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The Packers looked great in this past Saturday's preseason game against Atlanta. Favre had plenty of time to throw, the running game looked a little better and the D played better as well. So now the Negative Nellies have to nitpick to find something wrong for a week until the next game.
However, let's not get too full of ourselves. So far this team has shown it can play terrible and very good in 2 weeks. Which is the real team? Obviously somewhere in the middle, but closer to which end of the spectrum? Without Ahman Green in the lineup it's hard to gauge what the running game is truly going to look like. By all accounts he hits the hole how one is supposed to and looks like the back from 2003 that we all miss. The starting OL still needs to be named, although it's reported that that could happen this week. It's preseason ball and all that matter are injuries and players getting better in their roles. The injury bug has now hit Henderson, who is out for 3-5 weeks with a knee injury. Vonta Leech steps in now at FB. He's reportedly a better blocker, but with bad hands for catching the ball. So it's a little give/take on this one. Henderson is not out for the season and will be back in his usual role leaping over defenders before we know it. |
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Anyone have any good ideas on fundraising for our Community Garden. We are having a plant sale this spring. We really need something we can do annually to offset operating costs.
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- Posted by ghoghunter Zone6b SE PA (My Page) on Mon, Apr 2, 12 at 19:24
You can charge for the garden space if you don't already. Then there are the classic fundraisers...a bake sale..a flea market. Have a raffle or a 50/50..All these are pretty unexciting but usually work although you won't get rich doing any one of them! You can also look for a grant or donation if there are organizations around you. Joann |
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George Brett had a successful two-month run as the Royals' interim hitting coach last year, and general manager Dayton Moore had hoped the Hall of Famer might take on the task full time. Read More »
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Royals shuffle duties among coaching staff
The Royals announced a shuffling of their coaching staff on Thursday, which will be effective immediately. Dale Sveum will now serve as the hitting coach, Pedro Grifol will be the catching instructor and Mike Jirschele will be the third-base coach. Read More »
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Tipton native and former B&B Falcon head football coach Steve Tiernan has verbally agreed to become the next Osborne Bulldog head football coach for next season. The opening came available after Cullen Riner stepped down as head coach after leading Osborne to a 10-2 record and a berth in the sub-state finals. Riner has accepted another job in the area, ... Read More »


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David Martin is one of Canada's most multi-faceted musicians. An accomplished arranger, conductor, trombonist and teacher, he is an important member of the Montréal music scene.One year after completing a Master's in performance at Northwestern University at the age of 22, David played a season as first trombone with Montreal Symphony, and was featured on the recordings of "Symphonie Fantastique†and "The Rite of Spring†among others. In 1986, he moved to Orchestra London Canada as principal trombone and resident conductor. As a guest, David has conducted orchestras all over Canada in his own pops programs, and those of other artists.
As an arranger he written for the Montreal Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestra London Canada and many more. He has also written for many of Quebec's major singing stars, Robert Charlebois, Isabelle Boulay, Sylvain Cossette, Lara Fabian among others. His latest project was the "Noël 2012†Album for Québec's "Star Académieâ€. He is currently writing orchestra and choir arrangements for a very well-known Quebec songstress' concert this June in Laval, Quebec.
David is a former member of the renowned Quintette de cuives de Montréal. More recently he was the trombonist on two of the Canadian Brass' recent CDs: Stars and Stripes and Spirit Dance. He also enjoys playing jazz and is a member of the trombone-jazz group "Trombone Actionâ€.
This year, he was appointed Associate Professor and head of Brass at the Université de Montréal, where he is the trombone teacher and director of "Les Grand Vents de Montréalâ€, the university's wind ensemble. Since 1997, he has been a trombone teacher and director of the trombone choir at McGill University. David is the founding music director of the Griffon Brass Band, whose first recording will be released in early 2013.
He is married to OSM trombonist, Vivian Lee. Their two children are both in the arts as well: Erica, a mezzo-soprano and Travis, an actor and video game designer.


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The 200GB hard drive is only average for a PVR in this price range, so if you want to keep all your recordings at HD quality (with the unit able to record video at up to 1080i, or 1920 x 1080 pixels) you'll find yourself running out of room very quickly. One option would be to connect external memory of some kind — the Beyonwiz supports USB 2.0 external hard drives and removable flash drives. A memory card reader allows you to download your digital photos, video or music files directly from an SD or Compact Flash (CF) card. High quality component video, digital audio and HDMI connections allow you to enjoy the best possible viewing quality, with standard composite video and stereo audio connections also available if you need to hook up your old VCR or TV.
If you think all this sounds too good to be true ... you'd be correct. The Beyonwiz is certainly not without its drawbacks. You can't record to a DVD disc, but if you normally watch recorded shows and then delete them, this shouldn't be a big issue. The DVD player didn't perform well in our damaged DVD test, so you may have trouble watching movies if the DVD has any scratches or marks on the surface. Unfortunately, you can't move video from the Beyonwiz to a PC over an Ethernet connection (which would allow you to burn a DVD), as the function was greyed out on the menu. We hear this will be resolved in a future firmware upgrade, as will other issues, such as being unable to record a TV show while watching a DVD, and renaming recorded programs. While the Beyonwiz streamed music and video from a network drive over a network cable, streaming media over a wireless connection was not possible in our test. Despite the company's claims, our tester could only play the video after the entire file was downloaded to the hard drive on the DP-S1.
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1 In conclusion, my friends, be joyful in your union with the Lord. I don't mind repeating what I have written before, and you will be safer if I do so. | 1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. |
2 Watch out for those who do evil things, those dogs, those who insist on cutting the body. | 2 Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. |
3 It is we, not they, who have received the true circumcision, for we worship God by means of his Spirit and rejoice in our life in union with Christ Jesus. We do not put any trust in external ceremonies. | 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh-- |
4 I could, of course, put my trust in such things. If any of you think you can trust in external ceremonies, I have even more reason to feel that way. | 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: |
5 I was circumcised when I was a week old. I am an Israelite by birth, of the tribe of Benjamin, a pure-blooded Hebrew. As far as keeping the Jewish Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee, | 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; |
6 and I was so zealous that I persecuted the church. As far as a person can be righteous by obeying the commands of the Law, I was without fault. | 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless. |
7 But all those things that I might count as profit I now reckon as loss for Christ's sake. | 7 But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. |
8 Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ | 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ |
9 and be completely united with him. I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith. | 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ--the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. |
10 All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death, | 10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, |
11 in the hope that I myself will be raised from death to life. | 11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. |
12 I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has already won me to himself. | 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. |
13 Of course, my friends, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead. | 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, |
14 So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize, which is God's call through Christ Jesus to the life above. | 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. |
15 All of us who are spiritually mature should have this same attitude. But if some of you have a different attitude, God will make this clear to you. | 15 All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. |
16 However that may be, let us go forward according to the same rules we have followed until now. | 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained. |
17 Keep on imitating me, my friends. Pay attention to those who follow the right example that we have set for you. | 17 Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you. |
18 I have told you this many times before, and now I repeat it with tears: there are many whose lives make them enemies of Christ's death on the cross. | 18 For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. |
19 They are going to end up in hell, because their god is their bodily desires. They are proud of what they should be ashamed of, and they think only of things that belong to this world. | 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. |
20 We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven. | 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, |
21 He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all things under his rule. | 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. |
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Parsifal is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. It is loosely based on Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, the medieval (13th century) epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival) and his quest for The Holy Grail. In Wagner's opera the hero, Parsifal recovers the spear used to stab Jesus Christ during his crucifixion. Wagner first conceived the work in April 1857 but it was not completed until twenty-five years later. The first production was in Bayreuth in 1882. Wagner preferred to describe Parsifal not as an opera, but as "ein Bühnenweihfestspiel" - "A Festival Play for the Consecration of the Stage". CompositionWagner first read Wolfram von Eschenbach's poem Parzival whilst taking the waters at Marienbad in 1845. After encountering Arthur Schopenhauer's work in 1854, Wagner became interested in oriental philosophies, particularly Buddhism. He was particularly inspired by reading Eugène Burnouf's "Introduction � l'histoire du buddhisme indien" in 1855/56. Out of this interest came "Die Sieger" ("The Victors", 1856) a sketch Wagner wrote for an opera based on a story from the life of Buddha. The themes which were later explored in Parsifal of self-renouncing, reincarnation, compassion and even exclusive social groups (castes in Die Sieger, the Knights of the Grail in Parsifal) were first introduced in "Die Sieger". According to his own account, recorded in his autobiography Mein Leben, Wagner conceived Parsifal on Good Friday morning, April 1857, in the Asyl, or "Asylum", the small cottage on Otto von Wesendonck's estate in the Zürich suburb of Enge which Wesendonck, a wealthy silk merchant and generous patron of the arts, had placed at Wagner's disposal. The composer and his wife Minna moved into the Asyl on 28 April: In fact, as he later admitted to his second wife Cosima Wagner, this account had been coloured by a certain amount of poetic licence: The work may indeed have been conceived in the Asyl in the last week of April 1857, but Good Friday that year fell on 10 April, when the Wagners were still living at Zeltweg 13 in Zürich. If the prose sketch which Wagner mentions in Mein Leben was accurately dated (and most of Wagner's surviving papers are dated), it could settle the issue once and for all, but unfortunately it has not survived. Wagner did not resume work on Parsifal for eight years, during which time he completed Tristan und Isolde and began Die Meistersinger. Then, between 27 and 30 August 1865, he took up Parsifal again and made a prose draft of the work; this contains a fairly brief outline of the plot and a considerable amount of detailed commentary on the characters and themes of the drama. But once again the work was dropped and set aside for another eleven and a half years. During this time most of Wagner's creative energy was devoted to the Ring cycle, which was finally completed in 1874 and given its first full performance at Bayreuth in August 1876. Only when this gargantuan task had been accomplished did Wagner find the time to concentrate on Parsifal. By 23 February 1877 he had completed a second and more extensive prose draft of the work, and by 19 April of the same year he had transformed this into a verse libretto - or "poem", as Wagner liked to call his libretti). In September 1877 he began the composition of the music by making two complete drafts of the score from beginning to end. The first of these (known in German as the Gesamtentwurf and in English as either the Preliminary Draft or the First Complete Draft) was made in pencil on three staves, one for the voices and two for the instruments. The second complete draft (Orchesterskizze, Orchestral Draft, Short Score or Particell) was made in ink and on at least three, but sometimes as many as five, staves. This draft was much more detailed than the first and contained a considerable degree of instrumental elaboration. The second draft was begun on 25 September 1877, just a few days after the first: at this point in his career Wagner liked to work on both drafts simultaneously, switching back and forth between the two so as not to allow too much time to elapse between his initial setting of the text and the final elaboration of the music. The Gesamtentwurf of Act III was completed on 16 April 1879 and the Orchesterskizze on the 26th of the same month. The full score (Partiturerstschrift) was the final stage in the compositional process. It was made in ink and consisted of a fair copy of the entire opera, with all the voices and instruments properly notated according to standard practice. Wagner composed Parsifal one act at a time, completing the Gesamtentwurf and Orchesterskizze of each act before beginning the Gesamtentwurf of the next act; but because the Orchesterskizze already embodied all the compositional details of the full score, the actual drafting of the Partiturerstschrift was regarded by Wagner as little more than a routine task which could be done whenever he found the time. The Prelude of Act I was scored in August 1878. The rest of the opera was scored between August 1879 and 13 January 1882. Early performances of ParsifalOn 12 November 1880 Wagner conducted a private performance of the Prelude for his patron Ludwig II of Bavaria at the Court Theatre in Munich. The premiere of the entire work was given in the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth on 26 July 1882 under the baton of the German-born Jewish conductor Hermann Levi. In July and August of 1882 sixteen performances of the work were given in Bayreuth under Levi and Franz Fischer. At the last of these performances, Wagner took the baton from Levi and conducted the closing bars. For the first twenty years of its existence, the only staged performances of Parsifal (apart from eight private performances for Ludwig II at Munich in 1884 and 1885) took place in the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, the venue for which Wagner conceived the work. Wagner would not permit performances elsewhere in order to prevent 'Parsifal' from degenerating into 'mere amusement' for an opera-going public. Only at Bayreuth could his last work be presented in the way envisaged by him - a tradition maintained by his wife, Cosima, long after his death. The Bayreuth authorities allowed concert performances to take place in various countries during this time (e.g. London in 1884, New York in 1886, and Amsterdam in 1894) but they maintained an embargo on stage performances outside Bayreuth. On 24 December 1903, after receiving a court ruling that performances in the USA could not be prevented by Bayreuth, the New York Metropolitan Opera staged the complete opera, much to the chagrin of Wagner's family. Unauthorized stage performances were also undertaken in Amsterdam in 1905, 1906 and 1908. In 1913, Wagner's centenary year, Bayreuth's monopoly on the work was finally broken and since then the work has been freely staged throughout the world. At many performances audiences do not applaud at the end of the first act. This tradition is the result of a misunderstanding arising from Wagner's desire at the premiere to maintain the serious mood of the opera. After much applause following the first and second acts, Wagner spoke to the audience and said that the cast would take no curtain calls until the end of the performance. This confused the audience, who remained silent at the end of the opera until Wagner addressed them again, saying that he did not mean that they could not applaud. Riding home after the performance Wagner complained "Now I don't know whether they liked it at all!" At following performances some believed that Wagner had wanted no applause until the very end, and there was silence after the first two acts. Eventually it became a Bayreuth tradition that no applause would be heard after the first act, however this was certainly not Wagner's idea. Roles
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The bellsFor the entrance to the castle of Monsalvat in acts one and three, Wagner scored a repeating four-note theme, C G A E, to be played on bells. The theme is very low, ranging from the C in the bass clef to the A below it, and consequently it is impractical to use tubular bells or church bells. Wagner experimented with several options to get his desired effect, including gongs, metal drums, and a specially-built instrument called the Parsifal bell which was similar to a piano. He settled on the metal drums, which were in use at Bayreuth until 1940, when they were melted down by the Nazis for ammunition. Modern performances of Parsifal usually use synthesized bells. PlotPlace: Spain: The castle of Monsalvat and Klingsor's magic palace. Act IIn a wood near the castle of Monsalvat, home to the Knights of the Grail, Gurnemanz, one of the Knights of the Grail, wakes his young squires and leads them in prayer. He notices the retinue of Amfortas approach, and asks the leading Knight for news of the King's health. The knight tells him that the King has suffered during the night and is going early for his bath. The squires ask Gurnemanz to explain how the King's injuries can be healed, but before he can do so a wild woman – Kundry - bursts in. She gives Gurnemanz balsam, brought from Arabia, to ease the King's pain and then collapses, exhausted. Amfortas, King of the Grail Knights, arrives, carried on a stretcher. He asks for Gawain, only to be told that this Knight has left without his permission. Angrily, Amfortas says that this sort of impetuousity was what led him to Klingsor's realm and to his downfall. He receives Kundry's potion and tries to thank her, but she answers, incoherently, that thanks will not help and urges him to his bath. The King leaves, and the squires question Kundry mistrustfully. Gurnemanz tells them that Kundry has often helped the Grail Knights but that she appears and disappears at her whim. When he asks her why she does not stay to help, she replies that she never helps. The squires think she is a witch and sneer that if she is so helpful, why does she not find the Holy Spear for them? Gurnemanz says that this is destined to be the job of another. He tells them that Amfortas had been the guardian of the Spear, but lost it when seduced by a fearsomely attractive woman in Klingsor's domain. Klingsor had stabbed Amfortas with the Spear: this is the wound which causes Amfortas' suffering and it will never heal. Two squires, returning from the King's bath, tell Gurnemanz that Kundry's balsam has eased the King's sufferings for the moment. His squires ask Gurnemanz whether he knew Klingsor. He tells them of how the Holy Spear, which was used to wound the Redeemer on the Cross, and the Grail which caught His blood, had come to Monsalvat to be guarded by the Knights of the Grail under the rule of Titurel – Amfortas' father. Klingsor had yearned to join the Knights, but had been unable to drive impure thoughts from his mind and resorted to self-castration which led to his expulsion. Klingsor then bitterly set himself up in opposition to the Kingdom of the Grail, learning dark arts and establishing a domain full of beautiful flower-maidens who seduce and destroy the Knights of the Grail. It was in this way that Amfortas lost the Holy Spear, which is now in Klingsor's hand. Gurnemanz relates how Amfortas then had a vision in which he was told to wait for a "pure fool, enlightened by compassion" ("Durch Mitleid wissend, der reine Tor") who would finally heal his wound. At this moment, cries are heard from the Knights: a swan has been shot, and a young man is dragged in carrying a bow. Gurnemanz berates the boy, telling him that this is a holy domain, and asking what had the swan ever done to injure the boy. Remorseful, the boy breaks his bow. Gurnemanz asks the boy why he is here, who is his father, how did he arrive at the realm of the Grail and what is his name? To each question the boy replies, "I don't know." When asked what he does know, the boy says he has a mother called Herzeleide, and that he made his bow himself. Kundry has been watching and now she tells them that the boy's father was Gamuret, a knight killed in battle, and how the boy's mother had forbidden her son to use a sword, fearing that he would suffer the same fate as his father. The boy exclaims that after seeing Knights passing through his forest he immediately left his mother to follow them. Kundry laughs and tells the boy that his mother has died of grief, at which the boy attempts to attack Kundry, but then collapses in grief. Kundry suddenly seems overcome with sleep, but cries out that she must not sleep and wishes that she would never waken. She crawls off to rest. Gurnemanz invites the boy to observe the Grail ritual at Monsalvat. The boy does not know what the Grail is, but remarks as they walk that although he scarcely moves, he has travelled far. Gurnemanz tells him that in this realm, time becomes space. They arrive at the Hall of the Grail, where the Knights are assembling to receive Holy Communion. The voice of Titurel is heard, telling his son, Amfortas, to uncover the Grail. Amfortas is racked with shame and suffering. He is the Guardian of the Grail, and yet he has succumbed to temptation and lost the Holy Spear: he declares himself unworthy of his office. He cries out for forgiveness ("Erbarmen!") but hears only the promise of future redemption by the pure fool. The Knights and Titurel urge him to reveal the Grail, which he finally does. The Hall is bathed in the light of the Grail as the Knights commune. Gurnemanz motions to the boy to participate, but he, entranced, does not notice. Amfortas does not commune, and as the ceremony ends, he collapses in pain and is taken out. Slowly the Hall empties leaving only the boy and Gurnemanz, who asks him if he has understood what he has seen. The boy cannot answer and is roughly ejected by Gurnemanz with a warning not to shoot swans. A voice from heaven repeats the promise, "The pure fool, enlightened by compassion." Act IIThe second act begins in Klingsor's castle, where Klingsor calls up his servant to destroy the boy who has strayed into his domain. He names her: Herodias, Gundryggia and finally Kundry, transformed into the fearsomely beautiful woman who seduced Amfortas. She wakes from her sleep and initially resists Klingsor, mocking his enforced chastity, but soon succumbs to his spell. Klingsor calls up Knights from his domain to attack the boy, but can only watch as they are slain. He sees the boy stray into his Flowermaiden garden and calls on Kundry to seek the boy out – but she has already gone. The boy finds himself in a Garden surrounded by the beautiful and seductive Flower-maidens. They call to him and entwine themselves around him, chiding him for killing their lovers and for resisting their charms. They fight amongst themselves to win his love but are stilled when a voice calls out, "Parsifal!" The boy suddenly remembers that this is the name his mother used when she appeared in his dreams. The Flower-maidens fade away, calling him a fool, leaving Parsifal and Kundry alone. He wonders if this has all been a dream and asks how she knows his name. Kundry tells him that she knows his name from his Mother who had loved him and tried to protect him from his father's fate, but who he abandoned and who finally died of grief. Parsifal is overcome with grief and blames himself for his mother's death. He thinks he must be very stupid to have forgotten his mother. Kundry says that this is his first sign of understanding, and that she can help him understand his mother's love by kissing him. As they kiss, Parsifal recoils in pain and cries out for Amfortas: Parsifal feels Amfortas's wound burning in his side, and now understands Amfortas' passion during the Grail Ceremony. Filled with this compassion for Amfortas, Parsifal rejects Kundry. Furious, Kundry tells Parsifal that if he can feel compassion for Amfortas, then he must feel compassion for her as well. She has been cursed for centuries, unable to rest, because she saw the Savior on the cross and laughed. Now she can never weep, only laugh, and, as the slave of the Spear-carrier, she lives only to seduce. He rejects her again and asks her to lead him to Amfortas. She begs him for just one hour, and she will lead him to Amfortas. When he refuses again, she curses him to wander without ever returning to the Kingdom of the Grail, and finally she calls on Klingsor to help her. Klingsor appears and throws the Spear at Parsifal, which stops in midair over his head. Parsifal seizes it and makes the sign of the Cross, and the castle crumbles. As he leaves, he tells Kundry that she knows where she can find him again. Act IIIThe Third act opens again at the Kingdom of the Grail, many years later. Gurnemanz, now aged and bent, hears a crying outside his hut and discovers Kundry unconscious. He revives her, using water from the Holy Spring, but she will only speak the word "serve" ("Dienen"). Gurnemanz wonders if there is any significance in the fact that she has reappeared on this special day. He then notices a figure dressed in full armour approaching. He cannot see who it is because the stranger wears a helmet, and does not speak. Finally the apparition removes its helmet and Gurnemanz recognises the boy who shot the swan, and then realises that the spear carried by him is the Holy Spear. Parsifal tells of his desire to return to Amfortas. He relates his journey, wandering for years unable to find the path back to the Grail: he has often been forced to fight, but has never wielded the Spear in battle. Gurnemanz tells him that the curse preventing Parsifal from finding his right path has now been lifted, but that in his absence Amfortas has refused to reveal the Grail, and that Titurel has died. Parsifal is overcome with remorse, blaming himself for this state of affairs. Gurnemanz tells him that today is the day of Titurel's funeral rites, and that Parsifal has a great duty to perform. Kundry washes Parsifal's feet and Gurnemanz anoints him with water from the Holy Spring, recognising him as the pure fool, now enlightened by compassion, and as the new King of the Knights of the Grail. Parsifal comments on the beauty of the meadow and Gurnemanz explains that today is Good Friday, when all the world is renewed. Parsifal baptizes the weeping Kundry. Once more they travel to the Hall of the Grail. Amfortas is brought before the Grail and before Titurel's coffin. He cries out to his dead father to offer him rest from his sufferings, and wishes to join him in death. The Knights of Grail urge Amfortas angrily to reveal the Grail to them again, but Amfortas in a frenzy says he will never reveal the Grail and commands his Knights to kill him. At this moment, Parsifal arrives and says that only one weapon can perform this task: with the Spear he heals Amfortas' wound and forgives him. He returns the Spear to the keeping of the Grail knights and once more reveals the Grail. All kneel before him and Kundry, released from her curse, sinks lifeless to the ground. Criticism and InfluenceAs Wagner's last opera, Parsifal has been both influential and controversial. The quasi-Christian elements in Parsifal have sometimes led to it being regarded almost as a religious rite. Friedrich Nietzsche, who was originally one of Wagner's champions, clearly hated the idea of it as a pseudo-Christian ritual, although he admitted that the music was sublime: "Has Wagner ever written anything better?" (Letter to Peter Gast, 1887). Claude Debussy, who was in later years very critical of Wagner and his influence, called it "one of the loveliest monuments of sound ever raised to the serene glory of music". Gustav Mahler was at the premiere: "When I came out of the Festspielhaus, unable to speak a word, I knew that I had experienced supreme greatness and supreme suffering, and that this experience, hallowed and unsullified, would stay with me for the rest of my life". Parsifal was a major inspiration for T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, and was recorded in a controversial film by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. Some writers see in the opera the promotion of racism and anti-semitism [1]. It is suggested that Parsifal is the "pure-blooded" (ie Aryan) hero who overcomes Klingsor, who is perceived as a Jewish stereotype, particularly since he opposes the quasi-Christian Knights of the Grail. Such claims remain heavily debated, since there is actually little in the libretto to support them, and it needs to be pointed out that if Parsifal so clearly expressed the concept of Aryan supremacy then it would have been popular with the Nazi party in 20th Century Germany. In fact, the Nazis placed a de facto ban on performances of Parsifal. Other writers (particularly Bryan Magee [2]) see Parsifal as Wagner's last great espousal of Schopenhaurian philosophy. Parsifal can heal Amfortas and redeem Kundry because he shows compassion, which Schopenhauer saw as the highest form of human morality. Moreover, he shows compassion in the face of enormous sexual temptation (Act 2 scene 3). Once again, Schopenhaurian philosophy suggests that the only escape from the ever-present temptations of human life is through negation of the Will, and overcoming sexual temptation is in particular a strong form of negation of the Will. When viewed in this light, Parsifal, with its emphasis on "Mitleid" (compassion) is a natural follow-on to Tristan und Isolde, where Schopenhauer's influence is perhaps more obvious, with its focus on "Sehnen" (yearning). Indeed Wagner originally considered having Parsifal as a character in Act 3 of Tristan, but later rejected the idea. Recordings of ParsifalParsifal was expressly composed for the stage at Bayreuth and many of the most famous recordings of the opera come from live performances on that stage. In the pre-LP era, Karl Muck conducted excerpts from the opera at Bayreuth which are still considered some of the best performances of the opera on disc (they also contain the only sound evidence of the bells constructed for the work's premiere, which were later melted down by the Nazis during World War II). Hans Knappertsbusch was the conductor most closely associated with Parsifal at Bayreuth in the post-war years, and the performances under his baton in 1951 marked the re-opening of the Bayreuth Festival after the Second World War. These historic performances were recorded and are available on the Teldec label in mono sound. Knappertsbusch recorded the opera again for Philips in 1962 in stereo, and this release is often considered to be the classic Parsifal recording. There are also many "unofficial" live recordings from Bayreuth, capturing virtually every Parsifal cast ever conducted by Knappertsbusch. Amongst the studio recordings, those by Herbert von Karajan and Daniel Barenboim (both conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) have been widely praised. The von Karajan recording was voted "Record of the Year" in the 1981 Gramophone Awards. Also highly regarded is a recording of Parsifal under the baton of Rafael Kubelík originally made for Deutsche Grammophon, now reissued on Arts Archives. There are many recordings of Parsifal, some of the most popular being listed below:
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In the week that Equity publishes the findings of its survey asking performers whether it safe to be 'out' as an actor, two performers share their experience of being openly gay in the industry.
Sophie Ward:
In 1994, I was in a TV series called A Village Affair, based on a Joanna Trollope book about a married woman with children who falls in love with a woman. When I did the filming for it, I was going through the same thing in my own life. But at that time it didn't seem right to say that I was struggling with the same problem myself.
It was a raw time, and I was trying to work out who I was, how I was going to handle it, and how I was going to look after and protect my family. I felt that saying anything would have given my situation more publicity, and I wanted it to be less public when I did finally come out.
Two years later, in 1996, my partner and I decided we were going to do a quiet piece in a paper about our relationship, but the paper pipped us to the post and it became a much bigger story than I wanted it to be. Events overtook us, as they say. I don't think it would be shocking today, but people are always interested and that will never go away. People have a prurient interest in other people's sex lives.
Once I had come out, I didn't notice a change in how people behaved towards me on a one-to-one level. It was quiet with work, but then it had been a big story. To be honest, I could not say whether or not it affects how people employ me. Maybe one day the employers will say, 'Well, actually in the 1990s, we did make our decisions based on that' but as an actor you are in such a precarious position anyway - careers come and go, work comes in and sometimes it doesn't - that you never can tell what the decision-making process is. I have never found myself offered certain roles because of my sexuality, though.
I don't think coming out in our industry is an issue anymore. Yes, there is homophobia, as there is in any industry. People who worry the most would be those up for leading male or female parts, where the audience is wanting to identify with and follow the story of those people.
For younger people, however, I would say they are growing up in an industry that has really changed, I believe. I am positive about it, but that doesn't mean that I don't think there are individual cases where people have experienced prejudice in casting. But if I was starting out today, I think I would be comfortable about being out right from the start.
I know some people have felt strongly that coming out affected their careers negatively and would not advise people to do it, but your life has to come first. Whether or not you are comfortable with being out to friends and family is what you have to deal with, and everything else follows on from that.
People should follow their own instincts. It's important that they don't feel pressured and that they are true to themselves and do what is right for them.
Malcolm Sinclair:
I have never had to 'come out' in the industry. By the time I had gone to university, done a year of acting and then finished a year at drama school, all those sort of issues were in the past.
I don't remember ever coming out, actually. I did seven years in rep, and people just seemed to gather it. I never had to tell my agent either. I have always felt extremely comfortable, but then I guess it depends on the type of acting you are doing. I was never the hot young lead who might have had a huge film or television career. Had I been whisked off to Hollywood then there might have been a problem and I don't know what I would have decided then.
However, I have never felt that being gay has worked against me in the industry. Sometimes there have been roles which have gay sides to them, and I am put up for them, which might mean I'm on a list somewhere, I suppose, and that makes me laugh a bit. But generally I have played all sorts of parts - gay, straight, nice, horrible. I don't think it has affected me.
I think, however, there may be a difference between theatre and television or film. In theatre there is no obvious ceiling that prevents the success of gay men and women, who thrive in all sorts of roles.
But for television or film, where actors are cast for a mass audience - especially in the US - things might be different. Most gay young actors today are completely out, but there can be an issue if they go to Hollywood for pilot season where they meet American agents and then different conversations are sometimes had.
I am involved with the International Federation of Actors, the FIA, and at our last conference we spoke about whether there should be a charter to protect the rights of gay people. The European countries questioned whether this was necessary, but in America it's a hot issue, and all three acting unions there said it was a big deal for them. Young gay men and women are under pressure from producers and agents to keep a lid on it.
The finding in Equity's own survey that just under half of all gay performers are not out to their own agent in the UK is worrying, but then work is scarce and, whether sexuality is a barrier or not, people may just err on the side of caution. They don't want to test the water to see if it's all right.
I think the great issue today is the nightmare problems facing gay teenagers in coping with vicious bullying in schools. But if they can get through that, and then college, and can find a job in the business then things have become much better.
My advice is that it does get better, and when you do come out you will be surprised by how many people say: "I knew that." And in this business, when you come out, you will usually find yourself surrounded by people who are there to support you.


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Chinese airlines will continue to oppose the European Union arrangement used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, despite the EU's warning that it might take punitive measures in response, the China Air Transport Association said on Thursday.


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Some months ago I posted a very short blog entry in which I wondered about the fact that we all love analogue, but we publish our pictures digitally. This question never left my mind and I am going to write down some thoughts on this theme, especially since every completion here states that the picture needs to be:" Any analogue photo not digitally enhanced or manipulated"
What does this mean? "Not digitally enhanced or manipulated" Because every picture you see on this website/community is digitally enhanced and manipulated. If you haven't done it yourself, your lab did it. The very moment your negative is scanned, software starts enhancing and manipulating the picture. I hope that's clear for everyone. Your picture is a 'negative' the picture that appears on your screen is a positive. So somewhere your computer made calculations to invert that image, to decide the white and black point, adjust contrast and so on.
Just look at the next two nearly identical pics. They both come straight out of my scanner. Because one picture is cropped differently my scanner software made different calculations.
So can we say "Not digitally enhanced or manipulated" means: straight out the scanner? I do not agree with that. I use an Epson V600 scanner, the scanner is really good but the software sometimes fucks up. It has problems with cross processed pictures and sprocket pictures (the presence of the black sprocket holes confuses the scanner). So I have to adjust the picture with the scanner software, adjusting the settings manually. If I want to I can change a lot ! I can choose a greenish, bluish whateverish hue. I always try to keep the contrast down, because when I change the contrast with my scanner, I really get a graphic picture. I already saw a lot of them in this community. I do not always like them because I know there was a more beautiful picture available. Of course I don't blame anybody, because a lot of people have their negatives scanned by the lab. And if you get a graphic picture it usually means there was something wrong anyway. See the overexposed pic below. I tried to correct the overexposue, but you can't call it beautiful.
A second problem my scanner has is 'low contrast on black and white pics'. I don't change the contrast with the scanner, because it is really ugly. I scan it with low contrast and I change the contrast afterwards. That's not a problem to me, because the digitally enhanced picture is almost identical to my darkroom print and the digitally not-enhanced picture was not like my darkroom print. I think I am allowed to change contrast and exposure in postproduction in order to get the same effect I get in my darkroom.
So where do I draw the line? For me digital manipulation starts when you use different layers in photoshop. And I have seen a quite a few pics here which were clearly manipulated. I have seen perfectly sharp, distortion free photos which had an added layer of unsharp corners. When you are familiar with the unsharpness of a Holga or any other simple meniscus lens, you immediately see the photoshopped effect. I think a very experienced photoshop talent can make an almost perfect fake Holga pic. But those dudes are busy making money and aren't here. I also saw some black and white pics with an oversaturated red car in the middle. I don't like that.
Anyway, the line is thin and not clear. Because you can't simply say that all techniques you can do in a dark room are allowed to recreate digitally. Fellow lomographer Adash has a great analogue technique in which he ads drops of water to his negatives during development. It is not OK to ad digital drops. Some darkroom techniques should not be faked digitally. On the other hand, when you shoot paper negatives and develop them, it is (according to my feeling) ok to scan the negative paper prints and invert them with software. You don't have to contactprint them manually to get your positive image.
Here are three identical pics. The first is straight from the scanner. On the second one I only changed the brightness (that's acceptable to me) on the third one I also changed the lightness of the red channel (that's not acceptable to me, but I only changed two settings, brightness and colour lightness).
Sorry folks I know I am nagging again about details, but hey that's me !
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I Am Not Here For Sexual Enjoyment, Perverts, Don't Add Me...You can block me after you read this - and you probably will to make yourself feel better about it or to feel like you need to smack somebody, and I really don't care if you do, but this is what I've got to say:
Women like you are BSing terribly. No doubt that some men really are filling a woman's inbox with lewd or suggestive messages, but with other women this really doesn't go on as much as you want us to think, and what you want us to think is that sooooo many men think you're that sexy and desirable that they would want to hound you with advances.
Even if your claims and other women's really are true, whether you will admit it or not, you still enjoy the drama of it all. You like the idea of being able to boast to the world, "Ooh! Ooh! I get dirty messages from men frequently!" That's why a lot of you women here even feel the need to join these groups or be active in them. So you act as if getting these messages annoys or flusters you, which to some extent may, but you really get off on being able to tell everybody all about them. These women are pathetic losers who are really no less sleazy and cheesy than the men who really do send women inappropriate messages.
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We all like to shoot like crazy, with our cameras around our neck and in our bags: shoot, shoot, shoot and don't think! But did you ever try to shoot with a gun, and not with a camera?? I always asked myself why we're using the same verb "to shoot" for photography and when using guns or weapons.... Well, once I changed the weapon and practiced some "shooting sport" with a rifle, but didn't forget my camera to show you how it was! :)


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I thought I promised some rhizomes of "Orris Root" to someone last year and because my DH cut the dead stalks off where I had marked I couldn't because it was too close another iris and didn't want to send wrong one. Will watch him closely this year !!!
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May 14, 2013 12:43 PM by NBC News
(KUSA) Centaurus High School in Lafayette, Colorado was evacuated after an explosive device was found on campus Monday.
Police have identified a person of interest and are questioning him. The male is Centaurus student. No charges have been filed at this time.
The device was found near a high-traffic area inside the school around 8:30 a.m. by a teacher. The teacher then took the explosive outside and called police.
Investigators say the explosive was similar to a pipe bomb. It was removed from the campus by a robot at about 11:30 a.m., and the Boulder County bomb squad detonated it a short time later in a nearby dirt construction lot.
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Company: Cellular Works Inc.
Year Started: 1993
Start-Up Costs: $18,000
1997 Projections: $9 million
When Andres Link and Richard Swerdlow ventured into the cellular phone business, they became a classic case of the "accidental entrepreneur." Upon discovering that their cellular phone kiosk was competing with another phone store against the policy of the mall they were in, the partners didn't give up the cart. Instead, they switched to cellular phone accessories. Since then, Cellular Works has added mail order to the business.
The company's returned-merchandise policy and agreements with cellular service providers nationwide have been key to ringing up sales. This year the Hollywood, Florida-based company will mail catalogs to more than 1.1 million consumers worldwide. The partners' products are also available on the Internet and through the in-flight catalog SkyMall.
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Maybe some influential writer or publisher (like the Bridal Bargains book) got confused about this at some point and then the error has just been replicated over and over again from there?
Thing is, ordering kitchen cake CAN save money -- but not if you have an elaborate dummy cake too! The "standard" way of approaching this when I got married (many years ago) was to have a smaller tiered cake than you actually needed for the number of servings, and make up the difference with kitchen cake(s). There is NO dummy cake involved. Under cakequeen50's pricing scheme, for example, a four-tier decorated cake plus a simple kitchen cake WOULD cost less than a six-tier wedding cake with the same total number of servings. For a big wedding it can be a significant savings, and the guests can't tell that an individual slice -- showing a one-inch wide strip of frosting -- came from a kitchen cake rather than a tiered cake.
Anyway, for those of you with brides asking about this, you might try explaining it that way.


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Thanks for the trip report!
My fiancee and I visited Disneyland Paris for one day at the end of our vacation to London and Paris last spring. We were pretty tired by that time, and it rained all day, but it still was enjoyable. A few observations:
* If you only have one day, you can basically skip most of the Studios. Definitely go there and see the rougher, less themed Rock 'n' Roller Coaster and Cinemagique, but the rest are either the same as WDW or not that great.
* The Phantom Mansion and Pirates rides are great and include much better technologies than the earlier versions. Pirates includes three drops and some amazing Audio-Animatronics.
* Space Mountain 2 is one of the best rollercoasters I've ever ridden. It only goes about 40 miles per hour, but feels like 60! The Indiana Jones Rollercoaster is not very good and feels like a ride at Six Flags. Big Thunder Mountain takes you into an underwater tunnel and is also much-improved over the American versions.
* We quickly grabbed some fast food at the Studios, and it was awful! The Downtown Disney restaurants are also very expensive.
We had a great time at Disneyland Paris. I would recommend at least two days to see everything. Even with short lines, we were unable to find time to see everything. I regret not being able to ride all the Fantasyland attractions.


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To celebrate the opening of its new east London store, Tokyo Bike invited six artists and asked them to customize their own bikes. The commissioned project resulted in six minimalistic fixed-gear bikes with their own added personalities, including polka dots, sticker collage, and simple graphic designs. The artists who participated in the collaboration were Soju Tanaka, Simon Memel, Mike Guppy, Lucas Price, Alex Daw, and Tom Pearson.
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Rotator question
18th Nov 2001, 08:13 AM
I have two vectors and I want to get the angle between those two vectors
Anyone got an idea on how to do this?
18th Nov 2001, 08:58 AM
Given UnrealScript's lack of a decent atan2 function, here's my suggestion:
static final operator(16) float angle (vector v1, vector v2) {
local float DotProduct;
DotProduct = v1 dot v2;
if (DotProduct == 0.0)
return Pi / 2;
else if (DotProduct > 0.0)
return Abs(Atan(VSize(v1 cross v2) / DotProduct));
return Abs(Atan(VSize(v1 cross v2) / DotProduct)) + Pi / 2;
Use it as MyVector1 angle MyVector2. Returns values between zero and Pi.
18th Nov 2001, 10:57 AM
so PI = 360, and 0 = 0 degrees?
18th Nov 2001, 11:02 AM
No. 0 is 0° (both vectors pointing in the same direction), and Pi is 180° (both vectors pointing in opposite directions). Anything between 180° and 360° doesn't make sense if you're asking for an angle between vectors; 270° in one direction is the same as 90° in the opposite direction, for instance.
Otherwise, have a look at this related thread (http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=92897).
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Abstract Daddy
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Abstract Daddy, also known as Ideal Father, is a monster James Sunderland encounters in Silent Hill 2. It is a manifestation of Angela Orosco's traumatic memories of her father, Thomas Orosco, or brother, raping and sexually abusing her on a bed.[1]
James first faces this monster as a boss near the end of the Labyrinth, while smaller, weaker, variants can be found later on in the Lakeview Hotel.
The Abstract Daddy appears as two figures lying on a bed, covered in a "blanket" of putrid skin, with the two forms apparently having intercourse. The two figures seem to be trapped in a rectangular board, with the "male" or upper figure's arms and legs dangling out the bottom. It moves on all fours, and the lower portion of the beast has the appearance of a bed with four posts.
The Abstract Daddy attacks by rearing up and slamming its huge body against James, or by hopping on top of him and suffocating him by forcing his head into its "mouth". If James is being grappled by it, repeatedly tapping / and wiggling the analog stick will get it off faster and lessen his damage. Because these attacks require close contact with its prey, and due to the cramped conditions of the room, it's wise to run from end to end diagonally and fire at it with the shotgun once, then run to the other end. Doing so will result in little to no damage. The rifle can also be used and its power surpasses that of the shotgun, but firing it makes James stall longer, giving the beast the opportunity to attack and is therefore not recommended for novice players. Once the player inflicts enough damage upon the creature, it will fall and deflate, deceased.
The monsters in the Lakeview Hotel are different from the boss version. These move much faster, but are much easier to kill, taking only two shotgun blasts to knock down. They also do not attack unless provoked.
The Abstract Daddy represents Angela's father, Thomas Orosco, and/or brother, hanging over her on a bed.[2] This is highly suggestive of the abuse she took from them.
It is also noted that the figure beneath screams in torment, which is likely another representation of Angela's abuse, while their "mouths" resemble a vaginal orifice, further implying sexual abuse.
The room the monster is fought in represents Angela's uterus. On the fleshy walls of the room are holes with pistons making thrusting motions, akin to a penis thrusting in and out of a vagina. These further evoke Angela's perspective of her rape: a mechanical, unescapable inhuman experience. It is possible every piston is symbolic of how many times she was molested (23).
Later in the game, smaller versions of the boss monster make an appearance at the Lakeview Hotel, which may be an indication/foreshadowing to the player that Angela may be in the hotel somewhere. The smaller variants may also be representative of Angela's brother, while the bigger and stronger boss model is "Thomas".
Another possible theory is that it represents abusive masculinity, in that James suffocated his wife, Mary Shepherd-Sunderland, while she was in bed. This may be why both Angela and James can see the monster, as they are both involved with the mentality at hand.
- Defeating Abstract Daddy in the Silent Hill HD Collection awards the trophy/achievement "Childhood Trauma".
- ↑ "Silent Hill 2 creature commentary". Silent Hill 3 公式完全攻略ガイド/失われた記憶 サイレントヒル・クロニクル [Silent Hill 3 Official Strategy Guide / Lost Memories: Silent Hill Chronicle] (in Japanese). NTT Publishing Co., Ltd. 2003-07-31. p. 49. ISBN 4-7571-8145-0.
- ↑ Masahiro, Ito (adsk4). ""Abstract Daddy" means Angela's father (or brother) who is hanging over her body on a "bed"." 16th February 2013. Tweet.


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Summer Hot Spots: Blaavand, Denmark (Part Two)
When I was a child, I regularly went to Blaavand, located at the Danish west coast, with my brothers and parents. I stopped going there as I grew up. In 2012 however, we hit the road again. It was my first return visit in about 20 years. I took the chance and packed as many cameras as possible into my luggage. In part two of my journey log, I'm going to show you the pictures I took with my Lomography cameras. -
Summer Hot Spots: Blaavand, Denmark (Part One)
When I was a child, I regularly went to Blaavand located at the Danish west coast with my brothers and my parents. However, I didn't anymore when I grew up. But in 2012, we hit the road again. It was my first visit there in about 20 years. I took the chance and packed as many cameras as possible into my luggage. In this article, I'm going to present to you the photos I took with my Nikon F-501 SLR. -
Summer Hot Spots: The Dreamy Desert of Palm Springs
With a camera loaded with Lomography X Tungsten 64 ISO, we went to Palm Springs in June to capture the desert heat and vibes. It was a battle to make it in the 40° scorching sun, and somehow our film survived although it was left baking in the car. So take in these dreamy snapshots of a place where time stands still and the sun always shines. -
Summer Hot Spots: Platja D'Aro
Only an hour and a half away, Platja D'Aro is a very nice alternative to the crowded beaches in Barcelona. If you get there early, you'll get a very nice spot. It's great to go there with kids and the whole family -
Summer Hot Spots: A Morning Sunbath in Varazze
This is the story of my first adventure on the beach this year. In the middle of June, I took my first sunbath along the seaside on a small public beach in Varazze - a rather small and unkempt place which I will never return to in the future. Read more to find out why! -
Summer Hot Spots: Whitstable, UK
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Summer Hot Spots: Pantai Batu Karas
Located at Parigi, Pangandaran in West Java, Indonesia, Pantai Batu Karas is one of the best beach destinations to escape to from the city. -
Summer Hot Spots: Taman Sari Water Castle
If you'll ever come to Indonesia, be sure to include the Taman Sari Water Castle in Yogyakarta to your itinerary! -
Summer Hot Spots: Coronado Beach, San Diego, California
My boyfriend Scott and I took our cameras on a road trip to the beautiful Coronado Beach in San Diego, California at the very end of May to catch beach combers, surfers, and beautiful sunsets on glorious film. -
Summer Hot Spots: Escaping the Heat at Cameron Highlands
It's normal during summer to be out there at the beach, sunbathing and getting yourself a nice tan, but in Malaysia, it could get pretty hot this time of the year. With the rising temperature, my friends and I decided to escape the heat of the city for a while and took an approximately three-hour drive to Cameron Highlands. -
Summer Hot Spots: Pantai Bojong Salawe
If you ever find yourself in West Java, Indonesia, don't forget to visit pantai Bojong Salawe in Parigi, Pangandaran. -
Summer Hot Spots: L'ile Vierge is a Nature Paradise
L'ile Vierge (The Virgin Island) is a peninsula on one of the headlands of another peninsula. You can already imagine how isolated it is and how the natural beauty of this coast was kept. -
Summer Hot Spots: Ons Island
"The island wants you back…" No, this isn't a new Lostseason, just the feeling that remains after loving and leaving the island. I don't mind if the island actually wants me back, I'll go back anyway because I want it. -
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To mark the last day of summer, today's Locations Log Book installment features the last wave of Summer Hot Spots submissions from the community! Read on and find out more about the summer adventures our fellow Lomographers have had under the cut! -
Summer Hot Spots: Fonte da Telha
There is no better place for me to spend the hot summer days than near the ocean, and Fonte da Telha beach is the perfect place for a short escape from Lisbon's hot streets, just across the River Tejo. -
Summer Hot Spots: Eternal Summer in Venice Beach
Perhaps Santa Monica's quirky neighboring sibling, Venice Beach boasts a whole new culture in itself. I found myself amidst a whiplash of colors and sights. I can't imagine Venice losing its summer vibe any time of the year. -
Summer Hot Spots: Haji Lane, One of its Kind
A place unlike any other, a place worth braving the sun for -- especially with your friends and your cameras! Take full advantage of the unique stalls set up here at Haji Lane! -
Summer Hot Spots: Bahía de Cata, Venezuela
Maracay is my hometown, and since I was a little girl there's a landscape there that has always been my partner... the sight of Bahía de Cata. -
Pulau Manukan: The Summer Hot Spot of Sabah
Pulau Manukan (also known as Manukan Island) is the second largest island in Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park and is also the first marine park located in Sabah. It is rich with fish and corals and is certainly a must-go if you ever travel to Sabah. -
Summer Hot Spots: Izola, Slovenia
Slovenia in total has only 42 km of coastline. Despite this, you can still find a couple of beautiful little towns by the seaside. Izola is one of them.