I’ve heard a lot about this particular speech made prior to Hillary’s speech last night. Here, Bill Clinton talks about a “Candidate X vs. Candidate Y.” What the heck is he talking about? Is he saying Barack Obama is Candidate X — the candidate that agrees with you on everything but you don’t think that person can deliver on anything? Cannot deliver on anything. Next, is Candidate Y McCain, the one who disagrees with you on everything but you think he can deliver? Again, what is he talking about?
I feel as if I missed something, particularly the first part of this conversation. I need to find out what he was talking about in context before I make an opinion on this. For now, I don’t know what the heck he was talking about.
Much has been written and said about Hillary Clinton’s speech last night. As one of her supporters said in an interview with a reporter last night, people are picking apart Clinton’s speech.
I know there is a good deal of shock and surprise shared by both the Clintons and the supporters of Hillary’s run for office. I personally believe the Clintons thought this would be their year and Hillary’s campaign was not up to snuff in the beginning. Towards the end of her run she really put forth an effort but it was too little too late.
I ran across a deconstuction of Hillary Clinton’s speech last night on CNN by Dan Hill, a body language expert and author of “Face Time.” In his analysis of her speech, Hill told CNN that even while the words Clinton delivered offered an unequivocal endorsement of Barack Obama, her body language was much less affirmative.
I hope to share some of my favorite photo sites here soon. Unfortunately, I’m currently in the middle of writing a business plan and trying to get some parts of my life together and have had not time to really delve into topics close to my heart like photography. Hopefully that will change soon.
Since I have some time today I thought I’d introduce you to one of my favorite photo sites, Double Exposure. This week they are featuring an article on getting the best possible in-camera image written by Rick Sammon. Unlike the author, I still have my old film cameras and sans giving one to a photo student I have not been able to part with the rest.
I have always been a devoted and loyal fan of Canon cameras and have been since my days at Columbia College. Back then, a lot of us photo majors marched down to Helix Camera on Wabash to purchase one of the newer SLR cameras. Once there we discovered our pocketbooks could not afford Nikon but we could afford some of the packages Canon offered. Many of us returned to the school with either a Canon AE-1 or a Canon A-1.
Today, the price of a Nikon Digital SLR is comparable with Canon and the decision to stay with the Canon line is getting harder with each new Nikon DSLR that hits the market. The latest soon to be released offering from Nikon, the D90, is causing a stir. First, it is a 12.3 megapixel DSLR, just shy of being a full-frame DSLR. Second, it shoots at 4.5 frames-per-second (100 JPEG or 11 RAW per burst). Third, the camera has Advanced Wireless Lighting support with built-in flash. Fourth, and very exciting, it offers a D-Movie function for HD720p video capture, a very nice touch for those of us who are looking to not only shoot stills but would like to include high resolution video as well. Lastly, the camera features Live View.
Since I am on Calumet Photo’s email list, I received their pre-order form today for Nikon’s D90. Of course the following sparked my curiosity.
I must admit the speech Hillary Clinton gave last night was the ball hit out of the park. She has grown since the first speech I heard from Clinton made a year or so ago which lacked passion and provided little insight into the woman running for president. Tonight, however, she sounded presidential. Clinton was on point, she was focused, and she laid out an impassioned speech for unity that I felt was most effective and believable. I particularly loved “You haven’t worked so hard over the last 18 months, or endured the last eight years, to suffer through more failed leadership. No way. No how. No McCain,”
I can understand the feelings of her supporters who are not interested in voting for Barack Obama. People are certainly entitled to their beliefs and I will support anyone who does not wish to support someone they do not believe in. I also understand their passion and their disappointment. If it were the other way around and Hillary Clinton had won the nomination, I too would be where they are now, trying to make a decision on where to cast my vote.
High Levels Of Toxic Metals Found In Herbal Medicine Products Sold Online - Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that one fifth of both U.S.-manufactured and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines purchased via the Internet contain lead, mercury or arsenic. Ayurvedic medicines are divided into two major types: herbal only and rasa shastra. Rasa shastra is an ancient practice of deliberately combining herbs with metals, minerals and gems. Ayurvedic experts in India believe that if Rasa Shastra medicines made with metals such as lead and mercury are properly prepared and administered, they will be safe and therapeutic. [Read More]
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Medical Debt Or Problems Paying Medical Bills Experienced By 79 Million US Adults - The proportion of working-age Americans who have medical bill problems or who are paying off medical debt climbed from 34 percent to 41 percent between 2005 and 2007, bringing the total to 72 million, according to recent survey findings from the Commonwealth Fund. In addition, 7 million adults age 65 and over also had problems paying medical bills, for a total of 79 million adults with medical bill problems or medical debt. [Read More]
Race-Based Medications, Supplements 'Misleading,' Opinion Piece Says - The "development of race-based products such as vitamins and drugs" by pharmaceutical manufacturers is "misleading the public to believe that races are biologically distinct, requiring race-specific products, but the basis for their wares flies in the face of science," Susanne Haga, an assistant research professor at Duke University's Institute for Genome Sciences Policy and Public Policy, writes in a Durham Herald Sun opinion piece. [Read More]
More people are choosing to eat gluten-free diets - More and more consumers are embracing the gluten-free trend. Users run the gamut: There are such people as Beckett with celiac disease who must be on the diet; others who believe that the diet can alleviate chronic intestinal complaints and boost energy; still others who believe that the gluten-free diet might help in the treatment of autism and a host of other disorders, including schizophrenia, chronic fatigue, multiple sclerosis, attention deficit disorder, migraine and even fertility problems. [Read More]
Transplant from the Windy City (Chicago), to Hollyweird (Los Angeles), finally stopping in Coyoteville (Altadena) where the deer, mountain lions, coyotes and bears roam. I spent a few summers chasing pigs in Emporia, VA but that's another story requiring I tell you about the quick-footed sow. Basically, I'm a photographer, hiker, lover of nature, people watcher, loner but loves talking with real people, tech nut, speaks fluent legal-eze, butcher of the French language, observer, not much into social networking or email but I'll make an attempt, a lovable cynic and oh I have lupus, lupus does not have me. Yeah, I have an iPhone, what of it?
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