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^■■S^j .^ A ^. t~y. ^, sssssssstBa ~ rx—~~- jt-vtsbt* * -rav 'i -x- .'- ■TlhtfMs-i l"ssssss¥lljil I A. J. WARREN. Publisher. SALINE, WASHTENAW GO., MICH., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1891. VOL. XL—NO. 36. # BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PROFESSIONAL. P E.JONES. Attorney at Law. ill Business attended to with Promptness and Care. Office on McKay street, SALINE, - - MICH. rj. R. WILLIAM » Attorney at Law, Especial attention aid to Pension Claims Jof' all kinds. Kewcomb Block, MILAN, - - MICH. TfT A. NICHOLS, Nl. D., PHYSICIAN and SUKGEOH. Office at Nicho ! ros*. drug store. SALINE, - " MICH. p F. UNTERKIRCHER, M. P., PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Calls promptly attended to at all hours. Office in Hauser block, Chicago street. SALINE, - - MICH. Q W. CHANDLER, M D., PHLrSlCIAN and SURGEON Bffice on Adrian Street, first door sbufi of the . Wallace Block, SALINE, - - MICH. IT D. HELLER, O. D S. DENTIST. Headquarters for the best Tooth Powder in the market. Office over Nichols Bros', drug store. SALINE, - - MICH. C C. SLAGHT, Veterinary Surgeop. Graduate of Chicago Veterinary College, Residence VA miles east of Pennington s Corners. Calls inay be left ateither of the stores at the Corners. AU calls promptly attended to. MACON, - - MICH. MISCELLANEOUS. WATERMAN'S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. (Miss Gillett's old stand.) Willbein Saline every Wednesday and shall'be pleased to meet all iu need of work in my line, ""still and see samples o£our urork. P CORDON, The Pioneer Painter. Over Forty "STears^Esperience. Carriage, Sign and Ornamental Painting, Paper Hanging, Frescoing, Etc. SALINE, - MICH. W M. BRIGGS, Practical Painter. ' louse painting, graining, paper hanging and kalsoinining. All work promptly and neatly done, and satisfaction guaranteed, SALINE, - - MICH. NEIGHBORHOOD GLEANINGS. Newsy Notes and Occasional Occurrences From our Near Neighbors. Ypsilanti's debt now looms up close to §180,500. About 200 acres of cucumbers are growing near Grass Lake. Chelsea merchants will close their stores July 4th, after ten a. m. Dexter is trj ing hard to organ ize a brass band. The Leader says they are lacking in wind. The furnitui'e factory at Adrian will be rebuilt at once, work having been commenced. The Northyilie Record tells us .that the Plymouth high school charged 20c admission at commencement. The old Co. A., of Ann Arbor, have orderedfifty new Remington rifles*. This looks as if the boys meant business. A Chelsea man had his board shaved off just to see if his family would know him when he went home to supper. They did know him, but it was after his own dog had met him at the gate and made it necessary to call on his wife to repair his "pants." Editor Field, of the Tecumseh News, has, by the board of supervisor, been elected to the position of county commissioner of schools. Mr. F., we are confident, will ably fill the position and the position make his;|pocket book $1,280 better off. The citizens of Plymouth hare had the pleasure Of viewing the blossom of the most beautiful flower that grows, the night blooming cereus, at the residence of L. W. Hutton, where a large crowd of neighbors gathered a few nights since to watch the development. A Fish Story. V ANDUZER'S Barber Shop. iair Cutting. Shaving, Shampooing and all [ Work in tXe Barber Line. Bath room iu connection. Hot or cold baths at I «y times. A. B. VAN DUZER. [ SALtXE, - - MICH. j A. MILBER & SON. (Snuc's-sors to .1. A. Alber). jLrive-2»3jr, S'-assi and Sale Stable, First-clai* rigs at reasonable rates. Commercial travelers and their bug- gage carried • to :ind from adjoining towns with -promptness and at living ra i i's. Old American House Burn, SALINE, - - ' MICH. John Baumardnei (Snceesso to Anton Eisle,*^ DEALER IN Foreign and American Marble, Granite and Building stone. Comer of Detroit and Catherine Sts. ANN ARBOR, MICH. SALINE REPAIR SHOP. When'in need of Repair Work in the line of JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS, SEWING MACHINES, BICYCLES, G-UNS, ETC. Give me a call and I will guarantee Fatisfaction. Respectfully, E. H. CRESSY, Wallace Block. Late in the afternoon of June 25th, J. H. Bortle, L. Haight, G. A. Cullen and myself started out for a two days' outirjg at Pleasant Lake, appointing ourselves a special committee to look up a suitable place for picnicing. Of course it was handy to have a boy along to look after certain little fixings, in which case Willie Carson fitted the bill well. On leaving home we had a nice lot of minnows which were lively and active, but after starting out we concluded that the amount of bait was insufficient and when we had reached the Dr. Hall brook, part of our crowd piled out, leaving Haight and Cullen in the shade to watch the wagon and its contents while we captured more minnows. After floundering around the crock and getting my feet wet and Willie nearly capsizing himself in the brook, we succeeded in capturing enough live bait, with what we previously had, to last six men four days. Then for the wagon, how well things were looked after you can well imagine, asour comrades forgot the minnows. They were spoiled for future use, two pails of them had died. We asked why they did not change the water. Why, they answered, we thought the Water would keep them. It did. Of course, we musji have more or fail in our anticipated capture of those big pickerel and bass that we were certain swam in the waters of Pleasant Lake. This was our first streak of luck. We then started for Mr. C. Warner's creek, where John, with net, Lorenzo and myself, with sticks to do the driving, soon made up for those which we had lost. We then went flying over the road for the lake. About four o'clock p. m. we arrived at our destination, putting out the team,securing* our boats,and started in for an afternoon's fishing. Sun down, started for camp having caught some very fine fish, and completing our arrangements for the night, after making away with a. share of the provisions we carried with us, we concluded to try the night fishing for bullheads. Bortle, being ti-ed put and having the headache, said he would stay in camp and rest. Haight, Willie, Cullen and myself started out prospecting. Somehow the bullheads had some evil prognostication of our intentions and refused to be enticed with anything we could offer. They didn't nibble worth a cent. Returning about eleven o'clock prepared foi* a good night's rest. Bortle told us of a visit of someone who was prowling around, no doubt some ol, our things would have been missing, if not our whole outfit been carried off, had not some of us been in camp to look after them, and in their wandering had stumbled against the guy ropes of the tent, Bortle roused up and frightened the burglar away. T lay down to rest and slept with one. eye open. One o'clock, the moon was shining brightly, I heard a noise and "supposing it to be th« thief I went to see who it was, when I found myself confronted with the burglar a black and white cat, Bortle's ghost. CHAKUE HOW. RARE SPORT AHEAD FOR PATRONS OF THE TROTTING TURF. The Cracks of the Salt ana Weit "Will Meet for the Firit Time this Year at Ham- tramck—The Great £10,000 Stake—Nil- son, King of the Turf, to Trsit—Program of the Blue Ribbon Meeting, July 20-25. Indications are that Michigan people will this year be treated to a carnival of turf sport the like of which has not been seen in the history of harness racing. Preparations extraordinary are being made by the Detroit Driving Club for bringing together all the crack horses of the country, from Nelson of Maine, ^vhose record of 2:10J is the fastest ever, made by a trotting stallion, to the superb little Cricket, 2:10, that trainer George Starr will bring all the way from California to try conclusions with the Tennessee champion, Hal Pointer, 2:00f, in the free-for-all class for pacers. By reason of a combination of luck}* circumstances the outlook now is that the Blue Ribbon Meeting of July 20-25, willprove by all odds the most sensational of the year. Fortunately its dates are so arranged as to make Detroit the first great battle ground of the season in the struggle for supremacy between the crack trotters of the East and the West. From the opening meeting of the Grand Circuit, a week earlier, at Pittsburg, the noted Eastern drivers. Turner, Golden, Quin- ton and others, will ship the pick of their stables to Detroit, there to meet in battle Toyal the flower of She Western turf driven by Budd Doble, McHenry, Starr and Stewart. As this is the first meeting of the season at which, the Eastern and Western stables come together, and the prizes contended for being richer than at any other meeting of the Grand Circuit, sensations, surprises and shattered records are certain to follow in rapid succession. The program is indeed,a brilliant one. "Blue Kibbon Day," as the opening day is termed, is made a genuine holiday for all who enjoy racing, the grounds being generously thrown open to the public, free of any admission. On that day the 2:27 class trot for a purse '$3,Q0O; then follows a race between pacers of the 2:2-1 class for a purse of like amount; the day's sport concluding with a dash of a single mile for 2:20 trotters, which is likely to prove a very fast and exciting contest. Tuesday's card is a fine one. The opening race is a lfc'2,000 purse for the 2:17 class, trotting, and this is followed by the event of the week, the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Stake. Thirteen of the fastest young trotters on the turf will start for the grand prize; $10,000, and a contest may be looked for equaling the memorable one of last year, won by the good horse Walter E. from a field of eleven after seven exciting heats. The2:lG class, pacing, finishes Tuesday's program. Wednesday the drawing card will be the race for double teams of the 2:20 class, in which some of the famous trotting pairs from "ivew York City are expected to take part. Other events on this day are the dash of one mile for 2:14 pacers, and the purse of $2,000 for trotters of the 2:21 class. Thursday should be termed "Red Letter Day," its program including free-for-all races for both trotters and pacers, in addition to a rich purse for the 2:00 class trotting. Friday sees the conclusion of the trotting program, with purses of $3,000- for the 2:10 classes trotting and pacing, and a mile dash between 2:25 trotters. On Saturday, the last day of the meeting, running will be the order, there being Hal races at three-quarters, seven furlongs, ont mile, and one mile and a sixteenth, and a hurdle race at one mile and a quarter. The Detroit Driving Club is made up of gentlemen whose aim is steadily and continuously progressive, and on its grounds racing is seen at its cleanest and best. Many features of the Blue Ribbon program for 1$91, which space will not permit of present mention, will be found detailed in a handsome souvenir that is soon to be issued by the Club and mailed free to ali who request it. Last week's Argus gives quite an extended sketch of the life of Hon. J. T. Jacobs, Ann Arbor's prominent clothier. At the special meeting of the board of supervisors, held at Ann Arbor last week, Alfred Davenport, of York, was made chairman. The new office of school commissioner, just recated, was voted to M. J. Cavauaugh. This oifice takes place of the former secretary of the board of school examiners. MORE RECIPROCITY. The Canadian Government Its Views. Announces A special from Ottawa, Ont., says: The budget was brought down in the house of commons Tuesday. The leading features were references to th« reciprocity issues, and the announcement of the abolition of the duties on raw sugar, by which act the treasury loses and the consumers are freed from. $3,000,000 of import duties. The possibilities of l'eciprocal arrangements, said the finance minister, were better now than they had heen since 1S66. In the past all Canadian proposals have been ignored, but this year Secretary Blaine himself has invited a conference upon*the condition of trade in the two countries. The government was prepared to meet that of the states and endeavor to agree upon equitable terms to l'emove the causes now preventing fnfedom of tfade between Canada and the states. While the government would do all in their- power to come to an honorable arrangement Mr. Poster said they would never agree to any proposal by whieh Canada would be shut out from trade with Great Britain or any other country in the world. Bncklen's Arnica alSve. The Best Sai,ve in the" world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruption, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. Itis guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Geo. B. Mason, the Druggist. Herit Wins "We desire to. say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. Kmg'sNew Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's New Lif ePills, Bncklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not follow their ube. These remedies have won their great -popularity purely on their merits. Geo. B. Mason," Druggist. 1 ,A Safe Investment. Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised Drnggest a bottle of Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when usedf or any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption, Inflammation of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, "Whooping Cough, Croup, etc, etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can always -be depended upon. Trial bottle free at Geo. B. Mason's Drugstore, 1 THE BATTLE WON. No more lite on| your about your poultry " house, if Howard's perch guards are used. By simply filling* the! cup. shown in cut, with kerosene oil all communication between the haunts of the vermin and your poultry is cut off. It should be understood that these pests, com. monly called mites, orchieken'.lice- are not bred upon the fowls, but in the cracks and crevices of the poultry house, from whence they reach the fowls by way of the perch. Send stamp for descriptive circular land price list. Liberal discount to agents. Address the inventor, A. H. HOWARD, Saline, Mich. Bee Keepers' Supplies We have now on hand a full line of supplies, including Hives, Sections, Smokers. Comb foundation. Veils, Parker Machine for fastening foundation and the new Porter Bee Escape< (see cut above) for getting the bees out of the surplus cases. Prices at follows: 1 1-2 story hive complete $1.50. without the surplus case $1; smokers, iSOc; sections, five sizes. SOc per hundred, S3.50 per thousand; comb foundation at 48c and 58c per pound: Brussels net bee. veil -10c* ParkermachineSoe: Porter bee escape 20c. with board complete ready for use 33c each Full colonies bees in new single story hive, with young queens foi* sale at veiy fow rates. If you intend to buy anything in our line give us a call. J. H. & A. L. Boyden, SALINE, MICH. Hauser sells matches, parlor or sulphur, loc per dozen. Hauser sells best Rice 8c per lb. By All Odds The most generally useful medicine is Ayer's Pills. As a remedy for the various diseases of the stomach, liver, and bowels, these Pills have no equal. Their sugar-coating causes them not only to be easy and pleasant to take, but preserves'their medicinal integrity in all climates and for any reasonable length of time. The best family medicine, Ayer's Pills are, also, unsurpassed for the use of travelers, soldiers, sailors, campers, and pioneers. In some of the most critical cases, when all other remedies have failed, Ayer's Pills prove effective. "In the summer of 18M I was sent to the Annapolis hospital, suffering with chronic diarrhea. "While there, 1 became so reduced iu strength that I could not speak and was compelled to write everything I wanted to say. X was then having some 25 or 30 stools per day. The doctors ordered a medicine that 1 was satisfied would he of no heneflt to me. I did not take it, but persuaded my nurse to get me some of Dr. Ayer's Pills. About two o'clock in the after- - noon I took six of these pills, and by midnight began to feel better. In the morning the doctors came again, and after deciding that my symptoms were more favorable, gave me a different medicine, whieh I did not use, but took four more of the pills instead. The next day the doctors came to see me, and thought I was. doing nicely, (and so did I). I then took one pill a day for a week. At the end of that time, I consideredmyself cured" and that Ayer's Pills had saved my life. I was then weak, but had no return of the disease, and gained in strength as fast as could be expected.'*—1*. C. luce, Late Lieut 56th Eegt Mass. Vol, Infantry. "Ayer's Pills are The Best I have ever used for headaches, and they act like a charm in. relieving any disagreeable sensation in the stomach after eating." —Mrs. M. J. Perguson,, Pullens, Va. "I was a sufferer for years from dyspepsia aud liver troubles, and found no permanent relief until I commenced taking Ayer's Pills. They have effected a complete cure." —George W. Mooney, Walla "Walla, W,T. Ayer's Pills, MSErATtED "BY DU J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell. Mass; Sold by all Druggists and Dealers iu* Medicine. And Still They Go Cheaper Than Ever Our great Reduction sale for June has been a great success, and now we purpose to give our customers, and the public in general, a still greater benefit for July. NOTE THE CHANGE All Straw Hats will be sold at one-half price. 100 Boys* and Youth's single Pants (former paice $2 to $5) to be dosed out for SI each during this sale. We still have a good assortment left of Men's Suits at one-third off former price. All light colored and fancy Alpaca Coats and Vests still go at one-half former price. There's a good line of Children's Sui*;s left at one-third off former price, also a lot of Children's Waists at one-half price. Motheis bring in your boys from four to fourteen year's of age and secure one of these great bargains before they go. Do not forget the place. THE J T.JACOBS'CO. 27 and 29 S. Main St Ann Arbor SUMMER SALE ! AT E. F. MILLS & GO'S., 20 S. MAIN STREET, ANN ARBOR, Beginning Saturday, June 29th and closing Saturday, July 25th . FOUR WEEKS Of BARGAIN OPPORTUNITIES. 1,000 yards Dress Ginghams, worth from Sc to 8Jc, at 5c. 2,000 ■«'• usual quality Challies at 2!*c. Small lot lOeand 12^c Lawns at oc. 1,5( 0 yards 12c Angora Suitings at Gla. Best 12Jc* American Satines at 6ic. Fine 25c French Satines at 122c. Large Line of Wool Dress Goods, usual price 42c to 60e, at 33c. 25c Broadhead Suitings at 17c. Argyle Cotton, worth 8c, at 6c. White Goods, Checks and Stripes, one-fourth off. Hundreds of other equally desirable Bargains during the Four Weeks' Sale E. F. MILLS &C0, Dry Goods.Carpets and Gents'tfurnisliinss. 20 S. Main st. ,Ann Arbor INf Rochester Hay Carriers and Slings, BINDER* AND ALSO Walker's well-known Biggies. At same price as in Ann Arbor. Complete Jj-ine of IP-arm Implements All tne a,bove and more, too, at E. W. FORD & SON' BINDER TWINE, MOWERS, HARROWS. PLOWS. Gfet our prices before buying. OHOPOOT
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Title | 1891-07-02; Saline Observer |
Date | 1891-07-02 |
Publisher | LeBaron & Nissly |
Description | An issue of the Saline, Michigan newspaper. Published weekly. Began publication in 1880. No longer published. |
Subject/Keywords | Saline (Mich.) - Newspapers; Washtenaw County (Mich.) - Newspapers; |
Copyright Permission | This material is in the public domain. |
Type | Newspaper |
Format | JPG/JPEG |
Language | English |


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In what started with the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 stated separate schools are inherently unequal, integrated schools became a big deal in the United States.
With different opinions on both sides, schools began to integrate in the 1950s and 60s. And, while in the deep south animosity began to rise over the situation, things were different locally.
Brenda Cloud, who resides in Tazewell, Tenn., states there was no animosity when schools integrated in Tazewell. She stated everyone just attempted "to fit in."
Though the animosity level was low, integration into a new school was still a culture shock for most black students, including Cloud.
"It was a whole new world," stated Cloud.
Cloud attended Rosenwald School in Tazewell, which was an all black school, for the majority of her early years. The school burned after her fourth grade year. Then, the children were moved to the "old rock building" which is where a school bus garage is located today.
Cloud stated there were a few black students who moved to Soldiers Memorial Middle School — the school white children attended — prior to her, but all the students at Rosenwald integrated after the school shut down around 1964.
Cloud said she had to adjust to many new things when the schools integrated. She also stated she never interacted with a white child before the integration took place. When she first entered her classroom she stated she had never met the teacher, Ms. Eula Gray Neeley, or any of the students.
"The minute I walked into that classroom I realized that I didn't know a pupil that was in the room," said Cloud. "I realized I left one environment and went into an entirely different environment."
New students weren't the only change Cloud experienced. She recalls the students at SMMS ate their lunch different — in a cafeteria. "I had never been in a cafeteria before," said Cloud.
Because Rosenwald School did not have a library or athletics, black students had to adjust to things as easy as checking out a book.
Cloud stated she was even confused the first time she saw a cheerleader.
"I saw all these girls with these skirts on and, in the back of my mind, I was wondering why all these little girls were dressed alike," said Cloud.
Though things were rough at first, Cloud stated it only took a year before things began to flow smoothly at SMMS. Cloud said she made some lifelong friends because the schools integrated. Cloud graduated from Claiborne County High School in 1971.
In Middlesboro, the Lincoln School was the all black school in the area. The school remained in existence from 1891 to 1965. It was eventually deemed that the Lincoln School would be an integral part of the Middlesboro Independent School System, according to a book entitled "Lincoln School and Its Community."
According to the book, Lincoln School was closed on May 26, 1964. The graduating class that year marched with the graduates of Middlesboro High School at Bradner Stadium and received their certificates along with the Middlesboro high graduates.
Grades one to eight remained at the Lincoln School for one year until the new buildings were completed, according to the book. In 1965, the Lincoln School was integrated into all the Middlesboro schools.
Anthony Cloud can be reached at email@example.com or by phone at 606-248-1010, ext. 208.

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Sneak a peek inside Jim Shaw's multi-million dollar mansion!
CALGARY — It's been four months and former cable kingpin Jim Shaw hasn't found a deep-pocketed buyer willing to pony up for his hillside mansion.
With a $11.5-million price tag, Shaw's Crescent Heights house reigns as the most-expensive listing within city limits.
The nearly 10,000-square-foot "luxurious living space" sits on more than a half-acre of inner-city land, according to its real estate billing.
The reality rap sheet catalogues six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a gym, bar and library.
Pictures show spectacular skyline views taken from a hot tub area on a rooftop terrace. A glass dome ceiling, inspired by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, hangs over a spiral staircase in the foyer. It also features a gargantuan three-door garage with space to park a motorhome.
Real estate agent Josh Nelson, of Hripko Nelson and Associates, called it a "paradise."
"You can't soak it in, in a matter of minutes," Nelson said. "If you're looking at this home, you're there for an hour-plus, at least."
But prospective clients are screened before getting a first-hand peek, Nelson added, in an effort to dissuade pesky gawkers "just trying to kill off an afternoon."
"We're not asking for T4s or anything," he said. "But it's pretty close."
While admitting there's a short list of qualified buyers out there, Nelson bragged the house is "tailored for a high-end client that wants the best in life."
High-end describes Shaw, the barrel-chested former head of Shaw Communications.
In 2011, he was the highest-paid executive in the Herald's annual compensation survey with his total compensation of $26.7 million. Shaw retired as chief executive less than two months into the company's fiscal 2011, and, at age 54, started reeling in a $6-million annual company pension.
His house made headlines in 2008 when it was bought for a record $7.5 million. It was back in the spotlight three years later when a public patch of McHugh Bluff, roughly 10,500 square feet, was rezoned to residential to pave the way for a city land sale deal to extend Shaw's yard.
Nelson declined to comment on why the ex-cable magnate was selling the house, citing client confidentiality as part of professional real estate practice.
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I have just started doing olympic lifts, and i have a couple of flexibilty problems:
(i)i cannot drop into a full overhead squat with some weight. With a dowel i can, because my torso can lean forward, and let my shoulder flexibilty compensate. With a weight thic becomes hard. I can get my thighs parralel but not calves to hamstrings.
(ii)when i clean, if i drop low into a front squat to catch the bar, my torso leans forward, which often means the bar slips off my shoulders. I can can front squat fine. But i do notice that when i am front squatting the forward lean causes a lot of stress on my wrists.
I think i have a flexability issue. I think my torso should be more vertical for front and overhead squats.
What should i do?
What are the basic flexability evercises that olympic weightlifters do? how long do they hold them for? sets and reps for stretches??
many thanks!
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Jan 18, 2009, 12:45 PM »
I read that you should continue doing O lifts and the flexibility will come, just keep working at it. It has taken me a while but I am just starting to get flexability in my wrists so they dont hurt after every work out.
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Jan 18, 2009, 02:21 PM »
it depends IMO, just doing snatches and front squats made my shoulders and wrists more flexible; however just doing the lifts and squats didn't really do anything for my hip, quad, ankle, and hamstring flexibility so I've had to work hard on those on the side, I do alot of static stretching, alot of straddles nowadays also holding my leg straight up at 90 degrees with a band, also lying on my stomach then arching my back hard while my hands push on the floor - these are for inner thighs, hamstrings, on mid back respectively; slowly I've become more upright but tensing certain muscles like your core and upper back can help with the leaning forward thing though some people will lean forward some regardless of what they do.
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Jan 19, 2009, 01:59 PM »
I have terrible flexibility in the bottom position as well, but I've been doing a LOT of hip/ankle/hamstrings stretching and I'm slowly getting better. You should try that as well, but it takes time.
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Once you can execute overhead squats and front squats to low positions in reasonably good form, the squats themselves become the most effective mobility exercises for developing solid receiving positions. (And solid receiving positions, in turn, are a prerequisite to performing and training the lifts effectively.) You are right to recognize and emphasize this early.
To get you to the point where your FS and OHS are sound enough to provide that training benefit, you need to understand that the inability to maintain a (mostly) upright torso in the bottom position with the barbell racked or locked out overhead is almost certainly a problem with your
body joint mobility -- ankle, knee, and hip joints. To prove that to yourself, confirm that you can stand upright with the bar properly racked or locked out overhead with a snatch grip. If you can, that means the problem is mostly in the lower body, not the upper body. (If you cannot support the barbell properly in the racked or snatch lockout position even when you are standing, that tells you that you have to work on shoulder, elbow, and wrist mobility as well).
For the lower body joints, try the following -- being careful, working into it slowly, and using good common sense. I recommend these every workout (and more). You can still work the OHS and FS as well, doing them as correctly as you are currently capable of doing, but do the stretches before, and the reps on the squats themselves should be appreciably better -- probably noticeable even the very first time you go through the progression.
1. For your ankle joint, get in a seated calf machine, load it up with a couple of large plates, and sit there, letting the load flex your ankles (your shinbone should incline closer and closer toward the top of your foot). Doing standing, runner type ankle/Achilles stretches is okay as well, but with your knee straight, most of the stretch will be in the gastroc, instead of the soleus and achilles tendon, which are the structures that are really holding you back. When you get in the seated calf machine, the knee is bent, as it is when you squat, and the stretch will be more useful. If you don't have access to a seated calf machine, you can squat with your back to a wall and have a training partner push down on your knees. If you don't have a seated calf machine or a willing partner, improvise the stretch by putting your foot on a bench, fold your torso over it, grab the sides of the bench, and pull with your arms to "row" your torso down against the thigh on the stretching leg -- the pressure should force your ankle to flex -- relax your calf and ankle and push it into flexion with your upper body. (You will feel connective tissues and tendons that you did not know you had.) In the bottom positions, you want your ankle flexed forward, knee over your foot, with a bent knee above it all, right? That's the position these stretches work. In my experience, several 30-60 second stretches are about right. Try for a little more ankle flexion on every round.
2. For your knee joint, sit on your heels, support your upper body with your hands, and gradually lower your torso backward. Use your supporting hands to control the intensity of the stretch. You should feel the stretch in the lower half of your quads, and as you get deeper, into your hip flexors. In the bottom positions, you want your thighs relaxed and "sitting on" your calves, right? That's exactly the position this stretch puts them in. Again, several stretches of 30-60 seconds duration should be about right. Try for a little more knee/quad range of motion every round.
3. For your hip joints, the goal is to get your rear end as low as possible and as far forward as possible (the closer your butt is to your ankle joints, the better). This is absolutely critical in order to get your torso more upright in the bottom position -- when your butt is high or too far to the rear, your upper body will have no choice but to tilt forward, otherwise, you would topple over backward. Squat -- always flatfooted in your lifting shoes, with your chest up and forward, upright torse -- with your back to a wall. Put an empty bar across the top of your knees and push them down. Squat in front of a pole or the upright of a power rack, using your hands on the upright to assist with position. Best of all, squat holding a heavy kettlebell or dumbbell against your chest, letting the weight "sink through" your hips -- relax and let your hips go lower and forward. Roll onto one foot and back to the other. Duck walk around the platform in the low squat position. Put your feet on blocks with a gap in the center, and squat there, hanging or holding a weight to pull your hips lower. Anything that opens up your hips and helps you get them closer to your ankles, with a (mostly) upright torso. I recommend working these deep squat position stretches for a good 5-10 minutes. Try for a little deeper hip level on each successive stretch. Don't cheat and slump over -- that's worthless -- keep your spine upright and feel the stretch in your hips.
Once those stretches develop enough mobility for you to do good front and overhead squats with at least an empty bar (20 kgs), then use the stretches only for warmups, and work the bejeezus out of those two movements -- when you can do perfect, rock bottom reps any day of the week, start adding weight, and the pause and sit in the bottom positions for a few seconds on each rep, learning to support the bar in the hole with a solid rack (your core and torso isometrically do the work) or a tight snatch lockout (your core, upper back, traps, and triceps isometrically do the work) -- with your hips and legs pretty much able to relax and just sit there, meat on meat, bone on bone. In the pauses, focus on sinking the hips lower (relax tension in your legs and let the load above push your hips forward and down), and getting that torso upright (tight spine, chest up, eyes straight ahead). Eventually you should be able to "sit" in the rock bottom position with a barbell locked out overhead or racked for several minutes and pretty much carry on a conversation.
With all the above, experiment with the width and angle of "turnout" of your feet. Find the stance where your rear goes lowest, with your femur, knee, lower leg, and foot all in the same plane, "tracking" in line. If you feel weird, painful joint stress in any position, back off a few degrees. Find the best angles for your unique anatomy.
Also, for all the stretches above, in addition to simply willing the stretched muscles and tendons to relax and applying reasonable pressure to assist, it may be helpful to contract the opposing muscle. I think it adds a degree or two of mobility that you cannot otherwise get. For the ankle flexion stretches, get into the stretch, then consciously contract the muscle on the front of your calf -- the one that pulls your toes up. For the quad stretches, get into tension, then contract your hamstrings for few seconds -- you should sink another millimeter or two. For the squat stretches, sink down as low as your hips will go, then contract the hip flexors, as if you wanted to pull your thigh onto your ribs. (The theory is that by contracting the opposing muscle, you "trick" the automatic feedback loops in your nervous system that tell opposing groups to alternately contract and relax -- and I think it works pretty well.)
The bottom line is that, once your hips, knees, and ankles develop greater sport-specific range of motion, what the upper body is doing in the receiving positions won't be so much different from what you can now do with the bar racked or locked out in a standing position -- your hips will be very close to being in the same vertical plane as your ankles. That reduces the moment arm between your feet (the fulcrum) and your center of gravity (acting as a downward force that wants to topple you over), and consequently, every thing above the hip joint can be in vertical, or close to it, and you still remain in balance. Look at photos from the side of any good weightlifter and you will see how low and close to the ankles their hips are. The exact angles of the joints are unique to each lifter, depending on their lever lengths. The common denominator, and the thing to strive for to get that upright torso, is to get your hips as close as possible to being in the same plane as the ankle joints. The angles in your ankles, knees, hips, and torso are operating as part of an interconnected lever system -- what you give up in one angle has to come out of another. The more mobility you get in the hips, knees, and ankles, the less "angulating" your torso and upper body will have to do in order to balance the system over your feet.
If you have upper body issues as well, work on them too. The effective stretches are simple and generally work faster than the lower body ones do. For the snatch lockout position, stand with a stick locked out, with your heels, hips, shoulders, back of the head, and back of the hands against a wall. Keep your hands and hips against the wall, and gently push your head, shoulders, and chest forward, off the wall. Basically you want to be able to support the bar solidly directly over your shoulder joints (the bar will be aligned somewhere between your ears and an inch or two behind the the back of your head). In addition to that movement, which replicates the joint angles of the lockout itself, you can do "dislocates" with a stick -- keep your arms straight, snatch grip, and rotate the stick all the way around backward until it hits your hips -- that will develop the shoulder flexibility you need to safely miss a snatch to the rear.
For the clean rack position, rack the barbell from a squat rack or jerk blocks and just work the position: let your arms relax, have a partner gently push up on your elbows, let your shoulders come forward so the barbell is supported by the torso, resting on the "shelf" formed by the front delts and upper chest (not held in place by the arms and hands). Experiment with little changes in grip width and arm angles to find the positions that fit your skeleton best. Keep working at it until the bar is solidly racked on your shoulders with zero tension in your wrists and arms. When the rack "shelf" is right, you should be able to take your hands completely off the bar itself and it should continue sitting there solidly. Once it feels solid, just start doing "inch squats," i.e., front squatting just slightly at first, then a little lower each successive set or rep, maintaining that solid rack on the shoulders and comfortable arms, elbows up at a 45 degree or slightly higher angle relative to your torso. Study a bunch of lifters and you'll see that the height of their elbows and the arm angles vary quite a bit -- what does not vary is that the bar is supported on the upper torso, not held up with hand and arm tension, which is impossible with anything beyond middling weights.
When and how often? As often as you can, as long as you can -- daily at least, and several times each day if you can. Stretch before and after workouts, and also on your recovery days. Do that, and progress comes steadily. But if you only stretch a couple or three times per week, it may take a long, long time to ever get the requisite mobility in place -- if it ever comes. These are not "natural" or "normal" positions -- they are contrived positions that suit snatching, cleaning, and jerking, something we never really do other than in the sport. It takes a while to "ingrain" the positions, but it does happen after a few weeks or a couple of months, and once you get there, the positions will feel normal and warming up with the empty bar is about all the mobility work you'll need to maintain.
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Re: flexibility exercises for olympic lifts?
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Jan 24, 2009, 04:37 PM »
Other than shoulder flexibility-
For all squat movements the best thing I found to increase my flexibility (I'm told it's very good now)
Was to put 20 or 30kg on my shoulders, in any squat position, olly style back squat prob works best to start, then just go down and sit in the squat position, do that for a total of a minute with whatever time ranges you want, I used to do 1sec 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, total of 10sets, or the reverse, or just sets of 10* 5
From that deep squat position you really start to loosen things up down there, you can also arch your back and which pushes your hips forward more and stretches different areas again.
Do this in overhead position with just the bar too, same idea.
This was the exercise that helped me the most.
After I was done I'd just do some leg stretches to remove any tightness I'd created.
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Thanks for all replies guys, much love,
Jim Hooper, AWESOME post, helps so much!
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Jan 25, 2009, 07:59 PM »
A couple of stretches you can try for the snatch and clean & jerk are to get yourself in a rock bottom squat near a wall and put your upper back flat against the wall. Your butt should be off the wall. Every day or so try to get your heels as close to the wall as possible inching your way until the only points of contact are the upper back and heels. Try it without shoes for greater flexibility.
Do tiger push ups, reverse shrugs, and over head squats. For the over head squats, use the bar only at first, start with a snatch width grip and do a couple of reps. Narrow your grip and do another set. Do this until your at a shoulder width ( over head press) grip. For me this is closer in than my Jerk grip. Later try some weight on the bar. I have seen lifters use a medicine ball for this also.
Once your flexibility is better, make sure to be quick under the bar. When doing the snatch try to think of pushing your hands out to the collars to get under faster. For the clean try think of pushing your elbows forward and in. Hope this helps.
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Man Hit By Train Identified as Long Branch Resident
Engineer's report states man was lying on tracks
A Long Branch man has been identified as the person who was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train on Monday afternoon in the city.
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This is the first train-related death in Long Branch since 17-year-old Long Branch resident Christian Butler was killed in April, 2011.
Aaron Schorr
12:11 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
What a horrible tragedy for 2 people. While 1 has dies the other will remember the sad image for the rest of his life. May the engineer find comfort in knowing that what happened is not his fault.
4:03 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
So sad. It is awful that desperate people who choose to take their own life don't realize what they are leaving behind. The trauma caused the the conductor, the EMS and police that remove the body (parts) and sometimes witnesses is tragic and selfish.
Kathy Giaquinto
4:22 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
This would not happen if doctors were allowed similar to vets to euthanized those that were ready to check out. There is no reason why an individual should not be permitted to chose to end it on his own terms. Most of the "firearm deaths" that the liberals and our kenyan muslim in washington use to illustrate how bad the "gun culture" is in america are suicides. Other countries allow people to check out in more humane manners.
Joey Bagdano
4:25 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Just me or is this happening alot more since, say, 2009? Wonder what its frequency was prior to 2009.
5:23 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
I totally agree with you Kathy. I watched my Mom slip away and die horrifically from Alzheimer's . I can only hope that the Lord takes me quickly, so my family doesn't have to suffer with watching their loved one die a slow painful death.
10:52 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
coward. risking the lives of all the people on the train that hit him and leaving the engineer with a lifetime of horror.
Bob Basher
12:14 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
One guy wrote we should have the right to check out... How sick is that... How about if you know somebody hurtin I mean hurting bad enough to lie on tracks that you help them!!! Nobody should hurt that bad... And if you do!.. Ask for help you no matter what... No matter what you may have done.. Or no matter what you didn't do "right"...you are worth more then all the money in the world....hang in there


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Given 2 objects moving at some velocity $v$ relative to one another, is it possible to determine whether they are moving or whether the space between them is expanding?
Inspired by a recent dialogue from another question: Given 2 objects moving at some velocity $v$ relative to one another, is it possible to determine whether they are moving or whether the space between them is expanding? |
Firstly, remember what it means for space to be expanding - it doesn't mean that space is some rubbery fabric that gets pulled, it means that the metric of space is expanding. That is, the scale factor (which essentially represents the relative distance of objects) is growing in time. So, if all galaxies were separated by some distance, this distance would then be larger at a later time. So, how could we tell that the expansion is really metric expansion, and not relative velocity ? Well, the first reason is Hubble's Law. Since the universe is undergoing metric expansion, it appears that galaxies have an apparent velocity, given by $V=H_{0}D$. So, we see that galaxies that are further away are moving away with a higher velocity. This makes sense - photons travelling from more distant galaxies must traverse more expanding space, and therefore have their wavelengths expanded by a larger amount, so that they are more redshifted. This wouldn't be the case if galaxies were just moving away from us, since we would see a wide variety of redshifts, not a pattern. The second reason is general relativity. GR predicts that certain metrics that contain homogeneous distributions of matter (i.e. the galaxies that make up the universe) will cause metric expansion to occur. Since GR is supported by the evidence, so therefore is metric expansion. Third is the cosmic microwave background. We observe a uniform microwave radiation that fills the universe, that has a temperature of 2.73 degrees Kelvin. Satellites that have studied it (COBE, WMAP) have determined that it has a blackbody curve, and that it has the redshift that dates it back to a time very soon after the big bang. We now know that this represents the first radiation ever emitted, 380,000 years after the big bang at the recombination, when hydrogen atoms formed. Another reason is that when a quasar's spectrum shows absorption lines due to neutral hydrogen clouds, the redshifts of the hydrogen lines are always found to be less than the redshift of the quasar. Furthermore, examples have been found in which the absorption spectrum shows a feature called the Gunn-Peterson trough, which had been predicted earlier as a consequence of the reionization of hydrogen in the early universe. However, your example considers only two galaxies. In that case, there is nothing that they can do to determine if they are moving apart just due to velocity, or expansion. Fortunately, we don't live in such a universe. For the evidence for metric expansion (and the big bang) see here: |
thinking about this question, one is eventually led to think of the initial attempts to formulate Mach principle; in that hypothesis, which predates the creation of General Relativity, but after Special Relativity was established, Ernst Mach especulated that, if there was no special frame of reference from where to measure absolute velocities, there should not be absolute accelerations either; objects will have an inertial response only when they are tried to be accelerated relative to the "distant background of stars". In a sense, General relativity captures that sort of behavior in the frame dragging effect confirmed by Gravity Probe B (although the data from that probe is still unclear regarding if we live in an universe with non-zero torsion or not) But i think it is worth to mention that the dilemma of your question has a somewhat similar flavor to the Mach's dilemma, and Mark' answer is a proof of that; indeed, because all the objects are moving consistently, we classify it as a space expansion. Even if the movements are not perfectly uniform, we would say that the space expansion describes the long scale behavior of spacetime, while individual galactic motions describe the granular scale. Who knows? maybe there is some hidden symmetry that is still eluding us, that is relevant to inertia and cosmology. |
If the relative motion is due to the metric expansion of space, the relative motion is a function of the distance between the objects, i.e., the relative motion will change as the distance between the objects changes. |
If you are allowed to make repeated measurements long stretches of time apart, then you could differentiate between a galaxy receding due to the Hubble flow and an object traveling away at a constant velocity. For the galaxy, you'd notice that its velocity is changing between your measurements, whereas for an object traveling away at a constant velocity (in an otherwise static Universe), you would measure the same velocity at different times. It's interesting to note that for the galaxy, Hubble's law holds to an excellent approximation, which says that velocity = Hubble's constant x distance However, if you perform two measurements some time apart, and the measured distance is 2x the second time around, the measured velocity would not necessarily be 2x, as Hubble's constant is in fact time dependent (not really constant). Its value depends on how much expansion has taken place and the rate at which the Universe expands at the given cosmological time. |


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Anime Boston 2012 - Boy do I have a one track cosplay mind
So I had a lot of fun at Anime Boston 2012. While there was some trepidation in the air about whether having PAX East on the same weekend would cut into AB's numbers, both conventions co-existed without any diminished numbers.
Due to Facebook shenanigans, illustrator (and tall guy) David White invited my snarky butt to co-host a panel about the evolution of giant robots. I also attended various panels run by fellow mecha fans and friends alike in where I provided moral support and books with pictures of robots.
My panel with David went as well as one could except when the room was only big enough to seat a quarter of those lined up outside and some of the slides were out of order. In the end we happily talked our way through an hour of robot pictures (that lacked red because the room's projector hates Japan) and somewhere in between me talking a bluestreak about stuff people probably learned something.
At the end a young gentleman walked up to me and told me he was a big Macross fan and that he learned a lot of things from me.
Sometimes it gets ya right here ( ;w;)b
Anyways, due the sheer weight of books I was lugging around just so other nerds could see them, my sore shoulders didn't want to take too many pictures. However I still have a small sampling of the vast cosplay crowd at AB2012.
These guys are true Double Riders.
This lady and her friends were huge Brave Series fans. She boasted her collection of Brave merchandise that numbered over 300. Her friends were interested in the Kunio Okawara Brave Series Design Works I was showing around.
I was mistaken in thinking this wasn't a costume. That's pretty cool.
A little Electric Wave Human Tackle for Dkun.
Uh, old CRTs are free anti-aliasing...
Energizing the transistors with invisible Jack Daniels.
And yes, every costume I took a picture of is some kind of robot or cyborg :v
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7 comments postedI would like to say that David's panel on designing robots for video games was very informative. Sadly the panel didn't make it to the paper schedule, but was on all the digital signage. It was at 10:00 AM on Saturday and that compounded with the previous problems into low attendance.
With a title like that I was expecting a whole bunch of T&A ... But this is good too.
A Tackle just for me?
You always get me the nicest things.
Anything for my Bromen Rider.
Nice costumes this year, looks likes less creepy cross dressers this time around.
I had to make a correction. That Zoids thing is in fact a costume. It's just that the wearer was taking it off and setting it up for display.
Those Kamen Rider cosplays are awesome. I really liked the SD Choryujin as well.


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December 19, 2010, 01:11:53 PM »
Dear all,
I am not known for being a great specialist in film scanning. So, reluctantly I scanned some recent b/w negs on my Epson Perfection 1240U flatbed scanner today. It's TPU (transparency unit) is the only way I have to scan MF negs, my other 'real' scanner being 35mm film only (a Konica Minolta Dimage Scandual IV).
First one below is a scan of a Pentax 67 neg on Ilford FP4 in HC-110 (dil.B, 6 minutes), the second is one of a Bronica RF645 neg on Tri-X, also in HC-110. I scanned both at 1200dpi as 'color neg' because that gives less 'dirty' and less grainy results on the flatbed.
The only tweaks in PS Elements 2.0 were : conversion to greyscale, auto levels, slight luminance & contrast tweaks and finally some sharpening (unsharp mask).
Besides that I think the pics are not really sharp, they are grainy and dirty. I was wondering now if this had to do with a bad film/developer combination, a bad scanner or a bad workflow.
I had the same bad results last time I tried with 35mm negs on the KM Scandual IV, but that might have been because of the HP5/Rodinal combination (1+50, 15min.), this developer being famous for grainy results? See third scan for this.
Ideally I shold print each of these negatives in the enlarger and compare the prints with what I got on the computer screen, but my wet darkroom is in boxes... Thanks for any input and ideas on what is the problem here.
Pentax67 (FP4 in HC-110)
Bronica RF645 (Tri-X in HC110)
Nikon FM2n - HP5 (35mm) in Rodinal
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December 19, 2010, 01:14:29 PM »
First idea - if the scanner has digital ICE dust/spot remover (infrared scan) turn it off. It doesn't work with B&W white.
Second idea - turn off all automatic sharpening and scan it as a colour positive.
Third idea - when you convert from B&W to colour and invert the negative, experiment with the channel mixture. Often one of the 3 colour channels is sharper and less grainy than the others.
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Hi Mike,
Neither the Epson, nor the Dimage have ICE. But experimenting with one of the color channels had also occured to me. I thought that it was only useful when converting digital color pictures to b/w, but I will certainly look into that this weekend. Thanks for the tip.
I am slowly getting disillusioned by using film (especially b/w) and scanning the negs and was wondering if my investment in film cameras was wrong (cfr. my recent purchase of a Bronica RF645) and should have gone digital instead after all, since the results are always disappointing as opposed to my experience in the wet darkroom many years ago... It seems there is no decent way to convert b/w film into good digital images/prints, unless I need to splash out for a decent and expensive MF scanner like the Nikon Coolscan 9000 or perhaps an Epson V700.
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Quote from: Benny Stevens on December 20, 2010, 01:32:11 PM
It seems there is no decent way to convert b/w film into good digital images/prints, unless I need to splash out for a decent and expensive MF scanner like the Nikon Coolscan 9000 or perhaps an Epson V700.
We seem to see pretty decent results from folks here using various scanners - and I know that I've seen good results from an Epson V500 (which is a lot cheaper than the V700).
The scans from the following post were done on a V500. 30 year old Plus-X, and a 50 year old Ricohflex - and me behind the camera. All told I wouldn't say that they're unacceptably grainy.
Edit: those scans were done by a colleague; I've no personal experience with the V500.
One thing that I did when I first started using my Konica Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV (like yours), is take a neg for which I have a lab scan, and then work from the default scanner settings - or zero everything - and see what I have to do to equal the lab scan of the same neg. It might be worth paying for pro lab developing and scanning for a couple rolls (any format) to set a benchmark, and then work with the same neg to see what it takes to equal the lab scan.
Or just take a neg from which you've successfully made wet prints - a neg that you know is good - and use that as your benchmark while you climb the learning curve.
I'm just starting to learn scanning myself.
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Only secret I know is that you have to play with and understand your scanner and the software. Sometimes I found I had to use unsharp in scanning to get less grain and other times I had to shut it off. I am now to the point with B&W film that I can give good sized scans from even pushed film as it is not all in the original scan but the Post Processing as well with special attention to mid-tones in shadow, contrast and highlights..
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Bill, Larry, Mike,
Thanks for all this. I will definitely give this another try over the weekend and show what I could come up with. I will try to get the last from the Epson scanner and see where I end up before buying a third scanner. Perhaps I also need to avoid shooting wide open (or almost wide open) with the Zenzanon lens on the RF645. I did have better results a year (or two?) ago with scans from a roll with the Rolleiflex :
I just can't remember how because I did not take notes, thinking I would not forget. Truth is : I don't scan (read : 'shoot' enough) ! But I'm working on that.
Having a roll scanned profesionally and use that as a benchmark is a good idea. I thought about that, but will need to find a good lab. Instead of wasting my time browsing on evilbay as usual I could indeed grab an old negative and try to obtain similar results as the wet print from it.
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I use "vintage" scanners, just like my cameras. Some things I have found that help greatly:
Scan at the highest *actual* resolution the scanner is capable of, typically stated as the "optical" resolution in documentation. You want to avoid resampling in your software whenever possible. Scan in color slide or positive mode.
Wet scan if at all possible, it makes a huge difference in reducing apparent grain, increasing dynamic range and overall higher image quality. You don't need a fancy wet scanning adapter, google wet scanning negatives to get an idea of how simple the DIY approach can be.
If you software will allow you to tweak exposure, and view the raw data histogram*, maximize the dynamic range by getting as close to 0 and 255, without exceeding either!!! *(If not, get Vuescan and spend some time learning it, well worth the $49 investment and works with many scanners)
If you're not going to print optically, expose and process for a CI of around 1 to 1.05, and expose up the curve, avoiding the toe if at all possible. As an example, I use HP5 in my RB, my film testing has determined an EI of 200 for a zone 1 density of .1 over Fb+Fog density. I place my shadows on zone 3 or 4, and allow the highlights to fall where they may, typically around zone 7 or 8. Processing is D76 for 6:30 @ 68 degrees F. Yielding a zone 8 density of 1.15 over Fb+Fog. (or a contrast index (CI) of 1.05). this ensures I'm well within my scanners linear range. When I scan, my exposure is set so the raw data just clips at the film base density and gain is increased until the darkest areas of the negative are around 240 or so.
Scan in 16 bit mode whenever possible, as level adjustments require as much dynamic range as possible to ensure not having posterization.
One other thing I will recommend, after inversion, check your levels and ensure you're almost clipping both ends, adjust as neccesary. After inversion, use the curves function to tweak the reproduction to your liking. When you find a general curve you like, save it and then you can apply it for every image. I went the route of shootign a step tablet, processing the film, then scanning using my standard workflow and linearizing the response by creating a curve that is the opposite of the errors. Once I apply this curve, I've essentially linearized the film/process/scan chain. From there, I can then apply curves for aesthetic reasons.
I hope this isn't overwhelming, I can answer specific questions if you have any after reading this.
I can ensure you that scanned film is the least expensive route to high resolution digital capture, My Dicomed FieldPro is wonderful to use, and the 6k x 7.2k captures are stunning, but I can get higher resolution, lighter weight (the FieldPro and laptop weigh in at around 17#!) and better ability to handle wide dynamic range with film, hands down.
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Now that is going to require a serious study, but certainly worth digging into. Much appreciated!
I will go through this hands on and step by step. Looks like there is certainly room for improvement in my scanning method and good results to be had. I hope I can come up with something better soon, based upon the negatives I already posted above. Should be interesting to compare old and new trials next to each other. Will let you know. Thanks to everyone and stay tuned.
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So I tried another scan of the same negative by setting the scanner software to 'colour neg.' and then checking in Photoshop Elements 2.0 if I could play with the channels. After checking the prices as well as the test comments on Epson V500, V700 and some other scanners, I decided to give the old Epson Perfection 1240 some more credit. Maybe buying Silverfast or Vuescan software and use that instead of the Epson Twain 5 that came with the scanner?
Also, since Elements 2.0 does not have the 'channel mixer' possibility (I think), maybe upgrading that too would be useful? Still a cheaper way to do with what I already have...
Thanks for your comments on this. And best wishes to everyone for 2011 !!
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The DAKINE Drafter Bike Pack is ideal for those long summer rides when you need to carry more water than extra gear. With a 100-oz reservoir and room for all the essentials, the Drafter pack keeps you rolling without weighing you down.
- Helmet carrier compatible with full-face or XC designs
- Armor carry straps hold your pads in place until it's time to descend
- Padded MP3 pocket keeps your tunes safe and sound
- Fleece-lined sunglass pocket protects your lenses
- Rescue whistle helps alert others in case of emergency