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Posted 28 June 2007 - 10:34 AM
What has changed over the last 18 years?
What titles are good?
Anything I need to be wary of?
Who are the big names now? I'm thinking artists, writers, publishers, etc?
Who produces the most cutting-edge stuff?
Anything else?
Any help would be appreciated. I'm heading over to my local comic shop later to look for "The Sworn Sword."
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 11:53 AM
some of the best stuff is produced by Vertigo. IMO, the best:
100 Bullets and Fables are two excellent original series that definitely warrant checking out
The Sandman is considered a milestone in comic history and its spinoff Lucifer is really good as well.
Y: the Last Man is one of the better titles out there.
I'm not big on DC, but Marvel had a revolutionary run with 'Annihilation' and the sequel's started recently
Posted 28 June 2007 - 12:04 PM
preacher and transmetropolitan.
there hasn't been a tremendous amount that has changed 'capes' wise. most of the heroes and villains that you used to know and love are still around. i think that the biggest change is the trade paperback industry. alot of folks, myself included, wait for story arcs to be collected in TPB form. i do still buy floppies but nowhere near as much as i used to.
as far as what i'm enjoying most right now...
buffy the vampire slayer season 8
death note
anything by warren ellis; especially fell and desolation jones
100 bullets
the two avengers titles
the initiative
the boys
american virgin
justice; which just ended i believe
anything by grant morrison
the new annihilation stuff
and soon, mark waid will be returning to the flash and that should be good.
off the top of my head thats about it. there are other books i read but these are the ones that are standing out to me right now.
oh...and joe quesada, if you remember him, is editor in cheif at marvel.
also, here is a decent website to get you started back on track
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 12:13 PM
I don't read a whole lot, but if you like superhero comics, Marvel's Ultimate line is a great take on their universe, with Ultimate Spiderman being the best, I'd say. Brian Michael Bendis, writer for it, came out of near obscurity and hit the scene big with that title, and now is everywhere.
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 12:19 PM
Are the TPBs generally available in comic book stores, or do I need to go to a normal bookstore for those? I've seen a few at my local Barnes & Noble, but wasn't sure about them. Are they generally just easier for the readability, or do they have "collectability" factor as well?
Don't get me wrong - I'm not doing this to make a profit. I still have all my old comics from the 1980's and would never dream of selling them. Just wondering if there has been a paradigm shift since I was last involved.
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 12:39 PM
What did you read in the 80s, and are you looking to a nostalgic return, or to the "cutting edge." In Marvel, the X Books have cooled off, and the Avengers are the flagship nowadays. But the authors of Avengers have bought into the "decompressed" style of comic writing, so things are slower than in our "Bang Ka-Pow" youths.
I still have all my old comics from the 1980's and would never dream of selling them. Just wondering if there has been a paradigm shift since I was last involved.
If you were reading DC in the 80s, well good news. They are still doing the Crisis on infinite Earths that started in 1986. Should feel like home for you.
Posted 28 June 2007 - 12:40 PM
What kind of comics, books, and movies do you enjoy? Are you looking for the superhero stuff, indie comics, fantasy, SF, etc.?
A quick run-down of comics I enjoy:
Artesia (epic original fantasy by wunderkind artist/writer/creator/publisher/game designer/god knows what other hats he wears Mark Smylie; influenced by Mary Gentle, Jacqueline Carey, and GRRM -- so .... gritty military combat, high magic, labyrinthine politics, and ... oh, sex. Lots of it. I think fans of Erikson would probably enjoy these too.)
Age of Bronze (B&W retelling of the Trojan War, gorgeous -- also award-winning, and Eric Shanower is a nice guy)
Buffy the Vampier Slayer: Season 8 (yep, an official continuation of the TV series, masterminded by Joss Whedon)
Conan (I admit, I so far have preferred Busiek's and Nord's run)
Fables (and its spin-off, Jack of Fables)
Crime comics
Criminal (Ed Brubaker rocks -- also check out his work on the superhero comic Sleeper, and his work on Daredevil [following up Brian Michael Bendis's great run] and Captain America)
Stray Bullets (we need more of this!)
100 Bullets (noirish, great premise, absolutely byzantine backstory)
Powers (superhero police procedural by Bendis and Michael Oeming)
Punisher (not Punisher War Journal, which fits more traditionally in the superhero area; this one is the MAX series by Garth Ennis, with great art and a terrific take on Frank Castle -- supers basically never show up, so it's really all about criminals and killing 'em)
Fell (Warren Ellis writes short, punchy, weird stories about a cop in a godforsaken town called Snowton)
Queen & Country (brilliant)
Checkmate (same guy as Q&C, but with supers in the DC universe)
Not that much out there right now, off the top of my head. Star Wars: Legacy has been solid. Good stuff from the past would include Warren Ellis's Ocean, Orbiter, Ministry of Space, and Transmetropolitan (truly terrific, that one, and an actual series rather than one-shots and mini-series as the previous works are). You know, Ellis has cornered the market in good SF yarns...
Y the Last Man (all the men on Earth -- save Yorick Brown -- die suddenly, and the aftermath of that; another Brian K. Vaughn production)
Ex Machina (ex-superhero as mayor of New York; bit of a wonky comic ... and, hey, also by Brian K. Vaughn! Heh.)
DMZ (Brian Wood's tale of a United States divided by Civil War, through the eyes of a young reporter caught in the middle of the warzone that is Manhattan)
Jonah Hex (Great western -- the first 12 issues or so of Loveless were also great, very Deadwood, but I fear they ended up losing the plot...)
X-Factor (Peter David reuniting some of the characters from his terrific run on the earlier incarnation of the series)
Fallen Angel (an original property by David, set in the city-all-other-cities-reflect Bete Noire as the titular character wreaks havoc)
Astonishing X-Men (Joss Whedon is the king)
Runaways (Brian K. Vaughn and now Joss Whedon)
Boys (Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson turning out an original concept with Ennis's particular razor-sharp edge)
NEXT Wave (sadly cancelled, but go get the trades -- get them now! Warren Ellis madness times 12)
Planetary (speaking of Ellis ... next to Transmetropolitan, this is his magnum opus, I think)
Astro City (Kurt Busiek's own magnum opus -- people who don't like this, basically don't like comics
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 01:17 PM
As far as content goes – I'm very much interested in great stories and great art. I like my stories complex, well written, and having 3-dimensional "shades of gray" characters like we all love so much from GRRM. At this point I'm not picky about whether they are superhero, horror, fantasy, mystery, espionage, etc. My favorite comic of all time is The Badger, hands down.
Once again – thank you all for the excellent recommendations so far.
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 02:05 PM
The current Iron Man run is pretty interesting, but you may need to catch up on Civil War to really get where it is now. And speaking of the Hulk, there's a new massive crossover starting right now -- World War Hulk, which is much what you'd expect it to be. The last 12-16 issues of the Hulk have been pretty good.
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 09:28 AM
Catching up can be tremendous fun, let me tell you. You get to read all the good stuff and get to avoid the 10x greater volume of dreck. Of course, once you're caught up again...
Posted 29 June 2007 - 11:52 AM
I'm always more impressed by writers than artists. Alan Moore is still pretty big. You missed a whole line of comics by him (America's Best Comics), with the likes of Tom Strong and Promethea (and, oh, another comic series I forgot to mention by him -- Top Ten, about a police precinct serving a city populated entirely by supers; full of lovely little in-jokes and references, and also just a great story).
Grant Morrison, of course. Kurt Busiek, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Brian K. Vaughn, Warren Ellis ... and, gods help me, Mark Millar are all pretty big (I'm not a big fan of Millar's). Joss Whedon is something of an outsider, but if you dig Firefly, or Buffy, you'll dig what he's doing now.
For artists, big names that I'm aware of and think they merit at least part of the hype are Steve McNiven, John Cassady (brilliant work on Planetary with Ellis, and only slightly less brilliant work on Astonishing X-Men with Whedon), Jim Lee (yes, when he does art on something, it's still an event), J.H. Williams III (absolutely stunning artist on Promethea .... oooh, and Morrison's ambitious Seven Soldiers for D.C.; IMO, Seven Soldiers #1 was the best pencilled work that year.... hell, and I completely forgot to mention Ellis's first arc of Desolation Jones with Williams!), Darwyn Cooke (oh, yeah, his The New Frontier is a fantastic retro homage to DC, and he's doing great work emulating Eisner in the new The Spirit)...
You know, there's a lot of good stuff these days. Even more dreck, but a lot of good stuff. It's a good time to be a fan of comics, especially if you aren't stuck on reading just superheroes.
Posted 29 June 2007 - 12:32 PM
If you like humor, check out Eric Powell's The Goon, a truly twisted and hilarious series with lots of bizarre supernatural stuff. Powell's art is fantastic, and there are some fun guest writers and artists from time to time.
In terms of mainstream superhero stuff, if you go to the comics shop this weekend do check out DC's Sinestro Corps Special #1. It may be the single best issue from DC or Marvel in years. The two page spread ending the main story packs a bigger OMG moment for DC universe fans than the entirety of DC's recent supposed blockbuster events. You may need to go online to figure out who some of the characters are and why it's all such a big deal, but even without that you should enjoy the story and love the art. The story arc will continue in the Green Lantern books (Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps), which have been pretty good lately if you like the sci-fi space hero genre.
Posted 29 June 2007 - 06:38 PM
Prices have gone up. Also, they may be using different paper now than you're used to, as they switched to a slicker print.
Just like Red Templar I was also thinking of getting back into comics. The last issue I bought was around 1990. I was disappointed to see the newer paper. Yes the illustrations do look sharper but I miss the newsprint. I guess I am old fashioned that way.
Maybe I'll get some Hulk.
Posted 30 June 2007 - 04:24 AM
I'd say I'm definitely looking for cutting edge material. The stuff I read in the 80's was mostly considered cutting edge then – The Badger, Johnny Nemo, Thriller, Camelot 3000, Nexus, and a few other titles I can't remember. I was also notorious among my friends for liking the ones that didn't go over so well – Rom the Spaceknight, Godzilla, She Hulk, The Dazzler. The joke was that if I liked it, they'd likely stop printing it soon. My mainstream favorites were The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, The Hulk, and The X-Men. I'm sure I'm missing some, but that should be good enough to give you something to go on.
As far as content goes – I'm very much interested in great stories and great art. I like my stories complex, well written, and having 3-dimensional "shades of gray" characters like we all love so much from GRRM. At this point I'm not picky about whether they are superhero, horror, fantasy, mystery, espionage, etc. My favorite comic of all time is The Badger, hands down.
Once again – thank you all for the excellent recommendations so far.
Since I mostly read Marvel and a few Vertigo titles I'll just give you a brief rundown
She-Hulk: Dan Slott's run on She-Hulk has been funny and cool and has Shulkie kicking all sorts of ass. Good series. If more "lightweight humour" than "cutting-edge".
Iron-Man is good and interesting, but due to events in Civil War and such Tony has been very much at the centre of the MU, which kind of means his own book tries to folllow after and fill in the blanks. Very good story still.
Hulk has been recently going through an epic story (Planet Hulk) and is involved (well, starring) in Marvel's major summer crossover: World War Hulk. Good stuff thus far.
Dwayne Mcduffie just took over Fantastic Four. He's been telling kinda lighthearted FF stories but he's quite good at it. Oh yeah, right now Storm and T'Challa (they're married now) are temporary members, replacing Reed and Sue while they're away working some issues out.
X-men as usual sprawls over in every direction:
Astonishing X-men: Written by Joss Whedon is good, it is however, incredibly slow. (You get maybe a story-arc a year from him)
X-Factor: By Peter David is awesome. Madrox the multiple-man running a detective agency together with M, Wolvesbane, Strong Guy, Siryn, Rictor and a girl named Layal Miller who "knows stuff".
Exiles: Just to be an amazing comic (Winick's run is some of my favourite superhero comics altogether) Claremont is doing the writing now and it's Not. Good.
New Excalibur: Claremont is doing the writing here too, and as usual he has nice concepts and completely botches the execution. Horrible dialogue.
Uncanny X-men: Brubaker's stuff. Has been kind of meh.
New X-men: Awesome art currently and great writing. Probably my favourite X-title.
X-men: Carey is writing. Good stuff according to those who reads.
If you have to chose I suggest X-Factor, New X-men, And either Astonishing or Adjectiveless depending on how tolerant you are for delays.


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you're homeschooled? so am i! thatz cool.
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*sobs* that was so sad!! *recovers* Fantastic though!!! Thankfully I haven't gone through that yet ... phew ... Amazing!! Love it! :D
Author's Response: THankfully I have not either, I just wanted to show a little of what can happen when your emotions get out of control ~*Sweetie*~
hey Han that was awesome..even though if read it before but honestly god has given you a talent and don't undermine it! you can change lives if you stay strong!
Author's Response: Thanks, you have no idea how many "dad checks" I had to go through to get this poem on here, argh, my Dad is a perfectionist!! ~*Sweetie*~
Wow! That was beautiful! So sad, though.
You said that you are homeschooled...so am I! Isn't it wonderful. I think it's just so great that our parents love us so much that they want to homeschool us. Plus, you said that you are a Christian...I am too!
I love your work, so keep on writing! ~God bless
Author's Response: Hey cool your are homeschooled to? Well whaddya know huh? Great to have a fellow homeschooler on board. Your right about the parents, even if I do sometimes wish that Dad didn't QUITE love my maths education so much :) I will keep in writing dont you worry! ~*Sweetie*~
This is really beautiful. I think every girl can identify to a certain extent with this poem. I have never actually had a boyfriend, but I have had my heart broken before and I know how much it hurts! You've written this really well, I honestly think it's one of the best poems I've read. Great job!
Author's Response: Thabks Arwen, you are such a great reviwer! Watch out or you might start getting the nick name "faithful!" ~*Sweetie*~
Be nice? This poem is awesome!!! I love it! Really well written!
Author's Response: *bows* thankyou thankyou ~*Sweetie*~


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GREETINGS from a sunny Hove where Sussex won the toss and will bowl on day one of the County Championship game against Notts. There is one change to the Notts team as Alex Hales replaces Steve Mullaney at the top of the order.
Sussex make two changes. Rory Hamilton Brown replaces Michael Yardy and Matt Hobden makes his debut for Matt Machan. Matt Prior plays for Sussex.
Sussex: LWP Wells, CD Nash, EC Joyce*, RJ Hamilton-Brown, MJ Prior†, LJ Wright, BC Brown, ME Hobden, JE Anyon, SJ Magoffin, J Lewis
Nottinghamshire: AD Hales, PA Jaques, MJ Lumb, JWA Taylor, SR Patel, MH Wessels, CMW Read*†, SCJ Broad, PM Siddle, A Shahzad, AR Adams
6.40pm: Notts close on 408 for 5. Patel is 142 not out and Read 61. Brilliant from both, but especially Patel, who was simply untouchable.
5.56pm: And now 50 for Chris Read. Classy effort from him as well. 365 for 5.
5.53pm: 100 for Patel, lofts the ball over Nash at midwicket. Brilliant innings. Notts 354 for 5.
5.25pm: New ball being taken. Notts see this out and they are right in the driving seat. 316 for 5.
5.15pm: Patel and Read have put on 50 for the sixth wicket as the look to see it through to the new ball and beyond in three overs. That brings up the 300 as well. 306/5.
4pm: Wicket! Wessels out for 11 in disappointing fashion as he mistimes a drive and fires it straight to Luke Wells. Notts 248/5
3.26pm: Wicket! Taylor is out for 29 having looked so comfortable. He was surprised by one from Hobden down the hill that looped straight to the grateful Anyon 209/4
3.12pm: 183/3 with Patel on 14 and Taylor 28. Both looking very comfortable.
2.44pm: More fustration for Lumb as he goes for 39, edging Luke Wright to Matt Prior. 164/3. Lumb is still yet to pass 40 this season. He'd actually settled well after lunch and looked poised to push on.
2.35pm: Anyon is limping off for Sussex with what looks like cramp. Could be a hamstring I guess. Notts have made it to 159 for 2. Taylor 24, Lumb 35
1.55pm: Great effort in the deep sees Nash drop Taylor on 8. Huge dive and he seemed to have a good grip of it but then it spilled out. Hobden the bowler. 121/2
1.40pm: The teams are back out out with Lewis bowling the first over after lunch. Notts still 111/2
1.10pm: Lunch sees Notts on Nelson - 111/2. Jaques made 67 before he was caught by Matt Prior off Matt Hobden. Lumb is 14 and James Taylor has 5.
12.20pm: Jaques dropped again but a very tricky chance. This time Ben Brown dives away to his left and gets two hands on it but can't hold on. Jaques now 57, 86/1. Lumb has 4.
12.07pm: 50 off 60 ball for Phil Jaques. A fair slice of luck in it but he's looked more fluid of late. 75/1
12.03pm: Hales goes for 16. Very low catch by Ben Brown. Hales didn't walk but went with Brown's word he took it. Hales out for 16, 74/1.
11.40am: Another Jaques thick edge through the slips to take Notts to 50. He plays a neater flick off his legs but then follows that with a very streaky four as he gets an inside edge past Prior. 60/0.
11.25am: Notts are 36/0 with Jaques 21 and Hales 10. Jaques has had plenty of problems though and could easily have gone to Magoffin on more than one occasion.
11.03am: A lively first over here. Jaques edges the first ball for four and then is dropped at first slip by Ben Brown. A real let off for the Australian. 6/0.


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The new Six Moons Designs Comet Pack builds on the success of their current Starlite Pack, which our editor Jay Ham found to be "a standout with the highest comfortable load carrying capacity of any backpack tested by Backpacking Light".
Like the Starlite, the Comet has optional aluminum stays available which allow it to be either a lightweight frameless pack or an internal frame pack.
In the Comet the sleeping pad pocket is moved to the inside of the pack, allowing the addition of center-mounted shoulder straps that adjust to fit torsos 15 to 20 inches. The Comet at 3700 cubic inches is also a little smaller pack than the Starlite at 4100 cubes. Outside mesh pockets have a little more capacity, and the pack is constructed of lighter weight fabrics like 70 denier silnylon.
Like the Starlite, the Comet looks impressive, and will likely land on our list of favorite packs. Look for a full review this summer.
"Six Moon Designs Comet Pack SPOTLITE REVIEW," by Will Rietveld. BackpackingLight.com (ISSN 1537-0364).
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(Jun 21, 2010) On June 17, 2010, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations body devoted to labor issues, adopted a standard on HIV and AIDS. The action came during the ILO annual meeting and is the first time an international human rights document has focused on the disease and how it is handled in the employment context. The conference also passed a resolution stating that the ILO's managers should devote resources to promoting the standard. (UN Agency Adopts First-Ever Global Labour Standard on HIV/AIDS, UN NEWS CENTRE (June 17, 2010), http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=35057&Cr=hiv/aids&C
The standard is in the form of an ILO Recommendation, and so it does not go through the type of adoption and ratification process that applies in the case of a convention. The ILO must communicate it to national parliaments, where its implementation will be discussed. The document states that nations should have policies and programs in place to address HIV/AIDS in the workplace and calls for an end to discrimination against employees or job applicants based on their actual or perceived HIV status. The Recommendation states that privacy should be accorded to workers and their families in relation to HIV status and also that tests for the disease may not be required. Employers are expected to give workers and their families access to prevention measures and treatment if needed. (Id.)
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"Talking Back"Troy Hayner Cultural Center. Troy, Ohio. Summer 2006.
An exhibition by student curators in Native American Art History 439/539, which includes important works from the Kennedy Southwest Native American Collection.
"Woven Images"Woven Images is an exhibition of 21 sand painting textiles from the Kennedy Museum of Art's Kennedy Southwest Native American Collection, which houses the largest single collection of sand painting textiles in existence. The exhibition (formerly titled Woven Chants) includes sand painting designs used in five traditional ceremonial healing practices: the Mountain Way, Shooting Way, Ant Way, Hail Way, and Creation Chant. The tour includes the Navajo Nation Museum, which will mark the first time that these weaving's have been exhibited on the Navajo Reservation.
Woven Images Exhibition ScheduleFarmington Museum of New Mexico, November 9, 2002 - April 12, 2003 Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock, Arizona, May 19 - December 27, 2003
"The Trisolini Print Project"October 6, 2003-May 21, 2004
This traveling exhibition, which tours to Ohio University regional campuses in celebration of the University's bicentennial, features approximately 20 prints from the Kennedy Museum's Trisolini Print Project of the Contemporary Print Collection. The Trisolini Print Project was initiated in 1978 by former Dean of the College of Fine Arts Henry Lin and coordinated by master printer and artist Professor Donald Roberts. Important contemporary artists, with little or no printmaking experience, were invited into the School of Art's print workshop to realize concepts in print media. With these artist residencies an important body of printed work was produced. Artists include: Richard Artschwager, Alice Aycock, Nancy Holt, Bruce Nauman, and Robert Stackhouse, just to name a few. The exhibition is accompanied by supplementary educational material including a catalog and text panel. The exhibition is curated by Donald Roberts and the tour is organized by the Kennedy Museum of Art.
The Trisolini Print Project Exhibition Schedule-Ohio University Regional Campus Tour Southern Campus, Ironton, October 6 - November 6, 2003; Zanesville Campus, January 12 - February 20, 2004; Chillicothe Campus, March 1 - 28, 2004; Eastern Campus, St. Clairsville, April 5 - 29, 2004; Lancaster Campus, May 7 - 21, 2004


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Following the breakup of his marriage to Maria Shriver, and the scandal that erupted after it was revealed earlier this week that he had illegitimately fathered a love child with another woman, Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be getting back to work anytime soon.
On Friday, a lawyer for the star issued a statement revealing that the former Governor of California was putting his return to films on hold to focus on "personal matters."
"At the request of Arnold Schwarzenegger we asked Creative Artists Agency to inform all his motion picture projects currently underway or being negotiated to stop planning until further notice," Patrick Knapp, entertainment counsel to Schwarzenegger, said in a statement posted on the Creative Artists Agency website.
"Governor Schwarzenegger is focusing on personal matters and is not willing to commit to any production schedules or timelines. This includes 'Cry Macho,' 'The Terminator' franchise and other projects under consideration," the statement continued. "We will resume discussions when Governor Schwarzenegger decides."
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Shriver and Schwarzenegger have separated. In recent days, he confirmed he had a child with a member of his household staff over a decade ago.
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The Westcountry is known for its verdant landscapes but now the Western Morning News can exclusively reveal that the region has nearly a quarter more woodland and forest than previously thought.
The WMN has been given access to a new report by the Forestry Commission which reveals that the South West has 22 per cent more forest than previously known, increasing the total area by 45,030 hectares to 251,638 hectares. It means that more than 11 per cent of our landscapes are covered in woodlands – the figure previously stood at just under nine per cent tree-cover.
The increase has come to light thanks to a greater accuracy in research techniques – modern aerial camera and mapping equipment is able to detect many more smaller broadleaf forests than was the case when the last census report was published in 1998.
The latest figures are all part of an ongoing country-wide survey being carried out by the National Forest Inventory which was set up in 2009 and employs the use of high resolution aerial photography and cutting edge satellite technology.
The Forestry Commission team also relies on ground-based research and its work is now described as the most robust scientific evidence on forests in British history.
It's all part of an initiative to place the forestry industry higher on the national agenda – the Westcountry might have more woodlands than previously thought but the UK remains far behind most other northern European countries when it comes to the number of trees we grow.
"Up until now we haven't had facts and figures to put our case as an industry in front of the decision makers or the public in general," says Ben Ditchburn, head of the National Forest Inventory. "We aim to re-profile forestry so people can understand the value of our woodlands and see what they can do for the country."
In extrapolating the Westcountry figures contained in the report, Mr Ditchburn said that just under a third of this region's forested area – some 32 per cent – is made up of 40,647 smaller woodlands and copses, each less than 10 hectares in size. The largest 363 forests (woodlands covering over 100 hectares) in the South West including places like Haldon Forest and Fernworthy account for 28 per cent of the total forest area. Of the remaining 3,813 Westcountry woodlands, 40 per cent falls into the small to medium 10 to 100 hectare size.
Mr Ditchburn said: "The results for the South West show that the area has a unique rural heritage, with many smaller broadleaved woods evenly distributed across the landscape, reflecting many centuries of Celtic land management principles. There is also a definite trend of trees being older in the region than compared to the national average, indicating different approaches to woodland management.
"What this report shows is that the people of the South West are still in touch with nature and many know how to look after their forests from small local woodlands to large forest landscapes."
Analysis of aerial photographs shows that 66 per cent of our woodland is predominantly broadleaf, whilst 24 per cent is conifer and 8 per cent is in transition (the remaining two per cent are uncertain).
Ongoing surveys of forests on the ground are further refining these estimates.
The National Forest Inventory is compiled using 240,000 high-resolution aerial photographs taken at 10,000 feet and covers the length and breadth of Great Britain to provide fine detail mapping information. The latest satellite imaging technology was introduced in 2009 to provide up to date information on changes in land use and tree felling.
"What I'm keen to do is provide facts as to how much of this resource there is out there and look at the possible growth of the forestry industry," said Mr Ditchburn. "For example people might ask: can we have another sawmill on the back of this information? Are there more opportunities for bio-mass and wood-fuel production?
"I wouldn't be surprised if you don't see a new sawmill in the Westcountry," he added. "A lot of this is about investment in the rural economy in an area like the South West.


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NZAC Expedition Fund
About the Expedition Fund
NZAC members planning an overseas trip with defined and significant climbing objectives can apply for a grant from the Club's Expedition Fund. Assistance may be given for rock climbing but, because of the smaller financial commitment for such trips, they are less likely to qualify. Trekking trips with climbs of minor peaks or informal trips without defined objectives do not usually qualify. Grants are only made to Club members. See a list of current and past recipients, plus Expedition Reports.
Donate to the fund
The Expedition Fund is financed directly from donations from Members and not from core subscriptions. When paying their subscription Members can make optional donations to the Fund. Make a donation to the Expedition Fund.
Many factors, not least of which the health of the fund, determine the success of apllications. The criteria, in order of importance, are:
- first ascent of a peak or route
- exploration of new areas
- first ascent of a peak or route by NZAC members
- first exploration of new areas by NZAC members
- first expedition (preferably under 30 years old)
- an ascent of international significance
- section expedition (must also have Section financial support)
Applying for a Grant
Please use our Expedition Fund application form (Word format 104kb) (PDF format 32kb) when applying for a grant. (Note: check your browser's pop-up blocker settings if the above forms do not open, or try another browser). Once completed, this form can be either emailed to expeditionfund [at] alpineclub [dot] org [dot] nz or posted to The Convener, Overseas Climbing Committee, New Zealand Alpine Club Inc., PO Box 786, Christchurch Mail Centre 8140.
The Overseas Climbing Committee considers applications twice a year - applications must be submitted by either 31 January or 31 July . Applications received outside these times will not be considered. Grants can not be made to expeditions that have already left the country.
Conditions of Grants
These vary but will always include the following:
- Agreement to supply an article with photographs for the next edition of the NZ Alpine Journal.
- Agreement to provide a short summary for The Climber with up-to-date information on local conditions and problems.
- Agreement to give a lecture to your local Section and, on an expense reimbursement basis, to any other Sections of the Club which may request a talk.
- A grant may be tied to a particular expense such as purchase of equipment or payment of a peak fee. Any equipment purchased through a grant or borrowed is the property of the Club and to be returned. Consideration may be given in special cases to a loan with repayment from surplus expedition funds or from Members.
Support for Other Funding
Even if the Club cannot provide funding it may be able to give useful support for your application for funding from government and private organisations. The Mount Everest Foundation in England welcomes applications from New Zealand climbing expeditions and has made grants to a number of these over the last few years.
Expedition Objectives
That's for you to decide but the NZAC may be able to provide contact addresses for climbers (in New Zealand and overseas) who have been there before, or have access to published information. This could include Club Members or other contacts in the countries you are visiting. The Club libraries contain sets of overseas climbing journals which are available for reference.
Some governments and authorities, particularly in Asia e.g. Nepal, require that your credentials are verified. An endorsement on the Club's letterhead can open doors for you. How do you get an endorsement? Just write to The Convenor, Overseas Climbing Sub-Committee, PO Box 786, Christchurch giving brief details of exactly what you want. An endorsement can usually be given promptly. What you will get is a suitable endorsement - the Club will not guarantee that you'll "perform" or undertake to rescue you from jail for illegal activities.
Letters of Introduction
These are similar to an endorsement, are given on the Club's letterhead and read something like:
We want to introduce you to ............. and ............. who are members of the Club /experienced climbers. Give them as much help as you can.
Such letters have been provided routinely in Spanish for climbers and trampers visiting South America. They could be handy when foreign Customs start giving you the once over.
The Club is not in the business of hiring or maintaining great stashes of gear. The Club may also be able to put you in contact with others who have specialized gear or with other New Zealand climbers going to the same region before or after you. You may be able to share gear and thus reduce costs.
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It's interesting that Cole Smithey would evoke the name of Nicolas Cage when commenting on Liam Neeson's recent fondness for genre pictures that would seem beneath his talents. In his review of Unknown, which opens here at 12:01 a.m. tonight, Smithey says, "How Liam Neeson went from being that rare thespian animal of a leading-man character actor to a full-on action star while still keeping his artistic integrity is a mystery. It's certainly more than Nicolas Cage could do."
While the latter is hard to argue against — though I'm not giving up hope on Cage just yet (see 2009's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans) — I'm not so sure the former is still accurate.
In an effort to be as informative as possible to Tristate cinema geeks of every genre, political persuasion and religious affiliation, I thought I'd alert you to the coming presence of a movie that some have called "excellent," "very worthwhile" and "absolutely dynamic."
After weeks of neglect, I finally caught James L. Brooks' How Do You Know at Danbarry Western Hills last week. (You know I was keen to catch it if I endured Danbarry WH, a second-run/rate movie house that hasn't been refurbished since its opening more than a decade ago). Released amid the crowded, late-December awards season, Brooks' latest fell off my radar in part due to its lame title and acutely glossy trailer, which played up the ever-distracting presence of Jack Nicholsonas much as whatever unique qualities it might offer.
Few actors today go as deep as old-school De Niro in embodying their characters as Ryan Gosling (who just happens to be CityBeat's cover boy this week!).
Kevin Smith's Red State premiered to mixed reviews and a small group of protesters at the Sundance Film Festival Jan. 22. But, even more than the film's provocative premise — which has been described as "a horror/comedy/satire about a Westboro Baptist Church-esque fundamentalist community that murders those it finds abominations in God's eyes (aka gay people)" — it was the veteran filmmaker's post-screening Q&A antics that drew the most attention.
Oscar nominations were announced this morning. At first glance, I have to admit that this year's batch seems uncommonly competent.
The 10 Best Picture nominees are all worthwhile in one way or another, and four of them actually made my top 10 of 2010: The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit and Winter's Bone. See, I told you they were competent.
The Sundance Film Festival's opening weekend is now in the books, and if occasional CityBeat contributor/Salt Lake City Weekly A&E editor Scott Renshaw is any guide, Park City, Utah, is again awash in movie mayhem.


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The answer is either that it has escaped from the planet or is hidden somewhere on or near its surface. That water has escaped would be in agreement with the low concentration of water in the Martian atmosphere.
There are, however, ways to hide water in ice form for hundreds of millions of years as a substrate beneath a sufficiently thick insulating surface layer. Such a surface layer, sediment or lava flow, would prevent its transport to the atmosphere.
Ice on Arsia Mons.
The volcano-tectonic setting of Arsia Mons and its neighbours, Pavonis and Ascreus Mons, is analogous to numerous terrestrial volcanoes. From a central caldera a fissure swarm extends for hundreds of kilometres and carries magma from a chamber beneath the caldera to distal parts of the volcano outside the caldera rim.
Recently, it was proposed, on the basis of a morphological interpretation of Viking Orbiter images, that a thick ice sheet covers the Arsia Mons volcano in the Tharsis province on Mars, i.e. almost on the equator (Geology, March 1999, v. 27; no. 3; p. 231-234).
This conclusion is reached by examining deep canyons that cut into the fan areas of Arsia Mons and almost reach into the caldera area. These canyons are interconnected to circular vent-like structures that are interpreted as openings where ice has been melted above eruptive volcanic sites.
These vent-like openings lack a collar of ash normally associated with eruptive vents. The close association of a fissure swarm, large scale canyons, numerous vent-like structures and a broad fan area concur with a genetic relationship between these features.
Thus the conclusions are;
Subglacial volcanism.
When volcanism takes place beneath ice the products accumulate vertically and the hot lava melts enclosing ice. The meltwater will eventually leak out of the system and this occurs through catastrophic flooding of a high standing water mass. Such catastrophic floods are well known and frequent in Iceland and referred to as jökulhlaups. One such violent jökulhlaup occurred in 1996 from beneath the Vatnajokull glacier with discharge volumes of over 50.000 m3/sec.
It is typical for circular depressions to form within glacier ice in response to melting from below. In Iceland the accumulation of seasonal new ice "heals" such depressions, whereas on Mars they would be left as permanent "holes" in the ice shield in absence a water rich atmosphere.
Above:This photo shows conditions when the hot magma beneath the ice is accumulating toward the surface and causing the ice above to subside and form circular depressions, just prior to explosive activity. Image by Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson Arctic Images The response by some scientists to the idea of substantial ice volumes near the Martian equator has been one of scepticism. Bruce Jakosky of the University of Colorado at Boulder regards it problematic to accumulate such large ice volumes in one location (New Scientist, March 13th, 1999).
Since Jakosky made his comment Helgason has constrained his model and estimated the volume of ice that he believes is to be found in the Tharsis regime (5th International Conference on Mars, Pasadena, July 18-23, 1999).
He assumes that the vast aureole deposits by Olympus Mons are formed through the failure of an ice layer underneath. He argues that at one time ice covered an area extending from Olympus Mons in the northwest to beyond Arsia Mons in the southeast. By assuming a 500-m-thick ice layer equally distributed over Tharsis, as much as 5 million cubic kilometres may still be present there.
The volcano-tectonic setting of Arsia Mons and its neighbours, Pavonis and Ascreus Mons, that are some 26 km high, is analogous to numerous terrestrial volcanoes. From a central caldera a fissure swarm extends for long distances, sometimes hundreds of kilometres.
The fissure swarm carries magma from the caldera to distal parts of the volcano beyond the caldera walls. Upon reaching an ice-rock contact outside the caldera the ice melting process begins.
The meltwater can carry a high concentration of rapidly quenched magma, that will eventually burst out on the surface to rest in a distal location away from the higher reaches of the volcano. The scarcity of vent-like openings within the caldera suggests that this is where the ice thickness reaches a maximum.
Microwave probing of Mars.
Strong support for ice on Arsia Mons has come from microwave probing of Mars by a team lead by professor Duane Muhleman of the California Institute of Technology. His team found nine regions that were anomalous or more than three times stronger than the mean disk, the strongest being the Residual South Polar Ice Cap with a reflectivity of 100%.
Nearly all of the other 8 regions were in the Tharsis volcanic regime. Three of them were on or near the caldera of the stratovolcanoes Arsia, Pavonis and Ascraeus Mons.
A new $4 million NASA research investigation headed by professor Don Gurnett of the University of Iowa was recently contracted to search for Martian water through the use of low-frequency radar signal that will penetrate to a depth of five kilometres.
This study, which is part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft to be launched in 2003, may be pivotal in the search for the lost Martian water. If technically successful, the project is likely to provide a wealth of information on the ideas presented above for the Tharsis water/ice budget.
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This year, AAUW-St. Lawrence County collaborated with Section 10 Athletics to sponsor a Title IX Art Poster Contest.
The posters, on the theme Our World, Our Future created by students in grades 7-12, were judged and the winners were:
Grand Prize: Julia Berk, Canton Central (Grade 12) - $100 from AAUW-NYS; Second: Hailey Leonard & Hannah Wilson, Canton Central (Grade 11) - $75 from Section 10 Athletics; Third: Jacqueline Sovie, Lisbon Central (Grade 12) - $50 from Section 10 Athletics.
The next four prizes were $50 gift certificates to the four college bookstores. Fourth: Samantha Mace & Maria Sergi, Canton Central (Grade 10); Fifth: Katherine Bailey, Canton Central (Grade 12); Sixth: Cianna Willmart, Canton Central (Grade 12); and
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There were four Honorable Mention posters: Megan Powers, Hermon-DeKalb (Grade 11); Emilee McAdoo, Michael Cougler & Brandon VanBrocklin, Canton Central (Grade 11); Honorable Mention: Alex Dombrose, Canton Central (Grade 12), and Honorable Mention: Reed McLaughlin, Canton Central (Grade 12).
Generous donations from AAUW-NYS, Section 10, Value U at Clarkson University, and the bookstores at SUNY Canton, St. Lawrence University, and SUNY Potsdam were distributed for total prizes valued at $425. AAUW-SLC and Section 10 thank Lisbons Denise Tyo, Cantons Michelle Rodee, and Hermon-DeKalbs Sarah Platt for their support in encouraging their art students to participate.
You can learn more about Title IX and how it works in public schools by watching the first show of the 2014 season of North Country Matters. Potsdams Donna Seymour, the AAUW-NYS Public Policy vice president and a member of the St. Lawrence County Branch, sat down with St. Lawrence Lewis-BOCES administrator Carl Normandin, the Section 10 Athletic Coordinator, for a wide-ranging discussion of Title IX. The YouTube video link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQgWfHV2SLY.
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The privacy and online safety settings that you set up on your Xbox One console aren't working on your Xbox 360.
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For 72 hours only, save up to 60% on rooms -- plus get an airfare credit, free kids meals and one dolphin interaction -- for spring dates at Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas.
This sale covers travel April 8 - June 1. Visit Sunday-Wednesday for best rates; weekends are also discounted -- including Memorial Day weekend.
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Highlights include 11 pools, three beaches, spa, golf, casino and 21 restaurants.
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The Kid Daytona – Low feat. Jadakiss (Official Video)
The Kid Daytona drops an official video for "Low" featuring Jadakiss, off his latest mixtape "Summer Games: The Kid With The Golden Pen". Directed by Joe Puma. Enjoy.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
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Harry (he was recently diagnosed with diabetes...poor guy!), I suppose I've got travel on my mind today. Washington D.C. has always been one of my favorite cities in the world -- it's incredibly handicapped-accessible and friendly!
Speaking of travel, I'm loving these posters from Ork Posters, which feature the shape of a city and all of its neighborhoods. Can you guess the cities above, based just on the neighborhoods? Find the answers in the comments! :)
P.S. Remember these heart-shaped city prints and these neighborwoods?
Posted by Melissa Blake at 12:37 PM
Labels: art, design, dream vacation, illustration, typography
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- Elsa de Diego said...
Sorry about Harry! As for the maps...#1 Chicago and #4 Boston? Great idea! Have an awesome weekend! xoxo
- September 21, 2012 at 1:41 PM
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Shame the closest they get to doing one for Detroit is the great lakes one!
- September 22, 2012 at 6:23 AM
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Nice job, Elsa! The posters are of Chicago, Portland, San Francisco and Boston! :)
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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ALBANY -- Two college students are in jail on aggravated assault, burglary and weapons charges, an Albany Police Department official said.
Other unrelated investigations put a 17-year-old man in jail for an armed carjacking and sent two juveniles arrested for burglary to the Regional Youth Detention Center, said Phyllis Banks, police spokeswoman.
Michael Robinson and Julius R. Dunkin, both 19-year-old Albany State University students, were arrested in an apartment on the 300 block of South Mock Road, Banks said. Two other ASU students lived in the apartment, she added.
"A shot was fired inside the apartment as the victims struggled with the suspects. Police had to break down the door to gain entry. It was jammed when a bullet hit the door lock," Banks said. "The victims were not shot, but suffered injuries in the struggle before officers arrived."
Robinson and Dunkin have no bail set, and are each charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one charge of burglary, a Dougherty County Jail spokeswoman said.
Charges relating to handguns are expected to be filed against the pair, Banks said. It was unknown if the suspects knew their victims, Justin Christopher Oliver and Ken Clark, both 19, banks added.
"They gained access to the apartment through a back door," Banks said. "The victims were asleep and woke up during the burglary."
In connection with an unrelated armed carjacking and robbery, police arrested one of four men Monday who police believe was involved, Banks said.
Kenjuan Lakiam Walker, 17, a student at Westover High School, was caught pushing an out-of-gas, 1995 Pontiac Grand Am on Thornton Drive, Banks said. Three other suspects fled.
The Pontiac was hijacked at gunpoint earlier Monday from Dexter
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Walker is in the Dougherty Jail, charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon, armed robbery and hijacking a car, a jail spokeswoman said. No band has been set.
Also, two 16-year-old boys were charged with burglary Monday in connection with break-ins into residences in the Albany Police Department's West District, a police report stated.
"There has been a rash of burglaries in the West District," Banks said. "(Detectives) suspect with the arrest of the juveniles at least nine cases will be cleared."
The West District encompasses the area west of Slappey Boulevard to the city limits.
Police were responded to a burglary in progress call near the 3900 block of Rodnor Forest Lane when they caught the two juveniles while canvassing the area, a police report stated. The juveniles were placed in custody at the Regional Youth Detention Center after questioning by investigators, the report added.
While canvassing, the police officers found a 42-inch flat-screen television stolen from a Rodnor Forest Lane home in a ditch, Banks said. Officers also found a bag with other electronics stolen earlier Monday from a home on the 100 block of Westcott Lane, she said.
Anyone with additional information on any of the crimes are asked to call Crime Stoppers at (229) 436-TIPS (8477) or (229) 431-3288.
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Melissa wins 7-on-7 state title in Division II
Melissa's fifth straight trip to the 7-on-7 tournament ended with its first championship Friday at the FOX Sports Southwest 7-on-7 state tournament in College Station.
Melissa, which last year lost in the opening round of the championship bracket, won five straight games Friday, capped by a 27-20 victory over Kincaid in the Division II championship.
Aubrey advanced to the semifinals and Celina, which won the Division II title in 2007 and '09, lost in the opening round of bracket play.


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I have a problem with our new debian 3.0 box. I have a TerraTec 128iPCI soundcard in it, but somehow it doesn't work the way I want it.
During installation I loaded the esssolo1 module and what I can tell from "lsmod" everthing looks fine:
The thing is, when I do a "cat sample.au >/dev/audio" I only hear noise ... I tested the same .au file on another computer and it works fine. I've also tried other soundfiles...same problem.Code:tesla:/# lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted esssolo1 25504 0 gameport 1308 0 [esssolo1] soundcore 3236 4 [esssolo1] keybdev 1664 0 (unused) usbkbd 2848 0 (unused) input 3072 0 [keybdev usbkbd] usb-uhci 20708 0 (unused) usbcore 48032 0 [usbkbd usb-uhci] tesla:/#
Is there something else that need to be done except loading the module? The module loads without an error, and I'm actually able to hear something, but only noise
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Merrimack College (North Andover): Andrew Cannon, East Sandwich; Alexandra Finney, Centerville; Jazzmyn Lambert, West Barnstable; John Carlin, West Barnstable. University of Connecticut: Samantha P. Beynor, Kyle R. Mahoney, both West Barnstable.
Boston University: Robert M. Kelley, Hyannis; Lauren K. Logan, Cotuit; Kaitlin R. Rockett and Kevin W. Shanley, both Barnstable.
Rochester Institute of Technology: David Falconieri, Marstons Mills.
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If adolescents are reluctant or unable to access health care services and younger students parents/guardians are concerned about requesting time off work to take their child to an off-site medical provider, why not bring the services to them? This is what school-based health centers do. In the 2007-2008 school year, there were over 1,900 school-based health centers across the United States. During that same time, Colorado had 44 centers that served over 26,000 youth.
School-Based Health Centers emphasize prevention and early intervention. At a minimum, they offer primary medical services, mental health care, oral health screenings and health promotion activities. Extended services, including substance abuse treatment, oral health sealants, and fluoride treatments are also provided at some locations. School-based health centers support the mission of schools to have high-achieving students. Students miss less school seeking needed health services, and are better able to concentrate when health and behavioral health problems are addressed. Simply put, healthy students are better learners.
Research has shown that School-Based Health Centers:
(1) Adams EK, Johnson V., An elementary SBHC: can it reduce Medicaid costs? Pediatrics 2000 Apr;105(4 Pt 1):780-8.
(2) Gall G, Pagano ME, Desmond MS, Perrin JM, Murphy JM. Utility of psychosocial screening at a SBHC. J Sch Health. 2000;70:292-298.
(3) Juszczak L, Melinkovich P, Kaplan, D, Use of health and mental health services by adolescents across multiple delivery sites. J Adol Health 2003:32S:108-118.
(4) Key JD, Washington EC, Hulsey TC, Reduced emergency department utilization associated with SBHC enrollment, J Adol Health 2002; 30:273-278
(5) Kisker EE, Brown RS, Do SBHCs improve adolescents¿ access to health care, health status, and risk-taking behavior? J Adol Health 1996;18:335-343.
(6) Riggs S, Cheng T. Adolescents¿ willingness to use a SBHC in view of expressed health concerns. J Adol Health. 1988 9: 208-213.
(7) Santelli J, Kouzis A, et al. SBHCs and adolescent use of primary care and hospital care. J Adol Health 1996; 19: 267-275.
(8) Dallas Youth and Family Centers Program: Hall, LS (2001). Final Report - Youth and Family Centers Program 2000-2001 (REIS01-172-2). Dallas Independent Schools District.
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If you follow my blog (hello, all five of you!), you'll have seen a post I made in October talking about scaling back in social media. Funny enough, there was something else that I subconsciously scaled back: capturing moments with my camera.
I like to think I'm a photographer. I bust out the camera, whether it is my phone or my SLR, at every opportunity and I enjoy snapping a few photos. Perhaps capturing a video while I'm at it.
But lately?
I couldn't put my finger on my hesitation to use my camera as of late. I enjoy capturing moments, especially with friends, that I don't get to regularly enjoy. Even when I eat meals that I don't normally eat, I used to take photos.
So… what's happened?
I could make excuses like some abject sadness that's taken over my life, or that my iPhone's camera no longer wishes to operate without heavy persuasion, or even the very unlikely scenario of extraterrestrial life showing up on Earth to steal my camera.
None of these are true, but I think I finally figured out what's happened: I've shifted my priorities from "capturing moments" to simply "experiencing moments."
It's one thing to be able to look back on all the great photos I've taken of really unique experiences, but it's completely different to be entirely immersed in your experience and simply enjoying it. My guess is that ever since Instagram blew up, was bought, and everyone started posting photos of their food and some random brick wall they found (which I was also guilty of), I've grown an aversion to wasting valuable experiences by being focused on taking photos of it rather than actually participating.
Sure, I can take photos of food that I am eating, but I will immediately put my camera away after the shutter snaps and pay complete attention to my meal and my eating companions.
I'd rather enjoy what little time I devote to my friends, my family, and the experiences that we share, over being able to show strangers on the internet what I am currently doing.
I raise my glass to you life bloggers and sharers, but it is definitely not for me.