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70-200mm 2.8 Test

By admin On May 6, 2011 1 Comment

70-200mm 2.8 Test
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This is just a little test I performed with a Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 HSM MkI and a Nikon 70-200mm 2.8 ED VRII.

The Sigma is mine which I picked up cheap as it was a bit battered and needed some repairs, the Nikon is a test model from Jessops Birmingham.

As this was in a shop I didn’t get much chance to have a good play around (Not helped at all by the way Jessops have refitted the shop with dark colours and weak lighting).
This isn’t meant as a hardcore test to be used as a make or break decision on lenses, simply my way of looking at both lenses together with the £1,400 price difference being considered.
Maybe it’s just me, but I’d say the Sigma looks sharper, but the Nikon has better colour representation. Although, as I moved slightly between shots it’s not the best way of comparing.

I do have to say that the VR on the Nikon is very useful, both struggled to combat motion blur at these settings in my other shots due to poor lighting, but the Nikon handled this a bit better with the VR enabled, though I’d only say it had 1/3 to 2/3 of a stop on the Sigma before deteriorating.
Both were fine at higher ISOs, but I wanted a lower ISO to give a better comparison.

All in all, I see the difference, but I don’t see £1,400 of difference, especially as both feel equally solid. I’m sure in the long run the Nikon would take more before breaking, but you wouldn’t be able to tell by picking them both up.
So the Nikon is definitely something I’d only get if I was earning a lot of money in the profession and I needed VR and this focal length for every day use.


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What are the best ways to make money in Runescape?

By admin On May 6, 2011 7 Comments

Question by Bob Marley: What are the best ways to make money in Runescape?
I know this is a common question, but please help me… I’ve tried those merchanting clans, and failed miserably. Lost over a mill, you see, so i’m not doing anything risky. Just some basic tips, anything that gets me started. My Woodcutting and Mining are both 68, is that helps.

Yours sincerely, Rob.

Best answer:

Answer by Joeooe
haha i haven’t played for ever but you should start fishing lobster and sword fish when you have a high enough level hope it helped

What do you think? Answer below!

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((advice)) best ways to make money for free off the internet?

By admin On May 5, 2011 5 Comments

Question by Mackenzie P: ((advice)) best ways to make money for free off the internet?
I’ve worked a full time job for 3 years an I feel like I’m goin no where in life I neeed ways to make more money so I can do the more things and pay bills too

Best answer:

Answer by teslafan
start a blog, write on a subject that you are knowledgeable of and are passionate about. Write articles on the same subject, post them to e-zinearticles dot com. place affiliate links as text in your blog, and send traffic from your article author bio to your blog. this takes a little time and effort, can be done totally free, and absolutely works.

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L.A. Dodgers Divorce Mess

By admin On May 4, 2011 No Comments

L.A. Dodgers Divorce Mess
How many baseball fans know the derivation of the name “Dodgers” by which the Los Angeles franchise is known? Answer later.
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SamTrans awarded for sustainability efforts
In stepping up its efforts over the last two years to become a more environmentally-friendly transit agency, SamTrans created the Sustainability Program to conserve resources and help the agency save money by reducing water, energy and what goes into waste streams.
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Stephen Zarlenga: Reducing U.S. Debt and Creating Jobs Through Public Control of Our Money System
Be it for ignorance or by intention, few federal officials have examined how a change in the way money in our nation is created and issued could reduce our nation’s deficit and, in doing so, increase millions of jobs.
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An Ex-Mas Story – Part 1

By admin On May 4, 2011 2 Comments

An Ex-Mas Story – Part 1
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I present to you – Part one of my short story "An Ex-Mas Story":

Jim Whelan never felt so miserable as he did around Christmas time. His feeling of malaise started with the melancholy ache of having to bid farewell to summer’s warmth for the gradual chill of autumn. He was given a small respite as he took comfort in the delightfully wicked celebration of Halloween. As the fake blood, cob webs and foam rubber body parts were packed away he soon felt the cold embrace of depression stealing in as silently and as ominously as a dense fog rolling over a harbor.

He could not quite pin-point exactly when the holidays put him in such a foul mood. He supposed it was a gradual transformation that took him from the young boy who genuinely looked forward to the ‘season of giving’ to the 29 year old who viewed the holiday season with a feeling of dread.

While growing up, Jim’s family did not have a lot of money. His father lost his job when the steel mills closed their doors for good, and he took to commercial roofing to support his young family. It was a lousy job that paid less than the mill, but more than the other offers he could get in a job market saturated with hundreds of guys just like him. The job took him away from home for weeks or months at a time; sleeping in motel rooms while his son’s childhood steadily slipped away. The only thing that was worse than being away from home was staying home. The start of winter meant the end of jobs for the roofing company. Eventually he would be laid off; having to survive on unemployment benefits and what little money Jim’s mother made from cutting hair. It was at the time when the Whelan family was at its leanest that the Christmas season kicked off.

Jim’s parents were barely making ends meet, trying desperately to scrounge up enough money to even have a Christmas. All the while, the popular holiday stories all told children that good behavior was magically rewarded by shiny new toys, while bad behavior resulted in being passed over or given lumps of coal in punishment. Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Clause, and he’s a big fat red bastard who puts those parents doing the best they can do to keep food in the pantry and a roof over their heads, into an unenviable position.

How does one explain to a child why even though they have been very good, Santa was only able to bring them a few inexpensive toys and some chocolate that tasted like wax. Meanwhile, the mean little boy down the block from the rude family with the nice car, gets a brand new bike? How does one comfort a child who is teased at school because most of his classmates got more gifts or more expensive gifts?

To the best of his memory, Jim’s parents never fought about money in front him. Nor did his brother have any recollection of seeing any bitterness. Looking back, he felt his parents did a wonderful job of juggling the expectations fueled by Christmas propaganda, and the reality of their check book. They did their best to make the time not about the presents, but about being with family and reflecting on the good things they did have in their lives.

As he grew older, he began to realize the struggles that his parents went through, and he was ashamed of his childhood greed. With this realization, Christmas became less of a holiday and into a disgusting “freak show” where the main attraction were poor souls forced to buy the love of their family through expensive trinkets.

Christmas tells these poor wretches that if they do not get their child the newest, best, and most expensive new distraction on the market, that they are horrible parents. It whispers in the ear of the husband that he will lose the admiration and respect of his spouse if he buys her anything less than the diamond from the exclusive jewelry galleria. The Spirit of Christmas is a grim specter, disguised in the robes of good cheer smiling in your face, telling you that you need to be jolly. All the while, smoothly cutting you to bleed you dry.

Jim was jostled from these grim thoughts, as a morbidly obese woman wearing sweatpants with the word “foxy” stretched across her immense bottom, pushed her way past him in the isle of the Dollar Mart. He had been standing in front of the bath soaps and lotions packaged as gift baskets for the holidays. Looking down into his hand basket, he considered the meager offerings it contained and sighed. A bad financial year had left him shopping for Christmas gifts at a ‘everything is a dollar’ store.

He was not quite sure what ‘body butter’ is, but he felt slightly dirty for considering it as a gift for his mother. He had the feeling that, at best, he could find a creative way to make some inexpensive, yet unique, gifts. At worst, everyone was going to get a holiday themed mug filled with a few assorted herbal tea bags and a handful of candy.

He knew his family did not expect anything from him for Christmas. In fact, they were hurting worse than he was. His grandparents were living off of their retirement funds, and the hit on Wall Street hurt them deeply. His mother could no longer work. His father quit his roofing job after his knees gave out, then took the necessary courses to get a job as a phlebotomist at the local hospital. Although not as strenuous as climbing ladders, he was only making a fraction of what the roofing job had paid.

Despite their repeated admonishments not to bother buying each other gifts, Jim still could not help but feel the need to get people something. As much as he hated Christmas and recognized the siren song of commercialism for what it was, a part of him was still captive to its call.

The only real dilemma he had faced this year was finding something for his girlfriend Stacey. While she demanded nothing of him, he still wanted to get her something nice. Stacey was a lovely girl, kind to a fault, and in Jim’s estimation, only had one major flaw. A flaw named Stan.

Stan was Stacey’s ex fiancé. The split had been amicable, both realizing that marriage was just not in the cards for them, and after the break up, had remained friends. Although Jim trusted Stacey, on some deep primal level, he hated their friendship. Instinctively Jim reacted to Stan the way a wolf will react to another male entering his territory: hackles up, ready to fight. For Stacey’s sake, he kept civil when this idiot man child not only refused to catch fire and die, but would not take the hint to simply go away. Yes, he trusted Stacey. But he did not trust Stan.

He knew he wasn’t going to find anything at the Dollar Mart for Stacey. He had saved up some money, and had bought two tickets to her favorite Broadway play that was coming to town soon. His was disappointed that the tickets in his price range were the second tier seats. He would have loved to get them closer, but it just was not in the budget.

After paying for his few presents, Jim headed out of the store and across the parking lot, dodging crazed drivers in their holiday shopping frenzy. Just as he was digging for his keys to unlock the door, his cell phone rang. He shifted his bags to his other arm and looked at the caller ID. Seeing Stacey’s number, he flipped open his phone while he proceeded to load his bags into the back seat.

“Hey Hon!” he said warmly. “How are you?”

“I’m fine baby. What are you up to?”

“Just doing a little shopping… what did you need?”

She hesitated, then said “Well, I want to ask you something, but I don’t want you to get upset…”

Jim could feel his blood pressure rising as an ice pick of fear stabbed his gut. He breathed deeply and tried to remain calm as he replied “Oh?”

She sighed and said “Yeah… Hon. I love you, I really do. So I don’t want you thinking that this is more than it is. Well, you know how I’ve been wanting to see that new play about the evil witch? Well, Stan just called and told me that he was buying me orchestra seats for the show. Hon… I want to take the tickets, but I don’t want you to be mad.”

“MAD?!” Jim said with disbelief. “My girlfriend just told me that her ex-fiancé wants to take her to a show where he spent per ticket, and I’m not supposed to get mad?! Come on, Stacey. You can’t expect me to believe that you are naive enough not to realize that this guy has ulterior motives.”

“But, Jim… I..”

He briskly cut her off “Look. You can accept the tickets if you want. Go ahead and accept a date with your ex. But don’t expect me to be around when you get home.”

He clicked off his cell phone and threw it down on the passenger street, seething with anger.

The bastard. The sneaky son of a bitch BASTARD. Here he was again, playing the nice guy, trying to slime his way back into her life, and no doubt back into her pretty little panties. Shaking with rage, he tried the mental exercises he had learned to use to manage his anger. When that did not work, he punched the headliner with his right hand with five quick powerful jabs, that he would later find left a dent in the thin roof of his car. Had he hit a support beam, he probably would have broken his hand. His knuckles burned, but he did not care. In some perverse way, he relished the pain. It did not dissipate his anger like he had hoped, but it did clear his head and channel his anger like the laser pinpoint of a rifle scope.

Turning his car around, he headed toward town, with the intent to hunt down Stan.

—- END OF PART 1 —-


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The Best Way in the World for a Woman to Make Money …

By admin On May 4, 2011 No Comments

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    Steve Forbes Interview: Billionaire Investor Ken Fisher

    By admin On May 3, 2011 No Comments

    Steve Forbes Interview: Billionaire Investor Ken Fisher
    Watch Steve Forbes’ interview with Ken Fisher.
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    Chamber forum provides council contenders chance to talk issues
    The candidates running for city council in the May 14 election had the change to offer up there take on several key questions during the Mesquite Chamber of Commerce’s candidate forum Tuesday at Eastfield College.
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    Smart Shopping at the Farmer’s Market
    So you’ve made the decision to shop for local produce…congrats! Buying local is not only environmentally friendly, but is better for your body and supports the local economy as well. The first trip or two to the local market may seem overwhelming, but you’re not alone! Read these tips to get the most bang for your buck when going local
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    THE BEST AND ONLY WAY TO MAKE MONEY IN FOREX! read this

    By admin On May 2, 2011 No Comments

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