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NASCAR may have been off last week, but Denny Hamlin still found a way to experience the thrill of winning, courtesy of good friend Bubba Watson.
Hamlin was pulling hard for Watson, who won the Masters on Sunday in a thrilling sudden death playoff.
"It's just one of those days when you're proud to be someone's friend," Hamlin said. "It's no different than when I was watching Jay White in the Truck race with two laps to go with a chance to win: I'm nervous because it's my friend.
"It's just a great feeling; I felt like I won it myself."
Hamlin and Watson's friendship can be traced back a couple of years when the two were introduced and played a round of golf in Phoenix. From there, their friendship blossomed as the two not only shared a love of golf but racing as well.
Watson even allowed Hamlin to caddy for him last week during the annual Par-3 Tournament held the Wednesday before the Masters. It was then, Hamlin joked, where he taught Watson the remarkable shot that won the Masters in a playoff.
"I don't know what it is about our personalities, but we seem to get along," Hamlin said. "Right from the get go, we met on the golf course and have played probably 10 rounds together since then. You learn a lot about his personality and the way he does things."
Hamlin has even gone as far to have a custom driving suit made for Watson featuring a similar scheme to that of the famous General Lee car which Watson had purchased earlier in the year at an auction. A helmet is in the works to complete Watson's outfit.
"He's not going to do it halfway," Hamlin said.
Added Hamlin: "It's not too often you get to caddy for the 2012 Masters champ."
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WFMS 95.5 FM has announced the ticket stops and lineup of country music artists who will appear at the 19th annual WFMS Country Music Expo presented by AT&T on April 20-21 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds: Austin Webb, Jadia Dreyer, Maggie Rose, Corey Cox, The Henningsens, Katie Armiger, Gwen Sebastian, Sweetwater Rain, Greg Bates, Billy Dean, Tracy Lawrence and more.
Expo hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Admission is free with a daily ticket, which can be picked up at one of 30 weekday "Free Ticket Stops" now through April 19 at AT&T stores. Tickets day of the event are $20 each day.
The WFMS Country Music Expo presented by AT&T will take place in the West Pavilion of the Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St., at the intersection of Fall Creek and 38th Street.
For more information about the event, call WFMS at (317) 842-9550 or log onto www.wfms.com.
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A Rock Hill man was robbed by an intruder with a steak knife at his home Friday afternoon, according to a police report.
The victim, 56, was unlocking his front door when a man approached him and asked for money, the report states. When the victim told the robber he didn't have any money, the man followed him inside the home where he pulled out a steak knife.
The victim then pulled out cash and gave it to the robber, who proceeded to "wrestle" the victim and threw him into the wall. After being thrown into the wall, the victim told the suspect to leave and he did.
The victim was able to identify the suspect, but police have declined to release his name because the case is still under investigation.
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All lanes are back open after a major crash on EB Borman Expressway (I-80/94) at Cline.
Three separate semis and several cars collided just before 6 a.m. Wednesday causing all lanes to shutdown.
One semi was loaded with five pontoon boats.
This particular area is known to be notorious for crashes.
Expect delays through and around this area.
Check out this pic from IN State Police of earlier crash 80/94 EB at Cline inv semi loaded with 5 pontoon boats!! http://t.co/CoNRPEOhuC—
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FINAL UPDATE: 80/94 EB at Cline, all lanes now open after earlier crash inv. several semis and a towed pontoon. Yes, a pontoon.—
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UPDATE: EB 80/94 – Lanes now open at Cline after earlier crash inv several semis. Just rt. lane blocked now http://t.co/HoQu3Vpg55—
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EB 80/94 at Cline- Crews working to clear crash. INDOT hopes to have at least 1 lane opened back to traffic soon. http://t.co/MaIsNGl6pN—
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EB 80/94- All lanes still shut down at Cline due to crash inv mult vehicles DETOUR: Exit Kennedy Ave to Ridge to Burr http://t.co/H5MEZIYpA0—
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EB 80/94-Crash at Cline blocking all lanes due to crash inv 3 semis, 2 pickup trucks (1 of which was towing a boat?!) http://t.co/xsRxs66SFB—
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NJIT held its annual black-tie benefit dinner, "Celebration," on Nov. 9 at The Palace at Somerset Park, Somerset. Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker served as the special guest master of ceremonies and comedian Joe Piscopo entertained the crowd. The event also honored individuals for achievements of benefit to New Jersey and our nation, as well as those organizations that have been exceptional in their commitment to the university's mission.


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People all over are still recovering from Sandy, and that's no different in South Jersey where many people are still picking up the pieces.
But members of the Ventnor community, past and present are hoping to make it easier by providing those in need with some of the basic necessities.
It was a warm homecoming for Chris Bickel who showed up to the city he once called home with not just one, but three buses worth of donations for those still suffering from Sandy.
"I just felt this was the right thing to do. To give back to the community that gave me so much."
When Bickel was in 8th grade his mother passed away and his father left the family of ten.
He say's they were homeless and when things looked to be at their worst it was those in the Ventnor community that stood by his side.
"I am eternally grateful for what this community did for me. They embraced me and took care of me," said Bickel.
Once he heard about Sandy's destruction in his former hometown, Bickel began collecting donations at the Livingston Public Schools in Essex County where he now lives and works, hoping to bring hurricane relief to South Jersey by the bus load.
Marisol Taeia is one of the many people who is still suffering. She says the clothing donations will help her get back on her feet.
"It was very nice to know we are still loved by these people. It's great because we didn't know what to do. We didn't know where to get help," said Ventnor resident, Marisol Taeia.
And while Bickel says this one act of kindness will never be enough to thank those from his past, he hopes it's the start of better things to come.
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What do you see in Ellicott City's future?
You can share your ideas and concerns with County Executive Ken Ulman and other county officials at a public meeting where the county will present its "new vision planned for historic downtown," according to Ulman's office.
In an effort to increase customer and tourist activity, county representatives said they have been meeting with local property owners, merchants and residents. Now they are bringing the discussion to the community at large.
"Downtown Ellicott City is one of the most recognizable locations in the County, and with good reason," Ulman said in a statement. "It has thriving business, great restaurants and ample historic charm."
In two weeks, county representatives will meet at the George Howard Building to discuss some of the ideas for improvements and development of the downtown district including a plan to "improve the availability of existing parking."
How do you think downtown Ellicott City could improve? Tell us in comments.
The county also has applied with the state for a " sustainable community" designation, which provides tax credits for certain sustainable building and development practices, one of which is providing more transportation choices.
"Parking is always an issue in Ellicott City," Steve Lafferty, director of special projects for the county's Department of Planning and Zoning told Patch last month.
Just last week Department of Public Works Deputy Director Mark DeLuca said the as it works to rebuild a retaining wall that collapsed during Tropical Storm Lee.
And with new developments nearby, Lafferty said, "It's not inconceivable that if you start to see an increase in population, there may be an increase in transportation that we need to fill. Right now," he said, "it's the whole chicken and egg thing."
During the community meeting, other issues pertaining to downtown improvement will be discussed, including:
- Evaluating flood control solutions and improving storm water management
- Update on enhancing housing opportunities
- Increasing public safety with the creation of a Police Neighborhood Satellite Office
- Updates from the Department of Recreations and Parks on the and other park facilities
- Continued improvements on the Old Post Office Building
- Constructing a unified vision and a cohesive plan for the future of downtown Ellicott City
The meeting will be in the Benjamin Banneker room of the on Tuesday, Aug. 21 from 7 – 9 p.m.
"This is the kind of collaboration we need to help small businesses thrive and in turn create jobs and strengthen the local economy," County Council Vice Chairperson Courtney Watson said in the statement.
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Barbary Coast Consulting – the company that brings you Suspects – is moving. Our new address is 38 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.
We'll move in in late December. Come visit – and please change the addresses for any Barbary Coasters you've got in your address books…
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A major winter storm will hit the Northeast and New England today into Saturday and Upper Macungie could get 3 to 5 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service.
The worst of the storm will hit tonight with heavy blowing snow expected:
- Tonight: Snow, mainly before 5 a.m., could be heavy at times with three to five inches possible. Low around 25.
The National Weather Service says:
"As much as one to two feet of snow is forecast from the New York City metro area to Maine, with localized heavier amounts possible. This, in addition to wind gusts as high as 60-75 mph will create significant impacts to transportation and power. Coastal flooding is also possible from Boston northward."
WFMZ is forecasting three-to-six inches of snow for Upper Macungie. A foot or more of snow will probably fall in the Poconos to the delight of ski resorts and skiers.
The entire Lehigh Valley is under a winter storm warning.
Post your cancellations and postponements in the comments section below.
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The 6th Annual Savannah Zombie Walk was on Saturday. Día de los muertos, (the Day of the Dead), themed event attracted zombies from all around to enjoy all kinds of festivities, including live entertainment and plenty of food. There were also makeup artists there, just in case touch-ups were needed.
The walk itself went from Bay Street down to River Street. There was also a canned food donation drive for America's Second Harvest Food Bank.
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Lubbock, TX (KCBD) - KCBD NewsChannel 11 has learned that two people are dead and two others are in a Lubbock hospital after flames tore through a home in Andrews.
The fire started around 9 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of North 3rd. Firefighters with the Andrews Volunteer Fire Department stayed on the scene throughout the afternoon monitoring the home. At one point, the house was fully engulfed in flames. Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.
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View of the Himalayas along Imja Khola
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View of the Himalayas along Imja Khola
The trail from Dingboche to Chukhung follows largely the course of the river Imja Khola as it emerges from the glacial lake Imja Tsho further upstream.
The view taken here is near the foot of Ama Dablam (6856m). Other notable mountains here are Lhotse (8516m), Nuptse (7879m), Baruntse (7220m) and Island Peak (6189m) which is popular for climbing.
Ama Dablam from Chukung valley
Chukhung is no more than a collection of several rustic lodgings but its setting is simply goregeous ...
At 5546m, situated right in the centre of a valley surrounded on all sides by several majestic ranges...
Imja tse (6160m), better known as Island peak would have spoken alarmingly at the rate at which the t...
The ridge that leads to one of the best vista is now covered with so much snow that treading it is a ...
Taken atop amongst a row of chortens on a ridge looking down to the village of Dingboche, the magical...
This is taken on our way to Imja Tsho, a glacial lake lying close to the foot of Amphu (5663m). As t...
Nepal lies between India and China and it contains Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. The Himalayas here are pretty rugged terrain.
The first civilizations here date to 600 BC in the Kathmandu valley, where the capital is now located. According to Buddhist tenets, the Buddha was born here in 563 BC, incarnating as Prince Siddhartha Gautama and leading the world to enlightenment through liberation from suffering. Many small temples and shrines like this one exist for Buddhists to stop and offer prayers.
Early support of Buddhism gradually gave way to Hinduism and today Nepal is the world's only Hindu monarchy. The kingdom of Nepal was united in 1768 by King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who fled the Moghul invasions of India. Soon after that there was a period of conflict with the British East India Company leading to a treaty recognizing the independence of Nepal -- in 1923!
After WWII Nepal was ruled by monarchy but it arrived at the 1990's split by an official ban on political parties. Intense protest by the pro-democracy movement and the Maoist guerrilla Communist movement led to free elections in 1991, only to be followed by violence between the Nepalese government and Maoist guerillas.
Since the turn of the millennium there have been several important steps taken in the peace process, including a new Constitution for Nepal and a cease fire agreement with the rebels. A compromise government was achieved whereby a Maoist was elected prime minister without his taking control of the armed forces of the country.
At the time of this writing it has been one week since the compromise government has collapsed. We offer our hopes that the citizens and government of this beautiful country will come to a peaceful agreement soon.
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Winter In New England
It's been an interesting winter here in New England thus far. We've certainly seen an extreme range of temperatures, not to mention some "wicked" ice storms and a recent Nor'easter blizzard.
During this time of year, many of my fellow photographer friends love to grab their camera equipment and venture out to face the elements head on. I wish I could say that I was one of those adventurous photographers, but alas my thin blood and extremely low tolerance to the cold has me instead living vicariously through them.
While I've added many new "To Buy" items to my "Winter Photography Clothing Gear List," in reality I spend most cold winter days indoors staying warm and exploring my creative side through a variety of post-production filters and techniques. I will touch on a few of my favorite post-production filters here today.
I Know I'm Not Alone…
I suspect I'm not the only photographer who tends to avoid the possibility of frozen fingers — and exposing my equipment to ice, snow, and sub-zero temps. So for those of you with simpatico minds — and I know there are more than just a few of us — this article might give you a few new ideas on how to reinvent an existing image, or perhaps take your post-production process in a new direction altogether.
So let's get to some of those favorite post-production filters of mine…
Poster Edges
Photoshop comes equipped with several built-in filters. Poster Edges is one of them. You can easily access it from the Filter pull-down menu at the top of your screen. (Filter > Artistic > Poster Edges). The filter's image adjustment sliders then let you alter such things as Edge Thickness, Edge Intensity, and Posterization to your preference for that image.
For this image, I took a macro shot of a coneflower. I then added a texture layer for a fine art effect. For a final step, I applied the Poster Edges filter to give the image a contemporary look.
Oil Paint Filter
Another favorite Photoshop filter of mine is the Oil Paint Filter. This filter comes packaged with Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC. The Oil Paint effect also shipped as a free Pixel Bender Gallery plugin for Photoshop CS5.
Note: Variations of an oil paint effect are also available as third-party PS plugins from software makers such as Topaz Labs.
"Less Is More"
To what degree one applies the Oil Paint Filter to an image very much depends on personal taste. I'm a big proponent of "less is more" when it comes to using this filter. Being conservative with the adjustment sliders gives the image a far more realistic oil painting look in my opinion. However, there are no "rules" to creativity. Surrealism certainly has its place, so by all means feel free to experiment and turn reality into something as abstract as your imagination envisions.
Flaming Pear Flood Filter
I love the Flood Filter by Flaming Pear. You can use it to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, or to give added dimension to a visual story.
In this shot, I used it to add a dramatic — and somewhat surreal — effect to one of my HDR Battleship Cove images taken in Fall River, Massachusetts. The adjustment sliders for this filter give you great latitude for "flood placement" and water detail manipulation.
Topaz Star Effects
Who doesn't like adding a little pizzazz to images that already feature an illuminated light? I certainly thought this sunrise shot of Maine's Portland Head Light deserved such a treatment — and Topaz Star Effects made it possible. Again, I believe in the "less is more" approach. The "blue hour" of morning was beautiful in and of itself. Adding a subtle star effect to the beacon seemed like a nature fit to accentuate the beauty of the moment.
Experimental Fun!
So there you have it. Several examples of the different type of post-production filters you can play with on a cold winter's day.
As you know, it's only mid January. We still have a couple of months of this New England winter to go. Since we can't change it, I say let's embrace the opportunities it offers.
For some that means bundling up and dazzling the rest of us with spectacular winter images. For the rest of us, it means having fun — and staying warm — at our computers while we enjoy some post-production experimentation.
However you choose to survive this winter's cold weather, enjoy!
~ Liz Mackney
Photographing the South Coast of Massachusetts
The south coast of Massachusetts is rich with history and scenery, and it has some amazing coastline. In fact, only two communities in the south coast do not have coastal access. The area known as the south coast includes the communities of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Fall River, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester, Wareham and Westport. There is plenty to see and photograph in these communities; I only wish I had more time to do so. In this article, I will share some of the locations that I have photographed or visited in the south coast. Please note that while I am not providing a map of these locations, they are all very easy to find using Google Maps or Bing Maps and by following my descriptions.
Sadly, for most of us, much of the coastline is private property and not accessible to the general public. There are some fantastic areas along the south coast that are accessible to everyone and I will share some of my favorite locations with you.
Most people know Westport for Horseneck Beach, a very popular beach in the summer. For photographers, Horseneck itself is not so photogenic. It's the locations adjacent to it that are. For sunrises and especially sunsets, you cannot find a better spot in Westport than Gooseberry Island. I "discovered" this place for photography in 2010 and have shot here dozens upon dozens of times. My preference is to photograph sunsets in the winter closer to low tide. Sunrises are equally as beautiful, and the island has very dark skies suitable for photographing the Milky Way. The island is connected to the mainland via a gated causeway, and in the summer the gate is closed promptly at sunset. The gate is also closed during inclement weather. The safest bet, regardless of the time of year, is to park just outside the gate and walk in to avoid getting your car locked on the island.
On the other side of the Westport River is the Elephant Rocks area. This is a cold weather sunrise location. Technically, there is no parking at the end of Acoaxet Road where I usually park. In the winter before dawn, I have never had a problem parking there, but I apply my standard disclaimer that you should always obey the signage regarding parking. Walk the beach or Beach Road to the east until you reach the large rocks at the end known as The Knubble. Again, use caution on the rocks as they can be slippery.
Other spots in Westport worth mentioning are the marshes along Route 88 near Horseneck. These can be remarkable in the late afternoon or morning light. Also, photographing the harbor at Westport Point from the Route 88 bridge is great at sunset.
Down the road from Gooseberry is the Westport Town Beach and Allen's Pond Wildlife Sanctuary. Technically in Dartmouth, the beach adjacent to Allen's Pond is a particularly photogenic sunrise location from late October through late March. I usually will park in a small parking area right at the bend in the road and walk the beach in. There is a small lot for the wildlife sanctuary just past the bend that you could park in as well. Walk the beach for maybe a quarter mile until you reach a large rocky section. Use caution on some of the rocks as they are slippery when wet.
All of these locations are teeming with wildlife. Plovers, osprey, egrets, eagles, seals, deer, coyotes can all be seen in most of these locations.
Inland, Fairhaven has a large amount of farmland and wilderness. Coastal access is limited to residents or private property. The exception is West Island, where the West Island State Reservation and the West Island/Fairhaven Town Beach are located. This is another location that is best for sunrises, and I have not photographed here except during the winter. I simply park in the main beach lot and walk the beach to the north to a large rocky section. There is a lot to explore in Fairhaven that I haven't gotten to yet.
There are also numerous man-made objects worth photographing along the south coast. Numerous lighthouse and small harbors dot the coast. Palmers Island Lighthouse, Ned's Point, and Butler Flats all come to mind. In Fall River, easily accessible, the USS Massachusetts and the Braga Bridge, along with the cooling towers for the Brayton Point Power Plant all make great subjects at sunset or at night.
So there you have it, some of my favorite spots to photograph on the South Coast of Massachusetts. If you have any favorite spots in those communities, feel free to share them in the comments below or on our Facebook page.
~ Bryan Bzdula
Christmas Lights Photography
'Tis the Season
No matter whether you call them Christmas lights or holiday decorations, this is the time of year when bright multicolored bulbs soften the chill of our bitter winter cold. I have always disliked the tendency to over-do the decorations.
Inflatable Reindeer and a bedazzled Santa prancing across the lawn have never juiced my holiday spirit, but when tastefully applied lights can be a powerful reminder of the warmth of family and the traditions that make this season special.
Of course the lights are an invitation to capture the spirit in photography. Christmas lights photography is not difficult, but as is always true, a few simple rules can vastly improve your results. Also check out this week's Getting it Right in the Digital Camera Blog for more images and the story of how I tried to hit the "sweet spot" in Keene's Central Square.
Shoot the Blue Hour
Probably the most commonly stated rule of Christmas lights photography is to shoot in twilight. During the "blue hour" after sunset or before sunrise, the sky has a lovely cool color and the details in the foreground and under the lights are subtly visible. Once the last glow has faded, the lights seem to float in space with little suggestion of context.
In my example from my favorite location around Central Square in Keene, New Hampshire, the blue in the sky provides a contrast to the warmth of the lights on the Gazebo and church. This year, my problem with catching twilight on the square was that the lights on the classic church didn't warm up until after the sky had descended close to complete blackness.
After a number of calls, I finally found the folks in charge of the church lighting and they agreed to turn the spots on two hours early. I was able to capture the scene at dusk of a snowy evening. Perfect! The church shining through the snow provided a much more balanced glow. I owe the city a print, but then again I have already donated my pictures for their website.
Color Balance
Traditionally Christmas lights are most naturally captured with color balance set to match the tungsten bulbs, although some lights are now LCDs and experimentation may be necessary. It is a matter of personal preference. Daylight settings exaggerate the warmth of the scenes, but shooting in the tungsten captures truer colors and also works to enhance the blue of the sky. Of course, if you are shooting in RAW, as you should, color balance can be easily adjusted in post regardless of the initial settings. I usually start with tungsten and adjust based on my initial results. The advantage of setting a fixed color setting, even in RAW, is that, since the color balance doesn't change shot to shot, as it could with Auto White Balance (AWB), a single color adjustment can often work to adjust a batch of images.
Steady Camera
Sometimes bouncing lights can form an interesting abstract image, but most often you will want to firmly steady your camera. Long exposures are usually necessary to capture enough light while keeping the ISO noise within manageable limits. A tripod is the best solution, but in a pinch you may find a tree, mailbox, car hood or friendly shoulder to provide the necessary stability. Last week, I was tripodless and used most of these solutions, including Susan's head, while shooting the lights on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. Of course the tripod will do nothing to reduce the effect of windblown lights and branches. You can wait for a lull in the gale or boost the ISO to allow a shorter exposure. The same result can be obtained by opening up your aperture, but a wide aperture will limit the depth of field and also has another effect on the appearance of the lights that should be considered.
The Star Burst Effect
Reducing the aperture will increase your depth of field, but it will also affect the appearance of the bright pin points of light coming from the Christmas bulbs. Light passing through a small aperture is bent more strongly through the process of diffraction. Diffraction is the reason that images taken with small apertures are softer and it also causes a star burst pattern around any strong light source.
This effect is most commonly noticed in photographs taken directly into the sun, but also occurs when Christmas lights are captured through a small aperture. The individual lights take on a twinkling appearance that adds sparkle to the image. The number of rays is dependent on the number of leaves in the lens iris.
The effect becomes more prominent as the aperture is reduced and when shorter focal lengths are used. In the example here, the aperture was at f/18 and is noticeably more sparkly than the image captured at f/8.
Of course, with Christmas lights, we are working in the dark and small apertures may not always be possible, but, when practicable the star burst effect can add life to your images.
Avoid Flash
It seems silly to have to say this. But for those with automatic cameras that try to force flash on every dark situation, learn to turn the damn thing off! Rarely a touch of muted flash can help to add detail to a dark foreground, but as a general rule, if you can't figure out how to turn off your flash, cover it with black tape.
The general rules of composition are no different for Christmas light photography and the creative breaking of the rules is just as powerful in creating interesting images.
The lights always need to be hanging on something and whether it is a tree, a house or your spouse the lighting scaffold is an important part of the composition.
Foreground elements can be used to complement or frame the lighting, enhancing the sense of place. Sometimes non-illuminated elements of the scene may be the major focus with the bulbs providing a soft background.
The lights may be seen in reflection off of a lakes, puddles or even a shiny car hood. The important thing is to construct a balanced image, not just take a snapshot of pretty lights.
Winter Wonderland
For me, the Christmas light jackpot comes when I can catch the lights at twilight just after a snow storm. The trick is to catch the fresh snow while it is still clinging to the tree branches and other structures, the "Winter Wonderland" time. I try to get out as the storm is passing, when the snow is still closely illuminated by the lights, and before the heat of the bulbs has melted pockets around each light.
I rushed into Keene to capture this tree at about 11 pm, just about one hour after the snow had stopped. It was the prettiest Christmas tree I have seen in the Square. The only thing missing was the blue hour. The sweet time, when the snow is clinging to the branches and nestling the bulbs is short, but definitely worth the effort required to blast your way out of your driveway.
Too soon will the branches be bare and the roads streaked with grime. I hope these few suggestions will be of some help for your Christmas lights photography.
We may be getting a little late in the season, but the lights generally linger at least through New Year's. Of course, it is important to remember that all the basic rules for cold weather photography still apply. So bundle up, keep an extra battery warm in your pocket, and have fun.
Check out my companion personal blog with more images and stories.
Jeffrey Newcomer
Creative Photography Close to Home
"The goal of creative photography goes beyond the mere production of images that are technically good or that adequately reflect the subject as seen; rather, the goal is to produce images that uniquely represent the photographer's vision and possess meanings beyond the literal visual elements they portray." ~ Guy Tal
Guy Tal is one of my favorite contemporary photographers, and favorite philosophers and thinkers. His prose often moves me as deeply as his photographs, while his photos are some of my all-time favorites. His words encourage me to make meaningful images, wherever I am.
As a lifelong wanderer and a landscape photographer, I love to travel. I dream of unscheduled days of hiking; time for slow, week-long drives up and down the coast, as well as the hardest to put together, weeks of totally open time with the resources and freedom to wander spontaneously wherever the spirit moves me.
Alas, this winter, travel is not to be. With a new baby and a 19-month old daughter at home, I am nesting and nestling with family. That said, I do get restless to get outside and to make some photos. Winter is my favorite season to play and to shoot. I am taking short, quick outings very close to home. I'm shooting on the way to my day job and on the way home. I'm shooting for 30 minutes at dusk, or an hour after all the children have gone to bed. Because I know the area I'm shooting intimately, I adjust where I shoot for the best conditions.
The farthest I have travelled for photography this year is 20 miles.
And I was out and back in less than 2 hours.
Tight shooting schedules have pushed me to make more intentional images. In the past I might have gone out for a half-day or day of shooting in the Whites or on the coast and come home with 500+ images. These days I am coming home with 10 or 20 tops.
And a funny thing is happening as I have less time to shoot. I am slowing down. I am spending more time looking before I shoot. I am spending time being still. I am considering and reconsidering compositions. I am reconnecting with the local landscapes, which is one of the things that drew me to photography in the first place. I am finding incredible beauty literally in my back yard.
Shooting close to home, often at places I have shot multiple times, pushes me to look beyond the obvious and to try to find something more intimate. I imagine being inspired by the spirit of a place. It may be a hokey idea, but it often feels true. All of the images in this blog post were shot less than 2 miles from home. The church and the doorway were shot on the way to and from work. The trees were shot at dusk one day and at midnight the other (after the entire family went to sleep).
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Behind the Dusky Blue Hour
The Science of Light
After the sun sets each evening, there is a fairly prolonged transition between day and night. It's a phenomena that we experience each day, but have we ever stopped to ponder what's behind the dusky blue hour?
The reason that the landscape doesn't immediately go dark after sunset, and we instead experience degrees of twilight, is due to the properties of both the light and atmosphere itself, and is rooted in the same reason that the daytime sky is blue.
Light from the sun reaches the Earth as a full spectrum of electromagnetic waves. The waves all travel the same speed, but have extremely varied wavelengths, with waves of red light nearly twice long as blue light. The wavelengths of blue light are nearly the same size as many of the gas molecules in the atmosphere, and because of this comparable size, are prone to being scattered. This scattering, or bouncing around of blue light in the sky by the air itself is the reason why the daytime sky appears blue.
If you hold a prism up to the sun during the noontime hour, you will see that only a small amount of the blue light is actually scattered out by our relatively thin atmosphere. As the sun sets in the evening though, the amount of atmosphere that the sun's light travels through is significantly increased by the angle of solar incidence, and more and more blue light is scattered out. This allows the reds and oranges, the longer wavelengths which are less likely to be scattered, to shine through dominantly, and give us the great colors at sunset.
Because very little orange or red light is scattered, as soon as the sun slips below the horizon the amount of red and orange light reaching the landscape drops to near zero. This doesn't mean that the landscape is dark though, as all of the blue light bouncing around the atmosphere is still finding its way indirectly to you via the scattering. As the sun slips further below the horizon, and civil twilight blends to nautical twilight, the amount of scattered light decreases, and the intensity of the blue color increases.
Science Relates to Art
The dusky blue hour is a great time to open up the shutter and take pictures. Landscape features are still visible, but seemingly appear in monochrome blue. Contrasts are low. Artificial light, with its warm tones, provide a pleasing complimentary color in the developed landscape.
Some of my favorite shots have been taken during the blue hour. These shots are often moody, giving the viewer not only a sense of place but a true feeling of what it was like to truly experience the scene.
A misty lake, predawn, before color fills the sky, with silhouettes of trees on the opposite shoreline just becoming visible creates an image with much more depth than the same scene an hour or two later in the morning.
A winter landscape, a classic view of a familiar scene takes on new life when bathed in the blue light after sunset. Shots during the blue hour require long exposures, and movement is often seen in the clouds.
A holiday scene, with snow still falling taken before the fading light obscured the surrounding hillsides. The strongest contrasts were created between artificial and natural light.
These shots highlight the possibilities that taking photographs during the dusky blue hour can provide. For further reading about the blue hour, and some of the technical aspects of shooting during this time, I recommend clicking over to this excellent piece written by my colleague Mike Blanchette.
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For the last handful of games now, I don't see much discussion about Melo's ISO domination.
I don't know if I am trying to stir anything with that, but it does seem to me that Melo is heavily dominating the ball on offense. Seems to happen a lot that he gets the ball and everyone runs away. He takes a ton of shots but it seems like little is left for others. Obviously the guy is a dynamic scorer and easily one of the best in the NBA. And don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan. When you have a talent like Melo on your squad, you want to maximize him best you can. But are we doing that? Or are the Knicks overusing him?
D'Antoni did just come out and admit they need to get Amar'e more involved in the offense, but before this, I haven't noticed much commentary here about Melo running the Knicks offense. But has anyone else noticed this? It doesn't seem like the Knicks are necessarily the cohesive bunch that we kind of picture in our mind grapes. Whether or not that is directly a result of not having a "proper" PG I am not sure, but I DO think it is fair to expect better offensive play from this group. Yes we have new pieces, but the new pieces aren't exactly strategy game-changers.
It doesn't seem like the Knicks are running the way we might have expected from an uptempo MDA system either. Is it good for the team to have Melo just improvising or would we be more dangerous in having him create off the ball more and feature more cutting and slashing from other players?
Is anyone else noticing this? Does it bear Posting & Toasting discussion??
*Full Disclsoure* : Yes, we have a PG who is currently injured. Baron Davis, maybe you have heard of him? However, since he is yet to return and still weeks away, let's do better than simply saying "Wait til BD is healthy!" We can't just put the season on hold until Diddy is healthy and in peak game form. These games are gonna get played, veteran PG or not. We still need to win more than we lose too.


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Greetings from a Diehard Saints Fan. The games I always look forward too, the Saints and the Falcons. There's a ton of history between both franchises. Good and bad, but most of all..exciting. Most of our games between the 2 have come down to the wire. There have been quite a few pretty wins and pretty losses between us.
I can remember the Bartkowski days when Alfred Jenkins burned our secondary. The 1979 opener when Bartkowski threw a hail mary and we lost 40-34. The 2002 game when we lost 37-35 during Vick's Rookie year. And alot more. We've always been a seesaw type of battle.
Your team is one of the best running teams in the NFL. And our hopefully our D line can tighten up a bit. Frank Gore ran all over us and your running game is even more scary. You have a heck of a good team and it will be a very tough game! And we need our mojo on offense back. Has been flat lately. With Reggie out for 6 weeks, we'll need to make some adjustments.
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The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance report shows Wisconsin consistently beat national job growth rates in the late 1980s and early 1990s. But since 1996, the state has outperformed the nation in creating jobs just 27 percent of the time.
Between 2002 and 2011, Wisconsin's growth in workers between 18 and 64 trailed 33 other states. The report says the state's aging population and lack of business start-ups are leaving Wisconsin without enough working-age adults and enough new companies to sustain growth seen in other states.
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LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Indiana Pacers 100-80 on Wednesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.
Rookie Damian Lillard added 20 points and eight assists for the Blazers, who also stopped a four-game losing streak at home and avoided dropping five straight at the Rose Garden for the first time since 2006.
J.J. Hickson had 14 points and 13 rebounds for his 24th double-double this season, and Portland shot a season-high 56.4 percent from the floor.
Paul George had 22 points and seven rebounds for the Pacers, who had won seven straight against Western Conference teams, their longest streak since 2004. Indiana (26-17) lost for the third time in 10 games.
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A leading Georgia lawmaker wants to make it easier for parents to convert traditional public schools into charter schools. State Rep. Edward Lindsey (R-Atlanta) plans to introduce legislation to do that in the next General Assembly session.Voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that will reestablish a state commission that could approve new charter schools over the objection of local school boards.Lindsey, the majority whip in the Georgia House of Representatives, said the so-called "parent trigger" legislation would allow parents to petition the school board to turn their traditional school into a charter public school. "The parents have to get a majority of the family households in the school to agree to it. They have to then put together a proposed charter and make a petition to the school boards," said Lindsey.Lindsey believes the measure would encourage parental involvement in schools. Lindsey cites the removal of the principal and other administrators at North Atlanta High school as an example of parents finding themselves shut out of key school decisions. "What happened at North Atlanta, in terms of locking out the parents and their involvement and the school, and keeping them informed as to what is going on, kind of brings to the forefront the importance of having a law like this," Lindsey said. He will introduce the legislation on the first day of the General Assembly session in January.The new state charter schools commission is expected to be appointed by February.
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SALEM — Salem State University will begin preliminary utility work next week on a 400-student, five-story residence hall it plans to build on its central campus along Loring Avenue — and the proposal has some neighbors up in arms.
The proposed new dorm, set to open in the fall of 2015, has sparked concerns for its size, proximity to nearby houses and speed at which the project appears to be moving.
The new dorm would be the third residence hall built on the central campus in the past decade. Atlantic Hall, with 450 beds, opened in 2004, and 525-bed Marsh Hall opened in 2009, as the growing school — which draws many students from Gloucester and around Cape Ann — became, like other state schools, a full-fledged university.
A college spokeswoman stressed that plans are not final.
"There were some concerns expressed by neighbors, and I think those concerns were definitely heard," said Karen Cady. "What the architects are currently doing is reviewing the various options to see what accommodations can be made to address those concerns."
The college's architects will present new, and possibly modified, plans at a Nov. 19 meeting of the Neighborhood Advisory Committee.
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I wanted to throw this up quickly because I heard as I was driving home that the relationship between Albert Haynesworth and the Washington Redskins is beyond repair at this point. Simply put, he doesn't want to play in a 3-4 defense, but it's hard to deny that Haynesworth is the most talented 4-3 DT in the NFL when he applies himself.
I see Haynesworth and Julius Peppers as peas in a pod, and while a large majority of Panthers fans are glad Pep's drama is gone there is still a distinct segment who believe the Panthers should have ponied up the dough to keep him. So, provided the Skins are just looking to get Haynesworth off their hands and would be willing to pay a portion of his remaining contract would you trade for Haynesworth?
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An Oregon Democrat literally threw up his hands in frustration Tuesday after failing to get a direct answer to his question about marijuana's dangers from the deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) asked Michael Botticelli, the drug czar's chief deputy, to identify the number of marijuana overdoses reported in the previous five years.
"To my knowledge, I don't know if there have been instances of specific overdose-related deaths," Botticelli said.
Blumenauer then asked the drug official in a House Oversight Committee hearing to identify whether marijuana was more dangerous and addictive than cocaine or methamphetamines.
"I don't think that anyone would dispute the fact that there's relative toxicity related to those drugs," said Botticelli, who reluctantly admitted during the same hearing that marijuana was less dangerous than alcohol.
But the lawmaker wasn't satisfied, asking Botticelli again whether marijuana was more dangerous than the other two illegal drugs.
"I think the conversation minimizes the harm," Botticelli said.
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"I'm not trying to minimize the harm," Blumenauer said. "I just want to know what's more dangerous and addictive. You don't know?"
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"Let me just say that your equivocation right there, being unable to answer something clearly and definitively when there is unquestioned evidence to the contrary, is why young people don't believe the propaganda, why they think it's benign," Blumenauer said.
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"If a professional like you can't answer clearly that meth is more dangerous than marijuana — which every kid on the street knows, which every parent knows — if you can't answer that, maybe that's why we're failing to educate people about the dangers," the lawmaker said. "I don't want kids smoking marijuana; I agree with the chairman. But if the deputy director of the office of drug policy can't answer that question, how do you expect high school kids to take you seriously?"
Botticelli assured the congressman he hadn't meant to be disrespectful or suggest there was no difference in toxicity between the three illegal drugs, but Blumenauer threw up his hands.
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Mayo Regional Hospital Board of Directors (HAD 4) is proud to announce the hiring of Marie Vienneau, RN, FACHE, as Chief Executive Officer:
Mayo Regional Hospital Board of Directors (HAD 4) is proud to announce the hiring of Marie Vienneau, RN, FACHE, as Chief Executive Officer of Mayo Regional Hospital. Vienneau came on board in February 2014.
Vienneau is a Maine native who began her career in health care as an operating room RN at Brigham & Women's hospital in Boston. Since then, she has served for 23 years in executive roles at Millinocket Regional Hospital, most recently as CEO and Chief Nursing Officer for the past eleven years. She earned her Bachelor of Science at the University of Maine in Orono, and is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives. Vienneau has been an active member of the Maine Hospital Association and has chaired a variety of committees since 2006. Vienneau was also the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board Region 1 Delegate from 2006 – 2010.
"We are pleased to welcome Marie," said George Barton, Board Chair of Mayo Regional Hospital (HAD 4). "She shares the board's vision to ensure accessible, full service health care for every resident in our service area and is a seasoned healthcare executive. Having lived and worked in the area, she understands the health care needs in Piscataquis County and is personally committed to delivering quality, patient centered health care at Mayo."
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Murray Polner: Review of Melinda L. Pash's "In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation: The Americans Who Fought the Korean War" (NYU Press, 2012)
Murray Polner is a History News Network book review editor.
In 1950, a scant five years after the end of World War II the United States entered into yet another of its interminable wars by sending its military to fight in Korea, a war which lasted from 1950 through 1953, though the Korean War era officially ended in January 31, 1955. This so-called "Forgotten War" cost the lives of 36,940 Americans, with 92,134 wounded, many grievously, and 8,176 missing in action (that's not to mention the over two million Koreans who died on either side). The GIs returned home without victory parades. A conservative veterans organization, Melinda L. Pash writes in her new book, In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation: The Americans Who Fought the Korean War, at first turned its back on them. They were, critics charged, "soft on communism and morally weaker that the veterans of other wars," as Pash writes, quoting Paul Edwards' 2000 book To Acknowledge a War: The Korean War in American Memory. Other detractors insisted they were the first American army to lose a war. Thirteen POWs were later charged with collaborating with their captors and twenty-one refused repatriation. Writers like Eugene Kinkead in The New Yorker, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Betty Friedan and others wrote that Korean POWs were morally and educationally weaker than previous POWs, lacking the backbone to deal with their Chinese captors. Even "coddling mothers" were blamed. Few of the explanations advanced, however, made much sense and few if any asked why so savage a war was ever fought in the first place.
In all, there were 6.8 million Korean War-era veterans, but only 1,789,000 served in Korea according to Pash (quoting Tom Heuertz's "The Korean War +50") A disproportionate number of casualties were conscripts. Several million or so Koreans, military and civilian, died and North Korean cities were leveled by U.S. bombers.
After the initial invasion by North Korea, the conflict became a more-or-less American war since the Republic of Korea forces broke early on. The Americans initially fought with too many untrained soldiers, many from hastily recruited units in the States and others from undemanding posts in occupied Japan, where they served in support roles. "Many men," Pash writes in her notes, "stationed in Japan and subsequently sent to Korea at one time had been classified 'limited service' for mental or physical reasons and sent to places like Japan after being moved to 'general duty.' Many of these became psychiatric casualties only after a few days of combat in Korea."
American civilians with no family members in the war or in danger of being drafted remained largely unaffected. S.L.A. Marshall, the military historian, called it "the century's nastiest little war" and General Omar Bradley famously denigrated it as "the wrong war at the wrong time and with the wrong enemy."
Melinda L. Pash teaches history at Fayetteville Technical Community College and she tells an overlooked, gripping, and often heartbreaking and extensively documented story of the men and women who served. She recounts stories by those who were involved, what they encountered in combat, how non-whites and nurses coped, the harsh fate of POWs, and finally their return home, almost anonymously, without celebratory parades.
While Pash slights historical perspective -- for example, why Truman and his advisors felt it absolutely necessary to go to war and the implications it created for the future -- In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation is thoroughly convincing given our historic addiction to war and the ever-present possibility that future generations will surely be forced to fight many more wars.
Korea had been ruled brutally from 1910-1945 by Japan and its Korean collaborators, among them Syngman Rhee, who was installed by the U.S. as Korea's president following Japan's defeat in World War II. At the same time, after the division of Korea at the 38th parallel, the Soviet Union placed Kim Il Sung in power in North Korea. From the start the partition between the two Koreas was a marriage made in hell. Rhee, who would oppose the truce ending the war in 1953, began counter-insurgency warfare against his opponents, especially in the rebellious South Cholia region where his forces killed tens of thousands. In North Korea, the dictatorial Kim Il Sung, who fought the Japanese in Manchuria, was no less brutal to his real and imagined rivals. For several years, a civil war of sorts raged between north and south. Meanwhile, the Communists had come to power in China in 1949, and the Malayans and Vietnamese were battling British and French colonialists, the latter two backed by the U.S. Even more ominously, the Cold War between the two great nuclear powers was gaining momentum.
On June 25, 1950 North Korean armies, with Soviet approval, crossed into South Korea. David Halberstam's vivid history of the war, The Coldest Winter, says Stalin approved Kim's request to attack the south but cruel cynic that he was, told him that, if he ran into trouble, the Soviet Union would not help, though he surely hoped to keep the U.S. bogged down in war. When the North Koreans attacked, Truman, desperate to ward off Republican attacks for being insufficiently tough on communism and plagued by Joe McCarthy and his followers, allowed himself -- against the wishes of some of his advisors -- to be drawn into reading a longstanding civil war as an attack on our Asian friends as well as our nation's very survival.
He forged ahead without a congressional declaration of war, establishing an unhealthy precedent for future presidents. The UN, still dominated by the U.S., endorsed the war -- the Soviets having foolishly boycotted the Security Council the day of the vote—and British, Canadian, and Turkish troops, among others, joined in. It then became a limited "police action," the prevailing fiction designed to keep the Soviet Union and China far away. That is, until General Douglas MacArthur had his troops march north to the Yalu River, the demarcation line between China and Korea, an advance the Chinese viewed as a direct threat. In November, 300,000 Chinese "volunteers" poured in to fight the Americans and their allies and thus extended the war for another few years, resulting in an American military defeat disguised as a stalemate and also the famous dismissal of the general by the president.
"No strong, organized draft protest ever developed during the Korean War," Pash writes. Other than a few pacifists like Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement, the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the War Resisters League, all pitifully few in number, Pash believes that World War II and the onset of yet another paralyzing Red Scare in the late '40s and early '50s rendered Americans more conformist -- at least until their more skeptical children and grandchildren came of age in the '60s.
In addition to the poorly trained men initially sent into battle, many soldiers had no idea why they were there despite attempts by the military to inculcate them during basic training. "In the end," writes Pash, "men continued to filter into Korea throughout the war with almost no information on why they had been sent." Told that they were fighting to save South Korea from North Korean and Chinese communists and to keep America safe was sufficient for many soldiers interested only in staying alive. In any event, all soldiers and Marines, whatever their motives, had to follow orders or else.
There is an especially perceptive segment on the travails of black and other non-white troops. Despite Truman's order ending segregation in the military, blacks were targeted in Korea, where they "drew the worst assignments and found little redress despite complaints." More blacks were sent into combat than whites, she writes, citing a VA study. A great many in the all-black 24th Division, led by white officers, were court-martialed, some sentenced to death for alleged cowardice, a case which brought Thurgood Marshall to Japan and Korea to defend them.
MacArthur's headquarters had signs supporting racial segregation and, according to Marshall, "the 'great man' did absolutely nothing to clean up his command." She reports that "Hispanics had the highest rate of [combat] exposure." The Puerto Rican 65th Infantry suffered over five hundred casualties yet several hundred were imprisoned for disobedience, ninety-five court-martialed and ninety-one judged guilty. Forty years later the Army declared there had been "bias in the prosecution."
In any event, Americans rallied around the flag as they always do when wars begin. The libertarian editor Llewellyn Rockwell, Jr. has written about that "mysterious thing called nationalism, which makes an ideological religion of the nation's wars." Even so, as the war dragged on, as pointless wars often do, many Americans began objecting to the war and hailed Truman's successor Dwight Eisenhower when he finally chose to end it. But others, like the China Lobby and hawkish generals, politicians and media, were furious that the U.S. had not fought an all-out war against China and A-bombed some Chinese cities a la Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When MacArthur returned home after his firing and was promoted as a possible Republican presidential candidate, vast crowds cheered him when he toured the country and later delivered his "Old Soldiers Never Die" speech before a hushed and reverent Congress. He soon faded when it became clear that other than encouraging a war with China and dropping another nuclear bomb he had little to offer the nation.
But ordinary GIs and junior officers did. Neither angels nor heroes, the vast majority were faithful Americans for whom the war became the high point of their lives. Many returned home with illnesses and wounds from "amputated limbs, shrapnel buried in their tissues, lost eyesight, diminished hearing, paralysis." They developed TB, parasites and malaria. And many probably came home with what we now call PTSD.
In the end, then, the real question will always remain: Was the war worth it? And if it was, for whom?
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Modeling Sturgis MI in HO-scale NYC/PRR
Sturgis MI 1943
This blog is for people who wish to see progress. Participants are free to make comments and suggestions and to ask questions. We will begin with my layout diagram. We will focus on Jim Six's layout past, present and projected future.
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In the case of my Sahwatch Street Yard located just southwest of downtown Colorado Springs from 1880 until 1972, the primary length of the street was 1900 feet with the street being 120 feet wide. On my layout is 870 scale feet by 190 scale feet. What are the distances of your area of coverage for both the NYC and PRR?
I really enjoy the apparent reasonable distances you have the structures in the photos you have shown so far. I am following the track layout based on an 1895 copy of the Sanborn map for the area. How have you been able to accomplish the great spacing you have attained?
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Tom VanWormer
Monument CO
Colorado City Yard Limits 1895
how much modeled?
I am modeling approximately 1 mile of each RR, maybe a bit less.
Thanks for asking Tom,
Room dimensions?
Your trackplan looks roomy and open. What are the general dimensions?
Would you consider adding it to the trackplan database thread?
Can you give us an idea of what typical operations are like?
- Bill
Modeling the BNML in HO Scale, and running RailPro
Here is the PRR side of the
Here is the PRR side of the layout. A grain elevator and the shear manufacturing plane are seen in their roughed-in stage. Someday this will be a completed scene. As you can see, the railroad thought not done is in full service and hosts operating sessions.
Looking the other way
Here is the same scene looking the other direction. Note: the ceiling and fascia has been installed since these photos were taken.
Reply to Bill Brillinger
Counting the staging area the layout measures 12' x 44'. The PRR side is against the poured concrete wall and is a little longer than the NYC side. The open area in the middle is 8-ft from one side to the other. Note, these are older photos and progress has been made since these photos were taken.
Operation can be conduced in many ways. If I have six operators then we form three crews. One crew operates a PRR local train that comes up from Ft Wayne (the staging yard) and switches the PRR side of town. It runs across to the NYC side with transfer cars and picks up cars to take back to the Pennsy. This train completes switching the PRR then returns to Ft Wayne. It typically takes about 2 1/2 hours to do this. A similar NYC local operates the NYC side in a similar fashion. Again, about 2 1/2 hours.
As you can see I like to kitbash my structures. They are loosely based on prototype photos.
I live in Sturgis, MI
I live in Sturgis, MI and find your Layout very interesting. I remember the K-4s on the PRR coming through and the Mohawks on the NYC in the early 50s.
Keep us posted on your progress, your looking good
Doug Van Meter
Thanks Dan. May I ask you
Thanks Dan. May I ask you questions to help me create a better model of Sturgis? Where was the PRR depot? Where might I find photos of it?
Glad you're back, Jim
Glad you started a new blog. Everything looks great so far. Keep the photos and inspiration coming.
Tom Johnson
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Reasons To Believe
1. Offensive Skill Players - Led by all-purpose back Ray Rice, the Ravens offence is no longer looked at as the weak link of the team. Speedster Torrey Smith brought a new dimension to Cam Cameron's offense last season, averaging 16.8 yards per catch and scoring seven TD's. Anquan Boldin provides a security blanket for quarterback Joe Flacco and should get more room to work over the middle thanks to the signing of deep threat Jacoby Jones and the continued development of Smith.
2. Defensive Playmakers - Despite the loss of the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Terrell Suggs, the Ravens defence still features top-notch talent on every level. Haloti Ngata and Ray Lewis are still dominating run stoppers and Upshaw was drafted to help the pass rush. Reports from camp indicate Ed Reed is motivated to have a bounce back year after finishing 2011 with a career low three interceptions. A return to form from Reed, combined with the continued emergence of corner Lardarius Webb -- who led the team with five picks -- will be key if the Ravens are to remain among the NFL's top-five ranked defences.
3. Evolution of Flacco - Baltimore's much-maligned QB did his part to put the Ravens in position to reach the Super Bowl last season and the team is hoping he can carry it over into 2012. Passing for 306 yards in the AFC Championship game did silence some critics, but it has not been enough to convince the team to give him a contract extension. Flacco is entering the final year of his deal and the Ravens may wait to make sure his late-season performance was no fluke before signing him long-term.
Reasons To Doubt
1. Offensive Line - With the loss of Grubbs, and concern building over left tackle Bryant McKinnie's health after he was held out of OTA's for "conditioning reasons," the Ravens line is in a state of flux. Baltimore signed 35-year-old veteran Bobbie Williams to replace Grubbs, but they are hoping second round pick Osmele can win the job out of camp. With multiple question marks on the left side, the Ravens are counting on Michael Oher and Marshal Yanda to provide stability, but Oher battled pass protection issues throughout 2011. If his struggles continue, Flacco could be in store for a long season.
2. Defensive Losses - The losses of Suggs and linebacker Jarret Johnson impact both the Ravens pass rush as well as their run defence. Baltimore will turn to fourth year pro Paul Krueger – who did record 5.5 sacks in backup duty last season – and talented rookie Upshaw to fill the void. What the pair lack in experience, they make up for in talent, but it is near impossible to improve a defence after losing what may be the NFL's best outside linebacker.
3. Defensive Coordinator - Former linebackers coach Dean Paes is the new man in charge of the defence after Chuck Pagano left the same position to become the head coach in Indianapolis. With Suggs not expected to return until late into the season, if at all, Paes will not have the luxury of sitting back and watching his star linebacker wreak havoc, while rushing just four or five. He will likely have to get creative with his blitzing schemes and bring more bodies to generate pressure, and with the Ravens playing 13 games against Pro Bowl quarterbacks, that strategy could lead to trouble.
What To Expect
If the Ravens can overcome the absence of Suggs, and Flacco can continue to play like he did in the AFC Championship game against New England, the Ravens will be back in the mix to contend for a Super Bowl. Playing in one of the best divisions in football, Baltimore will be tested on a weekly basis, but have the talent and leadership to get back to where they were in 2011 and potentially beyond.
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