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Mabel Robinson Williams, fighter for human rights
On June 1, 1931 in Monroe, N.C., Mabel Ola Robinson was born, the second daughter to her proud parents Emma Perry Robinson and King David Robinson. Her older sister Elizabeth R. Redfern proceeded her in death.
As a child, Mabel grew up active with her family in the Elizabeth Baptist Church where she accepted Jesus Christ and was baptized. It was at this church she had her first encounters with the Williams family.
Though Mabel became acquainted with death at an early age through the death of her baby brother and natural father, she had a secure and happy childhood. Her stepfather Chalmers Barbour was a wonderful family man who loved, protected and provided well for the family.
As a teen bride, she married her late husband of 49 years; Robert Franklin Williams, Sr. Into their union Robert Franklin Jr. and John Chalmers were born. Together, lead by Robert Sr., the family would become a legendary family of the U.S. civil and human rights struggle and the "Black Liberation Movement."
Mabel's mother and father-in-law John L. Williams warned her marriage to Robert would not be a "normal," yet, she had no idea how radical and turbulent her life would become. As a loving wife and mother in the 50s and 60s, Mabel was caught-up in the civil rights movement for de-segregation and justice. During this period, Mabel and family became known nationally and internationally for their activism. Mabel and Robert are hailed for their courageous and devoted leadership during this era. During most of the decade of the 60s, Mabel and family lived in Cuba and the People's Republic of China and travelled to various countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe functioning as friendship ambassadors for the ever-intensifying African American struggle.
Through their advocacy and educational efforts, many foreign friends and world leaders became sympathizers and supporters of the African American struggle. In 1969, Mabel and Robert returned to the U.S. after three years in the People's Republic of China. The two of them have been acknowledged for their contribution towards the thawing of relations between the United States and China during the Nixon administration, which led to entrance and normalized relations with China. A museum was dedicated in 1999 to Robert, Mabel and other international liberation fighters who had resided in China.
Upon returning to the U. S. in 1969, the Williams family lived in Detroit and Ann Arbor for a couple of years. They moved to Baldwin, Mich., in 1971 with intent of living a quiet and peaceful life in semi-retirement. It wasn't long after becoming residents of Baldwin that Mabel and Robert observed the need and once again found themselves being called to community service. Mabel joined Saint Anne's Catholic Church (where she remained a faithful member and served as a Eucharistic Minister) and became active in the social services delivery community.
In the mid-70s, in addition to her social services and church work, Mabel and husband Robert were actively involved in social justice advocacy, which led to the establishment of The People's Association for Human Rights, Inc. In 1981, Mabel was appointed by then Gov. William G. Milliken as a delegate to represent Michigan at the White House Conference on Aging.
Over the years she worked for Michigan State University Extension Service, The 5-CAP Lake Mason and Newago counties, Senior Citizen Nutrition Program (Program Director), Oakland Manor Apartments, Congregate Housing Model Project of Baldwin (Human Services Coordinator), and Saint Anne's Catholic Parish (Seniors Meals and Human Services Program), from which she retired as director in 1996.
The compassionate and giving spirit of Mabel R. Williams has touched many lives. Even in retirement and intermittent health challenges, she remained active in community affairs. Some of her affiliations and acknowledgements included: The Lake County Community Foundation (trustee); 5 County-Community Action Program, Board of Directors; Idlewild Merry Makers Board of Directors, Franklin Wright African American Museum of History member, recipient of the Saint Peter Claver Award-Grand Rapids, Mich.; Member of the Black Catholic Association of Michigan; recipient of the Queen Mother Audrey Moore Award, Temple University Black Studies Department, and first lady of the People's Republic of New Africa. Mabel was also frequently called upon to share her life experiences with many churches, academic learning institutions, grass roots organizations and conferences nationally and internationally. In October of 2012, the Idlewild Cultural Conference Center was named Mabel R. Williams Cultural Conference Center as a tribute in her honor for her outstanding contribution to the City.
Mabel and Robert worked tirelessly together as one, in their contribution to the struggle to uplift Black people and marginalized humanity. It is impossible to speak of Robert Williams' accomplishments and exploits in the civil and human rights struggle without simultaneously discussing the significant role this warrior woman played as his "help meet" by his side, at his back, out in front and behind closed doors as she followed Robert all around the world advocating and sounding the alarm for our people!
Throughout her life Mabel enjoyed greatly family interactions and many life long friendships. Those who knew her often described Mabel as a "people person" and experienced her contagious smile.
She leaves behind to grieve her passing her son John Chalmers Williams (wife Lisa), step-son Franklin Williams, and grandsons: Robert F. III, and Benjamin Paul Williams, and great-granddaughters: Cali and Sasha Williams, brother–in-law John H. Williams and a host of other relatives and friends.
Much of the story of Mother Mabel's life is documented in the following media:
The Black Scholar, Spring 2013, vol. 43 number 1/2; "Negroes with Guns" book by Robert F. Williams; "Negroes with Guns" documentary film; "Radio Free Dixie, the Roots of Black Power" by Tim Tyson; www.freedomarchives.org/mabel.html; Robert F. Williams Collection, University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library and a host of online resources.

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Pan Am Recap: À Paris
Taking place as it does, for the most part, in Paris, it is fitting that this week's episode of Pan Am is all about love. Mrs. Cameron and her daughters. Laura and Greg. Dean and Bridget. Dean and Colette, who are not together yet but surely will be, after they carry on pretending to be strangers picking each other up on the side of the road outside the Pan Am building. Colette, with her headscarves, winged eyeliner, and French accent, is impossibly adorable. Dean cannot be blamed for all but forgetting his Bridget in her presence.
The Pan Am stewardesses are thrilled to be going to Paris — Kate and Laura wanted to go when they were little and Laura has a drawing from their childhood to prove it. At the pre-flight weigh-in, Miss Havemeyer announces that Laura better cool it with the croissant talk because she's gained an entire pound, and the entire room seriously looks like they're going to cry. Maggie tells Miss Havemeyer that perhaps she should weigh herself, but Ted, who either hates to love or loves to hate her — it isn't yet clear — cuts her off.
Kate's second mission involves another hand-off, and I'm starting to wonder if all of her CIA work will revolve around the delivery of Godiva boxes. Kate is horrified to spot her mother in the airport, who later turns out to be a passenger on her flight to Paris, much to the dismay of Laura, who has not seen her since that whole awkward ordeal where she ran away from home on the day of her wedding.
Co-pilot Ted — sorry, First Officer Ted — has a competitor for the "Creepiest in Cockpit" award in the form of Sanjeev, who makes himself busy hounding Dean as to why he doesn't miss Bridget, or why he can't at least sleep with Colette while also missing Bridget. "If a guy's not on a new horse, chances are he's still thinkin' about the old one!" says Sanjeev. Is that a thing people say? Sanjeev!
In the first-class cabin, Maggie is assigned to a wildly conspicuous dirtbag who flirts, leers, and guzzles his whiskey. The course of events here is carefully laid out for us: Here is a jerk staring at Maggie's ass. Here he is doing that hissy, teeth-baring thing that men on TV do when they drink whiskey. Here is his empty glass for a few seconds: He is drunk. Here he is launching himself into the service area when Maggie is back there alone. He tells her he likes that her uniform "leaves just enough to the imagination," and then throws himself at her. So Maggie stabs him. When Colette comes in later, after the man has retreated to the bathroom to lick his wounds, she urges Maggie to report him. She can't, she says. "I sort of stabbed him with a serving fork," she explains, which is my new favorite line from anything. Just a little stab. With a tiny little fork. Not a big deal.
Co-pilot Ted does not agree, but neither does he wish for Maggie to be fired, so when the dirtbag (whose presumably three-pronged wound they unfortunately do not show us) asks to report Maggie, Ted talks him down with a free double whiskey. Exactly what he needs! More alcohol. Ted tells Maggie to serve him, but she hands the drink right back to him, letting him know where the guy is seated. I increasingly adore Maggie and her constant insubordination.
Six months earlier, in the Cameron home, Kate packs up Laura's belongings and argues with her mother. Mrs. Cameron blames Kate for Laura's cold feet, and tells her so. She says that the girls ought to be doing more with themselves, by which I suppose she must mean dusting and vacuuming around their husbands' feet. Kate balks at the very idea. "I rode an elephant in Bangkok last week!" she exclaims, which pretty much shuts down that debate. What do you say to that? You can only one-up jungle animal rides with other, bigger jungle animal rides.
After landing in Paris, Mrs. Cameron takes Laura to lunch and surprises her with the presence of Greg, as in the would-be husband that she purposefully abandoned while back in America. Mrs. Cameron seems to be under the impression that problems that cannot be solved on American soil can be handled smoothly if everyone just flies to Paris and talks about it there. Laura takes one look at Greg in his little coat with his little bouquet of flowers and runs away. Again. Poor Greg.
Dean collects Colette, who is so cute that she makes me contemplate bangs and a French Rosetta Stone program, and takes her to the bar where he took Bridget six months earlier. He can't speak French, so he asks Colette to ask the maître d' if he's seen Bridget, with whom she was well acquainted. He tells Colette who tells Dean that Bridget "may like her boyfriends but she loves her husband." Alas, Dean cannot know that the maître d' is also probably a super-spy and is therefore covering for his fellow super-spy. I don't totally understand where Bridget is from or how she knows all of these people so well, but the show probably can't tell me or else it would have to kill me.
Kate tracks down her mother in a restaurant (how they keep finding each other in Paris pre-cell phones is beyond me) and scolds her for her attempts to rekindle the non-love between Laura and Greg. Someone asks Kate for the time, and when she turns around she finds none other than our wayward Pan Am Stewardess, Bridget herself. The two CIA operative ladies head to a cathedral (the echoes are good for whispering about spy work) to talk. Kate's box is a farewell gift for Bridget, who has to be given a new identity after being compromised in a former mission. Bridget opens the box to find that her new identity lives in Kansas City, Missouri, and she's like, "Drag." She tells Kate she should be prepared to lose everything in this line of work, that the job isn't worth it, and though Kate has proof that this is the truth and that she could end up losing herself, she refuses to quit anyway. That is what oldest siblings do, because we are all insufferable.
Greg finds Laura at her hotel room, having handed off her flowers to an old lady in the lobby. Laura is like, "Seriously?" and dopey Greg is like, "I needed a hug from literally anyone." He wants to stay with her — he tries to keep her by telling her she's "the prettiest girl [he's] ever seen" — but she tells him he needs to let her go. Before he takes off he tries to guilt trip her by telling her that he spent all his Mount Kilimanjaro money on her engagement ring, but since Laura can see Greg she is probably well aware he was never really Mount Kilimanjaro material anyway.
Co-pilot Ted stumbles into the hotel with a very friendly seeming prostitute at the same time that Maggie is returning to her room. Ted tells Maggie that he got her something Ô room service, a roll with a fork sticking out of it. Ha, ha. That Ted, he is h-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s. Maggie delivers her final awesome speech of the night, which is to tell Ted that she can handle the territory that comes with her job — the flirting and the leering — but that she cannot handle that Ted made it okay for that jag-off passenger to try that with another girl. Ted's face suggests that he just got told, but I am unconvinced that he won't need many more Maggie lessons over the course of this show.
Before heading back to America with her daughters, Mrs. Cameron tries to make amends with Kate: She got her passport when Kate became a stewardess, which is supposed to show that she wanted to travel with her, too. She didn't, though, but whatever! It's not like this is enough to keep Kate out of the spy game, mom.
Dean is drunk and Colette is still precious, and the two of them dance in the street in the middle of Paris. I want better for Colette, who should not go from a married man to a very young man who just lost his love to Missouri. I fully expected to then see Bridget watching the two of them from behind a tree, another dramatic tear grazing her face, and was kind of disappointed when I didn't. She is such a pretty crier. Perhaps we will see her again, though. Perhaps the Pan Am crew will have a layover, one of these days, in Kansas City, Missouri.


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Fifty-five sites across northern and western Maine reported this week, likely the last week of the 2014 Maine Cooperative Snow Survey. Snow depths went from a trace to 13.6 inches in Bald Mountain Township in northern Somerset County. Water equivalents went from zero to 4.4 inches, again at the Bald Mountain Township site. Whatever data comes in from now on will be added to the 2014 data files for future comparisons. Thanks to all the cooperators this season for their reports. We will see you in 2015!
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Snow (and flood threat) has mostly disappeared south of the Route 2 and Route 6 corridor. Western mountains, the Moosehead region, and a band in northern Maine still have upwards of two feet of snow on the ground. Warm daytime temperatures with cool nights have somewhat eased flooding danger, although northern Maine rivers are still a concern. About fifty sites were measured this week.
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The snowpack in southern and coastal Maine melted quickly this past week with the warm temperatures and rain. The northern portion of the state still has a lot of snow and ice that has yet to melt. Eighty-one sites were measured this week. Densities are increasing so it won't be long before warm temperatures cause the snow to melt. High values for the week were at the Kennebec Water Power site at Carrabassett (near Flagstaff Lake) with 33 inches of snow and 11.7 inches of water content in the snowpack.
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Eighty-five sites reported in this week. Snowpack density is increasing across the state as we move to more spring-like weather conditions. Twelve of the sites in Maine report over ten inches of equivalent water content and twenty-five of the sites still report a snowpack depth greater than thirty inches! The southern part of the state is losing some water content but western and northern Maine don't report much change.
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Maine's snowpack is holding on, exhibiting late winter-like conditions. In the northern two-thirds of the state densities are holding in the mid-twenty percent range. The majority of sites measured last week have at least 20 inches of snow and six inches of water content, with many readings well above that. High readings for the week were 45.2 inches of snow at the Bald Mountain Township site and twelve inches of water content at the Abbot site. Cooperators are encouraged to continue to collect accurate measurements and submit them by Wednesday morning for use in that week's maps. Four new sites were added this week; three in the Augusta area (Cobbossee Water District) and one in Bar Harbor (College of the Atlantic).
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Sixty-nine sites have reported today. Maps show another week of increased snow and higher water contents across much of the state. Deepest snowpack in the state is in Guerette with 48.6 inches of snow. Highest water content is found in Greenville/Greenville Junction with 11.6 inches of water. Maps will be revised as additional data comes in.
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Snow totals and water content increased across the state this past week as a large winter storm hit the state and temperatures remained cold. Readings from 134 sites in Maine, New Hampshire and New Brunswick were used to construct this week's maps. Highest values are found in the upper Androscoggin River valley, the Flagstaff and Moosehead Lake regions, and in far northern Maine. Seven sites in Maine have water content values greater than ten inches.
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Maps have been revised after removing some questionable density data. Sixty-seven sites were visited by observers this week. This week's snow, sleet and rain should make for some interesting readings next week! Stay tuned!
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Additional information came in from the upper Kennebec Valley so maps were revised. One hundred seventy eight measurements were used to construct this week's maps. Northwestern and northern Maine hold the most snow and have the highest water content. Densities have increased some in southern and coastal Maine since the February survey. Weekly surveys will now be done until the end of the snow season.
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One hundred and two sites were measured this week. Guerette, Winterville and Caribou came in with the highest snow and water content values. South Hope and Augusta came in on the low end of values. Additional sites from New Brunswick were added to the text file. Maps were not re-run.
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Sixty-nine sites were visited on the first snow survey of 2014. Snow depths varied from six to twenty inches across the state with water content varying from an inch and a half to almost five inches. Thick ice layers were reported at many sites. The next survey will be done the first week of February.
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Missed two periods and still getting negative tests. I have had random headaces, cramping every once in a while, boobs hurt once in a while, same with my back, and was sick the month of November. There has been no bleeding. I'm also getting a little belly. Where I live they dont do blood tests. My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant. He is military so we tried when he was on leave. Before his leave my period was regular. My last period was Oct 29th and its now Jan 1st. I have an appointment for the 3rd but still curious as to what others think. If I were pregnant i would be 9 weeks, but what do you think?
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I have had the same problems. I had one positive hpt though but after that they were negative. I had a blood test and it was negative. Around the time of my second missed period I had really light brown spotting and that was it. I am starting to get bigger around the midsection and having some weird pains i've never felt before. My boobs has been sore lately too. I am just trying to wait until 12 weeks to take another hpt because that's when I read others finally were able to pick up the hormone. I am just going on like I am pregnant. I am 11 weeks tomorrow if I am. You can still be pregnant, some people do not have hcg very strong in their urine as others. good luck!posted 01/03/2011 by angeldawn89
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Understanding Image Resolution in Photoshop Elements 9
The number of pixels in an image determines its image resolution. When you open a picture in Photoshop Elements, you're looking at a huge mass of pixels. These pixels are tiny, colored squares, and the number of pixels in a picture determines the picture's resolution. This relationship between pixels and resolution, relates to creating selections, printing files, and sharing files.
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When you show images onscreen: Just like images have resolution inherent in their files, your computer monitor displays everything you see on it in a fixed resolution. Computer monitors display images at 72 ppi (or 85 or 96 ppi or higher). That's all you get. What's important to know is that you can always best view photos on your computer monitor at a 72-ppi image size in a 100-percent view.
In the following figure, you see an image reduced to 50 percent and then at different zoom sizes. When the size changes, the resolution display on your monitor changes. When the size is 100 percent, you see the image exactly as it will print. The 100-percent size represents the image displayed on your monitor at 72 ppi, regardless of the resolution of the file.The same image is viewed at different zoom levels.
This relationship between the image resolution and viewing the image at different zoom levels is an important concept to grasp. If you grab an image off the Web and zoom in on it, you may see a view like the 800-percent view shown above. If you acquire a digital camera image, you may need to zoom out to a 16-percent view to fit the entire image in the Image window.
The reason that these displays vary so much is all image resolution. That Web page image you grabbed off the Web might be a 2-inch-square image at 72 ppi, and that digital camera image might be a 10-x-15-inch image at 240 ppi. To fill the entire window with the Web image, you need to zoom in on the file. When you zoom in, the resolution is lowered. The more you zoom, the lower the resolution on your monitor.
When you zoom into or out of an image, you change the resolution as it appears on your monitor. No resolution changes are made to the file. The image resolution remains the same until you use one of the Photoshop Elements tools to reduce or increase image resolution.
Choosing a resolution for print or onscreen
The importance of resolution in your Elements work is paramount to printing files. Good ol' 72-ppi images can be forgiving, and you can get many of your large files scrunched down to 72 ppi for Web sites and slide shows. With output to printing devices, it's another matter. There are many different printing output devices, and their resolution requirements vary.
For your own desktop printer, plan to print a variety of test images at different resolutions and on different papers. You can quickly determine the best file attributes by running tests. When you send files to service centers, ask the technicians what file attributes work best with their equipment.
For a starting point, look over the recommended resolutions for various output devices listed in the following table.
|Output Device
|Acceptable Resolution
|Desktop laser printers
|300 ppi
|200 ppi
|Desktop color inkjet printers
|300 ppi
|180 ppi
|Large-format inkjet printers
|150 ppi
|120 ppi
|Professional photo lab printers
|300 ppi
|200 ppi
|Desktop laser printers (black and white)
|170 ppi
|100 ppi
|Magazine quality — offset press
|300 ppi
|225 ppi
|Screen images (Web, slide shows, video)
|72 ppi
|72 ppi
Device used to attach certain lenses or filters to your digital camera.
The leading professional image-editing program for your computer.
A program that enables you to view one or several of your images at the same time, all in one easily navigated workspace.
A less expensive version of Photoshop with fewer of the ultra-high-end features the professional version includes.
A process that smoothes the rough edges or jaggies in images by creating partially transparent pixels along the boundaries that are merged into a smoother line by our eyes.
An opening made by an adjustable diaphragm, which permits light to enter the camera lens and reach the image sensor.
A semi-automatic exposure mode; the photographer sets the aperture, and the camera selects the appropriate shutter speed to produce a good exposure.
A digital camera mode in which both the aperture and shutter speed are set automatically.
A digital camera feature that turns off the camera after a certain time period of inactivity.
A feature that puts the camera in control of choosing the proper exposure settings.
A camera setting that allows the camera to choose the correct focus distance for you, usually based on the contrast of an image or set by a mechanism, such as an infrared sensor, that measures the actual distance to the subject.
A lighting effect produced when the main light source is located behind the subject. Backlighting is also a technology for illuminating an LCD display from the rear, making it easier to view under high ambient lighting conditions.
Attachments for flash devices that feature movable flaps, which allow you to finely tune light output.
A device that recharges rechargeable batteries by connecting to a power source.
A device that holds multiple batteries with which you can power your digital camera.
Refers to the number of bits available to store color information. A standard digital camera image has a bit depth of 24 bits. Images with more than 24 bits are called high-bit images.
Short for Web log. A Web site where journal-like entries are made and displayed in reverse chronological order.
Term to describe an image or part of an image that's over-exposed with no detail.
Shooting mode in which you choose both aperture and shutter speed.
A Windows bitmap file format; the default graphic created by Windows graphics programs.
The quality of the out-of-focus areas of an image that a lens produces.
Taking a series of photographs of the same subject at different settings to help ensure that one setting will be the correct one.
Range of options that gives you limited or total control of picture-taking settings.
A digital camera's internal memory, which stores an image immediately after it was taken until the image can be written to the camera's memory or a memory card.
Shooting mode in which the shutter stays open so long as the shutter button is fully depressed.
A special capture setting, offered on some digital cameras, that records several images in rapid succession with one press of the shutter button. Also called continuous capture mode.
A variation on the camera bag that you strap across your back.
A portable container for your camera and any additional photography equipment (such as lenses and extra batteries).
A padded, protective container in which you can store your digital camera when not using it.
A kind of wagon that lets you roll your camera/tripod rig back and forth, as needed.
A file format offered by some digital cameras; records the photo without applying any of the in-camera processing that is usually done automatically when saving photos in other formats. Also known as Raw.
The resolution of an image that you take with your digital camera.
A device into which you insert a digital camera's memory card, then attach to your computer to make that memory card appear as just another drive to your computer.
Short for charge-coupled device. One of two types of imaging sensors used in digital cameras.
A device on a computer that allows you to copy (or burn) information to a CD-ROM.
A compact disc that functions as read-only memory, used to store programs and data files.
Metering mode that reads the entire scene but gives more emphasis to the subject in the center of the frame.
A variation of a traditional camera bag with which you can harness your camera and equipment to your chest.
A set of functions and messages that enable applications to transfer data.
The area of a digital image that you want to clone.
The process of copying one area of a digital photo and painting the copy onto another area or picture.
A lens add-on, resembling a filter, that allows you to take pictures at a distance that is less than the closest-focusing distance of the prime lens alone.
Pronounced see-moss. A much easier way to say complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. A type of imaging sensor used in digital cameras; used less often than CCD chips.
The print color model in which cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks are mixed to produce colors.
A tinge of color that discolors your image in whole or in part.
A printer in which a laser beam produces electric charges on a drum, which rolls toner onto the paper. Heat is applied to the page to permanently affix the toner to the page.
The purity of color; the amount by which a pure color is diluated with white or gray.
The arrangement of the main subject, other objects in a scene, and/or the foreground and background.
A process that reduces the size of the image file by eliminating some image data.
A mode in which the camera updates focus when the subject moves as long as you continue pressing the shutter button halfway.
A mode in which the camera continues taking pictures as long as you press the shutter button.
The range of difference in the light to dark areas of a photo.
An image distortion that makes vertical structures appear to lean toward the center of the frame.
An image-editing program that allows you to do all the standard image-editing activities and includes photographer-quality tools.
An easy-to-use image-editing program that includes basic fixes and guided projects.
An image-editing program with a fairly comprehensive set of retouching tools, but it's not quite as tool-rich as Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. It comes as a part of the CorelDRAW graphics suite.
A bundle of image-editing software (described as a graphics suite). It includes tools for vector illustration and page layout, photo editing, and bitmap to vector tracing.
To trim an image or page by adjusting its boundaries.
Cathode ray tube. A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor.
The breaking up of a ray of light into dark and light bands or into the colors of the spectrum, caused by the interference of one part of a beam with another.
The zone of sharp focus in a photograph.
A thin screen-like material that diffuses or softens a light source's illumination.
A feature offered on most digital cameras; crops the perimeter of the image and then enlarges the area at the center. Results in reduced image quality.
A viewfinder feature that corrects for common eyeglass prescriptions so eyeglass wearers can use the viewfinder without wearing their glasses.
Remove pixels from a digital image.
Stands for digital print order format. A feature offered by some digital cameras that enables you to add print instructions to the image file; some photo printers can read that information when printing your pictures directly from a memory card.
Setting that determines whether a camera takes a single picture or a series of pictures.
Software that enables a computer to interact with a digital camera, printer, or other device.
Digital video disc. A high-density compact disc for storing large amounts of data, especially high-resolution audio/video material.
A device that allows you to copy (or burn) information onto a DVD.
A device that displays the information contained on a DVD.
Digital Video Interface. A specification to accommodate analog and digital monitors with the same cable.
A type of printer that uses a printing technique in which inks are heated and transferred to a polyester substrate to form an image.
An area where neighboring image pixels are significantly different in color; in other words, an area of high contrast.
Exchangeable Image File Format. Developed to standardize the exchange of image data between hardware devices and software.
The amount of light allowed to reach the film or sensor, determined by the intensity of the light, the amount admitted by the iris of the lens, and the length of time determined by the shutter speed.
A setting used to increase or decrease the exposure manually when the camera gets it wrong.
EV settings are a way of adding or decreasing exposure without the need to reference f-stops or shutter speeds. For example, if you tell your camera to add +1EV, it will provide twice as much exposure by using a larger f-stop, slower shutter speed, or both.
A camera attachment that moves your camera lens farther from the sensor, enlarging the image captured by the camera. Also called a lens extender.
The distance your eye can be from the camera viewfinder's window and still see the entire view.
A small bag worn around the waist like a belt.
A position, represented by a square, where an image-editing program anchors a magnetic selection outline.
To fade the borders of an image element so that it blends more smoothly with another layer.
A way of storing image data in a file.
Also called forced flash. A camera setting that causes the electronic flash to always fire, which produces the effect of filling in shadows in brightly illuminated images.
In photography, a device that fits over the lens, changing the light in some way. In image editing, a feature that changes the pixels in an image to produce blurring, sharpening, and other special effects.
A device on your camera that fires a burst of light when you take a picture to illuminate your subject.
Capturing a series of photos, each with a different exposure, by pressing the camera's shutter button once.
The distance between the film and the optical center of the lens when the lens is focused on infinity, usually measured in millimeters.
To adjust the lens to produce a sharp image.
In photography, composing your image in the viewfinder. In composition, using elements of an image to form a sort of picture frame around an important subject.
The default kind of electronic flash synchronization technique. The flash fires at the beginning of the exposure — in the instant that the first curtain of the focal plane shutter finishes its movement across the film or sensor plane.
Refers to the size of the camera aperture. A higher number indicates a smaller aperture. Written as f/2, f/8, and so on.
File Transfer Protocol. A set of communication rules that allow data or files to be transferred between computers over a network.
Short for graphics interchange format. A file format often used for Web graphics; not suitable for photos because it can't handle more than 256 colors.
A graph that maps out brightness values in a digital image; usually found inside exposure-correction filter dialog boxes.
A kind of tape whose two sides adhere to each other, with one having rough hooks and the other soft, fuzzy material.
The device on a camera that holds an external flash and provides an electronic connection to the camera.
A bright area in a photograph that come from reflections on eyeglasses or unevenly spread lighting.
Hypertext Markup Language. A computer language used to structure text and multimedia documents, and to set hyperlinks between documents; used for display on the Internet.
A digital camera's solid-state capture device, made up of a grid-like arrangement of red-, green-, and blue-sensitive elements.
Setting that helps correct for any up-and-down movement you make while pressing the shutter button.
Using film, a filter, or a censor that is sensitive to infrared light and also blocks visible light. The effect produces a dreamlike effect, with dark skies and brightly colored foliage.
A computer connection point that lets you transfer computer data from one device to another by using pulses of infrared light, rather than a physical wire.
A printer that works by forcing little drops of ink through nozzles onto the paper.
Traditionally, a measure of film speed; the higher the number, the faster the film. On a digital camera, raising the ISO allows faster shutter speed, smaller aperture, or both, but also can result in a grainy image.
Internet Service Provider. A company that supplies your Internet access for a fee.
Pronounced jay-peg. The primary file format used by digital cameras; also the leading format for online and Web pictures. Uses lossy compression, which sometimes damages image quality.
A camera setting that creates both a Camera Raw file and a JPEG file of a picture.
The orientation of an image in which the longest dimension is horizontal; also called wide orientation.
A way of managing elements of an image in stackable overlays that can be manipulated separately, moved to a different stacking order, or made partially or fully transparent.
A four-sided awning that covers a digital camera's LCD screen from bright sunlight, making the LCD easier to view.
Stands for liquid crystal display. The display screen included on most digital cameras.
Light Emitting Diode. A lighting technology used in many electronic devices.
One or more elements of optical glass or similar material designed to collect and focus rays of light to form a sharp image on the film, paper, sensor, or screen.
A device that shades the lens, protecting it from extraneous light outside the actual picture area that can reduce the contrast of the image.
A plastic dome that diffuses light and eliminates reflections in photographs. You place the objects you want to shoot under this dome.
A white cloth teepee-shaped tent that diffuses light and eliminates reflections in photographs. You place the objects you want to shoot inside this tent.
A file-compression scheme that doesn't sacrifice any vital image data in the compression process. Lossless compression tosses only redundant data, so image quality is unaffected.
A compression scheme that eliminates important image data in the name of achieving smaller file sizes. High amounts of lossy compression reduce image quality.
A lens that provides continuous focusing from infinity to extreme close-ups, often to a reproduction ratio of 1:2 (half life-size) or 1:1 (life-size).
The dotted outline that results when you select a portion of your image; sometimes referred to as marching ants.
In an image editor, selecting an area of an image to prevent that area from being modified accidentally.
Also called multizone metering. A metering mode that calculates exposure based on the entire frame.
One million pixels.
A camera's removable storage media.
Extra data that gets stored along with the primary image data in an image file. Metadata often includes information such as aperture, shutter speed, and EV setting used to capture the picture, and can be viewed using special software. Often referred to as EXIF metadata.
Refers to the way a camera's autoexposure mechanism reads the light in a scene.
A multimedia presentation program.
Parts of an image with tones of an intermediate value, usually in the 25 to 75 percent range.
Incandescent lamps built into a studio flash that give you a preview of exactly how the light from the flash will look.
A belt that can hold a variety of photography equipment.
A one-legged support, or unipod, used to steady the camera.
A setting that allows the camera to find more than one area of contrast to focus on.
A technique in which a small aperture gives you a long exposure, allowing your subjects to move within the frame during shooting, which creates a photo that looks like it has been exposed more than once.
An online discussion forum where people with similar interests send messages back and forth about a particular topic.
A special program, or client, through which you can access newsgroups.
Graininess in an image, caused by too little light, a too high ISO setting, or a defect in the electrical signal generated during the image-capture process.
Internet sharing services that allow you to post your images to the Web.
The degree to which a layer allows layers beneath it to show through.
A glass-covered opening in your camera that you can look through to frame and compose your image.
A traditional zoom lens; has the effect of bringing the subject closer and shortening depth of field.
When too much light hits the camera's film or image-sensor array, resulting in a washed-out image.
A broad view, usually scenic. Some digital cameras also have a panorama mode used with software to stitch the images together.
The difference in views between the lens taking the photo and the external optical viewfinder.
A device attached to your computer that allows another device attached to it to register on the computer and be used as if it was directly connected to that computer.
A type of removable memory card used in some digital cameras. Also called PCMCIA Card (PCMCIA stands for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association).
A digital camera built into a cell phone.
A full-color printer that can produce photo prints.
A particle of light.
A universal standard that allows digital cameras and photo printers to connect directly by USB cable, without the computer serving as a middleman. Any PictBridge camera can connect to any PictBridge printer, regardless of whether both are made by the same manufacturer.
Print Image Matching. A proprietary Epson camera technology that saves image information to assist in printing a digital image more accurately.
A camera whose lens is covered except for a pin-sized hole. You have a very small aperture, so you have to shoot long exposures.
Short for picture element. The basic building block of every image.
A small program or utility that runs within another, larger program. Many special-effects filters operate as plug-ins to major photo-editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop Elements.
A file format designed to work well with online viewing applications.
A type of digital camera that has automatic settings for most features (such as focus and exposure).
Camera filter that reduces the glare bouncing off shiny surfaces in your photos. Can also help deepen the contrast of the sky from certain angles.
The orientation of an image in which the longest dimension is vertical, also called tall orientation.
Stands for pixels per inch. Used to state image print resolution. Measured in terms of the number of pixels per linear inch. A higher ppi usually translates to better-looking printed images.
The number of pixels per linear inch (ppi) in a printed photo; the user sets this value inside a photo-editing program.
Also called native format. The format used by only that particular type of camera.
A digital camera model that includes many features on professional cameras but also offers automatic settings.
Short for personal storage device. A standalone battery-operated burner or hard drive.
A mount on some digital cameras that allows you to easily attach the camera to a tripod.
Random Access Memory. Your computer's system memory.
A type of camera that includes a focusing mechanism which allows the photographer to measure the subject distance and take photographs in sharp focus.
An electronic flash synchronization technique in which the flash fires only when the second (rear) curtain of the focal plane shutter begins to move at the end of the exposure.
An effect from flash photography that appears to make a person or animal's eyes glow red. Caused by light bouncing from the retina of the eye.
A term used to describe the capabilities of digital cameras, scanners, printers, and monitors; means different things depending on the device.
The standard color model for digital images; all colors are created by mixing red, green, and blue light.
A way of mentally dividing your picture horizontally and vertically into thirds, then placing important subject matter where these lines intersect.
The number of pixels both horizontally and vertically in each squared inch scanned by a scanner or recorded by a digital camera.
A device that captures an image of a piece of artwork, a slide, or a negative, and then converts it to a digitized image or bitmap that the computer can handle.
Digital camera's special picture-taking modes that are designed to automatically set all the available focus and exposure controls for a certain type of subject matter.
Mechanism that delays the opening of the shutter for some seconds after the release has been operated.
Devices modeled after rifle stocks that brace the camera lens into your shoulder, thus helping hold it steady.
The device in a camera that opens and shuts to allow light into the camera.
The button on your digital camera that you press to take a picture.
The length of time that the camera shutter remains open, thereby allowing light to enter the camera and expose the photograph.
A semi-automatic exposure mode in which the photographer sets the shutter speed and the camera selects the appropriate aperture.
A setting in which the camera focuses on a single object.
An accessory flash unit that supplements the main flash, usually triggered electronically when the slave senses the light output by the main unit.
A type of camera that includes interchangeable lenses, manual focus and exposure controls, and connections for an external flash.
A tube-like device that focuses the flash's light to a very small area.
An attachment that mounts on the head of the flash and extends out about 6 to 8 inches, with a frosted white panel at the end, which softens the light.
Metering mode that bases exposure on light in the center of the frame only.
Creating a panorama from multiple images by overlapping those images.
Another name for an electronic flash unit, especially when it's used as the only source of illumination.
A type of digital camera that's small enough to fit comfortably in a shirt pocket.
Removable storage devices; the best-known option is the Zip drive.
The part of a tripod to which the camera attaches that you can move to some degree.
A special bracket that fastens to the tripod socket on the bottom of a digital camera; allows you to connect an external flash to your camera.
A computer attachment that acts like a pad on which the user can write or draw on a computer.
A lightweight tripod with shorter legs than a standard tripod. Also called a mini-tripod.
A lens that magnifies an image.
Pronounced tiff, as in a little quarrel. Stands for tagged image file format. A popular image format supported by most Macintosh and Windows programs.
Taking a picture at specified intervals to capture an event occuring over a long period of time.
The range of color or tonal values that will be selected with a tool such as an image editor's Magic Wand, or filled with paint when using a tool such as the Paint Bucket.
The ink used in photo printers.
A three-legged supporting stand used to hold the camera steady. Especially useful when using slow shutter speeds and/or telephoto lenses.
A type of digital camera that's the size of a credit card, with a depth of less than 1 inch, that fits comfortably in a front jeans pocket.
When too little light hits the camera's film or image-sensor array, creating an image that's too dark.
Add pixels to a digital image.
Stands for Universal Serial Bus. A type of port now included on most computers. Most digital cameras come with a USB cable for connecting the camera to this port.
Video Graphics Array resolution. A display of 640-x-480 pixels with 16 or 256 colors.
A computer adapter card used to manage the display on the monitor.
The device in a camera used to frame the image.
To add dark corners to an image; often produced by using a lens hood that's too small for the field of view or generated artificially by using image-editing techniques.
Simple video cameras designed for video conferencing and Internet telephony.
Adjusting the camera to compensate for the type of light hitting the photographic subject. Eliminates unwanted color casts produced by some light sources, such as fluorescent office lighting.
A lens that has a shorter focal length and a wider field of view than a normal lens for a particular film or digital image format.
A step-by-step onscreen guide offered on many computer programs.
The order in which you perform all the various tasks associated with image editing under particular circumstances.
A type of removable storage device known as a super floppy drive; store information on Zip disks.
A lens that can change focal lengths at your command to provide more or less magnification of the image.


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December 2, 2013
Frozen Peppermint Strawberry Cake
For a decadent holiday dessert, try this cake blending AZ with chocolate and peppermint.
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• Dash of salt
• 1 egg
• ¼ heavy cream
• ¼ cup milk
• ¼ cup canola oil
• ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup boiling water
• 1 pint Strawberry Arctic Zero, slightly softened
• 1 cup crushed peppermint candy canes
• ½ cup melted dark chocolate
Instructions1. To make the cake, whisk the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl.
2. In another bowl, beat the eggs, cream, milk, canola oil, peppermint extract, vanilla extract and boiling water.
3. Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and stir to combine.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a standard 9 x 9 square cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
5. Pour the chocolate cake mix into the pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 35–40 minutes.
6. Let cool completely for at least an hour. Once cooled, spread the Strawberry Arctic Zero over the cake.
7. Freeze overnight to set.
8. Once frozen, defrost for a few minutes. Then sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Carefully drizzle melted dark chocolate over the cake and serve!


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WASHINGTON, May 18, 2013 – Why do the politically powerful lie? How can a president justify lying? It happens so often the American people barely blink anymore.
"I did not have sex with that woman." Bill Clinton.
SEE RELATED: OJ Simpson is back! Innocent yet again or mentally disordered?
"You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job." Richard M. Nixon.
"There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe." Gerald R. Ford.
"No new taxes." George H.W. Bush.
"Iraq has weapons of mass destruction." George W. Bush.
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"The American Navy is under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin." Lyndon B. Johnson.
Then we have our present sitting Commander in Chief, President Barack Obama:
On the government pillaging of the AP journalist office phone records: "I didn't know."
On the IRS acts of persecution on the Tea Party: "I didn't know."
SEE RELATED: NIMH and Thomas Insel: Futurist? Maybe. Realist? Maybe not.
On the Fast and Furious ATF gun running scandal: "I didn't know."
On the low-flying airplane scaring the citizens in New York City: "I didn't know."
Mr. President, your zipper's down. "I didn't know."
Now, this may be believable depending whether he wears boxers or briefs.
According to Communities columnist Peter Bella, "The presidency is called the Executive Branch. Executives manage and lead."
What makes Presidents and others under the public microscope believe they can lie to the population of an entire country?
Do they really think they are so golden everyone believes whatever rolls off their lips, even when they know it is a lie?
Don't they realize there are millions of people just waiting for one verbal glitch or untruth?
Worse, they never fail to let them down.
Presidents are not alone. Those who aspire to being president are also, too often, liars.
Gary Hart, Joe Biden and John Edwards lost their potential to become the President of the United States by lying. Well, Joe Biden did more than lie. He often just opens his mouth.
"I am not having an affair. You can follow me if you wish." Gary Hart.
"I am not having an affair." John Edwards.
"I did not plagiarize that speech." Joe Biden, Vice President.
Richard Nixon, who by today's standards told a little lie, lost his presidency. Gerald Ford lost his second term and Bill Clinton stayed in office as a running joke.
Can Obama get away with throwing his hands in the air and disclaiming responsibility with a simple "I didn't know"? Is he truthful?
It is hard to believe, as he claims, he heard about recents scandals via the media at the same time the public did. If this is true, there is a huge and dangerous problem in his management of this country. National security is almost humorous.
What if he is not truthful? Should he be impeached?
Why do presidents lie when their greater obligation is to be truthful? James Pfiffner of George Mason University says presidents often cannot tell the truth if the truth compromises national security and other such measures of equality.
A president cannot tell the American people "Tomorrow, we are launching an attack on East Toad Strangle." Apparently, that's CNN's forte.
To lie like Clinton did under oath is a slap in the face of this country and all those who try to lead an honest life. Matters of public policy, however, should never be twisted for appearance sake when the most basic premise of democracy is the government carries forth the wishes of its people and people need truth to make an informed decision.
An article in Psychology Today written by Dr. Ronald Riggio declares that, since childhood, we all lie, whether it is to protects one's privacy, to be polite or maintain dignity. A president cannot maintain the privacy of an entire nation, protect a national dignity if a lie is discovered.
Riggio cites studies that suggest those who lie successful must use skill in self-presentation and impression management and choose their words carefully to make a lie plausible. "I didn't know" won't cut it.
Riggio goes on to say eye contact, speaking clearly and fluently without hesitating or pausing to raise suspicion and maintaining a pleasant expression are means to a believable lie. "I didn't know" sure cuts through the strain of lie management.
Studies also suggest candidates become presidents partly due to their skills at misinforming, being untruthful, and outright fibbing, because the smooth type of social skills required to be believable are the same social skills that impress folks to vote for them.
Some say the best and most effective way to lie is to keep it simple and throw in deniability. "I didn't know" does the trick. Oliver North used the term "plausible deniability" to deflect potential accusations. "I didn't know" is not plausible.
George W. Bush publicly accepted blame for discovering Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) if one believes millions of gallons of nerve gas to not be WMD, and did not single out anyone except to say he was the recipient of "bad Intelligence."
President Obama has been described by many as a blame-thrower by not accepting responsibility.
If this is true, then the people of this country need to demand: "President Obama, tear down the stone wall!"
Paul Mountjoy is a Virginia based writer and a member of the American Psychological Association and the Association of Psychological Science.
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Max Chilton says he and Jules Bianchi have moved on from their Canadian crash that put both cars in the wall.
Fighting for position at the start of the Montreal race, Chilton was judged to have been responsible for the crash that took out both drivers at Turn 4.
Despite the stewards' ruling, Chilton felt Bianchi had braked too late while Bianchi believed his team-mate responsible.
The duo, though, have subsequently cleared the air with Chilton confident that it is now behind them.
The Brit said: "I was hugely disappointed when it happened. It was a typical first-lap accident; two drivers in pretty close proximity.
"I was pretty upset after the race, losing that, and for the team because there was a lot of damage. But we've got to draw a line in the sand and move on from that.
"I think we're on a good roll at the moment as a team, we're definitely pulling away from certain teams and catching others up, so we've just got to keep focusing on that now and focus on the future."
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What works for frequent nighttime urination?
Q: I have to get up three or four times a night to urinate. My doctor tells me that it is a benign prostate problem, but there is nothing benign about it because I often have a hard time getting back to sleep.
I was prescribed terazosin, but it has not helped enough to make a difference. My doctor doesn't know what else to suggest. Any ideas?
A: Several other medications might work, including finasteride (Proscar) or tadalafil (Cialis). Unfortunately, finasteride has been linked to long-lasting negative sexual side effects. Some men report low libido, erectile problems or less satisfying orgasms (Journal of Sexual Medicine, November 2012).
Cialis has been approved for prostate symptoms as well as erectile dysfunction. Unless your insurance pays for it, however, this drug is pricey when you take it every day.
Another surprising option is vitamin D (Canadian Journal of Urology, August 2013). Preliminary studies suggest that taking at least 600 IU daily may help shrink the prostate gland and reduce inflammation.
Q: My niece Cindy has multiple sclerosis. She takes one 20-milligram injection of Copaxone each day. The cost for a one-month prescription is $4,600. Fortunately, I have the wherewithal to pay for her medicine after her insurance benefits stopped paying for it for the remainder of this year.
I have done some mathematics on the cost of Copaxone. This is how it breaks down:
1,000 mg/20 mg injection dosage = 50 doses per gram. $4,600/30 doses = $153.33 per dose. 50 doses x $153.33 = $7,666.50 for 1 gram of medicine. $7,666.50 x 28 (grams in an ounce) = $214,662 for 1 ounce of this medication. $214,662 x 128 (ounces in a gallon) = $27,476,736 per gallon.
How can any medicine be this unconscionably expensive?
A: Thank you for this eye-opening price analysis. Copaxone and other similar MS drugs cost anywhere from $50,000 to $60,000 a year, more than the median family income in the U.S.
Drug companies can charge whatever they want. That's why many new cancer drugs cost anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 for a full course of treatment. A lifesaving medication to treat a rare genetic condition called Gaucher's disease can cost more than $200,000 a year and has to be taken for life.
Q: My son has been using lip balms for years and has developed an addiction to them. He is frustrated and hasn't been able to find a substitute to heal his lips. Is there help out there for him?
A. Dermatologists frequently blame dry lips on the habit of lip licking. If your son can overcome the urge to moisten his lips with his tongue, he may not need lip balm so often.
If he has a fungal infection of the lips, however, he may need an antifungal cream. A trip to the dermatologist might reveal the root cause of the lip-balm dependency.
In their column, Joe and Teresa Graedon answer letters from readers. Send questions to them via peoplespharmacy.com.Copyright © 2014, The Baltimore Sun


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In the waters off the coast of Gabon, a humpback whale lunge-feeds in the near vicinity of an offshore oil platform. In a recently published study in Conservation Biology, scientists have quantified the overlap between humpback whales using Africa's coastal waters and several forms of ocean industries and ocean-based pollution, primarily offshore oil platforms, shipping lanes, and potentially harmful toxicants.
Credit: Photo credit: T. Collins/Wildlife Conservation Society.
A breaching humpback whale in the Gulf of Guinea. Researchers used satellite tags to track the movements of more than a dozen whales as they traveled between breeding areas and distant feeding grounds in sub-Antarctic waters.
Credit: T. Collins/Wildlife Conservation Society
Scientists with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Oregon State University, Stanford University, Columbia University, and the American Museum of Natural History have found that humpback whales swimming off the coast of western Africa encounter more than warm waters for mating and bearing young; new studies show that the whales share these waters with offshore oil rigs, major shipping routes, and potentially harmful toxicants.
With the aid of satellite tags affixed to more than a dozen whales, the researchers have quantified the amount of overlap between hydrocarbon exploration and extraction, environmental toxicants, shipping lanes, and humpback whales occurring in their nearshore breeding areas. The scientists also identified additional parts of the whales' breeding range and migratory routes to sub-Antarctic feeding grounds.
The study appears in the latest edition of the journal Conservation Biology. The authors are: Howard Rosenbaum of the Wildlife Conservation Society and the American Museum of Natural History; Sara Maxwell of Stanford University; Francine Kershaw of Columbia University; and Bruce Mate of Oregon State University."Throughout numerous coastal and offshore areas, important whale habitats and migration routes are increasingly overlapping with industrial development, a scenario we have quantified for the first time in the eastern South Atlantic," said Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, Director of WCS's Ocean Giants Program. "Studies such as this one are crucial for identifying important habitats for humpback whales and how to best protect these populations from potential impacts associated with hydrocarbon exploration and production, shipping, and other forms of coastal and offshore activities."
Growing to approximately 50 feet in length, humpback whales are characterized by their long pectoral fins, acrobatic behavior, and haunting songs. Like other great whales, the humpback whale was hunted for centuries by commercial whaling fleets, with experts estimating a reduction of possibly 90 percent in its global population size. The International Whaling Commission has protected humpback whales globally from commercial whaling since 1968.
While migration patterns of humpbacks have been the subject of extensive study in other ocean basins and regions, the migratory behaviors of humpbacks along the western African coast in the eastern South Atlantic are poorly described. To better understand the movements of humpback whales in the Gulf of Guinea, the researchers deployed satellite tags on 15 individual animals off the coast of Gabon between August and September of 2002.
"This study demonstrates clearly that all of the countries on the west coast of Africa need to work together on a range-wide humpback whale conservation strategy and consider the possibility of creating a whale sanctuary," said Professor Lee White, CBE, director of Gabon's National Parks Agency. "Gabon supports the concept of a South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary and will continue to work with other nations in the region to this end."
Dr. Bruce Mate, who pioneered the satellite-monitored radio tagging of large whales, said: "This technology allows the science and conservation communities to discover detailed seasonal migration routes, timing and destinations, so we can characterize these important habitats and reduce potential impacts of human activities, even in the harshest possible marine environments."
The major goal of the study was to elucidate the unknown migratory movement of whales from breeding areas off western Africa to areas where the whales likely feed in Antarctic or sub-Antarctic waters. Overall, the tagged whales collectively traveled more than 40,545 kilometers (25,193 miles) with each whale traveling an average of 3,116 kilometers (1,936 miles). Tags transmitted data for up to 104 days, and two whales traveled astonishing long-distance migrations of more than 8,000 kilometers from near the equator to the edge of the sub-Antarctic ice shelf around Bouvet Island.
One surprising discovery contradicted expectations: while several whales predictably remained in the offshore waters of Gabon or traveled south, nearly half of the tagged group (including two females with calves) moved north into previously undocumented breeding grounds. The team also sought to assess overlap between whale movements and the extent of human activities, including oil platforms and shipping lanes.
"Whales make some of the most fascinating migrations of any animals in the world," said Dr. Sara Maxwell, a researcher affiliated with the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and a study co-author. "As part of this study, we uncovered previously unknown migration routes of some of the world's largest whales, showing that even today we are still in an age of discovery for these ocean giants."
Overall, the whales spent nearly 76 percent of their time within the Exclusive Economic Zones (defined as 200 nautical miles from the coast) of 13 different African countries, but mostly in the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, and Angola. Humpbacks traveling north from and remaining in the coastal waters of Gabon spent an estimated 41 percent of their time in the presence of oil and gas platforms.
"There are indications that oil production in these regions has and will increase in the coming years, so gaining a better understanding of the movements of whales and quantifying the degree of overlap with human activities will help assess the potential risks to this population, and help us to identify and implement the most effective mitigation strategies and conservation programs," concluded Rosenbaum.
The authors thank the Government of Gabon for its support and permission to undertake this study, as the tagging operations were centered at Loango National Park. The authors also thank Africa's Eden for both logistic and generous financial support, as well as donors to the Wildlife Conservation Society and Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute.
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Using castor oil for skin can be extremely beneficial when it comes to improving its texture or curing skin ailments. Although essential oils and emollients have long been advertised as skin food and moisturizers, castor oil hasn't gained as much popularity as other types of essential oils. However, the unsung benefits of castor oil for face and skin are definitely worth discovering.
Castor Oil Skin Benefits:
- Castor oil is a wonderful remedy for various skin problems. It is effective in fighting a host of skin diseases such as acne, and it is useful for the treatment of dry skin and even for moles.
- Castor Oil For Skin Diseases – Castor oil contains an unsaturated fatty acid called ricinoleic acid. This acid is packed with antimicrobial properties, effectively fighting off harmful bacteria and viruses that can cause unsightly skin diseases. Because of these antimicrobial properties, microbes are driven away causing a domino effect of lessened inflammation, itching and skin irritation. Castor oil is a potent antimicrobial agent, that it is capable for treating skin diseases such as ringworms, and infection in the toes and fingers.
- Castor Oil For Acne – Acne is a common skin problem that is caused by pus forming bacteria that clog up the pores. Again, the ricinoleic acid in castor oil fights off acne forming bacteria, lessening the occurrence of acne. Without bacteria, inflammation reaction and redness is eliminated.
- Castor Oil For Wrinkles– Aside from its wonderful antimicrobial action, castor oil is filled with antioxidants. These antioxidants help fight elements called free radicals. These are unpaired atoms that can cause damage to the skin promoting the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. With the presence of antioxidants, wrinkles are lessened significantly, leading to a younger looking and healthy skin.
- Castor Oil For Dry Skin – Fatty acids within castor oil acts as a natural emollient, moisturizing the skin in a chemical free way. Being a humectant, castor oil is effective in keeping moisture within the cells, lessening dry skin.
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Castor oil can be used as a moisturizer by massaging the oil on the body and taking a warm bath afterwards. Castor oil can be thick and difficult to spread, and it is also greasy and hard to wash off. To efficiently wash off all the oil, use a loofah to exfoliate the grease and dead skin cells as well. Using the oil during winter is also beneficial because it helps prevent the skin from drying up and getting white patches.
People suffering from cracked heels can also benefit from castor oil. Massage the oil onto the affected area and soak the feet in hot water for as long as possible. The oil will soften the cracks on the feet and will remove the calluses to reveal healthy and baby-like feet.
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Place the plywood base flush with the table saw's fence, on the side of the fence nearest to the blade. The end of the base with the 3" hook should be farthest from the blade.
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By The Voice on June 24, 2010
Francis Warren Meekins Sr., editor and publisher of The Coastland Times, died Wednesday at his home in Sunnyside on Roanoke Island.
Born in Mooresville on June 14, 1933, he was the son of the late D. Victor Meekins and the late Catherine Deaton Meekins of Sunnyide.
He will be remembered for his love of North Carolina and its people, especially of Dare County and the Walter Raleigh coastland. He was involved in local real estate, and was a familiar sight at auctions.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia H. Meekins of the home; daughters, Susan M. Simpson of Manteo and Holly M. Williams and husband, Harry, of Inez; a son, F. Warren Meekins Jr. and wife, Beverly, of Manteo; a sister, Mary Blanche Harwell and husband, Boyce, of Manteo; a brother, Roger P. Meekins and wife, Celia, of Manteo; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two grandsons.
The family invites those who wish to attend to a graveside service Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11 a.m. at Meekins Family Cemetery, Sunnyside, Roanoke Island.
Memorial donations may be made to the Roanoke Island Historical Association, Manteo, or to a charity of one's choice.
Twiford Funeral Homes' Colony Chapel, Manteo, is assisting the family with arrangements.
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