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The family of a 93-year-old man toppled out of his wheelchair by a careless Handi-Transit driver last week has accepted an apology from the city-run transportation company.
Ernest Chenier was leaving a medical clinic when the driver accidentally bumped a curb with the Second World War veteran's wheelchair. A city spokeswoman says when "the driver's foot accidentally slipped off the wheelchair when lowering the chair off the curb, the registrant (Chenier) fell out of the chair."
Chenier was flung to the street. He suffered scrapes, cuts and bruises.
"I fell face-first," the retired plumber said. "I cracked the fingernails on my hand. I have pain in my right arm. There were some cuts. I still have the bandages on."
Luckily, Chenier fell towards the van and not onto Pembina Highway, where it was parked.
The nurse at his personal-care home patched him up when he returned home.
"I'm pretty lucky. It happened so suddenly. It's a good thing nothing was broken."
He said the driver apologized and said he hadn't seen the curb.
Chenier's nephew, Denis Chenier, called Handi-Transit to report the incident. He's outraged the driver was so sloppy.
"My own father died in a fall, so I know how serious this could have been," he said. "He bumped his head and died three days later."
His uncle is in good health, Chenier said. They'd like to keep him that way.
"I still don't understand how someone's foot slipping could cause this. Aren't they supposed to hold on with their hands?"
When a Handi-Transit rep called Denis Chenier, he was told his uncle did not hit his face. He has a sore shoulder and is recuperating.
He "did not suffer any great aftershock or side-effects," Chenier said. "We're really lucky."
Handi-Transit reviewed the incident and apologized to Denis Chenier. They offered their regrets to Ernest Chenier.
The driver, the city spokesperson said, "feels terrible about what happened."
Chenier's personal-care home was informed he hadn't been properly buckled into his chair. Had he been, he likely wouldn't have hit the pavement.
Ernest Chenier said aside from a bit of gout, he feels fine.
"Everyone tells me I don't look my age!"
A city spokesperson said Handi-Transit makes 490,000 trips annually.
They receive only six safety complaints a month. Other complaints include late pickups, the routes drivers choose and courtesy concerns.
Ernest Chenier literally dodged bullets during the Second World War, so he's putting his mishap in context. He's glad he wasn't badly injured and thankful he didn't fall into traffic. Other than that, says the 93-year-old, there's not much to worry about.
"I'm glad they said they were sorry. I'm very glad I didn't get run over or something. The nurse here (at his personal-care home) took very good care of me."
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THE director of the haulage firm whose lorry smashed into a low railway bridge has apologised but has claimed a warning sign on the approach failed to work.
Jason Ellen, of Ellens Express Transport Ltd, has defended his driver following the incident, which saw Wootton Bassett Road closed for several hours last Tuesday morning as the 32-tonne truck got wedged under the Running Horse Bridge.
The 14ft 9ins, or 4.5m, bridge has become notorious for the number of drivers who have misjudged the height and the black and yellow warning beam bears the marks of many previous challengers.
The driver, who has not been identified, was new to driving articulated lorries.
He had mistakenly recorded the height of the trailer as 4.275m rather than 4.725m and had also taken a shortcut to try to beat traffic on Great Western Way.
But, during an interview with bosses, he reported that while he thought he was well under the restriction, the sign that is supposed to illuminate to alert drivers to the upcoming bridge did not indicate that he should turn into Rushy Platt.
Swindon Council has stated the sign is in good working order and has not needed any repairs.
Jason, 41, who started the Elgin Industrial Estate-based firm in 2003, said: "We apologise for any inconvenience to the public caused by the incident last week and we will work to ensure it does not happen again.
"While we accept the responsibility lies with our driver, I am concerned about his report that the sign was not working. He had taken a shortcut because Great Western Way was busy.
"He understood the height of the vehicle as 4.275m high and so he preceded with his chosen route as the electronic height indicator warning sign on the Wootton Bassett Road did not illuminate to inform him his vehicle was over height, or warn him not to proceed and for him to turn left before the bridge to avoid a collision.
"The over height warning system would have sounded alarm bells, thus avoiding the collision with the bridge.
"I have known the driver for a couple of years and he has an exemplary record."
Recovery of the vehicle cost the firm, which runs 10 lorries, about £4,500.
With the loss of revenue from the spilled delivery and the insurance claim, Jason said he expected the bill to amount to about £50,000.
A spokesman for the council said: "As far as we are concerned, the sign is and was working. It has never needed to be repaired. It works with a laser that triggers the sign when something, such as a trailer, breaks it.
"Irrespective of this there are several signs in the lead up to the bridge, which itself has a warning sign on it and a large black and yellow beam."


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A grandmother who has suffered many family tragedies is very distressed that overgrown grass and brambles are preventing her from visiting six loved ones' graves.
Cilla Mountstephens, 64, of West Parade, Warminster, first had to cope with the death of her 17-year-old grandson Jonpaul Preece in 2007, after he was hit over the head with a fence post. A man was later jailed for his manslaughter.
In May this year her son Paul Preece died, aged 46, from a drug overdose in Trowbridge. His death is still being investigated by police.
Two of her husbands, Philip Mountstephens, who also died seven years ago and Raymond Billings-Wakerly, who died last year, are also buried in Warminster cemetery, as are two of her grandchildren, Martin Billings-Wakerly who died at 19 days old and Shakira Billings-Wakerly, who was stillborn.
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She said: "It has become a real struggle to get there and I have constantly contacted the highways department but they have not done anything."
She said other family members, including her grandaughter who has young twins who need a double buggy, had also found it impossible to reach the graves. Mrs Mountstephens said: "It isn't right that this footpath is so overgrown... I enjoy being there; visiting the graves helps me."
Wiltshire Council has had many complaints about grass cutting this summer. Its contractors Balfour Beatty Living Places has apologised and brought in 11 more teams to help.
A Wiltshire Council spokesman said: "We try not to cut hedges during the nesting season to avoid disturbing the birds. As the season is now finished these hedges can be cut and we thank those who have brought this to our attention and we will ensure this area is cut back as soon as possible."
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Fred looked stunned, "Well, what are you doing to it? It only requires boiling water."
"Well, mom always made it with fruit cocktail," replied Bob, "but that stuff tastes awful, so I use fresh fruit. In fact, I like to make what I call my 'International Salad' with all sorts of fruits from all over the world. Of course only one of them can be found in the fruit cocktail mom always used."
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The Hawke Government wanted more Canberrans to catch the bus to work - but not too many.
As it is even now, in 1985 the availability of parking in town centres was a public concern, so the government decided to introduce long-stay charges to help finance extra parking areas.
Cabinet briefing papers warned against workers being forced to use public transport, presumably because the money collected from fares would be less than the actual cost of the service.
Civic parking had a serious shortage of parking spaces as development increased and by 1987-88 would need an extra 5000 places.
''This trend is beginning to occur in other areas such as Woden, Belconnen and the Parliamentary Zone,'' a cabinet memo said.
''The strategy for Civic aims to provide additional parking. … The cornerstone is the introduction of long-stay pay parking to reduce demand, to ensure equitable allocation and to achieve cost recovery.
''Without this strategy the functioning of Civic will be seriously impaired. Traffic congestion, poor access to commercial/retail facilities, despoliation of the environment, higher deficit-producing public transport usage and increased illegal parking will result.''
The National Capital Development Commission wanted to convert existing long-stay surface car parks to long-stay pay parking in 1984-85. These would be leased to private companies and provide immediate returns to the government. About 4000 long-stay spaces for which drivers would be charged $1 per day to use would yield $500,000 per year from lessees.
Establishing long-stay parking would cost the Government $6 million. The measure would lead to some increase in bus patronage. ''The number of commuters to Civic using ACTION buses could increase from the current 15 per cent to an optimum economic level of 25 per cent.'' The same month, cabinet's Expenditure Review Committee agreed to cut ACTION's public subsidy by $1.2 million to $15.4 million.
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EDMONTON Eskimos quarterback Steven Jyles says he's sorry for calling Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive back Johnny Sears a "dirty player" last week and intends to make amends when he sees Sears at Canad Inns Stadium Thursday evening as the Eskimos and Bombers hook up in Winnipeg's home opener.
"I will apologize to Johnny. I shouldn't have said those things about him," Jyles told reporters in Winnipeg Wednesday afternoon shortly after the Eskimos arrived.
"One thing about Johnny that I like about him is that he plays hard... I will just tell the guy to keep playing hard, man. There's no hard feelings. Like I say, I don't hate the guy. I don't even know him."
But when asked why he made the allegations in the first place, Jyles strangely seemed to repeat them again and still seemed conflicted.
"I didn't want to paint a picture that he's a bad guy. I think he makes dirty plays, he takes dirty shots. But that's just the way he plays, and that's what I was saying -- he plays hard.
"There's times you can let up on a guy because you know he's going down or he's falling. But he's going to come in and still try to get a (hit). That's just the style he has. I'm not trying to say this guy's dirty."
Jyles and Sears have had a feud that goes back to last season when Sears was suspended for a game for a helmet-on-helmet hit against Jyles that knocked the latter out of a game. The dispute was exacerbated a couple weeks ago after Sears was involved in another play in which he appeared to inadvertently hit former Bombers teammate Clint Kent out of bounds, injuring Kent's leg.
Advised earlier this week of Jyles' allegations that he played dirty, Sears said he intended to settle the dispute directly with Jyles tonight.
"I will address it when I see him on the field. Know what I'm saying?" Sears said Monday.
"It will get handled, but in the way it's supposed to and (within) the integrity of the game. But yeah. I will be thinking about it."
Eskimos head coach Kavis Reed said he spoke to Jyles about his "dirty player" comments last week and was pleased to hear his quarterback had tendered a public apology Wednesday.
"I applaud him for having the courage and the class to make an amendment in terms of his statement. I know in his heart he doesn't believe that," Reed said.
FIELD NOTE: Reed, a former Bombers defensive co-ordinator, was asked Wednesday to reflect on late Bombers defensive-line coach Richard Harris, who died a year ago today. "When the schedule came out, it was a day I looked at. It obviously brings back some very difficult emotions. But at the same time, I'm at peace knowing Coach Harris is at peace. His legacy will never die."


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The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is not impressed with Tyson Foods' launch of a new animal well-being auditing program for its suppliers, but that should not come as a surprise.
"Audits are valuable if farm inspectors ask the right set of questions. We've not suggested that Tyson contractors are denying food to animals or intentionally abusing them, but that they are denying them enough space to even turn around," says Wayne Pacelle, HSUS president and chief executive officer. At issue is gestation-sow stalls. "Tyson's announcement would mean more if the company was getting its pork from farmers who do not confine sows in crates that immobilize the animals," Pacelle says.
HSUS has attempted to pressure Tyson into eliminating gestation-sow stalls from its supply chain, as it has with 34 other food companies (at last count). Last winter, HSUS submitted a shareholder resolution to attempt to force the meat and poultry processor to embrace group-sow housing. The effort failed, but the topic will reappear at the company's next annual meeting as HSUS has submitted another shareholder resolution. It is requesting that the Springdale, Ark.-based pork producer/packer disclose how it plans to meet—as HSUS puts it, "the growing demand for pork produced without the use of gestation crates."
In May, HSUS filed a legal complaint with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) asserting that Tyson Foods is making deceptive public statements related to animal well-being. The animal rights group argued that "the company (Tyson) lacked any meaningful audit program." Pointing to Tyson's FarmCheck auditing program, announced last week, HSUS says it "rings hollow" because it does not address gestation-sow stalls.
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As they begin their scholastic journey, 100 days is a very big deal. Celebrate accordingly with these fun craft ideas!
As they begin their scholastic journey, 100 days is a very big deal. Celebrate accordingly with these fun craft ideas!
Palette of 100 Colors
It's hard to name or even imagine 100 colors at this age, but it's easier than you might think to gently mix and come up with 100 different shades of colors. Your child will be amazed at what they can create with the smallest of changes!
Image via One Inch World
Self Portraits at 100 Years Old
Going from 100 days to 100 years, this is a great art project to stretch children's' imaginations. It will get them thinking about what they might look like at the age of 100 in a fun and playful way.
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Cupcakes Numbered 1-100
For a larger group, this is a wonderful way to represent the big number. Just don't let one person eat all 100!
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Wearable Add-On Jar
This is an adorable way to create wearable art. This add-on jar can be filled with a hundred of almost anything, but we really love the idea of filling it with a hundred hearts. There's more than enough love to go around!
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100 Balloons
While the song may say "99 Red Balloons", 99 just isn't enough for this occasion! This class from The First Grade Parade released one hundred balloons, each tagged with a message and email address asking the person who found the balloon to email back letting the class know where and when the balloon was found.
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100th Day Board
This simple and fun 100th Day Board was created by the school so all students could run through to celebrate.
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Colorful Caterpillar
This colorful caterpillar was made out of 100 pom poms. An adorable idea that any child will love!
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Collections of 100
In this kindergarten class, each student got to collect 100 of the item of their choice, and their collections were then mounted outside the classroom to help show the other students what the big number really looks like!
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Colorful Spaghetti
This idea is extremely simple, but the final product looks awesome! All you need is some colorful dye and raw pasta.
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100-Shaped Cookies
These adorable and colorful 100 shaped cookies were made by a kindergarten teacher for her class.
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"100" Cupcake Toppers
These scrumptious cupcake toppers will transform a simple cupcake into a celebration, and remind everyone just how special the 100th day of school really is!
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100 Flowers
We love this idea for a beautiful garden filled with one hundred paper flowers nestled behind a popsicle stick picket fence.
Image via Wooster School
Gumball Machine
The Gumball Machine filled with 100 Gumballs is a 100th Day of School favorite. Children get to use those fine motor skills to place and paste the gumballs, so this project not only creates an impressive display that your child is sure to be proud of, but is also developmentally beneficial!
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Gumdrop Picture Frame
This colorful gumdrop frame features one hundred gumdrops and is a great age-appropriate project for kids and the perfect reminder for your child to keep in their room long after the 100th day passes.
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100 Handprints
This craft is an amazing way to incorporate many children into the 100th day celebration. Plus, it really has that (literal) personal touch!
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100 Melted Crayons
This beautiful display of melted crayon art features one hundred crayons, fifty on top and on bottom. Make your own with our creative colorful DIY tutorial!
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Penny-Covered Initial
Finally a good use for all that spare change! Use one hundred old pennis for this cute copper-covered initial idea.
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"100"-Shaped Rice Krispie Treat
What child doesn't love rice krispie treats? This idea is sure to be a hit in the classroom. Easy to mold and shape into the number, this classic rice krispie treat can easily be made by your child and enjoyed by all the kids in the class.
Image via The Murphrees
100 Tallies T-Shirt
This home-made t-shirt is such a creative way to celebrate the big day!
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I doubt you'll get much help in this area... what you're trying to do isn't supported
Title says it all..
Currently i am running BT5 inside VMware and i would like to use local BT5 repo for my Ubuntu 10.04.2 (main machine), could anyone pliz provide the gpg key ?
do forgive my poor english
it is not recommended to install backtrack repo apps on a ubuntu or the other way around.
Although u might find post #5 useful
Last edited by ubiqcx; 07-07-2011 at 10:18 AM. Reason: add suggestion :)
I doubt you'll get much help in this area... what you're trying to do isn't supported
thx for replying
i think i ll have to manually compile the package then
Why is getting (or importing) the GPG key not allowed? You can (could?) freely get it for BT4 . . . why not 5?
Was it just back in Nov2010 . . . can we get it now?
I'd really like to get the tools in my Ubuntu distro.
Please HELP!
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1761143 ,re: using synaptic/software center to use the ubuntu main repo and adding into a backtrack hd installation; rather than attempting to add the backtrack repo to ubuntu.
hope this helps.
IMHO it doesnt serve the purpose of being a pentest distro if i install office n other non-pentest related software in backtrack
thanks for your help i do appreciate it


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Share your concerns and ideas.
Should there be more extenive documentation for each feature?
Would we need a more extensive explanation on the use of the various histograms for people new to using them?
For example: I recently found how very handy the color histograms can be just for testing and setting the "My Colors" feature. I couldn't understand why I was getting so many over-exposure warnings even though I set my Contrast to -2. Come to find out I had left Saturation on a +1 setting. This was showing up on the color graphs going out of bounds all too often. I set Saturation back to zero and most all the warnings went away. Nice!
> Would we need a more extensive explanation on the use of the various histograms for people new to using them?
Yeah, why not? Or maybe just a link? I like this explanation of histograms: http://www.sphoto.com/techinfo/histograms/histograms.htm
I like the new pictures very much. It would also be nice to have a picture where you can see the new Zebra mode in action (=active zebra shadows/highlights, possibly combined with a (blended) histogram overlay). Unfortunately I have no second camera to do this myself.
- Harvester
New Firmware Usage Page Edit
Hi all,
I am wondering if anyone has ever came across a solution to modify / add entries in the camera's internal hotpixel mapping file. Since this site is discussing an alternative F/W, I would be glad if someone would tell me the secret, how to map out my 3-6 hotpixels I've found....
Harvester, did you do all that??
If so (or whoever did it) ... WOW! NICE!
<insert smiley-happy-face thingy here>
This whole CHDK Wikia is rivaling most user manuals that I've read!!
No, I think it was GrAnd. Amazing work, thank you very much for all the nice pics!
- Harvester
Now that's one busy guy! I'm askeered to go see what tonight's firmware update might have. It means editing the pages again. :-) (hopefully he found something more fun to do for the weekend)
I've read here many postings about the S3 shortcut bug. I tried to include the workaround into this Wiki. Since I don't have a S3, I might have gotten something wrong... please correct me then!
- Harvester
Looks okay to me. I still like holding down the [Flash/Audio-memo] button before I press for ALT though. If I don't then when I run a script when I press the shutter it changes my shortcut settings. I think there's enough info there to let folks figure it out, and to at least alert them to a work-around that they can learn.
Great pictures on the page! I would assume that these of the LCD panel? Are the VF results the same?
As a matter of interest, has anyone discovered a way to shoot a VF image?
Dmforcier 16:19, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
- These pictures were grabbed from TV-out connected to MiniDV camcorder which was connected to PC through IEEE-1394. :) --GrAnd 18:10, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Suggested Fonts for the File Reader Edit
I have been using that RBF Font Converter program to see what fonts are the most legible for the teeny tiny screens we have to deal with, and I stumbled on a really nice one tonight.
If you have one on your system called "MS Reference Sans Serif" it converts extremely well. It's the most legible font I've found so far (at least I think so). It works well in point sizes from as low as 9 and 9 bold up to 13 and 13 bold. Beyond that it gets a little too large, not enough text displayed on the screen for my tastes. 10 is on the small side, but still useful. 10 bold, 11, and 11 bold are nice. 9 if you really must have as much on the screen at once, but it'll take some practice to read it, 9 bold is pretty easy to read.
Anyway, just a heads-up on a nice font
Text-only Version Edit
Oh, this text-only version is a very nice idea! I have not tried it yet, but it definitly sounds very useful!
- Harvester
I cleaned out as many line-feeds as possible, so it'll format a little better in the File Reader. And put in "------" section headings throughout so it might be easier to scroll to the area of interest by just using the zoom-in/out controller to scroll by pages, easier to spot the sections.
If you change something in the main Wiki - Firmware Usage pages, feel free to re-edit that file again and post it again somewhere easy to download. There might be places where some superfluous text could be removed too to make it more succinct.
I just wanted to say what a great job everyone has done with this WIKI. I still want to help ,,,but I'm so busy right now I can't. Thanks,Don
The link to the text version seems broken.
Erase All -- Bug or Wonderful Feature? Edit
I noticed something interesting today with my S3 IS.
I have CHDK installed on a 4gig card, so it means I have to manually boot up CHDK when needed. I was experimenting with taking some RAW files today. I know from the past that when you use the camera's built-in "Erase All" feature that it would leave the RAW files behind (when I was using 2gig self-booting SD cards, write-protect locked).
Well, I noticed that if just after boot up. and then loading CHDK, if I went to the camera's "Erase All" feature, that it would delete the whole 10x_CANON" folder, RAW files included.
However, if I took some RAW files in one session, then shut off the camera, started it again, took some more RAW files, and THEN when to the "Erase All" function, it would leave 1 behind from the previous (or current?) session. (I didn't pay attention to file numbers, I only know when I used CHDK's file-browser that the 10x_CANON folder was still there and one RAW file in it.)
Anyway, instead of going into CHDK's file-browser menu, I found I could just get rid of all the old files after a clean boot using "Erase All". This might be a quirk of using the 4gig card without the SD card-lock enabled or something.
I am using a RAW filename format of IMG_xxx.CR2 if that's of any importance. I changed it to see if other RAW file programs could read the files. This could be some rudimentary code in Canon's camera firmware that's recognizing their own CR2 RAW-file extension and allowing the deletion of them.
Thought you might like to know. And also in case you are hoping to save all your RAW files by using "Erase All" to get rid of the JPG files, that under some circumstances you might erase the RAW files too. :)
- Camera can delete all files with the same number at once. For example, if you make audio comment for a picture 'IMG_1234.JPG', camera creates sound file 'SND_1234.WAV'. If you decide to erase file 'IMG_1234.JPG', the complementary sound file will be deleted as well. For some RAW-files extensions camera behaviour is the same.
- BUT! Camera does not see any RAW files until you switch off/on the camera. If camera recognises that complementary RAW file exists the icon "broken sound file" will be displayed near a file number in play mode.
- -- GrAnd 19:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC) --
Hyperfocal Manual-Focus Tip (S3 IS): Edit
I notice that I am limited to the number of manual focus-steps depending on what setting my zoom lens is at. This can make it difficult to take full advantage of the exact hyper-focal distance read-out from CHDK.
The S3 IS has a nice little manual focus assist feature. That once you are in manual focus and did your best with the UP and DOWN buttons to focus your subject, you can press the SET button to let the camera try to auto fine-tune that focus for you even more. The feature limits itself to search for a better focus within a very narrow range.
I've noticed in the past that if it can't lock on something strong in contrast to focus on, that it will gradually step outward in very small increments to INF(inity).
SO ... if you are ever in need of trying to get closer to the hyper-focal distance, once you have locked your camera into manual focus: Try to get as close to the required hyper-focal distance as possible with the UP and DOWN buttons. Then aim the camera at something low in contrast (the sky perhaps), and press your SET button. Then HALF-press the shutter button to see what the new manual (F) focus distance is. (CHDK doesn't seem to update the F number during manual focus steps in latest versions of it, so you have to half-press the shutter button to make it update the (F) display number.)
If you haven't gotten close enough to the Hyper-focal distance, then press SET again (while pointed at a low-contrast area), it will make one more micro-focus step toward infinity for you.
Repeat until you are at the focus distance you wanted.
OR, conversely, scan around with your camera in auto-focus mode until it locks on something at the hyper-focal distance and then hit the MF button to lock it in. Sometimes finding something the right distance isn't always available, like when out on a boat for example or a busy crowd. Then resort to the manual-focus + SET button routine.
Text reader - spaces between characters Edit
I've noticed a problem in the text reader which concerns the spaces between characters. They are not all the same, so sometimes it looks as if you have a space char where there should not be any. The problems appears on my A610(e) and all fonts seem to have it, but at different positions. Let's take Arial20b.rbf here as an example: I have distinct spaces before every "j" and "y" and "Y" so that they look like " j", " y", " Y". If you want to test this, copy the following stuff into a text file and open it with your camera:
Answer: These spaces are in font files. The files are needed to be edited manually, because RBF-font editor imports from TTF fonts slightly incorrect (various spacing issue).
You can edit them with rbfEditor. This program is quite simple to use, but I severely miss an "undo" function. So better save from time to time :)
Here you can find space corrected versions of the Arial_bold fonts.
Haw can I change size OSD fonts ??
Build # Comments Edit
- Build #86
- (Fixes for S-series mostly)
- S-series: Zoom rocker controls manual focus only if [mf] button is pressed
- S-series: Various buttons to enter in <alt> mode: [shortcut], [flash], [timer], [iso], [video]
- S-series: Short press of <alt>-button - enter to <alt> mode; long press - original behaviour
- S-series: Extended buttons support in script (function 'click') - "iso", "flash", "mf", "macro", "video", "timer"
- Made the circle of confusion information more precised for each camera model
- Sokoban: Added undo/redo feature controlled by zoom rocker
- All I can say is WHOO HOOO!!!!!! (S-owner here) YES YES YES!! I love these! THANK YOU!!! (insert major smiley-happy-face doing a happy-dance) Oh man, with those extra scripting controls, the sky is the limit on what can be done now!!! And those button options? Brilliant!!! Especially that short/long button press option! I don't want to see any more bitching from anyone about <alt> buttons causing problems! (especially not from me :-) )
- Okay, I'm done going crazy for a bit, until the next wonderful release. :-)
- Wow, and you even fixed the zebra mode with Auto-Flash mode! What a nice work-around, momentarily putting the flash mode into manual mode just when showing zebra. Wonderful!!!
- THANK YOU!! CHDK is just about PERFECT now!! And I may even try to finally solve some Sokoban levels with that undo feature. I've been too scared! :-)
- (oops, the zoom-rocker and MF button seems to be crippled. Holding in the MF button IN when using the zoom rocker puts MF out of MF mode and no longer adjusts MF, I suspect it's just a typo oversight when you were coding. But the up/down buttons still work it just fine. Nice to see you working on that. It will be a nice upgrade when it works right. Thought I'd throw in this quick bug-report. Everything else seems to be working great so far though!)
- I hope I've fixed this in #87. It was just copy-paste issue. --GrAnd 17:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
- (oops, the zoom-rocker and MF button seems to be crippled. Holding in the MF button IN when using the zoom rocker puts MF out of MF mode and no longer adjusts MF, I suspect it's just a typo oversight when you were coding. But the up/down buttons still work it just fine. Nice to see you working on that. It will be a nice upgrade when it works right. Thought I'd throw in this quick bug-report. Everything else seems to be working great so far though!)
- Works GREAT!!!! :-) :-) :-) ... Soon as I get some time I'll try to add in all the extra scripting commands in the Wiki ... (unless someone beat me to it!)
Raw files. I have set my canon powershot a710 IS to save to raw files. When i load the pictures into my computer I only have images with the extention .jpg. I hve set prefix and extention to CRW. Can somebody help me?
- The game Sokoban have a bug. If you have the automatic pic rotation on, you came in the next level, if you turn the A710 at 90°. Thank for CHDK
Sorry for my bad english. Daniel
other video formats (dvd or divx) Edit
can i find any script for record video in canon s3is in dvd(mpeg2) and divx or xvid?
- See EWAVR's new builds we've been calling "VideoPlus" for many more video compression options as well as bypassing the 1GIG video limit. On the new Downloads page.
Catch 22? Edit
I am trying to use this on a Canon S3 and am being driven crazy - probably by my own stupidity!
I have downloaded and installed CHDK and see some new features e.g. battery level.
I want to shoot raw, but to toggle it on/off, I have to use a selectable ALT button.
To select an ALT button, I must go to "Miscellaneous" in the alternative menu, but to go to the alternative menu, I need to use the ALT button that I have not yet been able to select.
Can anyone tell me what I am missing?
- The default <ALT> toggle button is the "Shortcut" (print) button on the S3 until you select one of your own choice in the <ALT> configuration menus. [mr. anon]
OTHER cameras need this also Edit
Would love to see this type of firmware additions for my Fuji S9000, Particularly because I have both SD and CF slots so storage is a no brainer. Brobruce 16:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Canon HV20 Camcorder Edit
I have a Canon HV20 HDV camcorder that also uses the DIGIC ll processor. Would a hack like this be able to work on such a cam? Is there one in the works?Ian-T 03:56, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Text Listing of All Menu Trees Edit
Greetings, I am in a bit of a strange situation in that I have BORKED my camera's LCD. I have a canon SD500 =D. I absolutely LOVE CHDK and was wondering if there exists somewhere a text listing of all the menus. A comprehensive listing would be great, but all I really need is to know the sequence of button presses to execute a script. Since my LCD is broken now, I intend to use one o them interval scripts and just plant my camera in one corner of my room and have it go. Any help would be very much appreciated!
- This might be difficult because each build has their unique menu structures. If you have been using the latest Allbest Build #51, then it would be:
- Main Menu
- Extra Photo Operations ->
- OSD Parameters ->
- Video Parameters ->
- RAW Parameters ->
- Histogram Parameters ->
- Zebra Parameters ->
- Scripting Parameters ->
- Load Script from File...
- Script Shoot Delay (0.1s) [ ]
- Autostart [ ]
- Remote Enable (USB) [ ]
- Or you can just press the [SET] button while in <ALT> mode to go directly to the Scripting Parameters menu screen.
- How are you going to navigate what's on your SD card to load up the script that you want to run? Then how are you going to set the user variables for that script?
24p & 25p video? Edit
Been playing with CHDK on my G9 and love what the developers have done for the camera! The G9 presently can record video in 15fps and 30fps. The look & feel of film is 24p. Sure you can run conversion tools to take 30p down to 24p, but then you have these awkward long frames shoved in the mix.
So, can any of the well versed CHDK developers out there come up with a clever way to allow 24p (23.976fps)? Canon first released the 5D MkII with 30p video capability, but after industry criticism, was able to develop and release a firmware update that added 24p & 25p. I know, a 5D dslr is in a completely different class from the point&shoot G9, but maybe this can be done?
Thanks for humoring the idea!
Article in spanish Edit
moved from the article page by Fe50 19:29, February 21, 2010 (UTC)
El nuevo Manual de usuario se encuentra en:
- CHDK Manual del usuario New !
- Tiene enlaces a los recursos de edad
Para verla sin conexión, y un manual para imprimir, vaya a: --
- CHDK UserGuide 2009 En formato. Pdf. (Última actualización 22 de diciembre 2009)
NOTE: There's also a One Page Ultra-Quick Users Guide (with offline PDF version) and an extended "Manual" available: End-Users-Guide, for offline use it can be obtained fromUso en formato PDF (2007). Un manual actualizado, "Quick Start User Guide abril de 2009" también está disponible en formato PDF, vaya a -- Nueva Guía del usuario de Abril2009
A continuación se enumeran las principales características de CHDK, como originalmente desarrollado por Grand y otros colaboradores. Son estos son más o menos "en piedra" y son el principal núcleo de lo que CHDK se trata. Por favor, tenga en cuenta que CHDK es un fluido y en constante evolución pedazo de programación. Varios de los nuevos firmware de uso se han añadido las secciones a continuación (en "Build Especial" categorías) para reflejar algunos de los cambios que desde entonces han sido adaptados a la mayoría de todo el mundo nuevas versiones de CHDK
Sin embargo, CHDK ha sido llevado a un nuevo nivel de algunos de los principales desarrolladores. Esto se refleja en lo que ahora se llama "Construir Allbest's". Muchas de las funciones se han añadido nuevas tan especial Firmware AllBest de Uso de la página se ha añadido a este Wiki. Por favor refiérase a la página de nuevo obturador, F-Stop, y la ISO características Override, la alta velocidad Tv, Av, ISO, y Focus Bracketing; RAW características de mezcla (Suma y Promedio), y docenas de otras nuevas adiciones y sorprendente.
Tenga en cuenta también que este Firmware AllBest de Uso de página es una work in progress, Como la formación Allbest está evolucionando y mejorando. (La información en esa página también está incompleta o incompleta en algunos puntos, ya que tenemos que depender de Rusia en línea con las traducciones Inglés. Si usted siente que usted puede aclarar algunas de las secciones, el voluntariado como un editor de Wiki será muy apreciado.)
Si usted encuentra una característica en sus menús CHDK que no está adecuadamente descritas a continuación y consulte los Firmware AllBest de Uso de donde se ha intentado aclarar y explicar todas las funciones más recientes. Esta página sólo es para las características de fundación original base de CHDK, (conocida por todos como Construye Grand). Si usted siente que una característica CHDK no está plenamente explicado en la página del firmware Allbest uso, siéntase libre de editar la página en consecuencia.
CHDK pantalla de firmwareEdit
Verá algo como esto por un segundo o así como CHDK se arranca de la tarjeta en la cámara (a menos que haya desactivado la pantalla de bienvenida)
<ALT> el modo deEdit
<ALT> desactivará el modo de botones de la cámara normal y les dará una altsentido ernative. Este modo es normalmente apagado! Sólo es necesario para la menú de configuración principal de, iniciar una secuencia de comandos y otros accesos directos.
Cómo activar <ALT> modo:
Menú principalEdit
Para mostrar el menú principal, pulse Menu botón <ALT> modo. Para volver al menú anterior de un submenú se puede utilizar Display botón. Los valores que se han cambiado no se guardará hasta que sale del menú principal. (Apagar la cámara mientras que el menú está abierto, se descartarán los cambios.)
RAW parámetros del menúEdit
→ Este elemento de menú ahora tiene la etiqueta "Dark Frame resta"!
Visualización en pantallaEdit
Editor de diseñoEdit
Le permite ajustar la posición de los elementos de menú OSD en la pantalla. Los botones se utilizan las siguientes:
Menú de la bateríaEdit
Configuración de la cuadrícula de menúEdit
Menú de histogramaEdit
Vivo ejemplo de histogramaEdit
Parámetros de ZebraEdit
Menú ScriptEdit
Mini-secuencias de comandos de la consolaEdit
Construye Características EspecialesEdit
Fingalo (y otras) las nuevas construcciones. Ver Descargas página para más información.
Menú de configuración de VisualEdit
Algunas y algunos la diversión y muy cosas útiles que usted puede hacer o uso.
Generar informaciónEdit
Información sobre la memoriaEdit
Archivo borrarEdit
Paleta de exploradorEdit
Lector de texto de menúEdit
Lector de textoEdit
Al salir se memoriza la última posición-vistas en el texto, el establecimiento de un marcador.
Esto no funciona cuando usted acaba de apagar la cámara - usted tiene que salir del lector de y el menú de CHDK.
Al utilizar la opción "Abrir archivo de la última abierta" la opción de su visión continuará en donde lo dejó. Este marcador se descarta cuando se carga un nuevo archivo / diferente.
Captura de pantalla antiguo - el lector de texto ahora wordwraps líneas de palabras completas
Juego: ReversiEdit
Los botones se utilizan las siguientes:
Juego: SokobanEdit
Los botones se utilizan las siguientes:
Características de la versión especialEdit
Las siguientes funciones han ganado popularidad al instante y ahora están apareciendo en muchos construye por otros autores. Véase el Descargas sección para más información sobre la obtención de estos.
Menú DepurarEdit
La mayoría de las opciones aquí son utilizados por los desarrolladores de programas para ver las ubicaciones de memoria interna de la cámara o el código (Lista de los casos de propiedad conocida).
Sin embargo, hay una interesante y una opción muy importante para el usuario final:
Hacer tarjetas de arranque ...
Restablecer opcionesEdit
CHDK restablecer todos los ajustes por defecto.
Es preciso aclarar - sólo restablece los valores en la memoria activa (se aplica a este poder-en sesión solamente)? o escribe los valores por defecto para el archivo de configuración CHDK?


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Judging the Upfronts By Their Cover: NBC
Every spring, each major television network announces its primetime schedule for the next fall. Many new shows will premiere, but few will make it past November. Here at Celebuzz, we know your time is valuable so we're picking which of these new shows is worth your time, completely site unseen.
The… More »


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My wife and I are going to the Knoxville and Pigeon Forge area soon and I would love to track down a great BBQ place around there we can visit. I like sweet and spicy type sauces, don't like mustard based for the most part although I have had some good mustard based sauce.
Any recommendations?


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Analyst confuses "possible" for "realistic", claims Apple and Microsoft could merge in 5 years
28 Comments
1. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
If this is really possible, that means Nokia will be free and they can make a comeback with Android phones, or they can make Symbian reborn and merge it with Android.
9. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
What you are saying is may be possible, but the merger looks difficult or nearly impossible.
Has he (the analyst) drunk or what? Previously also these type of rumours came but Apple is now in quite good condition.
17. ihavenoname (Posts: 1693; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
M$ is in trouble, but Apple is one of healthiest, maybe most healthiest tech company in the world.
20. androiphone20 (Posts: 1654; Member since: 10 Jul 2013)
Apple did not
Micro$oft in the 2000's that Micro$
oft did to Apple in the 1990's. Apple
came out with market-dominant
products like the iPhone and iPad,
and Microsoft tried to "compete" with
them. First, they mocked them. Then,
they copied them. Then they tried to
out-Apple them by marketing their
products as superior. All the while,
they failed to understand that Apple's
products were more than the sum of
their parts. They had become
household names. No one went
shopping for a tablet. They looked for
an iPad or a suitable alternative. Few
looked for a smartphone---they
looked for an iPhone or something like
it. And Microshaft is still at it with
their ridiculous Surface and and
generic Windows tablet ads. But
those are disaster, too, because
Windows isn't sexy. M$ is in the
unenviable position of having to
advertise third party products that run
its Windows, while at the same time
eating the lunch of its hardware
partners by offering products like the
What Microsoft SHOULD do (now that
Monkey Boy is gone) is focus on
Windows, Office and the xBox. They
should kill all other hardware. They
should totally redesign Internet
Explorer to make it fast and secure.
They should focus like a laser on UI
and under-the-hood improvements.
They should become on the of the
dominant developers for Apple's iPad
and iPhone, as well as Android. They
should totally bail on Windows Phone.
They'd make money hand over fist.
23. ady_lad (Posts: 82; Member since: 17 Jul 2013)
Mate, a Surface Pro is miles better than any iPad ever built, while Surface Pro is a tool, a very useful one...iPad is a lot less practical.
24. pookiewood (Posts: 631; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
What a ridiculous comment.
First calling Steve Ballmer monkey isn't cool. He's had nothing but successful quarter after successful quarter. Even with huge missteps like the over priced original surface launch.
Funny how you mention MS copying Apple but you fail to mention how Apples latest phone OS takes a little of Androids features and mixes it with the IMO sexiest OS of them all Windows Phone's metro. Apple went front Fisher Price icons to modern flat.
They shouldn't kill the Surface. They just need to price them to compete.
26. Finalflash (Posts: 3535; Member since: 23 Jul 2013)
For once I actually agree with you. MS should focus on software, which is what they were good at before they diversified into a thousand different failures. Xbox even has been largely a money pit for them because once again hardware isn't their thing. You have to know your strength and play towards it not away from it. Apple does a bit of both and the reason they succeed is because they are focused on the mix of hardware and software. Their software isn't exactly the most advanced and their hardware isn't the top of the line, but the harmonious mix of the two provide just as much value as the extremes. Too bad only MS doesn't seem to get it, stop copying other's strategies and make your own.
2. pongkie (Posts: 655; Member since: 20 Aug 2011)
well if MS manage to kick tim and replace him w/ elop. but that wont happen
16. ihavenoname (Posts: 1693; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
Elop is busta, you know?
3. Pattycakes (Posts: 22; Member since: 20 Oct 2013)
No. Won't Happen.
15. ihavenoname (Posts: 1693; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
Yup. They hate each other. (Not as much as Google, but still) IDK about M$, but Apple is doing so well (sales, satisfaction, loyalty) that they have zero reason to merge with M$.
4. cc3493 (Posts: 158; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)
I actually think they would work very well together. Both of them (MS and Apple) are very software strong. They both prefer optimisation (and making one main product) compared to other companies which release a multitude of products. (e.g., surface, iphone, macbook etc.) They are both USA companies. They both engage in heavy patent trolling (which honestly i dont mind) and they are very strong in the software department. They also go for simplicity and minimalism compared to an amass of features. Maybe they might not merge, but they might work together.
10. Dowson (unregistered)
Honest comment, 100% with you brody
5. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4786; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
I think federal regulators would have a problem with it.
6. thebrandonlogan (Posts: 11; Member since: 21 May 2013)
For anyone to even think the government would allow this is laughable.
7. kanagadeepan (Posts: 981; Member since: 24 Jan 2012)
I wonder what those Analysts were sm0king?
8. jiezel91 (Posts: 67; Member since: 28 Jul 2011)
While this is outright absurd, I wouldn't discount the slightest of possibility for this to happen. For one, Motorola is among the pioneers in mobile, and look at Motorola now, already owned by Google. Nokia, and Blackberry used to be the "creme of the crop" of smartphones, fast forward and now they are struggling long and hard.
It only implies one thing, the tech industry has been very much unforgiving these days that anything can happen overnight.
19. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4786; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
The difference with the Motorola/Google merger is that Google is in the software, search, and advertising field, and Moto is a hardware manufacturer. Apple & MS are basically in all the same fields, personal computers, software & operating systems, media, & mobile phones and tablets. It would basically turn the home and mobile computing landscape into a duopoly, and we've seen how that went down with #2 AT&T and #4 T-Mobile trying to merge.
11. Kishin (Posts: 706; Member since: 30 May 2013)
Nothing is Impossible anymore
12. Antonyjoseph (Posts: 217; Member since: 06 Apr 2013)
If Elop is made CEO of MS this could happen. He will sell MS to Apple like he sold Nokia to MS.
21. sianto (Posts: 65; Member since: 11 Dec 2013)
True, but then it would/could kill Google like one big patent troll! (If Elop doesn't get Apple CEO then)
27. tasior (Posts: 265; Member since: 04 Nov 2012)
If Elop would apply the same strategy, he applied to Nokia, this could happen. That would mean dropping most of things they're good at eg. Windows or Office, and switch entirely to mobile market. After few years Apple would buy MS for 5-8 bilions...
13. makio9 (Posts: 48; Member since: 23 Jul 2012)
Over Jobs dead body...oh wait.
No disrespect intended but if these two companies keep swapping around head honchos then who's to say this isn't a realistic possibility.
14. makio9 (Posts: 48; Member since: 23 Jul 2012)
I wonder if it would be like cars and then nobody would buy Apple anymore because it's "just a Microsoft car" i mean computer.
18. dratomic (Posts: 483; Member since: 09 Oct 2013)
what is he smokin?! this is media's fault. that report every bums comment on tech companies as analist
22. Loubielou (Posts: 556; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
Just can"t see this Happening,as Microsoft are trying that hard to be like Apple an succesful in the computer an mobile,Why?would Apple want to Help someone they are Miles away ahead of someone
25. PBXtech (Posts: 1032; Member since: 21 Oct 2013)
That would be a monopoly on computer OS', Mac and Windows would be owned by the same corporation even though they are different. While there is Ubuntu and Linux, their percentage of the market isn't enough for a deal like this to be allowed by the government.
28. jamesedward318 (Posts: 99; Member since: 25 Dec 2010)
I would say this would be the biggest example of cats and dogs sleeping together. in today's times every company is looking to make money, stop the bleeding from losses and grow. This would be the biggest merger known to man in my opinion when it comes to technology. If this does indeed happen it opens the doors for many more mergers to happen on many different levels such as cellular companies(i.e Sprint and T-Mobile). Imagine Apple content on the next rendering of the Xbox.


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Last spring, we released chat for wikis and so far over 12,000 communities have started using it! With so many active communities using chat on a daily basis, we have gotten a lot of great feedback and requests for improvements.
Starting this Wednesday, we will be releasing an update to chat on all English wikis. It's already live on a couple of select communities as well as Community Test (so feel free to test it out there).
What you will see in the update
Improvements to blocking
We've changed the way users are banned from chat to make it more like blocking on a wiki. With this release, the "bannedfromchat" user right will no longer exist. The new blocking system will be as follows:
- Kick - We created a new action called "Kick" for admins and chatmods. Kick severs the offending user's connection from chat, forcing them out of the chat room. They will be able to rejoin chat right away; the goal of this tool is to provide a way to give a user a warning or to remove someone who may have a connection issue.
- Ban now works like block - Admins and chatmods can set time limits and list a reason for banning a user from chat. All bans are recorded at Special:Log/chatban and are displayed on the banned user's contributions and masthead. Bans can also be controlled directly from the log or contributions page as well.
- Transition - All currently kickbanned people will be transitioned to the new system over the next few weeks, and the right of "bannedfromchat" will be permanently retired. All current chat bans will transition to 6 month bans; those bans will automatically expire in November, 2012.
You can add chat anywhere
- You can now add an entry point to chat on any page you would like to see it by using the <chat /> tag.
- All wikitext links to Special:Chat now also open in a new window.
Other tweaks & technical improvements
- New entry point design - you can now see all of the users who are in the chat before you enter.
- Server performance improvements - we have made the Chat server more stable so there should be less lag and fewer stability issues.
- Support - We've dropped support for IE7 (list of all supported browsers can be found here).
We hope you enjoy these updates. Once we are ready for international releases, I will update here. We will be continuing to test on select wikis over the next couple of days so that we can ensure everything will go smoothly on Wednesday, so please let us know if you run into any issues. Happy chatting!
5/9/12 11am PST - The new chat updates are now live on all English wikis.
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Brittany Asks…
To cut costs, I would like to have only the people listed on my wedding invitations attend my wedding. Is there a way to suggest that plus-ones are prohibited without seeming tacky?
Also, what is the most polite way to say "no children" or "adults only" and where do we state this?
Etta Says…
Wedding etiquette regarding plus ones has changed in recent years and there are a few things to consider when preparing your guest list.
The most traditional way to tackle your question is to address only that person's name on the inner envelope. When allowing people a "plus one" write "and guest" on the envelope. Since most people aren't as familiar with that formality, you can limit it on the response card or include a small note—where you can ask your guest to list the name of their guest so you can properly address them on the seating chart and place cards.
If you do not wish to invite kiddos to your wedding, simply exclude their name from the invitation. You should never write "no children" or "adults only" on the invite, but if you want to be completely clear you can include "Adult Affair" on the RSVP card. You can also tell each guest how many are invited, using this format: "We have reserved ____ seats for you." You could enter "1″ there for people who aren't allowed to bring a date or you can use "___ of ___ will attend" if they're allowed a guest.
Additional things to consider when inviting guests:
Proper etiquette states that you should invite guests who are living together—not only the married ones.
Also, you should always invite both members of a couple if they are married. Not knowing someone's partner is no excuse for excluding them from the invitation.
Have an etiquette question for Etta? Email us at email@example.com and she'll post an answer for you.


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ENMORE Seniors made the relatively short journey to the Oake Manor course and, although suffering a defeat, made a good effort on the day, losing by three matches to five.
Outright wins were secured by Merv. Slocombe with Brian Parker, and John Parker with Jim Smith, both by 2 & 1.
Two games were halved by Chris Topps with Jim Symcox and Dave Pascoe with Mike Cavill.
Next up was a home fixture against Clevedon seniors and the same score, three matches to five, was the outcome.
Captain John Newell with Chris Bishop and Mark Saxton with Mike Cavill both won by 2 & 1. Two matches were halved, Robert Jones with Paul Waplington, and Jim Symcox with Chris Topps.
The final fixture for August was at the south coast course of Lyme Regis.
On a blustery day, and coping with uneven greens after recent maintenance, Enmore competed well by sharing the honours in a six group match.
Points were won by Mark Saxton with John Patterson with a splendid 6 & 5 victory, whilst Ray Hancock with Mike Perry and Peter Robinson with Tony Pomeroy both won 1 up.


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♦ Manufacturing is on the rise in Nigeria, as the global recession cuts returns in developed countries. But the country faces great challenges — political discord, corruption, broken infrastructure and a high poverty rate.
♦ Vali Nasr, a former senior adviser to Richard Holbrooke, criticises the Obama administration's tough yet diffident and contradictory approach to the Middle East and its eventual retreat in his new book.
♦ Foreign Policy's flagship blog chronicles the Wikipedia war over whether military intervention in Egypt deserves to be called a 'Coup.'
♦ The New York Times remembers the 19 Arizona firefighters who died battling a fire outside the old gold-mining village of Yarnell in poignant vignettes.
♦ The New York Times chronicles the lead up to the Egyptian coup, as President Morsi refused to deal with the Americans or with his minister of defence, General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi. As Egypt's economy faces a tough transitional period during the post-Morsi period in the midst of political unrest, the central bank governor flew to Abu Dhabi to raise financial support. Read more


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- Collection Overview
- ExhibitionsPast Exhibitions
- Close Up: Piermatteo D'Amelia's The Annunciation
- Journeys East
- The Triumph of Marriage
- Luxury For Export
- A Bronze Menagerie
- Gentile Bellini and the East
- Gondola Days
- Raphael, Cellini, and a Renaissance Banker
- Making of the Museum
- Cosmè Tura
- Off the Wall: Gardner and Her Masterpieces
- Ornament and Illusion: Carlo Crivelli of Venice
- Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors' Drawings from Renaissance Italy
- The Inscrutable Eye: Watercolors by John Singer Sargent in Isabella Stewart Gardner's Collection
- Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America
- Illuminating the Serenissima: Books of the Republic of Venice
- Modeling Devotion
- Conservation
- ChapelView Room MapsFirst FloorSecond Floor
- Browse Artists
- Angelico, Fra
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- Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico
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- Turner, J.M.W.
- Uccello, Paolo
- Vasari, Giorgio
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Window: Scenes from the Lives of Saint Nicasius and Saint Eutropia
about 1205
Stained glass, 366 x 157 cm
Genre: European Art, Stained Glass
Location: Chapel
Accession Number: C28s2
This window is not only the finest example of early thirteenth-century French stained glass in America, it also occupies a pivotal position in the history of early Gothic painting. It was made for Soissons cathedral, the earliest of the great High Gothic cathedrals, located some sixty miles northeast of Paris. The window at the Gardner Museum is now about 40 percent of its original height; the remainder of the window was bought by the Louvre, Paris, at the same time Mrs. Gardner acquired her pieces. The upper three registers are in their original positions, while the two lower right sections come from other parts of the window. The two sections at the lower left are made up from various fragments.
The window narrates the story of Nicasius, archbishop of Reims, and his sister Eutropia, who were martyred by the Vandals in 403. The two saints had great local significance in Soissons. One of the most imposing scenes, in the center of the Gardner window, shows the entombment of Saint Nicasius, who is surrounded by mourners gracefully bending over his body. The classicizing style of the window may well have been produced under Nivelon de Chérizy, the bishop of Soissons (from 1176 to 1205), or commissioned in his memory.
The stained glass of Soissons suffered greatly over the years. In the 1800s, many of the windows were taken to Paris for restoration and were later sold to collectors.
Source: Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 27.
Purchased in 1906 from F. Bacri, Paris.