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"Tastes as good as advertised, but the construction is much better than I expected. A very nicely rolled, slow-burner that'll routinely leave 2 - 2.5 inch ash. I'm happy to have found this one - a nice option to my morning when I don't want a sweet baccarat or am not quite up for my regular 5 vegas gold."
"Yes! I scored a box of these for under 40 bucks. How do I get away with that sort of thing? Built like a churchill that goes to the gym a lot, I can't call this thing a 'stick' - it's a branch. And it's a tasty branch: very smooth and mellow, but still flavorful. The draw was just right, and it burned even from front to ... still front .. middle... almost back .. back. It's like watching Spaceball 1 fly by. Buy some, and smoke it with someone you can stand hanging out with for an hour and half or more."
"What a beautiful smoke! Perfect construction, draw and burn."
"This Mark Twain cigar seems like a gimmick, but it isn't. This cigar is the real deal Holyfield. For about $3.00, you get a very good mild-medium bodied cigar with excellent construction, nice burn, real tobacco flavor with hints of cedar and wood, and a clean smooth finish. Samuel Clements would be proud!"
"3 boxes in and I can safely say this is one of the most flavorful, consistent tasting mild cigars I've smoked in the last few years. Leave your "price = quality" attitudes at the door, this cigar is a keeper!"
"Honestly, I was skeptical about these. I only ordered them since they were the daily deal and my entire order shipped free with it. I figured even if I didn't like them, I got them for next to nothing and could hand them out while I smoked the "good" cigars. Boy was I wrong about these babies. They are smooth, creamy, ashes well, and keeps me on the porch - and out of my wife's hair - for about an hour. My 2nd order has been sitting in my humi for a week. If you like it mild and mellow and have some time, these are it!"
"Right out of the box this is a pleasure. Nice construction, good solid burn, plenty of smoke, and a nice taste on the palate. I smoke med-full usually but this is a great change up. I'll always have some in the humidor."
"I smoke mild/medium and don't have a good taste for nuances. I found this stick (#3) mild but harsh at the same time if that makes any sense. This was right out of the box so I'll give the rest some time to age and hope they improve."
"I bought a box of the #3s (the biggest ones) and I'm definitely going to buy these again from now on. I was working my way through all the top selling mild cigars here at CI, but after trying 5 Vegas Gold (which I found too strong) then trying Mark Twain, and after finding them to be mild, mellow and even tasting until the last 2 1/2" or so, I see no reason to test others. You have to set aside at least a good 90 minutes to smoke one."
"good construction,easy draw,even burn. mild smooth smoke. a real cigar."
"creamy smooth and mellow (just the way I like my gars). and big churchills to boot (another way I like my gars). the twains are my everyday cigar. I've found a home with the twains or maybe the twains found a home with me I should say."
"Everything about this cigar is top notch. When I first got them in from the UPS man I took two out and gave one to a friend. We sat down and enjoyed an hour and a half of great smoke and commented on how good these were right out of the box."
"This is an inexpensive cigar, but it's a good cigar. I got the churchill and --once it's done its time in the humidor--it's about an hour-and-a-half time committment. So, make sure you grab a couple craft brews and good buddy to smoke with you as the women-folk stay inside while you puff these on the patio. For a mild cigar, these really do have a lot of taste. I got toast, a hint of pepper, and tobacco flavors. This is a consistent cigar from foot to nub, and I didn't get a bad stick in the box. Worth the money? Heck to the yes! They're also good to share with guys that can handle a long smoke, but might not be quite ready to appreciate your more expensive stogies. Get a box!"
"These arent half bad for the price. If kept in the right condition, they burn pretty even and have a good flavor for a mild cigar. They're way cheap too. I scored a 10 pack at auction for 13 bucks. Not the best, but would buy again...just maybe not a whole box."
"Smoked the No.2 and No.3 size in this line up. Great breakfast cigar or anytime cigar for price. Good natural tobacco taste and goes good with coffee. I have this cigar and Vegas Gold as morning lineup before work. Highly suggest for the price and the sticks burn for a long time!"
"Having read the reviews, and I thank all of those who write them and wished more would write. This is the way I find out about cigars, and if it is worth the risk of purchasing them. As bad as I disklike saying this, and it goes against all of the other reviews. The first cigar I opend, cracked the cap when I went to cut it. The second one burned up to two inchces longer than the other side, and the flavor was less than enjoyable. I may have received a bad batch, and will leave in the humidor for a long period of time before trying another one. I ordered the 7.5 X 24, but if I had it to do over again, I would order the 54 rings size with the 8 inches in length. I'm only one who is not happy with the condition of the cigars, but again these may have come from a bad lot. When I smoke another one, if it acts the way the first two have I will send them back to CI."
"I didn't have the experience that SA had when I opened one of these right off the truck. It was so fragile, flavor lacking, and burned hot and fast. After putting it in my humi for a few days, it turned around 100%, and I enjoyed it all the way down to my fingers. Pretty good even burn, and an enjoyable mild with loads of flavor cigar. If I had it to do over again, instead of ordering the 7.5 X 52, I would have chosen the one with an 8 X 54 ring size, due to the length needs something a little bigger in rings size. Will buy more of these, but strongly recomend you put them in the humidor a few days prior to smoking."
"Just a great kick back cigar. Perfect for a relaxing evening with a tall glass of rum and coke. The No.2 are perfect for the price and I can't wait to order a box of No.3."
"Right out of the box great smoke. NO. 3 box purchase was well worth it. This cigar smoked very smooth. Burn was even and ash held for over 2 1/2 inches which is nice. Not much maintence needed. Smoke was extremly smooth and aroma was divine. Definatly just a light and enjoy, and for 3 bucks a stick, I cant see a better alternative. These have replaced my CI Mistakes, and Acid Kuba Kubas as my regulars."
"I am a novice and this is the cigar experience I was looking for. Immediately after I lit it, I realized why. This is very similar to what my sicilian uncle, a WWII tank vet, smoked in his barber shop. Most particularly, the aroma and how the smoke hangs in the air. What I like most is the mild finish as I don't like a strong flavor lingering on my palate. My ONLY complaint is the difficulty I had unsticking the label from the outer leaf. That one more inch was worth the effort. An excellent long cigar for beginners."
"This is an inconsistent cigar. When you get a good one, it's very good but it's a real hit and miss. Aging helps but you still get some that have bad draw and harsh flavor. An OK cigar but there are other comparably priced cigars that are superior."
"I got a 7x52 in a sampler pack and the first few inches were a little harsh and left a bad taste in my mouth. but it did get better as I smoked more. I will leave the other 3 in the humidor a while to see if they improves."
"Well, I got 5 of the #1 in a sampler. I smoked one right out of the gate and I was not impressed it was like blah. I did however leave the others in the humidor for about three weeks and WOW that made a world of difference. It smokes great, no relight good ash and great flavor. I will buy some again but I will leave them mellow for awhile."
"The outside of the box says, nothing better for the price. This is so true. Even burn, easy draw, perfect construction. For $3 for a 54 ring 8 inch beauty, these are truly a terrific deal!"
"Always smooth and so good. This has become one of my favorites and at an unbelievable price. I always keep plenty of these on hand in my humidor."
"I ordered a box of #3. Outstanding smoke! Excellent taste and a fragrant aroma. An easy draw and even burn. Would go perfectly with a morning cup of coffee! I will be ordering a box each month! Due to the length of time it takes to smoke one, this is an excellent choice for one's day off!"
"Incredibly mild, but very flavorful. I didn't know what to expect from the "toast" taste described in the rundown and by others, but that is exactly what it tastes like. Strong toast and oak throughout. Very pleasing and will DEFINITELY be buying again."
"A box of Double Coronas was my joyous introduction to the CI way of doing things, and having enjoyed my first order so much (so far) I've purchased a number of boxes, bundles and tins! This smooth stick was to smoking what the man it was named after was to story telling. Smooth taste with an even burn and long ash, and it stayed cool to the end. I did let them have 4 or 5 days in the humidor before I lit up the first one and it was so worth the wait. Recommended to beginners and long time aficionados too..... and certainly a box I will order again."
"Ordered a box of #2 and the first one off the truck was great. Even draw, slow burn and plenty of pleasant white smoke. As a novice smoker the taste was smooth, and has a nice finish. Gave one to my buddy who introduced me to cigars, and he thoroughly enjoyed it as well! Time in the humidor makes them even better. No wonder they have been selling like hot cakes!"
"I'm more of a medium-full type of guy, but I got these in a sampler pack so I gave it a shot. Glad I did. Great flavor that was consistent throughout the whole stick. I will definitely be ordering some in the future, especially with its great prices. If you're a medium-full guy looking for a change or to "come to the other side" try one of these."
"the MARK TWAINS are some of the best cigars ive had in some time I love the the toast taste about half way and for the money i would buy them anytime one great cigar"
"I'm a full flavor guy (Ruination, Diesel, Flathead, La Bijou, etc), but my wife thought she would be nice and buy me a box of Mark Twain #1's for Christmas....... I almost asked her to send them back, but didn't want to hurt her feelings, so I said "what the heck" and gave them a try. At first light, they are REALLY mild, but to my surprise, they began to pick up some pretty decent flavor after the first inch...... once I got down to the second half, I would certainly classify these as more of a medium than mild. These turned out to be a fantastic after dinner cigar out on the deck along with a good cup of coffee. A good reminder that it doesn't have to be a powerhouse cigar to be tasty....."
"I'm in my 5th box now of these wonderful cigars. Each one has been a great draw and smooth all the way to the finish. Not only are these great on walks, but on golf courses too! They are wonderfully mild, yet have a quite unique taste. Not sweet like other mild cigars, but just the perfect blend without the bitter taste in your mouth at the end. Great cigar!"
"well, not much to say that hasn't been said. its a right good cigar I tell you what, and its a bloody shame ol' mark couldn't smoke 'em his self. he'd find it a better endorsement than the typesetter he busted on. but its mellow, smooth, and for the price, I feel like im robbing CI, but thanks to these fellas behind the counter, so to speak, us shoppers get the best deal for our dough. long live CI!"
"I would like to add to the chorus of praise on this cigar brand...very mild...sweet and creamy...awesome smoke at a good price and a nice box to boot."
"Easy to light. Very good construction, draw and burn. Slight uneven burn requiring only one touchup. Heavy smoke output but light on the palate. Mild strength with medium flavors. Sweet cedar and cream flavors with a slight white pepper finish. No change in strength or flavor profile but does become a bit harsh and bitter in second half."
"I always passed over these for fear they would let me down. I figured the cheap price and gimmicky name were sure signs of poor flavor and construction. But DAMN! was I wrong! I personally have yet to try a stick of this size and quality at $3 a piece. When the sale email came out I decided to read the reviews and was surprised by all the positive comments so I gave them a shot. 3 days after they arrived I decided to order another box. Now I just need to grow a Mark Twain beard so I can truly fit the role."
"Have my first Mark Twain Churchill this afternoon with some coffee. Great smoke. Very mild and flavorful. I think it is comparable to the Rocky Patel Vintage 1999. What a value. Great smoke and I'll do it again. Thanks CI for the great stick."
"With a name like Mark Twain you might suspect this cigar to be gimmicky but, to my surprise, this cigar is incredibly enjoyable for a mild bodied anytime cigar. This beauty is well constructed, has a moderately even burn, releases the ash around two inches, and has a consistent creamy flavor from foot to nub. The best all around mild bodied, flavorful yard cigar I have tried. With continued consistency, you can expect this cigar's price to increase with its reputation."
"I met a guy a week ago at a garden center...he was about 20 yards away and I could smell his cigar...told me wife and she agreed that it had a nice aroma...started up a conversation and he said it was a Mark Twain and how inexpensive it was...couple days later I had to put in an order...got them yesterday and had to have one today...have to admit it was very very good... especially the price. Nice and mild , no bite...very easy draw and great plumes of smoke...it was huge but lasted a little over an hour which was fine with me...I will be getting more of these sticks for sure..."
"A good cigar for the price."
"I got some of these in a sampler and they turned out to be the favorite of the bunch! Each one had a great draw and a silky smooth character with some spicy notes. I was so pleasantly surprised I am definitely going to order these again. Definitely more than worth the price."
"I ordered a box based on all the positive reviews and was not disappointed. Usually a medium to full smoker I found these to have ample spice and the sale price made this a good buy."
"A nice, smooth smoke! And like Mark Twain, I will enjoy several while rolling down the Mississippi River this summer on the American Queen!"
"Wow, what a great cigar!"
"Have to be honest. Had to see what Mark Twain was about. Overall... not a bad smoke. Buying another box. GC the Fat Cat"
"Smooth broomstick. My only complaint was the rings were a little tough to remove, but that had nothing to do with the great taste."
"Great cigar. Have never been disappointed with brand. However, I'm saving them for cooler weather because they last at least an hour on the back porch."
"Mark Twain is a GREAT Mild Cigar. Great Draw and mild Taste. 3 Jumbo Sizes are a plus. More Bang for your buck!! GREAT BUY...."
"Very good light cigar for a Sunday morning."
"Very smooth and creamy stick. Definitely tasted a bit of oak near the end. This puppy burned about an hour and a half and never required to be relit or touching up. Very even burn throughout the experience. If you are a mild cigar person or want to try something new, definitely consider these!"
"looking for a nice long mild smoke? look no further these will not disappoint nice smoke nice price thanks CI"
"They are just ok. For the price I can't complain...."


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A novel scheme of collinear fast beam laser spectroscopy for the detection of the long lived rare isotope by observing the optical hyperfine structure spectrum is presented. The technique utilizes cascade two‐step excitation to pump metastable krypton atoms to a high‐lying Rydberg level. The present work on krypton was motivated by the fact that is a major tracer gas for exploring the reservoir structure of large oil fields. detection in ambient air is also of importance for monitoring nuclear activities on a world wide scale. The technique has been successfully applied to stable krypton isotopes and to The selectivity is at the one part in level and the sensitivity at a few hundred ions/s.
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Going to take the exam soon. Can anyone who has recently taken this exam and passed recommend books to study from? any and all help very much appreciated Thanks in advance... Read More
- 0Mar 31, '09 by pammyf
- bummer!! so close but too far!
- hey, sorry about the red.
- cannot get out of it!
- you can pass it for sure after all your experience with it first time around.
- i know what you mean about the strange questions like cord compression. i think we had the same test! superior vena cava syndrome i have actually dealt with.
- the very best of luck next time. i think for me the test questions in the prep book helped the most.....pf
- 0Apr 5, '09 by hospicemomhey, thanks for the support. I am hammering away on that study question book and everything else I have. Thanks again.
- 0May 5, '09 by Alexis33I got a 96 and had more questions on Oncologic emergencies and generic meds along with hospice eligibility. What did you use as a study guide. I used the core curriculum but most questions were around home care patients. If you want to study for retake drop me a line at email@example.com.
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COVINGTON, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tipton County jury has returned a guilty verdict in the slaying of a Tennessee state trooper.
Orlando Garcia, 20, was convicted of facilitation of first-degree murder Thursday in the shooting death of Trooper Calvin Jenks, 24.
Garcia's trial began Monday and he told his jury Jenks was shot by an accomplice, Chevo Gauna, 18, who is scheduled for trial in April.
Jenks was killed when he stopped a car for speeding on Jan. 6 on state Highway 14 in Tipton County north of Memphis.
Garcia said he and Gauna, both from Austin, Texas, were in Tennessee to sell marijuana when Jenks was killed.
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The Great War: A Photographic Narrative
By Mark Holborn and Hilary Roberts (editors)Knopf
The British photographers were stationed on the front lines of the Somme, ready to capture the "Big Push" as it unfolded. Starting at 7:30 a.m. on July 1, 1916, line after line of British soldiers weighed down by 70‑plus pounds of equipment trudged straight into German machine-gun fire. Later that hot day, which would become the costliest day in the history of the British military and one of the deadliest single days of combat in any war, the wounded lay stranded in no-man's-land. The lucky ones found shelter in shell holes; the rest were left exposed and baking in the sun. They could not be rescued yet, and so an anonymous official photographer attached to the Royal Engineers did what he could to record the scene. The picture he took, though, tells almost nothing without a caption. The landscape is flat and featureless. The dead and wounded look like dots. "Like a million bloody rugs," wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald of the Somme carnage. In fact, you can't make out blood. You can't even tell you're looking at bodies.
Starting in the American Civil War, photographers could claim to have provided the iconic representations of war. Reproduced on stereographic cards and exhibited at Mathew Brady's gallery in New York, Alexander Gardner's pictures of dead soldiers strewn about the Antietam battlefield shocked the divided nation, and remain the searing record of destruction. Robert Capa's falling soldier (possibly a staged picture) came to define the Spanish Civil War, as Joe Rosenthal's picture of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima did, for Americans, the Second World War. Nick Ut's photo of the crying, naked girl burned by napalm conveyed the horrors of Vietnam, it is often said, in a way that words could not. But in this litany, the First World War is the notable exception.
As a beautifully produced new volume of photographs from the British Imperial War Museums demonstrates, World War I yielded a number of striking and affecting pictures. Some, included in the gallery of 380 presented in The Great War: A Photographic Narrative, are famous: the line of gassed men, blinded and clutching each other's shoulders as they approach a first-aid station in 1918; the haunting, charred landscapes of the Ypres Salient in 1917. And yet in both cases, the more-renowned versions were their painted successors of 1919: John Singer Sargent's oil painting Gassed, and Paul Nash's semi-abstract rendering of the blasted Belgian flatland, The Menin Road. The essence of the Great War lies in the absence of any emblematic photograph.
The quest to communicate an unprecedented experience of combat began almost as soon as the war did, and it has continued ever since. The millions of families who sent off sons, brothers, husbands, and fathers to the front urgently needed to know how this war looked and felt. Machine guns, poison gas, and aerial bombardment (the tank was still to come)—by 1915, it was already clear that the conflict was a radical, industrialized departure in war-making. In London and Berlin, anxious relatives visited the tidy exhibition trenches that the governments had erected to inform civilians. As the news grew more alarming, those at home clamored for eye-witness reports from the front, which in Britain came in a torrent of words—not just in newspapers, but most vividly in poetic form. The Great War was quickly described as indescribable, yet it was a singularly literary war, especially for the British.
For successive generations, the aim has been to comprehend a turning point in the history of the world. Every era has aspired to capture a consensus that was forged by the late 1920s, and epitomized by Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front (1929): the war was unimaginable, dehumanizing, the unredeemable sacrifice of a generation. It marked the origin of our ironic sensibility, as Paul Fussell famously argued, and the Somme was the exemplary horror. In four and a half months of fighting, the British army sustained more than 400,000 casualties—and gained six miles. The message of pointless loss surfaces again and again, in just about every medium, from Stanley Kubrick's blistering antiwar film Paths of Glory (1957), to the parodic swinging-'60s production Oh, What a Lovely War! (1963), to contemporary endeavors, among them Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy, Michael Morpurgo's War Horse, and the cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco's newly published graphic panorama of the Battle of the Somme, The Great War.
The central conundrum in representing the First World War is a stark one: the staggering statistics of matériel, manpower, and casualties threaten constantly to extinguish the individual. That was what the war poets understood, and why the images they summoned in words have been transmitted down a century. As Wilfred Owen did in "Dulce et Decorum Est" (1917), the poets addressed their readers directly, unsettling them with a vision of the damage suffered by a particular man's body or mind.
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
Photography, of course, can't capture sounds or bitter intonations—that devastatingly exact gargling, not gurgling. Cameras can't probe psyches or create similes in the same way. But as other wars have proved, photographs can document unimagined reality, instantaneous events, fleeting expressions on faces, unwittingly symbolic scenes. And yet the character of the Great War conspired to sabotage precisely that testimonial power. To turn the pages of the Imperial War Museums' photographic narrative is to lose all sense of scale and reality. Is that water or wheat? Are those scattered corpses or flocks of birds in a field? Are these soldiers, or Englishmen "walking, as though they were going to the theatre or as though they were on a parade ground," as one stunned German junior officer described the sight of troops plodding across no-man's-land on July 1? "We felt they were mad."
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Lynn Haven, FL---Phoenix Racing Team owner James Finch still doesn't know if his team is about to be sold, or if he'll be forced to shut it down after the Brickyard race in Indy on the 28th.
Monday remains the deadline for a possible sale of Phoenix Racing to happen. Finch telling me as of Monday afternoon he's not heard a thumbs-up or a thumbs down from that unnamed prospective buyer.
Finch says that potential buyer was working to get a sponsorship deal in place, but apparently had yet to get that done.
James says he set July 15th as his hard deadline and he's sticking by it, he'll give that buyer until midnight tonight to call. If not he intends to shut the team down after the Brickyard 400 in two weeks.
Finch says he'd prefer to sell the team which will give his 20 team employees some continuity. He says he has helped some of them already line up other job opportunities should the team be shut down.
Finch has run a NASCAR operation for about 20 years now mostly on the Busch/Nationwide Circuit, but also on the Cup level.
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Are Ants More Rational Than Humans?
University researchers suggest that ants can accomplish a task more rationally than humans.
However, this doesn't necessarily mean that people are "stupider" than ants, according to the research teams from Arizona State University and Princeton University.
Study leaders Stephen Pratt and Susan Edwards say that humans and animals simply often make irrational choices when faced with very challenging decisions.
Pratt wrote in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences that this paradoxical outcome is based on apparent constraint, as most individual ants know of only a single option, and the colony's collective choice self-organizes from interactions among many poorly-informed ants.
The researchers studied the process of nest selection in the ant, Temnothorax curvispinosus "" a type of ant that establishes colonies in cavities as small as an acorn and are skillful in finding new places to roost.
The challenge before the colony was to "choose" a nest, when offered two options with very similar advantages.
The team discovered that in collective decision-making, the ants lack of individual options translated into more accurate outcomes by minimizing the chances for individuals to make mistakes.
Pratt believes this leads to a "wisdom of crowds" approach during their normal activities.
"Rationality in this case should be thought of as meaning that a decision-maker, who is trying to maximize something, should simply be consistent in its preferences," Pratt said.
For example, animals trying to maximize their fitness should always rank options such as food sources, mates, or nest sites according to their fitness contribution.
He explained that if the fitness returns of two different options have not changed, that means that it would be irrational to prefer choice 'A' to 'B' on Tuesday and then to prefer 'B' to 'A' on Wednesday.
"Typically we think having many individual options, strategies and approaches are beneficial," Pratt adds, "but irrational errors are more likely to arise when individuals make direct comparisons among options."
Prior research over the occurrence of irrationalities has offered insight into cognitive mechanisms and constraints, as well as how collective decision-making occurs.
The researcher's discoveries could one day translate into new approaches in the development of artificial intelligence.
"A key idea in collective robotics is that the individual robots can be relatively simple and unsophisticated, but you can still get a complex, intelligent result out of the whole group," said Pratt, a member of Heterogeneous Unmanned Networked Team (HUNT), a project to enable to development of bio-inspired solutions to engineering problems.
He said the ability to function without complex central control is really desirable in an artificial system.
"The idea that limitations at the individual level can actually help at the group level is potentially very useful," he added.
He acknowledged that it was difficult to determine what these findings potentially say about understanding human social systems.
"It's at least worth entertaining the possibility that some strategic limitation on individual knowledge could improve the performance of a large and complex group that is trying to accomplish something collectively," he concluded.
Image Caption: Ants are more rational collective decision makers than humans. Credit: Stephen Pratt/Arizona State University
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Go Gather – Chestnuts
30 April 2013
As Autumn begins in the Southern Hemisphere, it is easy to find chestnuts strewn along the side of the road. This reminds those of us, who are foragers, to get out there and hunt for food across our city. The Green Renaissance team spent two hours before work one morning, demonstrating how easy it is to gather and prepare some tasty chestnuts. Go out and try it yourself.
Tip/Trick – Be spontaneous. We decided to film this clip, half an hour before heading out – the weather was great and the chestnuts had just started to ripen. It isn't always necessary to overthink and plan each shoot – the real magic sometimes happens in these unexpected moments.
Camera Used: Nikon D800 DSLR
Lenses: Nikkor 35mm, Nikkor 50mm, Nikkor 70-200mm
Memory Card: Lexar Professional
1 April 2013
While on a recent film trip to Namaqualand for Conservation South Africa, we were introduced to some of the charismatic locals who live in this beautiful part of the world. During a lunch break on one of our filming days, we asked some of them why they thought Namaqualand was such a special place. This is their story…
Tip/Trick – Instead of a classic locked-off portrait style interview, you can use movement to create a more dynamic feel. We used a 2m track with a home-made skateboard dolly to create this effect.
Camera Used: Nikon D800 DSLR
Lenses: Nikkor 85mm, Nikkor 35mm
Memory Card: Lexar Professional
Urban Beekeeping
27 March 2013
It is counter intuitive to think that honey from hives in our cities is often cleaner than from hives situated around agricultural lands, but this is often the case as urban honey does not contain pesticides. We spent a morning with a passionate urban bee keeping couple, who shared their experiences with us, and inspired us to get involved in urban bee keeping.
Tip/Trick – When filming with wild animals, such as bees in this case, it is important to keep calm – move slowly, talk quietly. Also, you don't often get an opportunity for a second take, so keep the camera rolling continuously so that you don't miss a critical moment. You can edit the best shots in post. Also, as lens changing is difficult, opt for the most practical lens – in this case we chose to go with the 35mm.
Camera Used: Nikon D800 DSLR
Lenses:, Nikkor 35mm, Nikkor 50mm, Nikkor 105mm macro
Memory Card: Lexar Professional
The Mushroom Guy
19 March 2013
We have always collected mushrooms from forests, but we have never tried growing them ourselves. At the recent Be Inspired talk held in Cape Town, Gary 'The Mushroom Guy' explained how easy it is to grow your own Shiitake mushrooms at home, and more surprisingly, told us about how eating these mushrooms has had a positive impact on his health.
Eco Swimming Pool
15 March 2013
There is no better feeling than swimming in a pure, clean mountain stream. We recently learnt that you can create a similar experience at home in your own garden – convert your chlorine or salt water pool into an eco pool.
By circulating the water through an ecosystem of plants, it is kept sparklingly clean – you don't need any chemicals to maintain it. The end result is a vibrant, flourishing ecosystem that invites butterflies, dragonflies and even frogs and birds back into your garden. Bring nature back to your pool!
The Travelling Piano Tuner
13 March 2013
Richard is the fascinating story of a travelling piano tuner who chooses to live outdoors. Shot in London, the film takes an alternative look at someone who treats the entire city as a home.
We all live in a world of excess – we have things we don't need. We buy things we do not need. To realise that you can go without something, and to actually go without it is deeply liberating.
Hanging Plants
5 March 2013
Background: People are keen to learn how to do things themselves, and Green Renaissance wants to help inspire people to do this. As a result, we decided to produce a series of short DIY clips – here is the latest in this series. We love the idea of 'hanging plants' – taking an ordinary pot plant and suspending it from a ceiling or high beam using string. We found Marissa from Opus Studios – http://www.opusstudio.co.za/ , who makes beautiful hanging plants in Cape Town. We spend two hours filming with her, getting a better idea of what goes into making these works of art.
Camera Used:Nikon D800 DSLR
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Memory Card: Lexar Professional
To buy any of these beautiful hanging plants go to – http://www.opusstudio.co.za/
Tip/Trick: Often when working on a pro-bono project, it is difficult to film with characters during typical office hours. As Marissa was very busy, we convinced her to film with us after hours, from 5pm and 7pm. We made use of mostly natural light, and positioned the filming near big open windows to maximise this. Get creative – you don't need to bring a long list of props with you. We used what was available to us in Marissas studio – improvise.
Save the Sharks, Save the Ocean, Save Humanity
4 March 2013
Human life is not possible without the ocean. The ocean is dying.
Bicycled – A bike made out of cars
26 February 2013
Cars are convenient but their overall impact is taxing to the earth and all living organisms. But recycling and 'down-cycling' old car parts into the most efficient, ecological and healthy means of transportation is a step up.
GoPro Behind the Scenes with Green Renaissance Filming for WWF
23 February 2013
On a recent job for WWF, the Green Renaissance team were asked to capture the moving of Black Rhinos for the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project. GoPro kindly loaned the Green Renaissance team a few sets of cameras for this project and this allowed us to get some unique footage.
Ordinarily the Green Renaissance team films on Nikon DSLR cameras, but when necessary we use GoPros to get images we ordinarily could not get.
Thank you GoPro and Nikon for your support.
Surrender to Swimming
22 February 2013
While driving along the road as the sun was rising, we noticed how many people were taking an early morning swim in tidal pools. We wanted to capture this idea, hoping to inspire others to go out and explore the many tidal pools across our beautiful coastline.
Film Tip/Trick: We adopted a voyeuristic approach, filming people just going about their daily life. For this, we made use of long lenses (200-400mm), keeping our distance and allowing authentic images to be captured. Unlike our other films, we decided not to focus on a single character to tell the story, but rather chose a piece of music whose lyrics and tempo matched the mood and feeling of our images.
Camera: Nikon D800 DSLR
Nikkor 200-400mm
Nikkor 50mm
Nikkor 14-24mm
Memory Card: Lexar Professional
The Collector
21 February 2013
While browsing for old Nikon lenses in antique stores in Long Street, Green Renaissance met The Collector – a man with a real passion for cameras. He has built up a collection of more than 1000 cameras over the years. We were lucky enough for him to invite us to his home (not open to the public) to view his impressive collection. He reaffirmed how important it is to do what you love.
Film Tip/Trick: Always be prepared to film – in this case, upon meeting him, we went directly to his home to spend two hours filming. Also, when interviewing, purposefully create pauses between your questions – this allows you to capture the awkward, real moments that occur between answers from your character.
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Nikkor 85mm AF0S f/1.4G
Nikkor 50mm AF-S f/1.4G
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f/1.4G
Lexar Professional
Find Love in Nature
20 February 2013
Change your perspective. Open yourself to the beauty of nature. Fall in love.
Film Tip/Trick: Green Renaissance spent an afternoon experimenting with bokeh videography. Bokeh is the blur, or aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image. We cut heart shapes out of a piece of black plastic sheet and cardboard, and played around with placing this either on the front or back element of the lens. We found that placing the cut out heart shape on the back element allowed for a sharper image. The result is that any out of focus elements read as hearts.
Camera Used: Nikon D800 DSLR
Nikkor 85mm AF0S f/1.4G
Nikkor 50mm AF-S f/1.4G
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f/1.4G
Memory Card: Lexar Professional
To purchase this camera equipment in South Africa used go to – ormsdirect.co.za/
Real Vitamin Water in a Jar
11 February 2013
Background: Another in the Green Renaissance DIY series – this film shows us how to make flavored water in a jar at home, using seasonal fruits. It's so much better than buying Vitamin water in shops.
Inspired by theyummylife.com/
Nikon D800 DSLR
Nikkor 85mm AF0S f/1.4G
Nikon 50mm AF-S f/1.4G
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f/1.4G
Lexar Professional
Breezer 100 Light courtesy of sunshinecompany.co.za
Home Made Berry Smoothie
8 February 2013
Home Made Berry Smoothie
Background: Another in the Green Renaissance DIY series – this film shows us how to make delicious berry smoothies at home, using seasonal fruits. Eat local. Eat what's in season. Your taste buds will love it.
Film Tip/Trick:
We made use of many top shots, giving the perspective of being inside the blender. Before flipping the "on" switch, you want to make sure that it is safe to place your lens above a high speed blender filled with food and liquids. Prior to filming, we covered the top of the blender with clingwrap and played around with speed settings. This allowed us to find the perfect speed which still gave us great movement inside the blender, but was safe for the lens too, avoiding any food splatters from bouncing up at the lens.
Inspiration from – theyummylife.com
Nikon D800 DSLR
Nikkor 85mm AF0S f/1.4G
Nikon 50mm AF-S f/1.4G
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f/1.4G
Lexar Professional
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The Obsession – Bottle Digger
8 February 2013
Here at Green Renaissance, we are intrigued by those who find value in what others perceive as junk. We met Dale, the Bottle Digger, at a local market and spent a morning with him, digging for bottles at some of his secret spots, and exploring his vast collection. We have become a wasteful society, and it makes us wonder what we throw away today, future generations will find value in tomorrow.
Film Tip/Trick: We only had limited time with our character, so we had to shoot quickly. But at the same time, patience is key – while you do need to capture the beautiful images, you don't want to rush the character because you risk having them lose their natural style and performance which is so important in creating an intimate, authentic feel. Often you get real moments when you just leave the camera rolling between question sessions.
To contact Dale and buy his bottles e-mail him at – email@example.com
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Paradox Development Studios is crafting their latest mini-expansion for Europa Universalis IV. It's called the Art of War and significantly alters the main game. This latest dev diary gets all diplomatic.
We'll now be able to declare war on a nation in support of rebels, or even our vassal's casus bellis, and losers in a conflict can now be made to pay war reparations throughout the truce.
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Its going to be a gorgeous weekend, and Steve Udelson doesnt like it.
WSOCs (Channel 9) chief meteorologist kicked off his annual coat collection drive this week and, with temperatures headed into the 70s, hes concerned that people wont be mindful that theres lots of winter still to come and many needy people to clothe against the elements.
Since launching Steves Coats for Kids nine winters ago, Udelson estimates the community has donated 70,000 coats for the cause. And not just old coats he says about a third of them come in with store tags still on them.
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Udelsons drive began in 2004, somewhat humbly. That year he collected about 3,000 coats. He even sent his two children around the neighborhood to gather up gently used ones.
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Udelson, who grew up in the Boston area without ever acquiring the accent, joined Channel 9 in September 1997, replacing Ray Boylan, who went into semi-retirement after 11 years at the station. Udelson came from a station in Tampa and was happy professionally to come to a city that had seasons and a forecast that varied from day to day.
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I purchased this item a few years ago online (but did not know they originated from HF). They are so powerful, and I do so much reading that I wanted at least two more for other places in the house. I went back to my "account" at the other online store, and saw that they were indeed from HF, so here I am to buy more. And how they can be so inexpensive is beyond me. I've looked at office stores, drug stores, etc. and these are the 'cheapest' by far and the strongest power. A great buy if you need strong magnification, with very little distortion. They are a bit heavy to hold for very lengthy use, but I feel their power level outweighs (pardon the pun) that feature.
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- Macmillan president Richard Charkin's two dispatches are colorful and detail-laden but most notable for the following observation: ". My back-of-an-envelope calculations suggest that the elimination of all trade book fairs (LBF, BEA, Bologna, Delhi, Guadalajara, Tokyo, Cape Town etc) might reduce total industry costs by several billion dollars." Makes more that "just a boy" think…
- Ali Karim describes the peculiar sensation of meeting Dean Koontz via the LongPen. Karim also provided the video at the top of this post (along with other video captures of John Banville's noir panel.)
- Kerraway reports on a new website launched by Spanish publishers at LBF.
- The Guardian's Tania Kindersley yawns over Yet Another Dying Book panel.
- Aaron Harnly is excited that Rivka Galchen is getting a major LBF push.
- Ecademy Press has been blogging and taking pictures from stand R700 at LBF.
- Simon Quicke spent an hour at the fair and concludes "publishing as an industry is alive and well but there could have been more of a British presence," not to mention "a little bit of a reality and hype gap at work" with regards to technology impact.
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Univision President Cesar Conde Jumps to NBCUniversal
After four years as the President of Univision, Cesar Conde is jumping to NBCUniversal. Conde will join the company as executive vice president, reporting to CEO Steve Burke.
In his new role, Conde will oversee "business development, strategic priorities and special business projects" across the company, according to NBC's official announcement. Before joining Univision, Conde was a White House fellow for former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
"Cesar is an impressive business executive with both traditional and emerging media expertise," Burke said in a statement. "His experience leading multiple domestic and international businesses will be instrumental in maximizing all the opportunities to grow our portfolio."
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