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Because the capital investment in a typical studio installation is expected to last several years, the need to forecast and plan for the future while at the same time retaining a foothold in today's world can certainly prove to be a challenge. Cox Radio Tampa's recent effort to overcome this challenge during a six-station consolidation project used a mixture of advanced technology and standard hardware and practices. The task was conceived from the beginning with flexibility in mind. Facility-wide design goals were set early on to reduce the need to change key infrastructure during the ever-present conversion to digital.
There were several key concepts incorporated into the plan for the final design. All wiring was to be digital-ready, regardless of present-day use. This was done to eliminate the need to replace cables when digital signals were later used.
We wanted to collocate all the technical support equipment including IT, telephony and studio systems into a single rack room. Because engineering supports all the technical needs of the facility, this would reduce complexity. Also, the environmental conditioning for the equipment became more centralized and was easier to manage.
The station paid special attention to electrical grounding and isolation, as well as environmental concerns pertaining to temperature and physical access. Most of the equipment was located in the rack room to simplify the management of what was considered the cocoon.
The WBBY control room looking into WHPT. Equipment is grouped into uses, making the rack layout highly organized. The cross-connect wall uses cable covers to preserve the neat appearance. The WHPT control room (above) and the WDUV control room (below). Two of the production rooms. Audio and power wiring follow separate paths along the rear of the racks. A great number of electrical outlets were provided to accommodate any future needs. |
The on-air studios were designed around the audio routing engine concept to allow for flexibility and sharing of resources within the group. Now, making adjustments to the console layout can be done electronically rather than physically.
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To avoid throwing the baby out with the bath water, the station tried to find a purpose for existing infrastructure in the new facility. Rather than construct new facilities for all six stations at a separate location, the station renovated a recent station acquisition site. Although the chosen 18-year-old facility was showing its age, the existing studios and layout were able to be used in the new design, with some minor adjustments, saving a significant amount of time and money.
Other notable assets that have found a new life include the 120' STL tower and the existing generator. Both were in good shape and capable of supporting the additional load of antennas and equipment required for the three additional stations to be added to the site. Some of the existing Pacific Research and Engineering furniture as well as an Airwave digital console were also slated for reinstallation. Three of the stations had to stay on the air during the remodel and expansion. Because of the need to renovate the space while occupying it at the same time, detailed project phase plans were required. To make room for the contractors, some of the key studios, including the rack room, were relocated temporarily to allow the contractors to renovate these areas. The analogy of changing a tire on a speeding car seemed to adequately describe the challenge.
The typical relocation scenario for the three stations already present in the facility involved temporarily placing a station on the air from a newly constructed production room, then completely tearing down and rebuilding the on-air studio into a prepared room. This process usually took four engineers 24 hours of continuous labor to complete per station. The on-air staff would go home on a Friday and return on Monday to use the exact same equipment, except that it was now in a different room. Our goal was to minimize the disruption to the air staff by keeping the same room functionality during this intermediate step.
This procedure allowed the contractors to stay on schedule with the physical remodeling, leaving time for the engineering staff to complete the detailed systems integration, which revolved around the installation of the core new equipment. The newly renovated studios were outfitted with new furniture from Studio Technology. After the air studios were moved to their final destination, the temporary studios were revisited and rewired with new equipment.
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Similar to the way that radio engineers borrowed best practices from the telephone industry 20 years ago by using 66-style blocks and cross-connect walls for wiring, the station decided that the best way to build a digital-ready facility would be to borrow the best practices from the IT industry, as they were obviously already firmly planted in the digital world. This concept proved to be cost-effective and feasible.
Observing recent success using CAT-5 cable to transmit digital and analog signals, reinforced the decision to mandate all wiring throughout the facility to be CAT-5-compliant regardless of the present use. This mandate included all the wiring in the facility — including PBX and office destinations. Even the Belden single-pair, cross-connect wire on the punch block wall is CAT-5 rated, although it looks like traditional analog 8451 without a shield or drain wire. While some signals currently used may be analog or control, if and when the needs change the wiring will be ready for digital.
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When the design of the rack room was considered, the IT industry once again provided the solutions. Rather than install traditional cabinet-style racks, four-post IT-style racks were chosen. This provided several benefits, the first being cost-effectiveness. Due to the massive market for IT infrastructure, the rack components proved to be cheaper than cabinet-style racks. Quite often, the rear doors of standard racks seem to find themselves removed anyway, and the lack of a top cover only made more sense for equipment cooling. Useful features that are commonplace in the IT-style racks are the wire-management components that are missing in traditional racks. The wire managers provide a place to dress the connecting harnesses somewhere out of the way instead of somewhere inside the rack. The high-density power strips were located to one of the wiring chases in each rack location solving the challenge of where to mount them, once again avoiding the possibility of crowding the inside of the racks. The result is an open and flexible rack space not hampered by wire bundles or power connections.
To preserve the functionality of 66-style blocks but still move into the modern age, we chose Krone blocks for all trunk-cable terminations in the facility. The footprint of these blocks is the same as a 66 block but they offer expanded features, such as support for multiple punches, high-density terminations, various patch and test-cord support and CAT-5 compliance. Belden 25-pair CAT-5 trunk cable provides the connection from the studios and racks, to the cross-connect wall where single-pair Belden CAT-5 wire is used for the cross connections between the two. To keep track of wire usage, an Excel spreadsheet was created that uses a page specially formatted for printing the center label strip on a color printer. Links within the spreadsheet automatically update the label fields when wire descriptions are changed within the master device list page. Links populate fields within the router documentation to keep system updates consistent. New labels are printed and applied when changes are made.
Because the racks, cable trays, trunk cabling, network cables and punch blocks specified were not alien to the typical IT installation crew, a local computer cabling company was able to perform the bulk of the installation for a significant savings, compared to a traditional broadcast integrator. The speed of the installation was also an advantage and testing of all the installed wiring met or exceeded CAT-5 specifications. This allowed more time to be spent on equipment wiring, installation and documentation.
With the goal of ultimate flexibility in mind, a decision to implement a centralized, router-based mixing engine for the on-air studios was chosen. Following the lead of Cox Radio Orlando, we chose the Epicenter system from Computer Concepts. The stability and flexibility of the system was given high marks and has proven itself in Tampa as well. The potential of opening communications between the two markets is a possible future enhancement. The system consists of a central router and mixer engine that is housed in four separate chassis connected to each other by redundant fiber-optic links.
Logitek control surfaces are used in the studios to direct the mixing and routing functions of the engine. The engine is located in the rack room adjacent to most of the source and destination devices for the facility, which simplifies wiring. Communication from the control surfaces to the engine is done via CAT-5 cable. With the control surface technology, not only can the console be reconfigured on the fly to fit the user or format, but other functions such as IFB, multiple mix-minus feeds and intercom functions are easily integrated without add-on devices.
All the control rooms were physically built to be the same, but customized to fit the individual user or format. To reduce the likelihood of a single-station outage, all the I/O was distributed throughout the four chassis of the router. This means that if a card fails, only portions of some stations will be affected and not one entire room. Each chassis has redundant power supplies that are fed from separate UPS systems for added fault tolerance. In the unlikely event of a complete router failure, an airchain selector was installed for each station that can engage alternate sources to feed the airchain by the push of a button. Alternate sources include either one of the two automation computers located in each air studio, or one of the six traditionally wired production rooms pre-configured for each of the stations.
Production rooms
The production rooms were designed aroundHarris Airwave Digital consoles. This allows flexibility in the conversion to digital, while at the same time retaining traditional console-centric design. Any module can be used for analog or digital sources by changing a SIMM module. All I/O in the console is pre-wired with digital wire to Krone blocks to simplify installation and maintenance. The consoles also provide analog and digital outputs simultaneously on all three mix buses. Each of the six production rooms is designed to serve as a backup studio to one of the control rooms by the push of a button. This allows for quick disaster management in the event of an on-air room failure. Once again, standards were chosen so that all of the rooms are relatively equal in capability with only a few minor exceptions. Protools was chosen as the main editor for the four primary production rooms with Cool Edit Pro available as well.
The lines of where the IT system ends and the audio systems begin have become blurred in recent years. The Cox Radio Tampa engineering department is responsible for the overall technical support services in the market including IT systems. To allow maximum efficiency in space and manpower, the department collocated all technical support equipment including the PBX in the same rack room. This allows for a focused approach in the conditioning of the environment needed to keep critical systems running. Also, connections between the systems are simplified. For example, all telco circuits, whether destined for the PBX or the studios, radiate from a common termination area. All the phone circuits are connected through CAT-5 cable terminated onto RJ45 patchbays to further expand cross connectivity and simplify migration to future technology such as IP telephony. By having all the phone circuits located at a common point, it is a casual matter to add or share a phone line with a studio or PBX for special needs, such as telethons, with simply a patch cord connection. A color code was implemented for patch cords to allow identification of use at a glance.
Implementing best practices
When each facet of the facility was considered, the station tried to implement the current best practices in each particular discipline wherever possible. Basics such as grounding, power conditioning and environmental concerns were each evaluated with an eye on eliminating single points of failure wherever applicable. A substantial star ground system was designed to eliminate ground loops and to ensure that surge protection on the incoming power lines have a good reference. After the generator transfer switch, the 480V power feed was divided to feed two separate step-down transformers before distribution to the facility and the input of the two separate UPS systems. Power from each of the UPS systems and the generator were distributed to all the rooms and the 25 rack locations. The idea was to provide an alternate power source at each location in the event of a failure in one of the nodes. In the rack locations, 30A twist-lock connectors connect the three sources of power to each group of power strips. UPS A, UPS B and generator power are available in every location. We load balance the power draw on the UPS units as needed by moving device plugs from one circuit to another; another benefit in the distribution scheme. Because lightning is a tremendous concern in Florida, fiber optic cables are used to provide electrical isolation from the nearby STL tower. Bi-directional digital and analog signals are passed to the tower using the Lightwave Systems Fibox products. T-1 equipment from Intraplex is also used to complement the Harris CD Link STL systems. The separate methods of delivering the digital signal to the transmitter sites over RF and telco adds an additional layer of fault tolerance to the communication paths from the studio to the transmitter sites.
The final test at the end of any day is the answer to the question, "how well does it work?" Happily, the facility, as a whole, has proven to be reliable and robust in performance, in measurements that are technical and operational. The synergy created by housing the operational staff in one facility with great workflow between departments is just beginning to show its strengths. Operationally, the studios have proven themselves to be both user-friendly and scaleable for future growth. As far as the sonic performance on the air, we found that by keeping the audio signals in the digital domain from ingest to the transmitter, including the mixing environment, a higher level of clarity can be achieved. Avoiding multiple analog-to-digital conversions through the airchain removes the cloudiness that can otherwise result. An added benefit is that the linear digital output from the system will further prepare the group for the pending implementation of IBOC.
With careful planning and consideration, it is possible to retain the best current technology while at the same time laying the groundwork for a graceful transition into the future. Cox Radio Tampa's facility has managed to bridge that difficult gap while keeping an eye on the future.
Clark is the director of technical operations for Cox Radio's six-station cluster in Tampa, FL.
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pdinnis Posts: 1Myself and a friend bought one new 2003 Escalade EXT, and a Escalade only two weeks ago. Both vehicles suffer with a very uncomfortable downshift on the automatic box. Under 1000rpm the box makes a clunk which can be felt through the chassis. It appears GM sees this fault as being normal. Having paid $53000 each for these vehicles it is not the answer we should expect.
We would be interested in any other buyers who are suffering the same problem, only in numbers are GM going to do something about it.
Having driven the Avalanche and earlier pre 2000 Escalades the problem was not apparent until the permanent 4 wheel drive 6 litre Escalades. -
sbcooke Posts: 2,297I have an Isuzu Trooper which runs a GM 4L30E transmission. While slowing to a stop there is a clunk which has been attributed to the torque converter releasing. Supposedly a feature and helps preserve the life of the transmission? The escalade runs the 4L60E which shares the same kind of torque converter clutch. Maybe the same "feature".
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coleon Posts: 1"the high need/status insecure person, and the gold chain crowd account for the bulk (pardon the pun) of the buyers. But thats OK. They have to get to work too. They just look comical doing it."
Hmmm this poster seems like the envious insecure jealous type to me. I went to a recent Lexus Test drive Event and the Cadillac was 2nd best truck out there behind the Lexus. For the money the Cadillac is a good deal compared to the expensive Lexus and Land Rover. Also for later personal stereotypical rants people don't wear gold chains anymore they wear platinium and diamonds. -
blockislandguy Posts: 336COLEON, OK I stand corrected about fashion accessories. I guess I don't get out much. But what does one now call the garish types that used to be described as the gold chain crowd? I don't think that "the platinium and diamonds crowd" has the same descriptive power or resonance.
I am interested in why you think that the Escalade is such a good deal compared to a Lexus or a Rover. If you want the content that the Escalade offers, a much better deal would be the Denali. Or does that big ol' wreath on the back deck have inherent value? -
wulf007 Posts: 20So what is your problem Blockislandguy, are you suffering from emblem envy? Base priced Escalade is $20K LESS than the Rover and $12K LESS than the LX470. Comparable vehicle, less money - doesn't take brain surgery. In the Edmunds shoot out of luxury SUV's guess which one came in first. Hint-not Rover or Lexus. The Escalade has better build quality than Denali (ranked second only to Lexus by JD Powers), more horsepower and IMHO a much nicer ride. I think the customer service is better with the Escalade than with GMC as well. Go back and read post 622 and get a clue. I get tired of the Proletariat knocking the Escalade when there are certainly more expensive SUV's out there, including the ones previously mentioned as well as the Navigator and Hummer2. If one needs a larger vehicle with power to tow and AWD and has the coin to get an upscale vehicle why should you care? Its not like you are making the payments or buying the gas. Get a Sante Fe or KIA Sportage if thats your preference. Or here is a novel concept, go out and test drive the vehicles you mentioned and buy whichever one you prefer. My guess is that you don't like any of them and are just using the Escalade as a target for your ranting. So either get the facts before you pontificate or stay on the I hate SUVs Board that was suggested previously.
blockislandguy Posts: 336Wulf007, I think you misunderstand my point. I really don't give a hoot what anyone drives and in fact agree with the post you referenced. GTeach26 is right that the more variety there is out there, the more choices are available and the more interesting is the car scene. Further I don't disagree you about with the Edmunds shoot out, the JD Powers report on build quality, the value of large, capable tow vehicles, or your feeling that a Cadilac service department will be a better place to go than a busy GM dealer. I wouldn't argue with you if you feel that in your opinion an Escalade has a better ride than a Denali. Afterall its your body on the seat.
Having said all that, I merely made an observation, that to my eyes the typical Escalade owner could be categorized to some degree. Just like Saab drivers share certain demographic characteristics, Escalade owners do also. Now one can disagree with my characterizations of the Escalade owner because maybe they were abrasive, unpleasant, unkind (yes, I plead guilty), or inaccurate. You could even fly in the face of 50 years of market research and maintain that there is no typical Escalade, Saab, or BMW owner. But my observation has nothing to do with the vehicle's quality, durability, etc. as much as with the tendency of the owners to share certain characteristics. -
welt33 Posts: 1blockislandguy,i just bought an escalade ext,I do not own any chains,diamonds or platinium.I work 40 hours a week for a telephone company.I bought an escalade because i liked it and the price was great,I Have no reason to impress anyone with the type of car I drive since my previous car was and still is a 1989 toyota tercel,which I drive more than the ext.So am I the typical escalade owner?I think you wish you had an escalade or maybe your a litte envious.
jdevoy1 Posts: 3My wife went out yesterday and tried to start our new 2003 Escalade and it was totally dead. When it got to the dealer they accused us of having another key made for it (which is not true). They reset the computer and then asked to borrow the car for the weekend so they could test drive it (yeah, right, probably wanted to take it to their vacation house). Has anyone else had their Escalade shut down due to official key recognition problems?
gteach26 Posts: 576I once had issues with having my wife's Lexus key (has its own security chip)on the same key ring as my Lincoln Navigator key. It seems the Lexus chip was causing interference with the Lincoln's key recognition computer in the dash. This was a few years back in a 2000 gator. After a few times of the engine not starting I eliminated the Lexus key from my key ring and all was perfect. Could something similar be happening to you? Check to make sure no other keys in your key ring have a security chip, remove the other key(s) and see if this solves the problem.
riverfam Posts: 1We love our 2003 AWD Escalade. Pulls our boat better than any other SUV or truck we have ever owned. But..........have had it in the shop twice now for a winding up sound as you accelerate, and winding down hum as you decelerate. Sound is horrible in the morning when the car is cold, sound softens as car warms up. We also feel a vibration in the steering wheel and in the brake pedal since the winding hum has appeared. Just picked up car yesterday for the second time to have this problem taken care of, but the car is still having the same problem. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may be causing this problem?
briles Posts: 3I had the same problem, car was just dead! Had it towed to dealer. They said they had a recall with regard to the programming. Something to do with the battery being drained while the vehicle was off. Mine is a 2003 and beein in shop 6 times for suspension and steering problems too! On hard turns steering wheel does not rotate back. Has anyone had those problems?
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mark156 Posts: 2,000I looked at the Cadillac Escalade for the first time yesterday. I've been thinking of changing to a larger SUV (currently a 2002 Mercedes ML500 w/3rd seat).
My first choice was the Lincoln Navigator because of the looks, auto tailgate and fold flat third seats. But, the darn sunvisors don't extend when pulled to the sides (very importantt feature to me).
Since there is a Cadillac dealer near my home (closer than a GMC dealer) I decided to check them out. I have to say I was impressed with them. I would prefer the Escalade ESV personally. And yes, it has the completely adjustable sunvisors.
My question is, do any of you have the Navigational system? The one that I looked at had everything but a nav system. Also, how is the air conditioning system? Is it ice cold and will blow your wig off?
I have not bought a GM product since my new 1981 Oldsmobile. What a disaster! (engine failure, electrical problems, suspension problems). Basically since then, I've stuck with the Japanese and currently, German cars. As a second car, I've had a couple of Jeep Grand Cherokees that I liked with decent reliability.
So, if any of you have comments on the air and nav system, it would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark1562010 Land Rover LR4, 2013 Honda CR-V, 2009 Bentley GTC, 1990 MB 500SL, 2001 MB S500, 2007 Lincoln TC, 1964 RR Silver Cloud III, 1995 MB E320 Cab., 2015 Prevost Liberty Coach -
mark156 Posts: 2,000Almost two months go by and no one is talking on this thread? I see tons of Escalades driving around so surely someone has something to say about their SUV.
The Escalade must be running pretty smooth with no glitches. On the other sights, people nit pick on the smallest things....... or is GM paying everyone not to respond here......??????
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mark156 Posts: 2,000Tidester, I'm really thinking of buying one of these in the next couple of weeks and I would like people to talk about them. I hear so much about vehicles on other threads but this thread is asleep.
My concerns were about the navagational system and the air conditioning as stated in the posts above. Hopefully, someone will respond with info.
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stever Viva Las CrucesPosts: 42,431Some think that GM owners, esp. Caddy owners, are older and not net saavy. I think that's way off-base since I help a couple of 70 year olds with their domains now and then and they are plenty net capable. Plus lots of people like you don't fit the Caddy age stereotype.
Others posit that domestic owners don't talk about cars in general like owners of import makes. But that doesn't explain why the Wrangler board is often in the top ten around here.
How are Escalade sales doing anyway? Anyone seen any recent numbers? Are the incentives a major factor in your shopping?
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eaton53 Posts: 356The Slade, EXT and ESV are on pace to sell about 60K units this year. It's the best selling luxury SUV.
The newest Cadillac models don't require heavy discounting to sell, although the Slade has had occasional incentives. I don't think there's anything now.
Nothing exists that is bigger and stronger - it even handles well for a big guy, thanks to Caddy's suspension tricks. Cadillacs perform well in the reliability surveys too.... if you want one of these, go for it. -
stever Viva Las CrucesPosts: 42,431Every year, the Edmunds.com editors gather to ponder that eternal question, "What cars or trucks would we most want to park in our garage?"
Large SUV Over $45,000: Escalade/Escalade ESV
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Hotel Arts, a designer boutique hotel near the centre of town, has the minimalist feel of a gallery, with works by local artists - from the large metal bull in reception to hand-blown glass light fixtures. The mood-lit rooms are spacious and the on-site bar is the perfect place for a final tipple after a night on the town (from £125; hotelarts.ca).
Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park: Best for First Nations culture
A blur of coloured feathers sweeps around the stage as a deep, ever-quickening drumbeat rattles the ribcages of the audience. The pace crescendos for a final charge before the sweat-beaded dancers suddenly halt and the drum falls into silence. The Men's Fancy Dance, as it is known, is over. The crowd gathered at the Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park erupts into a din of applause and cheers.
The Historical Park is a meeting place for members of the Siksika First Nation, a self-governing indigenous community, and visitors are welcome. Overlooking a river valley that's changed little since Chief Crowfoot signed the 1877 treaty that created the reserve, there's the Interpretive Centre, shaped like a tipi splayed flat. Inside is a museum housing historical dioramas, elaborate ceremonial attire and exhibits illuminating the locals' original buffalo-hunting prowess. And then there's the dancing.
Many of the area's 6,000 residents - most with evocative names such as Laura Sitting Eagle or Robert Big Tobacco - frequently come here to watch and, donning feathered, multi-beaded regalia, to dance. Tonight, the crowd has witnessed a spectacle of wild energy, but not yet the dance that the Siksika First Nation is most famous for: the Chicken Dance.
'Our Chicken Dance comes from the legend of a young man who saw a rooster strutting around to attract females,' says Treffrey Deerfoot, the twinkle-eyed cultural curator of the Interpretive Centre. The Chicken Dance begins: men dressed in colourful feathers, bent forward with elbows pulled back, shuffle and preen in imitation of the mating dance of the prairie chicken, to the obvious delight of the crowd. So popular has this spectacle become that the World Chicken Dance Championships are held here each June.
'We're connected to the past and our ancestors with our dances. And we try to connect visitors to who we are today when we perform them,' explains Treffrey, gazing over the verdant tree-lined valley the Siksika have called home for centuries.
Further information
- blackfootcrossing.ca
Where to eat
Along Highway 1 towards Calgary is Strathmore Station Restaurant & Pub, lined with locomotive memorabilia. There are comfort food classics, steaks, salmon and quesadillas, and the Sunday brunch buffet is a winner (mains from £8; strathmorestation.com).
Where to stay
The best way to dip into Siksika culture is to spend a night in a Blackfoot Crossing Tipi in the valley just below the Interpretation Centre. Facilities are basic (sleeping bags, portaloo) but the campfires, stove-warmed quarters and coyote howls make up for any lack of luxury (from £23 per person; blackfootcrossing.ca).
John Lee is a travel writer based in Vancouver. He contributed to Lonely Planet's Canada (£15.99) and wrote the Vancouver City Guide (£11.99).


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New issues with Adobe Flash, Google search links could compromise your account {WoW}
Jun 8th 2010 3:12AM HUZZAH! I have discovered the problem I had now.
On Friday I was sent a message by Blizzard saying I have been banned for buying gold.
I replied saying that this has never happened, and I don't understand why I was banned, they replied with in the next few hours explaining that I had been keylogged and have reset my account to be played.
I congratulate Blizz on there quick reply time, and sorting it out so efficiently...
And I now know why I got the key logger.
Learning from my mistakes... I went and brought a Authenticator.
Breakfast Topic: Fear ... so exhilarating {WoW}
May 29th 2010 7:07PM One thing sprung to mind when I saw this...
The Crypt beneath Kara. Loved the place to pieces... but the corpse's on the hooks disturbed in a way nothing else has before.
Recently... I did Halls of Reflection for the first time... and did the Lich King Gauntlet. I ended up shouting on party chat to kill faster... and I was blowing all my cool downs and everything. I annoyed the group... but explained later that I have a huge fear of being chased... and that was making me shudder at the key board with no real sense of what I was doing. Really freaked me out.
EPL and WPL also made me panic. I hate the feeling of ghost towns or anything of that nature...
Know Your Lore: Med'an, Cho'gall and the Prophecy, page 3 {WoW}
May 16th 2010 7:00PM And I thought the Night Elf Politics was confusing.
From the stuff I've read on WoWWiki and such... I was living in a world where Garona was brilliantly amazing... but had disappeared for a while. Medivh, for me, was the greatest human ever, albiet corrupted and messed up for a while.
Aegwynn was an incredibly powerful mage... who was corrupted for a bit as well.
At the release of WotLK... I wasn't totally sure where Varian came from... so that confused me... but I found that out in the end.
Thankfully in Cata I shall have some idea thanks to this... but if I see Med'an commanding people to do stuff... my character will have an RP stand point of hating him... he seems to powerful and messed up.
Breakfast Topic: Your favorite lines of spoken dialogue {WoW}
Sep 9th 2009 11:41AM Priestess Delrissa!!!!!!!!!!
Her sarcasm was brilliant.
"Oh the horror"
and the many wipes I had with her... "Its been a kick, really"
Sam Raimi's production diary {WoW}
Jul 28th 2009 6:46PM Pokemon: The First Movie
The greatest film ever based on a video game. Yeah whatever its animated... but still. Its everything a movie needs.
The first Tomb Raider is pretty good as well.
Breakfast Topic: What Race or Organization should make a return in the Expansion? {WoW}
Jul 14th 2009 12:24PM I think that IF they do new races... no matter what Blizz do... the whole community will get annoyed
Specially if they make Panderan playable... what ever faction they put them in... the opposing will be REALLY annoyed
That's why Dranei and BEs worked.... they sorta came out of no where... yeah they had a story... but they werent prominent characters
Neutral Faction wont work... unless when you go into a BG you have like a different objective than winning (e.g collect amour scraps) while "betting" on who will win.
To be honest... I think Maelstrom will just flesh out lore... hopefully a new profession and a new city for Trolls or Gnomes. Emerald Dream will bring new races... (Furlbogs for Alliance and some sorta corrupted thing from the Emerald Dream making amends)
I just hope Demon Hunters make an appearance. Or some sorta Monk type class.
Breakfast Topic: Exploring the World of Warcraft {WoW}
Apr 17th 2009 4:20PM I am strangly in love with Scarlet Monestry.
I count it always as my first proper instance... where I knew what I needed and why. I still love it.
My first charecter was a Night Elf... and I remember leaving Shadowglen thinking "There's a whole world out there" Not knowing Tedrassil was just a small island >.<
In Outland... I loved Netherstorm... I mean... it's Purple!!!!!!
Northrend... I think Dragonblight... more specifically The Carrion Fields. I felt like a proper hero rescuing the people from that are on griffons and with guns.
Still think they should made it into one of the Final Zones. Icecrown and Storm Peaks don't compare to that area.
WRUP: Is anyone playing WoW? edition {WoW}
Apr 11th 2009 9:14AM Is gonna start using defenestration at every possible moment...
Around Azeroth: I'll send an SOS to the world {WoW}
Apr 4th 2009 10:44AM WOW!
Also... I love The Police reference... so much...
The Queue: Ulduar progression and more {WoW}
Mar 10th 2009 5:57PM This has bothered me for a while... Does the 5% experience increase from WG affect the gold you get from quests at 80??
Attempting to do Loremaster in Northrend and want the most money from it.


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Obama Gives $15,000 for Haiti; a "Celebrity Tweetup" Hopes to Raise Funds for the Cause
The latest updates on the crisis in Haiti.
News from the Ground
• Rescuers saved a five-year-old boy who had been trapped for eight days after his home collapsed around him. [CNN]
• With many bodies being carted away to dumps and many still stuck under debris, reports suggest that an accurate death count may never be determined. [MSNBC]
• The primary concern on the ground has shifted to disease and untreated injuries, which, combined with poor living conditions, could add up to a public-health crisis. [The New York Times]Political and Media Ramifications
• On Wednesday's episode of Oprah, Wyclef Jean discussed his recent visit to Haiti and responded to allegations that his foundation Yele Haiti has mismanaged donations in the past and might not be equipped to handle the millions of dollars it's received since the earthquake. [EW]
• One hundred 10-person tents have been erected at the U.S. Naval base at Guantánamo Bay in case large numbers of Haitians try to immigrate illegally to the United States by boat. [HuffPo]
• The Obama family is doing their part to help. Yesterday, they sent a personal check for $15,000 to the Clinton-Bush Haiti fund, established by former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. [The Washington Post]
Charitable Events and Initiatives
• A very diverse assortment of celebrities, including Gabriel Byrne, Estelle, and Amy Sacco, will host a fund-raiser tonight at New York's 1Oak to benefit Edeyo and Concern Worldwide.
• Brands such as Kooba, Hanky Panky, Anthony Logistics for Men, and Havianas say they'll donate a percentage of sales to the relief efforts.
• On Saturday, the Tweet House, a pop-up venue at the Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah, will be the site of a "Celebrity Tweetup," where stars such as Tracy Morgan, Ryan Gosling, and Terrell Owens will send out messages encouraging their fans to contribute.


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Today seems to be moving slower than the sand in a knocked over hour glass. Fortunately, I've got a solution for both you and me: it's this week's edition of Ten Stray Thoughts On A Friday.
Knowing When To Fold 'Em
Francisco Liriano is a good pitcher. Travis Snider is a good hitter. Of these two things, I'm almost entirely sure. However, yesterday Snider lost his job to a one year stop gap who has less enthusiasm than Ben Stein sleeping. And it's a very real possibility that Liriano will lose his spot in the Twins rotation, perhaps as part of the team's quest to turn him into Nick Blackburn.
Both players have struggled, and while Liriano has certainly found more success at the Major League level, I'd have a hard time doing anything other than waiting and seeing for both of them. Which brings me to my question: How much patience is too much patience?
I realize it comes down to the individual, and you can't make a blanket statement to cover all decisions when dealing with slumping youngsters capable of great things, but what signs justify action and what signs don't? How many shabby performances are enough to sit a talented performer with a . . . wait for it . . . huge upside?
Drunk Driving
Derek Lowe was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday. He's the fifth MLB player this year, including Adam Kennedy twice, to run afoul of the law in this fashion. Not to sermonize, but as someone who's been known to enjoy a barley pop or two on occasion, it's inexcusable and ridiculous that this is happening in the 21st Century. It's an incredibly simple concept: drinking alcohol impairs your judgment, you require judgment to safely operate a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle while impaired risks yours and others' safety.
I imagine that if MLB stepped in to do anything about this sort of thing, the MLBPA would be none too appreciative, and that's understandable. However, the MLBPA is in an excellent position to make a stand of its own on the drinking and driving issue, especially considering that impaired driving has the opportunity to directly affect the health and safety of its members. Isn't this under their purview?
Self-Indulgent Explanations
Hopefully you've caught one of the live streams we've been doing on off days and after day games. Filming these segments, you quickly grow an appreciation for the talking heads on television who inevitably end up saying stupid stuff that leads to mockery. Shocking truth: it's harder to know stuff off the top of your head than it is to have the luxury of looking it up online and having time to properly tweak your words so that you express your thoughts properly.
Having said that, each time we do a live stream, it becomes a little less painful to watch afterwards. Hopefully, that's a sign of improvement and not being desensitized to awkwardness.
We still don't have an actual name for our webcasts, so any ideas would be appreciated. Stoeten had a great one last night: Getting Streamed On. I thought it was golden.
Chasing A Record
This is quite awesome:
With 2,094 trips to the plate spanning eight-major league seasons, [Chris] Snyder ranks fourth all-time for most career plate appearances without a stolen base, according to Stats Inc. Not only that, he's on pace (pardon the expression) to creep his way up the list this summer. He needs just 95 plate appearances to eclipse Aaron Robinson, a catcher who retired in 1951, and 130 to plod his way past Johnny Estrada, another catcher who last played in 2008.
Kung Fu Panda Is Easy To Cheer For
I truly believe it's impossible to find a more likeable baseball player than Pablo Sandoval, and not just because of things like this. After a terribly disappointing 2010, Sandoval has come back in better shape and taking a better approach to the plate that has seen great results in the early going. Perhaps most impressive is a comparison between his patience at the plate last season and this season. He's swinging at 6.3% less pitches this year, and only losing 1.1% of contact. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if his contact improves as the season goes on and pitchers realize that they're going to have to start throwing him strikes.
Carlos "Clutch" Beltran
I'm sort of stealing Drew Fairservice and Ted Berg's shtick here, but get a load of these numbers: 101 PAs, 11 HRs, 8 SBs, 17.8% walk rate, .451 ISO, .485 OBP, .817 SLG, .547 wOBA and 239 wRC+. These statistics belong to Carlos Beltran in the playoffs. Too bad he's useless because he struck out to Adam Wainwright in 2006.
Stopping Bautista
Other than fastballs in on his hands and off his wrist, I think the only way to stop Bautista right now is by mixing up sliders/cutters (depending on which arm the pitcher is throwing with) and changeups, both located as far away from him in the strike zone as possible. Pitchers will still get burned (see: Price, David), but the odds are probably a little more in your favour than simply pitching a single strike when the count is 3-0, and then hoping that he swings wildly at another pitch. That's just not going to happen.
Shameless Self Promotion
As always, you can get the latest Getting Blanked stories to pop up in your Facebook news feed by clicking here, and "liking" our Facebook page. We've started to make it more than just a dumping ground for links, including exclusive videos and other bells and whistles. And staying on the social media train, you can also follow me on Twitter here so that we can make snarky comments together during baseball games.
Troy Tulowitzki
Ricky Romero has worked out very well for the Toronto Blue Jays, but don't think for a minute that the team would prefer RR Cool Jay to the player selected after him in the 2005 MLB Draft. Since September 1st of last year, Troy Tulowitzki has 22 home runs and 65 hits in 208 at bats. Already this season, the Colorado Rockies shortstop has been worth 1.6 WAR. Only Jose Bautista (2.4), Joey Votto (2.1), Matt Holliday (2.0) and Jered Weaver (1.7) have accumulated higher.
Major League Movies
We'll be screening Major League at The Revue Cinema on Roncesvalles Avenue on Monday night. Yes, it's election night, but don't worry, the movie starts early, so there will still be plenty of time to get disappointed by how Alberta votes. And if electioneering isn't your thing, stick around afterwards to talk about the mythical replacement player.
I'll look forward to seeing you guys there. In the meantime, have a great weekend.


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Craft Show Saturday, September 27, 2014, 9:00AM - 4:00PM
The Women's Ministry is celebrating their 5th annual Arts and Craft Show and we want you to be a part of this growing event.
Shoppers and Vendors: If you're looking for a well organized, spacious event, with a large assortment of items for your shopping pleasure, then this is the place to be. Whether you're looking for the ordinary or unusual, there will be something for everyone.
Admission to the event is free.
Refreshments will be available for sale in our tea room.
Space is available for vendors at reasonable rates.
RATES: INSIDE: 10' x 10' - $35.00, OUTSIDE: 10' x 10' - $25.00, ROOMS WITH ELECTRICITY - $90.00, TABLES: $10.00 Each
Hurry! You don't want to miss out on this great opportunity to exhibit and sell your items.
To reserve your space, contact Kathy Farmer or call 832-200-4620.
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Far Cry 2
Version and / or Patch Used: 1.03
Timedemo or Level Used: Ranch Long
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The Dunia Engine was built specifically for Far Cry 2 by the award-winning Ubisoft Montreal development team. It delivers the most realistic destructible environments, amazing special effects such as dynamic fire propagation and storm effects, real-time night-and-day cycle, dynamic music system, non-scripted enemy A.I. and so much more.
Being under 30 FPS, but still close, means that the extra FPS we're able to get brings us even closer to the minimum we want to reach at 1920 x 1200. In all seriousness, a minimum of 28.5 FPS is really going to be fine for the most part. Move down to high or even lower and the whole gaming experience will be even smoother.


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Friday Night Blend
It's Friday night…..time for a MidnightBlue Blend!
- Officials are confirming what we already knew – Coleen La Rose, AKA Jihad Jane, is expected to plead guilty to terrorism charges. Who is Jihad Jane and why should you care?
- You can experience the magic of CPAC wherever you are with your very own CPAC 2011 iPhone App!
- Fellow Midnighters – check out the best show around at midnight – The Stage Right Show
- Reagan vs Obama – Not. Even. Close.
- After Mubarek – what horror is next?
- I'm officially over winter – when the heck is spring???


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Yes but Goddess's rule above all others....LOL
Yes but Goddess's rule above all others....LOL
It's a Disney thing. If you understood, your only question would be "can I go?"
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I tell my student to call me "Your Majesty." (This is the first year anyone did!)I guess that means I am royalty at some point but not sure which status I would prefer-leaning toward Empress or Ultimate Ruler. Maybe we can post a poll.
Besides, have any of you seen the handsome, single princes galloping off with a queen behind them in the saddle? Nope, they go for the Princesses! So, here I am! Send me my prince!!Originally Posted by GaRain
Please move as far to the end of the row as possible. Stopping in the middle is distinctly unpatriotic!
LOL, when I teach tax classes I tell my students the exact same thing! I tell them, "My name is TNina, if you can't pronounce it you can call me 'Your Majesty' or 'Your Royal Highness'!"
They call me "Nana"
As a joke in my house, my kids often refer to me as "Mom, Ruler of My Universe" when they want something from me....I kinda like the sound of that!
I am in need of some Disney magic!!
I have a certain garment that announces to the world that I am a princess. Of course nobody ever sees that garment but Mr. iwannabeminnie, and he KNOWS I am a princess (and need to be treated accordingly).
They call me "Nana"
Originally Posted by iwannabeminnie
I can report that I had a "The Princess Sleeps Here" pillow on my bedroom door placed there one night by my mom. She apparently thought it was quite amusing, I was not amused. I was about 16 at the time...and apparently I was quite the "princess" then. Then last year as I was leaving my company a co worker bought me a crown to were. When I asked her why, she said "it fits your personality."
Now, that I like to think I'm an adult...I'll take Queen. I want the power. Beauty is only skin deep, BUT THE POWER!!!!!!!! Remember who the most powerful Chess piece is.
I'm working my way up to Empress.
always plotting, planning, and looking forward to our next adventure...
Well, I always thought I wanted to be queen, but then I look around, and do you see any handsome KINGS running around? No, all princes, so I'll marry my prince and then one day, just wait, I'll be QUEEN!!!
Umm...what do you think wonderful and handsome princes turn into? KINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
always plotting, planning, and looking forward to our next adventure...
Yes, but they're past that whole rescuing damsels in distress thing by then. That's why I'll marry my prince and then he can become king, which will just happen to bump me up to queen!


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Documentary photography of streets The documentation of street vendors in the lost daguerreotypes of Richard Beard[2] is a clear example of the motivation to visually preserve a record of changing occupations. The same is true of John Thomson in his book Street Life in London (1877)[3] with its Woodburytypes of The London Boardmen, an Independent Shoe Black and the Flying Dustmen. The street in an age of commerce and industry As steel-framing for the internal structures of buildings became more common towards the end of the nineteenth century[4] ever larger skyscrapers could be constructed. Streets became canyons of commerce with small figures dwarfed by the might of the institutions they worked it. The street becomes alienated and devoid of any natural forms - it is the "Metropolis" of Fritz Lang[5] and Paul Citroen.[6] Humanistic photography of activity on the street Within the humanistic photography, particularly that done in France by Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis and André Kertész from the 1920s through to the 1950s there was a light humour and tenderness in the photographs. A similar vein can be found with the work of Roger Mayne in his series on Southam Street in London[7] or Helen Levitt in New York.[8] These photographs captured the freedom of children at play during an age without the formality of nineteenth century posed photography and before parental fear for child safety brought them inside the home. The work of Vivian Maier as she roamed the streets of New York and Chicago is all about these small passing moments of life.[9] Captured and candid moments on the street The street theme examines how the advent of smaller cameras, improved optics and higher speed plates and films have allowed images to be captured with increasing veracity and as the size of the camera decreased so the photographer could blend into the background like Arnold Genthe for his work in San Francisco's Chinatown[10], Paul Martin with his photographs of streets and beaches[11] or Walker Evans on the subway with concealed cameras.[12] Commercial opportunism on the street Commercial motivation and necessity drove some photographers to seek business opportunities on the street by approaching passers to see if they wanted their pictures taken. Platt Delascus Babbitt from the early 1850s was based at Niagara Falls taking daguerreotypes of tourists sometimes taking the photographs first of people admiring the views and then approaching them to sell the plate. Places where tourists congregated such as beaches were a common hunting ground for photographers. Some photographers such as Joseph Selle took candid snapshots of people walking in the Union Square area of San Francisco for over forty years with the intention of hussling them into a purchase.[13]
Anyday, one can walk down the street in a big city and see a thousand people. Any photographer can photograph these peoplebut very few photographers can make their prints not only reproductions of the people taken, but a comment upon themor more, a comment upon their livesor more still, a comment upon the social order that creates their lives.[15]
André Kertész (1894-1985) Brassaï (1899-1984) Bill Brandt (1904-1983) Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) Weegee (1899-1968)
The Coster-Girl The Oyster Stall The Irish Street-Seller The Wallflower Girl The Groundsel Man The Baked Potato Man The London Coffee-Stall Orange Mart, Dukes Place
London Nomades London Cabmen Covent Garden Flower Women Recruiting Sergeants At Westminster Street Floods In Lambeth Public Disinfectors Street Doctors Street Advertising Clapham Common Industries "Caney" The Clown Dealer In Fancy Ware The Temperance Sweep The Dramatic Shoe Black "Tickets," The Card Dealer The Old Clothes Of St. Giles A Convicts' Home The "Wall Worker" Covent Garden Labourers Halpenny Ices Black Jack The Cheap Fish Of St. Giles's Cast Iron Billy Workers On The "Silent Highway" The Street Fruit Trade The London Boardmen The Water Cart "Mush Fakers" And Ginger Beer Makers November Effigies "Hookey Alf," Of Whitechapel The "Crawlers" Italian Street Musicians The Street Locksmith The Seller Of Shell Fish Flying Dustmen Old Furniture The Independent Shoe Black
"Some of these crawlers are not, however, so devoid of energy as we might at first be led to infer. A few days' good lodging and good food might operate a marvellous transformation. The abject misery into which they are plunged is not always self sought and merited; but is, as often, the result of unfortunate circumstances and accident. The crawler, for instance, whose portrait is now before the reader, is the widow of a tailor who died some ten years ago. She had been living with her son-in-law, a marble stone-polisher by trade, who is now in difficulties through ill-health. It appears, however, that, at best, "he never cared much for his work," and innumerable quarrels ensued between him, his wife, his mother-in-law, and his brother-in-law, a youth of fifteen. At last, after many years of wrangling, the mother, finding that her presence aggravated her daughter's troubles, left this uncomfortable home, and with her young son descended penniless into the street. From that day she fell lower and lower, and now takes her seat among the crawlers of the district."[39]
Like all good tourists I had a Baedeker. A sentence saying, "It is not advisable to visit the Chinese quarter unless one is accompanied by a guide," intrigued me. There is a vagabond streak in me which balks at caution. As soon as I could make myself free, I was on my way to Chinatown, where I was to go again and again, for it was this bit of the Orient set down in the heart of a western metropolis that was to swing my destiny into new and unforeseen channels.[46] ... "The smell of the placeit was a mixture of the scent of sandalwood and exotic herbs from the drugstores, the sickly sweetness of opium smoke, the fumes of incense and roast pork, and the pungent odors from the sausages and raw meats hanging in the "Street of the Butchers." And in the air there was always the sound of temple gongs, the clashing of cymbals and the shrill notes of an orchestra. It was something for me to write home about."[46]
The word modern, in its truest sense, aptly characterizes Mr. Evans' work as it is "straight" photography, so factual that it may almost be called functional. Its insistence is upon the utmost clarity and detail of the image. Combined with this technical skill is Walker Evans' genius for composition.[48]
It didn't make me hate America. It made me understand how people can be.[68]
"When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice."[69]
I am grateful to the Guggenheim Foundation for their confidence and the provisions they made for me to work freely in my medium over a protracted period. When I applied for the Guggenheim Fellowship, I wrote: "To produce an authentic contemporary document, the visual impact should be such as will nullify explanation" With these photographs, I have attempted to show a cross-section of the American population. My effort American life and society have been ignored. The photographs were taken during 1955 and 1956; for the most part in large cities such as Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and in many other places during my Journey across the country. My book, containing these photographs, will be published in Paris by Robert Delpire, 1958. I have been frequently accused of deliberately twisting subject matter to my point of view. Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference. Opinion often consists of a kind of criticism. But criticism can come out of love. It is important to see what is invisible to othersperhaps the look of hope or the look of sadness. Also, it is always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph. My photographs are not planned or composed in advance and I do not anticipate that the on-looker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on his mindsomething has been accomplished. It is a different state of affairs for me to be working on assignment for a magazine. It suggests to me the feeling of a hack writer or a commercial illustrator. Since I sense that my ideas, my mind and my eye are not creating the picture but that the editors' minds and eyes will finally determine which of my pictures will be reproduced to suit the magazines' purposes. I have a genuine distrust and "mefiance" toward all group activities. Mass production of uninspired photojournalism and photography without thought becomes anonymous merchandise. The air becomes infected with the "smell" of photography. If the photographer wants to be an artist, his thoughts cannot be developed overnight at the corner drugstore. I am not a pessimist, but looking at a contemporary picture magazine makes it difficult for me to speak about the advancement of photography, since photography today is accepted without question, and is also presumed to be understood by alleven children. I feel that only the integrity of the individual photographer can raise its level. The work of two contemporary photographers, Bill Brandt of England and the American, Walker Evans, have influenced me. When I first looked at Walker Evans' photographs, I thought of something Malraux wrote: "To transform destiny into awareness." One is embarrassed to want so much for oneself. But, how else are you going to justify your failure and your effort?[71]
Until I was twenty-three, I lived mostly in a few square miles in Manhattan. In 1972, I set out with a friend for Amarillo, Texas. I didn't drive, so my first view of America was framed by the passenger's window. It was a shock. (Stephen Shore, 1982)
First of all, forgetting a major question, what to photograph? lets say that Im photographing this intersection and I see it as almost a three-dimensional problem that I have to then resolve in some way. Where am I going to stand in this? Where am I going to cut it off? How much am I going to show? Am I going to wait for a person to stand in or for a car to stop? I was also interested in the fact that as I walk down the street, really paying attention to what Im seeing, I see a constant change in relationships in space. Its seeing things in the background relating to things in the foreground. As I move, a telephone pole bears an ever changing relationship to a building next to it or behind it, this mailbox changes its relationship to the telephone pole. These changes occur all the time as one simply takes a walk and looks with conscious attention at whats there while one is walking. I wanted somehow to record that experience in a still photograph.[72]
No matter what Garry was doing with the camera, his eyes were always looking for the next shot. His head would turn side to side. He was like a predator looking for his next meal. And when he saw his target, his problem to solve so to speak, he would instantly meter the light by experience (I never saw him use a light meter), look down at his camera settings, make any needed adjustments; then he would literally walk up to the subject and snap the camera up to his eye and instantly freeze long enough to press the shutter. Then he would keep walking past the subject, his head already moving from side to side looking for the next subject, all the while lowering his camera. A 1/1000th later he was gone.[78]
The world was in colour. It was just so obvious to me. I had no idea people were snobbish about colour. To me, black and white just seemed back there, historical.[80]
So I was showing slides all of the time and I realized that slides were somewhat intangible. You blow them up on the wall, people sat back and said, Oh, thats nice, but nobody got up to look at it closely. Really, when you have black and white pictures in your hands, you could flip through them and they were more intimate. So I began to shoot black and white, but I had this feeling that color really had more to say. If photography is about describing things, then color describes more things, so I felt that was it.[81]
I think that part of what you love when youre a street photographer is this kind of sensibility that develops when you think you understand something about not only the person youre photographing, or the group youre photographing, but the culture at large...[80]
"Sweet Life is a sprawling, exuberant cornucopia, a preview of the pure stream-of-consciousness, machine-gun approach that would soon come with the Japanese Provoke photographers. And like the Provoke aesthetic, Van der Elsken's work has its dark and pessimistic undertones, although in Sweet Life bold, frantic energies predominate." Parr, Martin & Badger, Gerry, 2004, The Photobook: A History. Vol. I, (New York: Phaidon), p.255.
"We show festive events, moments where a person rises above his everyday life, such as to elevate himself by joining a well-meaning circle in the certainty about the indivisibility of the nation, or to bask in the radiance from a trophy for his dog; or even to make sure to be among the redeemed by taking part in the procession on Corpus Christi Day. Should anybody nevertheless feel signs of sadness in our pictures, the blame should not be laid on us. Perhaps it is the paltriness of our everyday life, the insufficient conditions of production and working, which even in these festive moments show discernibly through."
John Szarkowski & Maria Morris Hambourg, 1981, The Work of Atget. vol. 1: Old France, (New York: Museum of Modern Art) John Szarkowski & Maria Morris Hambourg, 1982, The Work of Atget. vol. II: The Art of Old Paris, (New York: Museum of Modern Art) John Szarkowski & Maria Morris Hambourg, 1983, The Work of Atget. vol. III: The Ancien Regime, (New York: Museum of Modern Art) John Szarkowski & Maria Morris Hambourg, 1985, The Work of Atget. vol. IV: Modern Times, (New York: Museum of Modern Art)
His camera hidden in his hat, he sat in a courtroom and photographed two accused murderers being sentenced; photographed Von Hindenburg from a bathroom window across from the presidential palace; hid his camera in a music stand to photograph Toscanini in performance. But he had artistic talent as well as nerve. This program tells Salomons story, the famous photos augmented by some of the negatives hidden from the Nazis and now restored. Salomon was killed in Auschwitz, but his astonishing documentation of the 20th century survives.
RARE WORK. A few Copies just ready of HENRY MATHEWS Celebrated and very Extraordinary Work, 'LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR : a CycIopedia of Those that Work, Those that cannot Work, and Those that will not Work,' with Engravings of the Scenes and People described, copied from Daguerreotypes taken expressly for this Book by Beard. Prices [unclear on scan]. Each bound copy has at end the whole of the valuable "Answers to Correspondents arranged to be read uninterruptedly." EITHER DIVISION OF THE WORK SOLD SEPARATELY. A quantity of Odd Numbers for completion of sets to 63rd number -(pages 432 of vol. II. and 199 of vol. III.). The Answers to Correspondents prepared for binding, all Advertisements, &c. attached on publication being excluded. Copies bound in manner rendering them more complete than any ever supplied, except by G. Newbold, 8, Regent-street. Westminster. N.B. Numbers bought - full price given - lists requested by post.
Famed crime photographer Arthur Fellig, nicknamed Mr. Wee Gee, stars as himself in this pseudo-documentary that begins when he falls in love with a store window dummy and tracks "her" to London, England, then meets up with a beautiful ghost in a haunted house and finally winds up in Paris, where he meets other beautiful women and ends up being chased onto the Eiffel Tower.
Both titles came from publishers. Tériade, the Greek-born French publisher whom Cartier-Bresson idolized, gave the book its French title, Images à la Sauvette, which can loosely be translated as "images on the run" or "stolen images." Dick Simon of Simon & Schuster came up with the English title The Decisive Moment. Margot Shore, Magnum's Paris bureau chief, did the English translation of Cartier-Bresson's French preface
Kohei Yoshiyuki's nighttime photographs, taken with infrared film and flash in Japan's Shinjuku, Yoyogi and Aoyama Parks during the 1970s, capture the illicit sexual encounters, both heterosexual and homosexual, that frequently occurred there under the cloak of darkness. The Park's images not only reveal hidden sexual exploits but also uncover many spectators ardently lurking in the darkness, waiting to join in--and quickly raise issues of voyeurism and surveillance. In The Photobook: A History, Volume II, Martin Parr speaks to the societal relevance of this series, calling it, "A brilliant piece of social documentation, catching perfectly the loneliness, sadness and desperation that so often accompany sexual or human relationships in a big, hard metropolis like Tokyo." As exhibition organizer and editor Yossi Milo writes in his introduction, "With each viewing, I noticed something that had eluded me before: the photos' rigorous compositions They are provocative photographs, and unsettling as well: one is both chilled and thrilled by Yoshiyuki's boldness, by how close he crept to his unaware subjects, by the hours he spent late at night crouched in bushes and against trees, waiting for his perfect shot."
With Arne Svenson's new series, Neighbors, he has turned outward from his usual studio based practice to study the daily activities of his downtown Manhattan neighbors as seen through his windows into theirs. Svenson has always combined a highly developed aesthetic sense viewed from the perspective of social anthropology in his eclectic projects with subjects ranging from prisoners to sock monkeys. His projects are almost always instigated by an external or random experience which brings new objects or equipment into his life- in this case he inherited a bird watching telephoto lens from a friend. The grid structure of the windows frame the quotidian activities of the neighbors, forming images which are puzzling, endearing, theatrical and often seem to mimic art history, from Delacroix to Vermeer. The Neighbors is social documentation in a very rarified environment. The large color prints have been cropped to various orientations and sizes to condense and focus the action.


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GAIL Gas Limited and Vadodara Mahanagar Sewa Sadan set up Joint Venture for City Gas Distribution
New Delhi, April 4: Shri Prabhat Singh, Director (Marketing), GAIL (India) Limited and Director, GAIL Gas Limited, and Shri M. K. Das, IAS, Municipal Commissioner, Vadodara Mahanagar Seva Sadan (VMSS), the Municipal Corporation of Vadodara, signed an agreement to set up a joint venture for city gas distribution in Vadodara and its adjoining areas today in the presence of Shri B. C. Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director, GAIL (India) Limited, Shri R D Goyal, Director (Projects), Shri S L Raina, Director (HR), Shri S Venkatraman, Director (BD), Shri P K Jain, Director (Finance), Shri M Ravindran, CEO, GAIL Gas Limited and senior officials of GAIL, GAIL Gas Limited and VMSS.
The Joint Venture Company will have an authorized share capital of Rs 100 crore. GAIL, through its wholly owned subsidiary, GAIL Gas Limited will hold 26 per cent equity in the new company, while VMSS will have 24 per cent. The balance 50 per cent equity will be held by financial institutions and strategic partners.
Presently, GAIL has six CNG stations in Vadodara and supplies more than 30,000 kg CNG to cater to over 4,000 vehicles in the city which will be further augmented in a phased manner by the new Joint Venture Company. VMSS has presently laid pipelines to connect about 75,000 houses for piped natural gas. Through this Joint Venture Company, it is planned to connect another 85,000 households in the coming years. The present gas demand of GAIL, GAIL Gas and VMSS of 0.13 MMSCMD is likely to be augmented by another 1.46 MMSCMD in next couple of years.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri B C Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director GAIL said that "GAIL started its first operation from the City of Vadodara. Let us give precedence to the City which gave birth to GAIL and develop this JV as a model project to run purely as a commercial organization which should be a win-win proposition for both the consumer as well as the supplier".
Shri M K Das, Commissioner, VMSS said that " There is a huge potential in the market to utilize gas availability as there is a popular demand of piped gas in the city and both GAIL and VMSS are government organizations and the people of Vadodara will be benefited from this Company".
The proposed joint venture plans a total capital expenditure of approx. Rs 150 crore in the first five years and approx. Rs 170 crore will be invested for its further expansion activities. Steel grid of another 66 km will be laid to cover the whole of Vadodara and adjoining areas like Vagodia and Padra. Both the promoters have submitted application for authorization to Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).
GAIL and VMSS are carrying out City Gas Distribution (CGD) activities in Vadodara for more than 20 years with the gas allocation from Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. While GAIL and GAIL Gas are taking care of the fuel needs of the vehicles by supplying CNG, VMSS is supplying PNG to domestic customers. In fact, Vadodara is one of the first cities in the country to have PNG which is being supplied by VMSS from 1972. Therefore, the setting up of the joint venture is a natural alliance for the organizations.
With the incorporation of the joint venture company, both the promoters expect that there would be a dedicated thrust for CGD activities and the projects would be completed on a fast track basis to facilitate the fulfillment the city gas requirement in the city of Vadodara.


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Bulldog Track & Field Announces 2010 Tryouts
June 30, 2009 FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State track and field program will be holding open tryouts for the 2010 season. The tryouts will be held Sept. 9-10 at 5 p.m. on Warmerdam Field at Fresno State. Those interested in trying out for the team must fill out the tryout packet (available to download above or at the Bulldog Track & Field) and return it to the coaching staff no later than Sept. 8. All transcripts and test scores must be submitted at that time, along with proof of registration with the NCAA Eligibility Center. The Track & Field Office is located in the east wing of the North Gym, just east of the track. On Sept 9 and 10, each prospective student-athlete should be warmed-up and ready for testing promptly at 5 p.m. All prospective student-athletes will participate in the following tests: Sept. 9
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Coppertone and I went to the park today and hiked about 5 miles, but barely a foot on the park's official trails. Instead, we hiked the peninsula leading to what is typically known as Sometimes Island. The recent drought have exposed a large spit of land that used to be under the lake. Water levels now are low enough that there's a continuous land bridge from the park.
We spend a few hours looking at shells, the foundations of the old tramway that was used to construct Mansfield Dam and logging a couple of caches.
There's not a trail on the peninsula, but there's relatively sparse vegetation that's taken root, even with the extended drought, so there's little or no resistance to meandering in any direction that you want.
When the spring rains come (hopefully) the land bridge will resubmerge and your opportunity to explore this spot will disappear with it.
Cars will be your common companion along much of the route. Traffic noise is ever apparent, but this trail is a convenient way to get down to the Town Lake hike and bike trail.
Walked the trails of Lake Park and then the connecting area north to the Best Buy. The weather was fairly pleasant today so I thought I get some walking in before lunch. Not sure if all of those areas should be treated as one trail or not.
In addition to the ubiquitous ducks around the pond I spotted a small flock of green parrots, who must be the descendants of escaped pets. Not native, but still more pleasant than the grackles!
Nice little trail system in an area outside of Austin without much of a choice. Coppertone and I hiked every trail segment, though GPS problems resulted in us losing all of the Orange Route trail segment somehow.
With the recent rains there were a couple of segments, particularly in the northern Orange and Red Trails that werevery wet from flowing water. In one case the water flowing down a trail leading to a creek made it look like a creek tributary rather than a trail!
We also suspect that some frogs along the creek greatly appreciated the recent rains. They making quite a noise in spots.
This is a simple hike and bike trail through the Round Rock West neighborhood. It's a straight shot almost literally since it follows a utility right of way. Still, it's a bit nicer than walking on the street.


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The Cottage Suite features two rooms decorated in refreshing white and blue in the former servants' wing. The suite holds one white metal queen bed with a memory foam topper, cable TV with DVD, refrigerator and a separate sitting room. It has a full relaxing whirlpool bath.
The suite is located across the hall from the Pine room and the hallway door to the rest of the rooms on the second floor can be closed providing additional privacy.
Families and groups traveling together often rent both the Cottage Suite and the Pine room so they have their own private wing of the mansion.
Rates weekend= $169.00 full breakfast, $139.00 continental. Weekdays = $149.00 full and $119.


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The history of the chicken, from ancient Egypt to the birth of the modern chicken industry in the 1950s.
KJZZ News
Four members of Arizona's Congressional
delegation this week introduced a bill that would expand the boundaries of Casa
Grande Ruins National Monument in Pinal County.
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Superintendent Karl Cordova.
June 29, 2013
firefighters in Phoenix, keeping cool is constantly a battle – especially on
days like Friday when temperatures are expected to be close to 120 degrees. So, the
department is always trying new methods.
June 28, 2013
Fewer Arizonans had their vehicles stolen last year than in
2011. The numbers come from the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
They find of the top ten hot spot spots nationwide for vehicle theft last year,
eight were in California.
June 28, 2013
and Customs Enforcement officers say they've shut down an incomplete
drug-smuggling tunnel under the border at Nogales.
Spokeswoman Amber Cargile says the finding came during a routine inspection of
the main storm drain system on both sides of the border.
June 28, 2013
Arizona drivers are seeing
continued price stability with the statewide average now at $3.49-a-gallon or
about the same as a week ago. AAA Arizona spokeswoman Michelle Donatti says
that's mainly the result of the slow
rise in the price of crude oil.
June 28, 2013
Air Force Base officials are admitting they now have an idea why an F-16 fighter jet crashed near the base late
Wednesday. Brigadier General Mike Rothstein commands the 56th Fighter Wing at
Luke, and says the jet may have hit a bird.
June 28, 2013
The sun is going to make people miserable this
weekend, and forecasters are expecting temperatures to approach 120 degrees. Heat
like this can be deadly. Some people tell us what
they are doing to stay safe.
June 28, 2013
Three more F-35 squadrons are being assigned to Luke Air Force Base. That is in addition to the three squadrons already designated for the base west of Phoenix. The fighters are scheduled to be arrive next year.
June 28, 2013
Firefighters are expected to work the Doce Wildfire near Prescott through the weekend. The blaze is now 90 percent contained, and mop up operations are ready to begin. The human-caused wildfire started June 18.
June 27, 2013
New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show Arizona is among the
states with the most housing units in the country. As of July first of last year, Arizona had almost 2.9
million housing units. That was an increase of almost 13,000 from the year
June 27, 2013
It was a far less dramatic decision than earlier rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8, but the U.S. Supreme Court quietly declined Thursday to hear an appeal from Gov. Jan Brewer in a case with a complicated history.
June 27, 2013
in the area of the Doce Fire are being urged not to relax, just because the fire
has been declared contained. They're being urged to buy flood insurance, to
protect them from what may be coming, this summer.
June 27, 2013
Arizona Department of Transportation has approved its 5-year plan which
designates road projects to be completed over the next five years. Spokeswoman
Laura Douglas says the Transportation Board had several big budget challenges in making its
June 27, 2013
of music fans are expected to show up today in east Mesa for a rock concert known as the Warped
Tour. With the temperature predicted to be more than 110 degrees, health and
show officials are advising concert-goers to prepare in advance.
June 27, 2013
officials now say they have fully contained the Doce Fire, burning northwest of
Prescott. The blaze, which charred about 10-and-a-half-square acres of the
Prescott National Forest, is not, however,
completely out, according to fire spokesman Bill Morse.
June 27, 2013
Thousands of music fans are expected to show up today in east Mesa for a rock concert known as the Warped Tour. With the temperature predicted to be more than 110 degrees, health and show officials are advising concert-goers to take precautions.
June 27, 2013
Arizona is
suing the Maricopa County Community College District and trying to
block the district from offering in-state tuition to the young immigrants known
as "DREAMers." Attorney
General Tom Horne said offering reduced tuition to students who were illegally
brought to this country as children violates state law.
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Full title reads: "Stuttgart. Great German Gymnastic Festival. Herr Hitler and vast concourse of spectators see marvellous mass performance of thousands of Gymnasts".
Stuttgart, Germany.
Adolf Hitler (The Fuhrer) is given Nazi salute as he arrives in box to watch event. Joseph Goebbels is there in the background as is Franz Von Papen.
Shots of mass display of PT / Keep fit exercises. Thousands of young men in PE kit doing exercises in time.
Shot of Von Papen, Hitler and Goebbels clapping.
Pan across a virtual sea of hands raised in Nazi salute (Good shot). Pan ends with LS of Nazi leaders.
N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. May be dupe of item in 33/63.