his first season since the back fusion surgery and he played more tournaments early in the season than normal to see how much he could handle physically. He likes to play about 16 events.
That's what Nicklaus saw Sunday.
Woods' course management is second to none, and that paid off Sunday as he rallied past Francesco Molinari, who led him by two shots at the start of the day. From the 12th hole through No. 17, Woods hit nothing but precise, smart shots. He played those holes in 3 under. It helped that he'd won the Masters four times and was playing his 86th career round at Augusta National.
With the win Sunday, Woods proved he had what it takes to still win a major championship. It was also his 81st PGA Tour win, one shy of Sam Snead's record.
"I was able to play some of my best golf over the last, basically, I think the last three days, and the first day was a little bit here and there, but the last three days, I really played well," he said.
His age, 43, isn't a factor, he doesn't believe. That means Woods could match Nicklaus' record of six green jackets before he's done.
At Augusta National last week, Woods led the field in greens in regulation, hitting 58 of 72, which tied for the fourth-best in Masters history (he also hit 58 when he won in 2001). That didn't surprise Nicklaus.


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Der Lamborghini Jarama ist ein 2+2-sitziger Sportwagen des italienischen Automobilherstellers Lamborghini, der ab 1970 als Jarama 400 GT und ab 1972 in einer weiterentwickelten Version als 400 GTS verkauft wurde. Der Jarama löste den Islero ab und ergänzte den größeren Espada. Er war bis zum Urus 2018 der letzte neu vorgestellte Sportwagen des Unternehmens, der mit einem Frontmotor ausgestattet war. Der Jarama wird im englischen Sprachraum auch als "der vergessene Lamborghini" bezeichnet. Er war auf dem Klassikermarkt lange Zeit nicht begehrt und erreicht auch mehr als 40 Jahre nach Produktionseinstellung noch nicht die Preise der anderen Zwölfzylindermodelle aus der Ferruccio-Lamborghini-Ära.

Entstehungsgeschichte und Einordnung

Das 1948 von Ferruccio Lamborghini als Traktorhersteller Lamborghini Trattori gegründete Unternehmen begann 1963 mit dem Bau von Hochleistungssportwagen, die unter anderem mit den Autos von Ferrari konkurrieren sollten. Auf den Prototyp 350 GTV folgte das 2+2-sitzige Seriencoupé 350 GT, das 1966 durch den äußerlich identischen 400 GT abgelöst wurde. Sein Nachfolger war der 1968 vorgestellte Islero, der technisch weitgehend mit dem 400 GT identisch war, aber eine geradlinige, von Mario Marazzi entworfene Karosserie hatte. Das Stufenheckcoupé Islero, das noch einen separaten Rohrrahmen hatte, stand ab neben dem Mittelmotorsportwagen Miura und dem "avantgardistischen" viersitzigen Frontmotorcoupé Espada im Programm. Im Vergleich zu diesen Aufsehen erregenden Modellen verkaufte sich der Islero schlecht. Beobachter führen das vor allem auf die konservative Karosserie zurück, die klar im Schatten der anderen Lamborghinis gestanden habe. 1970 stellte Lamborghini daraufhin die Produktion des Islero ein. Seine Nachfolge trat der Jarama an, der wie sein Vorgänger ein distinguierter "Gran Turismo für den arrivierten Geschäftsmann" sein sollte.

Für Ferruccio Lamborghini war der Jarama "der beste Kompromiss zwischen Miura und Espada." Tatsächlich stand der Jarama von Beginn an im Schatten beider Modelle; das Erscheinen des aggressiven Countach verstärkte die Außenseiterrolle des Jarama noch einmal. Die Produktionszahlen blieben deutlich hinter denen andere Lamborghini-Modelle zurück. Die Übernahme Lamborghinis durch die Schweizer Investoren Georges-Henri Rossetti und René Leimer im Jahr 1974 verbesserte die Position des Modells nicht. Der Jarama, der weniger Aufsehen erregte als die Mittelmotorsportwagen und der Espada, war das erste Modell, dessen Produktion die neuen Eigentümer nach der Übernahme einstellten.

Modellbezeichnung
Bei dem Islero wählte Lamborghini erstmals eine Modellbezeichnung, die auf Begrifflichkeiten aus dem Stierkampfs Bezug nahm. Bei dem Miura und dem Espada setzte sich diese Tradition fort, und auch beim Nachfolger des Islero knüpfte Lamborghini daran an. Die Bezeichnung Jarama bezieht sich auf eine vom gleichnamigen Fluss durchzogene Region im Norden der spanischen Hauptstadt Madrid, die für die Aufzucht von Kampfstieren bekannt ist.

Modellbeschreibung
Die Entwicklung des Jarama leitete Lamborghinis technischer Direktor Paolo Stanzani.

Fahrgestell und Fahrwerk
Anders als beim Islero, der einen Rohrrahmen hatte, verwendete Lamborghini beim Jarama einen Plattformrahmen aus Stahl. Er war technisch mit dem Rahmen des viersitzigen Coupés Espada identisch, war aber im Radstand um 270 mm auf 2400 mm verkürzt. Alle Räder waren einzeln aufgehängt. Vorn und hinten kamen Doppel-Dreieckslenker mit Schraubenfedern, Querstabilisatoren und Teleskopstoßdämpfern von Koni zum Einsatz.

Motor und Kraftübertragung

Der Jarama wurde von Lamborghinis Zwölfzylinder-V-Motor angetrieben, der auch in den anderen Modellen des Unternehmens zum Einsatz kam. Im Jarama war er vorn in Längsrichtung eingebaut. Der Motor ging auf eine Konstruktion Giotto Bizzarrinis zurück, die 1963 in Lamborghinis erstem Prototyp 350 GTV debütierte. Das zunächst auf hohe Motorleistung getrimmte Aggregat des Prototyps wurde für die Aufnahme der Serienproduktion von Giampaolo Dallara leicht überarbeitet. Unter anderem ersetzte Dallara die Trockensumpfschmierung durch ein Druckumlaufsystem mit Nasssumpf und änderte die Vergaseranordnung. In dieser Form fand Bizzarrinis Zwölfzylinder in den meisten Serien-Lamborghinis der 1960er-Jahre Verwendung.

Der Motorblock bestand aus Aluminiumguss, der Hubraum belief sich auf 3929 cm³ (Bohrung × Hub: 82 × 62 mm). Die Zylinderbänke standen im Winkel von 60 Grad zueinander. Jede Zylinderreihe hatte zwei obenliegende Nockenwellen, die über eine Kette angetrieben wurden. Das Verdichtungsverhältnis betrug 10,7:1. Die Gemischaufbereitung übernahmen sechs Doppelvergaser von Weber (Typ 40DCOE). Die Motorleistung des 400 GT lag bei 350 PS, die bei 7500 Umdrehungen pro Minute anfielen. In der ab 1972 verkauften GTS-Version stieg die Motorleistung nach Werksangabe auf 365 PS. In der Literatur wird dieser Wert allerdings gelegentlich bezweifelt.

Serienmäßig übertrug ein handgeschaltetes, von Lamborghini selbst konstruiertes Fünfganggetriebe die Kraft des Motors auf die Hinterräder. Ab 1974 war auf Wunsch auch eine Dreigangautomatik von Chrysler erhältlich, die allerdings nur selten bestellt wurde. Viele Publikationen gehen davon aus, dass nur ein Jarama mit dem Automatikgetriebe ausgestattet wurde; in Markenclubs sind allerdings mindestens vier Automatikfahrzeuge konkret bekannt (Fahrgestellnummern 10568, 0574,10576 und 10650).

Karosserie

Struktur
Die Karosserie des Jarama war selbsttragend ausgelegt. Sie bestand aus Stahlblech.

Design

Die Form der Karosserie wurde im Turiner Studio Bertone gestaltet. Verantwortlicher Designer war Marcello Gandini. Im Bereich der Fahrgastzelle war "die streng geometrisch gestaltete Karosserie" durch ein tief abfallendes Fließheck und einen langen hinteren Überhang geprägt. Gandini griff auf die Formsprache des Fiat 128 Shopping zurück, eine 1969 vorgestellte Studie Bertones, die sehr ähnliche Linien aufwies, allerdings deutlich höher war als das Lamborghini-Coupé. Die langen Überhänge und der tief liegende, waagerecht verlaufende Knick an den Wagenflanken zitierten außerdem Gestaltungselemente der ersten Serie des Oldsmobile Toronado.

Zu den besonderen Merkmalen der Karosserie gehören neben der Trapezform und den langen Überhängen eine Abrisskante am hinteren Dachabschluss sowie teilverdeckte vordere Doppelscheinwerfer. Im Ruhezustand war die obere Hälfte der Scheinwerfer von beweglichen Blechen verdeckt, die in Wagenfarbe lackiert waren und bei Aktivierung der Leuchten wegklappten. Sie werden oft als "Schlafaugen" bezeichnet. Anders als üblich, schwenkten die Bleche allerdings nicht nach oben weg – so etwa bei den ebenfalls von Gandini gestalteten Sportwagen Alfa Romeo Montreal und Iso Lele –, sondern kippten nach unten.

Zahlreiche Anbauteile des Jarama kamen von Großserienherstellern, vor allem von Fiat. Das gilt etwa für die Türgriffe und die Rückspiegel. Am deutlichsten erkennbar war der Fiat-Bezug bei den Rückleuchten, die vom Fiat 124 Coupé der zweiten Serie stammten. Hier wich das Serienmodell vom Prototyp ab, der mit Rückleuchten des Audi 100 versehen war.

Innenraum

Der Jarama war ein 2+2-Sitzer. Die Sitze im Fond waren als Notsitze ausgelegt und konnten allenfalls von Kindern genutzt werden. Die hintere Rückenlehne war umklappbar, sodass die dadurch entstehende Fläche als zusätzliche Gepäckablage verwendet werden konnte. Allerdings ergab sich kein Zugang zum Kofferraum, sodass keine große zusammenhängende Ladefläche entstand.

Das Armaturenbrett der ersten Serie wurde vielfach bemängelt. Die Kritik betraf vor allem die Positionierung der Kippschalter, die auf einer waagerechten Fläche zwischen dem Instrumententräger und dem Lenkrad angebracht waren. Die unbeleuchteten Schalter waren schwer auseinanderzuhalten und schlecht zu bedienen. Journalisten fühlten sich an eine Klaviertastatur erinnert. Lamborghini reagierte 1972 auf die Kritik: Mit Einführung der zweiten Serie gab es ein völlig neu gestaltetes Armaturenbrett, bei dem die Schalter in der Mittelkonsole konzentriert waren. Auch die Instrumente waren neu angeordnet. In einem zweigeteilten Instrumententräger befanden sich die Anzeigen für Geschwindigkeit, Drehzahl, Tank und Batterie in der oberen Ebene, während mehrere kleine Anzeigen für weitere Funktionen zurückversetzt darunter positioniert waren. Das Radio hingegen war unter dem Dach eingebaut.

Gewicht
Der Lamborghini Jarama wog leer 1540 kg. Er war damit schwerer als der deutlich längere Espada. In der Literatur wird das hohe Gewicht, das die Handlichkeit und die Fahrleistungen des Autos beeinträchtigte, in erster Linie auf die Carrozzeria Marazzi zurückgeführt, bei der die Fahrzeuge komplettiert wurden. Das kleine und wirtschaftlich schwach aufgestellte Unternehmen sei nicht in der Lage gewesen, gewichtssparend zu arbeiten. Lamborghinis Testfahrer Bob Wallace war der Ansicht, der Jarama hätte mit entsprechendem Fertigungs-Know-how etwa 250 kg leichter sein können.

Fahrleistungen und Fahreigenschaften
Die Fahrleistungen waren für damalige Verhältnisse außerordentlich hoch. Die Höchstgeschwindigkeit des 400 GT wurde werksseitig mit 250 km/h angegeben; ein Test der deutschen Fachzeitschrift Auto Motor und Sport vom August 1971 bestätigte den Wert. Von 0 auf 100 km/h benötigte der Jarama mit Handschaltung 6,9 Sekunden. Beim 400 GTS stieg die Höchstgeschwindigkeit der handgeschalteten Version auf 260 km/h, mit dem Automatikgetriebe lag sie bei 240 km/h.

Der kurze Radstand machte den Jarama sehr wendig. Mehrere Testberichte attestierten dem Auto ein deutliches Untersteuern in Kurvenfahrten, andererseits aber auch einen sehr stabilen Geradeauslauf. Das Fehlen der Servolenkung bei den Modellen der ersten Serie beeinträchtigte die Handlichkeit des Autos bei niedrigen Geschwindigkeiten allerdings erheblich; für das US-amerikanische Magazin Road & Track war das Einparken "eine Qual".

Die einzelnen Serien

Jarama 400 GT
Basismodell war der 1970 präsentierte Jarama 400 GT. Er war nicht mit Servolenkung erhältlich. Von ihm entstanden 188 Fahrzeuge.

Jarama 400 GTS

1972 stellte Lamborghini eine weiterentwickelte Version mit der Bezeichnung Jarama 400 GTS vor. Die Veränderungen betrafen im Wesentlichen die Details, die bei der Ursprungsversion des Jarama kritisiert worden waren. So hatte der 400 GTS nun eine Servolenkung für mehr Komfort sowie Lufteintritte und -auslässe im Motorraum für eine bessere Kühlung. Zudem ersetzte ein anderes Armaturenbrett die designbetonte und zu Verwechslungen führende sogenannte "Klaviertastatur", und eine andere Auspuffanlage erhöhte die Motorleistung um 15 PS. Außerdem erhielt das Fahrzeug neue Räder ohne Zentralverschluss.

Produktion
Die Herstellung des Autos verteilte sich, wie bei zeitgenössischen italienischen Kleinserienfahrzeugen üblich, auf mehrere Unternehmen. Bei Lamborghini entstanden lediglich die Motoren. Bertone fertigte den Plattformrahmen und presste die Karosseriebleche. Den Zusammenbau übernahm schließlich zunächst die Carrozzeria Marazzi. Marazzi war für diese Aufgabe nur unzureichend ausgerüstet. Personal- und Ressourcenprobleme führten dazu, dass die handwerkliche Qualität der Autos jedenfalls in den ersten Jahren mangelhaft war. Nachdem Marazzi alle Fahrzeuge der GT-Reihe und 48 Exemplare der GTS-Reihe hergestellt hatte, verlagerte Lamborghini den Aufbau des Jarama komplett zu Bertone.

Die Fertigung des Jarama begann im Frühjahr 1970. Nach Werksangaben endete die Produktion des Jarama im Herbst 1976. Tatsächlich verzögerte sich die Komplettierung der letzten Fahrzeuge wegen wirtschaftlicher Schwierigkeiten Lamborghinis allerdings bis ins Jahr 1978. Ab 1976 konnte Lamborghini seine Lieferanten und Subunternehmer zeitweise nicht pünktlich bezahlen. Sie unterbrachen daher wiederholt die Lieferung oder die Arbeit an den jeweiligen Komponenten.

Insgesamt entstanden 327 Lamborghini Jarama.

Jarama "Bob"

Entstehungsgeschichte
Der Jarama "Bob" (Alternativbezeichnung: Jarama Sport) war eine Sonderversion des Jarama, die Lamborghinis Testfahrer Bob Wallace aufbaute. Wallace modifizierte den Jarama mit Blick auf einen möglichen Einsatz bei Wettbewerben sowohl im Karosseriebereich als auch in der Motorisierung. Auf ähnliche Weise war einige Jahre früher bereits Wallaces Miura Jota entstanden. Auch Lamborghinis Konkurrent Ferrari arbeitete ähnlich: Von dem Serienmodell 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" wurde dort das Wettbewerbsfahrzeug 365 GTB/4 Competizione abgeleitet. Anders als bei Ferrari war die Sport-Version des Jarama allerdings kein werksseitiges Projekt, sondern ging ausschließlich auf Wallaces Privatinitiative zurück. So ging der Sport-Jarama im Gegensatz zu dem Ferrari-Modell auch nicht in die Serienproduktion, sondern blieb ein Einzelstück. Der Jarama wurde auch nie bei einem Rennsportwettbewerb eingesetzt.

Änderungen im Vergleich zur Serie
Wallace ersetzte mehrere Karosserieteile, die serienmäßig aus Stahlblech gefertigt waren, durch Aluminiumkomponenten. Das betraf vor allem die Türen und die Motorhaube. Die Seitenfenster und die Heckscheibe waren aus Kunststoff gefertigt. Wallace änderte zudem das Design der Frontpartie. Die Schlafaugen entfielen. Stattdessen war das vordere Abschlussblech leicht abgerundet. Die Scheinwerfer befanden sich am unteren Teil des Fahrzeugs hinter einer durchsichtigen Kunststoffabdeckung. Hinzu kam ein breiter Frontspoiler.

Der Motor wurde nur leicht überarbeitet. Größere Weber-Vergaser vom Typ 42 DCOE, leichtere Kolben und Pleuel sowie veränderte Luftfilter führten zu einer Erhöhung der Leistung auf 380 PS, die bei 8000 Umdrehungen pro Minute anfielen. Das Fahrzeug erreichte damit eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 270 km/h. Um die Gewichtsverteilung zu optimieren, änderte Wallace die Positionierung des Motors. Der Zwölfzylinder wurde einige Zentimeter weiter zur Fahrzeugmitte hin eingebaut. Einige Quellen berichten, dass Wallace eine Gewichtsverteilung von "annähernd 50/50" erreichte. Die veränderte Lage des Motors erforderte Modifikationen am Armaturenbrett und am Mitteltunnel. Im hinteren Bereich des Wagens entfernte Wallace die kleine Rückbank. An ihre Stelle setzte er die Batterie und einen großen Tank, dessen Einfüllstutzen direkt durch eine Öffnung im Heckfenster geführt wurde. Weitere Änderungen betrafen die Federung und die Stoßdämpfer.

Verbleib des Autos
In der wirtschaftlichen Krise, unter der das Unternehmen ab 1976 litt, veräußerte Lamborghini den Jarama Bob an einen Käufer aus Saudi-Arabien, der es nicht pflegte. 1999 entdeckte ein britischer Sammler das Auto, kaufte und restaurierte es. Inzwischen wird der Jarama Bob gelegentlich auf Ausstellungen gezeigt.

Der Lamborghini Jarama im Film
 In dem 1971 veröffentlichten italienischen Spielfilm Die Grotte der vergessenen Leichen (Originaltitel: La notte che Evelyn uscì dalla Tomba) ist der inzwischen grün lackierte Prototyp des Lamborghini Jarama zu sehen.

 In der 13. Folge der deutschen Fernsehserie Der Alte (Ein unkomplizierter Fall), die im April 1978 erstmals ausgestrahlt wurde, fährt Klausjürgen Wussow einen dunkelroten Jarama.

Der Lamborghini Jarama auf dem Klassikermarkt
Der Lamborghini Jarama führte auf dem Klassikermarkt jahrzehntelang ein Schattendasein. Die Preise eines Jarama blieben lange deutlich hinter Lamborghinis anderen Zwölfzylindermodellen der 1960er und 1970er Jahre zurück. 2007 war ein Jarama S in gutem Zustand für etwa 50.000 Euro erhältlich. Daran hat sich auch 40 Jahre nach der Produktionseinstellung nichts geändert; der Jarama ist noch immer der günstigste Lamborghini-Zwölfzylinder. Gleichwohl hat er ab 2010 eine deutliche Preissteigerung erfahren. Exzellente Exemplare des Jarama GT kosten 2017 etwa 190.000 Euro, ein GTS ist etwa 30.000 Euro teurer. Damit sind die Preise für einen Jarama zwischen 2012 und 2017 um mehr als 200 Prozent gestiegen. Sein Vorgänger, der Islero, wurde 2017 auf dem Klassikermarkt mit einem Verkaufspreis von 310.000 Euro notiert, ein Espada der ersten Serie lag zur gleichen Zeit bei etwa 270.000 Euro.

Literatur
 Matthias Braun, Alexander Franc Storz: Typenkompass Lamborghini: Sportwagen nach 1964. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-613-02645-2.
 Decio Carugati: Lamborghini. Mondadori Electa, 2010, ISBN 978-88-370-6763-2.
 Peter Collins: Lamborghini Model by Model, Crowood Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-84797-938-4.
 David Hodges: Lamborghini. The Legend. Smithmark Publishers, London 1998, ISBN 978-0-7651-0846-3.
 Hans-Karl Lange: Lamborghini. Alle Sportwagen seit 1963. Verlagsunion Pabel-Moewig, Rastatt 1991, ISBN 3-8118-3063-5.
 N. N.: Ferruccios Liebling. Fahrbericht eines Lamborghini Jarama 400 GTS. In: Motor Klassik Nr. 10/2007, S. 40 ff.
 Anthony Pritchard: Lamborghini. Die Geschichte der Supersportwagen aus Sant'Agata. Heel, Königswinter 2006, ISBN 3-89880-574-3.
 Bernd Woytal: Ferruccios Liebling. Fahrbericht und kaufberatung Lamborghini Jarama in: Motor Klassik, Heft 10/2007, S. 40 ff.

Weblinks

 Geschichte des Lamborghini Jarama auf der Internetseite www.jaramaregistry.com

Einzelnachweise

Jarama
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When pressed by Sanjay Gupta, MD, editor of MedPage Today's The Gupta Guide and moderator of the panel, to put a price tag on the epidemic, Farley said the bill for treating diabetes among New Yorkers was roughly $5 billion per year, which worked out to "more than $1,000 per household per year."
Gupta turned to data collected by an Everyday Health email sample of type 2 diabetes patients who are registered with the website to point out the difficulty faced by clinicians who treat patients with diabetes.
More than half of the responders to the website poll were men (60%) and 74% were diagnosed at least 5 years ago, Gupta said.
Roughly 75% of the sample were taking oral medication to aid in glycemic control, and 75% also said they followed a healthy diet, while 58% said they exercised.
But 47% of respondents said they had difficulty reaching and maintaining A1c goals, which contradicted the adherent profile the patients used to describe themselves.
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During the briefing Farley again pledged to continue the legal fight to secure the ban, which he said simply limits portion sizes to no more than 16 ounces. He said the court did not rule on the legality of the ban, but rather on the authority of the health department to legislate portion control.


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import java.sql.PreparedStatement
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import scala.slick.SlickException
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import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer

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Home > CBS' Schieffer pushes right-wing falsehood that Kagan "would not allow military recruiters on campus"
CBS' Schieffer pushes right-wing falsehood that Kagan "would not allow military recruiters on campus"
CBS host Bob Schieffer falsely claimed that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan would not allow military recruiters on campus when she was the dean of Harvard Law School. In fact, Harvard students had access to military recruiters during Kagan's entire tenure as dean, and Harvard's data show that her actions did not hurt military recruitment.
Schieffer repeats false claim that Kagan banned military recruiters from Harvard Law
Schieffer: "[W]hen she was the dean of the Harvard law school, she would not allow military recruiters on campus because of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy of the military." From the May 16 edition of CBS' Face the Nation:
SCHIEFFER: Newt Gingrich said, "We are in two wars. I see no reason to appoint an anti-military Supreme Court justice." Now, I guess this grows out of the fact that when she was the dean of the Harvard law school, she would not allow military recruiters on campus because of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy of the military.
In fact, students had access to military recruiters during Kagan's entire tenure as dean
Military recruiters never barred from campus under Kagan. Throughout Kagan's tenure as dean, Harvard law students had access to military recruiters [1] -- either through Harvard's Office of Career Services or through the Harvard Law School Veterans Association. Kagan became [2] dean of Harvard Law in June 2003. In accordance with Harvard's existing nondiscrimination policy, she barred [3] the school's Office of Career Services (OCS) from working with military recruiters for the spring 2005 semester after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled that law schools could legally do so. During that one semester, students still had access to military recruiters via the Harvard Law School Veterans Association. During the fall 2005 semester, after the Bush administration threatened to revoke Harvard's federal funding, Kagan once again granted [3] military recruiters access to OCS.
Harvard's data show that Kagan's actions did not hurt military recruitment. The notion that military recruitment was hurt by Kagan's actions is contradicted [4] by data Media Matters obtained from Harvard Law School's public information officer. The prohibition on Harvard Law's OCS working with military recruiters existed during the spring 2005 semester, meaning that it could have affected only the classes of 2005, 2006, and 2007. However, the number of graduates from each of those classes who entered the military was equal to or greater than the number who entered the military from any of Harvard's previous five classes.
Former Harvard Law dean debunked claim that Kagan banned military recruiters. In a May 11 Wall Street Journal op-ed [5], Robert C. Clark -- Kagan's predecessor as dean of Harvard Law School -- explained:
As dean, Ms. Kagan basically followed a strategy toward military recruiting that was already in place. Here, some background may be helpful: Since 1979, the law school has had a policy requiring all employers who wish to use the assistance of the School's Office of Career Services (OCS) to schedule interviews and recruit students to sign a statement that they do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, and so on.
For years, the U.S. military, because of its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, was not able to sign such a statement and so did not use OCS. It did, however, regularly recruit on campus because it was invited to do so by an official student organization, the Harvard Law School Veterans Association.
The symbolic effect of this special treatment of military recruiters was important, but the practical effect on recruiting logistics was minimal. In 2002, however, the Air Force took a hard line with Harvard and argued that this pattern did not provide strictly equal access for military recruiters and thus violated the 1996 Solomon Amendment, which denies certain federal funds to an education institution that "prohibits or in effect prevent" military recruiting. It credibly threatened to bring an end to federal funding of all research at the university.
After much deliberation with the president of Harvard and other university officials, we decided to make an exception for the military to the school's nondiscrimination policy. At the same time, I, along with many faculty and students, publicly stated our opposition to the military's policy, which we considered both unwise and unjust, even as we explicitly affirmed our profound gratitude to the military. Virtually all law schools affiliated with large universities did the same.
When Ms. Kagan became dean in July of 2003, she upheld this newer policy. Military recruiters used OCS services, but at the beginning of each interviewing season she wrote a public memorandum explaining the exception to the school's nondiscrimination policy, stating her objection to "don't ask, don't tell," and expressing her strong view that military service is a noble and socially valuable career path that should be encouraged and open to all of our graduates.
In November 2004, however, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Solomon Amendment infringed improperly on law schools' First Amendment freedoms. So Ms. Kagan returned the school to its pre-2002 practice of not allowing the military to use OCS, but allowing them to recruit via the student group.
Yet this reversion only lasted a semester because the Department of Defense again threatened to cut off federal funding to all of Harvard, and because the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit's decision. Once again, military recruiters were allowed to use OCS, even as the dean and most of the faculty and student body voiced opposition to "don't ask, don't tell."
Government [6], Nominations & Appointments [7], The Judiciary [8]
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CBS [9]
Bob Schieffer [10]
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Face the Nation [11]
Supreme Court Nominations [12], Elena Kagan [13]
Source URL: https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2010/05/17/cbs-schieffer-pushes-right-wing-falsehood-that/164863
[1] https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2010/05/11/right-wing-media-refuse-to-admit-that-kagan-did/164531
[2] http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2003/04/03_kagan.html
[3] http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2005/09/20_recruiting.php
[4] https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2010/05/11/exclusive-harvard-law-military-recruitment-not/164592
[5] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703880304575236502953055276.html#printMode
[6] https://www.mediamatters.org/issues/government
[7] https://www.mediamatters.org/issues/nominations-appointments
[8] https://www.mediamatters.org/issues/judiciary
[9] https://www.mediamatters.org/networks-and-outlets/cbs
[10] https://www.mediamatters.org/people/bob-schieffer
[11] https://www.mediamatters.org/shows-and-publications/face-nation
[12] https://www.mediamatters.org/stories-and-interests/supreme-court-nominations
[13] https://www.mediamatters.org/stories-and-interests/elena-kagan


Lovers' heartbeats and respiration patterns tend to synchronize when the partners are simply in each other's presence. But what does the role of touch play in this synchronization, and what happens when one of the partners is experiencing pain?
The touch of our romantic partner helps to alleviate pain, suggest the results of a new study.
The scientific name for this is "behavioral synchrony," and it refers to the human ability to synch up with other people for the sake of living in a society.
"Interpersonal synchronization" can manifest in various ways. For example, when people watch the same movie, their brain activity synchronizes. Similarly, when lovers stare into each other's eyes, their hearts quite literally beat as one.
Dr. Goldstein explains what prompted his research, saying, "My wife was in pain, and all I could think was, 'What can I do to help her?' I reached for her hand and it seemed to help. I wanted to test it out in the lab: can one really decrease pain with touch, and if so, how?"
The female participants were assigned the role of "pain receiver," while the men were "pain observers."
Dr. Goldstein and team recorded the participants' respiration rates and heartbeats using an electrocardiogram under both pain and no pain conditions, as well as in both touch and no touch conditions.
Under the no pain condition, the couples either sat together without touching, sat together while holding hands, or were in separate rooms. In the pain scenario, all three situations were repeated, but the woman was subjected to "mild heat pain" for 2 minutes.
The study confirmed previous findings and showed that couples do synchronize physiologically just by being in each other's company.
When the woman was subjected to pain and her partner did not touch her, that physiological coupling was considerably diminished. However, when the male partner held her hand, heart rates and respiration rates synched up again, and the woman's pain was reduced. Additionally, holding hands increased the male partner's empathy.
This confirms Dr. Goldstein's previous research, in which he showed that the more empathetic a man is toward a woman, the less pain the woman feels.
"It could be that touch is a tool for communicating empathy, resulting in an analgesic, or pain-killing, effect," Dr. Goldstein says. Interpersonal coupling may also enhance the analgesic effects of touch using the autonomic nervous system, the authors hypothesize.
But more research is needed, he concedes, to understand the precise mechanism by which a partner's touch helps to diminish pain.
Learn how brain scans can differentiate two types of empathy.


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With billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos re-igniting interest in space exploration, VICE News is tapping into that enthusiasm with the launch of The New Space Race, a live Twitter show about the next frontier.
Twenty-four-year-old nuclear physics prodigy Taylor Wilson will host the program, which follows the scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab as they prepare for InSight's historic Mars landing on Nov. 26
The 13-episode series concludes with a live broadcast of the Mars landing from inside Mission Control at JPL in Pasadena. The show airs at 2 pm Eastern on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, beginning on Oct. 16.
"We've been looking to do a formal live show for a while," said ViceNews.com Editor-in-Chief Ryan McCarthy. "We've been talking to Twitter for over a year about this."
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Vice News is know for its live journalism, collecting an Emmy Award for its coverage of the white supremacist rally that turned deadly in Charlottesville, Va. A show about space gives Vice an opportunity to capitalize on the avid online interest in space exploration that's been sparked by private companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin and their race to offer commercial manned space fight.
"There's a ton of internet interest," said McCarthy, noting that Twitter shared data indicating that there were 25 million tweets in the last year related to space and astronomy. "There's a big natural audience for this stuff."
Wilson seemed the ideal host. He rose to international prominence in 2008 when he became the youngest person in history to produce nuclear fusion at just 14 years old —in his parents' garage in Arkansas.
"He happens to be really interested in space," said McCarthy.
Wilson will interview the heavyweights in space exploration — from NASA to private startups like Lander and Vector Launch. Produced segments will give viewers a sense of what it's like to try on a space suit or watch a rocket engine test. Twitter users can also submit questions, adding an interactive element.
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And he is likely to lead that group of nominations at the Oscars too with Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World), Steve Carell (Battle of the Sexes), Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) and Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) hoping to cause an upset.
The ultimate Oscars experience culminates on Monday, March 5 with The 90th Academy Awards that will be broadcasted live and exclusively on HBO, starting with the Oscars Red Carpet "Live" from 7.30am followed by The 90th Academy Awards "Live" at 9am. The Academy's Instagram handle also posted a series of "behind-the-scenes of #OscarNoms" photos, one of which shows Priyanka Chopra dressed in a silver blouse and high-waist wide leg black pants. "Tune in to the #OscarNoms announcement on Tuesday", the photograph's caption read.
Global star Priyanka Chopra is all set to announce the nominations for the Oscar awards this year. The 90th Academy Awards have roped in Hollywood stars to announce the list. Priyanka Chopra is not new to the worldwide award show scenario.
Similarly, Allison Janney too won for her supporting actress role as a demanding mother in independent ice-skating movie I, Tonya at both events.
The official account also shared images of Rebel Wilson, Michelle Rodriguez and Rosario Dawson. Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted last year's edition of the awards ceremony, has been retained to host this year's ceremony as well.
Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, to FBI Director Christopher A. Page eventually texts back, "And yeah, it's a real profile in couragw (sic), since she knows no charges will be brought".
I offer my most honest thanks to Ian, the Board and my colleagues for their support and friendship over these years. The firm also showed like-for-like growth of 3% in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
The translated message says Pence is, "a unsafe man with a messianic vision that includes the destruction of the entire region. He said a meeting will be held on Sunday to discuss ways to strengthen the popular resistance to end the Israeli occupation.
Diplomats say the IAEA has not yet inspected a military site, and if Washington wants it to do so it needs to provide new information showing that this is necessary.
In fact, the poll suggests Trump is running much stronger here than even a traditionally Republican state like Georgia. New figures show the image of U.S. leadership under Donald Trump is weaker worldwide than under his two predecessors.
On January 23, Pawan Kalyan will have a meeting with the party functionaries from Karimnagar, Adilabad and Nizamabad districts. Pawan's wife Anna Lezhneva has done the ritual of Harathi for Pawan's good start of Pawan's political tour.
But absolutely nothing will compare to the party the city will stage if the Eagles beat the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. The streets of Philadelphia are in for it tonight, but it will be nothing like if they win the Super Bowl in two weeks.
Crotone ran out 3-0 winners at 10-man Hellas Verona in a battle between two teams in the bottom three at the start of play. Luis Alberto opened the scoring in the 23 rd minute, but Chievo equalised two minutes later through Manuel Pucciarelli.
Gronkowski was deemed questionable to return as a result of the hit, which drew an unnecessary roughness penalty on Church. Church was penalized for a personal foul for the hit.
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Ginsburg was attending the film festival to talk about " RBG ", the upcoming CNN documentary about her life. Ginsburg, who is 84, added that her health is "very good", according to a video of the interview.
He initially released a joint statement with Perdue that said he could not recall whether the president used the word "shithole". When it came to talk of extending protections for Haitians, Durbin said Trump replied, "We don't need more Haitians'".
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The charity is concerned that body image issues, including perception of what is "normal", could be putting lives in danger. The charity Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust said that the findings of the survey of 2,000 British women were worrying.
Meanwhile, when quizzed whether he could on the potential departure of Ozil this month, Wenger added with a simple "No". Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hails midfielder Jack Wilshere as a future "leader" at the club.
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The former Arizona State player loves California, but has a good reason to stay in the Phoenix area. Third-round leader Austin Cook (Razorbacks) had a 75 to tie for 14th at 16 under.
The poll results infer that president trump has a median approval rating of just 39% since he took office barely a year ago. While majorities in each of these countries approved of United States leadership in 2016, majorities disapproved in 2017.
HMD Global has sent invites for the launch event and has scheduled its launch event on February 25th, just ahead of MWC 2018. The latest Nokia 6 has already been announced, and the upcoming Nokia 8 and Nokia 9 are expected to be high-end devices.
Portman was supported on stage by Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria and Fresh Off The Boat actress Constance Wu. A year later, when the movie was released, she opened her first fan letter.
It was a tough call, but you have to go with what they call. "I just tried to dislodge the ball", Church said. The All-Pro stayed on the turf for a few seconds before getting to his feet.
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In 2012, Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for defending the right of girls to receive an education. The Fund is led by Nobel Peace Prize victor Malala Yousafzai , and works to help girls get an education.
The Nifty Midcap index was up 0.93 percent and BSE Smallcap gained 0.8 percent though the market breadth was not strong. An Economic Times report said that a Rs 37,000 crore mega deal with HPCL lifted ONGC shares by 5 per cent.
There is still no sign of a deal to get the Federal government back up and running with the main sticking point being immigration. The White House has not denied that Mr Trump used a vulgar term, and indicated on Tuesday that no apology would be forthcoming.
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has a insane fan following in China and there is not even a single iota of doubt in it. This marks the "Sultan" star's debut at the Chinese box office with over 8000 screens.
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But it's still a big deal to have the Vikings in a playoff game, he said. "Are we underdogs again in the Super Bowl? ". The Patriots will equal Pittsburgh's record of six Super Bowl triumphs if they win on 4 February in Minneapolis.
Another local, David Taylor, 76, added: "It's all old age pensioners here so it was unusual to see him living in the bungalow". Bob Weir, who lives two doors away from the crime scene, said he had initially thought the incident was drug-related.
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Nostalgia: Stars and Genres in American Pop Culture
Peter Rist
Volume 20, Number 1, Summer 1989
NOSTALGIA:STARSAND GENRES AMERICANPOP CULTURE PeterRist Jane and Michael Stern. Eli·is World. Markham: Penguin, 1987. xi + 211 pp. Illus. Eve Arnold. MarilynMonroe:An Appreciation. Markham: Penguin, 1987. 14l pp. Illus. Archie P. McDonald, ed. ShootingStars:Heroesand Heroinesof Jlestcrn Film. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987. xv + 265 pp. Illus. Patrick Lucanio. Them or Us:Archetypal Interpretations of FiftiesAlien Inmsion Films. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987. x + 194pp. Illus. Jim Freedman. DrawingHeat. Windsor: Black Moss Press, 1988. 190 pp. Illus. Heroes and heroines of American popular culture--the stars of HoUywm.)d and pop music--hold such a fascination for their fans that when they die their images rarely fade away. Often their individual popularity increases and morbid cults ensue. I can remember as an adolescent being devastated when Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash. In retrospect, I realize that my admiration for Holly was the closest I ever came to an experience of fan idolatry. As a teenager growing up in England, I bought every one of his records as soon as it was released; most people only began to appreciate his music after his death. He reached the top of the singles charts in Britain for the first time after he died, with "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," in April, 1959. More recently, his popularity re-emerged in 1978 with the release of a biographical film starring Gary Busey (77zeBuddy Holly Sto,y). Strangely, the popularity of one of the other two pop stars killed in the same plane crash--Ritchie Valens--peaked nearly twenty years after his death with one of the biggest summer movie hits of 1987,La Bamba. The title song, performed. bythe group, Los Lobos, reached the top of the hit parade in North America, marking the first time since Valens's original version that a Spanish language song had done so. Even more remarkably, "La Bamba" topped the "pops" in Britain for the very first time in 1987. Clearly, it is not only personal reminiscence that causes nostalgia. In the last two decades in particular, nostalgiahas become a key component of contemporary popular culture. 112 Peter Rist The two greatest American stars who have shone even brighter after death are Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe. Throughout the world, one need only pronounce their first names for anyone to recognize their identities. "Hundreds of books have been written about Elvis," is a quotation from one of the most recent: Elvis World by Jane and Michael Stern. The Sterns' volume is flashily presented in sturdy hard cover with a clear plastic outer sleeve. The shiny jacket contains the authors' names and ethereal musical notations. Miniature guitars and hearts float by a familiar image of the Elvis sneer surrounded by a representation of a record disc. The tackiness of this presentation is presumably deliberate and matches the writers' lack of condescension toward their subject. Elvis World is half-nostalgia and trivia catalogue and half-biography. Whereas the biography is very standard, shedding no new light either on Elvis's personality or on his music, the catalogue sections interspersed within the main text inject the work with some substance. Interestingly, there is no discography here, since it is the "world" of Elvis that is the focus. However, there is a very useful annotated bibliography, which amusingly quotes some of the more outrageous written material. For example, from May Mann's Elvis, Why Won't 11ieyLeave You A_lone?the Sterns extract this unintentional fictionalization of his death: "as he lay helpless in the bathroom floor, 'suddenly the thought flashed through him: this must be like what Jesus suffered."' In addition, under the heading "Elvis' pantry," the Sterns include a list of things that were "to be kept in kitchen and home for Elvis--AT ALL TIMES - EVERY DAY." They also include a collection of questions asked most frequently by guests at his home (and shrine) Graceland, complete with correct answers, and most usefully perhaps, four pages of addresses of "places in Memphis and Mississippi where Elvis lived, shopped, worked and played." Obviously Elvis World is primarily for fans and is most clearly structured around the family album or school yearbook. There is no place in it for...


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Accreditation of H.E. Ms Anne EASTWOOD as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Monaco to Italy
On 14 November 2022, in Rome, at an official ceremony held at the Palazzo del Quirnale, H.E. Ms Anne Eastwood presented her letters of credence to the President of the Italian Republic, Mr Sergio Mattarella, in her role as the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Monaco to Italy.
The accreditation ceremony was followed by a private meeting at the prestigious Studio alla Vetrata, which just a few weeks ago was the scene of political consultations to form the new Italian Government. The President of the Republic was accompanied by his diplomatic advisors and by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr Edmondo Cirielli, representing Italy's executive branch.
In addition to the close economic and cultural ties and partnerships with the Liguria Region, there was also discussion of the recent visits by the Sovereign Prince to the Grimaldis' former lands, and the planned twinning of Monaco with the municipality of Dolceaqua (in the province of Imperia), which reflect the centuries-old friendship between the Principality and Italy, and Prince Albert II's support for efforts to promote these territories and develop joint projects and exchanges.
Various matters of common interest were then discussed, following on from the Italo-Monegasque accords recently signed in areas including taxation, the economy, and humanitarian efforts. Both the Monegasque Ambassador and the Italian Head of State expressed their delight with their strong bilateral relations, and called for their two countries to further strengthen their dialogue and cooperation in every area with the potential for synergies, particularly in the environmental field, where Monaco and Italy are already collaborating closely through Monegasque initiatives to preserve the Mediterranean marine environment. The Italian President hailed the Sovereign Prince's steadfast commitment to international environmental action as being of global importance, for tackling one of the biggest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.
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