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[quote user="Kase-1"][quote user="MattMeyerBud"][quote user="Kase-1"][quote user="MattMeyerBud"][quote user="Kase-1"][quote user="MattMeyerBud"][quote user="Kase-1"][quote user="bigblue4417"][quote user="Kase-1"][quote user="bigblue4417"]Thats the best thing that they do here is boo, Jacobs said. Im not worried about that. I've been hearing that for seven years.
had guys in gaps, Jacobs said of the Eagles. I just hit holes. I just
got the ball and took what they gave me. There was nothing more I could
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</div>[/quote]I gotta admit there were waaaay too many people that were too quick to boo last night, it was pissing me off
WOW, Jacobs needs to toughen up emotionally. I feel like he dropped that quote while bursting out in tears. C'mon sen this is NY if you aint doin your job proper we're gonna bust ya balls and thats what the booing is, dont take it personal
He will be gone next year and not soon enough for me. Let him go suck and underachieve for someone else. I am done making excuses for this guy and sticking up for him. He is not the same guy he was and it could be because of his age or the fact he took a pay cut or what, I don't know.
I'm glad you at least had fun at the game. Sorry we couldn't pull it. I think that is the 5th or 6th game in a row the Eagles have won at NY. Embarrassing!
[/quote]When Jacobs doesnt run well its his fault and when Bradshaw doesnt produce its the O-Lines fault
I dont get why people keep thinking that, our O0Line is the reason Walter Peyton wouldnt be able to crack 100 on our team[/quote]
nobody is arguing that the line has held them both back
but Jacobs looked AWFUL last night... thats 3rd and 1 keeps replaying in my mind. Hes not running hard or fast and hes running high. He had like maybe 1 or 2 runs and then that one on the outside on third and long where he almost got hte first. But theres no intensity or consistancy
[/quote]How could you say the guy isnt running hard, cause his stats arent greaT??
Im not blind to the fact that Jacobs isnt what he used to be but the unbridled hate on him and the free pass that Bradshaw gets is ridiculous, I just dont get it. Bradshaw has been blowing dong all season long yet he gets a free pass. Jacobs has a bad game here n there and its like the 2nd coming of the holocaust[/quote]
because tiny LBers are knocking him back one on one constantly...
i dunno how the view was from where u were sitting, but if u got the game DVR'd, go watch it man. It honestly looks like we're just handing the ball of to a Tight End
[/quote] U know where I was, 50yd line in the 300s row 11 or so (behind the 1`st down guy)
If you're gonna question views, where did you watch the game from, cause I saw BJ getting stopped by LBs but that was only after he had 2 other guys jumping on him to help stop BJ
And what do ya mean handing the ball off to a TE, he ran like Tebow?? LOL[/quote]
i wasn't being sarcastic, I was actually saying, that not seeing it on TV maybe ur missing it. Theres no way u can go rewatch that game and tlel me JAcobs is running hard all the time or even half the time
[/quote]No matter where you are, unless youre in the huddle, in the locker room, on the sidelines, or in their head, theres no way to tell if a player is 'playing hard'[/quote]
i couldn't disagree more. Infact, I think any player could think that they are running hard and they may not be.


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Got them to do an oil change and then went back for a service, did a good job!
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The work the garage did on the car was OK. Very unreliable service though. They picked the car up and said I'd have it back by 3pm, I eventually got the car back at 6:30pm. When the car was dropped off they didn't bring me receipts or my service book back, which they said had been stamped but they had forgotten it (when I got into the car I found the service book down the side of the seat, not stamped or filled out at all. So can add dishonest as well). The owner of the garage dropped the car off, and said to come into the garage on Monday and he'd give me all my paperwork. When I went into the garage on Monday, the owner had gone on holiday and not bothered leaving any paperwork or passing on my details to other staff. So it took me half an hour to explain why I was there. I then got a half written receipt for the work done to the car, £450 worth of work I might add, so not exactly a small job. Very unreliable and a bit dishonest. I wouldn't recommend.
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Arranged for CB Autos to attend my property to do a diagnostics check. Took time off work and waited in all morning and never showed up. No phone calls or communication, terrible customer service!! Don't waste your time with this site!!!
No problems initially - great communication to arrange a diagnostic, turned up on time and spent an hour checking electrics and locks. However, he then didn't call the following day to provide a quotation to do the work as arranged, and no response to my text. If you don't want to do the job, just say so - it prevents a delay in getting the job done and wasted money for a diagnostic that I'll have to pay again to someone who will actually finish the work! Maybe useful if you just want the diagnostic to then do the job yourself but for the vast majority of us, don't bother.
Wasn't open when arrived and didn't contact me, disappointed and wasted journey
Carl was brilliant, cost was as per the quote and car is running well. Would recommend
Outstanding service from Carl at CB Auto. What a great experience, not having the car break down - that was stressful - but the knowledgeable and swift help from CB Auto. Carl knew instantly which part had failed just from listening to the engine. I'm an instant fan. Carl and CB Auto will be taking care of my vehicles in future.
Booked with very short notice on a bank holiday Monday. Diagnosed and fixed fault. Great price, speedy service. I would definitely recommend and use again. Thank you.
I phoned in the morning, job completed the same afternoon. Very pleasant and efficient service.
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Job undertaken in a timely and efficient manner. No mess and no fuss! The mechanic had an excellent disposition and was easy to deal with. I have no difficulty in recommending this garage and will not hesitate to use their services in the future should the need arise. A very satisfied customer.
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I have been looking for a reliable, honest and competent mechanic for some time now. RG Motors delivered this in spades. From the minute I contacted the garage to the completion of the job I was treated fairly and with respect by professional and knowledgeable mechanics. I have no reservation in recommending this garage to anyone. I will definitely use this garage again.
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Fruits...: Walkthrough Guide, Hints and Tips
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Carl Zeiss Distagon T 35mm f/1.4 ZF2: a premium Zeiss wide-angle lens put to the testTuesday September 27 2011 Lens Review
Announced at PhotoKina 2010, the Zeiss 35mm 1.4 lenses for Canon and Nikon are arriving on the market and have now been tested on DxOMark.
With these new lenses, the German brand extends its already extensive line of fast wide-angle lenses such as the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f/2 ZE Canon and the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f/2 ZF2 Nikon.
The technical specifications of the Zeiss 35mm 1.4 are really impressive for a 35 mm lens. Only Rokinon and Samyang can offer similar lenses. The build quality is outstanding and the focus ring is amazingly precise. Unfortunately, this lens doesn't have auto focus, which may limit its potential market. The price itself will also restrict this lens to very few potential buyers: $1843.
In term of optical performance, we expected a lot from such a lens at such a premium price, and we were a bit disappointed.
On a full-frame (Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Nikon D3x), these lenses achieved a DxOMark score of 26 (Canon) and 27 (Nikon). We noticed very close results for both versions for every measurement.
What we like:
- Distorsion, transmission, and vignetting are well controlled even on a full-frame camera.
What we don't like:
- The maximum resolution is good but not as good as its best competitors, such as the Nikon 24mm f/1.4 and the Samyang 35mm f/1.4.
On an APS-C, similar to the full-frame tests, all the measurements are quite satisfying, with of course lower distortion and vignetting.
Zeiss 35mm 1.4 versus Samyang 35mm F1.4 on a full-frame camera
In this comparison on a Nikon D3x (full-frame), the Samyang 35mm f/1.4 is better than the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 35mm f/1.4 ZF2 in almost all respects, for a price 4 times lower. On a full-frame, the superiority of the Samyang is mainly due to its better homogeneity across the field.
Zeiss 35mm 1.4 versus Samyang 35mm F1.4 on an APS-C
In comparing these lenses on an APS-C, it's interesting to note that with the smaller pixels of the APS-C sensor, the 2 lenses are much closer in term of performance. It will be interesting to see how these lenses behave on the new generation of 24-MPix APS-C sensors.
You can find all the Carl Zeiss lenses on DxOMark here, along with the previous reviews of Zeiss lenses here.
Further readings for the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 35mm f/1.4 ZF2: a premium Zeiss wide-angle lens put to the test
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Added by photojoe658 | April 14 , 2012
Samyang 35mm/1.4 vs Zeiss 35/1.4 vs Zeiss 35/2
As tested on the Nikon D3X the Samyang has a much higher score than the other two according to DXO mainly due to higher resolution and uniformity over the whole image field. Yet, looking at the use case scores - the star ratings - the Zeiss 35mm/1.4 has a higher rating for landscape than the other two lenses. It doesn't make sense to me.
Added by bozianul | March 22 , 2012
ZF.2 f1.4 vs f2: which one should I buy/use/trust?
The Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f2 (ZF.2) has 29 DxO marks and the f1.4 only 26-27?
using aspherical? this should improve lens characteristics...


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well where do I start with my praise for everyone at VRS REPAIR SERVICES who go that extra mile to put their customers first, after being totally ripped off quote wise by the big high street exhaust companies one of which refused my car because the manifold bolts were seized,VRS came to my help within minutes of posting on the site, cost was quarter than the high street exhaust places and an extremely fast turnaround. before paying any expensive high street fitting centre costs give VRS a call you will not be dissappointed, am so pleased to find these guys. VRS = VALUE RELIABLE SERVICE. Thank you VRS your a credit to the auto trade
Oil change fine. Follow-up jobs to hand brake and calipers were a joke. Returned twice to get hand brake sorted and ended up having to go somewhere else. And calipers were put on rear wheels shoddily. Had to return as wheels were hot. Pins were discovered as being disintegrated on all four calipers by another garage - how they didn't notice that I have no idea. The oil change was fine though.
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Great service from this Garage. Very personable staff great information and explanation every step of the way. As a single woman did not feel unsure of honest quote which happens frequently and in fact felt very secure throughout the repair. Will certainly use again and would definitely recommend them. Thank you VRS.
I've used Fenham Garage Services 3 times now through this website, they are nice honest people and it's great to find a garage I can trust, I would recommend them to everyone.
Brilliant, everything was sound!
Very nice and quick service, one of the best prices around... definitely use in the future now.
The garage sent me an offer couple of hours after my request. The price was very competitive. They offered me to fix it after two days which was acceptable for me. The car was fixed within the agreed time and the agreed price. I would recommend this garage.
First time using this garage. Very friendly receptionist and keeps the customer informed. Dropped the car off at 8.30 and had it back by lunch time. Really happy with first experience and will use again.
I had a price for a timing belt and water pump replacement I also asked them to do further work including welding and a rear brake caliper replacement I received a full quote and that was the price I paid I am happy with the work done the staff were very honest and helpful I would recommend them to anyone as an independent garage as giving you piece of mind.
Very happy with the work done!
Service was excellent, quick response to quote, booked in within 48 hours waiting in nice room whilst repairs were done, friendly staff, will use again
The quote I was given over the phone was incorrect and so the job ended up slightly more expensive than going to the garage around the corner. Nice guys, they changed brakes and pads, but double check the quote prior to driving to bedlington
Full service and MOT done the same day had to pay for extras to pass the MOT but was also great and cheap. Very friendly also provided me a courstey car which is a bonus as need to go to work and then back for my car. Outstanding. Will definitely taking my car back there. Highly recommended cheers lads
Quick responses through the platform and good service for drop-off and collection. I would happily use Torque Garage again. Thanks
Work completed to price quoted. Finished promptly, staff were friendly and helpful.
I was stuck 200 miles from home with the slave cylinder gone.As I have previously run a small garage business I knew right away it was a gearbox out job and get clutch replaced at the same time.These guys sorted it out for me in the time they said it would take at the price they quoted.They did a great job with good communication throughout and gave good professional advice on anything to look out for.They also changed the gearbox oil while they were in that far.Would definitely do business with them again.Cheers guys,well appreciated.
Excellent repair service at a reasonable price, good communication good job around, Thanks
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Excellent all round service for the price. Would certainly recommend and use in the future.
They quoted a price and apart from a faulty head light which had to be added,;that's the price I paid. Collected and dropped off my car - great price, great job, great garage.
They actually charged me less then the quote as the brake fluid did not need changed. The guys at the garage were great, definitely will use them again
Good service, good communication, good bunch of lads - highly recommend this garage, will definitely use them again :)
I needed the car asap they booked me in the next morning .Repaired car within an hour with a bonus of a2 year guarantee on part,were friendly and courteous.I would not hesitate to use them again
Quick and easy service and sorted my problem out with a free diagnosis. Will definately be using this garage again in the future.
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Rosy Hues and Lazy Afternoons in Cabo Rojo
Bahía Salinas Beach & Spa • Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
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With one glimpse of the striking rust-red cliffs that frame Cabo Rojo's shoreline, you'll realize you've come upon a truly unique landscape.
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Long revered as Monet's most exquisite series, the Haystack paintings are remarkable for the range of light and weather conditions portrayed. In Haystacks, midday the edges of the stacks shimmer in the heat, and sunlight appears to radiate from the structures themselves. Elsewhere, in the snow scenes, the forms seem to absorb light. The practical nature of the stacks – a means of storing the harvest – receives less attention. When the sheaves of wheat or oats were cut, the cereal stacks were thatched with straw and left to stand until spring, and the arrival of the threshing machines that moved between villages. For a country still smarting from the effects of the Franco–Prussian war – and in a period when France seemed to be rapidly overtaken by industrialised Britain, Germany, the United States or even Russia – Monet's choice of motif, like the series of poplar paintings that followed, was reassuringly French. The haystacks resonate with notions of rural productivity and the relative harmony of country life.
Monet spent extended periods travelling and painting picturesque locations in and around France in the late 1870s to the 1890s – from Vétheuil on the Seine to the coasts of Normandy and Brittany, then London, Venice, Norway and the Mediterranean. Between late 1888 and February 1891 he painted at least thirty canvases of haystacks, of which fifteen were shown in May 1891 at Durand-Ruel's gallery.1This exhibition built on Monet's growing success: despite comparatively high prices, most of the Haystacks sold, many of them to American collections where they remain. In October 1890 he could afford to buy the house at Giverny that he had rented since 1883. Ten years later, Monet bought an adjoining field and, from the early 1900s, extended his famous garden with its bridges and ponds of waterlilies (fig. 22, p. 43).
Pissarro wrote that Monet's haystacks 'breathed' happiness, but at times the series caused the artist much anxiety.2 In October 1890 he complained about the difficulty of his work, especially his frustration at the time it took to capture instantaneous effects of light.3Haystacks, midday is certainly the result of a 'long and continued effort' with its layered paint and compositional changes indicating successive reworking in the field and in the studio. Monet gradually incorporated more and more colour – red–orange at the top of the stack, pink that flecks the stubblefield, touches of orange in the sky, shimmering yellow outlining the trees – until the whole surface of the canvas vibrates in the haze of the midday heat. His sensitivity to rapidly changing light, developed during three decades painting en plein air, as well as the initial haystack paintings made in the previous eighteen months, meant that he was able to extend the series under a greater range of conditions. Clearly it was the changing effects of light, an atmospheric enveloppe around the forms, rather than the stacks themselves, that fascinated the artist. There is a small piece of grass imbedded in the lower right edge of the canvas – perhaps it serves as a reminder of the practical function of haystacks.
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1 Daniel Wildenstein, Monet, or, The triumph of Impressionism (catalogue raisonné), 4 vols, Cologne and Paris: Taschen and Wildenstein Institute, 1996, vol. 3, see cat. W1213–1217 for 1888–89 stacks, W1266–1273 for summer–autumn 1890 and W1274–1290 for 1890–91 winter stacks; the May 1891 exhibition comprised twenty-two works, of which fifteen were haystacks.
2 Camille Pissarro, letter to Lucien Pissarro, 5 May 1891, in Janine Bailly-Herzberg (ed.), Correspondance de Camille Pissaro, 5 vols, Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1980–91, vol. 3, l. 658, p. 72.
3 Letter to Gustave Geffroy, 7 October 1890, no. 1076, Wildenstein, vol. III, p. 258.


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Porsha thought she had Kordell wrapped around her little finger because she had nice body, that was the ONLY thing she had to offer Kordell.She couldn't cook,she couldn't speak proper English and she was just dumb(265 days in a year? smh The underground railroad incident at the church lol) Kordell is better off without her. I love a man that's in control and handles hid business. People always want to bring up his past but that's irrelevant.Kordell is handsome and sexy ad he'll! He can have ANY woman he wants.I'm happy that he divorced Porsha because he needs a REAL woman by his side not a grown woman that acts like she's 16.#TeamKordell
Posted at 1:25 PM on April 30, 2014
Porshia is a beautiful lady with beautiful potential ahead of her. She is right in what she is doing "moving forward". She will find the man that loves her more and that would want to have her has their child. Cordel is gay and he has no idea what or who he is, but he does know in the back of his little bitty brain that he lost. So sad, so bad….
Posted at 10:19 AM on May 21, 2013
I have not heard anything about these individuals until now. But I do sympathize with Porsha as it seems she just ended up witht he wrong guy who is only concerned about himself. He is a jerk and he will truly get what he deserves. many men are in search of something better when it is right there the whole time. He will realize the damage he has caused one day and by then i am sure it will be too late. But you keep your head up and keep on living for yourself and be the beautiful black queen that you are. God will give you strength and your days will become a little brighter each day. Be Blessed
Posted at 10:07 AM on May 21, 2013
Porsha…..Porsha….Porsha…..I watched and prayed that you would grow up and wise up before it was too late.
Kordell did not love you and you deluded yourself into thinking that he did. At 30+ years old, you should been more mature. You are not a little girl and you behaved like a little high schooler who wanted to be a mom and wife….no honey…it doesn't work that way.
What you have been through this far is tough….I've been there. I pray that you find inner peace and grow from this. You are a beautiful woman and this, I believe will be a learning experience for you, from which you will grow.
Although you had your issues – Kordell is a major Jerk! Don't blame this all on you. It took me long to recover from similar trauma but I promise you – you will be better off. Don't let go of yourself. Grieve, as what you have experienced is hard….but love yourself, take care of yourself and keep looking "gone with the wind – FABULOUS" because you are!
Take each day one at a time as you heal. My thoughts and prayers are with you. As for Kordell, the quicker YOU end it with him, the better YOU will be. STOP giving him the POWER he has claimed over you.
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Yes, all this Barbie Doll crap and "picture perfect life" talk caught up with you, huh Porsha. Won't go after anyone individually but what is this thing you mostly females have going with Porsha (which is generally spelled Portia)? Many talk as if they love her and worship her as a goddess. Don't think I hate, I don't but for goodness sake, this girl comes off as nice to a point but descends right back into her vanity and bragging and misuse of the English language. She bashes 41 year old people and she's going on 32. She's a ditz! I knew that picture perfect life crap would backfire. But really, Bravo could be playing a game on all the viewers and it could turn out that there was no genuine divorce filing and the two could reconcile. I feel that when people comment on Kordell it's because he is dark skinned like most of my people talk….always calling someone ugly or black. Everyone is calling little pie-faced Apollo fine, btw. Porsha is okay but she is not the youngest, nor the most beautiful lady in the world but then, I'm not obsessed either.
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Porsche stay strong you are beautiful it's not like you can't get something prettier and better and u were smart not to sign a prenup, kordell is too controlling and once he saw you morning forward in ur career he couldn't handle that and he didn't want any more children hold ur head up he was too old for u anyway I'm praying for u and u seemed to be a good wife and you will find someone who really truly love u
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I team porsha. hate that you areoing through this. I really wish that you guys can work out together. people really do not want you guys to ssucessful or to be together.i.really really just hope that you guys can please do not give people what they want.i real belive that porsha love you.and that she will do whatevet she can for you kordell.i belivre that you love her as well.but you can't let the media or ther people get in your marriage.please try to work it out.Rembemer that you both ate equals in a marriage.i just belive that kordell you will reget this if you divorce porsha.she is a very good wife you will be the power couple that I know you guys can be love that you guys can be. Despite what other peoples how
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This is the best thing that can happen to her he was just like my soon to be ex-husband,insecure and self centered he just wanted a trophy wife,but did not want her to succeed in her career, do to his insecurity.Kinda sad …….you would think he would know better ,poor kid that wants to act macho ,if he really had his ball well set ……he would of made her feel on top of the world and given her true support …..but…..he cant see her better or same level as him!
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For the past 130 years the philosophies, virtues and processes of craft have occupied art, craft and design theorists, writers and practitioners alike. The promotion and celebration of craft as an alternative to what was seen by many critics and design reformers in the late nineteenth century as debased industrial manufacture, brought numerous expressions into the language of design and decorative arts. The numerous sites of this dialogue included the Arts and Crafts movement in the United Kingdom and the United States, and its subtext in the various expressions of national romanticism in northern and eastern Europe, in kunsthandwerk in Germany, in skønvirke in Denmark, in the nuances between bijutsu-kogei and mingei in Japan, and in the widely disseminated ideas behind vackrare vardagsvara[more beautiful things for everyday use]1 in Sweden. Such discussions helped to focus attention on craft as a way of thinking across the spectrum of art and design, moving the word itself from a verb to a noun, and the practice from its traditional anonymity to celebrated individuality through the personal interpretation and interrogation of its potential.
Seeking to locate craft practice in the broader discourse of contemporary arts, craft writers and practitioners have engaged with its theories and language, opening new avenues of critical inquiry and debate. Investigating the relationship between theory and practice has given many artists working in craft media new ways to understand their work and to articulate it to a wider audience. Equally persuasive and pleasurable for such audiences is learning to experience and understand the tacit language of the crafted object as it presents itself to the realm of our senses, and interacts with our preconceptions and experiences of the world of things and materials.
This strategy of persuasion defined the concept of Transformations. The exhibition is a celebration of the recent work of eighty-five Australian and international artists working in the area of studio craft. All are forging new expressions within the fields of glass, ceramics, textiles, wood and metalwork, and through a variety of materials in furniture, jewellery and sculpture. The work of international artists most prominent and influential in these fields is seldom seen in Australia; this exhibition offers visitors a chance to encounter their unique and compelling objects that challenge our perceptions of design and function, and the meaning of the materials they use. Such works reveal the creativity, skill and imagination of the contemporary craft practitioner in the negotiation and articulation of materials, structure, and production technology; the passionate expression of the languages of abstraction, narrative, design and ornamentation; and the skills that transform materials from the everyday to the extraordinary. The work of these international artists is shown with that of Australian artists engaging with similar themes and concerns.
The artists whose works have been selected for this exhibition are among those leading their fields of practice at the turn of the twenty-first century. The Australian exhibitors have been selected from those whose practice has demonstrated strong conceptual and technical development over the past ten years, among them practitioners whose work, while well known, is seldom seen in the international context that this exhibition provides.
The modern concept of individual studio craft practice took root in Australia at the beginning of the twentieth century. Initially it reflected and built upon the ideals and philosophies of the Arts and Crafts movement before acquiring meaning as a strand of modernism. The studio craft resurgence from the early 1960s reflected broader conceptual and technical explorations in all media by craft artists in North America, Europe and Japan.2 International work initially started to gain currency in Australia through publications and exhibitions, then as a result of visits and workshops, and later from the experiences of Australians who had begun working in studios and with artists overseas. While there is still a lingering perception that studio craft is something of a new movement in the context of contemporary art in Australia, its strong development over the past forty years has resulted in a vibrant and diverse range of practices. These have positioned Australian artists to become active and influential participants in international dialogues about directions and developments in craft and design.
Beginning in the early 1970s craft organisations and government funding agencies, such as the Australia Council Crafts Board and later the Visual Arts/Craft Board, offered networking and financial assistance for visits to Australia by overseas artists, often in the form of workshops, residencies and lecture tours coinciding with the inclusion of their work in survey exhibitions.3 A number of the artists in Transformations undertook such engagements and have had a significant influence on craft practice in Australia as a result of their visits. This exhibition of recent work creates a bridge to their earlier work that has remained in Australia, adding to that known through the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, and state and regional art museum collections. Such artists include Giampaolo Babetto, Michael Brennand-Wood, Alison Britton, Dale Chihuly, Edmund de Waal, Arline Fisch, Warwick Freeman, Yasuo Hayashi, Ritzi Jacobi, Hermann Jünger, Jun Kaneko, Albert Paley, Wendy Ramshaw, Gerd Rothmann, Michael Rowe, Helen Shirk and David Watkins.4 Many artists built enduring networks with the Australian artists who hosted them or who worked with them during their visits, facilitating subsequent opportunities overseas.
Over the past forty years, the expansion of tertiary training in craft-based artforms has involved practitioners in the wider concerns of contemporary art, and has brought new expectations for the role of craft skills in interpreting and articulating them. It has done so through the focused work of individuals who have developed their practice with the knowledge that their work is valued as an alternative to a plethora of look-alike manufactured products.
In choosing to work within the constructs and disciplines of craft-based practices, artists and designers align themselves not only with the rich narrative of human history, but also with the language of invention and technological exploration. Over time social and industrial revolutions have turned on the development and use of specific materials. Responding to necessity and fuelling desire across cultural and economic barriers, designers and makers have interpreted the possibilities of new ideologies, materials and manufacturing technologies. Great centres for processing, manufacturing, design and distribution sprung up around craft practices and have attracted designers, artists and craft specialists for centuries, connecting industrial towns and local craft traditions with metropolitan ideologies concerned with design and fashion. Many of the artists in this exhibition have gravitated to such places to connect with and learn from those great traditions, and to integrate something of that spirit in their practices.
Increasingly, however – in a world connected less by geographic destination than by technology, ideology and invention – artists and designers, theorists, technologists and commentators work in fluid dialogues across cultures. Their work draws from many of the currents that activate society: the semiology of craft; real and virtual global sub-culture and counter-cultures; the place of craft skills in the construction and nurturing of kinships and family; retrospection, fantasy, satire, desire and subversion; the ethics and consequences of the production, processing and disposal of materials; the recycling of materials of all kinds; and the allure of new materials and imaging technologies. All are connected through the sheer pleasure of creating and working with materials that are sensual, intimate and visually engaging.
It is a paradox that while we have become a society with an ability to quickly assimilate new technology and find value in a plethora of new types of functional and decorative objects, we are doing so with a diminishing framework of understanding of the history and development of design and the decorative arts. We rely increasingly on advertising and celebrity endorsement as a substitute for the understanding and discrimination that comes from direct experience. For many, such experience of significant unique craft works is rare, resulting in a limited comprehension of the rich cultural, formal and material values that such objects represent. While such values can be interpreted in the context of the visual arts, they may also be understood by considering them in the framework of performing arts. The understanding of dance and music suggests ways of interacting with crafted objects and the unseen 'performer' behind them. We can consider and enjoy these objects by engaging with the shared concepts of spatial organisation, time, rhythm, body control, and the confidence and skill in the use of tools and instruments. By engaging with the nuances and performance of materials, the framework of tradition and the theatrics of presentation, object makers can heighten our experience of their work.
Transformations encourages visitors to encounter the eloquence of crafted objects as mediators of space and experience, and to consider the place of craft skills, traditions and values in an increasingly dematerialised, yet regimented, culture of consumption. The works exhibited and illustrated in this catalogue are drawn together in the themes of narrative, materiality and structure, creating settings in which unique crafted objects give form to innovations in the use of materials and technologies, offer commentaries on nature and the urban environment, express personal narratives, and reflect regional identity.
An examination of the works in each section of the exhibition reveals connections across a diversity of work practices, approaches to materials and personal backgrounds. The disposition of the works in the exhibition offers a complex set of relationships where the meaning of one can be inflected by our experience of others. Objects accrue meaning in the landscape of our own imagination, despite the juxtapositions and relationships suggested by their placement in a particular exhibition.5 These objects resonate in the dimension of the sensuous, triggering associations that draw us into a potentially haptic, intuitive relationship with them.
Narrative, the exhibition's first section, explores translation, transience and memory as points of departure for a variety of visually complex narrative objects. They employ metaphor and realism to invite an exploration of cultural resonance, mythology and our relationship with the natural world.
Works in the second section of the exhibition, materiality, are defined by an expression of their material qualities, shown in objects where the transmutation and metamorphosis of materials is explored as a form of negotiation and performance. Artists in this section exploit the sensuousness and physical properties of materials, allowing their particular characteristics to speak.
The third section, structure, brings together works that are defined by a concern with the organisation of elements, through rhythm, reductiveness, balance and the nature of time. Other objects in this section can be understood through their relationships to space and light, or through the nuances of groupings, placement, and variations of forms, colour and texture.
In varying ways, each artist has addressed the inherent problem of aligning theory with the physicality of the work, illuminating their themes through virtuosity, and assured craftsmanship and design. In expressing abstract notions through physical objects, there is a danger that the resulting works may merely illustrate theory. The works in this exhibition avoid such didacticism with their assurance, engaging the viewer with their 'rightness' before their individual and collective narratives become apparent.
Even though a number of the exhibited works will remain accessible in the Gallery's or other collections, the particular theatre of Transformations will never be recreated, and the dialogues and interactions between its objects and its viewers will exist in memory. The persuasiveness of these objects, and their orchestration of materials and articulation of skills, stimulates memory and the senses. In doing so, their particular eloquence and language of craft provide ways for us to be transformed as we navigate between the known and the as yet unimagined.
With its continuous evolution and traditions of functionality, ornamentation and ceremony, craft has always reflected human experience. Through the skill and ingenuity of its practitioners, craft manifests in objects that help us navigate our way through our lives, offering us new ways to imagine being in the world. Our perception of the world is continually being reshaped through our exposure to fragmented visual information and discontinuous episodes, many stressful and destructive, yet others transcendent and inspirational. In a world increasingly dominated by commercial design and branding, and global industrial manufacture – where location and means of production are determined by economic rationalism rather than tradition – the practices of craft exist as signs of achievement and personal narratives that can re-locate us in time, place and experience.
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sound like a no brainer to me.
sound like a no brainer to me.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
unless of course your goal is to expose your bees to as much disease and pests as possible in order to weed out the ones that can't survive on their own, in which case you would want as many nosema spores remaining on that comb as you can get.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
People are so pedantic in this thread. You offer knowledge, but belittle anyone in seek of answers that aren't in your immediate field of experience. Rather than offer assistance, people offer snide remarks and chastise anyone who doesn't think the same way as they do. Undoubtedly it's a no brainer to you squarepeg, if it wasn't you would probably be asking the question and hoping for guidance instead of snide remarks. I thought this thread was asking about questions Solomon, not what Solomon's first hand experience was, if I wanted that I could read a blog. What I wanted was the opinion of treatment free beeks who tout they've been doing this successfully for years, not the snide remarks of snippy people.
We the willing have done so much with so little for so long we can now do anything with nothing
i agree moon, (i had to look up pedantic).
and i do i apologize, my remark was snide.
the problem is that there is no such thing as a 'treatment free world'. what i mean by that is that sol has his approach and definition of what treatment free is, and others who tout being treatment free may have differing ideas.
if you are asking what could be done as a precautionary measure to comb obtained by from a confirmed nosema dead out, and if you are not concerned that you might be breaking some unwritten rule in the 'treatment free world',
then i would recommend using bleach diluted to 10% with water, mist the comb well, and let it dry thoroughly.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
Moon, I'm happy to share my experience. If you want the conjecture and wild hare brained theories of people who have never actually done what they're talking about, you're welcome to it. It wont be coming from me.
Like my website says, I am not telling you how to do it, but I will tell you how it can be done because despite the hoards who have told me it can't be done, I'm still doing it. Predicted crashes have not come. No one grants me the term 'success.' I don't care.
This is very simple. If you want to ask ME questions, ask and you will get honest answers. If you want to run off topic, start your own thread and you can ask for any sort of question you want. I wont complain. There are precious few knowledgeable treatment free beekeepers out there. Perhaps you should be thankful for what information you can find from those who actually did what they talk about.
23 out of 23 ay sol?
not bad.
and i hear what you are saying to moon and others, this is the ask sol thread after all.
and i hope you will take this in the spirit in it is given...
but the hives lost along the way to get there have a story to tell as well. they all died for some reason or another, or combinations of reasons. the question that was never answered, (if i understand and recall what you have shared in previous posts), is that you never initiated any kind of formal autosopy, i.e. not mite counts, nosema spore counts, ect.
perhaps some of your deadouts could have been from nosema, perhaps not. it would more accurate to say that you have never taken any action regarding nosema.
using diluted bleach to sanitize comb out of a dead out is something that the old beekeepers here have been doing for decades. i have had the opportunity to use that technique once or twice, and if that makes me not treatment free by another's defintion, well, ok.
moon, i regret the way i sounded in my previous two posts, i pledge to improve on my tone.
and sol, if you have carved this thread out to be a question/answer forum for just you and whoever asks, i can respect that.
for me, in a perfect world (forum) the most is gained with the free flow of ideas from all who care to contribute.
with respect,
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
I don't get it. The thread topic is "Ask Questions Here".
But even if there was a particular topic, which in this case there isn't, just because I start a thread does not mean I haven't had people derail it. I've even had threads I started derailed by you Sol. To me, it doesn't matter, you just move on, if people want to ask questions here they'll do it.
If you've stopped answering a particular question, somebody else might be happy to.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
Question - "Super" rotation. I've read a lot of material here about NOT rotating supers. I'm in agreement with the concept but have a question. My lone surviving hive is made up of a deep and a medium. The bees are at the top of the deep and into the medium which still contains lots of honey. Our weather is still quite cool here in central oregon so I have not opened up the hive for a close look yet. My question is this. Assuming the bottom deep is basically empty - just drawn comb, will the bees work themselves back down into the deep if I leave things just as they are? The medium on top of the deep will be mostly honey but some empty comb, depending on how much of the honey stores they use.
They should work their way back down. They should. They don't always do as they should though, as any experienced beekeeper will tell you. They might choose to swarm or something before completing the task.
What the gentleman spoke of regarding rotating brood boxes seemed to refer to situations where rotating the boxes would cause disruptions because there was brood in both boxes. If your bottom box is completely empty, I wouldn't be very concerned about that happening if you were to put that box somewhere else as long as you weren't disrupting the brood nest. I'm not entirely sure that's the case though. If all you have is a deep and a medium, I'd recommend leaving it alone. Let them build up a bit and see where it goes.
Thanks Sol. I will leave it alone and see how things come along. This is a very healthy hive and I want to do a split from it later on when the weather warms up.
Dear Solomon:
I have a never-used Lang, and I read somewhere that an empty hive can be placed in the vicinity of other hives in hopes of providing a hive option for a swarm. Do you ever place empties on your property for this reason?
I do. I don't usually use empty hives, I usually use empty five frame nucs. Not completely empty, they usually have four frames of foundation and one frame of comb. They also usually have some sort of swarm lure, either the commercially available ones or my homebrew type, a combination of lemongrass oil and a dash of alcohol that has had old dead queens soaking in it. I use the same setup for swarm lures around the countryside. I have caught a good number of local wild swarms that way. Wild swarms are usually very small here. Anything larger than two frames and I consider it to be from a kept hive.
Question for Solomon,
I don't follow you enough on the forums to know exactly how you perform your inspections so if you've answered this elsewhere I apologize for asking again.
From your blog: New Rule
If you wave your hand over an open hive and bees fly up to sting it, requeen.
Is this with or without smoking the hive? Is this in the instance of a flow or dearth? Do you think intentionally breeding bees that lack any kind of defensive behavior towards an intruder is a good quality or a bad quality? Do you have skunks in your area?
We the willing have done so much with so little for so long we can now do anything with nothing
That is without smoking the hive, good weather.
I don't think breeding bees without any kind of defensive behavior is a good idea and I don't know of anyone who does it.
I do have skunks in my area.
I expect to be able to take the lid off a hive and to work it gently and deliberately without being attacked and without smoke. I keep a lit smoker with me in case it is necessary. I don't work with gloves so gentle bees are a must. That post was in response to my last mean hive that I have not requeened yet. If I open the lid and pass my hand above the hive, about 8" up, my hand will be attacked. May not be stung immediately, but mean bees are a liability as well as an annoyance. I get stung enough not to have any sort of a reaction, but it still really hurts, especially when I get stung under the fingernail like happened right before I posted that.
Hello! I am getting my first 6 packages of bees soon! I am starting them in 8 frame med. boxes with foundationless frames from woodlynbrand. What is the preferred method of introducing the queen? Just release her? Hang the cage in one of my frames? Thanks!
I thought this was a thread to ask about treatment free beekeeping not general beekeeping?
By asking your general questions here you will not get an overview of what other beekeepers are doing.
Getting just one persons opinion on things bees is not a very good idea
...but getting one person's at a time can be a bit less overwhelming. By all means, get more opinions if that's what you want.
I'd recommend not going with packages, but if you do, hang the queen in the cage for a few days. I've also direct released her during installation.
> What is the preferred method of introducing the queen? Just release her? Hang the cage in one of my frames?
The preferred method seems to be to hang the cage. In the case of foundationless, this results in messed up comb. If I tell you to direct release her and they abscond, you'll think releasing her was why, but in my experience, they will move next door if they don't like the queen, even if she is in a cage... I direct release.
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recipe #117, Source Code Managers: Signing files to allow users to check their authencity
Users can only check authenticity of files if these files are signed by their(s) author(s). So it is important that developers sign their package, especially software release tarballs.
Obviously, you need our own gpg key to sign files. We will not describe here how to create a such key: please read the GnuPG documentation.
The best is to create a "detached" signature (a signature as separate file, not appended to the original file). You can do that by typing:
When it is done, you can upload both the file and the signature (ending with .sig).
You should make sure that your public key is available through Savane, by registering it at https://gna.org/my/admin/change.php?item=gpgkey
You you could also propagate it to key servers with the following command:
If automated verification fails, you will receive a mail and suspicious files will be moved out in subdirectories called /maybe-corrupted. So you'll be aware if someone who is not member of your project alter your files.
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recipe #103, Source Code Managers: Uploading my sourcecode into the repository
(First, you should make sure that your SSH access is set up. If you are not sure, read the recipe #102)
Move into the local directory where you want to keep your local copy of the CVS tree. For example:
Do a checkout of your main module: the command you must type is describe in your project cvs page, in the par "Project Member CVS Access via SSH", subpart Sourcecode repository. Your main module is equal to your project unix name.
This will create an empty project directory, in your current working directory, where you should start writing your project.
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And when your changes are finished, you must do what we call a commit on the cvs:
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When someone asks for a minute to do something, even though they know it will take much longer than 60 seconds.
Wife: I need to run into this store. It'll only take a minute
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Husband mumbles: More like a football minute.
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A period of time described as one minute that will actually become several times longer, especially if due to frequent interruptions. Antonym: New York minute
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Survey: ACS 2012 (3-Year Estimates)
|ACS 2012-3yr Summary File: Technical Documentation
Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2012 3yr Summary File: Technical Documentation.
Chapter Contents
It contains information on all detailed tables included in the 2010-2012 ACS 3-year Summary File. The table list is located in Appendix E.
4.2. 2010-2012 ACS 3-year Summary Levels/Components For Detailed Tables
It contains a list of the summary levels and components that are included in the 2010-2012 ACS 3-year Detailed Tables. The list is located in Appendix F.
4.3. Sequence Number and Table Number Lookup
It contains information on the relationship between the sequences and the tables, and indicates the relationship between the sequences and the subject areas. The Sequence Number and Table Number Lookup is available in Excel, text, and SAS dataset format, and is located here: http://www2.census.gov/acs2012_3yr/summaryfile/
4.4. Table Shells List
It contains Table ID, Line Number, Unique ID (table ID + Line Number) and stub. The table shells list is located on the following site: http://www2.census.gov/acs2012_3yr/summaryfile/.
4.5. Excel Geography File
It contains logical record numbers (LOGRECNO), geography ID, and geographic labels by state. There are total of 53 tabs in the spreadsheet: one for each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and one for geographies that cross state boundaries. The mini geography file list is located on the following site: http://www2.census.gov/acs2012_3yr/summaryfile/UserTools/Geography/.


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Starting Position: Lie on your stomach on a mat with your legs straight and toes pointing away from you. Place your hands directly under your shoulders with your fingers pointed forward. Elbows are alongside of your body and pointing toward your feet. Your head is an extension of your spine. Try to keep your head in line with your torso throughout the exercise.
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|ACS 2006-1yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Subject Definitions -> Housing Variables -> Vacancy Status
The data on vacancy status were obtained only for a sample of cases in the computer-assisted personal interview (known as "CAPI") follow-up by field representatives. Data on vacancy status were obtained at the time of the personal visit. Vacancy status and other characteristics of vacant units were determined by field representatives obtaining information from landlords, owners, neighbors, rental agents, and others. Vacant units are subdivided according to their housing market classification as follows:
For Rent
These are vacant units offered "for rent," and vacant units offered either "for rent" or "for sale."
Rented, Not Occupied
These are vacant units rented but not yet occupied, including units where money has been paid or agreed upon, but the renter has not yet moved in.
For Sale Only
These are vacant units being offered "for sale only," including units in cooperatives and condominium projects if the individual units are offered "for sale only." If units are offered either "for rent" or "for sale" they are included in the "for rent" classification.
Sold, Not Occupied
These are vacant units sold but not yet occupied, including units that have been sold recently, but the new owner has not yet moved in.
For Seasonal, Recreational, or Occasional Use
These are vacant units used or intended for use only in certain seasons or for weekends or other occasional use throughout the year. Seasonal units include those used for summer or winter sports or recreation, such as beach cottages and hunting cabins. Seasonal units also may include quarters for such workers as herders and loggers. Interval ownership units, sometimes called shared-ownership or time-sharing condominiums, also are included here.
For Migrant Workers
These include vacant units intended for occupancy by migratory workers employed in farm work during the crop season. (Work in a cannery, a freezer plant, or a food-processing plant is not farm work.)
Other Vacant
If a vacant unit does not fall into any of the categories specified above, it is classified as "Other vacant." For example, this category includes units held for occupancy by a caretaker or janitor, and units held for personal reasons of the owner.
Homeowner Vacancy Rate
The homeowner vacancy rate is the proportion of the homeowner inventory that is vacant "for sale." It is computed by dividing the number of vacant units "for sale only" by the sum of the owner-occupied units, vacant units that are "for sale only," and vacant units that have been sold but not yet occupied, and then multiplying by 100. This measure is rounded to the nearest tenth.
Rental Vacancy Rate
The rental vacancy rate is the proportion of the rental inventory that is vacant "for rent." It is computed by dividing the number of vacant units "for rent" by the sum of the renter-occupied units, vacant units that are "for rent," and vacant units that have been rented but not yet occupied, and then multiplying by 100. This measure is rounded to the nearest tenth.
Available Housing Vacancy Rate
The proportion of the housing inventory that is vacant-for-sale only and vacant-for-rent. It is computed by dividing the sum of vacant-for-sale only housing units and vacant-for-rent housing units, by the sum of occupied units, vacant-for-sale only housing units, vacant-sold-not occupied housing units, vacant-for-rent housing units, and vacant-rented-not-occupied housing units, and then multiplying by 100. This measure is rounded to the nearest tenth.
Question/Concept History
The 1996-2004 American Community Survey and Census 2000 used a single vacancy status category for units that were either "Rented or sold, not occupied." Since the 2005 ACS, there have been two separate categories, "Rented, not occupied" and "Sold, not occupied." This change created consistency among the ACS, the Housing Vacancy Survey, and the proposed 2010 Census vacancy status response options. The revised categories were incorporated in the calculations of the rental vacancy rate and the homeowner vacancy rate.