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Helen H Gardener (1853–1925)
I do not know the needs of a god or of another world.... I do know that women make shirts for seventy cents a dozen in this one.
It is a significant fact that, of all the Christian countries, in those where the church stands highest, and has most power, women rank lowest, and have fewest rights accorded them, whether of personal
liberty or proprietary interest.
This religion and the Bible require of woman everything, and give her nothing. They ask her support and her love, and repay her with contempt and oppression.
There is no book which tells of a more infamous monster than the Old Testament, with its Jehovah of murder and cruelty and revenge, unless it be the New Testament, which arms its God with hell, and extends his outrages throughout all eternity!
It is thought strange and particularly shocking by some persons for a woman to question the absolute correctness of the Bible. She is supposed to be able to go through this world with her eyes shut, and her mouth open wide enough to swallow Jonah and the Garden of Eden without making a wry face....
That she [woman] does not crouch today where St Paul tried to bind her, she owes to the men who are grand and brave enough to ignore St Paul, and rise superior to his God.
The bible teaches that a father may sell his daughter for a slave [Exodus xxx, 7], that he may sacrifice her purity to a mob [Judges xix, 24; Genesis xix, 8], and that he may murder her, and still be a good father and a holy man. It teaches that a man may have any number of wives; that he may sell them, give them away, or swap them around, and still be a perfect gentleman, a good husband, a righteous man, and one of God's most intimate friends; and that is a pretty good position for a beginning. It teaches almost every infamy under the heavens for woman, and it does not recognize her as a self-directing, free human being. It classes her as property, just as it does a sheep: and it forbids her to think, talk, act, or exist, except under conditions and limits defined by some priest.
Every injustice that has ever been fastened upon women in a Christian country has been "authorized by the Bible" and riveted and perpetuated by the pulpit.
Do you think that was kind? Do you think it was godlike? What would you think of a physician, if a woman came to him distressed and said, "Doctor, come to my daughter, she is very ill. She has lost her reason, and she is all I have!" What would you think of the doctor who would not reply at all at first, and then, when she fell at his feet and worshiped him, answered that he did not spend his time doctoring dogs? Would you like him as a family physician? Do you think that, even if he were to cure the child then, he would have done a noble thing? Is it evidence of a perfect character to accompany a service with an insult? Do you think that a man who could offer such an indignity to a sorrowing mother has a perfect character, is an ideal God?
John W Gardner
Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the worlds ills and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.
In the stable periods of history, meaning was supplied in the context of a coherent community and traditionally prescribed patterns of culture. Today we cannot count on any such inheritance. People run around searching for identity, but it isn't handed out free any more — not in this transient, rootless society. Your identity is what you have committed yourself to. You build meaning into your life through your commitments — whether to your religion, to your conception of an ethical order, to your family, group or community, to the rights of others, to unborn generations.
Martin Gardner
When reputable scientists correct flaws in an experiment that produced fantastic results, then fail to get those results when they repeat the test with flaws corrected, they withdraw their original claims. They do not defend them by arguing irrelevantly that the failed replication was successful in some other way, or by making intemperate attacks on whomever dares to criticize their competence.
The divorce between church and state should be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state, or in the nation, should be exempt from equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization, to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community.
Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither justice nor freedom can be permanently maintained. Its interests are intrusted to the States and the voluntary action of the people. Whatever help the nation can justly afford should be generously given to aid the States in supporting common schools; but it would be unjust to our people and dangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of the revenues of the nation or of the States to the support of sectarian schools. The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute.
In my judgment, while it is the duty of Congress to respect to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen ... not any ecclesiastical organization can be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the national government.
Alan Garfinkle
You may not be coming from where I'm coming from, but I know relativism
isn't true for me.
Gene Garman
Most of the people who are complaining about the Constitution and the Court want religion required and imposed upon Americans, especially in public schools (which are not churches) and where children of all religions are welcome to attend.
From its beginning the principle has often been expressed in terms of "separation of church and state." However, those are not the terms used in the Constitution; rather, the word in the Constitution is "religious" and the word in the First Amendment is "religion." As a strict constructionist of the Constitution, I submit it is a "religious" test for public office which is prohibited (not a church test) and it is "religion" which is prohibited from being established by law (not a church).
The Court has effectively rewritten the Establishment Clause from "no law respecting an establishment of religion," to "no law respecting establishment of an excessive entanglement with religion." The distortion approved in Lemon (403 US 602, 1971) should be rejected, but that is another essay.
In America, every citizen may believe about religion whatever he or she chooses, but no one has a right to actions in the name of religion which violate the law.
The last version of the religion clauses as presented by the House is worded as follows: "Congress shall make no law establishing religion, or to prevent the free exercise thereof, or to infringe the rights of conscience." The last version of the Senate reads: "Congress shall make no law establishing articles of faith or a mode of worship, or prohibiting the free exercise of religion." Neither final proposal uses the word national. In fact, the House version speaks of establishing "religion," and the Senate speaks of establishing "articles of faith." The majority of members of the First Congress intended that Congress would have no authority to make any law establishing "religion" or "articles of faith," terms much broader than merely a "national" church. The majority in the First Congress intended for the Establishment Clause to prohibit more than an official church or a national religion. The record of history shows that a majority in the First Congress wanted the Establishment Clause to read that "Congress shall make no law" establishing religion, articles of faith, or a mode of worship.
The historical record does not support Justice Rehnquist's notion that the Framers of the Establishment Clause simply intended to "prohibit the designation of any church as a 'national' one." Through their representatives, the American people amended the Constitution to read that "religion" would not be established by law, a term that, though including a prohibition on a "national church," certainly extends beyond it.
When Christian fundamentalists want to appear open-minded they refer to America as a Judeo-Christian nation or a nation built on Judeo-Christian principles. However, there is not one Christian fundamentalist who believes that Jews are going to Heaven or that Judaism is worthy of spiritual respect in this world — because Judaism rejects the divinity of Jesus. Christian fundamentalists use the Jewish name only to abuse it.
The totalitarian church-state is always intolerant. Staking its very existence upon the hypothesis that everybody within its jurisdiction must conform to the approved patterns, it uses whatever means seem to be necessary to secure that end.
Bill Gates
I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in.
Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
Edwin S Gaustad, PhD
Jefferson found in the religion phrases of the First Amendment no vague or fuzzy language to be bent or shaped or twisted as suited any Supreme Court Justice or White House incumbent. That amendment had built a wall, with the ecclesiastical estate on one side and the civil estate on the other.
What good deed can government do for religion? The best deed of all: leave it free and unencumbered, burdened by neither enmity nor amity.
Most of the founding fathers, sympathetic with and influenced by the European Enlightenment, saw religion — natural religion, that is — as a potential good, but with equal clarity they saw the religions of existing institutions and religions based on a fixed scriptural revelation as meddlesome, wrong-headed and hopelessly obsolete.
In America, religious dissent is as vital as it is elusive. Like the secretions of the pituitary, the juices of dissent are essential to ongoing life even if we do not always know precisely how, when or where they perform their tasks, and the not knowing — the flimsy, filmy elusiveness — is supremely characteristic of America's expressions of religious dissent. For in the United States no stalwart orthodoxy stands ever ready to parry the sharp thrust or clever feints of dissent. No National Church resists or restrains the indigenous as well as the imported gift for schism.
Anne Nicol Gaylor
There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.
Jim Gerard
The main theme of the Book of Revelation is the wrath of God, which is so much worse
than the wrath of Khan, it's not funny. In fact some contemporary scholars have tallied the number of deaths during the End Times prophesied in Revelation and prorated it to the Earth's current population. The final tally: five billion.
Of course, most of the victims will be sinners, with a few innocent bystanders who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. As God says, "Shit happens."
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
A state of skepticism and suspense may amuse a few inquisitive minds. But the practice of superstition is so congenial to the multitude that, if they are forcibly awakened, they still regret the loss of their pleasing vision.
To the philosophical eye the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.
The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven, arrayed in her natural purity. A more melancholy duty is imposed on the historian. He must discover the inevitable mixture of error and corruption which she contracted in a long residence upon earth, among a weak and degenerate race of beings.
The fierce and partial writers of the times, ascribing all virtue to themselves, and imputing all guilt to their adversaries, have painted the battle of the angels and the demons.
André Gide (1869–1951)
Christianity, above all, consoles; but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently, Christianity begins by making such souls unhappy, for otherwise it would have no power over them.
The very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to humanity than would have been the loss of those for whom he is sacrificing himself. But in his abnegation lies the secret of his grandeur.
Rabbi Arthur Gilbert
Jews are still disadvantaged in many "Christian countries" where the faithful control the structures of education and impose rites of Christian affirmation on school children as part of school policy. We are concerned ... when the evangelical purposes of one church or of all churches are supported through disbursements from the public treasury.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)
The stony-minded orthodox were right in fearing the first movement of new knowledge and free thought. It has gone on, and will go on, irresistibly, until some day we shall have no respect for an alleged "truth" which cannot stand the full blaze of knowledge, the full force of active thought.
The soaring, imaginative minds of men, constructing lofty, shimmering piles of abstract thought, and taking as their postulate a revelation from God, gaveus relgions which coule not possible maintained without belief and obedience: ... we find them most permanent and changeless among people who make the least effort to swquare their beliefs with the laws of life.
If we once admit that our life is here for the purpose of race-improvement, then we question any religion which does not improve the race, or the main force of which evaporates, as it were, directing our best efforts toward the sky.... Improvement in the human race is not accomplished by extracting any number of souls and placing them in heaven, or elsewhere. It must be established on earth, either through achievement in social service, or through better children.
[Let us inquire] what glory there was in an omnipotent being torturing forever a puny little creature who could in no way defend himself? Would it be to the glory of a man to fry ants?
One religion after another has accepted and perpetuated man's original mistake in making a private servant of the mother of the race.
A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world.
What would have been the effect upon religion if it had come to us through the minds of women?
We grovel and "worship" and pray to God to do what we ourselves ought to have done a thousand years ago, and can do now, as soon as we choose.
The peculiarity of all death-based religions is that their subject-matter is entirely outside of facts. Men could think and think, talk and argue, advance, deny, assert, and controversy, and write innumerable books, without being hampered at any time by any fact....
One and all, religions have their original prophets, their sacred books, their traditions of ages gone. One and all require us to accept without question what other people long dead have said or written; to obey without question the commands of those behind us.... No matter what the belief, if it had modestly said, "This is our best thought, go on, think farther!" then we could have smoothly outgrown our early errors and long since have developed a religion such as would have kept pace with an advancing world. But we were made to believe and not allowed to think. We were told to obey, rather than to experiment and investigate.
There's heaven. There it is. What more do we mean? People, free to come together, and in beauty — for growth.
If a person holds irrational ideas and insists that others should accept them because of their authoritative source, he should never agree to be questioned about them.
Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944)
In times of death and famine, reason is on the side of the priests — who have their own kind of logic which cries for miracles and, on occasion, sometimes invents them.
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
Josiah William Gitt (1884–1973)
Humanity's most valuable assets have been the non-conformists. Were it not for the non-conformists, he who refuses to be satisfied to go along with the continuance of things as they are, and insists upon attempting to find new ways of bettering things, the world would have know little progress, indeed.
Glanville, Joseph (1636–1680)
And the will therin lyeth, which dyeth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will with its vigor? For God is but a great will pervading all things through the nature of its intentness. Man doth not yeild himself to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.
John Stuart Glennie
In ancient Osirianism, as in modern Christianism, we find the worship of a divine mother and child. In ancient Osirianism as in modern Christianism, there is a doctrine of atonement. In ancient Osirianism, as in modern Christianism, we find the vision of a last judgment, and resurrection of the body. And finally, in ancient Osirianism, as in modern Christianism, the sanctions of morality are a lake of fire and torturing demons on the one hand, and on the other, eternal life in the presence of God.
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College Hockey:No Goal Call Doesn't Faze Irish
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Against Michigan State goaltender Jeff Lerg, teams have found goals hard to come by. In fact, before the Colorado College Tigers scored late in the third period of Friday's game, Lerg had an 87-minute shutout streak in NCAA tournament play, and had looked like an impenetrable wall for much of the weekend.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have struggled to score goals in the second half. Since losing to Ferris State 5-3 on February 8, the Irish have scored more than two goals in only two games coming into this weekend. In 10 of those 13 games, the Irish scored two or fewer goals, and in six of those games they scored one or less. The Irish went 4-6-3 in those games.
Playing a tight defensive game Saturday night against the Spartans, the Irish were tied 1-1 late in the second. With the Irish on the attack, a wild flurry resulted in a goal scored by Evan Rankin, and the Irish went into a crazed celebration on the ice. The referees called it a goal, and the goal was announced over the PA in Colorado Springs.
After a consultation, the play was sent upstairs for video review. After a long review, the NCAA video replay official ruled it as a no-goal. The official call was that Kevin Deeth had been in the crease, and his presence had prevented Lerg from playing the puck.
"That was a tough call but honestly we've had that happen a few times to us," said Irish captain Mark Van Guilder, who scored the eventual game-winner in the third period. "We were real calm on the bench. We were sitting there just waiting for the call. Either way, we had to keep calm, whatever the decision is. You can't let something like that kill your momentum because we were just starting to play a little better in the second period. I think we've learned a lot from this second half. We've learned how to deal with disappointment like that."
In fact, the Irish also had an apparent goal against UNH disallowed late in the second period of Friday's game. The puck appeared to hit the upper left corner and come out, but the replay official ruled that it had hit the post. The Irish made up for that call just 23 seconds into the third period.
Tonight, Van Guilder made sure that the no-goal would be a non-issue when he got a shot from low at the left side of the crease over Lerg's right shoulder at 15:20. Teddy Ruth added to the lead at 17:12, ensuring the Irish advanced to their first-ever Frozen Four.
"I was upset because I thought Kevin Deeth was pushed into the crease," said Irish coach Jeff Jackson. "It's not the referee's decision, it's whoever makes the decision upstairs. They have the replay, I don't. They had their reasoning and I'm not sure what it was, but I'll probably watch it and probably agree with what the decision was. We had a few of those last week too."
Given the results this weekend with having disallowed goals, perhaps the Irish might want to make sure they get a disallowed goal against their next opponent, CCHA foe Michigan, in the Frozen Four in Denver.
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OVGH President and CEO Thanks Staff for a Successful Joint Commission Review!
OVGH had a great visit from the Joint Commission this week. Our President and CEO, David W. Scott wanted to pass along a message of thanks to our hospital employees:
"I want to express my personal appreciation to all of you. The surveyors were quite complimentary of all staff members, and I was proud of everyone's professionalism and positive attitude.
Of particular note, the surveyors stated that our level of integration of quality and patient safety into daily operations is seen in only the highest-performing organizations. They were also impressed with our overall quality of care, the maintenance and cleanliness of the Hospital, and they greatly enjoyed their meals and interactions with the Nutrition Services staff members. I also want to acknowledge our Facilities Director Joe Gillette — the surveyors requested permission to use Joe's forms and documents for their "Best Practices" library for Facility Management programs and will be using his material for their safety training seminars.
Our excellent outcome was the result of much effort by everyone. This speaks very highly of our organization, and I couldn't be more pleased. Thanks again, and have a great weekend!"


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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R) signed a bill on Tuesday limiting the ability of cities to raise the minimum wage, extend sick leave or allocate vacation days for employees, according to MSN on Wednesday. The bill, which was sponsored by Rep. Grau, R-Edmond, was perceived mainly as an effort to block efforts to raise the minimum wage in Oklahoma City, despite President Barack Obama's nationwide push for permanent minimum wage hikes.
David Slain, a politically proactive attorney, wrote the initiative calling for the minimum wage in Oklahoma City to be raised to $10.10 an hour. Slain perceived the decision by the Oklahoma State Legislature and Governor to curtail the rights of cities to raise their minimum wage as a means of taking away the rights of citizens to decide their own minimum wage scales. Slain stated that he was surprised that legislators "would vote in such a way to take the right of the people to decide minimum wage."
Edmond said that he thought of the bill as a means of protecting businesses, especially small businesses. Edmond stated:
"This bill provides a level playing field for all municipalities in Oklahoma. An artificial raise in the minimum wage could derail local economies in a matter of months. This is a fair measure for consumers, workers and small business owners."
Fallin said that she felt that the minimum wage hike would result in the firings of many of the young people, mainly students, who now hold those minimum wage jobs. She also said that she believed that many of the students now being paid minimum wage are "middle class high school or college students living with their parents."
Fallin also expressed her concern that raising the minimum wage would hinder small businesses, hamper job creation efforts and result in a hike in prices for consumers:
"Mandating an increase in the minimum wage would require businesses to fire many of those part-time workers. It would create a hardship for small business owners, stifle job creation and increase costs for consumers. And it would do all of these things without even addressing the goal of reducing poverty."
This is not Fallin's first time to make a controversial decision. She recently signed a bill reinstating the slaughter of horses. She also signed a bill making it easier to execute criminals and limiting abortion rights in Oklahoma.


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Al Jazeera America's First Day Ends With Lawsuit
Against AT&T.
Al Jazeera America's first day was a little rough. Late Monday night, one of America's larger cable providers, AT&T U-verse, abruptly announced that it was dropping Current TV, which transformed into Al Jazeera America on Tuesday afternoon. The decision, which AT&T attributed to an unspecified contract dispute, reduced the number of homes with access to the new news channel by as much as 5 million. On Tuesday evening, Bloomberg reported that Al Jazeera had responded to the programming change with a lawsuit accusing AT&T of "wrongful termination of an affiliation agreement."
In a statement, Al Jazeera said, "We had no choice but to take this action and to enforce Al Jazeera's rights under its agreement with AT&T — and to compel AT&T to do the right thing. Al Jazeera America's strong hope is to resolve this matter quickly so that AT&T's customers will have access to our unbiased, fact-based and in depth coverage of the news that is important to Americans." The network is seeking monetary damages in addition to the restoration of its spot on AT&T's roster.
For customers of AT&T, Time Warner (which dropped the channel back in January and is still negotiating a deal to carry it in the future), and other non-participating cable providers — or people unable to watch television at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday — the New York Times's Brian Stelter uploaded a video of the station's first five minutes:


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She entered her first singing competition at the age of 5, and it was one of those things that would change her life forever.
It was just a little over a year ago that I was first introduced to Country Music Artist Amy Rose---and even then I knew that she was something special. She is one of those individuals that what you see is definitely what you get---and her fans are responding to her in a big way.
Now with 2014 in full swing she releases her new single "Country Crazy" on Amazon.com and ITunes, and as expected it is true Amy Rose through and through. I got a chance to talk with her just hours before the official release of the single, and when asked about what this musical ride has been like she told me this: "To describe it honestly it feels like such a dream. I want people to just pinch me so I can wake me up, because a lot of this seems so surreal." It is definitely real, and the awards she is winning for her talent as well as the music lovers she is entertaining is proof of that. "I am so happy that I can walk around everyday with an open mind and heart and do what I like to do, and that's sing."
The new single "Country Crazy" gives you a story of a woman who can exist in all areas of the world, but at her core is a country girl just waiting to break free. That is definitely Amy. "I think a lot of people can relate to the way that I am," she told me. "That is the way I portray myself in my music." When she got into the business that was one thing she knew would never change. "I just wanted to be me and be true to myself." And it is that truth that is resonating with fans and critics alike.
The single "Country Crazy" is available on Amazon here. Stay in touch with all things Amy Rose at www.amyrosemusic.com.


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Steinberg has introduced Padshop, a new granular synthesizer for Mac & Windows.
Steinberg says that Padshop is "a granular synthesizer that raises the standard in terms of handling, flexibility, musicality and sound."
Steinberg has introduced Padshop, a new granular synthesizer for Mac & Windows.
Steinberg says that Padshop is "a granular synthesizer that raises the standard in terms of handling, flexibility, musicality and sound."
Mixed in Key has introduced Mashup, a new app that's designed to ease the process of making audio mashups.
Here's what they have to say about it:
Mashup's user interface is streamlined and intuitive. Import songs into Mashup, and it will analyze them for key and tempo. Next, drag a song into Mashup's ultra-fast audio editor, and its tempo will become the master for the project. If you'd prefer, you can manually enter in a different master tempo. As soon as one song is added, the song browser will show you which other songs in your collection are 100% harmonically compatible with your original song. Then drag other songs into the editor window, and they're automatically beat-matched to the master tempo, using Mashup's professional time-stretching algorithm.
Now you can start editing. Mashup lets you graphically edit each song's volume, as well as three bands of EQ, all with breakpoint-style automation. The editor also lets you select and silence portions of songs, adjust phase, slide them in time, and more. When you're done editing, you can export the result to a 320kbps MP3 file or a 16-bit, 44.1kHz WAV file. If you already use Mixed In Key 5, Mashup will load its database and will skip the analysis step. Mashup and Mixed In Key 5 work flawlessly with each other.
Mashup is available now, for Mac & Windows, for US $39.
2012 NAMM Show: Line 6 has introduced Mobile Keys a new line of 'tri-platform' keyboard controllers for iPad, iPhone, Mac and PC.
Mobile Keys 25 and Mobile Keys 49 are a pair of new keyboards designed to control iOS music apps and do double duty as USB MIDI controllers for Mac and Windows computers. Both models have full-size keys and velocity sensitive keyboard action.
Both Mobile Keys models are compatible with any iOS app that supports the CoreMIDI standard for input, including GarageBand and numerous drum machines, synthesizers and virtual instruments.
"With Mobile Keys 25 and 49, not only do you have two extremely portable options for playing and recording on the go with your iPhone and iPad music apps," says Line 6 co-founder and digital audio innovator Marcus Ryle, "but you can move seamlessly between your iOS music apps and your Mac or PC, as well."
Remember the Orange OPC Guitar Amplifier + Recording Studio Workstation – the bizarro computer + guitar amp combination that was introduced at this year's NAMM Show?
Music Radar got their hands on one of the Orange OPC computers and put together this first look at it.
According to Orange, the OPC computer will be leading the way with a number of 'Firsts':
The OPC comes with the following software packages:
Free Windows Music Software: V-DJM 2ch is a virtual 2ch mixer with dj functions for Windows. According to the develoeprs, the free virtual DJ mixer is designed to reproduce the best features of the professional dj mixers in any audio host application.
V-DJM can be used as an internal mixer in your host audio applications with the sound and the feeling of a dj consolle. All controls of V-DJM can be midi-mapped and automated.
V-DJM 2ch is available now as a free download.
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Rain Computers will officially debut its LiveBook Studio, a high performance quad-core notebook based on Intel's "Nehalem" Core i7 architecture, at the Winter NAMM Show.
LiveBook Studio will be available for sale starting in early February 2010 with a trio of quad-core processors, a high performance drive up to 500GB and up to 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory.
It also features the new NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M sending 1GB of video memory to an ultra-high-resolution widescreen display making it ideal for motion graphics and video editing on the go.
Pricing is TBA.
Free Music Software: Minimalfabrik's Deep Throat is a free Windows-only software synth.
The developers don't provide any audio demos, so Windows users are just going to have to try Deep Throat to find out what it sound like.
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Torley, as part of his Project Preset series, takes a look at Jeremiah Savage's Sonic Fiction Kore SoundPack, a new sound library from Native Instruments.
You can get more info on Sonic Fictions at the NI site.


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Do you want to learn one of the many crucial skills needed to build skyscrapers, homes, roads, or bridges?
The majority of apprentices in Washington State work in the construction and building trades industry. In fact, there are currently over 9,000 apprentices working in construction! There are opportunities for apprenticeships in careers ranging from plumber/pipefitter to construction equipment operator to painter to sheet metal worker to cement mason… and many, many more.
Here's how to learn more:
Building for a Lifetime shows the many opportunities for education, training, and apprenticeships in the construction industry.
The Washington State Building & Construction Trades Council offers a great video about apprenticeships in the construction field.
Renton Technical College's Construction Center of Excellence offers many resources for students, including a curriculum on "construction math."
You can also see videos of people working in the construction trades. Just select "Architecture and Construction" as your occupational category and then choose the job you'd like to see.
Construction apprenticeships give many opportunities to learn high-demand skills. But instead of listing all the opportunities, let's listen to a few apprentices about what their jobs are like:
Here's what Tami St. Paul says about her construction apprenticeship:
"I was a heavy-equipment operator. I used dirt equipment first-loaders and 'dozers and backhoes. Then I ran cranes and boom trucks [smaller cranes]. There was this readerboard running through my head: 'I was so born to do this, this is so much fun.'"
And here's what Matt Lininger, a cement mason, says about his apprenticeship:
"When I finish working at the end of the day I can take pride knowing what I have done will be here for the next 100 years."


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It's been four months since the greatest video game ever made, GTA V, was released. The game is a commercial success and has made billions of dollars and continue to sell. There is another product that doesn't quite sell nearly as much and was so desperate that he needed to piggyback off of GTA V's success by attacking it.
That product is none other than Glenn Beck. Glenn Beck, like all his fellow one-percenters, are threatened and offended to see underprivileged citizens sticking it to them even in video game form. In GTA V, gamers can experience the good life and drive fancy cars and kill the hell out of the rich people who in real life keep them down.
Furthermore, one of the three protagonists in the game, Franklin, is an African American who is portrayed as an equal to the other two protagonists, Michael and Trevor, who are both white. Glenn Beck would have none of that.
Like all politicians today, he likes to step on the working class and keep them living off of the filthy crumbs that fall off the table of the rich. GTA V is a sophisticated game that lets hardworking citizens who actually had to earn their money in real life rather than having insane amounts of wealth being passed onto them by their slave-owning ancestors, live the good life by blasting descendants of slave owners in the face and running them over.
Now that's something that can't happen in real life because it's illegal and any nine to five worker who so much as look at a rich guy the wrong way is liable to get sued. Glenn Beck is upset that GTA V lets players have sex with digital Caucasian women (in a non-graphic, PG-13 kind of way) because in real life, only the rich should be able to afford world class call girls. Glenn Beck is mad that players can do it in a $60 game.
It's the rich who murders society, they just do it in a legal and less obvious way. GTA V lets you stick it to the man even if it's all fantasy. Well done, Rockstar. Congratulations for bringing hope and joy to the 99% of our society.


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It's turtle time again. While diving over the last few weeks, a turtle or two has been spotted swimming along the ocean floor or taking a turtle nap in the sea grass.
Not only are the turtles enjoying the warm and coral-filled waters off the Southeast coast of the United States, but all across the Caribbean, they are deciding where they will stop and take refuge in order to nest and hatch their young.
A couple of weekends ago, Little Cayman had some crawling visitors. Over the July 4th weekend, it was turtle nesting time in Little Cayman. The Cayman community was ecstatic on the arrival. Volunteers from the Southern Cross Club and the local community, welcomed the new arrivals as the first nest hatched. All eyes turned to the baby turtles as they slowly oriented themselves for the first time and made their way towards the big ocean to begin what is sure to become a perilous journey to adulthood.
Witnessing this event was not only special, but rare as well. This was the first nesting of the season and received in an outstanding way. All the volunteers had their eyes focused on making sure that the shrubs did not hinder the path of the young hatchlings. Every Monday, the Southern Cross Club organizes a beach walk to monitor the beaches, clear any trash and debris from the beaches and keep an eye out for the nests. It is all part of the Cayman Government's Turtle Conservation Program. The participation is always quite good on the small island and includes beachfront homeowners and residents who work at the local resorts. Everyone does their part and beachfront homeowners know that they need to keep their lights dim at night from May through November.
"It's incredibly difficult to catch a nest hatching - we were very lucky because it is such a special thing!" says Jennifer Mills, general manager of the Southern Cross Club and long time turtle watch volunteer. Mills says they had an idea that the Loggerhead nest might hatch on Saturday night, July 5th, and although their prediction was right, by the time they arrived on site most of the baby turtles had left and only four remained. "We could tell from the tiny tracks that those that had already hatched had made it safely to the sea." The volunteers report their finds by calling the Sea Turtle Hotline 345-938-NEST (938-6378). New turtle nests are marked and protected. Mills says volunteer response this year has been outstanding.
Just prior to the nesting season, the Southern Cross Club and the Central Caribbean Marine Institute organized a cleanup to get the beaches in top shape in preparation of the nesting season which may bring any or all of the species which are the green, loggerhead, hawksbill and leatherback, to Little Cayman.
All the ongoing effort has resulted in 30 turtle nests being marked and protected in Little Cayman. The Department of Environment conservation program raises awareness on all three islands and educates the public on what needs to be done to protect the turtle which is making a comeback after almost becoming extinct because of commercial fishing. You might say that eco-tourism is becoming more popular on Little Cayman which is crucial to the turtle's existence.
With an officer of the Cayman Islands Department of Environment, Jennifer Mills and the other Little Cayman volunteers returned in a few days to excavate the nest that hatched over that weekend and counted the shells to see how many turtles hatched. Their duty is to rescue and release any baby turtles that may have hatched late and remove the eggs that didn't develop. All this information will be recorded for the conservation program so statistics can be kept and measured.
While sea turtles are making a comeback in Cayman, the overall worldwide population of the highly migratory turtles is either endangered or threatened. The actions of volunteers on the beaches of Little Cayman contribute to the survival of the species, and the recovery of this beloved symbol of the Cayman Islands, also part of a shared Caribbean heritage. These little hatchlings that make it to adulthood will once again visit this same Cayman beach and continue the life cycle by making their nests in the very same area and thus the process begins all over again. Aren't the wonders of nature grand?


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Oracle OpenWorld 2015: We Want to Hear Your Story! by Scott Ewart
By Tuula Fai on Apr 16, 2015
Do you have a story to tell about your Customer Experiences (CX) in Marketing, Sales, Service, or Commerce? Implementations, solving business problems, increasing customer satisfaction...? We are sure you have valuable information and best practices to share, and our customers want to hear from you!
CX Central @ OpenWorld, taking place at Oracle OpenWorld 2015 in beautiful San Francisco, California from October 25 – October 29, 2015, is designed to provide a single place for all things related to the customer lifecycle. This is for all of Oracle's CX customers whose business requires them to definitively differentiate themselves across all channels, touch points, and interactions.
CX @ OpenWorld addresses: Marketing, Sales, Service, Social, and Commerce – and includes Oracle Marketing Cloud, Oracle Sales Cloud, Oracle Service Cloud, Siebel, Oracle Knowledge, Oracle Social Cloud, Oracle Commerce, and CPQ (Configure, Price, and Quote).
You will be asked to provide information about yourself and the speakers, the proposed title and abstract, and the topic classification (tracks and session type). Sessions at CX Central @ OpenWorld are 45 minutes. Please keep in mind that at least one speaker is required.
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Donny Thompson is the most well-liked "Big Brother 16" houseguest this season. He was voted onto Team America along with Derrick Levasseur and Frankie Grande, and has proven to be a good listener and ally in the house.
It is no wonder that Devin Shepherd sought Donny out after throwing in the towel with the Bomb Squad. Live feed subscribers watching at approximately 12:55 a.m. PT on July 9 saw Devin go into one of the bedrooms and wake Thompson up out of a dead sleep to discuss what had just happened in the Head of Household room with Frankie Grande.
Entering the darkened bedroom, Shepherd stood at the end of the bed and woke Donny up to tell him what had happened upstairs in the Head of Household room with Frankie Grande. Shepherd explained to Thompson that he had removed himself from the Bomb Squad alliance and went on to list the eight members remaining.
Head of Household Devin Shepherd went on to tell Donny Thompson that what happened in the Head of Household room was going to change everyone's game, and not for the better. Shepherd told Thompson is was very bad and wanted to know if they could discuss it now or if Donny wanted to wait until morning. Thompson politely asked Devin if it could wait a few hours. Devin said it was not a problem, and then continued to talk about the incident.
Eventually Donny gave up and put his microphone on in order for the two to discuss the situation. Devin told Donny that he only trusts two people in the house, Frankie and Donny. Shepherd throws the rest of his former Bomb Squad alliance under the bus, telling Donny that they will turn on him. Devin told Donny that he will pick off each of the "Big Brother 16" houseguests, one by one, until he wins the game. Donny advised Devin to calm down and wait and see what happens.
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UA alumnus Brigetta Barrett won the 2013 USA Championship in the women's high jump with a personal-best clearance of 6-8.25 (2.04m). In her Nike uniform, Barrett went out with a make, choosing to not continue jumping after she cleared that height. Her only miss of the competition came on her first try at 6-8.25, she cleared on her second. It is the best competition of her career by the height she cleared and with the amount of misses she had. Barrett's mark is No. 1 in the world for the 2013 outdoor season. She will represent Team USA at the World Championships for the second-straight time. She also competed at the 2011 IAAF World Championships for the U.S. and took 10th place. She earned a runner-up finish at the 2011 USA Championships. Barrett's previous personal-best clearance was 6-8 (2.03m) at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Her clearance of 6-8.25 was only 1/2 inch away from the American record set by Chaunte Lowe in Des Moines in 2010. That record is 6-8.75 (2.05m). Barrett's clearance is the second best in U.S. history.
"It was a great meet," Barrett said. "I was very happy with how I jumped, I wanted to keep going and break the American record but (Arizona assistant coach and Barrett's personal coach) Sheldon (Blockburger) shut me down, which is fine, because the ultimate goal is to win at the World Championships. I feel great, I don't have any pain in my body and I'm really happy with how everything went."
"She always gets it done," Arizona head coach Fred Harvey said. "I'm very excited for her, she was awesome today. She managed everything extremely well; she got the crowd going and got everybody involved in the high jump competition. She represented herself, Arizona and now Nike really well. She did some great things at Arizona and what a great way to start her professional career heading into the World Championships."
UA alumnus Georganne Moline clocked the top time overall in the semifinal of the 400-meter hurdles at 54.82. Moline won heat one and automatically qualified for the final on Sunday at 3:44 p.m. CDT. Kori Carter, who turned professional after her junior season and signed with Nike, did not compete for reasons unknown. She had the No. 1 time in the world. Moline's personal-best time of 53.72 is No. 3 in the world.
"I wanted to keep my streak of winning each round going into the final," Moline said. "The objective is always to win and I know that if I do that, a fast time will come. My race went well but again, I need to make sure I get off the hurdles the way I do in practice. That is especially important if there is a tailwind like there was today. Overall, I feel awesome and I can't wait for the final."
"Her race was excellent," Harvey said. "It was a difficult situation with the wind but she is learning how to manage her stride down the back stretch. The bottom line is that she won and has the top time going into the final. That is the most important thing because it gives her the best lane and puts her in great shape to make this U.S. team."
Senior-to-be Julie Labonté won the discus competition at the Canadian National Championships on Saturday morning. She earned a first-place finish with a toss of 173-3 (52.81m). It is the last time she will throw the discus for this season; she will stick to the shot put. "I was hoping to throw farther but, oh well," Labonté said. "Time to focus on the shot put." She won the Canadian title in that event on Friday afternoon. It is the second-straight summer Labonté has swept both events. She completed that feat at the 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials as well. At the World University Games and World Championships, Labonté will just throw the shot put.
Senior-to-be Alyssa Hasslen competed in the women's shot put in Des Moines on Saturday. She earned a third-place finish with a season-best toss of 59-4.75 (18.10m). Her first toss was a huge season best as well, measuring at 58-3.5 (17.76m) but her top throw came in the fifth round. Her previous best was during the 2013 outdoor season was 56-6 on April 20 at the Mt. SAC Relays. She met the World Championships "B" Standard, which was good enough for her to make Team USA and compete with Labonté at the World Championships. Hasslen earned All-Conference honors in the shot put and the discus for the fourth time in her career. She has one more indoor season of eligibility remaining.
"I was relieved after my first throw," Hasslen said. "That was the goal for the day, to relax for my first throw. That set everything up and it fell into place perfectly. I was relieved and excited and there are so many emotions I am feeling right now. I can't believe it. Honestly, I didn't have any expectations going into it. I kept thinking how awesome it would be to make the team but I didn't expect when I woke up today. My goal was to make the final, to be in the top eight, but as we started throwing I realized I could make it and that's what I wanted to do. I just wanted to keep calm an throw well, that was it. I think did that."
"I'm really happy for her and I'm not surprised whatsoever," Harvey said. "I predicted that she would throw very well here, I didn't predict her to make the team but I knew she would throw very well here. She's traditionally thrown well here which is why I had so much confidence in her. I am so proud of her and she came in knowing she could do it and now she's on the team for the World Championships."
Senior-to-be Nick Ross will compete in the high jump on Sunday, the final day of competition, at 1:45 p.m. CDT. Volunteer assistant coach Bernard Lagat will look to win his fifth title at the USA Championships in the 5K at 4:30 p.m. CDT.
"I'm so excited," Barrett said. "Julie (Labonté), Alyssa (Hasslen), and myself will all be at the World Championships together. Tomorrow we got Nick (Ross) and Georganne (Moline) competing so hopefully we can get them too. I have confidence in them."
On June 23, live coverage will be from 3-4 p.m. on NBC Sports Network and then live coverage will resume from 4-6 p.m. on NBC.


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Fall Debut: Twenty-one teams will participate in the NCAA Preview, which will take place Sept. 13-15, in Sun River, Oregon at the Crosswater Golf Club (par-72, 6,502 yards). The top 10 ranked schools in the nation, according to the MasterCard preseason collegiate golf rankings, will be in action. This will be the same course that will host this year's NCAA Championships, May 24-27, 2000. Defending national champion and No. 1 ranked Duke leads the list and is followed by No. 2 Arizona, No. 3 Georgia, No. 4 USC, No. 5 Pepperdine, No. 6 Texas, No. 7 Auburn, No. 8 Tulsa, No. 9 Stanford and No. 10 Arizona State. Also competing in the tournament will be No. 12 LSU, No.13 TCU, No. 15 Furman, No. 16 South Carolina, No. 17 Washington, No 18 Ohio State, No. 21 New Mexico State, No. 22 UCLA, No. 23 San Jose State, Oregon, and Oregon State.
The Format: The 54-hole event will consist of 18 holes each day. Action on day one and day two will begin at 9:20 a.m. for the Wildcats. The final round will be a 9 a.m. shotgun start on Sept. 15.
Arizona's Lineup
Year 1998-99 Avg. Top-10 Fin. Top-20 Fin.
Cristina Baena So. 75.18 5 2
Jenna Daniels Sr. 73.90 8 1
Jill Gomric Sr. 75.28 4 2
Christina Montiero Sr. 78.87 1 1
Julia Kraschinski Fr. - - -
National Rankings
(MasterCard Collegiate Rankings
Pre-Season Edition - 9/1/99)
Arizona Women (No. 2 nationally)
Jenna Daniels (2nd)
Jill Gomric (20th)
Cristina Baena (22nd)
Another Season as One of the Nation's Best: The University of Arizona women's golf team used the 1998-99 campaign to further strengthen its status as one of the country's elite programs, while recording numerous accomplishments along the way. In addition to the Wildcats' four tournament championships, there were runner-up finishes at both the Pac-10 Championships and NCAA Regionals and a fourth place outing at the NCAA Championships. That fourth place performance may have been even better, if not for the fact that the fourth round of play was washed out due to rain and canceled. The third round scores stood as the final results, but at the time the tournament was scrapped, the UA had moved into third place with a hole to go, while the first and second place teams were still out on the course. That was the only disappointment in a year that also saw three Wildcat golfers earn first or second team All-America honors and the team finish the season ranked No. 3 in the country.
Returning Cats: The future is bright for the Cats, as they return five of their top-six golfers from last year, losing only 1998-99 senior, Krissie Register. Senior Jenna Daniels was a first team All-America selection last season, while senior Jill Gomric and sophomore Cristina Baena were All-America second team performers. Daniels and Gomric were both selected to the All-Pac-10 Conference first team in voting that was done by league head coaches... Baena was named to the All-Pac-10 second team. In addition, Gomric was named to the All-Pac-10-Academic first team, while senior Shannon Ingalls and junior Christina Monteiro were honorable mention All-Pac-10 academic selections.
Arizona's Coaching Staff: Coach Todd McCorkle begins his second season as the head coach of the women's golf team. Before last year's extremely successful debut, McCorkle served as associate head coach for both the University of Arizona women and men's golf teams in 1997-98... That women's team won both the 1998 Pac-10 Championship and NCAA West Regional, and then placed third in the NCAA Championships... Prior to coming to Tucson, McCorkle was the head coach of the Coastal Carolina men's and women's golf teams... He is assisted by Amy Solfisburg, who begins her seventh year with the UA women's golf program.
Arizona at the 1999 NCAA Championships: After a two-hour thunderstorm and lightning delay, the fourth and final round of the 1999 NCAA Women's Golf Championships was canceled, and as a result, the third round results stood as the final results. Arizona was in fourth place heading into the final day. Prior to the time the round was canceled, the Wildcats were in third place after completing 16 holes of play. When play was suspended, Arizona was at 63-over-par and trailed first place Duke by eight shots and second place Arizona State by six. Individually, Jenna Daniels had moved up to eighth place at 8-over-par and Krissie Register was in 11th at 15-over-par. Duke won the team competition at 895, while Georgia and Arizona State tied for second at 903. ASU's Grace Park captured the individual medalist honors at 1-under-par 212. Arizona's Krissie Register and Jenna Daniels both tied for seventh place at 11-over-par 224. Following them were Christina Monteiro, who tied for 21st with a 15-over-par 228 (76-80-72). Jill Gomric tied for 35th at 18-over-par 231 and Cristina Baena was 47th with a 20-over-par 233.
1999 NCAA West Regional Recap: Arizona finished in second place at the 1999 NCAA West Regionals, after posting a team total of 26-over-par 890. The tournament was held in Houston at the Pine Forest Country Club (Par-72, 6,119 yards) and was won by USC, which posted a three-round total of 879. The Wildcat's Jenna Daniels won the individual race by recording a 5-under-par 211 (70-67-74). Arizona State's Grace Park and Nevada's Angie Yoon tied for second place at 215. Arizona freshman Cristina Baena finished tied for 19th place with 10-over-par 226.
A Look at the 1999 Pac-10 Championships: In an attempt to win its third consecutive Pac-10 crown, the UA came up just short, finishing second to Stanford. Held at the Stanford Golf Course, the Wildcats had a four-round total of 888, which was 12 shots behind the Cardinal's 976 total. Arizona's top golfer was Cristina Baena, who shot a 3-over-par 219 and finished in a tie for sixth. ASU's Grace Park won medalist honors with a 5-under-par 211. The UA's Jill Gomric also turned in a top-10 performance, placing eighth with a 4-over-par 220.
Wildcat Women's Golf Dominance: In the past four years, Arizona's average finish at the Pac-10 Championships is a league-best 1.75... The Wildcats also own the best average finish at the NCAA West Regionals during this same time frame (1.50)... At the last four NCAA Championships, the UA has an average finish of 2.75, which is second only to Arizona State (2.50)... The following charts are breakdowns of the top-five in each category:
Pac-10 Championships
Average Finish Last Four Years
1996 1997 1998 1999 Avg
Arizona St. 1 2 2 3 2.00
Stanford 3 4 6 1 3.50
NCAA West Regional Championships
Average Finish Last Four Years
1996 1997 1998 1999 Avg
Arizona St. 5 1 2 3 2.75
Stanford 7 3 3 5 4.50
Tulsa 3 8 4 7 5.50
NCAA Championships
Average Finish Last Four Years
1996 1997 1998 1999 Avg
Arizona St. 6 1 1 2 2.50
Stanford 5 4 8 8 6.25
Tulsa 10 8 6 6 7.50
Duke 7 DNQ 4 1 7.75
Wildcat Golf Tradition: The UA has produced three national players of the
year - Annika Sorenstam in 1991 and Marisa Baena in 1996 and 1997... There
have been three national champions from Arizona... Susan Slaughter won it
in 1990, Sorenstam in 1991 and Baena in 1996... In the past four years,
Arizona has had 12 All-America first team, second team or honorable mention
performers... Further, there have been 18 All-Pac-10 first, second or
honorable mention team selections in that time span as well... Overall,
Arizona has produced 13 first team All-Americans... In the 1990s, the
Wildcats have won 32 tournaments and had 27 individual tourney champions.


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Iran sentences U.S.-Iranian man to death for alleged spying
TEHRAN – Iran's Revolutionary Court sentenced on Monday a 28-year-old Iranian-American man to death for allegedly spying for the CIA.
The court ruled Amir Mirza Hekmati "corrupt on the earth and mohareb (one who wages war on God)," the student news agency ISNA quoted judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei.
Iran's judiciary said Hekmati admitted to having links with the CIA, but denied any intention of harming Iran.
Hekmati can appeal to the Supreme Court which confirms all death sentences, but it is not known when it will rule in his case.
Hekmati was born in the state of Arizona and graduated from a Michigan high school. He was arrested in December 2011 accused by Iran's Intelligence Ministry of receiving training at U.S. bases in neighboring Afghanistan and Iraq.
The former U.S. military translator was visiting relatives in Iran for the first time when he was arrested. His father, Ali, is a professor at a community college in Flint, Michigan.
The United States denies that Hekmati is a spy, and has demanded his immediate release.
"If true, we strongly condemn such a verdict and will work with our partners to convey our condemnation to the Iranian government," Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said.
"The Iranian regime has a history of falsely accusing people of being spies, of eliciting forced confessions, and of holding innocent Americans for political reasons."
The United States has urged Iran to grant Hekmati access to legal counsel and to "release him without delay," Reuters reported.
Hekmati's mother, Behnaz Hekmati, denied that their son was a spy and asked for mercy.
"My husband Ali and I are shocked and terrified by the news that our son, Amir, has been sentenced to death," the family said in a media statement.
"Amir did not engage in any acts of spying, or 'fighting against God,' as the convicting Judge has claimed in his sentence. Amir is not a criminal. His very life is being exploited for political gain."
The State Department has said Iran did not permit diplomats from the Swiss Embassy, which represents U.S. interests in Iran, to see Hekmati before or during his trial which ended on January 2.


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My Milky Way, Northern Lights, Star Trails & night sky photography tutorials are contained on multiple pages. You are on page one containing my Milky Way Photography Tutorial. Use the links below to navigate to the other tutorials once you're done here:)
Learn all of the skill sets taught in the tutorials below & you'll be a master of the night skies!
Milky Way Photography Tutorial
- Milky Way Photography Tutorial – Shooting ( You're on this page now. )
- Learn How to Edit Your Milky Way Photos in Lightroom & Photoshop »
Star Trails Photography Tutorial
- Star Trails Photography Tutorial – Shooting »
- Learn How to Create Star Trails the Easy Way in Lightroom & Photoshop »
Northern Lights Photography Tutorial
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- Simple & Powerful Noise Reduction for Star, Milky Way & Night Sky Photography »
- Star & Night Sky Photography Camera and Lens Recommendations »
What You Need
Scouting & Planning:
You'll always want to do scouting & planning first. Prior to meeting the following 3 scouting and planning criteria it will be hard to capture a nice image of the Milky Way. Doing this first will save you a lot of time and effort in the long run:)
- A Dark Night – Check the Moon Phase first! Milky Way Photography is best on or near the night of the New Moon. In most cases you can shoot approximately 1 week before, 1 week after, and on the night of the New Moon. This will change slightly depending on where you live on earth and the time of year. Check out my Free Scouting & Planning for Night Photography Video Tutorial Series for step by step instructions on everything you need to get started!
- A Dark Location – Blue Marble Light Pollution Map – 2014 Edition works very well for this. Black areas on the map are great for shooting the night sky, while white areas on the map are light polluted and should be avoided.
- Clear Skies – Aiming for nights with 0-50% cloud cover will yield the best results for Milky Way photos. There are many different methods I use to plan for this. These are thoroughly discussed in the Free Scouting & Planning for Night Photography Video Tutorial Series. You can also reference the Star Photography Apps & Computer Programs Section below for some great tools.
|The Milky Way Rising Over Mount Hood, Oregon || Nikon D800 @ 14mm, ISO3200, f/2.8, 33 Seconds
Minimum Equipment Requirements:
To start taking some nice photos of the Milky Way you'll need the following equipment. Check out the Recommended Star Photography Camera & Lens Section below for complete details on brands I've used and approve.
You can also reference the What's In My Camera Bag Page on this website to see exactly what I currently shoot with.
- Tripod – Tripod, the sturdier & taller the better. I also highly recommend an L-Bracket, but it isn't 100% necessary.
- Camera with Manual Mode Functionality – Manual Mode means you can independently and manually adjust the ISO, Aperture, and Exposure time by hand.
The next few items will extremely improve your star shots but are not 100% necessary…
- A timer / intervalometer, especially if you do not have a full frame camera (35mm sensor). This is key for taking exposures longer than 30 seconds. Most DSLR cameras will take up to a 30 second exposure without a timer. You can also set your camera on "B" or Bulb Mode and hold down the shutter button manually ( for longer than 30 seconds ).
- A wide angle lens with a very "wide / fast" aperture – A "wide / fast" aperture means the number under the "f" is small. The smaller the number shown under the "f", the wider the lens can open. This will allow your camera's sensor to pick up as much light as possible in the shortest amount of time. For full frame cameras, wide angle lenses between 14mm and 20mm are recommended. For crop sensor cameras, wide angle lenses between 10mm and 17mm are recommended. Apertures of f/2.8 – f/4 are required. I highly recommend an f/2.8 lens!
- A full frame camera ( 35mm or larger sensor size ) with high ISO shooting capabilities – A full frame sensor provides a larger surface area to "capture" the light of the stars. Using a full frame camera will help to reduce the amount of noise in high ISO images in turn providing higher quality RAW files.
Star & Night Photography Camera / Lens Recommendations
Below I've provided a list of gear I've used, tested in the field and approve of for star, Milky Way, and night sky photography.
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|Learn to edit / post process shots like this using my Star Photography Video Tutorials » || Nikon D800 » @ 14mm, ISO4000, f/2.8, 35 Seconds
Star Photography Apps & Computer Programs
Here are a few great apps & computer programs which can be used at home or in the field.
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- PhotoPills ( iPhone Only ) – If you want one amazing app that does it all for photography, THIS IS IT! I have been using it for the past few weeks and fell in love.Click on the link above for full functionality, there is a lot of it, packaged in a really nice & user friendly app.
- Star Walk Astronomy Guide ( Android & iPhone ) Recently this is my go to for finding where the Milky Way will rise on the horizon. Using this app and holding it up to the sky you will be able to see, in real time, where all the constellations & other planetary bodies lie within the sky.
- The Photographers Ephemeris ( iPhone, Android & Desktop )- I use this program nearly every time I shoot for sunrise and sunset. For star photography it is always good to know when the moons rises and sets and how bright/big it will be on any given night, this program also provides that functionality. I have used both iPhone and Android versions, both are great. Learn to Use The Photographers Ephemeris with My Free Video Tutorial.
- Stellarium ( Desktop, iPhone & Android ) – You can get this program for free on your desktop and for a few extra $$ on your iPhone or Android. I use it on both platforms and and find it to work great. The learning curve is a bit steep at first, butwell worth the effort. Plus you learn a lot about our Universe in the process. Learn to use Stellarium with my Free Video Tutorial.
- Google Sky Map ( FREE – Android ) – Google does a really great job with this app. It provides all of the planetary / star locations that Star Walk does but it's just not quite as interactive. Then again it's free! I still use / recommend this app as well.
Scouting & Planning for Star, Milky Way, and Night Sky Photography
Three Part Video Series
Ready to take your night sky photography to the next level? Provided below is my free three part video series on scouting and planning for Milky Way, star & night sky photography.
In these videos I'll show you all of the programs and tricks I use to scout for my photography shoots.
You can use many of these tips & tricks for landscape photography as well.
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Focusing at Night
Prior to correctly focusing your lens it will be impossible to effectively perform any type of night photography. Due to this fact, this section has been placed first. Upon learning these skills you will be able to move forward and learn all of the other material provided below.
|The Pacific Coast of Washington State
Since the stars are very far away in respect to where we stand on Earth, we can focus at infinity or very close to it, and capture perfectly sharp photos of the night sky.
Most lenses have an "∞" symbol on them which is used to mark the approximate infinity focus point. Just because you focus your lens to this infinity symbol doesn't mean it will take a perfectly sharp photo. This proves true for all types of photography. Most lenses need to be adjusted slightly more to ensure sharp focus, but "∞" is a great place to start.
I have 6 different methods which I currently use to focus at night depending on the situation which I'm shooting. You can learn each of these by downloading the free eBook provided at the end of this section.
It's great to have a "bag of tricks" for each of your photography skill sets, this way if you ever run into trouble, you can pull out one of these tricks without ever skipping a beat.
Learning to do this comes from spending many nights under the stars!
Experimentation and practice are key to finding out what works and what doesn't for your specific lens / camera setup!
There are a few different options for focusing at night. Each of these methods work well for any type of night photography and some also work for landscape photography.
Method 1: Preset Your Focus Point During the Day
It's much easier to focus during the day than at night, for both you and your camera's autofocus software. Since focusing is one of the hardest parts of night / low light photography, getting this step out of the way during the daytime is always best practice.
Follow these easy steps to get started...
- Set up your camera during the day with the lens you will be using to take your night / low light photos. You can do this at your house, or anywhere else that's easy, it doesn't have to be at the location where you plan on taking your night photos. You'll want to open the lens to the widest focal length possible. For example, this would be 14mm on a 14-24mm lens.
- Adjust your lens to focus at infinity, or at a far away horizon. I always like to use my camera's Live View Mode, zoomed in, and focus on the furthest horizon in my composition. This will ensure that you've focused at infinity. You can also focus by looking through your camera's view finder. This works very well too.
- Next manually make the final adjustments if / as required using the focus ring. I find that Auto Focus usually does very well during the day, but sometimes needs manual input to nail down the final focus in low light.
- Take some more practice shots at an aperture of f/8 – f/11 and make sure the entire photo is in focus. If it isn't focused, repeat Step 2 and Step 3.
- Now your lens is focused at infinity.
- Using a permanent marker, mark both the focus ring, and the barrel of the lens (non-rotating part of lens). Tape works as well, but may fall off over time.
This is a reference point that you will be able to use when returning to shoot at night or in low light. I've personally marked my lens using a silver Sharpie, allowing me to see the mark at night without using a headlamp or light.
Methods 2 – 5
I've provided 4 more of my favorite focusing methods in my eBook, Photograph the Night Sky. You can get the first 70 pages of this book, including my favorite focusing methods, for free using the link below.
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|The Milky Way Rising Over the Pacific Ocean || f/2.8, ISO5000, 30 Seconds
The 500 Rule for Milky Way Photography
Selecting Exposure Time
Some people call this the 600 rule, but 500 is much more conservative for a sharper image which makes a great baseline to start with & is key to getting clear star or Milky Way shots.
To obtain the maximum exposure time you can shoot, without getting visible "trails" behind your stars, take the number 500 and divide it by the focal length you will be shooting at.
If you exceed the noted maximum exposure time the picture will exhibit "star trails". Keep in mind that this max exposure time is just a baseline ( rule of thumb ), feel free to move up or down from it depending on your camera setup and how your photos are turning out.
If you take a picture and see that your stars have "trails" behind them, decrease the exposure time a few seconds. If you take a picture and see that the stars are not bright enough, and don't have trails behind them, increase your exposure time just a few seconds.
It's all about taking multiple shots and practicing until you get to know how your camera / lens setup operates in accordance with the 500 Rule. Once you have this down it becomes second nature. Experimentation is once again key.
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The 500 Rule Chart
For those of you that are not shooting with full frame cameras make sure to take this into account. I have provided a chart that gives a few common sensor sizes and their maximum exposure times. This will also help you understand how the rule works.
|A Beautiful Dark Night @ Mount Rainier National Park, Washington – f/2.8, ISO3200, 30 Seconds
This chart provides the maximum time you can exposure your image for prior to seeing star trails. Just remember this is a "Rule of Thumb". Reference the 500 Rule Section above for more details.
Feel free to print out this chart and keep it in your camera bag when going out to shoot the night sky.
Camera Settings
|One of the locations where we shoot during my Night Skies of the Pacific Northwest Workshop & Tour »
This photo comes from a 4 Shot Pano and Exposure Blend. Click on photo for technique and details
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Camera Mode: Manual
Image Format: RAW
Metering Mode: I use what is known as Matrix Metering on my Nikon D800. Canon calls this same function Evaluative Metering. As an experiment, when shooting star photography, I tried all the different metering modes my camera has to offer and Matrix clearly won.
White Balance: This is all up to you. I like to select the "K" or Kelvin setting and obtain a nice and natural looking night sky color. The best way to do this is trial and error. Shooting in the range of 3000-4000 K usually works very well. Just remember when you're shooting in RAW format you can always change this once you get back home!
Focal Length: Anywhere from 14-24 mm ( out of 35 mm / full frame ). The larger your focal length, the shorter your exposure times will have to become per the 500 Rule, so wider is always better. You can try other focal lengths, but the above noted values seem to provide the best results! Usually I shoot at 14mm on the Nikon D800.
- TIP: Shooting with a high resolution / high megapixel camera allows you to shoot at a wide focal length and crop your photo as necessary in editing. I usually shoot at 14mm, and crop my photo at home if the composition is too wide.
Aperture: f/2.8, or whatever your lowest / widest aperture value is will best capture the Milky Way. I prefer to play in the range of f/2.8 through f/4 for star photography. The goal is to allow the most amount of light hit your camera's sensor in the least amount of time. Wider aperture = better!
- TIP: Shooting with apertures smaller / wider than f/2.8 at night can prove very hard to focus. I usually shoot at f/2.8 and no wider. If you want to try shooting at f/1.4 or f/1.2 go ahead, but it can be much harder to focus:)
Exposure Time: 30 seconds is my standard. Sometimes I will shoot anywhere to 50 seconds in order to catch more of the "Far away" light in my shots. Just remember a longer exposure picks up more light, which in turn means you will see stars that are farther and farther away from our planet. On the other hand light sources closer to our planet will appear brighter at longer exposure times.
- TIP: Always remember your exposure time is controlled by the 500 Rule. If you take a 50 second exposure most likely there will be star trails in your photo. Sometimes it's necessary to take (2) photos of the same composition, but with different settings. Often I'll take a photo for the sky & stars at a higher ISO and lower exposure time. Next I'll take another photo ( same composition ) for the foreground at a lower ISO and longer exposure time. Now I can blend these photos together for a sharp sky, and less noise in the foreground. These more advanced topics are thoroughly covered in my 170 page ebook, Photograph the Night Sky.
ISO: Anywhere from 2000-5000. Keep in mind depending on your camera these high settings may increase the noise exponentially. Play around and see what you get, starting at ISO1000 and working your way up is never a bad idea. Remember only compensate with ISO after your exposure is at it's 500 Rule maximum.
Noise Reduction Settings: All cameras handle noise differently and some have built in noise reduction settings. Most cameras have both High ISO and Long Exposure Noise Reduction. You can reference the tutorial linked directly below where I cover the entire topic of noise reduction, in-depth. This includes a free video tutorial and step by step workflow.
Noise Reduction for Star, Milky Way & Night Sky Photography
This was an extremely highly requested topic so I wrote an in-depth tutorial and recorded a free post processing video to go along.
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Final Words of Advice for Milky Way Photography
|Taken at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon || Nikon D800 » @ 14mm, ISO3200, f/2.8, 28 Seconds
Play around with your BIG THREE, aperture, exposure and ISO until you are getting the shots you like. Each of them directly reflect on each other and the amount of light that hits your sensor so a slight change could make all the difference in the stars you can see.
Here are a few more tips to keep in mind!
- If you take a practice shot and the stars are not bright enough, adjust your exposure time to the maximum without exceeding 500 Rule as denoted above. If you hit this maximum exposure time and your stars are still not bright enough, start to increase your ISO. Keep in mind that there is no reason to "degrade" picture quality by increasing ISO when you can keep the same picture quality and increase the brightness using a longer exposure. You may even try increasing the 500 Rule to the 600 Rule. THERE ARE NO REAL RULES in Photography, just good & bad results.
- If you have a built in camera level, by all means turn it on. A level horizon never hurt anyone!
- Stop, put your camera down for a minute, and look around and find something truly awesome to take a picture of. 100 decent shots will never top that one amazing composition.
Post Processing / Editing Your Star Photos
Now that you know exactly how to take photos of the night sky you're all ready to post process / edit them in Lightroom & Photoshop. If you would like to learn exactly how I process all of these star shots in Lightroom and Photoshop ( at your own pace ), then pick up a copy of my latest video tutorials, Photoshop Actions & Lightroom Presets.
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Star Trails Photography Tutorial
You are currently on Page 1 of my Free Star Photography Tutorial which contains the Milky Way Photography Tutorial. Head on over to Page 2 for the Star Trails Photography Tutorial, and some other star photography resources.
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Well, I'm always searching for a more efficient way to post blogs. Some day this might motivate me to post more than one per quarter. I'm posting this with Qumana which has some very nice WYSIWYG capabilities, runs on Mac and PC, has HTML support, etc.
So far, the only thing that doesn't seem to work is that it hasn't picked up my categories. Not sure why, but we'll see where it puts them and see if I can work with Qumana to sort it out.
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Nicholas K kicked off New York Fashion Week in the new Tents at Lincoln Center with a show full of flowing, sporty accessories in monochromatic neutral tones (gray, khaki, beige, black, cream) and unisex styles. All models clomped down the runway in combat boots, many wearing reflective aviators and slouchy wool caps. There were a lot of vests worn open with the hoods up--looking more fall than spring--and vests with long front hems. The focus of many of the vests seemed to actually be the hood itself, which consumed most of the cloth of the garment. A few capelets were scattered throughout. One oversized tote bag was carried down the runway. The most unique accessory was the fringed scarf tied around models' waists, even men's.
For Angelenos, this collection is a great way to stay warm year-round, and the neutral colors guarantee that they will work in both spring and fall. A light vest or sleeveless coat with a hood is a great way to keep warm on barely chilly LA nights. Just remember it's all about the draping, not the clinging.
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It is no secret that movie studios make their stars do a variety of tasks to promote movies before they are released. However, according to a Jan 29 story by On The Red Carpet, George Clooney recently surprised the Internet world by hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on the social sharing website Reddit. The session was to promote the pending release of his new movie, "Monument Men".
The film is about a special Allied mission during World War II. Based on a true story, George Clooney's new movie portrays the struggles of a group of soldier attempting to save priceless artworks from the German forces. The film costars Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman and Cate Blanchett.
During Clooney's AMA, he addressed a wide range of questions. From his epic games of basketball with Matt Damon to jokes about "Gravity" co-star, Sandra Bullock's onset drinking. Not surprisingly, there were numerous questions about his love life. In fact, Clooney shared that the cheapest date he ever went on only cost about $10.
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Themed hotels and bars are things that have brought new life into travel, and it is quite interesting just what could come out of the minds of those looking for new profits. Andy Davies and his wife Amy are those people and as Fearnet.com reported on Jan. 10, 2014, they are looking to build the world's first Sci-Fi Hotel in the United States and include an H.R. Giger Bar.
Yes, the H.R. Giger of "Alien" fame.
Davies wants to bring the Sci-Fi Hotel to the United States and has already said that either Seattle or New York are seen as the top spots for his new hotel. He is expected to announce the first location and possible opening date sometime later this year.
The Sci-Fi Hotel will be themed around what seems like the obvious, science fiction. Davies has a big attraction to the theme and wants to share it with the world. It's a huge reason why he wants the H.R. Giger Bar as well.
Davies has said the hotel will be "an architectural and stylistic celebration of science fiction."
There is actually a bar in Giger's home country of Switzerland that looks just like the set of "Alien," and it is quite incredible as the slideshow in this article shows.
Davies has been in contact with the world-renowned artist to bring the H.R. Giger Bar to the United States and be a primary spot in his Sci-Fi Hotel.
The Sci-Fi Hotel will have gaming and movies on-demand, a full library, media installations, unique art, design that is right out of films and books, and so much more.
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