Saturday, July 9, 2011

o ╄ → Maybe love is a sad fairy tale

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Maybe love is a sad fairy tale

Only the distant and not touch the real

Only with the lack of
< br> be achieved from the bright and sanctity



love you give a person, not suffering

give a person you love, it was painful < br>
fell in love with a person who does not love you, it is more painful



if destined, time, space, distance

if not missed, the end is can not be together knowing

not too concerned about everything, but without the need to insist

let all revel it.


escape, not to avoid them

face, not necessarily the most difficult

lonely, unhappy

not be, not will be able to lose long





may not longer have a reason for sadness because

However, you can always find a reason for own happiness



love nothing more than to be happy happy

two people can not, as a man happy

two people suffering as a happy sake



love is a feeling, even if the pain will feel happy

love is an experience, even if broken will feel sweet

Love is an experience, even if broken will feel beautiful



Some are doomed to lose,

some fate is never a result of

love a person does not necessarily have

can, I just wipe it away you left in my heart bit by bit.



love a person not alone, like a talent alone

miss the quiet, lonely enjoy

release clouds of heaven, throw left open the oath



like a person, lost, lost his beloved items like

although regrettable, but not pain

love a person, lost, will leave a wound

will always faint pain.



Do not be lonely do not

indulgence indulgence and lonely life because there is a yearning



called silence between us,

my heart a feeling that, since no further mention of



perhaps, only in rare when farthest,

to to have gone through during the days

see the most real, most clearly

Monday, June 27, 2011

Fisheye lens – Dress shoes manufacturer – china Sport shoes Wedding Dresses Blogs

Types of fisheye lenses
In a circular fisheye lens, the image circle is inscribed in the film or sensor area; in a full-frame fisheye lens the image circle is circumscribed around the film or sensor area.
Further, different fisheye lenses distort images differently, and the manner of distortion is referred to as their mapping function. A common type for consumer use is equisolid angle.
Circular
Image taken using a circular fisheye lens.
The first types of fisheye lenses to be developed were “circular fisheyes” lenses which took in a 180 hemisphere and projected this as a circle within the film frame. Some circular fisheyes were available in orthographic projection models for scientific applications. These have a 180 vertical angle of view, and the horizontal and diagonal angle of view are also 180. Most circular fisheye lenses cover a smaller image circle than rectilinear lenses, so the corners of the frame will be completely dark.
Full-frame
As fisheye lenses gained popularity in general photography, camera companies began manufacturing fisheye lenses that enlarged the image circle to cover the entire 35 mm film frame, and this is the type of fisheye most commonly used by photographers.
The picture angle produced by these lenses only measures 180 degrees when measured from corner to corner: these have a 180 diagonal angle of view, while the horizontal and vertical angles of view will be smaller; for an equisolid angle-type 15 mm full-frame fisheye, the horizontal FOV will be 147, and the vertical FOV will be 94.
The first full-frame fisheye lens to be mass-produced was a 16 mm lens made by Nikon in the late 1960s. Digital cameras with APS-C sized sensors require a 10.5 mm lens to get the same effect as a 16 mm lens on a camera with full-frame sensor.
Fisheye 15 mm (type: equisolid angle), 35 mm film, cropped by slide frame.
Fisheye 10.5 mm Nikkor (type: equisolid angle), APS-C sized sensor, cropped to rectangle.
A full frame fisheye lens for a 35mm camera.
A Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Lens.
Miniature Fisheye Lenses
Miniature fisheye lenses are designed for small format CCD/CMOS imagers commonly used in consumer and security cameras. Popular format sizes are 1/4″ (active area 3.6mmx2.7mm), 1/3″ (active area 4.8mmx3.6mm) and 1/2″ (active area 6.6mmx4.8mm). Depending on the imager active area, the same lens can form a circular image on one imager (e.g. 1/2″), and a full frame on the other (e.g. 1/4″). Sunex makes a series of miniature fisheye lenses for popular imager formats.
Focal length
Sigma currently makes a 4.5mm fisheye lens that captures a 180 degree field of view on a crop body. Sunex also makes a 5.6mm fisheye lens that captures a circular 185 degree field of view on a 1.5x Nikon and 1.6x Canon DSLR cameras.
Nikon produced a 6 mm circular fisheye lens that was initially designed for an expedition to Antarctica. It featured a 220-degree field of view, designed to capture the entire sky and surrounding ground when pointed straight up. This lens is still manufactured by Nikon upon special order, and is used nowadays to produce interactive virtual-reality images such as QuickTime VR and IPIX. Because of its very wide field of view, it is very large and cumbersome – weighing 5.2 kilograms (11 lb) and having a diameter of 236 millimetres (9.3 in). It dwarfs a regular 35 mm SLR camera and has its own tripod mounting point, a feature normally seen in large long-focus or telephoto lenses to reduce strain on the lens mount because the lens is heavier than the camera.
An 8 mm fisheye lens, also made by Nikon, has proven useful for scientific purposes because of its equidistant (equiangular) projection, in which distance along the radius of the circular image is proportional to zenith angle.
Other uses
An image shot with a 16mm full-frame fisheye lens, with a 35mm-format digital SLR, before and after remapping to rectilinear perspective with Panorama Tools
With appropriate software, the curvilinear images produced by a fisheye lens can be remapped to a conventional rectilinear projection. Although this entails some loss of detail at the edges of the frame, the technique can produce an image with a field of view greater than that of a conventional rectilinear lens. This is particularly useful for creating panoramic images.
Some planetariums use a form of fisheye lens to project a two-dimensional film image of the night sky onto the interior of a dome.
Similarly, the IMAX Dome (previously ‘OMNIMAX’) motion-picture format involves photography through a circular fisheye lens, and projection through the same onto a hemispherical screen.
Scientists and resource managers (e.g., biologists, foresters, and meteorologists) use fisheye lenses for hemispherical photography to calculate plant canopy indices and near-ground solar radiation. Applications include evaluation of forest health, characterization of monarch butterfly winter roosting sites, and management of vineyards.
Photographers and videographers use fisheye lenses so they can get the camera as close as possible for action shots whilst also capturing context, for example in skateboarding to focus on the board and still retain an image of the skater.
The peepholes used in doors generally contain fisheye lenses, so as to give a wide field of view. Security cameras often tend to have such lenses for similar reasons.
The first music video to be shot completely with fisheye lens was for the Beastie Boys song “Shake Your Rump” in 1989.
Fisheye lenses for 35 mm cameras
Circular fisheye
Peleng 8 mm f/3.5
Canon FD 7.5 mm f/5.6 (note: not EF mount) (not in production)
Nikkor 8mm f/2.8 lens (not in production)
Sigma 8 mm f/3.5 EX DG (replaces the Sigma 8 mm f/4 EX DG)
Sigma 4.5 mm f/2.8 EX DC Circular Fisheye HSM for APS-C sensors
Sunex 185 deg SuperFisheye 5.6mm f/5.6 for DSLRs
Vemar 12mm f/5.6 Fish-Eye / Ultra-Wideangleircular image on full-frame 135 cameras if the integral hood is in place, 160 degree view. Usually available as a T2 mount for various cameras, but no longer in production.
Full-frame fisheye
AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED (full frame on DX sensors, almost circular on FX sensors if integral hood is removed — the image circle is slightly bigger than the frame and there is some cropping at the top and bottom).
MC Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 (Models available: MC Zenitar-K – Pentax mount; MC Zenitar-M – M42 screwmount; MC Zenitar-H – Nikon mount)
Sigma 15 mm f/2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye
Sigma 10 mm f/2.8 EX DC Fisheye HSM for APS-C sensors.
Zoom Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 fisheye lens for APS-C sensors
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8
Minolta/Sony AF 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye] for Four Thirds cameras
Pentax DA 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 ED(IF) — full-frame image for APS-C sensors on K-mount cameras
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Fisheye CS for APS-C sensors – also marketed as Bower, Polar, Falcon, Rokinon and the same as the Vivitar 7mm and Opteka 6.5mm lenses. This lens is manual focus and is reported to use stereographic projection
Mapping function
The mapping of a sideways object leads to a picture position displacement from the image center. The manner of this conversion is the mapping function. The distance of a point from the image center ‘r’ is dependent on the focal length of the optical system ‘f’, and the angle from the optical axis ”.
Illustration of the conceptual significance of the r, f, and variables used in the mapping function specification.
Original tunnel to be photographed, with camera looking from inside center to left wall.
Gnomonical
Gnomonical, 40 right pan
Linear scaled (equidistant)
Orthographic[dubious discuss]
Equal area (equisolid angle)
Stereographic (conform)
Normal (non-fisheye) lens:
Gnomonical or perspective: r = ftan(). Works like the pinhole camera. Straight lines remain straight (distortion free). “” has to be smaller than 90. The aperture angle is gaged symmetrically to the optical axis and has to be smaller than 180. Large aperture angles are difficult to design and lead to high prices.
Fisheye lenses can have many different mapping functions:
Linear scaled (equidistant): , where is in radians. Practical for angle measurement e.g., star maps. PanoTools uses this type.
Orthographic: r = fsin(). Looks like an orb with the surroundings lying on < max. 180 aperture angle.
Equal area (equisolid angle): r = 2fsin( / 2). Looks like a mirror image on a ball, best special effect (unsophisticated distances), suitable for area comparison (clouds grade determination). This type is popular but it compresses marginal objects. The prices of these lenses are high, but not extreme.
Stereographic (conform): r = 2ftan( / 2). This mapping would be ideal for photographers because it doesn’t compress marginal objects as much. Samyang is the only manufacturer ever to be making this kind of fisheye lens. This lens is available under different brandnames. This mapping is easily implemented by software.
Other mapping functions (for example Tailored Distortion lenses) are also possible for enhancing the off-axis resolution of fisheye lenses.
All types of fisheye lens bend straight lines. Aperture angles of 180 or more are possible only with large amounts of barrel distortion.
See also
Map projection
References
^ Hill, R. 1924. A lens for whole sky photographs. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 50:227-235.
^ The formula is , which comes from inverting the mapping function; Dyxum, Gustavo Orensztajn
^ AF DX Fisheye-NIKKOR 10.5 mm f/2.8G ED specification
^ Miniature fisheye lenses
^ Sunex
^ 4.5mm F2.8 EX DC Circular Fisheye HSM
^ “Additional Information on Fisheye-Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 lens”. Malaysian Internet Resources. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
^ “Additional Information on Fisheye-Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 lens: Late 70s”. Malaysian Internet Resources. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
^ Sunex
^ SuperFisheye
^
^ AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED
^ MC Zenitar
^ Sigma 15 mm f/2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye
^ Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye
^ “Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye”. lenstip.com. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
^ Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Fisheye CS
^ Tailored Distortion lenses
External links
Fisheye projection theory
A list of fisheye lenses
Overview of fish-eye distortion effects
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The Air Jordan Line

The Air Jordan Line
The Air Jordan line of clothing and apparel has been, and probably will continue to be, a significant product line for Nike.
Michael Jordan has always inspired interesting products. I'm writing about Michael J. Jordan, the (first) Chicago Bulls and (later) Washington Wizards basketball player. Not Michael H. Jordan, the chairman and CEO of (formerly) Westinghouse Electric Corporation and (now) EDS (the common nickname for Electronic Data Systems Corporation, best known as the company Ross Perot founded).
Whether the Jordan product includes "winged basketballs", chunks of fake snake, "The JUMPMAN", or quilted leather/fabric composite, they almost always surprise the customer. After examining the Jordan product line, certain trends and patterns show up. Otherwise, just showing all the Air Jordan models takes several minutes over a slow modem! Michael was quite a basketball player before he retired. Some of it may be because his Mama, Deloris Jordan, is quite a lady! (Both when raising Michael and to this day...)
Jump to the Jumpman's shoes: Go straight to information about each of the models! Before Air Jordan: Michael Jordan in College (what Michael Jordan wore before they invented the Air Jordan!) Air Jordan models: Air Jordan 1 Air Jordan AJKO Air Jordan 2 Air Jordan 3 Air Jordan 4 Air Jordan 5 Air Jordan 6 Air Jordan 7 Air Jordan 8 Air Jordan 9 Air Jordan 10 Air Jordan 11 Air Jordan 12 Air Jordan 13 Air Jordan 14 Air Jordan 15 Air Jordan 16 Air Jordan 17 Air Jordan 18 Air Jordan 19 Air Jordan 20 Air Jordan 21 Some past JUMPMAN models included: JUMPMAN Pro JUMPMAN Pro Quick JUMPMAN Pro Strong Some past JORDAN Brand models included: Air Jordan Team Air Jordan Trainer Women's Jordan Before Air Jordan: Michael Jordan in College
Well.... would you believe he wore Converse Pro Leather high-tops (usually associated with "Dr. J", but Michael also wore them) with Carolina blue trim?
The Era of the Winged Basketball The first two Air Jordan basketball shoes featured a "winged basketball" logo. The Air Jordan 1 featured the "winged basketball" logo on the top outside, at approximately ankle level. The Air Jordan 2 featured the same logo, but moved it to the tongue of the shoe.
The Era of the Flaunted Air Air Jordan basketball shoes (true to their name) have always featured Nike AIR cushioning. Unlike the running and training shoe lines, the Air Jordan shoes have not shown off their Nike AIR as a usual feature. Only the Air Jordan 3 through Air Jordan 6 had visible Nike AIR.
The Era of the Rising JUMPMAN From the Air Jordan 3 onward, the Air Jordan product line has featured a logo known as the "JUMPMAN". Until Michael Jordan's early retirement, the "JUMPMAN" jumped around: Air Jordan 3 - tongue Air Jordan 4 - tongue Air Jordan 5 - outsole and tongue Air Jordan 6 - outsole and tongue Air Jordan 7 - ankle Air Jordan 8 - tongue The Era of Premature Retirement
The Air Jordan 9 came out when Michael Jordan was in his first retirement from basketball. Michael Jordan did demonstrate his baseball batting ability (such as it was) indoors while wearing this particular model of Air Jordan.
While Michael was out of commission late in the 2001-2002 season, some of his Wizards teammates have been seen wearing these.
The Era of the Returning JUMPMAN The Air Jordan 10 was in production when Michael Jordan returned to playing basketball.
Michael Jordan was back in full swing for the Air Jordan 11 model year.
The Era of the JORDAN Brand While Nike did not reveal the JORDAN Brand marketing plan until late 1997, there were earlier, tantalizing hints in the products on store shelves.
While the Air Jordan 12 was still on store shelves, Nike brought forth the JUMPMAN Pro. It was a shoe with many Air Jordan characteristics, including the "JUMPMAN" logo, but not the "Air Jordan" name. Similarly, while the Air Jordan 13 was on the store shelves, the JUMPMAN Pro Quick and JUMPMAN Pro Strong came to market.
Late 1997 brought forth a troika of shoes that started the JORDAN Brand. The Air Jordan 13, Air Jordan Team, and Air Jordan Trainer have come to market. (Note that the JORDAN Brand products do not have the NIKE name or the SWOOSH on them. Similarly, the packaging only carries the NIKE name and address in small type on the bottom.)
The JUMPMAN Pro Quick and JUMPMAN Pro Strong from Spring and Summer 1998 are also JORDAN Brand products.
Only the Nike athletic shoe wizards (and, undoubtedly, some industrial spies in the athletic shoe plants) know what surprises are coming next. A picture of what turned out to be the Air Jordan 14 arrived in my E-mail in June 1998.
Fall 1998 brought some real surprises, including the Women's Jordan. Since then, the Air Jordan line has continued through the Air Jordan 15 through the Air Jordan 21.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Running Shoe Basics

Nike Apparel 2XU Apparel Adidas Apparel Asics Apparel BOA Apparel Brooks Apparel Craft Apparel CWX Apparel K-Swiss Apparel Mizuno Apparel New Balance North Face Apparel Pearl Izumi Puma Apparel Runner's World Running Times Salomon Apparel Saucony Apparel Skins Apparel Sugoi Apparel Under Armour Apparel ZENSAH Apparel Zoot Apparel Singlets & Sleeveless Short Sleeve Tops Long Sleeve Tops Shorts Pants & Tights Jackets and Vests Underwear Socks & Gaiters Compression &
        Recovery Sale Apparel SELECTING THE RIGHT SHOE FOR YOU Although selecting the best shoe for you may seem a bit overwhelming, in reality it's not all that difficult if you have an understanding of how your feet move, and how the technologies in running shoes work.
How Feet Move Neutral movement: Feet turn inward slightly as they hit the ground, called pronation.
Overpronation: Feet roll too far inward, the arches collapse and provide no support. Overpronators usually have low to flat arches.
Supination: Feet roll outward rather than inward. Supinators usually have high, rigid arches that don't absorb shock well.

If you're one of the lucky runners who is neutral, you probably have few injuries. However, if you're among the majority of runners who overpronate, or you supinate, you may be injury-prone.

Types of injuries common to overpronators:
Achilles tendonitis Arch pain Knee pain Rigid big toe Hip and lower back pain
Types of injuries common to supinators:
Illiotibial band syndrome Plantar fasciitis Achilles tendonitis
What Shoes Go With What Feet? Shoe manufacturers make shoes for each type of foot: overpronators, supinators and neutral runners. Not surprisingly, shoes for neutral runners are described on our website as being neutral. Although people with a neutral footstrike can wear just about any type of shoe, it's best to stay away from those with a lot of devices designed to control movement, which is why neutral shoes have very few ñbells and whistles.î Neutral shoes are best for neutral runners and supinators.

Neutral Shoe Characteristics Single-density, soft to moderately soft midsoles Zero to moderate torsion rigidity (a fancy technical term that refers to how easily the shoe twists when it's held by the heel and the front is turned in the direction of the big-toe) Semi-curved to curved shape (when looking at the sole) Very flexible
Support shoes are designed for runners who overpronate. Since there are varying degrees of overpronation, shoes for overpronators offer varying degrees of support and stability. At Running Warehouse we classify support shoes as being mid, moderate or maximum.

Mid-Support Shoe Characteristics Small portions of midsoles that are higher density Soft to moderately firm midsoles Mid to moderate torsion rigidity Semi-curved to curved shape Very flexible
Moderate Support Shoe Characteristics Larger portions of midsoles that are higher density Soft to moderately firm midsoles Mid to moderate torsion rigidity Semi-curved to curved shape Moderately to very flexible
Maximum Support Shoe Characteristics Much larger portions of midsoles that are higher density Moderately firm to firm midsoles Moderate to maximum torsion rigidity Semi-curved to semi-straight shape Mildly flexible to moderately flexible
Runners who severely overpronate need motion control shoes. Shoes classified as moderate motion control are best for severe overpronators who run low to moderate mileage (10-20 miles-per-week), runners new to the sport who severely overpronate or larger runers with moderate overpronation. Maximum motion control shoes are best for large runners (men over 190 pounds, women over 150) who severely overpronate.

Moderate Motion Control Shoe Characteristics Much larger portion of midsoles that are higher density Firm midsoles Moderate to maximum torsion rigidity Semi-straight to straight shape Mildly flexible to moderately flexible
Maximum Motion Control Shoe Characteristics Largest portion of midsoles that are higher density Firm midsoles Maximum torsion rigidity Semi-straight to straight shape Mildly flexible
What about Cushioning? Cushioning doesn't refer to how soft a shoe feels but rather how long a shoe will provide shock absorption before it breaks down. Since cushioned shoes weigh more than shoes with less cushioning, the amount of cushioning in shoes and body frame size are closely related. Larger runners tend to break down shoes with less cushioning, and runers with smaller frames may feel that maximum-cushioned shoes are too heavy. As with pronation control categories, we break cushioning levels down based on the amount of cushioning in a particular shoe.

Maximum Cushioning Characteristics Largest cushioning devices Midsole materials resist compression Good for high-mileage, larger runners and runners who want a luxurious ride
Moderate Cushioning Characteristics Medium-sized cushioning devices Variety of midsole materials Good for any amount of training volume and body frame size
Minimum Cushioning Characteristics Small amount of cushioning devices Best for fast-paced training or racing and runners with smaller body frames
Should I Wear a Racing Flat or Trail Shoe? Racing flats are very lightweight, with a minimum amount of cushioning. Generally speaking, you should consider a racing shoe if you fit into these categories:
Your are a man who races at under 6:00 minute-per-mile pace You are a woman who races at under 7:00 minute-per-mile pace You have a smaller body frame. (Larger runners who race fast can wear racing flats, but like any shoe with a minimal amount of cushioning, a racing flat will quickly break down when worn by a larger runner)
Trail shoes are designed to offer better traction and stability than road shoes. If you run over 50% of the time on trails, you should consider a trail shoe. Characteristics of trail shoes are:
Minimal pronation control and cushioning Durable outsoles usually with lug patterns Low profiles Protective uppers Quick-drying materials Often water-resistant

Friday, June 17, 2011

Tags komodo - Toe Shoes, Barefoot Running Shoes, and Vibram FiveFingers News, Resources, and Fan Forums - Birthday Shoes

For Spring 2011, the Vibram Five Fingers Komodo Sport! Vibram continues to expand their Five Fingers line for 2011 with the introduction of the Vibram Five Fingers Komodo Sport. The Komodo Sport, or just "Komodo" for sake of simplicity, is a fitness-oriented "upgrade" to the KSO and will be offered for both men and women.
Here are the technical specifications on the Komodo Sport that I nabbed from the 2011 Vibram Five Fingers catalog:
"With today’s athlete in mind, Vibram FiveFingers has raised the intensity with the Vibram FiveFingers KomodoSport. This aggressive multisport design inherits what we love about the KSO with functional improvements that appeal to the most active fitness enthusiast. For the first time ever, Vibram introduces a stitch-free, seamless 2mm footbed to reduce friction. Heel and instep hook-and-loop closures help secure the stretch nylon upper to the contours of your foot-just like a second skin. The KomodoSport wouldn’t be complete without a 4mm Vibram TC1 performance rubber outsole which provides the grip and protection you need for a variety of cross training activities."
In a nutshell, the Komodo Sport is aimed squarely at the high-intensity fitness community.

Initial thoughts on the Komodo Sport Five Fingers I've gotten a sneak peak at some pre-production sales samples of the Vibram FiveFingers KomodoSport, so what follows are my initial impressions of the Komodo based on design, materials, feel, and more. As I have the chance to put them through the ropes, I will post more!
The "aggressive" part of the Komodo certainly relates to it's sole design, which is like an edgier version of the Bikila sole, having circular, jagged grooves on the sole at the heel and outside of the forefoot.
Many of the "action photos" accompanying the Komodo Sport have the models working out with kettlebells and doing workouts that are evocative of CrossFit — neither connection is surprising as Vibram Five Fingers are popular in both the kettlebell and CrossFit communities.
Perhaps what's most compelling about the Komodo Sport line is that it seems geared toward improved traction on lateral cuts. Given where the tread is most aggressive on the Komodo, it's right where you'd want to "dig in" on a hard cut. Interesting.
Additionally, the Komodo Sport features a 2mm footbed, which is surprisingly soft on my foot — softer even than the Bikila. The stitch-free aspect of the footbed is nice, too — it basically just means there are no corner stitches anywhere. I think even the Bikila has a few of those in the toes, so this makes for a nice improvement. Total thickness of the sole looks to ring in similar to the Bikila, as well.
The Komodo is a beefy VFF in the sense that it weighs a bit more than other models. As far as ground feel, my initial testing (more will be required) tells me that the Komodo provides a similar ground feel to the Bikila and the KSO Trek.
The Komodo upper features the standard "stretchy fabric" you'll get with your run-of-the-mill KSO, Classic, or Sprint, as well as a bit of mesh at the top outside front and along the sides of the toe shoes. Other KSO "upgrades" include a comfortably padded heel cup (the part around the ankle) and a beefier strapping mechanism, which is reminiscent of the Flow as it employs two Velcro straps: one over the top of the foot (the instep) and another that goes around the heel. This combo does the trick.
Speaking of the instep, there is this fantastic stretchy mesh material that is underneath the strap and wraps the ankle (I'm tugging on it in this pic). Given that these are fitness oriented, I could see this material doing a good job of absorbing some of the sweat I'd expect to be throwing off while wearing these puppies. It might make them fit a bit better for folks with higher insteps, too.
Style-wise, the Komodo Sport looks good. The yellow and black sample version I've got has an aggressive, edgy (literally) look to it. As men in the VFF community tend to like black, the Komodo Sport will come in a black version and a black/grey/gold version. The women's blue/yellow Komodo Sport looks particularly good (see photos below) — Mrs. Birthday Shoes (and my sister, the foot model below) both agree on this point: they like the Komodo Sport's looks in blue. And it, too, will come in the black/grey/gold color combo.
Is a more aggressive Vibram Five Fingers model necessary? It's a good question that I'm sure many of you are thinking about. I'm not sure what the answer is. On the one hand, I know that your standard VFFs just don't "cut it" when it comes to trying to break laterally. Just as an example, I've had some epic slides on wet ground in my Sprints chasing after a Frisbee: trying to stop on a base in kickball in KSOs is also just about impossible. Comparatively, the Trek sole performs much better in these applications. Perhaps the Komodo Sport can serve a useful function by being a fitness- and play-oriented Five Fingers model.
For now, I'm going to have to take mine out for a spin or two — run some hill sprints, dust off my kettlebells, and get in some high-intensity training. Stay tuned (and see the photos below)!
Photos of the Men's Komodo Sport Vibram Five Fingers in yellow and black Photos of the Women's Komodo Sport Vibram Five Fingers in blue and yellow The 2011 Vibram Five Fingers line-up (links will go live as the pages are up this week!)
Komodo Sport
Jaya
Jaya LR
Bikila LS
Kids KSO

Monday, May 30, 2011

Seven good enough for a lifetime of psychological allegory

yea no return in the space see, feel good, to turn around the

(a) the growth of fable: the growth of apple trees will never do a


an apple tree, and finally the result.
the first year, which end up with 10 apples, 9 were taken away, they receive one. In response, angry apple trees, then cutting off, in turn, refused to grow. The next year, it bears a five apples, four were taken away, they receive one.
However, it can do: continue to grow. For example, the second year, it bears the 100 fruit, 90 were taken away, they receive 10.
is possible, it is taken away 99, they receive one. But no matter, it can continue to grow fruit the third year-end 1000 ... ...
fact, how much fruit is not the most important. The most important thing is the tree to grow! Such as apple trees grow into towering trees, those who have hindered its growth will be weak to negligible power. Really, do not worry so much about the fruit, the growth is the most important. Psychological Review】 【

you are not a meridian of the work has since broken family?
started work, you talented, high-spirited, I believe that But the reality soon hit a few of your Sap, perhaps, you made a great contribution for the unit that no one seriously; perhaps, but not only by verbal emphasis on affordable; maybe ... ... In short, you feel like the apple tree , bear the fruit of their own to enjoy only a small part, and falls far short of your expectations.
So, you are angry, upset you, do you grumble ... ... In the end, you decide not to work so hard, to do to match their own income. After the past few years, as you reflect on that now you have not just the work of passion and talent of the time.
But the essence is that you have stopped growing.
such stories abound around us.
why make such mistakes, because we forget that life is a journey, a whole, we think we have grown over, now to the Results child's time. We too care about temporary gains and losses, and forget the growth is the most important.
Fortunately, this is not a Jin Yong novel of self-off passages. We stand ready to give up doing so, continue to move toward growth path.
Remember: If you are a working group, met do not understand management, management or error management brutal boss or corporate culture, then, to remind ourselves about, do Do not rage and grumbled while cutting their meridians. No matter what, have to do an apple tree will never grow because you always grow important than how much money each month.

(b) the motivation of the parable: the child for whom the play



kids frolic in front of an elderly, sounds and groaning . Over the past few days, the elderly unbearable.
So he came out to 25 cents for each child, said to them: This tribute money. Come out to the elderly and gave each child 15 cents. He explained that he had no income, only a small to some. It also can be 15 cents, children are still happily away.
the third day, the old man gave only 5 cents for each child.
children with rage, for him to play it! Psychological Review】 【

whom you Why is cutting off the tree in turn, because it is not for myself
two types of human motivation: internal motivation and external motivation. If the internal motivation to act in accordance with, we are masters of their own. If we are driven by external motivation, we will be swayed by external factors to become enslaved by it.
In this fable, the calculation is simple for the elderly, who will the children's internal motivation In order to obtain cents and play Fables of the elderly, a lot like your boss, boss? And cents, like not like your wages, bonuses and other kinds of external rewards?
as a reference, such as coordinates of the external evaluation, our emotions can easily fluctuate. Because we can not control external factors, it is easy to deviate from our internal expectations, let us dissatisfied, let us grumble. Gripe and let negative emotions such as pain, in order to reduce the pain, we had to reduce the internal expectations, the most common method is to reduce the work effort.
A person can form an external evaluation system, the most important reason is that parents like to control him. Parents too prefer to use verbal rewards and punishments, material incentives and other control children, not to ignore the child's own motivation. Over time, the children have forgotten their original motives, what are the external evaluation of care. School, he has forgotten the original motivation for learning --- curiosity and joy of learning; work, he forgot the original motivation of the work --- the joy of growth, the evaluation of superiors and income fluctuations into his work the largest source of pleasure and pain.
remember: external evaluation of the system often is a hereditary, but you can break it, from now on cultivating their own internal evaluation system, making learning and work into a

(c) Planning fable: a piece of paper folded 51 times



Imagine you have a big enough hand White. Now, your task is to fold it 51 times. So, How high?
a refrigerator? Floor? Or a skyscraper so high? No, a big change, the thickness more than the distance between Earth and the Sun. Psychological Review】 【


to now, I get asked a dozen people in this fable, only two people said that this may is an unimaginable height, while others think that is a maximum height of skyscrapers as high.
folded height of 51 such terror, but if only the 51 white paper stacked together?
This contrast made many people feel shocked. Because there is no direction, lack of planning in life, like the 51 White simple stacked. Doing this today, tomorrow little bit of that, every time there is no link between efforts. In this way, even if each work is done very well, they have your whole life is nothing but a simple superposition.
, of course, life is more complicated than this fable. Some people, life finds a simple direction and firmly to do so, they reached the other end of life unattainable height. For example, I have a friend for your life is English, he spent more than a decade efforts, only the memory of the word reached the amount of ten million and more, at this point to reach the average person can not match the height.
some people, and their direction in life is also very clear, for example, to start a company boss, so they need a lot of skills --- skills, management skills, communication skills, decision-making skills and so on. They may try doing this in the beginning, and try doing that, none is particularly proficient, but in the end, open the company boss in the direction of these seemingly scattered the previous integration efforts together, which is a kinds of complex folding in life, rather than simply additive.
Remember: the power of sight more useful than the invisible forces.
Now, the popular place to find the answer from the unseen, such as the potential development, such as Success, that we rely on some miracle of life can be saved. However, in my opinion, Counseling Center, Dongguan Heng Yuan consultant Maozheng Jiang said more correctly, avoid the fables: cat escape the shadow of the tricks



than have to think, They will see that they are crazy for their own shadow.
However, Tom and Toby finally have found their own solutions. Tom is always close their eyes. Approach is to Toby, always stay in the shadows of other things.

【Comments】
mental note of this fable, a little mental problem is how to become more psychological problems.
can say that all psychological problems are derived from the distortion of the facts. What facts? We mainly those suffering negative events.
because of the pain experience, we do not want to face the negative events. However, once occurred, negative events that is destined to be with us for life, we can do them up but is repressed into the subconscious to go, this is the so-called forgotten.
However, their subconscious will still continue to play a role. And, even if we have forgotten the fact that powerful again, the pain associated with these facts would still attack us, let us somehow sad, and can not be suppressed. This pain Let us further effort to escape.
development to the end, the usual solution is to these two: either, as we like the cat Tom and completely distorting their own experience, of life all the important facts are ignored negative; or, we, like kittens, like Toby, simply join their suffering to all of their things were very bad, since everything is so bad, that make their most original event is not sad ache so much.
clouds mental hospital consultant, said Li Ling, 99% of drug users had a painful experience. The reason they did drugs to make themselves to escape the pain. It's like hide in the shadows, painful truth is a devil, the devil in order to avoid this, simply to sell itself to a greater devil. There are many alcoholism
adults, they have had an alcoholic and abusive father, father survive a lot of torture. To forget the pain, they learn the same way. In addition to these visible
wrong way, we humans have invented a myriad of all kinds of ways to escape suffering, these methods Freud referred to as psychological defense mechanisms. Too painful, these defense mechanisms is necessary, but worse, if the distortion of the facts of psychological defense mechanism is so intense, it will take a more psychological problems, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, multiple personality, or even schizophrenia.
really only one way to reach health - face the pain. Facing the pain would get a lot from the pain of unexpected gains, they will eventually become the life of the party of wealth.
Remember: shadow and light, as are the wealth of life.
one of the most important psychological law is, no matter how painful, you are no escape. You can only go brave face it and resolve it, beyond it, and it finally reached a settlement. If you own a temporary shortage of power, you can find help, find friends and relatives for help, or seek professional help, accompany you trust with you to face the pain.
American psychologist, Rogers was the most lonely person, but when he faced this fact and resolve, he became a master of the real relationships ; American psychologist Frank has a brutal and alcoholic stepfather and a bad mother, but when he challenges the fact and, ultimately, from the heart to forgive his parents, he became an expert in this area treatment; Japanese psychologists are Morita Ma was a serious neurological disorder, but he challenges the fact and finally through the invention of Morita therapy in their lives ... ... the most painful truth eventually became their most important asset. You can do the same.

(e) action fable --- crabs, owls and bats



crabs, owls and bats to cram on the habit. Few years later, they graduate and obtain a doctorate. However, the crab is still rampant, owls sleep during the day and evening activities are still the bat still hung upside down. Psychological Review】 【


This is even famous master of a fable, and its meaning is simple: action more important than knowledge.
used in mental health, this fable is also thought-provoking.
called profound knowledge of psychology. However, the more even the best knowledge of psychology help a person does not automatically become more healthy. In fact, I know some people who had studied psychology for many years, they learn one of the purposes of psychology is to rule themselves, but after so many years of school, their problems remain.
reason why this happens, a very important reason is, they do not personally, just far away as the knowledge of knowledge, knowledge, and not into their own life experience.
one of my friends like psychology, has been considered less sensitive than those of psychology, not suitable for Psychology. But the fact is that speculation is not correct. He is not sensitive enough, but he has a very big advantage: to know a good knowledge immediately in their own lives to do it. As a result, the knowledge that becomes a distant real life experience, he does not
If we say that the quality of high sensitivity is a genius, then the power is more important Gao genius quality.
this fable can come out of another meaning: Do not expect too much the magic of the mysterious psychological treatment. Always the most important force in your own body, the mysteries of knowledge, the potential development of mysterious, dazzling success and so forth, are far inferior to the power of your own body has been important. We used to go outside to find the answer to someone else looking for strength, the results have forgotten the power in themselves.
Remember: other people's knowledge can not automatically save you.
punch if some renju touched you, if some text or a new creed inspired you. So, these other people's words and experience are just a start, more importantly, a good knowledge you think you really use in your own life to go. Jewish philosopher Martin Buber
these words, I have always considered the most important:
you'll have to start. If you do not love to go deep in a positive life, if you do not own way to reveal the meaning of life for themselves, then for you, life will remain meaningless.

(VI) to give the Fables: bees and flowers



withered roses, the bees are still hard to suck, because suck it previously had to spend from this little sweet. But now in this little to spend, the bees suck the venom.
bees know this, because the venom bitter taste is the big difference with the previous. Thus, bees anger, however, breathe on it the whole world looked up to complain about, why the taste changed? !
Finally one day, do not know why, bee vibrating wings, flying a bit high. At this time, it found, withered roses around the flowers everywhere. Psychological Review】 【


This is the fable about love, is a young language teacher of the true sentiment.
some time, she was falling out of love, painful, and always wanted to talk about me, I hope I can give her some knowledge of psychology help. We have some time, but almost two months later, the total time they can not happen to get together.
the last time about her, she said: She had just returned from Jiuzhaigou back. The pain of lost love is still plagued her, let her trance, unable to enjoy the beauty of Jiuzhaigou. Inadvertently, she noticed a little on the honey bee is a flower. That moment, her mind like thunder and lightning appeared in one sentence: ;, of course, nature does not do the little bees, only man was such a silly, she's the bees in this sentence refers to her own course. That moment, she had to give up the truth out of insight. Previously, she wanted me to help her out, but in fact, the long wings in her own body, she can fly to fly.
give up is not easy to give up love, especially painful. Because, love is when our young copy of parent-child relationship. Small children, no matter from which side, parents can not do without. If a complete denial of his father and mother, and that means death for him, this is the ultimate harm and fear. We have experienced more or less been denied parents the pain and fear, so when love - a copy of the parent-child relationship once again we experience the pain and fear, we can easily become very emotional bad.
However, compared to love and parent-child relationship, there is a huge difference: a child, nothing we can do, all parents have the final say; but now, We grow up, we have the power to choose their own destiny. It can be said, a child, we do not have wings bee, but now we have a pair of powerful wings.
However, when deeply in love, we will return to childhood, we will forget a pair of wings to fly. When we realize that, after their love is no longer automatically copy parent-child relationship, our love was free, there is a give up power.
Remember: Love is two things, two completely equal, independent and human dignity thing. You can work, but not that hard for you there will be results, because another person, you can not determine.
So, no matter how much you care about the time love, if another person determined to leave you, please respect his choice.
And also remember, you are no longer a child, are left with the pain of torture. You have grown up, you have a pair of powerful wings, you can fly out of a relationship has become poison.

(g) close to the fable: the unique Rose



Little Prince has a small planet, planet Suddenly a tender and beautiful roses blooming. Previously, only some unknown on this planet the flowers, the little prince had never seen such beautiful flowers, he fell in love with this rose, carefully nurtured her.
those days, he thought, this is a unique flower on earth, only his only planet, other places are not exist.
, however, so he came to Earth and found that there is a garden just the same as 5000 of this flower. At this time, he knows that he only have an ordinary flower.
the beginning, this discovery, let the little prince was very sad. But in the end, the little prince to understand, although there are many roses in the world, but his planet tis is still unique because that rose, he had water, cover flowers to cover her with a screen protection over , in addition to her body caterpillars, but also to listen to her grumbled, or boasted, listening to silence her ... ... a word, and he tamed her, and she tamed him, she is his unique roses.
Fox said to him. Psychological Review】 【


This is a French classic times, but still until 2005 understand this.
face of 5000 roses, the little prince said: But now we empty the increasingly popular We are anxious to have
. Seems that each has had a rose, the value of their own lives to Duoliaoyifen. Internet age, with several ten lover, is no longer a rare thing too. But I know who these promiscuous, no one is empty. They do not enjoy the relationship, they just enjoy the conquest.
did not have before, they will do anything to narrow the distance between. But once you have, they will quickly lose interest in this intimate relationship. the stronger the desire to conquer, the faster the rate of loss. ; For such people, a rose garden roses than a unique and more attractive.
However, the relationship between the United States, almost two inputs is the extent and degree to be tamed. When two people are naturally going into, naturally, be tamed, the relationship will become a life nourishment, so that a person's life becomes more filling and more beautiful.
However, no matter how intimate. The Little Prince is still Prince, Rose is still a rose, they are still two individuals. Rose not to travel if the little prince, little prince or non-travel the roses with me, they have to stick together, the relationship is no longer enjoy, but will become a burden.
Remember: both a close and mutually independent relationship, the relationship is better than a thousand general. This relationship will bring us the sense of loneliness from the hopeless rescue is the most important in our lives a kind of salvation.
If you have not experienced, you can not know the beauty of this relationship.

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