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And you fellows,' I added to the men, 'keep away from the forecastle deck.
One or two of the men were lounging lazily on the forecastle deck.
At last a shout went up from some one on the forecastle deck.
Tons of water broke over the forecastle deck, and the Captain was alarmed lest the deck seams should open.
On the forecastle deck the mate and some men stood watching our approach, with ropes ready to throw out to us.
"That I will," said he; took the helmet off his head, laid down his sword and shield, and went forward to the forecastle deck.
The goddess stood in the middle of what was called the ikrion proras, which would correspond to the forecastle deck.
Hemming, meantime, was wrenching up the forecastle deck to assist in the formation of a raft.
At the forward end of the vessel, on the level of the B deck, was situated the forecastle deck, which was 125 feet long.
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More than half of all adults over the age of 50 suffer from hemorrhoids. Whether or not you have had hemorrhoids in the past, you could be a candidate for them. Knowing what the causes are may help you prevent them, or recognize them while it's early enough to take control of them and get rid of them without medical intervention.
Hemorrhoids can be internal or external. They can happen at any age and to anyone. The causes may not all be known, but understanding what causes yours can help you control your own condition.
• Sitting or standing in one position for long periods of time: Sitting and standing both cause pressure on the rectum. This can cause the tissue to become inflamed and swell. It can also cause the veins to be stressed, become irritated, and hemorrhoids to appear. If you have a job that requires you to sit or stand for long periods of time, you should make sure that you walk around during your breaks. Fidgeting is also a good idea, as it will give you a little motion and take pressure off of the area most affected.
• Pregnancy: When a woman is pregnant, she has additional pressure on her rectum. Some pregnant women also have a problem with constipation, which can cause straining during the bowel movement. Check with your obstetrician, as he or she may prescribe an all natural stool softener as well as other methods to help avoid hemorrhoids during pregnancy.
• Constipation: Being constipated causes hard stools that may be difficult to pass. Straining may cause the veins to become enlarged, and that may cause hemorrhoids. If you notice hemorrhoids after a bowel movement, they may go away on their own. If they become worse or don't respond to warm baths or any other hemorrhoid treatment you may use, you may want to see your doctor. Adding fiber to your diet and drinking water should help end the constipation.
• Eating spicy food: When you eat food that irritates your digestive tract, it can cause hemorrhoids. For some, this means spicy dishes. For others, it means foods they simply aren't used to. Carefully monitoring your intake of various foods should help to prevent this problem from occurring.
• Diarrhea: The extra force put forth by passing a watery stool can cause irritation that brings on a hemorrhoid.
• Genetics: Some people are genetically predisposed to having hemorrhoids. This doesn't mean they will get them, just that they are more likely to than other people.
Avoiding the common causes of hemorrhoids may enable you to prevent them from occurring. If you do notice a problem beginning, taking the proper actions can stop them from becoming worse. Hemorrhoids can be controlled. Keep your bowel movements regular, eat a high fiber diet, and get enough exercise, and you will have a better chance at avoiding them all together.


text: Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly is 9" of complete charm. This fairylike creature is dressed in a yellow tunic top that has felt flowers, a petal ruffle at the hem and leaves which encircle her waist. Her pink and yellow striped pants have pink ruffles at the ankles which go wonderfully with her pink jellies and white socks. Her red curly hair has pink highlights and an orange felt flower decoration, all of which is topped by an embroidered gold lamè crown. And, as a butterfly wouldn't be one without its wings, Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly has them too, a pair of fashionably blue ones.


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What is your friend's budget? That will have a major influence on what fabric you can work with.
If she's short on cash, she should either (a) wait and save up more money, or (b) be prepared to be satisfied with using basic cotton, which can look flimsy, thin, and limp quite quickly. Avoid cheap costumey polyester satin.
If money is less of an object, there are several ways to go: a low-luster/non-gloss high-quality polyester satin ("casa satin" or duchesse satin, often found with bridal wear) would give a polished and leisure-class look. For a more sturdy garment that a character could use for everyday wear, wool suiting or poplin would be perfect. If your friend wants to splurge, you can price out some of the stronger silk fabrics.
What you go with hinges, really, upon two factors: (1) How much is your friend willing to spend, and (2) What is suitable for the character? I know nothing about the character, so it is difficult to tell whether she's a refined lady (which would use an expensive, high-quality material like silk satin), a lower class woman who is splurging after becoming suddenly part of the nouveau riche class (who would likely use cheaper but flashier fabrics), or the nicest dress in the wardrobe of a sensible, responsible, middle class woman (wool and poplin). Just some food for thought.
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Activists help promote Tuskegee Airmen movie, black heroes
A grass-roots campaign on social media, in church groups and by community activists to promote more movies about black people has pushed a World War II period film about black fighter pilots to do better than expected at the box office.
The movie, Red Tails, produced by director George Lucas of Star Wars fame, is about the heroics of the famed Tuskegee Airmen.
It spurred activists in Los Angeles and Oakland to organize movie premieres. Church groups took busloads to see the movie. Filmgoers posted on Twitter and Facebook, urging others to see it.
"We need yall to put your money where your whine is," actor Carl Gilliard, 53, posted on his Facebook page before the movie was released. He says he was tired of people complaining about not seeing enough black people in movies.
The only way to see more films with black actors, he says, is to support the films that are made. So he and several friends organized an "Occupy Red Tails Mixer" at a theater in West Los Angeles the night the movie opened Jan. 20. More than 125 people showed up, and several showings sold out.
"I wanted to show the power of the urban audience," Gilliard says. "With this movie, there was an insatiable desire for content by African Americans to see themselves in a heroic way. You couple that with social media, and it went viral."
Especially timed to Black History Month, black communities are seeing the movie as an acknowledgment of the role of blacks in the military and during a pivotal moment of American history.
Despite middling to bad reviews, the film did better than expected with a second-place showing in the box office on its opening weekend, taking in $19 million. It dropped to fourth place its second weekend with $10.4 million.
"It has had a positive impact on the box office," says Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box office division of Hollywood.com, a movie-related website. He says the film, which has held steady in fourth place, has done well for a period piece.
Dergarabedian says he has seen other successful grass-roots campaigns, but mostly around faith-based films, not films that feature all-black casts.
The film resonated with black audiences because it showed blacks, particularly men, in a different way than they are often portrayed in popular culture, says D. Soyini Madison, who teaches performance studies at Northwestern University.
"It's about representation. How you are represented is how you are treated," Madison says. "So even if it is embellished, the movie still gave a nod to a moment in African-American history where black men flew planes."
The movie excited audiences, many of whom do not personally know black fighter pilots, she says.
That differs from a movie such as The Help, in which black characters are portrayed as domestics. Black maids are a more familiar experience, she says.
Madison says the last times the black community rallied so strongly around a film were in 1997, when Amistad, about a mutiny aboard a slave ship traveling to America, was released, and in 1985, with The Color Purple, about the life of black women in the South.
"Tuskegee Airmen" refers to everyone involved in what was known as the Tuskegee Experiment, when the Army Air Corps trained black men to fly and maintain combat planes — pilots, navigators, instructors, maintenance and others. Of the 15,000 documented Airmen who served from 1941 to 1949, about 1,000 were pilots, says Zellie Rainey Orr, former historian for the Tuskegee Airmen Inc., which preserves the men's history, and president of the group's Atlanta chapter.
For young people in low-income neighborhoods, the image on a big screen of young black men as heroes is powerful, says Georgette Greenlee Finney, 45, a Chicago attorney who directs a youth ministry at Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church there.
She took about 20 young people to see the movie during its opening weekend. Since then, they have created skits for the congregation, acting as airmen.
"Our kids came out chanting," she says. "It's going to be one more positive opportunity that allows them to redefine who they are and who they believe they can be."
Effie Tesfahun, a community organizer in Oakland, says she talked a local theater into playing the film, which sold out on the opening weekend.
Tesfahun, 32, had seen a TV interview in which Lucas said he had trouble getting the movie financed because Hollywood didn't think a movie about black fighter pilots would sell. She says she and her friends e-mailed everyone they knew and sent messages on Facebook.
"I reached out to people and said, 'Let's show our dollars say something, too.' "
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I have modified the sessionmanager.class.php file to allow plog to store sessions in the database. This is useful if one wants to implement who's online functionality because it makes it trivial to find out exactly who or what is browsing your plog site. The nice thing about this is that it only requires that a table be added to the database to store the sessions and that this one file is modified. I suppose if someone wanted to they could create a configuration option to select whether to use database sessions or file system sessions.
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text: It's about that time of year, folks - as Mobile World Congress approaches at the end of February, more and more upcoming phones are going to be leaked. The first major leak is from @HTCFamily_ru, which posted a photo of an unknown HTC phone this morning. It appears to be a new member of the One family; the rear is the only visible angle, but it's showing off what looks like two cameras on the back.Read More


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text: On the downside, Booksfree is the most expensive book rental plan we looked at. In fact, it's the most expensive subscription-based service we looked at. The book we rented would have cost us $20.99 on Amazon.com, or a single credit on a download service that would run between $9.99 and $14.95 (and you don't get to keep the book). However, if you go through more than one book per month, you'll start seeing savings over the download sites. Certainly part of what you're paying for is the fast First Class shipping. But you also get a selection twice as big as its closest competitor, Simply Audiobooks. Sure, the website could be better, but for those who prefer their books on CD, Booksfree is an avid listener's best friend.


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Action call after another rail runaway
Rail union RMT has renewed its call for secondary protection to prevent rail runaways after another potentially fatal incident late last month. The incident came the day after RMT held another round of talks on the issue with Network Rail. A road-rail dumper truck ran free for a quarter of a mile before hitting buffers at Bradford Interchange station on 25 March. The operator of the vehicle jumped clear before the impact and suffered minor bruising. RMT said the incident had 'echoes of the tragedy at Tebay in February 2004, in which four RMT members were killed by a runaway trolley' (Risks 543). An investigation by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) into the latest runaway is under way, but the union says the incident brings into sharp focus its demand for the introduction of a secondary protection mechanism to prevent further deaths and injuries. RMT general secretary Bob Crow said: 'Eight years after four of our members were killed at Tebay the relentless stream of runaways has still not stopped, and it is time that the secondary protection we are seeking was put in place. The Bradford incident took place the day after our latest round of talks and it underlines that this remains a serious problem and that it is deeds, not words, that will prevent further unnecessary loss of life.' He added: 'We are supposed to be working with Network Rail to develop a suitable mechanism but progress is still painfully slow and NR is not treating this issue with the urgency it deserves. Our members put their lives on the line to maintain the railway and they need action now - not after the next tragedy.'
Teachers blast 'reckless' safety cuts
The government's 'reckless' and 'simplistic' attitude to health and safety threatens to put the lives of children and adults in schools and colleges at risk, a teaching union has warned. Delegates at last week's annual conference of NASUWT condemned the removal of 'vital' health and safety protections in the workplace. Chris Keates, NASUWT general secretary, said: 'NASUWT research has shown time and time again that teachers are facing serious health and safety risks in schools as a result of high levels of stress, school buildings which are outdated and not fit for purpose, the presence of asbestos and excessive classroom temperatures. Despite the weight of this evidence, since coming to power the government has slashed the budget of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and announced plans to axe or reform 84 per cent of health and safety laws.' She said the government axe had already fallen on 'important' school safety rules. 'Over 140 pages of health and safety guidance for schools, including robust and detailed advice on protecting pupils on school trips, have been scrapped. This guidance provided schools and teachers with an important safeguard if things went wrong.' The union leader added: 'The coalition government's decision to sweep away this advice could make teachers more vulnerable. Parents will continue to expect schools to act in children's best interests. Parents should be extremely worried that the coalition government's cost-cutting measures could endanger their children and damage their education.' A government consultation on reducing regulations covering school premises closed in January. NASUWT's response warned the government's moves to deregulate safety are endangering the 'quality of the educational environment and the health, safety and welfare of children, young people and staff.'
Work pressure makes school staff sick
School workers are falling ill as a result of the pressure of their jobs, teaching unions have warned. ATL has said in the current academic year four in ten education staff have visited the doctor and a quarter taken sick leave because of job pressure. And NUT said excessive working hours are taking a toll on teachers' mental health. A survey by ATL found staff felt overwhelmingly that their job has a negative impact on their health and well-being (73 per cent). The main contributing factors were their workload (84 per cent), working long hours (69 per cent), the pressure of inspections (47 per cent), and the pressure of observations (40 per cent). The ATL survey found 43 per cent of all staff believed their workload has increased over the last two years, and for 36 per cent it has increased significantly. Half of all those surveyed said they usually work more than 50 hours a week. Just over 80 per cent of staff rated their current workload as high to extremely high. ATL general secretary, Dr Mary Bousted, said: 'The government doesn't seem to care about teachers' workload or their mental health and is showing a callous disregard for teachers' well-being in many of its policies. Schools and the government must work together to ensure the introduction of well-being programmes and better policies to look after the health of their staff.' NUT general secretary Christine Blower, whose union conference last week passed a motion warning of the impact on staff of spiralling workloads, said: 'Despite the government's supposed commitment to ensure that the pressure on teachers to work excessive hours is reduced there is no evidence to show that this is happening. Many classroom teachers, heads and deputies work in excess of 50 hours a week, which inevitably takes its toll not only on home life but also on teachers' mental health.'
Overheated schools cause lethargy
Many classrooms are so overheated that sweltering pupils are finding it impossible to study, a union survey suggests. NASUWT said its survey shows that one in three teachers have had to give lessons in temperatures that are over 30 degrees Celsius. Modern building design, with much more use of glass, was making the problem worse, the survey indicated. The union's general secretary, Chris Keates, said stifling conditions made pupils' behaviour more difficult. The survey, published last week at the union's conference in Birmingham, also found more than three quarters of teachers had faced classroom conditions above 24 degrees Celsius. A large majority of teachers said that such temperatures had an adverse impact on pupils' ability to learn. The reason that this was becoming a more urgent problem, said Ms Keates, was a combination of new school design and old buildings. There were new buildings where glass was used extensively in the design - but she said these did not always have sufficient ways to reduce the heat, such as blinds that could be pulled down by teachers. There were also problems with older buildings, including windows that could not be opened because of worries about security. These classrooms faced a build-up of heat that made it impossible to study. Teachers in the survey talked about both staff and pupils becoming lethargic and light-headed because of the temperatures. NASUWT believes there should be a legal maximum temperature for the workplace. The TUC (Risks 421) and unions including USDAW, Unite and BFAWU (Risks 523) have also pressed for a legal maximum temperature.
- NASUWT news release. BBC News Online. The case for a legally enforceable maximum workplace temperature, TUC, 2009 [pdf].
Bullies and cyberbullies blight schools
Over two-thirds of teachers have experienced or witnessed workplace bullying in the last 12 months and one in five teachers have left their job because of bullying from colleagues or managers, a survey by teaching union NASUWT has found. Over 3,000 teachers responded to the union's online survey. Over half of teachers who had been bullied said they experienced persistent, unjustified criticism and 45 per cent reported intimidatory use of discipline and competence procedures against them. Chris Keates, general secretary of NASUWT, said: 'Unfortunately the culture of macho management and punitive accountability created by this government is enabling bullying to flourish. One of the first acts of the coalition was to abandon plans to record all incidents of bullying of staff and pupils. Concern for the health and welfare of the workforce is not high on the coalition's list of priorities. Indeed, it doesn't seem to appear at all.' NASUWT research also found many pupils are routinely using social media to abuse teachers online.
- NASUWT news releases on the bullying epidemic and use of social media to bully.
- The Guardian news reports on schools bullying and cyberbullying.
- BBC News Online.
Border Force falls down on footwear
A UK Border Force worker slipped and suffered a catalogue of injuries because he hadn't been provided with the replacement work boots he had requested. Just a week before the incident the PCS member, whose name has not been released, had written to bosses saying he needed the new boots as a matter of urgency. It was the second time he had raised the issue but his requests were ignored. His fears that the seriously worn soles on his old boots would cause him to slip were realised in July 2011, when he fell from a foot high walkway at Dover Docks whilst he was monitoring lorries as part of his duties as an executive officer for the Border Force. The 47-year-old suffered a fractured elbow, jarring to his neck and exacerbated a previous knee injury. Eight months on and despite physiotherapy he is still not back to full duties. Lawyers brought in by PCS settled a compensation case out of court for £10,000. UK Border Force did not admit liability. PCS national officer Paul O'Connor commented: 'Our member had twice asked for a new pair of work boots but this simple request was ignored. For the cost of listening to its employees and a new pair of work boots the Border Force has paid out thousands of pounds and our member has gone through agony.' Gwen Wylie at Thompsons Solicitors, the law firm brought in by PCS to represent the injured worker, said: 'Having the correct footwear in the workplace may seem trivial - the government may call it health and safety madness - but as this accident shows, wearing work boots which are fit for purpose can mean the difference between being able to get on with your job or ending up in accident and emergency.'
- Thompsons Solicitors news release.
- Working feet and footwear, TUC guide, 2008 [pdf].
Hospital injury shows need for proper staffing
A hospital worker needed two operations on her shoulder and had to take over a year off work after she was injured helping a 20-stone patient. The 53-year-old, whose name has not been released, has been left unable to lift heavy items with her left arm after the incident at Alcester Community Hospital in Warwickshire. The technical instructor in physiotherapy and a colleague were helping the patient to lean on a pulpit frame as part of his rehabilitation. Without warning he flung himself backwards onto a chair. The physiotherapy worker was catapulted with him, suffering a tear to the rotator cuff and bicep which needed two operations to repair. She has been told her shoulder is unlikely to improve. As a result she can no longer lift, cannot undertake certain job functions and in total has had to take 17 months off work. She has been able to return to work, but is now employed in the community with Warwickshire Primary Care Trust (PCT). Lawyers brought in by her union, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), argued that Warwickshire PCT should have made sure there was adequate staffing to move a very large patient. The patient's care plan required two members of staff to be present but union solicitors argued that this was clearly not enough. The PCT admitted liability and settled the claim out of court for £25,000. Jess Belmonte, national officer at the CSP, said: 'Care plans should be written to take into account each patient's unique needs. It is clear that this care plan was flawed and that more members of staff were needed to help move a patient of this weight. As a result our member has suffered a painful injury which has had an impact on her home and work life.'
Train door slamming caused tinnitus
A train driver was left unable to carry out his job for a year after his hearing was damaged by an explosion-like bang of a faulty door. The ASLEF member, who is employed by Northern Rail Ltd and was driving a train from Manchester Oxford Road station to Liverpool Lime Street at the time of the incident, was left with tinnitus in his right ear which meant he was unable to drive trains for almost a year. The tinnitus - noises in the ear which can be extremely stressful - started when the gangway door leading from the driver's cab to the main part of the train burst open as he approached a station at 60mph. The driver, whose name has not been released, tried to secure the door and lock it at the next station but the door's lock was faulty and it slammed open again at another station, exposing him to another loud bang. Afterwards he noticed buzzing in his ear which became so bad he sought advice from a doctor. He was diagnosed with tinnitus which means he hears a constant ringing in his ear. It affects his sleep and means he is unable to concentrate on reading. As a result of the condition, company policy meant that he was unable to drive trains for a year and was put on light duties for six months. After receiving specialist treatment for his tinnitus he has been able to return to his job full-time. Lawyers brought in by ASLEF to act in the case negotiated an undisclosed out-of-court settlement after Northern Rail admitted liability. ASLEF general secretary Mick Whelan said: 'Our member has been left with a permanent condition because this door hadn't been correctly checked for faults or properly maintained. Being unable to do your job for almost a full year is in itself both a financial strain and frustrating - but having to live with constant ringing in your ear for the rest of your life is very difficult to endure.'
Signal box fumes caused disabling chronic fatigue
A railway worker who was exposed to chemical fumes at work went onto to develop Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). It is not known if the 44-year-old, from Liskeard in Cornwall, will ever recover from the debilitating condition which has already seen him lose his job as a signalman for Network Rail. The RMT member, whose name has not been released, was exposed to the unidentified fumes escaping from a faulty electrical box whilst working at Lostwithiel signal box. The fumes caused him to become unwell immediately. Initially he suffered from a burning sensation in his chest and nose, dizziness and pain in his limbs. Over the following weeks and months his symptoms worsened. Now on some days he is in so much pain he cannot get out of bed. He suffers from poor memory and at times finds it difficult to breathe. He has been diagnosed with chemically induced CFS with a 60 per cent disability and can no longer work. Following the incident he attempted to return to his job but in the end was signed off on long term sick and eventually had his contract terminated. In a compensation case brought with support from union lawyers, Network Rail admitted liability and settled the claim out of court for £37,000. Bob Crow, general secretary at RMT, commented: 'Signalmen play an important role in ensuring the railways run smoothly and are responsible for ensuring that millions of passengers reach their destinations on time. It isn't a lot to ask that Network Rail provide its employees with a safe environment to allow them to continue to do their job as best they can.' Kevin Digby from Thompsons Solicitors, the law firm brought in by RMT to act in the case, added: 'Our client's life has been turned upside down by this accident which could have been avoided had this antiquated electrical box been updated and maintained properly. We hope this compensation will help him as he learns to adapt and cope with this debilitating condition.'
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Daily Mail insane crowing on seagull rescue
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) myth busting challenge panel launched this week to counter the 'health and safety gone mad' stories that appear routinely in the press has had an inauspicious start. The Daily Mail, which has a history of running myth-propagating stories about health and safety 'jobsworths' and killjoys, was near the front of the queue with a referral to the panel. The paper wanted HSE's view on an incident last week when 25 fire-fighters called by RSPCA to rescue a gull decided it wasn't a justified use of resources, but stuck around in case a member of the public got in to difficulty in their own rescue bid. When HSE said it would take five days to get a response from the panel, the Daily Mail had got its headline: 'The Mail contacted the new health and safety Myth Buster panel and were told... Give us five days and we'll say if the firemen did the right thing.' However Judith Hackitt, the Chair of HSE, said on the day the mail story appeared "We have now had chance to examine the facts in this case and it is clear that it was not about health and safety at all. The fire service itself has made clear that their decisions at Carshalton were not based on health and safety factors. We endorse this view.' ' The panel's high profile launch a day earlier had been welcomed by health and safety minister Chris Grayling. He said: 'Common sense is the key to successful health and safety. The Myth Busters Challenge Panel will advise people where they think local authorities, insurance companies or schools have got it wrong.' But the Hazards Campaign had warned the panel was addressing the wrong problem. Before the gull left HSE's panel pondering its position, spokesperson Hilda Palmer had warned: 'The HSE is in danger of creating its own myths by wasting time and resources on this myth-busting exercise.' She called on HSE to 'get its priorities right and bust the real pernicious myths' around health and safety such as 'only 171 people were killed at work last year when the figure is nearer 50,000.' She added the government and HSE were promoting deadly myths of their own, including 'that the docks, quarries, agriculture, manufacturing and transport are all so 'low hazard' that preventive lifesaving inspections are banned despite the fact that the death rates are well above average.'
HSE confirms docks rules are for the chop
A union prediction that essential safety rules protecting dockworkers were to be targeted as part of the government's drive to cull or revise 84 per cent of workplace safety regulations (Risks 549) has been confirmed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Docks Regulations 1988 are included in the latest list of regulations HSE has lined up for the axe, despite a union warning this will lead to the removal of safeguards in an industry with a fatality rate at least five times and possibly over 20 times the national average (Risks 547). Importantly, removing the regulations will mean an Approved Code of Practice (ACoP), which dock unions believe provides important industry-specific rules, would also go, to be replaced by guidance. The HSE consultation document published last week seeks views on the axing of one Act, 12 sets of Regulations and one Order, as well as the withdrawal of approval for one ACoP - all of which, according to the HSE, are either redundant or have been superseded by more up-to-date legislation, or they have not delivered anticipated benefits. Most of the targeted laws are archaic, but more recent regulations including the docks regulations, the Construction (Head Protection) Regulations 1989 and the Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010 are likely to prove more contentious candidates. A consultation on the first seven statutory instruments lined up for the chop closed on 12 March (Risks 540).
- Proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures, CD239. Consultation closes 4 July 2012.
Controversy over accident reporting changes
A dramatic reduction in the number of workplace injuries required to be reported by employers will deliver scant savings to business but could mean early warnings of problems are missed. Since 6 April, employers have not been required to report to the Health and Safety Executive injuries that keep workers off normal duties for seven or fewer days. Previously three day plus injuries were reportable. Employers will also be given 15 days, rather than 10, to report an incident. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) says the changes to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 will see a fall of around 30 per cent in the number of incidents that must be reported by law - an average of around 30,000 fewer reports a year. It estimates the move could save businesses 10,000 hours a year. Health and safety minister Chris Grayling said: 'We want less red tape for business, and these measures should save companies thousands of hours a year. We are freeing them from the burdens of unnecessary bureaucracy, while making sure serious incidents are properly investigated.' But Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB, commented: 'This will do absolutely nothing to improve the health and safety record of UK employers or make workplaces safer. There will be 30,000 fewer accidents reported, which is not the same as 30,000 fewer accidents.' Unions believe records of less serious incidents could provide valuable intelligence which could help prevent future more serious problems. The plans were also ridiculed by the business lobby. John Longworth, director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce, said 'the government's own figures show that this will only save firms £240,000 annually, which in the grand scheme of things, is tiny.' The saving equates to 5p per business per year. In 2008, the Health and Safety Executive estimated the cost of a single workplace fatality was £1.5m. Each occupational cancer prevented would save society considerably more than this, government estimates suggest. Unions argue this shows protective, preventive regulation backed up by enforcement easily and quickly pays for itself - delivering benefits to business and society as a whole.
Shiftworkers face diabetes and obesity risk
Shiftworkers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes and obesity, according to a new study. The researchers are calling for more measures to reduce the impact of shiftworking. In the study, the team from Brigham and Women's Hospital in the US controlled the lives of 21 people, including meal and bedtimes. The results, published this week in Science Translational Medicine, showed changes to normal sleep meant the body struggled to control sugar levels. Some participants even developed early symptoms of diabetes within weeks. The 21 health-trial participants started with 10 hours' sleep at night. This was followed by three weeks of disruption to their sleep and body clocks. The length of the day was extended to 28 hours, creating an effect similar to a full-time flyer constantly getting jet lag. Participants were allowed only 6.5 hours' sleep in the new 28-hour day, equivalent to 5.6 hours in a normal day. They also lived in dim light to prevent normal light resetting the body clock. Sugar levels and insulin control were disrupted, with three of the participants showing sugar levels which stayed so high after their meals they were classified as 'pre-diabetic.' The study also highlighted a risk of putting on weight as the body slowed down. 'The 8 per cent drop in resting metabolic rate that we measured in our participants... translates into a 12.5-pound increase in weight over a single year,' the authors noted. Lead researcher Dr Orfeu Buxton said: 'We think these results support the findings from studies showing that, in people with a pre-diabetic condition, shiftworkers who stay awake at night are much more likely to progress to full-on diabetes than day workers. Since night workers often have a hard time sleeping during the day, they can face both circadian [body clock] disruption working at night and insufficient sleep during the day. The evidence is clear that getting enough sleep is important for health, and that sleep should be at night for best effect.' A study last year found women working certain shifts had an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (Risks 535).
- OM Buxton and others. Adverse metabolic consequences in humans of prolonged sleep restriction combined with circadian disruption, Science Translational Medicine, volume 4, number 129, 11 April 2012 [abstract and related news release].
- BBC News Online.
- The Huffington Post.
Another seven figure fine for Network Rail
Network Rail has been fined £4m over the Grayrigg crash in Cumbria in which an 84-year-old woman died and 88 people were injured. Margaret Masson died after the Virgin train derailed on the West Coast Main Line in February 2007, after going over a 'degraded' set of points. At an earlier hearing in the prosecution brought by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd had admitted criminal health and safety breaches (Risks 546). Mick Whelan, general secretary of the train drivers' union ASLEF, commented: 'As predicted, Network Rail received a meaningless fine and no one is truly being held accountable. Even though Network Rail pleaded guilty and admitted health and safety breaches, the senior managers still walk away without sanction or a stain on their name.' He added: 'Company bosses ignore health and safety laws and simply hide behind a faceless company when things go wrong... They should be held personally responsible for the breaches that lead to passenger injury and death.' Speaking ahead of the sentencing, RMT general secretary Bob Crow said: 'The harsh reality is that any financial penalty on Network Rail as a result of this action will simply come out of the budget for maintenance increasing the likelihood of another Grayrigg in the future.' He added: 'The ORR which has brought the prosecution has also been demanding the cuts that led to Grayrigg in the first place as it is both financial controller and safety regulator in the insane world of rail privatisation. RMT will not let them off the hook for their responsibility for the cuts programme that results from their dual role.' Mrs Masson's family said they found it 'offensive' that as taxpayers they would be contributing to the fine. The prosecution comes less than a month after Network Rail was fined £1m for criminal safety offences related to the death of two schoolgirls on a level crossing. The judge said the firm was guilty of 'culpable corporate blindness' (Risks 548).
Firm fined after driver impaled on steel tube
A Darlington engineering firm has faced a criminal prosecution after a delivery driver was seriously injured when a 6cm diameter steel bar passed through his chest. Jason Ripley, 42, was delivering timber to Henry Williams Group Limited when the incident happened on 19 August 2008. Darlington Magistrates' Court was told a horizontal swing barrier on the site, which consisted of a six metre long, 60mm diameter steel tube, had been left open by a Henry Williams Group employee to allow Mr Ripley access to the unloading point. Mr Ripley had reversed his flat bed lorry through the open barrier so that timber on the left side could be unloaded. However, the court was told that as he drove toward the open barrier on his way through, the end of the horizontal bar was not visible. It had partially swung back into the carriage way and the surrounding foliage and its face-on position made it difficult to see. The bar hit the bonnet, breaking through the windscreen of the lorry and impaling Mr Ripley through the chest. The tube entered his chest on the right side, smashing three ribs and causing damage to one lung. The pole caused a 3-4 inch diameter exit wound in his back. He raised the alarm himself, calling his employer on his mobile phone. After being cut free by fire-fighters, he was airlifted to hospital with part of the barrier still embedded in his chest. Mr Ripley was off work for 10 weeks but has since made a full recovery. A Health and Safety Executive investigation found Henry Williams Group Ltd had failed to assess the risks involved with vehicles driving on and off the site and there was no means of securing the swing barrier in the open position. Henry Williams Group Limited pleaded guilty to a criminal breach of safety law was fined £8,000 and ordered to pay costs of £7,424.80.
- HSE news release.
- Report in The Sun, 16 November 2009.
Bangladesh: Dangerous work campaigner is brutally killed
A Bangladeshi union rights activist and former garment worker was tortured and murdered last week in the country's capital Dhaka, according to authorities. Aminul Islam's body was dumped outside of the city and was found by local police on 5 April. According to the police report, the body bore signs of brutal torture. Workers' rights organisations in Bangladesh and the United States believe the killing is associated with Aminul's work on behalf of garment workers employed by suppliers to major US retailers and brands. Aminul had worked for several years as a labour rights organiser. His organisation, the Bangladeshi Center for Worker Solidarity (BCWS), was featured in a recent ABC TV News story exposing the relationship of US brands to a sweatshop factory fire in Dhaka that killed 29 workers last year (Risks 487). US-based campaign groups the Worker Rights Consortium and the International Labor Rights Forum say BCWS and its staff have been the target of a campaign of harassment by the Bangladeshi government and apparel factory owners for two years. The organisation's licence to operate was revoked and Aminul and two of his colleagues were jailed in 2010. Their release was secured only after international pressure. On the evening of 4 April this year, Aminul received a call from a worker urgently seeking assistance. He left home to meet the worker and was never heard from again. Earlier in the day he had closed the BCWS office early, after noticing a police van parked outside the premises. Labour rights organisations in the US and Bangladesh are calling for a full investigation of the murder and for those responsible to be brought to justice.
- Sign up to the ILRF letter to the prime minister of Bangladesh calling for a thorough and impartial investigation.
India: Taking education into the stone quarries
A union-backed mobile school is providing education for children in India who might otherwise be employed in some of the most hazardous industries around. The school-on-wheels is based in Jodhpur in the Western State of Rajasthan, and will serve families working in the stone quarrying industry. It will educate 118 children aged between 6 and 14 years old at two settlements supplying labour to several stone quarries. It will also provide transportation to hospital for injured or sick workers in emergency situations. The Jodhpur Jila Patthar Khan Mazdoor Sangathan union (JJPKMS), an affiliate of the global union federation BWI, will be responsible for the CHILD LEARN school's operation. Kalu Ram Bhati, the union's general secretary, said 'these settlements of stone quarry workers do not exist on government records, hence they are deprived of schooling, medical and other facilities.' The CHILD LEARN board is investigating ways of extending the education initiative to communities working in brick kilns and forestry, including migrant workers. Mobile health units could also be developed.
USA: Amazon warehouse jobs push workers to the limit
Claims by web retail giant Amazon that it has an industry beating safety record have been called into question. The company ships merchandise to consumers from 69 warehouses - known as "fulfilment centres" - in the United States, Europe and Asia. The network has expanded rapidly with 17 centres opened in the past year. But a federal lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania and interviews by The Seattle Times with a physician and more than 40 current and former warehouse workers in Washington and Kentucky suggest that the impressive injury figures Amazon is reporting may not tell the whole story. In the lawsuit, settled in July last year, Amazon warehouse worker Paul Grady said a warehouse safety worker in Allentown, Pennsylvania, instructed him to tell emergency workers that his hip injury was not work-related, even though he says it was. Three former workers at another Amazon warehouse told The Seattle Times there was pressure to manage work-related injuries so they would not have to be reported to OSHA, the federal safety watchdog, such as attributing injuries to pre-existing conditions or treating wounds in a way that did not trigger federal reports. A former warehouse safety official said in-house medical staff were asked to treat wounds, when possible, with bandages rather than refer workers to a doctor for stitches, a treatment that could require federal reports. And warehouse officials tried to advise doctors on how to treat injured workers. 'We had doctors who refused to work with us because they would have managers call and argue with them,' he said. Dave Clark, Amazon's vice president for global customer fulfilment, says the company offers its workers financial incentives tied to safety. Those payments can be affected by the number of injuries at the facility, and also by individual tasks - such as whether an employee follows the rules for using and properly storing equipment, employees said.
USA: Regulatory axe aims to speed up chicken plants
A plan to privatise meat inspection in the US linked to a government assault on regulation has been criticised widely for putting public health at risk. But the 'despicable plan' will have other casualties, primarily workers in the already notoriously hazardous sector. According to law professor Rena Steinzor, president of the Center for Progressive Reform: 'The proposed rollback would make corporate owners rather than federal inspectors responsible for scrutinising slaughtered carcasses to ensure they are free of blood, guts, and (euphemistically) 'faecal matter.' The new rule would save the federal government about $39 million annually - a small amount that accounts for the savings at USDA when a few hundred inspectors are offloaded. But the proposal would save the poultry industry an estimated $259 million annually.' Steinzor explains how workers will lose out as the companies cash in. 'Because without federal inspectors checking individual carcasses as they flash by on an already back-breaking assembly line, multi-billion dollar companies like Pilgrim's Pride, Perdue, and Tyson's will be able speed up those lines considerably, requiring workers to process as many as 175 birds per minute or three birds per second while still checking for faecal matter and other nasty detritus. Or, in other words, the existing workforce, with a smattering of additions (about one position for each of the 219 covered plants) - no big job development here! - will be put in the insufferable position of working that much faster, with the added responsibility of safeguarding public health.' Unions, food safety and public health groups are opposing the changes, part of a government move to reduce regulation on business.
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The world is gearing up for 28 April...
Unions and campaigners are gearing up for 28 April, Workers' Memorial Day - the largest annual health and safety event anywhere in the world. This year looks set to top last year's record number of activities in over 70 countries, when hundreds of thousands of workers participated everywhere from Angola to Vietnam. Global union federation ITUC and UK-based Hazards magazine are tracking the events, resources and strategies unions and safety campaign groups are employing worldwide to publicise workers' rights to a safe workplace and to expose efforts by governments to deregulate safety. There's a Google map which will pinpoint events worldwide and constantly updated ITUC/Hazards facebook and webpages. In the UK, the TUC has called a Day of Action on 28 April. It says with safety facing an unprecedented attack from the government, the national action will 'make it clear that we want clear commitments and action from those who should be protecting us.' It adds: 'Join any events in your area on that day and demonstrate that we will not give up our right to a safe workplace.'
- Check out the newly revamped ITUC/Hazards Workers' Memorial Day webpages, including a worldwide list of events and resources and the ITUC/Hazards 28 April facebook page. See what happened worldwide on 28 April 2011.
- TUC resources: 28 April webpage, Infographic, guides to dealing with the press [pdf] and lobbying MPs [pdf] and 2012 Workers' Memorial Day and TUC Day of Action list of activities.
- Other resources: Get kitted out with Hazards Campaign forget-me-knot ribbons, posters, lapel/stationery stickers [pdf order form], window stickers and t-shirts [pdf order form] - the perfect attire for a 28 April event. Further information from the Hazards Campaign, telephone 0161 636 7557.
TUC courses for safety reps
Useful Links
- Visit the TUC www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s website pages on health and safety. See what's on offer from TUC Publications and What's On in health and safety.
- Subscribe to Hazards magazine, supported by the TUC as a key source of information for union safety reps.
- What's new in the HSC/E and the European Agency.
- HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA. Tel: 01787 881165; fax: 01787 313995
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What is the colour temperature of 35mm slide film?
Can developed 35mm film be taken and put on a disc?
Your local photofinishing retail outlet might offer this service, but they will usually only do this at the time of development. If you need or want to do this, you will… need a film/transparency scanner (there are 2 types: flat-bed and dedicated) to scan your negatives and save as image files. A regular scanner will not work because the scan light needs to be above (in the lid) to scan film. Scanners that do only film are configured differently, so you may need to research scanner models and image file types to help you decide if it is worth the expense and effort to do this yourself. Your most common file type choice would be either jpeg, bitmap or tiff.
What is the frame rate for celluloid 35mm film?
usually 24 frames per second
Where can I get Seattle Filmworks 35mm film developed in Louisville KY?
I can tell you how to process it yourself... Seattle Filmworks film was motion picture film, which runs in Kodak process ECN-2. The formula for the developer is at http://mo…tion.kodak.com/motion/uploadedFiles/US_plugins_acrobat_en_motion_support_processing_h247_h2407.pdf. Normally in color processing we rely on a lot of experimentation to get the soup just right--here Kodak comes right out and tells you how to make it. I've got the formula on my screen, and it's real straightforward--no weird stuff in it like a lot of color processes have. There's an "anti calcium" which is probably sodium hexametaphosphate in water, and an "antifoggant" which is almost definitely a stock solution of 6-nitrobenzimidazole. Anyone who's developing color film using bulk chemicals already has everything in this recipe. The alternative is to find a movie-film lab that will take it in. ECN-2 is the current movie film process. Most MP labs shy away from taking still-lengths of ECN-2. They are used to dealing with 1-, 2-, 4-, 10 hundred foot lengths of film. Also, any breaks due to a bad splice can cause them to lose several thousand feet of other customers film, and short lengths of film increase the risk of loss exponentially. Still customers are also more likely to have film with damage than professional cinematographers. There are a couple of movie labs that will deal with ECN-2, usually charging at least $10 a roll (negative processing only - no printing) and often using a type of splicing that fogs about a foot of film on each end. This results in losing sometimes up to five frames on each end of the roll. There are also labs that offer only processing, often in standard C-41 which is NOT the same developer that ECN-2 uses. While similar, C-41 is a 3:15 second developer at a higher temperature, and ECN-2 is only 3:00 minutes at a lower temperature. The two processes use different color developer agents (CDs), with CD-2 and CD-3 being used respectively in each of the two processes. This can have the affect of producing improper contrast, improper density, and color crossover (where one color cannot be corrected out of both the highlights and the shadows of the same photo - can only be fixed by expensive digital retouching). This results in added problems with film that is already well out of date and suffering from age fog - as are many old rolls of Seattle FilmWorks film. There is a lab in Minnesota - The Camera Shop www.thecamerashop.com , as well as another lab advertising on the West Coast - Swan Photo Labs www.swanphotolabs.com that offer process only, probably scanning the negatives to make prints. They offer no color slide prints from the Seattle Filmworks film. While C-41 and ECN-2 are both color negative processes, the former is designed for producing paper prints, the latter slides. Each can be used interchangeably, but C-41 will typically appear too contrasty printed onto color positive slides, whereas ECN-2 will typically be too flat or low-contrast on photopaper. This can be fixed easily in the digital realm, but at the expense of the richness of an optical print (admittedly this is subjective). Unfortunately, neither of these companies lists any information about their ECN-2 / Seattle Film Works SFW-XL costs or turnaround times. Currently, in North America there is (as of Jan 30, 2011) one lab that has just now started to offer full service ECN-2 processing in Ohio - Double Exposure Lab (doubleexposureltd {@} g mail {{{DOT}}} com. They offer full-service processing, printing onto positive film for slides, and optical prints (true photographic enlargements, not digital scans) as well as low-, medium- and high resolution scanning as well. They process the film through the proper ECN-2 process, not C-41 with just a rem-jet removal bath on the front of the machine. They are set up primarily to cater to Seattle FilmWorks customers, but also offer new ECN-2 film from fresh Eastman Kodak and FujiFilm stock, and printing services to allow filmmakers to test different negative and print stock combinations.
How many megapixels would it take to equal a 35mm film maximum quality?
The short answer is that a modern 24-megapixel digital SLR offers around the same level of resolution as a good film scanned in a modern minilab. Ken Rockwell …has tested the Nikon D3X to this effect; see related links below. Now for the long answer. In Theory It's quite easy to work out the maximum theoretical resolution of film; manufacturers document this for their films. It's measured in lines per millimeter (L/mm); each one of these is roughly equivalent to two pixels in one direction. So all we need to do is multiply the width of the film (in millimeters) by the L/mm figure, multiply that by two. Do the same for the height, and there you'll have the maximum resolution at which a film, shot in perfect conditions, can be scanned, without interpolation (made-up pixels -- something we'll come back to later). ((lpm * 36 * 2) * (lpm * 24 * 2)) / 1000000 If we're going to make a comparison with a high-end digital camera, it's not fair to take a cheap consumer negative film for the comparison. For our comparisons, we'll use the professional Velvia film, at 160 lines per millimeter, we end up with a figure of about 88 megapixels. (If you wondered why we multiply by two, this is because one line = two pixels.) Yet, this figure does not show you how many megapixels a digital camera would need to achieve the same resolution. Most of a digital camera's "pixels" simply do not exist; they do not capture both red, green, and blue on each pixel, only one colour each. They then use Bayer interpolation to make up the rest. Ken Rockwell claims this "lie factor" as being about two. You may prefer different figures, but we'll use this. So, the final "megapixel" count becomes about 176. You could even up this somewhat if you take into account the fact that digital cameras love nuking any fine details with noise reduction, but we'll leave that aside for now. (Ken Rockwell ends up with a figure of 175 for the same film. Depends on how you round it.) This comparison is unfair to digital, though. This assumes that you're shooting test charts specifically designed to extract the maximum resolution from a piece of film; moreover, it assumes that very fine amounts of barely-resolved detail are just as significant as coarser details resolved near-perfectly. The real world doesn't work like this. Some people look at the MTF curve of the film, and see at what point the curve drops below 50%. This would leave you resolving 50 lines per millimeter, or about 8 megapixels (16 if Ken Rockwell's "lie factor" is accurate). You may choose another, just as arbitrary, percentage, look at your film's MTF curve, and do the math yourself. (An explanation of MTF curves is beyond the scope of a quick answer, and not particularly interesting anyway. Sorry.) In Practice This theoretical resolution does not translate into the real world very well. For one, you're assuming that your lens is able to resolve this much detail. It might not be, in which case it's wasted. Moreover, if you're going to make a fair comparison of resolution, you will do so side-by-side on a computer screen. You have to get the picture off the film onto a computer. Yes, you could compare prints, but then you'll be comparing your optical printing system versus your computer printer, which isn't fair. That or comparing how well your printer prints certain things. It isn't fair to shove a cheap print (itself made digitally!) into a cheap flatbed scanner, compare it to a digital file, and conclude thereafter that film sucks and digital rules. Yet, neither is it fair to assume that any photographer will be ready and willing to spend a small fortune on an 12,000 dpi drum scanner and then spend 30+ minutes on scanning one slide (or failing that, spending a hideous amount of money to have someone do it for them). More likely that they'll own a CCD film scanner, or drop it into a minilab to have it scanned for them. In short, the moment you leave the laboratory and take the comparison into the real world of photography, too many things get in the way for a simple resolution comparison to be made. Here, then, are various "real world" figures that some people here have offered. * 2-3 megapixels: Visual equivalent in a 4x6 print to 80-85% of the population, on a camera with a decent lens. * 3 megapixels: Some people use the comparison with an A4 print. A 3 megapixel camera will do this happily. * 6-8 megapixels: For cheap consumer negative film. People who own the 6-megapixel Nikon D70, or the Canon D60, say that a 20x30 poster print from one of these is roughly equivalent to that from 35mm film. Make of that what you will. * 12 megapixels: Another arbitrary figure sometimes offered. * 24 megapixels: Ken Rockwell's comparison of the 24-megapixel Nikon D3X showed that it resolved details about as well as Velvia 50 film scanned commercially. This is probably the answer that fits the real world of photography better than any others. And finally... There are varying advantages and disadvantages of film that cannot be captured in a megapixel figure, so barring some massive change in digital camera sensor technology, a fair comparison will never be possible. * The size to which you want to print an image matters. Digital breaks down in a nasty and unusable fashion when it reaches its resolution limit. Film gradually gets crummier till you reach a blurry mess somewhere around 40X enlargement. * Film has much greater dynamic range than digital. Another thing that doesn't fit into megapixel figures, but is very important. * Digital has noise issues. Film has grain issues. * There are good films and bad films, and good digital cameras and bad ones. As stated earlier, any comparison you make has to compare like and like. Don't compare a point-and-shoot digital camera (regardless of megapixels) with an expensive professional slide film. Don't compare a cheap negative film from Wal-Mart with an $8000 digital SLR. * Megapixels are irrelevant. Nearly any digital camera can be used to take amazing shots. Nearly any film camera can do the same. This has nothing to do with megapixels. If you're not doing enormous enlargements, or only viewing your pictures on a computer screen, then don't worry about it.
Who invented the celluloid 35mm film?
John W. &Isaiah Hyatt in 1869 by niles
What colour is chlorine at room temperature?
Chlorine is a pale green gas at room temperature.
What colour is fluorine at room temperature?
Fluorine is yellow at room temperature.
What are the actual measurements of 35mm film?
Answer The actual 'image' area of the film measures 36mm x 24mm Answer There were three image sizes for 35mm cameras: … 24 x 36 "double frame," which is the most popular size and the only size sold today 24 x 24 "square," which was introduced after World War II as a means of giving the photographer more pictures on a roll 18 x 24 "single frame," which is the same size as a 35mm movie camera frame. This is also called "half frame." Half-frame cameras are very collectible. There is also a 24 x 60 (or thereabouts) panoramic format--long, skinny pictures.
What colours was Schindlers List filmed in?
the colors were crisp black and white exept for 3 parts in the movie with the little girl in the red coat appears twice and when the candles flame is seen that happens to be o…range
In Kodak
When did Kodak discontinue manufacturing 35mm film?
They still make lots of 35mm film.
In Technology
Will a Nikon 35mm SLR film camera lens fit a Nikon digital camera?
Yes, if your camera has the detachable lens option (lens' are able to be removed from the base of the camera). All brands that are the same as your camera will fit.
In Photography
Is Seatle Filmworks still developing Signature Color film 35mm what price?
\nSeattle Filmworks is now American Greetings Photoworks. They say they can't develop any of the Seattle Filmworks films, and they recommend Dale Laboratories for this.
In Inventions
What are 35mm slides?
35 mm is a size of old chemical film for cameras (i.e. before digital). There are two types of film, negative, which is then used to make paper prints, and positive or sli…de film which you shine a light through to cast a picture on a screen. Slides are individual frames of the film, usually inserted into a plastic frame for ease of handling. They are slid into and out of the projector, hence the name.
In DIY Projects
How do you store 35mm film?
Store your film in a cool, dry and dark place. I use a mini beer frigde to store all my film in.


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Fair adds two more headliners
Wisconsin State Fair announced two more main stage headliners for this year's fair, which takes place Thursday, Aug. 6 through Sunday, Aug. 16 at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis.
Country music's Billy Currington and Jason Michael Carroll play on Saturday, Aug. 8 at 8 p.m. Currington, whose most recent album, "Little Bit of Everything," has spawned the hit singles "Don't" and "People Are Crazy" will headline the show. Meanwhile, Carroll's latest tune, "Where I'm From" is currently charting.
Contemporary Christian group MercyMe returns to the Fair on Monday, Aug. 10 at 7:30 p.m. WAMI nominee for Christian Artist of the Year Chad James opens.
Reserved seat tickets for both shows go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 25 and are $30, $20, and $10 (per show, of course).
newguy | April 21, 2009 at 8:38 a.m. (report)
I agree, and I am a Christian music fan! Mercy Me is only being used because they are a bland, run of the mill, middle of the road, contemporary band. AND they had a crossover semi-hit (years ago) in "I can only Imagine" Try getting some good Christian acts like Relient K, Skillet, Family Force 5, or David Crowder.
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devidia | April 20, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. (report)
To borrow a line from Jerry Seinfeld, "Who are these people?? Try getting someone we recognize. Jeez...
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hardgeminiguy | April 20, 2009 at 11:40 a.m. (report)
christian music at OUR state fair?? GOOD GRIEF! what is next? all of the other religions/faiths to be represented? enough is enough. STOP BOOKING SUCH ACTS.
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As long as I understood, ipfilter doesn't do such things originally.
As http://m0n0.ch/wall/docbook/faq-lannat.html says:
Reason. This is due to a limitation in ipfilter/ipnat (which are used in
m0n0wall). Read the ipfilter FAQ for details. m0n0wall does not (and probably
will not) include a "bounce" utility.
And "bounce" utilities that I was looking at support only TCP protocol.
iptables and ipfilter are two different piece of firewall/nat/ipfilter
software, so if iptables for Linux can do something, it doesn't mean ipfilter
can do the same thing
Quoting Tanuj <tanuj at ts86 dot net>:
> Dmitry Sorokin wrote:
> > Should it only bounce TCP or UDP as well? If UDP, then none of the bounce
> > utilities support that for now.
> >
> Dunno about this bouncing thing, but on Linux I'd do a NAT rule like:
> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.0/24 -d 192.168.1.0/24 -j
> SNAT --to 192.168.1.1
> (where 192.168.1.1 is the gateway)
> This rule would work as PREROUTING would deal with the 1:1 NAT mappings
> or port forwardings or whatever.
> Maybe it's this easy on xBSD? Maybe I don't understand the problem?


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Applications include P.O.P. displays, backlit signs, temporary ID cards, tag stock, and labels.
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2Wire 2701 PPPoE
From SonicWiki
In order to make a 2Wire Homeportal 2000 series modem function on a Sonic.net Fusion of ADSL1 connection, it is typically necessary to disable PPPoE.
- Go to http://home/setup/ in the browser of your choice. If this doesn't work, try http://192.168.1.254/setup/ or http://172.16.0.1/setup/.
- You may be challenged for a login name and password to proceed.
- You should be prompted for a key code:
- For a DHCP setup, enter the following code: 5225-26Q4-2262-22AS-B28F
- For a Static IP setup, enter the following code instead: 5225-26R4-2E62-22AS-B27H
Alternately, you can use the normal web interface with the following procedure:
- First, you'll need to access the 2wire's web interface. Go to http://home/ in the web browser of your choice. If this doesn't work, try http://192.168.1.254 or http://172.16.0.1
- You may be challenged for a username and password
- Select "Broadbank Link"
- Select "Advanced Settings"
- Change connection type to "Direct IP (DHCP or Static)"
- Make sure that both the Broadband IP and Broadband DNS are set to "Obtain Automatically" if you wish to use DHCP for network configuration.
- For a static configuration, furnish the IP address, Gateway, Subnet Mask, and DNS settings provided.
If for some reason you are challenged for a login name and password you do not know, contact the folks that sold you your 2wire Homeportal. Repeatedly requesting a password hint may cause some models to prompt for the 2wire's serial number instead. This behavior has not been consistently observed across all models.


text: The Irish tell a tale. (What a way to open this blog. The Irish tell tales and have sayings concerning everything and anything in creation. Honestly, I'll try to be a bit more creative in future.) The particular tale the Irish tell, as it may or may not relate to our webseries, Prophet or Madman, [Read More…]


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Everyone is in to this carbon fiber look; I see it everywhere. iCarbons.com has decided the best place to put carbon fiber is on every Apple device you own.
iCarbons.com uses 3M Di-Noc vinyl custom-cut to fit various Apple devices – a solid range of them. The protective material adheres well to the devices, and comes off without any residue (I left mine on my iPhone a week before removing to test for residue). The iCarbons.com guys stress that this is is NOT a printed pattern, but in fact a TRUE 3-dimensional pattern that looks just like dry carbon fiber.
The material protects pretty well – it's thin enough not to add any noticeable bulk to your device (my iPhone 4 case fit right over it without any difference in "snugness" when I tried) but durable enough to handle scratches and such without hurting the device. For those of you who don't like using a case on your iDevice, this is a great way to keep your finish protected without adding bulk to your device.
The devices they offer iCarbons for include all iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch models, as well as various Macbooks and the iPod Nano. They will be supporting more devices soon, like the older Powerbooks and iBooks. They've even got a white iPhone 4 set, which may be nice for some of you who wanted the white iPhone 4 but realized no one has a clue if it will ever appear.
I particularly like being able to grab these for the Macbook Pro models (they also do the current unibody Macbook, with support for the white Macbook and the Macbook Air coming soon). When I first bought my 17″ Macbook Pro, less than 3 days after I was on a plane when the 6 year old in front of me decided to recline her seat back all the way as fast as she could. The tray on my side had some metal piece which perfectly scratched all the way across my laptop's outer shell (where the Apple logo is), leaving a nice long gouge. It's still there, 3 years later. An iCarbon would have skipped that tragedy.
They're easy to install – peel the decal off the backing paper, and align onto your device. I like the method of placing the top onto my device, while the rest of the decal is still on the backing paper, then slowly roll the paper off as the decal places onto the device. Check the cutouts before placing to make sure you've got it lined up well (camera/logo cutout for phones). The iCarbons go on clean and without bubbles – none of that "wait up to 3 days for air to dissipate" with these.
Of course it wouldn't be a ModMyi.com review without a nice giveaway, so here's our lineup of product Bruce and Josh over at iCarbons.com sent to give away to some commenters:
Leave a comment on what you like about these iCarbons, and we'll pick 5 winners on Wednesday to send some iCarbons.
- Three iPhone 4 Combo packs (front and back) – one of these will also get the bumpers decal.
- Macbook Pro 15″ combo (outer shell and keyboard area)
- iPad combo (front and back)


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He profited a great deal from knowing how to keep the reporters on his side, supplying the newspapermen with great material.
The crowd dispersed and the newspapermen, returning the next day, met only with another disappointment.
newspapermen were waiting there for him, and the sheriff did not dislike publicity.
But we've got to be prepared for anything, especially with these New York newspapermen on the trail.
That banquet will live in the memory of Kansas newspapermen.
It was just that newspapermen developed a high order of frustration in the face of a mystery.
In fact, there was two newspapermen, but one got out at the scene where Officer Tippit was killed.
By the time the first group of newspapermen and scientists had reached the farm, another phenomenon was plainly observable.
The news media in the hallways, and danger of removing Lee Harvey Oswald through the mass of newspapermen.
The newspapermen chuckled at the joke as they accepted the free papers.


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Rowdy Reptiles: Nick Calathes, Chandler Parsons Pace Florida GatorsJanuary 29, 2009
In a town where national championships are becoming second nature, the Gator men's basketball team is the one responsible for starting that trend. Don't fret Gator Nation; they still got it. Well, sort of.
In a day where men's college basketball seems to be dominated by the Atlantic Coast and Big East conferences, the lowly SEC is still clawing its way for respectability. Jodie Meeks of the University of Kentucky is doing his part to represent the SEC in a way it deserves.
For those of you who live under a rock, Mr. Meeks exploded for 54 points against Tennessee a couple of weeks ago, breaking the school's longstanding single-game scoring record (Dan Issel: 52 points).
Lest we forget the Gators' back-to-back championships in 2006-2007, a feat last accomplished, ironically enough, by ACC powerhouse Duke in 1991-92. The mindset of the college basketball fan is much like that of its players: short-term and soon after, long forgotten.
Only one player returns from those UF championship teams, senior guard Walter Hodge, who has become a pivotal role player in the Gator cagers' lineup. Hodge is not the player to look towards to put the team on his back. Hodge has never had to hold that responsibility, considering he played alongside four future NBA draft picks who were more than willing to hold the burden of leading their team to the Promised Land.
Enter Nick Calathes and Chandler Parsons. Calathes and Parsons are familiar teammates—not only because they are in their second year playing alongside each other in Gainesville, but because they were also high school teammates at Orlando's Lake Howell High School.
Calathes is on a tear in conference play, topped off by Wednesday night's 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists for just the third triple-double in Florida history. The Gators walked out of the O'Connell Center with an 83-57 lopsided victory over Georgia.
On the season, "Nick the Quick," as he is referred to by the Gator faithful, is averaging 17.8 points, 6.6 assists, 43 percent from behind the three-point arc, 5.4 rebounds, and 1.9 steals per contest. Hardly peanuts.
The win on Wednesday night moved Florida (18-3, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) into a first-place tie with Kentucky atop the SEC East. At 18-3, the Gators are back to where they were a season ago, when they finished the season 3-8 and failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998.
Contrarily, Parsons can be just as much of a key figure as Calathes in leading the Gators back to the NCAA tournament, as long as the duo doesn't get complacent. In a devastating loss to South Carolina, it was Parsons who missed the free throw that led to the full court pass that would be the winning basket for the Gamecocks.
Parsons' ability to put his shooting woes behind him will be a huge factor in the Gators' success. In a five-game stretch from North Carolina State to Arkansas, Parsons couldn't throw the ball into the ocean if he was standing on the beach, connecting on only 2-of-20 three-point tries. This led to Parson's unconscious shooting exhibition against Vanderbilt last week, which will hopefully help him become a more consistent offensive threat.
Things must be calm in Gainesville right now knowing that your season rests on the shoulders of Nick Calathes and Chandler Parsons, especially with Calathes giving out triple-doubles like the Gainesville police give out underage drinking citations.
In terms of making the tournament, I have my money on the Gators. Granted, Jodie Meeks is a spectacular basketball player, but I still have trouble believing that a team who lost to the likes of the Virginia Military Academy and the University of Miami (FL) can be a long-term threat in the SEC.
The Gators have one loss against a team ranked between 51 and 75 in the RPI, when it would take an abacus to figure out VMI's RPI come season's end.
Look for the Gators to continue to make a push for the NCAA tournament, especially when the SEC tournament comes around. Don't be surprised when the two people pushing the most are those lanky high school teammates from Orlando.


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Docket Management
Docket: 01D-0488 - Draft Guidance - Food-effect Bioavail and Fed Bioequiv Studies
Comment Number: EC -5
Accepted - Volume 1
Comment Record
Mr. Charles DiLiberti
2002-01-28 15:45:59
Barr Laboratories, Inc.
Comments for FDA General
1. General Comments
Lines: N/A Comment: Because of the significant impact that the 90% confidence interval requirement would have on how fed BE studies are powered, it is critical that if the Agency does indeed implement the confidence interval criteria, the effective date of this particular requirement be stated explicitly, and that the Agency provide for a grace period, during which firms may still apply the current (point estimate) BE criteria. It is also critical to specify what event (IRB approval, first dosing, etc.) qualifies a BE study to be accepted under the current (point estimate) BE criteria. The Agency should consider issues of fairness where one generic firm obtains approval under the old (point estimate) criteria, and another firm must meet the new confidence interval criteria simply because it conducted its fed BE study later. In our view, the fairest solution to this problem would be (1) to give firms sufficient advance notice of the implementation of the confidence interval criteria (i.e., a grace period of at least 6 - 12 months), (2) to provide a date certain (grace period expiration date) on which the new confidence interval criteria will become mandatory, and (3) to specify the qualifying event (preferably, administration of the first dose) which must occur before the expiration of the grace period if the study is to be accepted with the current (point estimate) criteria. At this point, the industry does not know whether the confidence interval criteria will or will not be implemented. Nevertheless, every week, the industry continues to run food effect BE studies, and must be allowed to proceed with FDA's assurance that these studies, powered for point estimate criteria, will be accepted. The industry cannot afford to power food effect studies to meet confidence interval criteria in anticipation that the Agency might implement the confidence interval criteria. To exemplify the increase in cost required by the confidence interval approach, a 12 subject fed study will provide about 80% power to meet the current 80 - 125% point estimate criteria for a drug with an intrasubject CV of 42% and a true test/reference ratio of 0.95. In order to achieve 80% power to meet the proposed 80 - 125% confidence intervals for the same drug, about 72 subjects would be required. This translates directly to a six-fold increase in study cost. If FDA simply were to implement the confidence interval acceptance criteria in the draft food effect guidance without a grace period, some firms may be caught short, and find that they are required to conduct much larger studies than their competitors that happened to have conducted their studies earlier. Some firms with studies in progress or planned for the near future might also be caught short and find themselves having to rerun much larger fed studies. Barr's approach would allow firms to conduct food-effect BE studies powered for point estimate criteria for a grace period, and then provide for an orderly transition to the new confidence interval criteria. The entire industry would know precisely how to design fed biostudies based on when the study is to be dosed. Firms that are seeking approval on products for which generic competitors have already filed point estimate-powered fed studies would be given a window within which to conduct similar point estimate-powered fed studies, and thus receive equal treatment. Clearly, if the Agency chooses to retain the current point estimate criteria permanently, the preceding comments do not apply. Lines 190 - 197 Comment: Subjects that are unwilling or unable to consume all or part of the test meal for whatever reason (e.g., religious preference, dietary preferences, food allergy, lactose intolerance, etc.) should be excluded from enrollment in a food-effect BA or fed BE study. Barr believes that the proposed guidance should state this explicitly. Lines 203 - 204 Comment: While it is generally true that the same strength test product used for the fasting BE study should be used for the fed BE study, there are a variety of circumstances under which it may be difficult or impossible to use the same lot of test or reference product for both the fasting and fed BE studies. For example, production delays, a desire to conduct stability studies before dosing, business delays, or simply a lengthy fasting BE study design may result in the expiration of the test or reference lots used in a fasting BE study before a fed BE study can be undertaken. There might also be situations in which a generic firm might need to conduct the fasting BE study against one strength of reference product and the fed BE study against a different strength of the same reference product (e.g., for an ANDA suitability petition for a new strength which is later also added by the innovator). While it may often be possible to conduct fasting and fed BE studies using the same lot of test and reference products, requiring firms to do so would result in unnecessary human experimentation for no valid scientific reason. Barr believes that modifying the language in the draft guidance to the following would clarify the point: For ANDAs, the same strength of test product used in the fasting BE study should be used as the test product in the fed BE study. Lines 215-216 Comment: Barr has concerns that the proposed test meal will prove to be more variable in composition than the current test meal. In particular, bacon can vary tremendously in fat content, depending on the extent to which it is cooked. Canadian bacon, on the other hand, appears to be much more consistent in composition. Consequently, Barr supports the use of the standard breakfast specified in the October 1997 version of the draft food effect study guidance. lines 220 - 221 Comment: Barr is aware of several products for which the innovators conducted their fed BA studies in the lightly fed state (e.g., following a low fat breakfast or a light snack). In such cases where the innovator has not assessed BA following a high-fat meal, it is unfair to require generics to conduct their food effect studies following the proposed high fat test meal. In such cases, generics should be permitted to demonstrate BE in the fed state using the same type of meal or snack as was used by the innovator. Lines 236 - 237 Comment: Because of the practical timing difficulties in linking the administration of the dose to the completion of the test meal, Barr believes that the dose should be administered 30 minutes after the initiation of the test meal. Proposed text: The test meal should be consumed within 30 minutes, with administration of the drug product 30 minutes after initiation of the test meal. Line 266 Comment: Barr opposes the requirement to calculate lag times because of their high variability and dependence on pharmacokinetic model assumptions. Lines 271 - 272 Comment: To avoid the possibility that Tmax might be subjected to inappropriate log transformation, Barr recommends that the text be changed as follows: Log-transformation of AUC and Cmax prior to analysis is recommended. Lines 284, 303, 316 Comment: Barr believes that the term population geometric means is technically incorrect and may be misleading. Barr proposes the use of the term least-squares geometric means instead. Lines 335 - 338 Comment: Barr believes that conducting fasting and fed BE studies brackets the state in which a sprinkle BE study as described is conducted. The sprinkle study amounts to a fed BE study with a small amount of food rather than a standard high-fat meal, and thus, falls between the fasting and fed state. Demonstrating BE in the fasting state as well as following a standard high-fat meal is therefore sufficient to demonstrate BE for any intermediate state, such as that proposed for a sprinkle BE study. Requiring the conduct of sprinkle BE studies as proposed, therefore, should be deleted, as it amounts to requiring unnecessary human experimentation. Barr believes that sprinkle BE studies should only be required for drug products whose labeling permits administration in the fasting state or sprinkled on a small amount of soft food, but not with meals. Demonstrating BE for such products would then require conducting a fasting BE study and a sprinkle BE study, but not a fed BE study with a standard high-fat test meal.


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Fellow heretic Edwin (well known to CIFers under a different handle) has kindly sent me this copy of a doodle by Dr Rowan Williams, which he created as part of National Doodle Day to raise money for Epilepsy Action and Neurofibromatosis Association (and which Ed bought).
Graphologists and doodleologists will no doubt be able to read deep messages into the Primate's squiggles. There's something slightly Tudor about the script. There's the use of what turns out on close inspection to be the first line of a Latin prayer: Oculi omnium in te sperant domine (the eyes of all men look for hope to thee, O Lord). Does anyone else doodle in Latin? I also note the way the writing slopes down the page in a curve, almost like a graph describing fallling attendances at Anglican services.
Any other suggested interpretations would be most welcome.
Edwin would like to praise Dr Williams "in all decency" for doing the doodle. Quite so: and you too, Ed, for buying it.
He also asks me to post a link to the organisation's website which I'm happy to do:
"The doodles should go for more," he writes. Indeed. Apparently Rowan Williams' magnificent calligraphy went for less than a tenner.
Saturday, 5 April 2008
Episcopus Vagans
Fellow heretic Edwin (well known to CIFers under a different handle) has kindly sent me this copy of a doodle by Dr Rowan Williams, which he created as part of National Doodle Day to raise money for Epilepsy Action and Neurofibromatosis Association (and which Ed bought).
Posted by Heresiarch at 8:49 pm
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Intrigued by RW's sign-off on his doodle - is the X marking a spot (sign here your Grace) or a mwa-kiss, and is that a loveheart in the middle of his initials (rowan *heart* williams)?
OldBagpuss - had no idea you we're Edwin :) let alone a collector.
- 6 April 2008 at 17:44
- The Heresiarch said...
It's a cross, signifying his episcopal status. Actually it's a mark of his modesty: as an archbishop RW is entitled to two crosses: ++Rowan Cantuar.
- 6 April 2008 at 17:50
Hi Parallax I am indeed the old Bag! Having lost my battle with the PCC Commission over the Guardian I feel I have to 'withdraw my essence' (as the Zohar has it) from Cif. In a bizarre conclusion which i still cannot fathom my case cannot stand up because I am not Tony Blair. I knew that before I complained, damn it. So now I move my basket to other places, the Indie even the Toxic postland of the Herald - and use my real name, Edwin Moore.
- 6 April 2008 at 18:35
- The Heresiarch said...
A pity. You'll be missed. Have you thought about the Telegraph? Some real crazies post there.
- 6 April 2008 at 19:03
Hmm have wondered actually. I look regularly at the Telegraph obits, and occasionally wander over to the posts also - i might join in, not sure. Few of the posters seem madder than me, really. One of the many things that put me seriously off the Guardian was the obit of George MacDonald Fraser. I am very proud to be able to say that George was a friend, despite our politics being galaxy-lengths apart - but that aside he was a great writer and deserved better than the spiteful keech in the Guardian.
Am happy enough to flit between blogs I like such as yours and anyway am buried under work for a change.
- 6 April 2008 at 19:42


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Captain America 3 Vs. Superman Vs. Batman
Marvel goes head to head with DC in 2016
Excuse us while we gargle with gravel to get the appropriate announcer voice: "Lllllet's get ready to ruuummbbllleeee!" Ring the bell that signifies the start of a superhero summer showdown, because The Hollywood Reporter has learned that it's Steve 'Captain America' Rogers who will go up against Clark 'Superman' Kent and Bruce 'Batman' Wayne on May 6, 2016.
The first inklings of a potential release date tussle came in January, when Warner Bros. announced that the as-yet-untitled match-up between Henry Cavill's Man Of Steel and Ben Affleck's new Dark Knight would be flying out of 2015 and onto the May 6 date the following year. Which Marvel/Disney had already chosen for an unspecified comic-book movie.
Cut to earlier this week, when Kevin Feige was asked about the potential conflict at the Captain America: The Winter Soldier press junket. The Marvel boss was adamant that they wouldn't blink in the face of the new competition. While Marvel isn't going on the record as to which film will face Bats and Supes, the Reporter's sources point to Chris Evans' third outing.
Which would make sense: the film is already in development, with returning directors Joe and Anthony Russo working alongside writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely on ideas for the new adventure. And the company is clearly feeling confident about Steve Rogers' future, with very positive buzz on the sequel and the likely future boost from Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Of course, one of the studios may eventually blink, but if not we could see the first real test of Marvel's dominance and a tough opening slot for Warners' Justice League plans... Who will survive, and what will be left of them?