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MELVILLE, TENNESSEE -- On 4/23/2012 my favorite Nikon 24-70 f2.8 G lens was bumped against a piece of drywall, and now needed a new filter ring. I'd been putting off purchasing a new rubber grip, but was otherwise performing 100% up to my expectations and my favorite lens.
In September of 2011, I decided I finally had a short window of time to work on lens, and called and spoke with ** at Nikon support and asked to purchase 2 $20 parts to replace the filter ring on my 24-70 and was informed that I could no longer order them, and had no option other than sending lens into be repaired in-house. (Thank goodness we can go order parts for our cars, otherwise we'd have to take them to the dealership every time we needed a new headlight bulb.)
On 10/31/12 I sent the lens in to have the ring and grip replaced, received estimate for $772 related to "impact damage" - the lens had never been dropped or even made a funny noise or been stiff ever. On Jan 31st, 2013 after over 20 emails and 15 phone calls, I finally gave up and simply paid them at a discounted rate ($621.02) and didn't receive my lens back until the first week of March.
I began using lens in March and quickly noticed that focusing seemed a little off but in the busy wedding season I simply blamed perhaps user error or maybe camera settings (fine-tuning on body). On June 2nd, 2013 I sent Nikon service a message stating that the lens was indeed still having problems and that I was VERY unhappy considering that the lens was working better PRIOR to my simple attempts to purchase the filter ring which ended up costing me $621. ALL NIKON SERVICE has a 6-month warranty and June 2 is less than 6 months from March.
** (upper level person) replied to me the next day requesting sample images. I finally (after extensive testing and experimentation) submitted sample images (quite a while later due to some family and travel related issues) but it was confirmed that the lens was still in need of service. At least this time I got a loaner lens (which seems to be banged up worse than any of my lenses, but at least it focuses properly) - I sent my poor lens off again on 11/11/2013 and now, I've been given the same exact runaround - they're accusing me of impact damage (a second time??) and sent me an estimate for $640 on 11/16/13.
This is heinous - I'll be selling all my Nikon gear and switching to Canon. It breaks my heart as I've always been a die-hard Nikon fanboy, but can't keep getting mistreated. Now, like a battered spouse, I'm TERRIFIED of having to send in any of my other lenses, for fear they'll accuse me of "IMPACT DAMAGE" again.
What are we professionals to do? $2300 lens and just a filter ring and rubber grip are about to cost me $1250 and over 40 hours of time sending emails, phone calls etc - just trying to get treated as though we've spent $20k in equipment.
Let me start by saying that I loved my Nikon D80. Great camera that took incredible shots - when it worked. Lens 18-200 went in for repair 2X under warranty with auto focus lock issues. After that, body goes down with an error message. Camera had less than 5 maybe 600 actuation's at most and was cared for very well.
I call Nikon repair in Melville NY and start the out of warranty repair incident from hell. After about 2 weeks I get a repair estimate for close to $200.00 with shipping. Speak with customer support who informs me that there is a shutter connection problem and that I need to authorize the repair and charge. I ask for a courtesy repair seeing that my system was already in their repair facility 2X which they politely refused.
I then inquire as to the warranty on the repair and informed that the repair is warranted for 6 months (it might have been less). When asked to see this in writing: answer - customer service states that Nikon does not put this in writing. "It's just something we honor and do". Are you kidding me? A multimillion company Nikon providing me with a verbal extended warranty agreement? Should have known what was coming next, but they had my camera and I already paid for shipping so I authorize the charge.
Almost a month goes by and no camera. Call Nikon service again in Melville and told that the part is not in yet and possibly not in the country. I say again - A multimillion dollar company Nikon with no repair parts in the US for my camera after almost a month. I leave a message with management same day and get a response later stating the part is now in and camera will be fixed shortly - magic FedEx I guess. Camera is returned with a happy customer? WRONG...
Camera comes back with broken housing and flash. I call Melville Nikon customer support again and ask to speak with a supervisor. Almost 30 minutes on hold and then I CLEARLY explain the damage, which I even offer up as a possible shipping issue between customer and merchant. Manager states that they want the camera back and will pay for shipping + expedite and possibly swap out after all of the aggravation.
Camera sent back and guess what happens next? Yup - I get another bill from Nikon for exactly the same amount (down to the penny for housing/flash repair damage) as the previous bill for an internal shutter issue. Best part, this damage was CLEARLY noted with Nikon management and was not my fault which is why the manager offered to ship it back at their cost.
Call Nikon customer service again in Melville NY. They pull up the invoice and the notes taken from the manager. I'm informed that the notes have no information whatsoever as to the damage upon receipt claim and that only a flash issue was mentioned. Again - are you kidding me? That's why I friggin' called!!! They were happy to report though that the camera had impact damage and what the charges were. Holy **!! Really??? I'm then told that they now have to send the new info back up to management to see if the repair will be done as a courtesy. I decided not to say out loud what I was thinking and I am once again without my camera.
As mentioned in a previous negative Nikon service issue, my intent with this complaint is not to sway your purchase decision but to help you make a more informed one after seeing what I and other customers have gone through. Warranty/out of warranty issues may be handled better by other Nikon repair facilities and the shots taken with my D80 (when it worked) were all without complaint. Unfortunately, Nikon's after sales support and repair history left me a very unhappy Nikon owner.
I have found Nikon to be an excellent camera in the past when I used a SLR (non-digital) to document incoming gas turbine equipment back in the 70s. That camera was a workhorse and tough. In most cases, Nikon is probably a good or even great camera.
The problem is in the reliability of the product. If you get a good camera, you are fortunate. If, however, you get a bad camera, look out. I have had the misfortune of getting a bad camera (D80) the first time I purchased a Nikon. It took great pictures for a while and then became totally unpredictable, taking pictures one time and then nothing the next. To me, it seems to be an electrical problem. If it were mechanical, it would probably stay non-functional once the component broke.
I have found that once you get into the aftermarket or service part of Nikon you will have a very hard time getting them to communicate with you. They do not send you any feedback on your equipment other than a form letter (e-mail) stating they have your camera and it is being looked at.
In my case, had I not gone online and followed an ambiguous trail entering code numbers and initials I would not have learned of my cameras status. They provide no time frame for completion dates, shipping or anything else. The first two times I returned the camera it simply showed up on my porch one day around a month later. To be fair, they do provide expedited shipping to and from their facility.... if you push them. Of course, once the camera is received by them it goes into this black, unresponsive hole.
I have returned my D80 three times for warranty repair. The first time it came back worse than when I sent it. The second time it worked for a day and went out again. I have pretty much lost the spring and summer opportunities for shooting. Very frustrating, especially when they fail to communicate or respond to your being inconvenienced by their poor workmanship.
Two days ago, I checked on the status and, after following the convoluted trail to get the status, found the code that means they are replacing the camera. No letter of apology stating they are sorry for the inconvenience. No "we will get you a new product ASAP". No nothing. This is not a good way to run a company. Their corporate philosophy is interesting in that nowhere in it does it use the word quality. Now I am beginning to see why. They do mention meeting customer needs and expectations. That philosophy seems to end on their website. See for yourself here; http://www.nikon.com/about/info/philosophy/index.htm
A neighbor friend of mine had an even worse experience with his Nikon. His replacement camera (first camera was sent back three times as well) failed! Unbelievable. The bottom line is, if I had to do it again I probably would not buy a Nikon. I need reliability and a company that responds to its customer's needs.
MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA -- I would like to ask you as Nikon Corporation to explain to me why in the first place my camera needed service and the second why your authorized service point instead of fixing it made it worse than it was. I am proud owner of Nikon equipment since I can remember and I never did have any problems until I decided do go for new digital equipment. As first digital camera I did buy D70S long time ago. Then after years of happy use I decided to go for D200. Because I was happy with my F65 and F80 and F100 and my D70S then I decided to buy new lenses for my D200 and new speed lights, etc. I probably would be happy until today if I would not decide to go for D200.
First I do not know why the camera did have hot and dead pixels. Second when I did buy new lenses I did find dust inside. I did check few lenses in the shop and all of them were dusty. So when finally the shop staff did find one with reasonable amount of "DUST" inside I did have to pick it up from another shop in the city. It sounds crazy but I have lost around 4 hours of my time to get a lens which could be accepted as "clean".
When I have decided to go for next lens the problem did not exist because the shop staff already picked "clean" lens for me. By clean I understand lens which can be accepted as reasonable condition. I didn't buy the third lens from Nikon because I think that it is just too expensive to get a product for $1500 with fungus inside. So I did buy Sigma and I am very happy since, it took $2000 but is crystal clean and rock solid.
Camera. It is very nice of you to sell the camera to me and I appreciate your afford put into the product and its quality but I do not appreciate when my camera ($2950 at the time I bought it) has hot pixels and when I can see it on every picture. I have decided to not try to fix it because I think that as long as I can live with the problem it is better to avoid service centres. And I was right as far as I can see.
After 1.5 year of using my camera I have got tired of Photoshopping with the faulty pixels on pictures and I did take it to the service. Very nice lady took the equipment and as I was told later on the camera just needed pixels remapping. So they did it and I have got my camera back – it took "only" 5 weeks but I didn't say anything. 15 working days is not 5 weeks.
When I did get my camera back I did take one shot, looked on the screen and when I did find that my big ugly red spot has disappeared then I did put the camera to the cabinet because I was using my other film camera at this time. After 10 days I took my nice freshly fixed D200 and gave it a huge kiss and took few pictures. Guess what my disappointment was, when I did find that freshly charged battery did die after few minutes.
I did take next battery then and this one died even faster than the previous one. I did charge my batteries again and gave it next try. I did find that the problem was fixed for short time when I remove and put back the memory card. So I did reformat it and everything in this matter came back to normal. I do not know if it was a problem after CCD cleaning or some fault in program and I do not know if card format did fix it or is it just temporary.
Next problem I have is PC mode when I put my camera into USB port. The camera used to show PC mode and I could download the pictures. Now after the service the camera is alive and I can take pictures while it is connected to PC. The PC mode blinks only when I remove pictures from the camera using PC. So after that I did get unhappy and rung the service to find out what could have caused the problem and if I could fix it somehow.
Unfortunately I was treated very badly by the receptionists and told that I need to bring it back and they will fix it and I will have to pay for it. The lady was very unfriendly and treated me as some kind of intruder. So I gave up and rung them again in half an hour with the same polite question what can be done about my problem. So as I spoke with some other lady I was told that I need to bring my camera back to them and they will have a look. If they find that there is another fault on the camera than they will have to charge me for the service because they didn't touch this part of equipment.
My question is why after the service the faults have multiplied and one fixed fault is resulting in two new ones. I want to know why I need to drive 40km again during my working hours and hope that they will fix it and not charge me. At first stage of this history you as Nikon didn't check the quality of the product. If the dead pixels and hot pixels can be fixed by software remapping in the service point why it wasn't done in the factory?
Second why the quality checks are so poor in your factories? Why do I have to deal with a problem which should not exist in the first place and then why the service point is so unfriendly and is waiting for my dollars but is not providing professional service as it should.
I am not going to take my camera there because I am afraid that it will not be fixed and it may do more strange things after they touch it and they will charge me extra for the things they break. I do not need any more "Special Features" in my camera. It is not acceptable to provide such service to your loyal customers and order more money for fixing equipment which should be never faulty. I wanted to go for D300 but I think I will sell my Nikon camera and go for another make because obviously you go down in quality and you provide bad service. Now I am stuck with faulty camera with no hope to get it fixed. I am not going to waste my time on travel because no one pays for it.
If the service point is providing such poor quality of their work they should pay for a courier to pick it up from my house and then send it back when it is fixed. I am very unhappy with your quality of the product and the service. I would like to get an answer to these questions and please let me know what you as Nikon Corporation are going to do about this situation. (Service Centre is Camera Clinic in Melbourne Australia)
I had bought a Coolpix S610c series camera. After two months of use it would no longer take pictures, displaying a "lens error" screen. I sent it in for repair after speaking to a customer service representative who explained that it would take 7-10 business days for repair. I felt this was perfect because I was leaving to go back to school in the Caribbean in 3 weeks, so I would have my camera back in time. Unfortunately, that was not the case. I kept trying to track the status on their website and it was not updating.
3 weeks later, right before I was about to go back to school I called the company and they said that they were waiting for a part to come in for the replacement. I asked why it was taking so long and they said that it is coming from Japan and could take anywhere from 3 weeks to a month. I asked why they do not inform customers that if a part is needed to be ordered it could take longer and they replied with, "it usually takes 7 to 10 business days." When I replied "clearly, that is not always the case though," they could not come up with a response.
For another month I had to hound them for an estimated time I would be receiving my camera again. Every time they said they would e-mail me back a response they did not - a total of 3 or 4 times. Finally, I called and demanded to speak to a supervisor who took over the case and finally found out when the part would be in and claimed she would express ship it to me via UPS.
I received an e-mail eventually stating it would be at the post office on Friday and I would be e-mailed the UPS tracking number. The Wednesday after the company claimed my camera would be at the post office I still had no tracking number, and the way the post office here works it is a necessity to pick up your package because they will not alert you when it is here. Again I called and again I was told I would be e-mailed the number because they "did not have it yet" which is ridiculous because UPS gives your tracking number immediately. Again I called back and was promised another e-mail, which I refused to believe and spoke to a supervisor.
So as of now, I sent my camera in for a repair that I was told would take 7-10 business days... 2 months ago. The only way I was able to get answers from this company was when I got irritated and started yelling and demanding things, and who wants that kind of stress. I would never, ever, ever, EVER recommend Nikon due to this experience. They give you the runaround and then act like it is beyond their control to help you. It is not customer service if they do not do what they say they will. This company literally disgusts me.
I received a Nikon Coolpix camera for Christmas and found it to be pretty user friendly and took good pictures. I did however have a problem with the camera (battery not holding charge, camera taking blurry pics, and randomly snapping pics) after a few months but was not concerned because it was covered by a year manufacture warranty. I called Nikon and got less than helpful service from the customer service dept. They did ask that I send the camera in to be looked at and probably would need repair.
Then about a week later I received an email informing me that my repairs would not be covered by my warranty and my warranty as far as they were concerned was void. I was quite upset since I had only had the camera a few months and not done any damage to the camera. I again spoke with a different customer service representative who was quite short with me and said the repair dept reported that the camera needed repair but due to the external damage to the camera my warranty was completely void.
I asked what damage the camera had since I did not send a camera with any damage. His reply was that there were minor scratches observed on the exterior of the camera. I explained that I have a 1 year old daughter and take lots of pictures and the camera had normal wear from being in and out of my purse but no major damage to it. He informed me that only cameras that remain in "mint condition" absolutely no scratches or any kind of wear are covered under the warranty. Nikon puts unrealistic limitations on their warranty as a way of not upholding their warranty and forcing the customer to pay for repairs. I am not fixing the camera and will go back to a Canon!!!!!
FORT COLLINS, COLORADO -- I recently bought a Nikon Coolpix S1 camera... After using it for only a couple of weeks, the camera had become useless. I had let it sit for a couple of days in the charger base. The next time I went to use the camera, there was liquid leaking from inside the camera. I am assuming that this liquid was coming from the liquid crystal display. The camera and charger base was sitting where it was impossible for the camera to be exposed to external liquids, or even humidity and condensation. Also, the liquid was coming from inside the camera, there was no moisture on the outside.
However, after sending the camera to Nikon for service, they, of course, denied the warranty due to "water damage". Never mind the fact that the liquid was coming from INSIDE the camera itself! Anybody who reads this I would caution you to be aware that Nikon's warranty concerning "water damage" obviously includes leaking liquid from the camera itself!
So, I then received a bill for repair of the camera which was over 2/3 of the overall price I had paid for the camera. After several irate calls to Nikon's service department, in which I explained over and over to no avail, that the camera was never exposed to external liquids, that the liquid was coming from inside the camera!!!! Not only would they not warranty my camera, they insisted on calling me a liar by asserting that the camera had been exposed to an external source of moisture... as I KNOW FOR A FACT IT NEVER WAS!!! They eventually decided that the camera couldn't even be repaired at all and sent it back to me AS IS.
I WILL NEVER EVER OWN ANOTHER NIKON PRODUCT EVER AGAIN... As I do not appreciate being screwed out of $300 and being called a liar! I would stress to everybody not to deal with this company, as their service warranty and repair is, quite frankly, rude, intolerable and has quite questionable ethics.
NEW YORK -- I purchased a Nikon L-820 which took horrible, blurry pictures. Camera was under 1 year warranty. Returned camera at my expense, and did not hear a thing from Nikon for 5 weeks. I was then told they were waiting for parts. Long wait - where do these parts come from, China or Japan? After arguing with them over the excessive wait, they sent me another defective camera, the L-810.
Contacted Nikon - again, and they requested sample pics. I sent them 8 pics to ** (all about customer service, ha ha - what a joke) and he accused me of editing the pics. What a dork, what do they think, I have all day to send emails, make phone calls, take blurry pics, and forward them to a company that then accuses me of editing the pictures?
I just want a damn camera that works. I paid $300.00 for the original camera, and still do not have a working camera. Nikon refused to give me a refund or allow me to pay the difference for a better camera. Nikon is fine - as long as you get a fully, functional camera, but if you don't - you're screwed, because Nikon will not do a thing to make it right. I'm making a complaint with BBB, Attorney General and FTC!
For my birthday I received a digital camera a Nikon Coolpix S6100, the quality of this is complete junk, touch screen doesn't function properly and the picture quality is awful the worst of any digital camera I've used in the past. All the images come out orange, I've read the manual I've adjusted settings, this camera is simply defective!
Yes Nikon you need to admit you sold a defective product, it happens; and as a customer I'm understanding that defects happen. What is not acceptable is how I was treated by Nikon's customer service department when calling in on my defective camera, one of the most rude customer service departments I've ever dealt with. I was told to send it in and they'll "look at it" and to send in copies of pictures I took that were orange, how inconvenient. All I wanted to do was exchange my defective camera, really Nikon that's how you treat your customers? Unacceptable!
I was very excited when I first bought my Nikon in Jan 2009 for our 25th anniversary. I know it was on the expensive side. I was going to buy a Canon, live and learn. My boss said he had one and was working well for him at the time. Well I went on our trip for our anniversary and wanted something light to take that would keep those special memories. Well I took about 15 pictures and started getting a lens error, which I now know is very common! My bosses started doing it too a month after mine did. So anyway, I ended up buying a Kodak throwaway to capture our specials moments. I was not happy to say the least.
I thought well things happened and sent it back they repaired it and said this was a common error. Asked where I lived. I said Arizona and they said "Oh that is why, due to the dust!" I babied this camera, it was in a nice case, and it was not dirty at all. I received my camera and it worked for a month then went to the NASCAR races and guess what? I got the ole lens error again, so this time no pictures were taken at all! Sent it back and the support is just awful. Cannot hardly understand the techs, must been from India! Received the camera after spending $100. They said the body had a small dent?? There were no dents when I sent it to them I took very good care of it.
Now the flash is not working most of the time. They told me it was due to a bad battery, right! So bought a new battery and still the same. So now, I have to send it off again and I am sure they will come up with something to charge me with. The sad thing is I bought the extended warranty. Buyers beware. Stay away from NIKON. The service that I have received from the Nikon repair department is pathetic. I will never buy another NIKON product! What a shame. I mainly bought it because it had such a high pixel waiting and thought they made good cameras. I now know I was wrong!


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Private investment indicates the level of demand anticipated by industry; therefore, it can be considered a leading indicator for transportation capacity and supply. The data cover both domestically produced and imported equipment.
Private Investment in Transportation | Q3 01 | Q3 02 |
Current dollars | 40.68 | 35.33 |
Current dollars percent change from previous quarter | -14.50 | -13.15 |
Chained 1996 dollars | 40.00 | 35.25 |
Chained 1996 dollars percent change from previous quarter | -14.39 | -11.88 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Private investment in transportation equipment (PITE) and manufacturers' new orders for transportation equipment (NOTE) both measure business demand for transportation equipment. However, they differ from each other in the following aspects.
(1) Actual vs. potential: PITE is the actual expenditures spent on transportation equipment by business in the concerned time period, while NOTE is the net of orders and cancellations and include orders received and filled during the concerned time period as well as orders received for future delivery, which are subject to cancellation.
(2) Domestic vs. international: PITE is expenditures spent by domestic business on purchasing transportation equipment, while NOTE includes orders from other countries.
(3) Producer vs. purchaser: NOTE is orders to transportation equipment manufacturers and is measured in producer's price, while PITE is purchasers' expenditures on transportation equipment and is measured in purchaser's price, which includes transportation cost, trade margin, and excise tax, in addition to producer's price.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis; National Income and Product Accounts data, Tables 5.4 and 5.5; Nov. 26, 2002; available at: http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/AllTables.asp?Selected=N#S5; based on Survey of Current Business.

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10 Ebrill 2014
,Collections reviews are a hot topic in museums these days, and for good reasons. Reviews form an integral part of collections management. Last October on this blog, I introduced a number of recent reviews of natural science collections. Now it's time to talk about the Welsh Museums Federation's approach.
The dry bit first: we developed a methodology that reflects the constraints of the project. And they are pretty tight: we needed to undertake 20 reviews with an average time allocation of two curator days each. This means getting an overview of holdings, assessing their significance, and identifying any collections needs in a single day. We adapted UCL's significance toolkit rather than using the more recently published CyMAL assessment. We felt that this better reflected the questions we were asking and the constraints of the project. If you want to know more about the methodology, please get in touch with the 'Linking Collections' project manager.
'Linking Collections' was conceived because natural science collections up and down the country are, generally speaking, relatively neglected and in need of TLC. We have found that this really is the case. In some cases, specimens were lovingly repackaged in acid free tissue in good boxes – and then not checked for ten years because of lack of specialist curatorial expertise, sometimes with spectacular results. If you work in a museum you know all about this; you are likely to have seen things no mortal eye should ever have to witness.
Let's focus on the review process itself. It's quite simple really. A pre-review questionnaire sent to partner museums early last year collected information about scope and approximate size of collections. This then formed the basis for a decision on how many and which curators (reviewers) to send to each museum. Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales very kindly provided 'Linking Collections' with expertise in the form of specialist curators; the National Museum is now the only museum in Wales with specialist natural science curators.
The project manager acts as the match maker and organises the (review) dates. At the museum, each reviewer is
paired up with a local member of staff or a volunteer – in either case somebody who either already is, or will be in future, working with the natural science collection. In this way, the reviewer benefits from local knowledge of physical access to the collection. At the same time, the local staff/volunteers get hands-on training in object handling and a deep insight into their collection from the reviewer. This way of working not only speeds up the process of working through a collection; it also forms an important part of the training element of 'Linking Collections', as one of the main aims of the project is to improve the local understanding of natural science collections.
While the reviewer assesses the objects, the assistant fills in the EXCEL data matrix on a laptop. The data matrix asks for a definition of a 'review unit' as well as its size (a unit can be a single specimen or an entire cupboard full of specimens); information about provenance, the collector, collection date. We then record any information about local relevance and historic notes, as well as a simple indication of conservation state, documentation, quality of packaging and any potential health and safety issues. Then there is a block of columns with significance assessments, on a traffic-light-scale, regarding different levels of importance (local to international) and value (scientific, historic, educational, …). Finally, the reviewer also records an initial recommendation for potential use of the review unit.
The information we get from this assessment helps determine the potential of each collection. It will also enable to identify gaps in collections that could be addressed, in the future, through the museum's collecting strategy. And because the approach is consistent between 20 museums it will be possible to compare these collections directly, and see how they complement each other, or whether there are similar problems affecting them. This last point is particularly important in the context of establishing the Distributed National Collection in Wales, which is what this project is all about.
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12 Chwefror 2014
,Now that the collections reviews have started in earnest (6 collections down, 14 to go) and things are settling down a bit (ahem...), it is about time to introduce our project partners. Linking Natural Science Collections in Wales is a collaborative project involving many people and organisations. The idea of creating a network of collections (the very philosophy of the Distributed National Collection) would not be possible without partnerships. If we think of the project as a growing plant a number of analogies spring to mind.
The Welsh Museums Federation is instrumental for sowing the seeds of the Linking Collections project; the Federation is the strategic body for sector professionals in Wales and promotes good practice while providing a forum for discussion. Like a spider in her web, the Federation has the links it takes to pull the strings.
The seeds are watered by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund which provided a grant of £100,000 towards the project. These grants fund collections work outside the scope of an organisation's core resources; in this case for a project manager to pull together collections reviews, data digitisation and online publishing, education resources, a touring exhibition, community engagement and training for museums.
Major nutrients for healthy growth of the little plant, lets say Nitrogen and Phosphorus, are provided by two major partners, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales and CYMAL. Amgueddfa Cymru looks after the national collections. Seven museums in different parts of Wales with different themes provide one of the cultural backbones of the nation. Specialist curators from National Museum Cardiff are crucial for the smooth and reliable completion of the collections reviews in the partner museums.
CYMAL are the Welsh Assembly Government's heritage and culture arm; they provide advice and support to the sector in Wales, develop professional standards, manage grant schemes and advise the Minister for Culture and Sport on policy matters. Thanks to support from CYMAL, a number of training courses are going to be run for partner museum curators and volunteers.
And here they come – they have already been mentioned a couple of times: the partner museums. There are 20 of them, and in our little analogy they are the soil in which the plant is growing. I am going to list them all because they deserve it:
Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Newport Museum and Art Gallery
Rhayader Museum and Art Gallery
Wrexham County Borough Museum and Archives
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And we are not finished: communities are the carbon dioxide each plant needs for photosynthesis, and communities take an increasing interest and get more involved in their local museums. This ranges from amateur collectors organising community-curated displays, to Welsh speakers sharing their knowledge of vernacular terminology, to volunteers helping with identification and curation of museum specimens.
The light for the healthy growth of the plant comes, naturally, from school pupils (particularly from local primary schools), who are increasing better able to utilise their museum, through improved engagement programmes, updated exhibitions and a system of ready-to-use loans boxes with activities and guidance for teachers.
Last but not least, each plant needs someone to look after it, and the gardeners in this case are the members of the steering group. Usually, they prefer to remain modestly in the shadows, but they, too, deserve a mention for their work of seeding and weeding:
Dr Richard Bevins, Keeper of Natural Sciences, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Diane Gwilt, Keeper of Collections, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Jane Henderson, Senior Lecturer, School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University
Dr Hefin Jones, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
Rachael Rogers, President, Welsh Museums Federation
Mike Wilson, Head of Entomology, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
A healthy plant is growing
Now I am going to sit back and watch the plant grow. Oh no, there is the next collections review to organise, the data to be edited, the annual report to finish, another meeting coming up… However, I will very much enjoy this new growth in the museum landscape. I hope you will enjoy it too.
For any comments, suggestions, or to contribute to this exciting project please get in touch: Facebook - Linking Collections Wales, Twitter - @LinkinCollWales.
Collections Review at Carmarthen Museum
27 Ionawr 2014
,On Friday, Adrian Plant and I, along with Christian Baars, took part in a Collections Review at Carmarthen Museum as part of the Esmee Fairbairn 'Linking Natural Science Collections on Wales' project. The museum, was in a lovely old house, the old Bishop's Palace, just outside Carmarthen. We spent the day in the natural history store, systematically going through all of the boxes to see what was in each one and assess it's condition and potential importance. As not all of it had been accessioned even the curators were not sure what might be there and we had a very interesting time never knowing what might be in the next box. Amongst the specimens we found were a collection of weaver birds' nests and a 'vasculum' (metal box containing botanical specimens) containing an old seed collection along with the original bill of sale. Hopefully, some of these specimens may now find their way out to public display at some point in the future.
Distributed Collections - More than the Sum of their Parts
8 Tachwedd 2013
,This is 'Part 2' of my thoughts on distributed collections, the first one having appeared on this blog in May 2013. There is a drive to create a Distributed National Collection in Wales as part of a move towards joined-up content in museums, which is essential to provide both public and professional access to collection information and specimens alike. The Welsh Museums Federation is at the forefront of this development, with the main aim of the Linking Natural Science Collections in Wales being to implement the Welsh Museums Strategy's concept of a Distributed National Collection for natural science collections.
If collections are dispersed, access to data and specimens can be difficult; there may not be much information about a collection, or access may be restricted because of lack of staff, or stores may be physically inaccessible – if you have anything to do with museums you will have been in a crowded store where you can't swing a (mounted) cat for the number of boxes and things triple-stacked on top of each other. There are many reasons why collections may be dispersed and I would like to explore some of these reasons here.
Dispersal within a single museum
In many cases, particularly in museums with a social history focus, inaccessibility of natural science material can arise from the way the collection is classified and, accordingly, organised in the stores. Museums with dedicated natural science collections keep all vertebrates together, all fossils in one place and all insects in the same cupboard. However, if your focus is on collecting local social history objects your collections management system will be designed to help you classify dresses, wooden spoons and Victorian drill bits. Any natural science specimens will then be slotted into that classification system with the result that, for instance, some mounted objects and taxidermy are stored in the 'Hunting' section while others can be kept under 'Domestic'. As a result, specimens which under one classification system (natural science) share common characteristics are physically dispersed throughout a store because under a different classification system (social history) the emphasis is on different features.
Dispersal within a regional area
Historically, many collections with local relevance ended up in local museums. This is why so many museums have a couple of stuffed barn owls and a box full of cow bones – seemingly unnecessary duplication. This may be a reflection of the relatively similar collecting interests of people – have you been able to resist the temptation of picking up some old cow bones when you saw them scattered in a field? And once you have them in your possession, what better to do with them than donate them generously to your local museum as an example of the local biodiversity?
Local museums are, of course, also fantastic repositories for local biodiversity and geology. However, there is rarely a collections strategy which would ensure systematic sampling of the entire local flora and fauna. As a result, the extent to which the local area is actually represented in the museum collection depends on a number of things (enough material for another article), essentially chance. This means that, theoretically and statistically, the combined collections of many museums in a geographical area may be a fairly good representation of the natural history and geology of this area. Is this really the case? While creating a Distributed National Collection in Wales we will soon find out.
Deliberate Dispersal
Collections may be dispersed for other reasons, for instance entirely deliberately. The artist Marged Pendrell has her own take on dispersed collections of natural science material. Over a number of years she had collected a large number of skulls from North Wales. A recent move to a smaller studio prompted her to disperse part of her collection by offering sheep, fox and badger skulls – as being representative of her local environment in Snowdonia – to interested takers. Marged compiled photographs of the skulls in their new residences into a book (Dispersed Collection – Skulls). In that sense, while the collection was broken up physically, it still exists as a concept, with information about the specimens preserved and accessible.
Strategic Dispersal
Every museum with natural science collections has a near identical remit – to inform the public about biodiversity and natural history – and as a consequence every such museum has much the same material (although the extent and diversity varies with the size of the collection). There are numerous duplicate mounted foxes, mammoth teeth and trilobites of the genus Calymene in collections across the UK (and Europe). However, even before the recent haemorrhaging of specialists from museums only a small number of collections employed expert curators who would have detailed knowledge of very specific parts of collections. Therefore, many museums hold collections that are not publicly available, not even publicised. This is no fault of the curators – every museum has overlooked areas of collections which are low priority for that specific museum but which may be internationally important.
As a way around this dilemma Mark Carnall from the Grant Museum of Zoology has suggested – as a thought experiment – to reorganise collections taxonomically (scroll down to page 65). Instead of storing specimens from every taxonomic group, storage space would be used instead to house only specific taxonomic groups, i.e. all the nation's badgers would end up in in museum A, all the dandelions in museum B, the fossil corals in museum C – you get the picture. Arguably, an impossible task, as the logistics and resources involved in achieving this would be phenomenal. However, there would be a number of advantages to such a system, mainly in terms of efficiency, specialist knowledge of each collection, access and research.
National Dispersal - the case of Wales
Natural science collections exist in more than 100 institutions in Wales. The majority of specimens are kept at the National Museum in Cardiff, but records of the natural history and gegology of Wales are, in essence, distributed across many different collections. Combined, these collections give a pretty good picture of Wales' natural environment (albeit one which may be distorted by historic events and the personal interests of individual collectors and curators). At present, however, it is difficult to access these collections as even local curators often do not have sufficient knowledge about their holdings.
The Welsh Museums Federation's Linking Natural Science Collections in Wales project is aiming to improve this situation. It does not suggest changes of location or ownership of collections, but envisions much improved access to basic collection information for museum users. Collections reviews to establish a base line of collections knowledge are now under way, and a website will be the public access point to this information. In addition, a major touring exhibition of the treasures of Welsh natural science will showcase our wonderful collections and will be a powerful way of bringing them into greater prominence, offering the public a change to engage directly with our distributed national collection. Welsh natural science collections, wherever they may be stored, will be accessible to any potential user.
Natural Science Collections Reviews
24 Hydref 2013
,There are many reasons for undertaking a museum collections review.The main aim is often to establish the present state of a collection – level of documentation, physical location of specimens and object, as well as their storage and conservation requirements. One objective of the Welsh Museums Federation's Linking Natural Science Collections reviews is to establish what kinds of collections are distributed across museums in Wales. This information will then be used to enable improved management of natural science collections on a national level, as well as facilitating better use of these collections. Due to the scope of the project and resource limitations, only about 20% of Welsh natural science collections are going to be reviewed – those members of the Welsh Museums Federation which are also accredited museums. This is bringing Welsh institutions one step closer to a Distributed National Collection.
A number of natural science collections reviews have recently been undertaken in various parts of the UK, largely stimulated by the Museum Association's programme Effective Collections to improve the understanding and use of stored collections. This programme is supported by a grant scheme to enable collections reviews with expert help.
The overview presented here is fairly comprehensive but does not claim to be complete; if I have not mentioned other review projects please get in touch and let me know as I may not be aware of, or do not have sufficient information on them. While there are many similarities between these projects, each had its own starting point and aims. Accordingly, the methods vary between projects.
Plymouth Museum
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery undertook a review of their spirit collection in 2009 to increase skills of curatorial staff, make recommendation for improved use of and access to the collections and to promote the collections. Specialist consultants assessed the collection. The methodology applied utilized the University College London's Collections Review Toolkit to assess condition, documentation information, potential use and significance.
University College London
University College London carried out a review of their varied collections of 380,000 objects between 2007 and 2009. The primary objective was to survey aspects of collections care, use and significance with a view to inform future management of the collections and developing them as a resource for teaching, research and public engagement. The review also considered the historical significance and their relationship with UCL. The result is a clear and accurate picture of the contents of the collections, where and how they are housed, and to what degree there are integrated into the work of the university.
West Midlands
The Regional Geology Stewardship assessed geological collections held in the West Midlands between 2009 and 2012. Now, the West Midlands Biological Collections Review aims to create a snapshot of the biological collections held in 55 institutions (including educational institutions and historic houses, but prioritising accredited museums) - their significance, condition and current usage, and to offer practical advice with managing and using them. At each institution the curator will fill in a form adapted from the Significance 2.0 framework of the Collections Trust and the RAW Collections Care Healthcheck. The project is managed by the Curator of Natural Sciences at Birmingham Museums Trust who will also provide training for collections that are at greatest risk and have greatest untapped potential.
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
The review at Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) was even more ambitious, as they reviewed almost one million objects during 2011-13. The entire – and very diverse – collection was divided into 122 review groups of related or connected material. This was preceded by entering each item from the collection in an electronic database (which had taken almost ten years to complete). A two-stage review then assessed the significance of objects to inform future use of the collection: a macro-level review from the perspective of a non-expert to determine significance and potential, and an in-depth assessment involving external subject specialists, peer review or public consultation. The review methodology was based on a hybrid version of the Renaissance East Midlands 'Reviewing Significance Framework model, which itself draws upon the Collections Council of Australia's 'Significance 2.0 framework, and University College London's 'Collections Review Rubric. This uses a grid to determine importance in a structured way and can then be used to aid planning for future collections projects, use and interpretation. The review method can also identify gaps in the collections where future collecting programmes can be focussed.
North West England
Five museums in the North West (The Beacon in Whitehaven, Penrith and Eden Museum, Keswick Museum, Stockport Museum Service and Touchstones, Rochdale took part in a natural science collections review because they hold relatively large collections, but have no natural science curator; subject specialist consultants where therefore used. The objective was to find ways that the museums could work together to increase understanding about the collections, and to give guidance on the storage, use, and scientific and cultural value of the material held. The review highlighted scientifically important specimens and an extensive educational potential of the collections.
Horniman Museum
The Horniman Museum's Bioblitz review was completed this year (2013), followed by Geoblitz. This reviewed a collection of 250,000 natural history and 175,000 geological specimens within 12 months by employing subject specialists to assess each specimen. The idea was to assign relative significance levels to specimens to facilitate planning a programme of future collections management, research, conservation and the use of the collection. Significance criteria were historic, scientific, rarity/uniqueness and public engagement; specimens rated in a number of these categories, serving several roles, now make up the core of the collection. The process of the review itself was also recorded, via Twitter, a blog and photographs; this helped facilitate conversation with user groups to determine future uses of the collection.
Gwynnedd Museum / Bangor University
Gwynedd Museum & Art Gallery and Bangor University departments recently carried out condition surveys of their diverse collections (natural history, geology, ceramics, art, furniture etc). The aim was to get a better idea of the nature and scope of each collection, and also to be able to prioritise any work needed in the areas of collections management and care, documentation, and conservation. External reviewers provided a condition report and a prioritisation of future work required. This has already resulted in a funding application for a Collections Officer post to improve collections management, care and access; the long-term aim is to accredit these collections.
Doncaster Museum
Doncaster Museum Service undertook a review of their natural history collection (379,000 specimens) between 2010 and 2013 to determine collections development needs and to improve access to and promote the use of the collection. The Taking Stock reviewadhered to the Museum Association's 'Disposal Toolkit and used consultants if internal expertise was not available. C.I.R.C.A, the latest element of Taking Stock, has been instrumental in refining and developing the approaches to reviewing collections. This methodology is now being retrospectively applied to the internal and Effective Collection advisory reviews, to facilitate decisions on collections development.
Linking Collections in Wales
The 'Linking Natural Science Collections in Wales' project is currently reviewing collections in 20 museums across Wales with the help of specialist curators from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. Levels of importance (local, regional, national, international) are being assessed as well as the type of value of specimens or review groups (scientific, historic, aesthetic, social, educational, rarity). Recommendations will then be made on potential uses (science, education, pubic engagement, none). The reviews are scheduled to be completed by early Summer 2014 and the results will be made available publicly via Peoples' Collection Wales. Landmark specimens discovered during the reviews will be showcased to the public in a touring exhibition from Autumn 2015. This will be one way for people to explore our Distributed National Collection.


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Waterdeep, the City of Splendors--the most resplendent jewel in the Forgotten Realms, and a den of political intrigue and shady back-alley dealings. In this game, the players are powerful lords vying for control of this great city. Its treasures and resources are ripe for the taking, and that which cannot be gained through trickery and negotiation must be taken by force!
Lords of Waterdeep is a Euro-style board game for 2-5 players.
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PETER LEE is a game designer at Wizards of the Coast. When not designing sets of dungeon tiles, he creates board games and other non-roleplaying games, including the Wrath of Ashardalon Board Game and The Legend of Drizzt Board Game.
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I will go so far to say that Lords of Waterdeep is the most enjoyable Eurostyle game that I have played in a very very long time. Lords of Waterdeep is a Eurostyle game (worker placement specifically) for people who aren't fans of Euros in that it is a very quick to teach and play, has actual player interaction elements (the Intrigue cards), and has elements of luck in the quests drawn, the intrigue cards drawn, and the building tiles that show up throughout the game. Heavy spreadsheet non interaction, non random element fans need not apply. The core spaces of this game will always be the same as they are spaces on the board provided. Which helps make the game quite easy to teach. Each player is one of the Lords of Waterdeep and has hidden agendas (normally a focus on two of the four quest types) that can help them dramatically in end game scoring. In the beginning of the game, each player is given two starting quests that require one or more of the five resource types (represented as colored cubes - sans gold). Players get a number of agents, from 2 to 5 to deploy on the board for which give them resources, intrigue cards, quest cards, allow them to purchase buildings, or to play intrigue cards. Quests cost resources to complete but reward with victory points, resources, or other abilities. Higher point quests typically reward only victory points, lower point quests reward with victory points and other items. Waterdeep Harbor allows 1-3 agents deployed there to play intrigue cards. After all agents are deployed, Waterdeep Harbor allows a second deployment of the agents there to other unoccupied locations. Which is quite a fun mechanic that shakes things up as being able to play both an intrugue card early and to redeploy for additional resources late allows for different strategies to be employed. What are intrigue cards? There are three basic types, those that hurt one other players resources, those that help the player alot and one other chosen player a little, and one that helps everyone to different degrees. There are also instant quests that can be played on another player. These particular quests are easy to complete but must be completed before any other quest by that player. Lords of Waterdeep is fast and is about as fun as a Euro can be. I haven't met a group that likes Euros or dislikes Euros that hasn't liked this game. Give it a try!
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'One Woman s Journey' begins at center
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September 12, 2007
As the clock's hands inched closer to 7 p.m. on Friday evening, photographer Cynthia Alarcon's eyes darted around the Burbank Creative Arts Center giving everything a final visual nod of approval. In just moments the doors of the gallery would open to unveil her "One Woman's Journey" exhibit that photographically documents her travels and experiences over the past two decades. The reception, staged to celebrate the opening of Alarcon's retrospective, was not just a beginning, but also a culmination of a 20-year journey and a yearlong period of reflection.
Magnante's career up in the air after move by A's
August 3, 2002
Finding a quality left-handed relief pitcher is a rare commodity in major league baseball these days. Thus, former Burroughs High baseball star Mike Magnante has enjoyed success and a fine career as a pitcher for 10 years with four major-league clubs. Late Tuesday, Magnante, 37, was designated for assignment by the Oakland Athletics, just days before he was due to be eligible to receive his major-league pension. Players must have at least 10 years of major-league service to earn a pension.
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Joyce Rudolph The competition was stiff during the first Tennis Ball dinner dance. But no one was near a court. Instead, a superb array of silent auction gifts kept guests running back and forth to the bidding sheets during the fundraiser for the Family Service Agency, now known as Families First in Burbank. City Manager Mary Alvord was mistress of ceremonies and welcomed the more than 200 guests to the Oct. 8 event at The Castaway. A steak-and-salmon dinner was served and dance music was provided by the band Orange Colored Sky. Mayor Marsha Ramos presented Kermit Floyd, president of the board of directors, with a Mayor's Commendation for his financial guidance of the agency.
Letter -- Darin Ryburn
August 11, 2001
In response to the three articles in the Leader regarding the shooting of a dog by Officer Anthony Valento, it is unfortunate that the Leader must resort to innuendo-laden articles to sell newspapers. While the shooting of the animal was, indeed, unfortunate, the portrayal of the animal as a friendly family pet and "hero" belies the fact the animal exited the owner's house and bolted across the front lawn onto the sidewalk, mere feet from where Officer Valento was standing on the parkway.
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June 7, 2006
Rudy Droguett has risked his life for the love of his art. The artist, who is in his 70s, has traveled to Africa twice to take pictures of wild animals, which he later uses as subjects in his scratchboard etchings. He's come close to losing his life, he said. During one trip to Kenya, the vehicle he was riding in had a flat tire. There was a lion lying under a tree nearby watching the entourage. Not wanting to miss the opportunity, Droguett got out of the vehicle to take a picture.
Fight in store allegedly leads to stabbing
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Mark R. Madler Four men are scheduled to appear in court Monday in connection with a stabbing of a Glendale man. Officers responding to a fight in a convenience store parking lot late Tuesday night at Glenoaks Boulevard and Naomi Street found a blood trail at the scene leading them to believe someone had been injured, said Burbank Police spokesman Sgt. Jay Jette. A 25-year-old Glendale man was taken to an area hospital with three stab wounds that were described as non-life threatening, Jette said, adding that the man has been interviewed by detectives.
Murphy left with 'empty feeling' following decision
December 14, 2002
BURROUGHS HIGH -- Coach Linda Murphy has been a girls' volleyball institution at Burroughs High for 18 years. However, the former Olympic player and respected coach will not be back for her 19th season as the Indians' mentor, as the school has decided to replace Murphy. Murphy said she was shocked when she was informed she would no longer be running the Burroughs program. Preferring not to talk about the situation and reluctant to address the decision by the school's administration, Murphy instead relayed her feelings in a fax on Friday.
Burbank police shoot window, arrest suspect
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March 30, 2010
UNIVERSAL CITY - A 30-year-old man wanted on attempted murder charges in Indiana led police on a multi-county pursuit that ended shortly after Burbank police officers opened fire in a busy intersection, shattering the driver's side window, later striking the man and sending him to a local hospital, authorities said. Beginning near the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County, Steven S. Satterly led California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase on the westbound Foothill (210)
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February 26, 2013
A discrimination lawsuit filed by a former manager of a Home Depot in Burbank against the company was settled earlier this month, court records show. Last month, a U.S. District judge ordered an independent mental evaluation of Danielle Mailhoit, who claimed she was fired in 2010 due to gender discrimination and because she suffers from vertigo. She claimed the company didn't make appropriate accommodations for her condition, an allegation Home Depot denies. The company countered that there were valid reasons for Mailhoit's termination, stating "there existed legitimate, nondiscriminatory and nonretaliatory reasons" for her dismissal.
Teacher surrenders to police
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March 10, 2010
A Burbank Unified School District teacher turned herself in Monday for having sex with a 14-year-old student from March to September last year, police said. Amy Beck, 33, a sixth-grade teacher at Jordan Middle School, surrendered Monday afternoon to Burbank police with her lawyer, and was being held on $400,000 bail, Burbank Police Sgt. Robert Quesada said. "We're still trying to piece everything together, what happened, where, what kind of sex acts, how many, and how long it's been going on," he said.
Teen charged in death of his father
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June 27, 2009
BURBANK — Burbank police officers on Wednesday arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the Nov. 29 death of his father, Timothy Loock, assistant football coach at Burbank High School. Noah Loock faces one felony count of involuntary manslaughter and was released from custody on $25,000 bond. He is due back in Pasadena Superior Court on July 16, authorities said. The incident occurred shortly before 2 p.m. Nov. 29, when police responded to a fight at the family home on the 1800 block of North Avon Street.
Shooting death of Officer Pavelka
By Christopher Cadelago
April 11, 2010
After 10 months on the force, Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka responded to a call for backup at the Ramada Inn parking lot. It would be the rookie's last ride. The routine stop in November 2003 escalated into a hail of gunfire that left Pavelka dead and a veteran officer severely injured. The events of that night stunned the community and a police department that had not lost one of its own in a shooting since 1920. The ensuing manhunt, which involved hundreds of local, state and federal agents, ended when the 19-year-old fugitive, David Garcia, was captured by Mexican authorities after spending two weeks in a small town south of Tijuana.
Vocal acrobat Troy Walker to play Burbank's Viva Cantina
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July 16, 2013
Anyone who remembers Troy Walker from his incendiary 1960s stint on the Sunset Strip club circuit or his infamous 1970s run at North Hollywood's World Famous Palomino is likely beyond surprised to learn that not only did the ultra-flamboyant singer survive, but is now preparing to celebrate his 75th birthday. A strutting, bafflingly androgynous firebrand whose diminutive frame houses a surprisingly huge voice, Walker, who appears at Burbank's Viva Cantina on Wed., July 17, ruled Los Angeles' lounges and honky tonks between 1958-78 with his patented mix of dazzling vocal acrobatics and blisteringly blue between-song banter.
'Benji' trainer dies at 86
August 3, 2002
Amber Willard Frank Inn might not have lived in Burbank, but he certainly helped put the city on the map when he rescued a scruffy puppy from the Burbank Animal Shelter. The mutt went on to star as Benji in several films. Inn died July 27 at a nursing home in Sylmar. He was 86. Inn did not take in Higgins, who later became Benji, with the thought of making him a star. The poodle-terrier- cocker spaniel mix was the last of a litter dropped off at the shelter in 1960 and would have been put to sleep if Inn had not taken him in. A few years before, Inn started his own animal training business and a filmmaker visiting Inn's ranch saw Higgins and knew he had found the right dog for the job. "Higgins was an all-Amer- ican cross between Burbank and Hollywood," Inn said in an interview a year ago with the Leader.
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The Trojan Horse Restaurant has been a Bloomington institution so long you almost expect to find gullible Ancient Greece 101 students inside looking for term paper help. That's not on the menu, but lots of other great stuff is. The gyros (Super G $8.25, regular $6.50), for example, keep the "The Horse" near the top of returning alums' must stop-in list with its savory combination of cooked-on-site ground gyros meat (60 percent beef, 40 percent lamb -- watch them cook and carve it in the front window), fresh onions, tomatoes and tangy tzatziki sauce. In keeping with its longtime place of honor on the southeast corner of the Bloomington square, The Trojan Horse also has more monumental offerings such as the moussaka dinner ($17.50), a traditional meat sauce and eggplant casserole topped with custard, or lamb kabob ($9.50 or $16 for one or two skewers) with mushrooms, red peppers and onions served over a bed of rice. Traditional desserts like baklava ($4, a la mode $5.25) or ambrosia (yogurt, walnuts and honey $4) await those up to the task. The mood is dim, casual and relaxed, with simple, high-backed wooden booths, I.U. athletics memorabilia and the occasional aquatic display left from the venue's prehistory as a seafood restaurant. A friendly bar upstairs in the back provides an even more casual atmosphere.


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But at least RG3 has his back. According to ProFootballTalk, cameras from Showtime's "Inside the NFL" caught Romo receiving a hug and a few words of encouragement from his much younger opponent after the game.
"Hey, Tony. I just wanted to say to you don't listen to what anybody else is saying about you. You're a great quarterback, man. This game doesn't mean anything," the 22-year-old rookie told the 32-year-old Romo.
Though Dallas head coach Jason Garrett told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram that the team still had faith in Romo, plenty of Cowboys fans had harsher reactions. Here's a video, uploaded immediately after the loss, of two fans burning a Romo jersey with a blow torch. [Video contains strong language.]


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Irish soda bread
By Margaret Hickey
Cooking time
Takes 45-55 minutesSkill level
Makes 1 loafGet the taste of Ireland with this fresh, no-fuss soda bread
Nutrition and extra info
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- Freezable
Nutrition per slice
- kcalories
- 296
- protein
- 11g
- carbs
- 56g
- fat
- 5g
- saturates
- 3g
- fibre
- 5g
- sugar
- 0g
- salt
- 1.21g
- 250g plain white flour
- 250g plain wholemeal flour
- 100g porridge oats
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 25g butter, cut in pieces
- 500ml buttermilk
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- Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C and dust a baking sheet with flour. Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl, then rub in the butter. Pour in the buttermilk and mix it in quickly with a table knife, then bring the dough together very lightly with your fingertips (handle it very, very gently). Now shape it into a flat, round loaf measuring 20cm/8in in diameter.
- Put the loaf on the baking sheet and score a deep cross in the top. (Traditionally, this lets the fairies out, but it also helps the bread to cook through.) Bake for 30-35 minutes until the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped. If it isn't ready after this time, turn it upside down on the baking sheet and bake for a few minutes more.
- Transfer to a wire rack, cover with a clean tea towel (this keeps the crust nice and soft) and leave to cool. To serve, break into quarters, then break or cut each quarter in half to make 8 wedges or slices – or simply slice across. Eat very fresh.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2003
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First time making this bread it was easy to make, it tasted great and lasted a week without drying out or going stale. I was able to get buttermilk from Tesco's and Asda, in asda look under the polish food section, i found it there or ask in store for buttermilk. I am unable to eat bread because of acid re-flux, but I was o.k with this bread I will be making this bread from now on to eat.
Second attempt better at first, probably not the recipe but my inexperience and having to substitute ingredients. I can't get buttermilk here (Mexican Caribbean) so I use natural yoghurt mixed with some milk, to combine all the floor I add a little more than 500 ml. I would like to try with soured milk, so I'm guessing lime juice would work as well as lemons, as I've never seen a lemon here in five years! Also I have no scales, just a measuring jug, so use cups and a guesstimate technique. But I do find I need to bake for about 40 mins. Lovely warm out of the oven with butter and a bowl of homemade soup!
This is a really good recipe and so easy - I never imagined you could create a loaf of bread in, literally, minutes. After making it a few times I prefer it without the oats - I just substitute them with the same weight of flour. It's also really nice with some chopped walnuts thrown in. I'm going to try it with other additions soon - I'm thinking pine nuts and olives, and maybe some feta or other cheese. A sweet version with dried fruit and spices might be nice too... Oh, it also freezes really well. Really useful recipe!
I have made several loaves of soda bread now, using different recipes. I make my own yeast activated bread and that took a while to sort out a recipe and flour brand that works well for me. I have not tried this particular soda bread recipe, but I have just tried one from River Cottage website which I made with just 500g of white bread flour, 2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda, 1 teaspoon of fine sea salt, and 400ml of soured milk by adding 2 1/2 tbs of pure lemon juice to 400 mil of milk, whisking in and standing for 20 min. The dough was very sloppy with this recipe but cooked very nicely and I and my wife will be trying it tonight for tea. Although soda bread is as simple as throwing the ingredients together in a bowl, understanding the method of cooking and handling the dough is paramount for success. Enjoy!
OK - made this over 10 times now and have a few pointers for beginners:
1. Use a sieve for the flour and Bicarb
2. Baking Soda does not work as well as Bicarb
3. Throw the buttermilk all in one go - don't mix through in stages. Be QUICK
4. Mix rapidly with a knife and treat the dough gently
5. Lay it out thinly
Mine takes 45 min.
I took a chance on the milk soured with lemon juice and wasn't confident that the sloppiest, roughest dough I have ever produced by any method, would do what it was supposed to in the oven - but it was absolutely wonderful. Looked a bit like a hedgehog, but toasted with some smoked cheese and onion relish it tasted heavenly!
I am sorry several people had got hard bread from using this recipe. Part of cooking is the technique. The recipe says, "then bring the dough together very lightly with your fingertips (handle it very, very gently)." Notice your are not really "kneading" the dough. You also have to do this as fast as possible. The bicarbonate of soda reacting with the buttermilk or soured milk is the leavening that makes it rise. It starts immediatly so you have to be quick and your oven has to be ready. Also many recipes say make sure you do not use bread flour and some suggest using some cake flour. Irish wheat was a soft wheat. Also, many notes on soda bread recipes say it shouldn't be wet or dry, so you may have needed to add a bit of flour or of buttermilk to make it the right consistency. I doubt if those who hated it will try again, but I hope newcomers will be careful on their techniques. It's a type of "quick" bread.


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I won't be watching this game but for those of you who are going to watch, have an enjoyable evening.
I won't be watching this game but for those of you who are going to watch, have an enjoyable evening.
I want to see a 15 point Knick WIN in the Garden tonight
Even if the Knicks win tonight it wouldn't make much of a difference.This team is not making the playoffs.
They're a 25 win team in the making.With all their lack luster performances and their will to lose to bad teams on a consistent basis they might help the Jazz move from potentially having the 9th pick in the NBA draft to having the 5th pick in the draft.Any team that gets blown out by the Nets, Timberwolves, and Wizards in one season needs to have the remaining part of their schedule voided.I'm not going to go and condemn the future of the Knicks, because there is hope for them after this season, but watching them play like a tired and lackadaisical team makes the average Knick fan want to pull his hair out.This is the same reason why I went two entire years without watching a single Knick game.These guys are being paid more money than doctors and lawyers just to show competitiveness on a basketball court and represent a great city but it seems like their priorities are not there.This kind of attitude is unacceptable.
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Wow Duhon has only played 13 mins so far. Is D'Antoni finally getting it?
D'ants finally got fed up with the teams miserable play and made some lineup changes. Started n8 in the second half and gave him most of Duhon's minutes. Let's hope it's permanent and not because D'ants thought he was a good matchup against Boykins. I think D'ants goes with N8 until he proves he can't do the job.
Nate so far with 21-6-7 when has duhon ****ing played that good. Put that ***** on the bench
And someone was trying to convince me that Nate is not a PG.....can anyone believe that
I hope so too. Now its up to Nate to show D'antoni he can get the job done on a nightly basis. We really needed a win. Lost 9 out the previous 12. Nate had a good game. There was just more fluidity with the team tonight. I hope they carry this momentum. We really need to pick this up and make a run.


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