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Dealing with the "Death" of Loved ones
Death is perhaps one of the hardest human emotional feeling we have. The Human aspect of Jesus Christ wept when Lazarus died. (Then His Spiritual aspect "woke" Lazarus up) (Scripture posted below)
I have added a poem to this post, that some of you may have already read from this web site. I have re-posted it here, for the "Newer" members that are going through a hard time dealing with the death of loved ones. Blaming God for their pain is not the answer. God is the answer to their pain!
I wrote this poem thirty-three years ago, and there are verses that have double meanings to them. So after reading it, slowly read it again.
By Mark Wilkinson Sr.
Written on 01/14/79
Death is leaving your environment,
With no way to ever return.
If it is anything more than that,
It is left up to us to learn.
But when I was born, I left a world,
I'll never see again.
So when I die, am I really dead,
Or was I born again?
This question of comfort, we must ask ourselves,
When we long for our departed.
"If you were there, the day this person was born,
Would you have smiled or been broken hearted?"
When I was born, my mother held me,
And she protected me from life's harms.
But I look forward to my "rebirth",
And being in Our Fathers arms!
As As Christians, we KNOW we are going to Heaven. We KNOW we will be with our Heavenly Father.
We KNOW that Christ will greet us with open arms
! Yet we cry for our loved ones because we miss them so much. We must remember they lived their life just
so they could join Our Father!
Everyone here has a purpose for being here. When that purpose is completed, then we will be
to join Our Father.
My family knows for all practical purposes, I should not be here. As an infant, I had spinal meningitis. My mother was told I was going to (A) Be severely retarded (B) Be a vegetable or (C) Die. I was packed in ice to break a
3 day
temperature of 105. Lucky for me, God still had plans for me here! When I was 22 years old I was shot four times with a .45 caliber pistol. One bullet went through my right shoulder and exited my back. One bullet went through my chest and exited my back. One bullet went through my left hand and across two fingers. The fourth bullet went in my head over my right ear, and exited through the top of my head. I spent
in the hospital! All bullets exited my body! Lucky for me,
God still had plans for me here!
I am still not sure what Our Father's plans are for me here, I do know that
He has blessed me more than I ever felt I deserved
. I try to stay REAL in my Faith and my relationship with Our Father.
One day, Our Father will call me home. I hope anyone that knows me, has
tears of joy
in knowing
I have won the race set for me to run! I am in my final rest, waiting for Our LORD to gather us all!
And this should be the way we look at the passing of a loved one. Not as a Death, but as a Birth
Isaiah 25:8
(8)He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The Lord has spoken!
John 11:32-44
32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
34 Where have you laid him? He asked. Come and see, Lord," they replied.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, See how he loved him!"
37 But some of them said, Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?
38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
39 "Take away the stone," he said. But, Lord," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.
40 Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.
43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!
44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, Take off the grave clothes and let him go.
I truly hope this helps...
Pastor Mark
Columbus OH (Pastor Mark)...614.517.2331
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Lung cancer is cancer that begins in the lungs, the two organs found in the chest that help you breathe. It is the number one cancer killer of men and women.The lungs are made up of areas called lobes. The right lung has three lobes; the left lung has two, so there's room for the heart. When you breathe, air goes through your nose, down your windpipe (trachea), and into the lungs where it spreads through tubes called bronchi. Most lung cancer begins in the cells that line these tubes.
Smoking cessation is important to minimize one's risk of lung cancer. For help quitting, see Sentara's Tobacco Cessation Resource Guide or visit the American Cancer Society.
Two main types of lung cancer:
Small cell lung cancer makes up about 20 percent of all lung cancer cases.
If the lung cancer is made up of more than one type, it is called mixed. Some patients may have a carcinoid tumor which is a cancer like growth of the lung.
If the cancer started somewhere else in the body and spread to the lungs, it is called metastatic cancer to the lung.
Learn more about lung cancer:
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In PIXERS we love spooky atmosphere of Halloween, its special traditions of trick-or-treating and guising, and we also love creating wall decorations for this unique night in a year. So, you don't need to spend time on hollowing out pumpkins ever again to create an eerie climate at your home. Just forget those painstaking preparations! PIXERS has an unusual offer for those who love Halloween, but who are looking for simple and haunting (metaphorically and literally) solutions for this ancient celebration.
In the collection designed for Halloween you will find all motives that you can ever think of when you think about Halloween: witches, skulls, pumpkins and monsters. The only thing you have to do with them is "peel and stick". It has never been more easy, so time to get started the Halloween Party!
Naklejki "Colorful Skulls" & Poster
Posters: "Pumpkin" i "Trick or Treat!"
Wall Decal "Flower Skull"
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Jakub Swierczak
Key Account Manager
Fighting problems of our customers with passion and commitment. His work motto is "If our customers are happy it means I'm doing a good job". In his free time he's improving his guitar skills and beginning his running adventure, hoping one day he will cross a marathon finish line.
Daniel Zielinski
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Customer-focused guy. Daniel is always willing to go the extra mile to get the job done. A rebel to the status quo. He loves a challenge. Known to be a book freak and avid long distance runner.
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Jan is an aspiring designer, carpenter, cook and a mechanic. A true renaissance man, he loves to spend his time making furniture, cooking delicious food and restoring old VW Beetles. Check out some of his designs on his personal blog!
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Justyna is a natural when it comes to customer service. She handles all customer cases with great care and dedication. In her free time, Justyna deals in vintage fashion, dabbles in analog photography and doodles on her blog.
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Tomek is our tech-savvy support agent who always amazes us with his knowledge of mobile and desktop technology. He spends his free time watching great movies and playing soccer.
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He solves problems via Helpdesk and sends reasonable e-mails. He's interested in SEM/SEO and runs his own sports local web portal.
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Margo is our partner program aficionado, constantly thinking up new ways to improve it even further. She loves Greek olives, traveling and is a huge fan of the busking scene. She never passes an opportunity to watch a street musician perform.
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[visionegg] Re: Screen draw
- From: Dav Clark <davclark@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: visionegg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:37:07 -0700
Interestingly, I was just wondering about the same thing. Ubuntu is moving to the nouveau drivers by default in Lucid (10.04) and I went that way initially because my laptop / chipset (lenovo t510 / nvidia 3100M) is better supported by the free drivers. As in, the nv drivers seem to cause random crashes. So - I would very much like to get vsync working on nouveau. How hard would that be? Any pointers? I've already got a git clone of the main repo... so I'm ready to hack away and submit patches. Cheers, Dav On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Steve <realtimematrix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > Almost every time I try and start my drawing thread (which uses > screen.put_pixels and swap_buffers) the screen window comes up blank. If I > again hit my display button, it will show up and work fine. The problem is > when I close the initial window, the thread gets into an unhappy state and I > no longer have a way to close it. > I see the following warning when this happens: > WARNING: Could not sync buffer swapping to vblank ecause you are running > linux but not known/supported drivers. > Could this be based on the fact that I am not using the nvidia driver for my > display? > Thanks, > Steve ====================================== The Vision Egg mailing list Archives: http://www.freelists.org/archives/visionegg Website: http://www.visionegg.org/mailinglist.html
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It's MAKE IT MONDAY and a bright Spring Monday it is.
Getting my craft on today with a quick Easter Craft. Planning on giving these to the ladies who will be joining us for Easter Brunch this year.
I love to give a little gift as a take away to remember the date.
Today's Make It Monday - Washi Picture Easel
I found these adorable unfinished clipboards at A.C. Moore crafts. Not only are they clipboards, but they have a spot in the back to insert the dowel (came with it) to allow it to stand up on a desk or table! Also there is a spot to hang it on the back too! THEY WERE ONLY A $1.00!
Marrying it up with some Spring Washi Tape was the PERFECT little gift.
NOTE: You will need to unscrew the hardware in order to put the last pieces of Washi Tape on the clipboard for a finished look. Easy peasy!
HOW Cute did this turn out! The grandmas will most likely attach a picture of the grandkids! Great for the desks. They can change out the pictures or put notes, grocery lists or anything on the clip.
In my craft stash, I found some cute wooden squares, added a sticky magnet to it and there you go, just the finishing touch it needed!
There you have it. Easy and a fun DIY! Hurry off to AC Moore. These along with many other unfinished fun are only $ 1.00!
Until next time - Party On Friends
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Jawbone has two new wearable fitness trackers: the UP Move and UP3.
The $50 UP Move (pictured) tracks daily steps, exercise, and calories burned, as well as hours and quality of sleep. Plus, it comes with a clip accessory to snap onto a pocket, sports bra, belt loop, or other inconspicuous spots.
"People are clearly seeing real and tangible benefits from the UP system, and we want to expand those benefits to the widest possible audience," Jawbone project management head Danny Carvajal wrote in a blog post. "With UP Move we are bringing a simple, yet savvy, fitness tracker within reach of everyone with a great price and some fantastic accessories."
Users can tap into Jawbone's UP mobile app, but will also gain access to the new Smart Coach system, which Carvajal called "a partner in fitness."
The intelligent instructor "helps guide you to healthier choices each and every day," he said. Smart Coach learns your habits—good and bad—to serve as a digital motivator and personal trainer.
If you're looking for a functional yet stylish fitness tracker, the new limited-edition Silver Nike+ FuelBand SE might do the trick.
The new silver fitness gadget sports a stainless steel clasp, as well as a bezel and screws that Nike said "have been hand-worked to create mirror-polished surfaces that represent the intersection of sport and style."
It arrives on Jan. 19 for $169 at select retail locations and on Nike.com. The company did not elaborate on just how limited a rollout the silver FuelBand SE will have, so act fast if you want it.
The Nike+ FuelBand SE arrived in November for $149 in classic black with the option to add color to parts of the band. Later that month, a Rose Gold version was released for $169, but it does not appear to be available online anymore.
The Fitbit is one of the most popular fitness trackers on the market with various designs and form factors to choose from. The mobile app has long existed on Android and iOS, but Apple's platform got preferential treatment in the form of direct device syncing. Fitbit added syncing support for some of Samsung's Android devices a while back, but only now has the company finally included more Android phones and tablets in the syncing fun.
The supported device list now includes many of the most popular Android devices like the Nexus 4, Nexus 5, and Nexus 7 from Google. Motorola's Moto X is in the mix, as are the Droid Mini, Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, Droid Razr, Droid Razr HD, and Droid Razr HD Maxx. The LG G2 and HTC One are also on the supported list. The Galaxy S3, S4, and Note devices were already capable of syncing with the app.
Fitbit makes some of the most popular fitness trackers on the market today, but now you don't even need one to count your steps. The Fitbit app on iPhone has been updated to take advantage of the M7 co-processor in the iPhone 5s, which allows it to count your steps in a battery friendly manner without the aid of an extra physical device. Fitbit calls this MobileTrack.
Apple's M7 co-processor is tiny extra bit of silicon on the main board in the iPhone 5s, iPad Air, and ipad Mini Retina. The system offloads all accelerometer, gyroscope and compass data to this single-core Cortex-M3 processor. Because it is so low-power, the iDevice can keep track of its orientation and motion without eating through the battery.
Fitbit isn't the first app to take advantage of the M7, but it has the advantage of plugging into a robust app and tracking program that a lot of people already use. If you carry a Fitbit, but should forget to charge it or leave it at home by mistake, the iPhone 5s can stand in for it and keep track of your steps.
Jawbone today released a revamped UP mobile app, alongside a new wireless wristband.
Dubbed UP24, the new wearable tracker is compatible with the updated UP 3.0 iOS app, providing continuous feedback and real-time notifications.
"The UP community has logged more than 500 billion steps and 35 million nights of sleep with UP. It's an astounding amount of data," Travis Bogard, vice president of product management and strategy, said in a statement. "From it, we've learned a tremendous amount about how people live, and we've applied that knowledge to deliver even more personal data insights and more actionable recommendations with the new UP 3.0 App."
Users will find the updated application provides more encouragement and motivation for long-term progress. Based on unique data supplied by the wristband, the app now delivers achievable opt-in commitments called "Today I Will." As in, "Today I will go to bed before 11 p.m.," or "Today I will drink eight glasses of water."
The app sends reminders, tracks progress, and lets connected friends cheer you on through the day. It also now rewards you for short- and long-term progress. Will you reach your millionth step today, or log 1,000 total hours of sleep? Expect interactive festivities on your phone or tablet in celebration.
The new Nike+ Move app, first shown off at Apple's September iPhone event, is now available for iPhone 5s users.
The app takes advantage of the updated iPhone's new M7 motion co-processor chip to measure various activities without the need for additional fitness gadgets.
"Nike+ Move uses the M7 coprocessor to convert your movement into NikeFuel, the first-ever single, universal unit for measuring all kinds of activities," Nike said in a release. "No matter your age, weight or gender, the same activity earns you the same amount of NikeFuel."
Like the existing FuelBand hardware, Nike+ Move translates steps, calories burned, and other actions into "fuel," Nike's proprietary measurement of activity. Simply watch your own fuel volumes rise, or sync your scores with Apple's Game Center to challenge fitness-minded friends.
The app also provides breakdowns of when you were most active through the day, and how much of your time was spent running, walking, or doing other movements.
E-health company Fitbug on Wednesday introduced the Orb, a budget-friendly fitness tracker that costs less than half the price of competitors like the Jawbone Up, Nike FuelBand SE, and Fitbit Flex.
The button-sized device can be worn on a belt, wrist, or lanyard and keeps track of your steps, aerobic steps/time, distance traveled, calories burned, speed, and sleep patterns. It syncs this information to mobile devices and Fitbug's KiK digital coaching platform, which helps you set and monitor goals, and nudges you with advice and encouragement.
At $50, the orb "is making activity trackers more affordable and accessible to bring the benefits of wearable technology to the masses," Fitbug said. In comparison, the Fitbit Flex will set you back $99.95, while the Jawbone UP is priced at $129.99, and the Nike FuelBand comes in at $149.
"Wearable tracking technology is one of the biggest health trends of the year. However, high prices and lack of personal motivation to maintain fitness regimens means the full potential is yet to be realized," Paul Landau, Fitbug founder and CEO, said in a statement. "As one of the first companies in this category, we have designed the Fitbug Orb and KiK platform to provide both the device and advice people need to get fitter, lighter and lead happier, healthier lives."
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued its final guidance on how it will handle regulation of medical apps, and the agency decided to focus only on those apps that might directly affect a patient's health.
"Some mobile apps carry minimal risks to consumer or patients, but others can carry significant risks if they do not operate correctly. The FDA's tailored policy protects patients while encouraging innovation," Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a statement.
The agency has been investigating this issue for several years, and received more than 130 comments when it solicited public feedback in mid-2011. Those comments "overwhelmingly supported the FDA's tailored, risk-based approach," the FDA said today.
Specifically, the FDA will have oversight on mobile medical apps that: are intended to be used as an accessory to a regulated medical device; or transform a mobile platform into a regulated medical device.
That means it won't examine apps that, for example, track your steps or allow you to view health information (like those in the slideshow at left). But it would look into apps that might diagnose abnormal heart rhythms, transform smartphones into a mobile ultrasound device, or function as the "central command" for a glucose meter used by a person with insulin-dependent diabetes.
Garmin has two new fitness gadgets intended to help you improve your run. The company's colorful Forerunner lineup provides a "coach in every watch," sending stats to a dashboard and offering feedback.
The Forerunner 620 and 220 each include 1-inch Chrome color displays. The battery can last up to six weeks in watch mode and up to 10 hours in training mode, Garmin said. Both are water-resistant to 50m, surviving more than just rain, sweat and splashes.
The 620 (left) sports a touch screen that responds to running gloves, while the 220 (below) has push buttons.
Both offer connected features via Bluetooth, which can wirelessly send stats to Garmin Connect via an app on compatible smartphones. When paired with a phone, the Forerunner's live-tracking feature allows friends to follow along with a friend's run in real time. Updates can also be posted to social media accounts, and the Forerunner will alert runners when they hit milestones like fastest mile or longest run, as well as 5K, 10K, half, or full marathon.
Digital fitness and health company Fitbit has announced a new activity tracker to its lineup, a wristband that will sync via Bluetooth 4.0 to iOS devices and select Android devices, as well as PCs and Macs, called Fitbit Flex.
Fitbit Flex is available for pre-order today on Fitbit.com for $99.95 and is scheduled to begin shipping sometime in the first half of the year.
Similar to the Fitbit One and the now retired Fitbit Ultra, the new Fitbit Flex tracks how many steps you take in a day, total distance travelled, and calories burned, as well as how much sleep you get at night.
The Fitbit line of devices work in conjunction with a well-established Web portal and mobile app that let you add more personal health metrics, such as weight and blood pressure, and count calories to help keep your diet and weight in check. It also has a system that lets you record exercise that the Fitbit gadgets cannot record accurately, such as swimming and cycling, to account for additional calories burned.


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Biggest Tattoo Mistakes #HotTopic [PHOTOS]
Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but a tattoo is forever! What is the biggest mistake you can make with a tattoo? Check out some of the worst Tattoos ever!
Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but a tattoo is forever! What is the biggest mistake you can make with a tattoo? Check out some of the worst Tattoos ever!
There's no denying that Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose are in love -- they do have a wonderful baby boy, Sebastian Taylor AKA Bash, together, plus they certainly don't hide it on their social media accounts. The two love birds got engaged last year, but the ring on her left hand wasn't enough for Amber Rose. She went and got Wiz Khalifa's face tattooed on her body!
This U.K. singer has an inked portrait of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo on her right forearm. Can you figure out who owns this tattoo? We give you some clues below.
We are just 7 days away from Rihanna's seventh album release Unapologetic. Meanwhile, she has something for her fans to marvel at, her naked body on the cover of GQ's Magazine! Check out Rih Rih's historic photo shoot inside.
Rihanna recently twitted a picture of her new tattoo of the Kemetic Goddess Auset (a.k.a. Isis) in memory of her late grandmother who passed away in July.
On this 3rd Friday the 13th, Chris Brown posts a Instagram of his "routine". He and his girlfriend posted pics of their matching tattoos that feature the all-seeing eye!
School is out for summer! That means freedom for the kids and double-duty for us parents.
Blame it on hip-hop culture or pure peer pressure, but teens these days are always looking to stay on top of the trends. From "Mom, I need a new smart phone" to "Dad, I need your credit card for this new iPad I just won online," there's always something we're persuaded to go along with.
But what would you do if your 13 year old asked you to sign consent papers for them to get a tattoo or piercing?
Surely you remember the foresight-lacking fan who got Drake's name emblazoned across her forehead. When Drake heard the news, he was flattered by the fan — and ticked off by the tattooer. The artist, Kevin Campbell, is reacting to Drizzy's not-so-nice words via — what else? — Twitter.
With all of this talk of outrageous tattoos involving Drake and a fan, you would think he would stay away from the ink and needle. Not quite. Apparently, the 'Headlines' rapper got a tattoo of the late R&B songbird Aaliyah on his back.
Undoubtedly, Drake has millions of fans all over the world. Apparently, one California woman decided to take her fandom to the next level as she got the words "DRAKE" etched into her forehead. Yep, you read that correctly. The Internet went into a tizzy last week when photos surfaced of a young lady smiling with her newly fresh inked tattoo of the Canadian rap star's name.
Gucci Maine is no longer the only person with an odd tattoo on his face. I wont say where I was at due to the fact I will probably be Judged for it. But lets just say I had to much free time the other day.


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Refrigerator pickles are easy to make, and there's no need for kettle steamers, special jars, and vacuum-tight lids. Plus, unlike store-bought pickles, these scrumptious homemade pickles are low in sodium.
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Place 3 cups cucumber in a medium glass bowl; top with 1 cup onion. Repeat procedure with the remaining 3 cups cucumber and remaining 1 cup onion.
Combine vinegar and remaining ingredients in a small saucepan; stir well. Bring to a boil; cook 1 minute. Pour over cucumber mixture; let cool. Cover and chill at least 4 days.
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Next person I hear uses the word tranny
I'm ripping out their eyes
I'll tear out their throat
with my teeth.
Fuck it.
So yeah it's like
I'm afraid to go outside
I feel like if I do
people will see me but not see me.
I'm a fucking girl
but if I'm not wearing a dress
or frills
or something form-fitting I'm
just a boy.
I'm not a fucking boy
fuck you fuckers.
I shouldn't have to convince you
I shouldn't have to wear
shit I don't want to wear
so that
you fuckers will recognize
what I am.
So you cunts
you can fucking take your
about what it means to be a girl.
I'm what I am
and I decide what that means
I decide what I am
Who I am
Why I am.
. hate
So full of rage
a tranquil ocean
with writhing currents beneath
so full of hate
the silence that I crave
the wrath that i can't release
the violence I could unleash
there are creatures in
the deepest reaches
things that no-one sees
and things that no-one
-to see-
the wrath of osse
is to behold
the fury of that tranquil water
That's base64
I have no spirit animal
i feel no kinship with the beating of their hearts
but the heart
the roar
the serenity
of the last mystery
of our earth?
to this I feel I am kin.
the tide crashes against me
as i look to the horizon
where the grey of the sea
and the gray of the sky
and the grey of the air
and the gray of the mind
and Mingle
there is beauty there
in that endless grey.
the clouds in the mountains that
struck me as fog
they blocked out the sun
that aught but the clouds were found
in the sky.
The green there was greener
the blue there was purer
the beauty unsullied by man's
the bleakness
and hope
that I felt on that tundra
was nothing
if not life-changing
the beauty of the mountains
can challenge the beauty
of the sea.
i think of these things
I feel that i must
Dree the weird weird
the fremd weirds
weird me
with weird power
and fremd delight.
Ye norns!
You, Urd!
You, Verthandi!
You, Skuld!
Why do you delight
in my suffering?
Have I offended you?
Ye Morrigna!
You, Greatest Badb!
You, Fairest Macha!
You, Gentlest Annie!
What doom hast thou doomed for me,
the first and last child
of my mother,
my mother who has such
faith in the God
of Abraham,
whose missionaries drove
ye from your native land?
is the war in my mind
your doing,
ye great goddesses
of strife
and death?
whom have I to blame
for the boiling ocean
whose furious
beat the cliffs
of my mind into rubble
whose tides
drown me in endless
whom have i to blame
for the twisted homeland
to which i return each night?
Whom have I to blame
the living House
that encases me?
if i have no-one to blame
how must i face
the horrors that await me
in that roiling current
beneath that beautiful
tranquil sea?
i know how I must face
these things
that does not soften
the Blow),
i must accept
that Shadow
that Shade
that Sinistré child
(She whom i have blocked from My mind)
as ME MYSELF
so i may no longer
hyde from ME MYSELF
and so
i may no longer drown
in MINE OWN dreams.
it is easier said
than done
to accept the truth:
that we cannot
hyde from OUR-SELFS
tyger tyger burning bright
in the forest of mind's night
if awake at night you lie
accept THY fearful symmetry
fearful symmetry
we are not complete
we are halves
for hyde is I
and i am I
and We are I
only when i
accept OUR-SELF
i have probably lost
the attention of my readers
if you read on
i am
I do not pretend
to speak the Truth
merely the truth
i do not pretend
to know
anything beyond
that which i have decided
is i
i'd like you to know
my reader
if you've come this far
and listened to
my mind's
i love you.
i may not know you
i love you.
you are worthy of
and you are worthy
of Life
and you are a flame
in the night
of existence
you are the light
in the void
and you ought
burn bright
i hope that when you find
yourself in doubt,
you find yourself in the
forest of the night
you will remember
never doubt it
never doubt
your worth
your light
even as i drown
in my own broken mind
and I burn to
and i break into fragments
and I fear for who i am
and I fear for who i was
and I fear who i will be
I want you to know
that i want you to know
you have hope
and i have hope
and there is
a happy ending in there
we just have to work at it.
all the hate i feel
the rage
the fear
the fury
it doesn't define me.
it may shape me,
it may break me,
but it never has
never will
define me.
don't let your demons define you.
don't let the night scare you
that shadow you see
that devil after you
that thing you're hydeing from out of that fear
which you don't understand
why you're feeling
it's you.
but that's all the shit i wanna say
in this poem now
i guess i'll write another
cuz i feel like going back to
my ocean
and watching the waves
crash against the shore
and watch the clouds pass
the mountains.


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Friends, Family, Flowers- Photo Opening a Success
Thanks to everyone who was able to come to the opening and thanks for the encouraging and supportive emails, calls, and comments from friends and family. My friend V sent these beautiful flowers and Jen brought sunflowers and Barb cut gladiolas from her garden, tied them with a bow. Thanks for all the love. And thanks Emily for hosting the show.
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Beautiful flowers. I had a great time. I love the Carrie Furnace picture.
August 1, 2012 at 12:03 am
Looks and sounds like fun. Sorry I missed it! Congratulations again!
August 1, 2012 at 7:13 am
So happy for you Ruthie, wish I could have been there.
August 1, 2012 at 7:38 am
Your photographs are stunning! Last night was a wonderful showing of some of your best work. The first of many . . .
August 1, 2012 at 7:39 am
Congratulations Ruth! The photos are amazing. xoxo
August 1, 2012 at 8:48 am
Your photographs were wonderful. It was a great event, thanks for the invite
August 1, 2012 at 9:06 am
Fun evening! You are a real success story!
August 1, 2012 at 3:48 pm
The opening sounds like a success. Congratulaltions!
August 2, 2012 at 8:58 am


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Atletico ace Filipe Luis reveals he couldn't turn down move to Chelsea
JUL 17, 2014 7:23a ET
Filipe Luis admits he could not turn down Chelsea's approach as he closes on his move to Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea are set to pay around £15million for the 28-year-old Brazilian, who is set to complete his move to the club in the next 48 hours.
Luis admits that it was difficult for him to decide to leave Atletico Madrid, but he could not reject the chance to join Chelsea.
"I never thought about leaving Atletico, but I took the decision because of the offer which came from Chelsea," said Luis.
"A change of team gives new hunger and ambition, and I was worried about being too comfortable here. A footballer's career is very short and I want to finish it in a strong and spectacular way."
Luis even claims to be a Chelsea fan.
"I have always liked Chelsea a lot. I watch a lot of the Premier League and it is a club where you can feel the warmth of the fans," he continued.
"When we played there in the Champions League I felt comfortable in their stadium and when the offer came I thought it was the ideal team for me to play for in England."


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Sebastian Shaw | |
Art by John Cassaday. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980) |
Created by | Chris Claremont John Byrne |
In-story information | |
Full name | Sebastian Hiram Shaw |
Species | Human Mutant |
Team affiliations | Hellfire Club Shaw Industries The Lights[1] |
Notable aliases | Black King, Lord Imperial, Black Bishop |
Abilities | Converts energy into greater physical attributes |
Sebastian Shaw | |
Art by John Cassaday. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980) |
Created by | Chris Claremont John Byrne |
In-story information | |
Full name | Sebastian Hiram Shaw |
Species | Human Mutant |
Team affiliations | Hellfire Club Shaw Industries The Lights[1] |
Notable aliases | Black King, Lord Imperial, Black Bishop |
Abilities | Converts energy into greater physical attributes |
Sebastian Hiram Shaw is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was frequently an adversary of the X-Men.
A mutant, Shaw possesses the ability to absorb energy and transform it into raw strength. He is the leader of the New York branch of the Hellfire Club, an exclusive secret society bent on world domination, although to the public, he is a legitimate businessman and ordinary human. He once funded the mutant-hunting Sentinel program to keep it under his thumb. In 2009, Shaw was named IGN's 55th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.[2] Kevin Bacon played the character in X-Men: First Class (2011).
Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, Sebastian Shaw first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980).
Comic artist John Byrne based the appearance of Sebastian Shaw on British actor Robert Shaw.[3]
Sebastian Shaw was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His power first manifested shortly after he was accepted to engineering school and his father Jacob Shaw died after he contracted an incurable disease. Sebastian Shaw devoted himself to his studies and created Shaw Industries, becoming a millionaire by age 30 and a billionaire by age 40.
Shaw became engaged to a woman named Lourdes Chantel, also a mutant, and was soon initiated into the Hellfire Club thanks to his vast fortune along with Warren Worthington, Jr. (father of Archangel), Howard Stark (father of Tony Stark) and Sir James Braddock (father of Captain Britain and Psylocke), having caught the attention of Ned Buckman, then White King of Hellfire Club's New York Branch. Shaw became part of the Council of the Chosen, earning the rank of Black Bishop. Lourdes did not trust Buckman, and feared that Shaw's ambition and the nature of the Hellfire Club would corrupt him.[4]
Lourdes is soon killed by Sentinels in a battle. Upon discovering that Ned Buckman, the White King of the Council, is supporting Steven Lang's Project: Armageddon and its Sentinels, he executes a coup, using Emma Frost's telepathy to make Buckman kill all the Council of the Chosen, including his own White Queen, Paris Seville, and then himself. Shaw proclaims himself Black King, remakes the Council of the Chosen into his Inner Circle and gathers Emma Frost, Harry Leland and the non-mutant cyborg Donald Pierce as the Lords Cardinal of Hellfire Club.[5] At Shaw's side is Tessa, who, unbeknownst to him, is a spy working for Charles Xavier.[volume & issue needed]
As the leader of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club, Shaw starts plans to dominate the world through force, money and power. His connections to top officials of corporations and government, acquired via the Club and through his position as CEO of Shaw Industries, make him a powerful enemy. Shaw becomes a major supporter and builder of Sentinels. This activity brings him into frequent contact with the major players of Project: Wideawake, Senator Robert Kelly and Henry Peter Gyrich, to whom he appears to be an anti-mutant bigot.[6]
Shaw sets his eyes on the X-Men, scheming to capture and study them for use in breeding an army of powerful mutants for the Hellfire Club. He employs the superpowered assassin Warhawk to plant a bug in Cerebro, ensuring the Hellfire Club would be aware of newly manifested mutants at the same moment as the X-Men themselves, as well as giving them access to secret details of their powers and fighting techniques.[7] However, the Club's operatives prove ineffective at defeating the X-Men in the field, and the first two mutants they locate in this manner are lost.[8]
Now aware of the Hellfire Club's existence, the X-Men infiltrate their headquarters, where they are defeated and captured. However, they escape before Shaw can put them to use.[9] Shaw's control of the Hellfire Club grows more tenuous as Pierce proves to be a mutant-hating traitor to the Club[10] and a new recruit to the Inner Circle, Selene, sets her sights on replacing Shaw as the chairman.[11] The Hellfire Club is forced to battle alongside the X-Men against Nimrod, a Sentinel from the future, and though victorious, two key members perish in the fight. After the battle, the Hellfire Club and the X-Men become allies of sorts, with Magneto and Storm filling the position of White King.[12] Arguing that Shaw's support of the Sentinels is endangering the Inner Circle, Magneto, Selene and Emma vote him out of the Club.[13]
Months later, Shaw was attacked by his son, Shinobi Shaw, who phased his hand into his father's chest to induce a coronary. Shaw was then supposedly blown up in his Swiss Mountain chalet by a bomb set by his son.[14] Shinobi shortly became the new Black King of Hellfire Club; however, Shaw survived, albeit with a scar on his face crossing his left eye,[15] which was removed successfully by Madelyne Pryor (seemingly a sentient psionic construct of X-Man) using her psionic powers during their affair after his reappearance. Shaw became part of a new Inner Circle alongside Selene, Madelyne and Trevor Fitzroy, a descendant of Sebastian himself in an alternate future.[16]
Shaw's first move upon recovery from the bomb was to contact the mutant named Holocaust, who had crossed over from the "Age of Apocalypse" timeline. In exchange for a new armored containment suit, Holocaust agreed to help Shaw capture X-Force, which he did with ease. Shaw then had Tessa telepathically brainwash X-Force to hunt down Cable, but Cable used his own emergent telepathy to break the conditioning and free his team. Shaw's relationship with Holocaust declined soon after.[volume & issue needed]
Shaw's more recent exploits included vying for control of the Elixir Vitae, thought to be a cure for the Legacy Virus; associations with the British intelligence agency Black Air and an unnamed time-manipulator; and hunting down X-51, the Machine Man. Then, Shaw was apparently ousted from his position as Black King by Selene, who installed the demon Blackheart in his place. This arrangement did not last long, as Selene and Blackheart were defeated and Shaw has since returned to power.[volume & issue needed]
He attempted to use Lady Mastermind to control Tessa (now called "Sage") and Storm's team of X-Men, who were searching for Destiny's prophetic diaries. Then, after Professor X was "outed" as a mutant, Shaw apparently returned to his capitalist roots and converted the NY branch of the Hellfire Club into a strip club, which was in fact a safe haven for mutants regardless of affiliation. Using telepathic strippers, Shaw gleaned secrets from the minds of his patrons, who come in just to have a good decadent time. Thanks to the aid of his employees, Shaw pretended to be a telepath himself.[volume & issue needed]
After a few months, though, Shaw made a play to become the new Lord Imperial of the entire Club worldwide, and invited Sage to help him. Shaw also invited Courtney Ross (who was actually her evil counterpart Sat-Yr-9) and Sunspot to join him as the White Queen and Black King. All three accepted, but Sage effectively betrayed Shaw when she did not warn him that Pierce might try to assassinate him. Shaw met with the X-Men, claiming to be somewhat reformed, just before Pierce's attack. He was then wounded by Pierce, but remained strong enough to literally knock Pierce's head off. However, he was too hurt to maintain his Club position and was replaced by Sunspot, who is now the current Lord Imperial of the Hellfire Club.[volume & issue needed]
Later, it seemed he had joined forces with a new Inner Circle which included Cassandra Nova, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and Emma Frost/Perfection, the latter of whom had since joined the X-Men. As the story arc continued to unfold, the Hellfire Club made their attack as they each targeted an individual member of Cyclops' team of X-Men. Shaw himself defeated Colossus. In the end however, it is revealed that the entire Hellfire Club was not real, and all were mental images created by Emma Frost's mind, which was infected with a special "programming" by Cassandra Nova in an attempt to revive her. The Shaw duplicate vanished after being defeated by Cyclops.[volume & issue needed]
Shaw appears incognito (with an image-inducer) at a funeral for a mutant boy named Landru. When confronted by Professor X, he merely states that he was paying his respects. Xavier overhears his thoughts of a possible coup against Sunspot during the service. When Shaw notices him watching, he quickly creates a Psi-Shield to hide his thoughts.[volume & issue needed]
Some time after this Shaw appears at a Hellfire Club dinner hosted by Sunspot and is alerted to a device left to him by his father exploding elsewhere in the compound resulting in the insanity of two club menials and Shaw asking his manservant for a file labelled "Kronos". After being upbraided over the explosion and deaths by da Costa he is ordered to investigate. Shaw however knows the cause. The explosion in the Hellfire Club was caused by the activation of a machine developed beneath the Alamogordo genetics plant in Las Cruces, New Mexico by Mr. Sinister. In the past Sinister had worked here (disguised as a Dr. Milbury) alongside Brian Xavier, Kurt Marko and Irene Adler who had been gathered for him by Jacob Shaw, Sebastian's father, as they all had the X-gene and Sinister predicted their children would be mutants. Sinister then experimented of these children (including Cain Marko, Charles Xavier and Sebastian himself), imprinting himself on their DNA. Sinister's machine, dubbed the Cronus device, was designed to activate soon after his death and would activate these hidden copies until Sinister could be reborn in one of them. Jacob, wanting to protect his son, created the device in the Hellfire Club from Sinister's notes to alert and protect Sebastian from the Cronus device. Shaw travelled to New Mexico to visit another of the children to confirm his theory, running into Xavier and Gambit who were investigating a hit list with the children's names on it. Following them he is present when they are attacked by mercenaries under the employ of Amanda Mueller, a former associate of Sinister's. Xavier is captured and Gambit and Shaw team up to save Xavier. It is revealed that Mueller wants to house the powers (though not the personality) of Sinister herself and so is assassinating the children, having undergone the procedure herself. She shoots Xavier, who is already struggling to stop Sinister from taking over his body, which allows him to take over. Sinister in Xavier's body stops Mueller but is in turn confronted by Shaw and Gambit who destroy the Cronus device while Xavier casts Sinister out of his mind. With the threat gone, Shaw leaves.[volume & issue needed]
Later, Shaw joins forces with Claudine Renko, a.k.a. Miss Sinister, a female clone of Mister Sinister. Together they manipulate Wolverine into defeating the new members of the Inner Circle, try to take control of Logan's son, Daken, and set up a trap against Xavier. Shaw also attempts to kill Xavier but is stopped by Daken.[volume & issue needed] Shaw is eventually confronted by Wolverine and begins to fight. Shaw's powers initially protect him from being injured by Wolverine's adamantium claws, allowing him to fair extremely well. The ending of the fight takes place off panel and Wolverine appears with his body and claws soaked with blood, which he soon confirms belongs to Shaw.
During her early days as the White Queen, Sebastian Shaw sends Emma to convince Namor to join the Hellfire Club. Instead, Namor takes her to his kingdom and they begin a relationship. Believing Emma to have betrayed him for Namor, Shaw sends a reprogrammed Sentinel to Atlantis, attacking the two and destroying the kingdom. As Namor confronts Shaw for his treachery, Selene takes telepathic hold of Emma, erasing her memories of Namor, who vows revenge on Shaw. In the present, Emma reveals that her initial battle with Phoenix unlocked her memories of Namor. She makes a pact with him, seducing Shaw and using her telepathy to make Namor believe she has executed him, while secretly telepathically incapacitating Shaw. Per their deal, Namor vows to protect mutant-kind as his own people, while Emma, more determined to fill her role as a leader of mutant-kind, contacts Cyclops to have Shaw captured by the X-Men for "crimes against mutant-kind."[17] Approaching him later in his cell, Emma reveals that she has captured Shaw for Namor and on the basis that the Sentinels he commissioned were ones later used by Cassandra Nova to destroy Genosha. She sentences him to remember nothing but the faces of the Genoshan victims using her telepathy.[18]
Shaw is targeted by Selene along with all those who failed her in her attempt to ascend to godhood. It is revealed that sometime after M-Day he had his son, Shinobi Shaw killed. Selene sends Shinobi and Harry Leland after Shaw and Donald Pierce.[19]
Due to Namor's presence on Utopia, Emma realizes that Shaw's continued existence poses a threat to the agreement she had made with Namor earlier. She decides to finally kill him, but her plans are exposed when Shadowcat accidentally picks up her thoughts during a psi-conversation between her and Colossus. While disgusted at Frost's intended actions, Shadowcat offers her a compromise. As she currently exists as a ghost, she is the perfect tool for making Shaw disappear.[volume & issue needed]
Fantomex, Shadowcat and Emma then take him aboard E.V.A., whilst they work out how to dispose of him. Emma wakes Shaw up and asks him to recount the early days of the Hellfire Club. Emma and two other dancers were the closest of friends, when one night, Emma was offered, by Shaw, the position of Queen. The only stipulation was that one of the two girls had to die. She stated she did not care which one was killed and watched as Shaw proceeded to kill both. Present day, Emma starts to question Shaw further when Fantomex, bored with Emma's "woe is me" recounts of her history, drops the floor from under Shaw. Emma goes into a rage at Fantomex, as Fantomex was unaware that Shaw could absorb energy, such as that from hitting the ground from such heights.[20]
Shaw proceeds to engage Frost's group, stating that he would rather die than see Emma go on breathing a moment longer. Helped by a maimed Fantomex, the former White Queen tricks Shaw into allowing her into his mind, and (with a little encouragement from Shadowcat), as opposed to killing him, finds the most landlocked place in his mind, the point safest from Namor's rage, and wipes his memory. Shaw's attitude immediately changes, and he seems to have no recollection of who he is, where he is, or the identities of anyone around him. In response to his asking who she is, Emma Frost simply rebuffs him, and asks him who he is, coldly telling him that he always said he was a 'self made man' and now is his chance to prove it. She then leaves with the rest of her expedition, leaving a pondering Shaw kneeling in the mud.[volume & issue needed]
Hope Summers and the Lights find Shaw, assuming him to be a new mutant. When they extract him and bring him back to Utopia, Cyclops is not exactly happy to see him.[21]
After the Avengers invaded Utopia, Shaw along with the kids in Utopia were taken to the Avengers Academy. It is revealed that Shaw read the file on him and now knows everything about his past although he claims not to remember it. Wolverine distrusts Shaw and insists that he should be imprisoned. Shaw relents and is imprisoned in a cell that absorbs kinetic energy, meaning that Shaw would be unable to break it by building up his own kinetic energy by punching it. Shaw however, asks for books to keep him occupied and uses a book to hit himself for 8 hours straight, allowing him to build up enough energy to break out of the cell and into the storm drain. Hercules, Tigra and Madison Jeffries try to stop him, but are quickly defeated. Elsewhere, the young mutants from Utopia, now joined by Ricochet, Wiz Kid and Hollow, confront the Academy students. Shortly after this, Shaw appears to the teenagers.[22] Before a battle between both parties can become serious, X-23 and Finesse warn their friends that Shaw's body language indicates that he doesn't mean to hurt anyone, but to help the mutant children to escape. After both sides agree that the mutant children shouldn't be confined against their will, they fake a battle in order to justify their escape in front of the cameras at the Academy.[23]
Shaw is a mutant with the unique ability to absorb energy and use it to augment his strength, speed, stamina and recuperation capabilities to superhuman levels. He absorbs the energy of any impact he is struck by, including not only direct physical blows, but also the impact of bullets and throwing weapons, and less successfully, concussive energy beams; notably Cyclops' optic blasts. By absorbing successive blows from an opponent, Shaw can surpass the physical abilities of said opponent and then overpower them. His speed is the attribute most dramatically increased by his power; after absorbing enough energy he can attack more quickly than opponents can react.[24] He is sometimes shown to be capable of absorbing the cutting, piercing and thrusting energy from a blade. His powers can enable his body to withstand cutting from adamantium, but only for a short time.
In the past, Shaw has been limited to a certain amount of energy and would lose consciousness when he surpassed his capabilities. More recently however, Shaw has been shown to be able to take in an indefinite amount of energy without ill effects.[13][25] The power he absorbs dissipates over time, and exposure to the elements causes it to drain rapidly.[25][26] Without any absorbed energy, Shaw is merely a strong ordinary human in excellent physical condition, but regularly works to keep his strength at a superhuman level. In one instance, he was shown to spend time hitting a wall after waking in order to build up his power reserves before starting the day. Shaw also can forgo sleep if he receives enough energy. Often he will have his mercenaries pummel him so that he would not need to sleep for some time.
Shaw also has a successful business acumen and access to sophisticated weaponry. He not only prides himself on his power and the connections it allows him, but on knowing his opponents and how best to defeat them, whether in battle or in business. He also possesses technology that can block telepathic intrusions by Professor X.
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In the Age of Apocalypse, Sebastian Shaw is one of the many mutant aristocrats and a prized servant of Apocalypse. He reveals Angel's connections with the X-Men and other rebels to his master, having seen Angel talking to the former X-Man Gambit.[27]
In the Marvel Noir series X-Men Noir, Shaw is a powerful politician who commands the Brotherhood to do his bidding.[28]
In the Mutant X universe, Shaw is still the Black King of the Hellfire Club, but is enclosed in a protective shell for reasons unknown.[29]
In the alternate universe created by the Sphinx, Shaw fights against tyranny alongside such heroes as Cannonball, Juggernaut and Beast.[30]
In the House of M, Sebastian Shaw was granted the position of S.H.I.E.L.D. Director after he aligned himself with Magneto and helped him transform Sentinels into mutant-protecting robots using his company's money.[31]
The Ultimate version of Sebastian Shaw is also the leader of the Hellfire Club, a secret society that worships the Phoenix God.[32] Ultimate Shaw, unlike his mainstream counterpart, never demonstrated any signs of mutant powers. He was killed by the Phoenix.[33]
In Alan Moore's Captain Britain - Waiting for the End of the World, Sebastian Shaw makes contributions to help Sir James Jaspers in his cause against the superhumans of Britain. He is a pawn in a game of chess played between Merlin and his daughter.


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Diurnal and Tidal Variability in the Photobiology of the Seagrass Halophila johnsonii in a Riverine Versus Marine Habitat
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The threatened seagrass Halophila johnsonii grows intertidally to 3 m deep in river-influenced and marine-influenced habitats. In this study, environmental parameters and photosynthetic characteristics of H. johnsonii were measured hourly for populations from adjacent riverine and marine habitats under opposite tidal regimes (high tide at midday, low tide at midday). The two populations exhibited habitat-specific diurnal responses, which indicate long-term acclimatization to their different environments. During periods with similar bottom irradiances, effective photochemical efficiencies and chlorophyll concentrations were comparatively greater in the riverine population, indicative of low-light acclimation. In addition, ultraviolet pigment absorbance (340–345 nm) was generally greater in the riverine plants and it generally increased following ebb tides and decreasing salinity, suggesting a stress response. Multivariate analyses indicated that photosynthetic characteristics were most dissimilar when environmental conditions were most dissimilar, i.e., riverine plants when low tide occurred at midday compared to marine plants when high tide occurred at midday. Salinity, photosynthetically active radiation, and optical water quality (K 0PAR, S CDOM, and a 412) were most correlated with variability in photosynthetic characteristics. As there is no significant genetic variation among populations of H. johnsonii, the photosynthetic characteristics of the riverine and marine populations we examined reflect acclimation to their respective habitats through a highly phenoplastic physiology.
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- Title
- Diurnal and Tidal Variability in the Photobiology of the Seagrass Halophila johnsonii in a Riverine Versus Marine Habitat
- Journal
Estuaries and Coasts
Volume 36, Issue 2 , pp 430-443
- Cover Date
- 2013-03-01
- 10.1007/s12237-012-9571-2
- Print ISSN
- 1559-2723
- Online ISSN
- 1559-2731
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Halophila johnsonii
- Seagrass
- Acclimation
- Physiological plasticity
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Amanda E. Kahn (1)
- Jeffrey L. Beal (2)
- Michael J. Durako (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC, 28403, USA
- 2. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, FAU HBOI, 5600 US1, Ft. Pierce, FL, 34946, USA


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The new Gary Fong Puffer for Olympus Pen cameras is a simple flash diffuser for your camera's built-in flash. The Puffer comes in two parts: a black plastic frame that fits in your camera's hot shoe and the "Puffer" diffusion panel that attaches to the black plastic frame. As Mr. Fong explains on his website, the Puffer is intended to greatly soften the quality of light.
The website product page goes on to say, "The Puffer is great for portraits, grabshots of people and closeups of objects (great for eBay photos!) It packs completely flat for convenient storage in your camera bag (or pocket!) and has eight different mounting positions for the perfect fit for any popup flash camera."
In truth, the Puffer is simply a piece of plastic diffusion material placed in front of your camera's flash. It reduces the strength of the flash and, as a result, does indeed "soften" the light by reducing the strength of highlights created by the flash.
As you can see in the quick snapshot portraits below, the Puffer softens the light coming from the pop-up flash on the Olympus E-PL1, but it also darkens the overall exposure since the flash output is being reduced by the Puffer's diffusion panel. Is this "great for portraits" as the manufacturer claims? Well, that's a matter of opinion, but with or without the Puffer we're still talking about direct on-camera flash... which is rarely attractive lighting for portraits.
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The images of my hand show that the Puffer also warms skin tones (again, a side effect of reducing the light output from the flash) which is also a good thing for portraits. However, the sample photo of my hand also illustrates another problem with the Puffer: The diffuser isn't big enough to block the full output of the flash, so if you use a wide angle lens you will see undiffused light either above or below the Puffer (depending on the position of the Puffer on the mounting frame).
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Since Mr. Fong points out that the Puffer is "great for eBay photos" I took a series of photos in a light tent with a wide angle lens and a telephoto lens. As you can see in the wide angle shots, the lens barrel blocks part of the light output from the pop-up flash, but in the Puffer shot you can also see where the undiffused light shows up under the edge of the Puffer. Again, if you adjust the position of the Puffer so it covers the lower area of the flash then the undiffused light shows up above the flash rather than below. This is pretty annoying when you're using the Puffer with a wide angle lens. Happily, the Puffer works fine with telephoto lenses.
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Pure Perfection or Puffery?
At the end of the day, the Gary Fong Puffer does most of what it claims to do (with a few disclaimers). Like it or not, there's only so much that you can do to improve the light coming from a pop-up flash. In some cases the Puffer indeed makes your photos look "better" (less harsh highlights from your flash, softer skin tones and softer shadows) but if you don't understand the limits of this little flash accessory it can also make your photos look worse.
Pricing and availability
The Gary Fong Micro Four Thirds Puffer will be available Monday, May 16 for a retail price of 21.95.
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