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|Boulevard de la Madeleine, 75009 Paris, Francie
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The apartment is composed by one bedroom / living room, a kitchenette and a bathroom. The bedroom/living room features a comfortable sofa-bed, an armchair, and is followed by a well-equipped kitchenette with a breakfast counter and two respective chairs. The bathroom is quite elegant e and comes with shower, toilet, a sink and a washing machine.
We welcome you personally in your apartment without restriction of time or days at no extra cost. Depending on your preference we offer your Nespresso coffee capsules and / or an assortment of Mariage Frères tea for the duration of your stay.
Your apartment is cleaned weekly and your linen supplied in large quantities is renewed every week. You will have no additional charge to pay. Water, electricity, gas, insurance ... absolutely everything is included in our rates.
You get direct access to La Defense and to the west of Paris. RER A, subway lines 1, 8, 9, 12 and 14.
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I spent 4 days in Paris, arriving there on November the 18th.
The apartment went far beyond what we expected. Warm, practical and extremely good located, this place has all the perfect conditions to stay. We only took a bus once because everything is reachable by walking.
The owner is fantastic and he solved the issues we had with the wifi.
I won't hesitate to come here again my next trip to Paris. Thanks a lot.
We arrived at the airport on the day of the taxi strike in June. We felt so panicked, being new to Paris! We called Gwenael for help. He told us which bus to take to the center of Paris. He told us to call for more directions when we arrived by bus. Then he explained which subway to ride and how to get to this very centrally-located apartment. A friend of his met us there and let us in the apartment.
The location of the apartment is perfect! I'm so happy that we stayed here! It is true that the apartment is very small, but it does have everything one needs. The sofa bed is quite comfy. More towels would be nice. There weren't many bath towels. The apartment is very clean, but the balcony could be cleaner. Also, we were there during a heat wave. It's very hot during the day. A fan is in the room, but it didn't work well.
Our overall experience here was awesome! We would stay here again! All in all? We loved this apartment! Thanks so much, Gwenael!!!!
Roz Boatman
This was a well fitted out apartment in a very convenient part of Paris although the building itself is showing its age. The sofa-bed was very comfortable and a breeze to stow away for the day.
We enjoyed our stay. Location was excellent. Initially thought the apartment was (and is) very small but we got used to it and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Wifi very good.
The location is good, the apartment is well equipped, a list of instructions for the appliances and phone would have been helpful and in other places I have stayed there is usually some information on the area and a map as well as appliance instructions, as it was my 10th visit to Paris I knew my way, but for new visitors, information would be helpful. The armchair and desk chair made the place look shabby and the apartment is small, but that is not unusual for Paris.
We had a wonderful stay in Paris. The flat had pretty much everything you could imagine and appreciate for your daily needs. It was clean and new. The building is an old hotel, very quiet and absolutely safe, since there´s a concierge 24/7. Because of the central location we could reach all the sightseeings very easily as well as it was the perfect starting point for shopping tours...We even had the opportunity to have a quick look in the other appartments, which are very nice too. We´ll be back soon and will than again be staying in one of Gwenaels appartments for sure!
Excellent stay neighborhood is the best for this price. The apartment is not to big but everything is there good equipped, excellent wifi very fast, good tv etc. The building itself is very nice and good and safely. U can walk to all the major sites concorde opera etc metro 50 meters away, also all good shops around the corner and or in front supermarket starbucks etc name it highly recommend this place would go back in a blinck if visiting Paris again. Host also punctual and on time and very friendly.
This apartment is beautiful and very central to get to anything in Paris. It is right next to a metro station and easy to get around either by metro or walking. The inside of the apartment is well furnished and very functional, and the bed is extremely comfortable! Thanks for a great stay Gwenael, the apartment was perfect for us!
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Top Researchers of 2009
At the ARS Annual Recognition Program on June 8, 2010, held in Beltsville, Maryland soil scientist Donald L. Suarez was honored as the ARS Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the Year for 2009. Suarez heads the U.S. Salinity Laboratory in Riverside.
The award for Early Career Research Scientist of the Year was presented to Michael Looper, an animal scientist in the ARS Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center, Booneville, Ark.
In the two videos below (approximately 6 minutes each), Drs. Suarez and Looper describe their work.
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Two five-star defensive tackles will call the White Team home, including the nation's top defensive tackle prospect, Montravius Adams. The #7-player in the country overall, he's got a short list that includes Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida and Georgia.
Another five-star defensive tackle is Auburn commit Dee Liner. He's been committed to Auburn since before his junior year, and he and Adams should make for a stout 1-2 punch inside.
Two other four-star defensive tackles are on the roster, Michigan verbal Henry Poggi and South Carolina commit Kelsey Griffin.
At defensive end, five-star Joey Bosa from Florida, and a commit to Ohio State, leads a strong group.
Mississippi State commit Chris Jones, a new addition to the Scout 100, has seen his stock skyrocket this season, and was stellar in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game
Auburn verbal Carl Lawson is joined by uncommitted end Tim Williams from Louisiana in rounding out the defensive ends.
The linebacker group is led by the premier 'backer in the country, Reuben Foster out of Alabama. A one-time commit to both Alabama and Auburn, Foster is back to being open, and he'll take a flurry of visits in January, while several programs are trying to woo him.
Three other linebackers join Foster as uncommitted prospects.
Trey Johnson from Georgia, Yannick Ngakoue out of Washington D.C. and Quinton Powell from Florida, like Foster, are all Scout 300 backers, and like Foster, will use the month of January to take trips before they make their decisions.
Matt Rolin, who's committed to South Carolina and Michael McCray, who's verbaled to Michigan, round out the linebackers.
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The secondary like the other two position groups is very strong. Both the cornerback and safety positions have a five-star leading the way.
Mississippi native Antonio Conner is the most highly touted safety in the game, a five-star prospect ranked #2 nationally, who's coveted by the two in-state programs as well as Alabama, Georgia and LSU.
Arizona prospect Priest Willis will likely play some safety in the game, but he's a five-star cornerback and the top corner in the West. Willis' short list includes Arizona State, LSU, Nebraska and UCLA.
Also playing safety is Max Redfield, another Scout 100 prospect who will announce between USC, where he'd been a long time commit before opening it up, and Notre Dame
Louisiana athlete Kendell Beckwith, who's down to Alabama and LSU, much like Landon Collins a year ago, will likely play safety in the game.
The other cornerbacks on the roster include three players from the South, Texas A&M commit Noel Ellis from Louisiana, Miami commit Artie Burns, who's staying home for college and Georgia verbal Shaquille Wiggins, another in-state prospect the Dawgs pulled in.
A pair of Ohio prospects round out the corners, Ohio State verbal Cameron Burrows as well as Gareon Conley, another future Buckeye.
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Computers were supposed to be labor-saving devices. How come we're still working so hard?
Brian Hayes
Automation was a hot topic in the 1950s and '60s—a subject for congressional hearings, blue-ribbon panels, newspaper editorials, think-tank studies, scholarly symposia, documentary films, World's Fair exhibits, even comic strips and protest songs. There was interest in the technology itself—everybody wanted to know about "the factory of the future"—but the editorials and white papers focused mainly on the social and economic consequences of automation. Nearly everyone agreed that people would be working less once computers and other kinds of automatic machinery became widespread. For optimists, this was a promise of liberation: At last humanity would be freed from constant toil, and we could all devote our days to more refined pursuits. But others saw a threat: Millions of people would be thrown out of work, and desperate masses would roam the streets.
Looking back from 50 years hence, the controversy over automation seems a quaint and curious episode. The dispute was never resolved; it just faded away. The factory of the future did indeed evolve; but at the same time the future evolved away from the factory, which is no longer such a central institution in the economic scheme of things, at least in the United States. As predicted, computers guide machine tools and run assembly lines, but that's a minor part of their role in society. The computer is far more pervasive in everyday life than even the boldest technophiles dared to dream back in the days of punch cards and mainframes.
As for economic consequences, worries about unemployment have certainly not gone away—not with job losses in the current recession approaching 2 million workers in the U.S. alone. But recent job losses are commonly attributed to causes other than automation, such as competition from overseas or a roller-coaster financial system. In any case, the vision of a world where machines do all the work and people stand idly by has simply not come to pass.
In 1930 the British economist John Maynard Keynes published a short essay titled "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren." At the time, the economic possibilities looked pretty grim, but Keynes was implacably cheerful. By 2030, he predicted, average income would increase by a factor of between four and eight. This prosperity would be brought about by gains in productivity: Aided by new technology, workers would produce more with less effort.
Keynes did not mention automation—the word would not be introduced until some years later—but he did refer to technological unemployment, a term that goes back to Karl Marx. For Keynes, a drop in the demand for labor was a problem with an easy solution: Just work less. A 3-hour shift and a 15-hour workweek would become the norm for the grandchildren of the children of 1930, he said. This would be a momentous development in human history. After millennia of struggle, we would have finally solved "the economic problem": How to get enough to eat. The new challenge would be the problem of leisure: How to fill the idle hours.
Decades later, when automation became a contentious issue, there were other optimists. The conservative economist Yale Brozen wrote in 1963:
Perhaps the gains of the automation revolution will carry us on from a mass democracy to a mass aristocracy.... The common man will become a university-educated world traveler with a summer place in the country, enjoying such leisure-time activities as sailing and concert going.
But others looked at the same prospect and saw a darker picture. Norbert Wiener had made important contributions to the theory of automatic control, but he was wary of its social implications. In The Human Use of Human Beings (1950) he wrote:
Let us remember that the automatic machine... is the precise economic equivalent of slave labor. Any labor which competes with slave labor must accept the economic conditions of slave labor. It is perfectly clear that this will produce an unemployment situation, in comparison with which the present recession and even the depression of the thirties will seem a pleasant joke.
A. J. Hayes, a labor leader (and no relation to me), wrote in 1964:
Automation is not just a new kind of mechanization but a revolutionary force capable of overturning our social order. Whereas mechanization made workers more efficient—and thus more valuable—automation threatens to make them superfluous—and thus without value.
Keynes's "problem of leisure" is also mentioned with much anxiety throughout the literature of the automation era. In a 1962 pamphlet Donald N. Michael wrote:
These people will work short hours, with much time for the pursuit of leisure activities.... Even with a college education, what will they do all their long lives, day after day, four-day weekend after weekend, vacation after vacation...?
The opinions I have cited here represent extreme positions, and there were also many milder views. But I think it's fair to say that most early students of automation, including both critics and enthusiasts, believed the new technology would lead us into a world where people worked much less.
Keynes's forecast of growth in productivity and personal income seemed wildly optimistic in 1930, but in fact he underestimated. The upper bound of his prediction—an eightfold increase over 100 years—works out to an annual growth rate of 2.1 percent. So far, the observed average rate comes to 2.9 percent per year. If that rate is extrapolated to 2030, worldwide income will have increased by a factor of 17 in a century. (These calculations are reported by Fabrizio Zilibotti of the University of Zurich in a recent book reassessing Keynes's 1930 essay.)
Keynes's promise of affluence has already been more than fulfilled—at least for citizens of wealthier nations. It's a remarkable achievement, even if we have not yet truly and permanently "solved the economic problem." If Keynes was right about the accumulation of wealth, however, he missed the mark in predicting time spent on the job. By most estimates, the average workweek was about 60 hours in 1900, and it had fallen to about 50 hours when Keynes wrote in 1930. There was a further decline to roughly 40 hours per week in the 1950s and '60s, but since then the workweek has changed little, at least in the U.S. Western Europeans work fewer hours, but even there the trend doesn't look like we're headed for a 15-hour week anytime soon.
Other measures of how hard people are working tell a similar story. The total labor force in the U.S. has increased by a factor of 2.5 since 1950, growing substantially faster than the working-age population. Thus labor-force participation (the percentage of people who hold jobs, among all those who could in principle be working) has risen from 59 percent to 66 percent.
These trends contradict almost all the expectations of early writers on automation, both optimists and pessimists. So far, automation has neither liberated us from the need to work nor deprived us of the opportunity to work. Instead, we're working more than ever.
Economists reflecting on Keynes's essay suggest he erred in supposing that people would willingly trade income for leisure. Instead, the commentators say, people work overtime to buy the new wide-screen TV even if they then have no time to enjoy it. Perhaps so. I would merely add that many who are working long hours (postdocs, say, or parents of young children) do not see their behavior as a product of conscious choice. And they do not think society has "solved the economic problem."
Perhaps the most thoughtful and knowledgeable of the early writers on automation was John Diebold, a consultant and author. It was Diebold who introduced the word automation in its broad, modern sense. He clearly understood that there was more to it than reducing labor costs in factories. He foresaw applications to many other kinds of work, including clerical tasks, warehousing and even retailing. Nevertheless, when he chose examples for detailed description, they almost always came from manufacturing.
Automatic control first took hold in continuous-process industries such as oil refining. A closed-loop control mechanism could regulate the temperature of a distilling tower, eliminating the need for a worker to monitor a gauge and adjust valve settings. As such instruments proliferated, a refinery became a depopulated industrial landscape. An entire plant could be run by a few technicians, huddled together in a glass-walled control room. This hands-off mode of operation became the model that other industries strove to emulate.
In the automation literature of the 1950s and '60s, attention focuses mainly on manufacturing, and especially on the machining of metal. A celebrated example was the Ford Motor Company's Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1, built in 1951, where a series of interconnected machines took in raw castings at one end and disgorged finished engine blocks at the other. The various tools within this complex performed several hundred boring and milling operations on each engine, with little manual intervention.
A drawback of the Ford approach to automation was inflexibility. Any change to the product would require an extensive overhaul of the machinery. But this problem was overcome with the introduction of programmable metalworking tools, which eventually became computer-controlled devices.
Other kinds of manufacturing also shifted to automated methods, although the result was not always exactly what had been expected. In the early years, it was easy to imagine a straightforward substitution of machines for labor: Shove aside a worker and install a machine in his or her place. The task to be performed would not change, only the agent performing it. The ultimate expression of this idea was the robot—a one-for-one replacement for the factory worker. But automation has seldom gone this way.
Consider the manufacture of electronic devices. At the outset, this was a labor-intensive process of placing components on a chassis, stringing wires between them and soldering the connections one by one. Attempts to build automatic equipment to perform the same operations proved impractical. Instead, the underlying technology was changed by introducing printed circuit boards, with all the connections laid out in advance. Eventually, machines were developed for automatically placing the parts on the boards and for soldering the connections all at once.
The further evolution of this process takes us to the integrated circuit, a technology that was automated from birth. The manufacture of microprocessor chips could not possibly be carried out as a handicraft business; no sharp-eyed artisan could draw the minuscule circuit patterns on silicon wafers. For many other businesses as well, manual methods are simply unthinkable. Google could not operate by hiring thousands of clerks to read Web pages and type out the answers to queries.
The automation of factories has gone very much according to the script written by Diebold and other early advocates. Computer control is all but universal. Whole sections of automobile assembly plants are now walled off to exclude all workers. A computer screen and a keyboard are the main interface to most factory equipment.
Meanwhile, though, manufacturing as a whole has become a smaller part of the U.S. economy—12 percent of gross domestic product in 2005, down from more than double that in the 1950s. And because of the very success of industrial automation, employment on production lines has fallen even faster than the share of GDP. Thus, for most Americans, the factory automation that was so much the focus of early commentary is all but invisible. Few of us ever get a chance to see it at work.
But automation and computer technology have infiltrated other areas of the economy and daily life—office work, logistics, commerce, finance, household tasks. When you look for the impact of computers on society, barcodes are probably more important than machine tools.
In the 1950s, digital computers were exotic, expensive, unapproachable and mysterious. It was far easier to see such a machine becoming the nexus of control in a vast industrial enterprise than to imagine the computer transformed into a household object, comparable to a telephone or a typewriter—or even a toy for the children to play with. Donald Michael wrote:
Most of our citizens will be unable to understand the cybernated world in which they live.... There will be a small, almost separate, society of people in rapport with the advanced computers.... Those with the talent for the work probably will have to develop it from childhood and will be trained as intensively as the classical ballerina.
If this attitude of awestruck reverence had persisted, most of the computer's productive potential would have been wasted. Computers became powerful when they became ubiquitous—not inscrutable oracles guarded by a priestly elite but familiar appliances found on every desk. These days, we are all expected to have rapport with computers.
The spread of automation outside of the factory has altered its social and economic impact in some curious ways. In many cases, the net effect of automation is not that machines are doing work that people used to do. Instead we've dispensed with the people who used to be paid to run the machines, and we've learned to run them ourselves. When you withdraw money from the bank via an ATM, buy an airline ticket online, ride an elevator or fill up the gas tank at a self-service pump, you are interacting directly with a machine to carry out a task that once required the intercession of an employee.
The dial telephone is the archetypal example. My grandmother's telephone had no dial; she placed calls by asking a switchboard operator to make the connection. The dial (and the various other mechanisms that have since replaced it) empowers you to set up the communications channel without human assistance. Thus it's not quite accurate to say that the operator has been replaced by a machine. A version of the circuit-switching machine was there all along; the dial merely provided a convenient interface to it.
The process of making travel arrangements has been transformed in a similar way. It was once the custom to telephone a travel agent, who would search an airline database for a suitable flight with seats available. Through the Web, most of us now access that database directly; we even print our own boarding passes. Again, what has happened here is not exactly the substitution of machines for people; it is a matter of putting the customer in control of the machines.
Other Internet technologies are taking this process one more dizzy step forward. Because many Web sites have published interface specifications, I now have the option of writing a program to access them. Having already removed the travel agent, I can now automate myself out of the loop as well.
Enabling people to place their own phone calls and make their own travel reservations has put whole categories of jobs on the brink of extinction. U.S. telephone companies once employed more than 250,000 telephone operators; the number remaining is a tenth of that, and falling fast. It's the same story for gas-station attendants, elevator operators and dozens of other occupations. And yet we have not seen the great contraction of the workforce that seemed inevitable 50 years ago.
One oft-heard explanation holds that automation brings a net increase in employment by creating jobs for people who design, build and maintain machines. A strong version of this thesis is scarcely plausible. It implies that the total labor requirement per unit of output is higher in the automated process than in the manual one; if that were the case, it would be hard to see the economic incentive for adopting automation. A weaker but likelier version concedes that labor per unit of output declines under automation, but total output increases enough to compensate. Even for this weaker prediction, however, there is no guarantee of such a rosy outcome. The relation may well be supported by historical evidence, but it has no theoretical underpinning in economic principles.
For a theoretical analysis we can turn to Herbert A. Simon, who was both an economist and a computer scientist and would thus seem to be the ideal analyst. In a 1965 essay, Simon noted that economies seek equilibrium, and so "both men and machines can be fully employed regardless of their relative productivity." It's just a matter of adjusting the worker's wage until it balances the cost of machinery. Of course there's no guarantee that the equilibrium wage will be above the subsistence level. But Simon then offered a more complex argument showing that any increase in productivity, whatever the underlying cause, should increase wages as well as the return on capital investment. Do these two results add up to perpetual full employment at a living wage in an automated world? I don't believe they offer any such guarantee, but perhaps the calculations are reassuring nonetheless.
Another kind of economic equilibrium also offers a measure of cheer. The premise is that whatever you earn, you eventually spend. (Or else your heirs spend it for you.) If technological progress makes some commodity cheaper, then the money that used to go that product will have to be spent on something else. The flow of funds toward the alternative sectors will drive up prices there and create new economic opportunities. This mode of reasoning offers an answer to questions such as, "Why has health care become so expensive in recent years?" The answer is: Because everything else has gotten so cheap.
I can't say that any of these formulations puts my mind at ease. On the other hand, I do have faith in the resilience of people and societies. The demographic history of agriculture offers a precedent that is both sobering and reassuring. It's not too much of an exaggeration to say that before 1800 everyone in North America was a farmer, and now no one is. In other words, productivity gains in agriculture put an entire population out of work. This was a wrenching experience for those forced to leave the farm, but the fact remains that they survived and found other ways of life. The occupational shifts caused by computers and automation cannot possibly match the magnitude of that great upheaval.
What comes next in the march of progress? Have we reached the end point in the evolution of computerized society?
Since I have poked fun at the predictions of an earlier generation, it's only fair that I put some of my own silly notions on the record, giving some future pundit a chance to mock me in turn. I think the main folly of my predecessors was not being reckless enough. I'll probably make the same mistake myself. So here are three insufficiently outrageous predictions.
1. We'll automate medicine. I don't mean robot surgeons, although they're in the works too. What I have in mind is Internet-enabled, do-it-yourself diagnostics. Google is already the primary-care physician for many of us; that role can be expanded in various directions. Furthermore, as mentioned above, medical care is where the money is going, and so that's where investment in cost-saving technologies has the most leverage.
2. We'll automate driving. The car that drives itself is a perennial on lists of future marvels, mentioned by a number of the automation prophets of the 50s and 60s. A fully autonomous vehicle, able to navigate ordinary streets and roads, is not much closer now than it was then, but a combination of smarter cars and smarter roads could be made to work. Building those roads would require a major infrastructure project, which might help make up for all the disemployed truckers and taxi drivers. I admit to a certain boyish fascination with the idea of a car that drops me at the office and then goes to fetch the dry cleaning and fill up its own gas tank.
3. We'll automate warfare. I take no pleasure in this one, but I see no escaping it either. The most horrific weapons of the 20th century had the redeeming quality that they are difficult and expensive to build, and this has limited their proliferation. When it comes to the most fashionable weapons of the present day—pilotless aircraft, cruise missiles, precision-guided munitions—the key technology is available on the shelf at Radio Shack.
What about trades closer to my own vital interests? Will science be automated? Technology already has a central role in many areas of research; for example, genome sequences could not be read by traditional lab-bench methods. Replacing the scientist will presumably be a little harder that replacing the lab technician, but when a machine exhibits enough curiosity and tenacity, I think we'll just have to welcome it as a companion in zealous research.
And if the scientist is elbowed aside by an automaton, then surely the science writer can't hold out either. I'm ready for my 15-hour workweek.
©Brian Hayes
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/automation-on-the-job/5
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"Whisker Falls, Softly on Carpet, Multiple Times," digital
photograph, 2007, by Chris Kubick and Anne Walsh
Satellite Space presents audio-photo show through May 20
By Jasmyne Graybill
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Art and Art History
(May 14, 2007)--The UTSA Department of Art and Art History and the UTSA Satellite Space present the photography and audio exhibit, "New Work: Chris Kubick and Anne Walsh," through May 20.
Free and open to the public, view the exhibit at the UTSA Satellite Space in Blue Star Arts Complex Suite 115 at S. Alamo and Probandt streets, south of downtown. Gallery hours are noon-6 p.m., Friday-Sunday, or by appointment.
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The new work by Chris Kubick and Anne Walsh is drawn from their recent exploration of Hollywood sound-effects libraries, used by sound-effects editors and sound designers to create the audio worlds in contemporary cinema. Few of the sounds heard in a film are recorded on location, but usually come from sound libraries -- like the ones Kubick and Walsh explore in this show.
Their work ranges from seemingly straight-forward gestures, such as the sound installation, "Fireplace/Wax Paper Rustling, Gently, 6 Times," which is made from several pieces of crumpled wax paper in a Plexiglas cube, to technologically complex works such as "Flesh ++ Blood," a sound and text piece that uses only sounds that reference "flesh" or "blood" in their titles.
In this exhibition, Kubick and Walsh grapple with the sound of meaning and the meaning of sound. These works speak not only about the culture of Hollywood movies but also about the culture that produces them.
Artists Chris Kubick and Anne Walsh work collaboratively under the name ARCHIVE, and live and work in Oakland, Calif. They work with a variety of formats and tools including performance lectures, spoken-word CDs, video games, exhibitions and works on paper. From 2001 to 2004, ARCHIVE produced the project, "Art After Death," that debuted at the 2002 Whitney Biennial exhibition.
For more information or to arrange a private viewing, e-mail Jasmyne Graybill or contact the Department of Art and Art History at (210) 458-4352.


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Discussion in 'Chevy Silverado Forum (GMC Sierra)' started by siclmn, Apr 27, 2012.
I reached my hand under the dash and this came out.
Thats just floppin around behind your dash?? Does it say anything on it? Possibly aftermarket alarm
I was thinking in the same aria as Blazer454. Also are you speakers in it stock or something someone put in. I was thinking alarm, crossover, or amplifier of some sort.
I would agree, alarm, amp, crossover. Could it be a brake controller?
How many wires (and size) are there hooked up to it? It could be a number of aftermarket items. Also I noticed a rei/knob assembly above your emergency brake pedal. Is that something you did or a previous owner? and is it connected to the mystery unit?
I think you guys are right. There are many clipped and disconected wires under the dash and I think the previous owner had something hooked up that he took out when he sold it. The part is not a chevy part and the wires going into it are covered with electrical tape so it's a aftermarket thing. I just zipp tied it up under the dash and now it's quiet.
mine was the brake controller rattling.
Hey guys, I finally found out what that black finned box is, it's the electric eye for the daytime driving lights. So I disconected it for the lights don't work anyway and now the light on the dash that shows them on is finally gone.
Glad you found out what it was!...that would have bugged me till i figured it out:great:
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IRON MAN GOES ON SHOW IN THE HALL OF STEEL - Monday, 23 July 2012
A spectacular replica of the suit worn by super hero Iron Man is now a major attraction at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.
Britain's oldest public museum asked Bradford's Mark Pearson to create the suit, now taking pride of place in the Hall of Steel throughout the summer holidays – and museum admission is free.
Royal Armouries knight Keith Ducklin faces off with Iron Man – click for larger image
Mark hit the headlines nationally when he created a full-sized version of Iron Man, based on a 12-inch toy model of actor Robert Downey Jr in the famous red and gold suit. He started making a supersized helmet, but then found he just could not stop until he had built a full-sized suit.
Mark's re-make of his first replica suit is displayed in a specially-built and illuminated exhibit case, linked to the museum's summer theme of Games – Sporting and Gaming; and the museum's "Inspired by ….." programme.
Karen Whitting, Head of Creative Programmes, said, "We are delighted to be kicking off a packed summer event programme with the display of this stunning exhibit. The replica suit makes a great centrepiece for our robot themed weekend and an interesting counterpoint to the Royal Armouries own permanent armour displays."
Mark, a car body repairer from Bradford said, "This all started out with a quick browse on a movie replica prop-makers' website but quickly spiralled into a challenge that I just couldn't resist. The first replica attracted a huge amount of interest, but the high spot came when the Royal Armouries got in touch and commissioned me to create another. It will be one of the first things that visitors see when they enter the museum.
"I am a huge fan of the film. It's just a shame that I am too short to wear the original suit but friends have worn it. The only thing it can't do is fly!"
Iron Man is a fictional super hero, who appears in comic books and later in the popular film. The story is based on an engineer who creates a powered suit of armour, to save his life and escape captivity. He later uses the suit to protect the world as Iron Man.
The replica is built from 400 sheets of cardboard, which Mark turned into a three-dimensional structure and then fibre-glassed. It is also fitted with flashing lights for the eyes, hands and chest.
The Iron Man suit was unveiled at the Royal Armouries' Robots Weekend (July 21 and 22) and will be on show throughout the summer holiday events, which run until September 2.
The Royal Armouries is Britain's oldest public museum and home to the national collection of arms and armour, including artillery. For more information about the summer holiday programme, visit:
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- Royal Armouries is the national museum of arms and armour and has sites in Leeds, HM Tower of London, Fort Nelson and Louisville, Kentucky. It is the first British national museum to open a permanent presence in another country
- Admission to the museum is free. However, there may be a small charge for some special events.
- Open all year daily, 10am-5pm. Closed 24-25 December
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- Website: www.royalarmouries.org
- The Royal Armouries Museum should not be confused with Royal Armouries International plc, the private sector corporate hospitality business.
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Playboy.com's Late Summer Reads
The Playboy.com editorial staff present our favorite lit picks for you to delve into this summer.
Don't shoot the messenger, but we're approaching midsummer, which definitely casts a pall over the sun-loving Bunnies hanging around the Grotto. While summer is a great time to go out and party, hit the waves with your board or spice up your evenings with a new lady friend or two, there's something to be said for literally lazing about all day — relaxing at the pool, beach, park or even in your own backyard, and there's nothing better to complement this than an ice-cold beer and hot new read to expand your horizons. Here are some of our favorite books for the late-summer languor, from paperbacks that take you on an adventure through the history of pop culture and cyber battles to a gripping autobiography by Jarhead author Anthony Swofford, who is struck with so much fame, fortune and grief that it is almost the end of him.
Ready Player One
Released last year to critical acclaim, Ready Player One is the highly addictive story of Wade Watts, a teen in dystopian 2044, where the inhabitants of Earth live primarily connected to the fantastical cyber universe known as OASIS. When a mysterious video game maven and creator of OASIS dies, an epic war to control the money and minds that his empire commands emerges, taking the form of a treasure hunt reliant on clues and challenges from 20th century pop culture, gaming, television and music. A new classic for fans of sci-fi or adventure, this Alice in Willy Wonka-esque thrill ride is a nonstop adrenaline rush that will leave you ready to plug in. It's rare when an author has the ability to transport his readers into a superbly illustrated world of complex design in the vein of Tolkien or Orson Scott Card, but when it takes the form of a debut novel, we're looking at an imagination of Rowling's magnitude.
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Hot Art
Joshua Knelman won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Nonfiction for a reason. His book Hot Art, which chronicles the four years he spent in the seedy world of international art theft, is hard to put down. It's a great read for any man who can't stand the thought of wasting his time reading fictitious stories while still getting the fun and pleasure of good old brain-numbing pulp fiction. Seriously, this book is like eating an entire bowl of cherries. They taste like candy, but they're good for you! We can't believe that all the crazy stuff that takes place in this book is true. By the end of the book you'll be itching to share your niche knowledge of the world of art.
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Shadow Show
It is appropriate that Shadow Show, a collection of short stories dedicated to the memory of Ray Bradbury, should start with a piece titled "Homecoming" written by none other than the enigmatic author himself. Along with being a tribute to the short story of the same name that propelled Bradbury to science fiction stardom (and who could deny that a self-written foreword from beyond the grave is a classically Bradburian idea?), Shadow Show is indeed a homecoming of sorts. In the piece, Bradbury parallels the relationship between the author and his influences to that between a father and son and reflects on his transition from one to the other. What follows is undeniable evidence that the former is true; Shadow Show has on display authors like Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood and Alice Hoffman, all paying tribute to the dystopian themes and complex characters of the Bradbury tradition. Anyone who had their world turned upside-down by Fahrenheit 451 will be impressed by this one last hurrah for one of sci-fi's leading men.
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The Dog Stars
Releasing next week, The Dog Stars is a compelling debut from author Peter Heller, which decisively strikes at the ever-arching desire to know what makes us human. Set in near-future America after an unknown virus has depleted the majority of the population, the reader is introduced to old Hig, the novel's cynical protagonist who's left with nothing but his gun-toting comrade, faithful canine and undying love for his '52 Cessna, christened "The Beast." Gruff, tormented and inspirational, Heller has the astonishing ability to make you laugh, cringe and feel ridiculously vulnerable throughout the novel that will have you rereading certain passages with a hard lump in the pit of your stomach. One of the most powerful reads in years.
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In the Garden of Beasts
A must-read for history buffs, Erik Larson's meticulously researched In the Garden of Beasts reads more like a novel than a history text. Told mainly from the perspective of the new American ambassador to Germany and his party-girl 20-something daughter Martha, the book details the events of 1933-34, giving an outsider's perspective of the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. Although every reader will know at least the broad details of World War II and some of the events leading up to it, the book manages to build an almost thriller-like air of suspense, showing the ambassador and his family's initial infatuation with gay 1930s Berlin and their gradual disenchantment. All the major historical figures make at least brief appearances, and unexpectedly, many of them are represented in Martha's social life, from her affairs with a Russian spy, the head of the Gestapo and the son of the German crown prince to, perhaps most shocking for present-day readers, a blind date with the Führer himself.
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Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails
Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails is Anthony Swofford's second memoir. Readers of Jarhead looking for more of Swofford's Gulf War experiences may be disappointed: Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails details Swofford's life after his homecoming, his struggle to reconcile his soldier past with his civilian present through a haze of alcohol, drugs and promiscuity. But first and foremost, HHaJ is about family: about the legacy a veteran passes on to his children, and about Swofford's attempt to come to an understanding of the dying father whose choices he abhors yet whom he greatly resembles, to learn to love him while learning how not to become him.
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UTSA, SwRI partner in national research group
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(March 24, 2009)--UTSA and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will join the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR), an elite sub-unit of the National Academies, the nation's advisers in science, engineering and medicine.
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GUIRR provides a platform for leaders in science and technology from academia, government and business to discuss and take action on national and international scientific matters. This includes such topics as university-industry partnerships, scientific training in academia, the relationship between academia, government and business, and the effects of globalization on U.S. research.
Through roundtable meetings and working groups, GUIRR's university and industry partners provide guidance and suggest possible solutions to streamline policies and procedures unique to the government-university-industry interface. Often documented in advisory reports, this counsel is distributed to key national leaders including the President's staff.
"UTSA aspires to become a top research university, and our membership in GUIRR demonstrates this commitment," said Robert Gracy, UTSA vice president for research. "UTSA's partnership with Southwest Research Institute to join GUIRR will not only strengthen the relationship between our respective institutions, it will allow our institutions to contribute to the development of national policies that will facilitate science and technology research collaborations in the future."
"As a contract research and development organization serving multiple industries and government clients, SwRI strives to apply scientific discoveries and new technologies in innovative ways," said Walter Downing, M.B.A. '86, executive vice president of Southwest Research Institute. "Teaming with UTSA as GUIRR university-industry partners gives us a unique opportunity to participate in, learn from and contribute to the leading research collaborations in the nation."
James Casey, director of the UTSA Office of Contracts and Industrial Agreements, was instrumental in encouraging both UTSA and SwRI to join GUIRR. An active participant in GUIRR and co-chair of its International Research Collaboration working group, Casey said, "Both UTSA and Southwest Research Institute are very deserving of membership in GUIRR. Both have a clear commitment to advancing society through research, and both will serve as active participants in GUIRR's collaborative process."
GUIRR's member roster reads like a who's who of research, offering both UTSA and SwRI access to top research universities, industry leaders and federal officials. UTSA and SwRI are GUIRR's 17th university-industry pair.
They join the University of Texas at Austin, previously GUIRR's only member from Texas. The GUIRR partners are:
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- Battelle
- The Boeing Co.
- Corning Inc.
- General Electric Co.
- Hewlett-Packard Co.
- IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
- Intel Corp.
- Deere & Co.
- Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Mars Inc.
- Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
- Pacific Northwest National Lab
- Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
- Semiconductor Research Corp.
- Southwest Research Institute
- Telos Corp.
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- The Ohio State University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Pennsylvania State University
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Stanford University
- University of California, Berkeley
- Iowa State University
- University of Maryland
- University of California, Davis
- California Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Washington State University
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Texas at Austin
- George Washington University
>> To learn more about research in San Antonio, contact Robert Gracy, UTSA, at (210) 458-4341 or Walter Downing, Southwest Research Institute, at (210) 522-3186.
The University of Texas at San Antonio is one of the fastest growing higher education institutions in Texas and the second largest of nine academic universities and six health institutions in the UT System. As a multicultural institution of access and excellence, UTSA aims to be a premier public research university providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.
UTSA serves more than 28,400 students in 64 bachelor's, 47 master's and 21 doctoral degree programs in the colleges of Architecture, Business, Education and Human Development, Engineering, Honors, Liberal and Fine Arts, Public Policy, Sciences and Graduate School. Founded in 1969, UTSA is an intellectual and creative resource center and a socioeconomic development catalyst for Texas and beyond.
Southwest Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization using multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving. The institute occupies more than 1,200 acres and provides more than 2 million square feet of laboratories, test facilities, workshops and offices for more than 3,300 employees performing contract work for industry and government clients.


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George Tandy, Jr's debut radio release"March" is currently ranked #3 on the Billboard Adult R&B Chart. "March" is taking the airwaves across the country by storm and is currently a Top 10 song at more than fifty radio stations, currently in rotation in major markets such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, SiriusXM – Heart and Soul, as well as, The Steve Harvey Morning Show and The Tom Joyner Morning Show. The recent premiere of the official video for "March" has the record industry and airwaves buzzing with intrigue. And, this is just the beginning…
George Tandy, Jr. creates brilliant music that is rich with honesty, vulnerability and raw emotion. He is not your typical church singing choir boy or even a classically trained vocalist or pianist, but his messages are conveyed clearly and powerfully. Fans often refer to his voice as hypnotizing and pure. Each piece of music creates an inner journey to a time and place that is unique to the listener. Whether it is about sex, relationships, or worldly affairs you will feel every moment in the song. You can call it R&B, Folk Music or even call it Jazz. Some call it Soul with a hint of Hip Hop and note his Classical music influences. No matter what you call it, you are correct every time. George personally prefers to call his music "Soulternative." Regardless of genre, his sound is certainly unique and George is determined to gain fans, supporters, as well as, new friends, one song at a time. He believes that music heals people. Soon people all across the world will be proudly stating, "I am TeamTandy!" once they get a taste.
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where can a person buy a breeder queen from? Just looking around to find them.
where can a person buy a breeder queen from? Just looking around to find them.
Do you have a specfic strain in mind or just any breeder queen?
Latshaw has some great stock: http://latshawapiaries.com/index.php...breeder-queens
A little pricey, though, at $510 each.
Just heard Dann Purvis teach a queen rearing course last Saturday, and he is selling some breeders this year for $275.
Purvis has just switched to only selling breeders. He is out of the production queen business. He does have good survivor stock.
It is important to remember that breeder queens aren't necessarily good production queens at all. They are intended as a means to transfer specific genetics into a large number of virgins. If they come out of a proven breeding program (like Joe's) they may well be a bargain at twice that price. For most perhaps spending the same money on a couple hundred queens from a good breeder of your choice and selecting the best for your own breeder makes better sense.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Here is the list I have on file for Queen Breeders. I have another list for VSH Breeders. Latshaw would fall under the latter.
http://carpentersapiaries.com/ - Italian stock selected for mite mauling
http://www.arnoldhoneybeeservices.com - Italian survivor and Russian stock
http://www.beeweaver.com/ - went treatment free about 10 years ago
http://www.bjornapiaries.com - description is a bit weak but does say untreated
http://www.coldcountryqueens.com - Russian stock untreated for several years
http://www.honeybeegenetics.com/home.html - included because they did so much work on SMR
http://www.johnstonshoneybeefarm.com - untreated since 2003
http://www.mikesbeesandhoney.com/ - produces selected AI queens
http://www.mountainvalleybees.com/ - Alabama producer, at least 12 years untreated
http://www.oldsolenterprises.com - survivor queen stock program, survivor queens
http://www.wildernessbees.com/ or http://www.owa.cc - 10 years no chems, Bee Culture published an article about them
http://www.purvisbees.com/ - 10 years untreated, has highly varroa tolerant bees
http://www.vpqueenbees.com/ - untreated since 1999
http://www.dixiebeesupply.com - uses some soft treatments
http://www.ziaqueenbees.com/ - uses some soft treatments
http://russellapiaries.webs.com/ - has some lines that are varroa tolerant
http://www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm - don't know if Michael Bush will be offering queens for 2012!
http://www.russianbreeder.com - this is the Russian queen breeder cooperators website.
I am still working on the list for breeders in general. Got focused on VSH for a while.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
If you have enough colonies to use store bought production queens, follow the same procedure and use the best in your breeding program.
i'll be grafting eggs from the best of my best, that are proven in my location.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
If you want Carnies, I would highly recommend VP Queens in Frederick, MD. I bought two last year for $165.00.
http://www.honeyrunapairies.com$150 queens
I had good luck with a VP breeder too Matt. Their price has gone up since Glenn is out of the picture, and they no longer offer the open mated breeders I don't believe, which was what I used for bringing in additional diversity to my operation.


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Lata Kachhawan of Barmer, India will speak at the Global Exchange Fair Trade Store in San Francisco on May 15, during a 10-day artisan tour sponsored by Handmade Expressions and Fair Trade Towns USA. Lata Kachhawan is the founder of SURE, an artisan collective comprised of more than 600 women artisans focused on rural economic development through trade, education & agriculture in India. The women artisans of SURE produce beautiful appliqué wall hangings, pillows and more available at the Global Exchange Fair Trade Stores. The income from the sales of the product has gone towards the installation of 100 solar lamps in remote Indian villages. SURE is a great organization that showcases the work of Fair Trade as a model of long-term economic development. Lata Kachhawan is very in tuned with the impact of trade and challenges that exist in the process.
FREE Fair Trade coffee and chocolate will be served!


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Re: st: How does STATA compute e(ll) ??
Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: How does STATA compute e(ll) ??
Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:59:59 +0000
As Maarten underlines separately, this is true in spirit, but not
exactly in practice for RMSE.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> First off, please note the correct spelling "Stata", as explained in
> the Statalist FAQ you were asked to read before posting.
> As you say, the simplest uses of the -regress- command can be thought
> of straight applications of ordinary least-squares. But particularly
> as a link to more advanced or more general work, Stata reports the
> same results as they would be obtained under an equivalent assumption
> of maximum likelihood and normal (Gaussian) errors.
> Most of the code for -regress- is part of the executable and not .ado
> code. So, my understanding is that -regress- is not built upon any use
> of -ml-, but it's safe to assume that key results are exactly
> equivalent to that way of writing the command. Somewhere in the
> documentation, if I recollect correctly, this is used as an example.
> Nick
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Hsien-Yuan Hsu <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> When I use commend "regress", I assume OLS regression is conducted.
>> Why does STATA report "e(ll) log likelihood under additional
>> assumption of i.i.d. normal errors."? Does STATA automatically
>> estimate parameter by using ML?
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>> In addition, there is a book-length treatment at
>>> http://www.stata.com/bookstore/maximum-likelihood-estimation-stata/index.html
>>> and Stata's machinery for computing (log) likelihood is documented
>>> under heading such as -ml-.
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>> e(ll) is what it says, the log likelihood. Any decent intermediate
>>>> statistics text will explain.
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Mark (Hsien-Yuan Hsu)
>>>>> I apply commend "regress Y X" to analyze my data set.
>>>>> I notice that STATA provide "e(ll) log likelihood under additional
>>>>> assumption of i.i.d. normal errors."
>>>>> Does anyone know how STATA compute e(ll)? What does it mean? Any
>>>>> information is appreciated.
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forum: Food & Drink
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#1 Fri 02 Feb 07 9:33am
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- Member since Sun 28 Jan 07
Valentine's Day
14th of Feb is looming again. Time to get in the kitchen and woooooo your other arf
I was thinking firstly of doing Fajitahs as thats fun, but decided against it in the end as it's messy and contains chilli rubber gloves required to make them
Thought of other things but just couldn't find inspiration for a fine balance of nice (non messy) food and romance??? Dilemna time. What are you lot cooking?? Not that I'll nick your ideas
#2 Fri 02 Feb 07 9:44am
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Re: Valentine's Day
Aloha KitchenWench.. Be sure to check out this topic:
Madcrow: The Nude Cook
#3 Fri 02 Feb 07 9:52am
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- From Surrey and Germany
- Member since Sun 28 Jan 07
Re: Valentine's Day
Thanks Madcrow. That's the trouble when you've only just joined, so much to read and not enough time. Taa heaps
#4 Fri 02 Feb 07 10:23am
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Re: Valentine's Day
No probs that's what we're here for..
#5 Mon 12 Feb 07 7:08am
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- From Sydney, Australia
- Member since Tue 22 Jun 04
Re: Valentine's Day
Beef Tenderloin Steaks Topped with Horseradish and Dijon Mustard
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons horseradish
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon leaves
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 (8 ounce) beef tenderloin steaks
Salt to taste
Stir together Dijon, horseradish, basil, thyme, tarragon, and pepper. Spread mixture evenly over top and sides of the steaks. Wrap individually with plastic wrap, and allow to marinate in the refrigerator overnight.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a small, glass baking dish with cooking spray.
Unwrap steaks and sprinkle with salt to taste. Place into baking dish, and roast in preheated oven to desired degree of doneness (30 minutes for medium-rare, 60 minutes for well done).
#6 Mon 12 Feb 07 12:57pm
- Forum champ Occupation Registered nurse
- From Australia
- Member since Thu 24 Jun 04
Re: Valentine's Day
You dont need chilli for fajitahs. All I do is rub some chicken breasts or thighs with olive oil and fajitah seasoning (bought or make your own) then char grill. Saute some onions and peppers (you could add some sliced mild chilli's). Drizzle both the chicken and onion/peppers with lime juice. Serve in fajitah wraps with desired fillings.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 reviewBy Ben Boswell - Thursday February 14 2013 Sensor Review
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 is a good performer: scoring 71 overall in the DxO Mark testing it is joint second of all 4:3 cameras that have been measured. The top scorer and the camera that matched it are both Olympus, the Pen E-PM2 at the top and the 2.
Color depth at 22.7 is excellent, Dynamic Range at 12.4 EV it best in class and ISO at 812 is only just behind the two Olympus cameras.
Being very good should be expected, the Panasonic is the most expensive Hybrid 4:3 and among the most expensive of all 4:3 cameras, but if you group the 4 highest priced, 3 from Olympus and the Lumix the scoring now favors the Panasonic.
Further readings for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 review
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Added by dfswan | March 29 , 2013
1.7 million dot OLED viewfinder
Thanks for the great review. You mentioned that the GH3 had a 1.4 Mpix viewfinder (same as the Olympus EM-5 and other previous Lumix cameras) but it in fact has a 1.7 million dot OLED viewfinder. It must be the OLED because there is no comparison between this excellent viewfinder and the others. It is so good in fact, that I far prefer this WYSIWYG viewfinder to our Nikon 5100 optical viewfinder. Along with its smaller silent focus lenses and great video, it is truly the "Goldilocks" camera for serious photographers and videographers. There is no other camera like it!
Added by peevee | February 15 , 2013
Same sensor
"Color depth at 22.7 is excellent, Dynamic Range at 12.4 EV it best in class and ISO at 812 is only just behind the two Olympus cameras."
Actually, all of them are within a margin of error of your tests, so it is 99.9% the same sensor as the 3 2012 Olympuses (E-M5, E-PM2, E-PL5).
DR of 12.4 EV is curios as the cameras have 12 bit RAW format. :)
Added by peevee | February 15 , 2013
Mistake in the review of GH3.
There is a mistake here: "The video capture is full HD: 1080i". The video is actually 1080p, and 60p if needed.
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | February 15 , 2013
Re: Mistake in the review of GH3.
Thanks for letting us know. We are going to correct it as soon as possible, but video is not what we test as we focus on RAW. :)
Added by RickPick | February 14 , 2013
Test should mention (at least) the video features
When comparing the GH3 with other mirrorless hybrid cameras (price/performance) the video features of the GH3 should also be included in the comparison. The video specs are far better than any other hybrid or DSLR camera except at a much higher price.
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | February 15 , 2013
Re: Test should mention (at least) the video features
Hello !
Actually we don't measure the video performance as we focus on RAW. :)
Added by igalk474 | January 15 , 2013
when is the review coming?
btw, i've heard that there will be shippment on the 28 to january/13
please hurry with it and compare with:
Olympus PEN E-PL5
Panasonic Lumix DMC G5
Olympus OM-D E-M5
also make sure you use the 12-35 2.8 new panasonic lens
and test those lenses with it:
Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 Asph. Lens
Panasonic Leica Summilux DG 25mm F1.4
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm f/1.8 Lens
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14mm f/4.0 ASPH. Lens
Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. Lens
Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95 Micro Four Thirds Lens
and test the video compared to a99,5dmk3,d800e,E-PL5
thanks , please make it fast :)
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Added by randybenter | January 19 , 2013
Re: when is the review coming?
Last camera test was posted in November. What's going on at DXO???
Added by aditt | December 28 , 2012
Lumix GH3
When are we going to see a test of the new Lumix GH3?
Happy new year!
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Added by archivjmue | January 13 , 2013
Re: Lumix GH3
Hi Achim,
thanks for your question! I'm going to buy the GH3 but will be waiting for DXOMark's score.
Added by Nicolas | January 14 , 2013
Re: Lumix GH3
Actually the Lumix GH3 is one of our top priority cameras, but the problem is that it is very difficult to get hand on one sample!
Added by hoodlum | January 14 , 2013
Re: Lumix GH3
These guys have stock and will ship anywhere.


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The New Zealand Davis Cup team has been beaten in its Asia/Oceania Group I relegation playoff against Taiwan in Taipei this evening.
The home team scored a 3-1 overall victory over the Kiwis with a win in the first of the reverse singles sealing the result as Liang-Chi Huang defeated Dan King-Turner 3-6 6-7(4) 1-6.
After losing the opening two singles matches on the first day King-Turner and Rubin Statham kept the Kiwis in the clash with a four set victory in the doubles to take the contest live into the final day and the first of the reverse singles.
Huang ranked at 353 won the first set 6-3 but then King-Turner with an ATP ranking of 357 worked his way to a 5-1 lead in the second set, including a set point before the home player came back to win in the tiebreak and then wrap up the match 6-1 in the third set.
The loss means that after a year back in the strong Group I of Asia/Oceania in Davis Cup New Zealand now drops to Group II and will play Lebanon, away in February 2013.


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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Reassure me about my poncho
Jul 26, 2007 at 5:35 am #1224283
L. T.Member
I am heading out West soon. I had planned to use a Silponcho and Spinnchaps instead of my usual raingear (ID Event jacket, Precip pants). However, as zero hour arrives I find myself leaning towards the coat/pants combo. Should I just embrace the gear change and use the poncho?Jul 26, 2007 at 6:12 am #1396527
John S.BPL Member
On this trip take your event jacket for insurance in addition to your poncho/spinchaps. This will ease your "anxieties". Think of it as gear testing with backup in case of a problem.
What are you using for a shelter?Jul 26, 2007 at 6:16 am #1396528
Richard MatthewsMember
@foodLocale: Colorado Rockies
I am not sure where in the West you are hiking. I hike in REI Sahara pants in Colorado. I have not worn rain pants for 3 season hiking in a decade.
I am a LW/UL hiker. I know how to go SUL, but prefer LW/UL. I carry both a DriDucks Jacket and a poncho. A jacket is is more convenient for breaks and around camp. The poncho is part of the shelter system.
The chaps are not needed with Sahara pants.Jul 26, 2007 at 8:07 am #1396536
David PasseyMember
@davidpasseyLocale: New York City
Thanks for your experience. I'm facing a similar question now, heading into the wind rivers next week and debating over taking wp/b pants. (I aspire to a base weight of 5 points, but it's unlikely I'll make it.)
When you say that chaps aren't needed with sahara pants, do you mean:
1. The pants dry quickly.
2. The pants repel water for a while and then dry quickly.
3. You don't often get rain, so a risk of occassional wet legs is worth the weight saving.
In my case, rain is forecast for my entire time in the Wind Rivers.
If your reason for leaving rain paints behind was #3, would you take rain pants on a trip where rain was expected?
Thanks in advance for your views.
–DavidJul 26, 2007 at 8:53 am #1396539
Ryan FaulknerBPL Member
i have used raingear/ catenary cut tarp, as well as poncho/tarp combinations in alomst all conditions possible, rain, snow, wind, ect.
I feel confident because of my experience in using either system. but there are a couple of things to consider.
with raingear/ tarp, you are going to need a pack liner to keep your gear dry, and deal with the fact that your pack will get wet, and probably gain weight in water. It is nice to be able to go out of your tarp at night, and set up your tarp with protection from the rain. but i often prefer a poncho tarp. because of a variety of reasons… less gear you need to deal with, less weight to carry, it provides weather protection for your pack, it has a ton more pitching options than a cat tarp. but when i first started using a poncho, i had a few hesitations like… having to stay under my tarp after i pitch it beacuse i dont have any other rain protection, having to set up/ break camp in the rain.
but in the end, i have learned ways to deal with the obvious problems of a poncho tarp, and often times prefer it.
comfort and confidence in a poncho tarp system comes mostlyy with experience.
as far as leg protection, I usually dont wear rainpants, weather i am using a poncho or rain jacket. i wear short running shorts, and just let my legs get wet, or wear a thin quick drying windpant.
i only pack the rain pants if i am in the winter or fall seasons, because of the temperature, so i dont ave to worry about hypothermia.
in the summer i have neve had a problem wwithout rain pants. another reason i prefer the poncho, it goes below the waist, and in most rains, my legs hardley get wet at all.Jul 26, 2007 at 9:03 am #1396540
Richard MatthewsMember
@foodLocale: Colorado Rockies
Pants do not get very wet from rain when you wear a poncho. Pants generally get wet from bashing through wet weeds and understory. In the Rockies it is generally possible to avoid the weeds and brush. We seldom get dew. Even bushwhacking here I generally can avoid the "wet to the waist weed walks".
I do not carry rain pants even when rain is forecast. Do carry enough clothes to get dry and stay warm down to freezing.Jul 26, 2007 at 10:13 am #1396543
Brian LewisMember
@brianleLocale: Pacific NW
I used a poncho and spinnchaps on a recent wet trip (80 miles, got back Sunday). Or rather I happily used the poncho and mostly didn't bother with the spinnchaps. When I was moving, the spinnchaps made me warm enough that it was the classic case of choosing between getting wet-from-the-outside or wet-from-the-inside. After the first use, I subsequently just converted my pants to shorts and went bare legged. What I could have used was something like an eVent gaitor, as I quickly found that goretex socks aren't proof against the volume of water delivered by continuously bashing through wet brush — they seemed to wet my feet from the top (ankles) down. I expect that even with gaitors, though, my feet would have gotten soaked given that my shoes are aimed at drying out quickly and not at being water resistant.
I think the spinnchaps are useful for use in camp or for colder conditions, but for potentially wet summer trips I'm not sure I'll bother in future.
The poncho worked great, better than a rain coat, with the caveat that I used the shock cord that came with the spinnchaps to wrap around my waist and keep the poncho fabric a bit in check — trade-off in less ventilation, but perhaps more likely to keep fabric in check and staying in place where you want it. It was a pleasure to walk through soaking brush up to my shoulders and stay dry down to my ~knees.
Brian LewisJul 26, 2007 at 10:53 am #1396546
ROBERT TANGENSpectator
@robertm2sLocale: Lake Tahoe
I don't know how other people view the situation, but I am amazed at Ryan Faulkner. For such a young chap, he has incredible experience, knowledge, and just plain smarts. I think R. Jordan should make R. Faulkner a staff member, in order to secure and expand his contributions to BPL. But then, I've been drinking heavily today.Jul 26, 2007 at 1:20 pm #1396560
Ross BleakneyBPL Member
@rossbleakneyLocale: Cascades
If you are bringing wind shirt/pants, I would go ahead and leave the other rain clothes behind. The combination seems like a good match. The nice thing about wind clothes is that they provide some rain protection and a fair amount of bug protection. Depending on where and when you go, bugs may be a bigger concern. For example, if I was hiking in the Pacific Northwest mountains, I would bring minimal rain gear but full bug protection. If I went out to the coast, I would bring more comfortable rain gear (you can get a lot of foggy days by the coast).Jul 26, 2007 at 5:45 pm #1396574
L. T.Member
Thank you for all of the great advice. I expect both bugs and rain. I don't plan to use the poncho as a shelter but did buy some micro cordage to use around my waist to stop the poncho from flapping.Jul 26, 2007 at 7:29 pm #1396584
Brett .Member
@brett1234Locale: CA
Lyndell, I encourage you to try the poncho if you have not yet. However if you are expecting bugs make sure one clothing layer covers you head to foot without any gaps; that could be your wind layer. My experiences with a poncho in summer in the NW, around Ft.Lewis WA were difficult, with swarms of large mosquitoes penetrating every opening in clothing. A poncho would not be a complete solution. Where you are going could be different of course.
What are you doing for sun protection? For me, a wind jacket doubles as sun protection also because it is cool enough to breathe.
Montbell makes an UL windjacket and pants; 5 ounces for the SET.
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text: 125 is all youd need, lol all i think ive ever use has been 125 hp and sp so im not so sure on which is better but as far as going out to over 20 yards the 125 hasnt failed me yet although i used some s&b 158 sp when i bought my newest toy, and other than the reviews and bad cycling of my pistol due to power residue it seemed fine but i also was not trying to record muzzle velocity or anything due to my lack of equipment and excitment of my new piece. but overall i wouldnt think anything about them stacking up against one another unless your planning on doing some long range pistol shooting in a competition setting where all that will definately play a big factor. but for personal defense id suggest the 125 as it will undoubtably be faster for the close range that will be expected in this scenerio. plus if your using hollow points the 125 would spread better and use full potential of the hp factor but these are my views on it. hope it helps your decision.


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Artist Interview: Scott Griessel (aka Creatista)Posted: May 15, 2012 Filed under: Inspiration, Interview, Microstock, Photography 2 Comments
Every month we feature one of our illustrators or photographers. This month we talk to Scott Griessel, alias Creatista. Scott is an Arizona-based photographer whose larger-than-life portraits gleefully fall outside the box of standard stock. Scott is not afraid to let his models emote or get messy or outrageous. Today we take a look inside his world of colorful characters— from smoking nuns to nagging moms, drag queens to femme fatales, bubblegum punks to yogis and beyond…
How did you get started in photography?
SC: I'm actually a TV and film guy. I started my career in video and worked up to being a producer and director for TV commercials, videos for shows, training films and that sort of thing. I spent a while as a creative director and partner in a boutique agency working for national clients like Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Freightliner, Airstream and others. I was working on a catalog job for Saab in Atlanta over a decade ago and the photographer had just switched to a digital back for his large format camera. I was skeptical and made sure he had lots of film and a regular film back handy. My first brush with digital was immediate love and I've never looked back. As I progressed in my career, I was able to integrate photography into my own company, Creatista. Now it's about 20% to 30% of my business.
Who or what inspires your work?
SC: I'm a big fan of Cindy Sherman and Chuck Close. I guess I just like quirky portraits. People are endlessly fascinating.
What are your favorite images from your collection?
SC: Wow! I like a lot of them for different reasons. Here are five that come to mind… of course, on a different day I'd pick five different shots.
What's your favorite subject matter? Describe your style. What do you try to capture in your images?
SC: I love shooting people and characters. If I can set up a scene just like I would in a film or video, I'm happy. I like the pictures to end up with a sense of relationship and narrative. I'm not a picky scenic type, or an intense sort of 'work for the one great shot' photographer. I tend to shoot pretty fast and loose. I like to work on location and even enjoy a certain sense of messiness to my shots vs. pristine staging. Mostly, I just want to have fun while I work.
If you had to pick just one camera to work with from now on, what would it be?
SC: I know it's counter-intuitive, but I'm not that interested in cameras. I shoot Canon and have some great 1ds and 5D bodies and glass. Even so, I don't read the trade magazines or spend much time thinking about my gear- except when it breaks. I'm in the Lance Armstrong school… it's not about the bike and it's not about the camera. Lots of my friends love their gear, and I'm often a bit sheepishly embarrassed by my own lack of knowledge. I just know what I like and I click the shutter when I see it.
If you won the lottery, what's the one place or person you would run away to photograph?
SC: I have a dream to walk across the country for a year, stopping into the small towns and just meeting people and writing about them. I'm interested in the country and how we're doing. Not in a political way, just what people are up to and how they live their lives. I've done quite a bit of editorial work for magazines and other clients and I really like it. This would be a personal project. In 2006 I produced and directed a documentary film called The Asphalt Gospel about a group of progressive Christians that walked from Phoenix to Washington, D.C. It was five months on the road moving very slowly from town to town. Guess I'm just itching to get out again.
What do you do when you're not shooting?
SC: Travel, baby! In fact, I'm on my way to Turkey with my wife in a couple days. We'll come back with thousands of photos… so look out, reviewers!
What one tip would you share with someone who's just starting out in the stock industry?
SC: Can I give more than one? OK. I will.
I'm a huge fan of microstock and stock. It allows a photographer to find a niche and work on subjects of interest to them. I'm not a birder, but, if I was, I would concentrate on creating excellent shots of birds. It's like being a writer – 'write what you know'. Shoot what you know. I know actors and theaters and film-making, so that's what I shoot.
It is seriously hard work. For everyone that I meet and refer and help out to get started, maybe one in ten will stick with it. The secret is, it's worth it. It takes time and effort, but once your portfolio hits a certain size and your skill level continues to grow, it's a great way to make a solid income. It is possible. I couldn't live solely on my stock work, but it is a significant part of the entire platform.
Don't take rejections personally. Reviewers are human and have opinions and have to make borderline calls on images. No photo is worth getting upset over. I used to agonize over every shot and feel an affront if it didn't get accepted. Now I lick my wounds, try to learn from the experience, and move on.
Do you have a favorite artist/photographer at Crestock?
SC: Since I shoot people, I tend to be drawn to other artists that do the same. Who isn't in awe of Yuri Arcurs? I always enjoy images from andresr, and I think diego_cervo has an interesting eye and does a nice job with the post work on every image. For still lifes, Elenathewise, and nicemonkey rocks the vectors.
Do you have a website/blog or any other personal links (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc) that you would like to share?
SC: I'm everywhere. Easy to find on Facebook under my name, Scott Griessel. I'd be happy to make new friends. I also maintain a back-end invite-only site on Facebook called CreatistaPhotography with models, MUAs, stylists, actors and photographers. The main site is creatista.com… forever in need of updating but always fun, just the same.
Would you like to share any other information?
SC: I'm from San Diego, and spent my formative years in the Midwest, including Detroit, which I love. Now I live near Tucson, Arizona and have a studio called 19 Below – that's on Facebook, too.
I work with Eric Basir at Photografix for the bulk of my post work, since it's too fast and furious for me to do all on my own. Theadra Taylor is a rockin assistant and model; she sets up our Creatista shoots. Edwin Serrano is the king of gear, staying on top of all the stuff when I don't and making me look like I know what I'm doing…
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