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Night exploration and playing in the inky darkness is the aim of this coaching group.
To ask questions, give advice and find answers to the mysteries of shooting at night
This is an invitation for you to upload your night time images here for us all to learn more about shooting at night.
Playing with light in the dark with torches, fire, wire wool, traffic or whatever medium you might choose to create your night time shots.
This is for all levels (whatever that means to you) if you have never taken shots at night, you would be most welcome to start here. If youre brilliant at it, then do please join to help and support others.
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Good to be here... Ive not given up!
Infact I have one personal image that, to achieve, knowledge of this subject is vital
Might be a while before I can upload something but should be an interesting discussion.
Hya Aid, thanks for joining in...yes its a meeting of minds in the inky darkness
you post up images through the group meeting here (look above the images at the top of the page it says click here to upload ) and then you add your cam settings (or whatever) and so on and we coach each other to get better shots at night, better long expos and so we can all master a bit of light painting too ....if that lights your fire
ask any questions you might have and we can all try to answer them to assist each other (we will all have different ideas and views and that the essence of this group)
thats about it and thanks for joining in, we will all be fab night shooters by the end of the meet, well it is a year!
8 so far - pretty good
most of my stuff from now till March will be night stuff so hope I don't flood this group
how many shall we put in to the group then as many as we like ?
Ade I must pick your brains about HDR at night too I have done one or two I'll link them in a bit, I can beleive I am thinking about messing with my night shots in Pshop (Cirrus's fault, he started me off with the desat. brush)
thanks though Tim... worked I think
I'm still a HDR agnostic, I see a fair few which have that balance between cartoon like look and a hyper-real look, but a certain subtleness always seems to be abandoned in the final results... it sure has it's place for certain types of images, just not sure I could live with any easily. Here is probably not the place for such ramblings, just don't want the long exposure/night area becoming a HDR area I suppose.
I think I would only use it, HDR that is, (if I did again) for objects such as cars though, I can not imagine it for some of the other stuff I do like trails and light painting
cant see it working with long expo's anyway cos when I used it, it was 30 second hits I think no more .....
I do have a question for this group though
I have a vision to be realised (at night) that contains fire in it..how do you shoot a long expo without burning out with the bright fire in the frame ?
any ideas please would be most welcome
Quote: just don't want the long exposure/night area becoming a HDR area I suppose.
should we start a night HDR group instead?
Just that every night shot I do will be HDR - I'll bugger off to my own thread if I'm not welcome here
Quote: I have a vision to be realised (at night) that contains fire in it..how do you shoot a long expo without burning out with the bright fire in the frame ?
simple - use HDR
take 3-5 exposures, 2 stops apart, blend in a HDR creator like Photomatix, tone map and process in Photoshop.
That's what HDR does - makes impossible shots possible
I clearly need to come to a camera club near you guys and do my talk on HDR!
do both - all you're doing with HDR at the photography stage is bracketting after all
take 3-5 images
if that doesn't do the trick when you're processing at home - you then have the option of HDR
Hya Andy, welcome and thanks for joining in
you can add it to the group by going to EDIT your photo then add it to a meeting, if you are in this group (which you now are) this meeting should pop up in the meetings box so then pop into the group ..if that is not correct Ade will probably be able to tell you better than me
or you can add it drectly to the group at the top of this page (either works)
now go shoot that haunted house at night, if I was closer to you I'd be there in a flash!!!
is that assylum accessible at night ? (how far away are you ?)
(if I get any CPD conferences coming up round your way, I'll PM you for sure)
Quote: I have a vision to be realised (at night) that contains fire in it..how do you shoot a long expo without burning out with the bright fire in the frame ?
If your vision involves a very long exposure, a composite may be the only way!
Hey Rick, some peeps done like crits on ther images ( so I have learned) so I'll leave mine on your bridge in here
I really like it....but how come its so bright though after only 8 secs? (puzzled)
either there is already lots of light around, even at night, looks pretty well lit to me
or to go darker (which I would but maybe you prefer it this way) I'd make the apperture smaller to expose for longer (and then you get pretty starry lights) or its an ISO thing, what did you use ?
@ Tim...
that vision is still fermenting in my brain, (like they do) I may have a play tonight if my friendly pyromanics come out to play tonight,
you know I cant do compos .... but hey, maybe its time to learn
But it wont be a very long expo cos of the clouds (this time of year) they just go a funny orange if I long expo when its cloudy, if its a clear night tonight it will be a long one, well thats if I dont get in trouble first for the fire..
all in a nights shooting !
What i love about night shots is the extra detail captured by long shutter speeds, movement is a bonus.
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Quote: I do have a question for this group though
I have a vision to be realised (at night) that contains fire in it..how do you shoot a long expo without burning out with the bright fire in the frame ?
any ideas please would be most welcome
how about using something to obscure the fire, like if you memorise where it is in the frame, you could use your hand or a piece of card to dodge the flaames so they don't burn out :o)
Lol I might indulge a little in this group, just a shame that at present you can only link to a single group.
I`ve set another night group up, not to rival this, as only retro trip 35 users need apply
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Goggz at 12 Dec 2009 - 8:22 PM
Quote: @ Goggz...hmmm worth thinking about yes, can see how it would work with fireworks
Yeah, just place a card over the lens to obscure everything then remove when a firework goes upward...
Quote: I'll try it with flames next time
I was thinking of something shaped like a lollipop so that you have a smallish round piece of card that you wave around gently over the line of sight to the fire (assuming it isn't a huge conflagration!!) so that it blocks out the fire for a part of the exposure that is sufficient to ensure it doesn't burn out...
You would need to practice by looking through the viewfinder before committing to the shot, so you could see how far away the lollipop card would need to be held to cover the required area. I hope that makes more sense??
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Paul Morgan at 13 Dec 2009 - 7:03 PM
Quote: Hya Paul and gregl
No worries, just added my offering.
Could be a while before I add any more, got a carrier bag full of film that needs processing
Quote: That's what HDR does - makes impossible shots possible
My film scanner software caters for HDR, so might have a play at some point.
nope Goggz not an ounce of sense lol
sorry...I dont really learn by reading..I just learn by doing it..but I'll try to think lollipops next time I set the park on fire !
the two seem to go together in an obscure way
I'm sure you can see it in your head..but sorry I just cant.....
thanks for thinking it through
(and whats a cold cathode?) sounds scarey
Welcome Penny
Thanks for the welcome & the chance to learn by doing.
Is there any interest in having a night meet, preferably when there isn't much moon?
Your welcome Penny was a good choice of location for a quickie!
yeah definately, next year I will have some free time I hope (from all this years madness)
I'd love a night time road trip, I have already been invited by Moira (Woollybill et al.) to shoot the Angel @ night, so cant wait for that, and some other places like assylums up north by others
I can feel another article coming on
we have 33 images so far which is cool, would love some crit on my lightpainting ones though from others in the group, to get some more ideas and so on...
my red wire to emulate fire has arrived today, picking it up later tonight I hope when we go out, but not setting the park on fire till next week now with that !
I want to do some light abstracts ....but either I need some orange gels..or I can mix some of my own up but what colours make orange?
any ideas .....anyone ?
Red + Yellow
This is the link to a colour wheel. that might be useful
thanks for that Penny, I have red but no yellow but,
I nabbed some orange gels last night, so thats good
and also some really heavy duty blue and purple too, much thicker than the ones I gave to you to use
(so they wont have to be folded 4 times to get a deep colour)
Just added another, spent a very enjoyable couple of hours out in the blizzard Monday night.
Used mainly film, a did get a few digital using the lensbaby, slipped on my ass a fair few times
I have just started a new topic in the forum - re trying to organise a London night photography trip if anyone's intersted? I thought it unfair to expect my other half to hang around whilst I take pictures! I'd like to do it soon whilst the Christmas lights are still up and perhaps after it's been raining. Drop me a line if anyone fancies it!
Many Thanks,
Hey there Becky, why dont you join the group and upload your night shots of London?
this is a virtual meeting place of minds ..ideas and tips and so on......(hope someone agrees to meet up with you from the forum link of course)
Hey KLewis thanks for joining !
more the merrier !
Quote: Hya Andy, welcome and thanks for joining in
you can add it to the group by going to EDIT your photo then add it to a meeting, if you are in this group (which you now are) this meeting should pop up in the meetings box so then pop into the group ..if that is not correct Ade will probably be able to tell you better than me
or you can add it drectly to the group at the top of this page (either works)
now go shoot that haunted house at night, if I was closer to you I'd be there in a flash!!!
is that assylum accessible at night ? (how far away are you ?)
(if I get any CPD conferences coming up round your way, I'll PM you for sure)
Sorry for the late reply Diana just picked up on your message , have added a shot and will add some more . st marys asylyums is deffo accessible at night although it is some 50 mile from me so would need to forward plan a night visit but i would be up for it as maybe some others too
love your shots on that link you sent to me crazy and fab !
.... thanks for that I have PM'd you about further asylum shoots
when your ready, no rush, there is only one close-ish to me, but it has mostly been knocked down, already been there
i have just seen this and became a member, i donot know much about the purpose and tried to experiment with the light using a technique posted in this site...
yes Diana you are right, it is pretty wild indeed, it is just a start, but i find that artificial movement given to the torch resulting this error, is there any way out to give a constant movement to form a proper subject whichever i want...
Diana Happy New Year to you and all the members,
you can give feedback anywhere in my image or here, it will be very much appreciated...
thanks for the message in the group room
OK Ill do it here then, makes it easier for you to find, if you think it will be helpful to the group you can copy it in there if you like
But I dont see anything wrong with this, and wouldnt have a clue on how to improve upon it!
Lightpainting is an art and everyone develops a style of their own, (for instance look at mine and Pennys bandstand shots, same bandstand, same time but totally different interpretations)
Personally I have never read an instruction manual, and although I believe some of the help on here is good I dont get past the first sentence if it doesnt grab me.....
and that instruction thingy written by the Boss is probably brilliant but its way too wordy for me to get through
So I didnt read it all so dont really know what its telling you to do. (Guessing... make a light spirograph abstract rather than a face)
Did you know Picasso was a lightpainter? some of his stuff is wild
so it is never about perfection, you just work with your own interpretation, it will be fine.
I just learn by doing...I cant give you techniques, I dont follow any... I do it all by feeling...(hard to explain) an idea just ferments in my brain and I then have to realise it... in what ever way I can
but I am always happy to answer any questions you might have, you have a great eye so it wont take long before you master a style of your own, so keep doing it (careful though it's addictive)
So basically I cant give you feedback on this technique cos I have never done it, nor would I really ...its not the kind of thing I would enjoy doing, but a good lesson in learning how to play with light for sure
hope that helps
Thanks Diana i will try...
Hi there,
Not sure if this would the best place to ask this as im a beginner. But here goes:
Im truly struggling with Night Photography. Ive got a Canon 1000D and usually use my 28-135mm, set to AV. My photos always seem very washed out and lack sharpness.
Again im sorry if this isn't the right place to post, but thought i would try.
well Jac you need to study carefully the camera manuals, it took me one month to explore, try to read in camera histogram, you need to enhance the sharpness in camera settings and a tripod is a must for night photography, a cable release or remote release will be very helpful, you need to use manual mode for more creativity...
Could you give me any sort of example of a setup you would use for night shots. I understand lighting is a huge factor. But anything would help.
well you can see the set up given in my last image, i have just set the camera on tripod, mirror locked, selftimer 2 seconds, and pressed the button, then i have used a torch to paint the hand, slightly on the chain as well, the result you can see...
Hi Froggy
thanks for your visit, Hey why not join the group ?
You'd be very welcome
throw all the manuals away!!!
.......and get out there and shoot
what exactly would you like to know ?
and are you asking about shooting outside at night, cos thats the way I read your question
You need to learn how to focus in the dark and bingo all your night shots will be sharp, do you know how to focus at night ?
Hi Simon, thanks for coming on in
so.. just a thought, what has anyone got from being in this group, if nothing do say so please
Do any of you come and look in here....
is there anything that you would like from the group that you are not currently recieving
I think if we had notifications of posting in here it woul be more lively ?
any other thoughts would be most welcome
thank you
Just added one of mine - Abbey Nights, from a night shoot in Westminster that I did back in October...
Hi Diana, thanks for the invite, i hope to pick up some ideas & tips here. I did try to upload an image but found it went into the main gallery, having now read the previous comments i will have another go soon,
Regards to all
Hi guys !! I am new here ... and would love to know something about night photography.
Will upload oneor two photographs which I have taken soon....
Welcome Roy, nice to see you here
are landscapes that are taken at sunset really deserving of this specialist (IMO) night low light category ?
yet people add them to the night category does that bug anyone else like it bugs me ?
for me night is the night time !
any thoughts?
Congrats for establishing this new group. I cannot come to meet, as I am far away from UK, but I'll do my best to contribute. Got a question:
can I upload photos that have already posted on epz?
Best of luck and kind regards,
Nezih Onur
Another question: will it be possible to get any notification, except this platform, in the form of email or anything?Last Modified By nonur at 20 Apr 2010 - 1:04 PM
Why do I not see here the picture I've uploaded? I know I'm asking too many questions, sorry! Perhaps I need to watch and learn!!!
Hi Nonur sorry I have missed your postings in here, you have a link on your upload that asks what meeting you wish to upload it to
just open the box up and as you are a member of this group now this meeting should show up, just click on it
hope that helps and thanks for joining
and nope there is no email notification facility I have asked for one and I hope it will develop soon
Thank you, Diana! All my questions have been answered. I managed to upload my latest photo.
Oh well.....we are now CLOSED!
but it was really nice playing in this group
thank you all for joining in..I do hope you got something from it
I really enjoyed looking at all the night shots in here thank you for uploading them in here
enjoy the 'proper' group! what ever that means !
enjoy the inky darkness wherever you are
oh well, Time moves forward I guess
Im pleased to say that because this group was started, I, have learned soooo much and with you I have had the pleasure of passing the skills i have learned onto other members.
Thankyou Diana.... shame on those!!!
Hello friends
I'm from Brasil and live in Morocco. I love light-painting and will love to be in this group... How can i do?
Happy Christmas for you all and yours.
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I like the red colors you chose! :D Nice effects.
That's one of my favorite colors, pure red... Beautiful.
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Two theatre actors who play onstage lovers without much zing -- until one critical peformance, when they decide to improvise. Read More
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Two theatre actors who play onstage lovers without much zing -- until one critical peformance, when they decide to improvise. The results will thrill you as much as they do the Matinee audience who watches them really begin to make love. Bridging the gap between indy art film and sex film, this plot-driven, scripted mini-featurette by US-born, Amsterdam-based filmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell features real actors performing their first-ever explicit scene, not porn performers, and the result is smart, nuanced, and oh-so-sexy. With Steven McAlistair and Alicia Whitsover. 2009, 34 minutes plus exclusive extras.
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After delivering maybe a handful of words, the film rolls out into a full-on, 20-minute-or-so sex scene, complete with surprisingly accurate foreplay that captures the increasing arousal of both people; and it is surprisingly pretty fantastic. I have seen a lot of porn and in more cases than not, porn shows two people (or sometimes more) meeting up, taking their clothes off, and immediately getting down to business. This is not the way real sex works. Immediately trying to shove something inside of a woman without anything even slightly sexual happening beforehand hardly works; in fact, it's just painful for everyone involved.
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Before one entered this katcha kala pani, a small gate called 'chota gate' led to what is now called Machher Colony. Many years ago a plot there was allocated for setting up a seafood processing plant.
Some more plots were also secretly allotted to other favourites of fishery authorities for peanuts. Later on some rogue elements encroached upon and grabbed the precious land there.
All this went through under the very nose of fishery authorities so much so that later the Karachi Fish Harbour Authority allotted, through corruption and political bases, almost the entire chunk of this highly valuable land to undeserving cronies and favourites, who hardly belong to the fisheries trade,.
No land was publicly sold for a fair value. Now the KFHA, in league with its absentee fisher allottees, is pitched against the illegal land mafia which is unwilling to surrender possession of the land.
The best solution to resolve the racket is for the KFHA to cancel all previous allotments and sell them through public auction. At the same time, a major clean-up action should be taken to throw out illegal occupants, encroachers and land grabbers from this land. Only this will pave the way for sale price of the land going into the national exchequer.


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On the Wednesday in April 1988 that Kenneth E. Moore walked into his video store and asked to buy five kilos of cocaine, proprietor Sam Ferguson wasn't hurting for cash. Ferguson had met the Delray businessman through mutual acquaintances, and for the Liberty City shop owner it was no big thing, really, just a favor for friends.
Ferguson told Moore he could set up a deal for three keys at $15,000 per, made some calls, and a runner was dispatched to deliver the goods. When Moore returned to Magic City Record and Video Store with a brown leather satchel full of money, the three men gathered around the trunk of the buyer's car. But before the transaction could be consummated, Ferguson got a good look at the man in the passenger's seat of Moore's car and hesitated.
Aside from the fact that he was on the verge of facilitating a three-kilo sale, Ferguson had reason to be cautious. For one thing, his neighbors in Miami Lakes included some heavyweight dopers, and police surveillance was a constant near the house he shared with his wife Daisy and their four kids. Five days before, in fact, he had been pulled over by Metro-Dade Organized Crime Bureau agents who searched his Porsche 928 and found a Cobray M-11 machine gun, which Ferguson had intended to take with him to the video store to dispose of. The gun was unregistered.
Now, standing outside Magic City, Ferguson thought he recognized Moore's passenger as a man he'd seen before around the area, a man he felt pretty certain was a cop. He backed off. "Naw...naw...that's okay," he said to Moore. "I don't want to deal." They should take their business over to Fifteenth Avenue like everyone else, Ferguson said; the sale was off.
It turned out Ferguson's hunch was a good one, but it was a little too late. Kenneth E. Moore was actually an investigator for the Dade State Attorney's Office. His passenger, Nathaniel Veal, was an undercover City of Miami police officer. The two men were working with the FBI in a multiagency investigation of Ferguson, who eventually was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. That count, along with the firearm violation, was enough for a judge to sentence Ferguson in late 1989 to three years in federal prison.
"To be honest," the 30-year-old Ferguson says by phone from his cell in the Federal Correctional Institution at Sandstone, Minnesota, "I wasn't a street peddler. I felt I wasn't selling drugs to people per se, but that it was just another marketable item. I'm drug-free. I don't regret selling drugs. But if I hurt anyone, I do regret that. My goal was to make a little money and change my economic standing, not to be Sam the Big Drug Baron. If that was my standards, I wouldn't invest my money back in the community. I could just live large. I could never walk in a bank and obtain $50,000 to start a business. I put a $180,000 investment in Magic City. I could have bought a Rolls-Royce with that."
By the time he told Moore and Veal to take a hike to Fifteenth Avenue, Ferguson says, he was more than ready to turn his talents to other enterprises, to "go 100 percent legit." Besides Magic City Video, which was doing well after two years of operation, he was also running Magic City Car Care, as well as a teen disco, and working Thursday nights as a DJ at a popular nightclub, Mr. B's Lounge. "I was just a busy person," he recalls.
Before he was arrested and sent to prison, Ferguson undertook a fifth project that promised to be even more lucrative. In early 1989 he began working with a pair of talented seventeen-year-old rap singers, Charles Trahan and Leonerist Johnson. Over the course of only a few months, their musical ability combined with his business savvy engendered an LP and a video on MTV, and it seemed likely that the streets of inner-city Miami had produced yet another hip-hop success story.
The Brownsville-reared Ferguson had been involved in the music business since his days at Carol City High School in the late Seventies, when he'd worked with a business called Space Funk DJs, spinning records at parties, benefits, and sock hops. Ferguson later moved on to another outfit called Triple M DJs, run by his friend Norberto "Candyman" Morales. That venture generated annual revenues in the six-figure realm, Ferguson says, thanks to a simple formula: they charged a 50 percent fee. If an event drew 2000 people at five dollars a head, Triple M cleared $5000 for an evening's work.
But in 1987 Morales "fell into the wrong crowd," Ferguson says. "Some guys came to rob him, and they killed him." The same people, he believes, figured he might be out to avenge the death of his close friend and business associate. "They felt it was them or me," he says. And as he was leaving Mr. B's one night, a black Honda pulled up alongside him. Ferguson was shot twice, in the arm and leg.
"I made up my mind," says the six-foot-four, 250-pound inmate now, "that the street business wasn't for me. I wanted to find a group and make it in the music business."
Ferguson was acquainted with a Carol City teen-ager named Charles Trahan, who often performed during amateur nights at area clubs, such as the Inferno, Laziers, and the teen disco Ferguson co-owned, the Bass Station. Trahan also worked for Ferguson at the Magic City Car Care Center, where he was constantly singing and rapping while he washed cars. Another teen, Leonerist Johnson, also danced, rapped, and sang at area clubs.
After meeting four years ago, the two youths eventually began working together. As Johnson tells it, though, teaming up with Ferguson was a serendipitous coincidence. "I was at the Sunstreet Festival," recalls the lithe, handsome Johnson, with quick smile. "Before I performed, me and Charles walked down to Sam's record store. He was getting ready to sign these two other rappers." Johnson says he and Trahan talked Ferguson into giving the two of them a chance instead, and the soon-to-be manager staged an impromptu contest on the spot: whoever rapped best would become Ferguson's group.
(Johnson also remembers a night two years before he and Trahan met. He was performing at the Bass Station, he says, when someone punched him. "It was Norberto Morales," Johnson says. "My mom was going to sue him, but he died.")
They would cut an album, Ferguson decided. He would act as executive producer and financier, and Trahan and Johnson would be Young & Restless, rappers who offered a lighthearted alternative to the hard-core beats delivered by so many other groups. "The songs aren't about issues, rape, and violence," Ferguson says. "That's what I'm about and that's what I projected."
In need of a producer, Ferguson enlisted his friend Eric Griffin, a radio DJ from St. Louis who had worked as a music technician at the Bass Station. After his work in radio and even a stint as a hip-hop performer himself, Griffin, then 28 years old, was looking to establish a reputation as a record producer specializing in urban sounds. So Griffin provided the technical expertise, Trahan and Johnson provided the words, and Sam Ferguson says he provided $40,000. In three months, primarily at Quadradial Studios in North Miami, eight funky, funny Young & Restless songs were taped as masters that would be released as Something to Get You Hyped.
The music was a bracing contradiction of the theory that Miami's rap scene comprised nothing more than the 2 Live Crew and the big bass sound. Young & Restless had crafted a record full of heavy beats and light lyrics, infectious hooks and verses that cast Trahan and Johnson as Dr. Ace and Prince P., a pair of lady killers with boyish charm and the beat to kick dance-floor activity into the highest gear. In songs such as "Gimme Them Guts," the blatant hooks wound through pulsing beats, often interrupted by snippets of dialogue. Nursery rhymes are an obvious influence, and subject matter tended toward important concerns such as girls, cars, and clothes.
With only 50 copies of the pressed acetate in existence, Ferguson put demand before supply and shopped the lead single, a remake of the Coasters' "Poison Ivy," to radio stations and clubs across the nation. Once the song proved itself airplay-friendly, Ferguson went to Robert "Bo" Crane, president of Pandisc Music in North Miami. Crane, says Ferguson, offered him $5000 for distribution rights to the LP. Banking on the increasing popularity of "Poison Ivy," Ferguson turned him down. Crane came back with $17,000. Ferguson says he held out for $5000 per song, a total of $40,000, plus royalties. Crane shelled out the money.
"I don't remember all the negotiations," Bo Crane comments today. "But yeah, I paid $40,000 for the record."
By the end of 1989, Pandisc's Something to Get You Hyped was moving off record store shelves. At Young & Restless live shows, "Poison Ivy" was so well known that Johnson and Trahan would hold their microphones out and allow the audiences to sing the chorus. A second single, "B Girls," was released along with a video, which was picked up by MTV.
Even as they were beginning to break out nationwide, Leonerist Johnson remembers, the two rappers had no trouble fitting their hats on their heads. "We never got thrilled about it," Johnson says now. "I mean, we bugged out on the raw footage [of the video]. But we didn't feel so different. Everything was a job. Part of our job was to be here and do this. We just tried to carry ourselves as performers."
Part Two
The success of the album seemed cause for celebration among all involved. At the age of eighteen, a couple of kids from the wrong side of the tracks had cracked MTV and were about to appear on a tour with Public Enemy, Digital Underground, and Kid-n-Play. It was the ghetto version of a Horatio Alger story, told to a synthesized beat.
But the results of the arrest warrant for Ferguson, issued back in May 1988, also had come to fruition. A year and a half later, in September 1989, he was arraigned and released on a $50,000 bond, with a trial set for the following month. Ferguson pleaded guilty - the U.S. government had him on tape hooking up the dope deal - and the three-year sentence was passed in December. A voluntary surrender date was set for January 14, 1990, but the court granted an extension after a bank threatened to foreclose on the mortgage of the Fergusons' Miami Lakes house. "I was trying to be a smart businessman," Sam Ferguson says, "so we filed for bankruptcy because my wife would be hit with all my bills while I was in prison. She didn't know everything I was doing. I did that to protect the house. I got four kids."
"Things would have turned out different," says Leonerist Johnson, "if he hadn't gone to prison. If we hadn't've gotten signed by Sam, we would have gotten picked up by [Luther Campbell's Luke Records] or Warner Bros. or somebody. Sometimes I wish we didn't even make the record, so I could just go out and get a regular job. We never actually got to our goal."
Neither Johnson nor Trahan possessed much knowledge about the business of music, and with Ferguson's departure for prison, the two young rappers needed a new manager. Ferguson planned to run as much of the group's affairs as he could from his cell, but he needed someone to take care of business on the outside. And he thought he knew the perfect person for the job - his wife Daisy.
"Daisy has four kids," says her friend, producer Eric Griffin, "and there she was trying to keep up with some street brothers when she had no idea what she was doing."
Daisy Ferguson herself admits that she and the two rappers had different ideas about proper behavior and claims that her attempts at discipline were met with rebellion. "My husband knew how to handle them," she says. "Both of 'em were hooligans. I couldn't control them. When we went on tour, they wanted women in the hotel rooms, and I wouldn't allow that."
From the perspective of a young man cut loose by the perks that come with stardom, the Gucci clothes and the Cadillac sedan, Daisy Ferguson's disciplinary efforts were Draconian, and unacceptable. "She used to tell us not to go to clubs, not to have girls in our rooms," Leonerist Johnson recalls. "I said, `What do you mean, no girls? What are we in the business for if we can't get girls?' Attitudes changed when Daisy took over."
Further undermining the relationship was the rappers' contention that they weren't getting their fair share of the income from the act. Trahan and Johnson had signed a contract known as an Exclusive Artist Recording Agreement with Sam and Daisy Ferguson's company, P-Man Productions. "When we were through recording," Ferguson says, "we asked them to sign a contract. They were allowed to go to their parents and to lawyers. I didn't press them." Ferguson also says he and his wife had tried to help the teen-agers in other ways. "We were taken with them, and we wanted to be role models for them," he explains. "Their parents never had nobody do for their sons until then. If they had a financial problem, I'd help them. Leonerist didn't go to school, so Daisy went out to American High to try to get him back into school."
Ferguson says he and Daisy nurtured Trahan and Johnson, bought them clothes, taught them how to choreograph their stage show. He took them to nightclubs and told everyone they were going to be famous. When Johnson and Trahan would visit the Fergusons, they'd often ask to spend the night, and the Fergusons would let them. "Charles lived in an apartment with all his family," says Daisy Ferguson. "And Leonerist, well, he lived wherever he could."
That's not quite the way Trahan and Johnson tell it. "We were just young and trying to get out there," Trahan says now. "He gave us the contract at night and wanted it back the next morning. He rushed Leonerist so bad he had to get his aunt to sign it. And he never helped us with financial problems. He may have helped Leonerist get out of trouble sometimes, but not with money."
"We looked up to Sam," Johnson adds. "And we got very close."
No one involved with the album questions whether Something to Get You Hyped was a hit. Everyone, however, questions just how big a hit it was. No organization keeps track of how many copies of any given musical recording are sold. The many and various ways of packaging the product - CDs, cassettes, albums, twelve-inch singles, compilations - further complicate matters, as do methods of distribution - retail, phone sales, overseas. Bo Crane estimates Something sold about 200,000 copies. The Fergusons and Trahan and Johnson believe at least half a million copies of the album were sold, in which case the record could have been certified as "gold," had Pandisc applied to the Recording Industry Association of America for certification. "I was getting no royalty money," Ferguson asserts. "I got lawyers who'll testify Bo owed me money. I'd get the royalty statement, but no money. And we're number one on the charts?"
In response to allegations that he failed to pay adequate royalties, Crane says flatly, "That book is closed. It's done with. I've concluded my business on the first album. I paid my dues. Sam's got the royalty statements." Crane's attorney, Milt Rothman, adds, "That charge is denied. We gave Sam what we think is a generous settlement."
With the success of the album came bigger, more lucrative concert productions, and the duo, along with their back-up singers, dancers, and crew, went from earning $1500 for shows to at least $4500. "The first show we did was at Club Futura [in Hollywood]," says Johnson. "[The Fergusons] paid us like $135 apiece. Then we started to wonder about it."
Charles Trahan says that meeting Stanley Gaines, who runs the 183rd Street Flea Market in Carol City and a similar operation in Atlanta, and is vice-president of All Rap Management and Productions in Hollywood, led the two rappers to a better understanding of the realities of the music business. "We got introduced to Stanley," Johnson recalls. "He was already talking about managing, so that's how we jumped on that."
"As popular as `Poison Ivy' was, they thought they were rich," says the gray-haired Gaines, who at age 62 is softspoken and phlegmatic. "But they didn't get a dime of royalties from the album. Pandisc paid $140,000 directly to Sam and Daisy. The Fergusons made them famous. Fame without fortune is bullshit."
Sam Ferguson insists he turned over to Trahan and Johnson a fair share of the money Pandisc paid him. He also says he made sure they were taken care of when remuneration for live shows was received. "They felt Daisy was getting too much money. They were making $500 a week, straight into their pockets, and later on they were getting $2500," he counters. "They threw the money away. I said, `You get the money, then, and just give her the twenty percent [manager's] fee.' They didn't want to give her twenty percent. The ones who invented this group get nothing? They did that because I'm in jail and can't do nothing. My wife was easy to beat. But there would be no Young & Restless without P-Man involved. If I was out [of prison], they wouldn't have had these problems. Daisy didn't understand the business. She just listened to me. I came to prison to pay my debt, and in return they got a chance to stab me in my back and twist the knife."
Leonerist Johnson says that while Sam Ferguson was in prison in Tallahassee during the summer of 1990 and the group was touring under Daisy Ferguson's management, an incident in Atlanta provoked the group to fire her. "We drove up to do this show," he says, "and we had two girl dancers and a male dancer and two road managers. Daisy went off to see Sam, and we decided to stay in Atlanta an extra day. We were left with the oldest one of us being [a crew member] who was only 26. The girls were minors. So who was responsible if something happened?
"[Daisy Ferguson] got an advance for the show and didn't pay us," Johnson continues. "We get back here and Daisy says, `Who told you to do this?' So we all got together and talked about firing Daisy and everybody was with it. We went to her house and, you know, everybody was behind me, but when we got there nobody wanted to say nothing. So I did - straight up told her she was fired. Man, she started throwing shit and having a fit."
"I don't know where they went," Daisy Ferguson responds. "After the show we were coming back home, and I stopped to see Sam. They were supposed to come on home, we were through with the show. They didn't come home. They had the money from the show and everything. I didn't see them for two days. I had rented the van under my name, it was my responsibility. Two days later they finally marched into my home. I let them in because I was worried and upset. They told me, just like that, they decided they didn't want me to manage them. There were three of them. They made like $5000 or something from the shows up there. They threw like $35 or $40 on the desk in the office. I said, `What's this? What's going on?' They said they paid each other, distributed the money among one another, which they were not supposed to do. Leonerist got loud. Things got a little out of hand, and I told them to get out of my home."
As for Stanley Gaines's contentions about P-Man not turning over royalties to the duo, Daisy Ferguson says flatly, "Stan don't know nothing. When Sam first met him, he was trying to get security to throw Leonerist out of his flea market. [Later] I met Stanley up there, and he was trying to get them to go against us. He wanted to get in between."
Charles Trahan confirms the story of Johnson's banishment from the 183rd Street Flea Market, explaining that Sam Ferguson paid Gaines a visit in order to make sure there would be no problem with the rappers visiting the popular hangout and hub of Carol City hip-hop activity. Trahan says that's typical of how the physically imposing Ferguson helped the pair in their formative years - more muscle than money.
Part Three
After the incident at the Fergusons' house, Trahan and Johnson refused to work for P-Man any more. Sam and Daisy Ferguson maintained a contractual hold on the duo, however, as well as rights to the name Young & Restless, and they even went so far as to enlist two high school rappers and put them on the road as Young & Restless. Trahan and Johnson sought an injunction, but by then, says Daisy Ferguson, "everything was coming to an end anyway. Summer was over, we had the court thing going on, so the shows stopped for everybody."
In the summer of 1990 Trahan and Johnson sued to get themselves out of their contract with P-Man Productions. Sam and Daisy Ferguson claim that Stanley Gaines and the rap duo's attorney, William Robinson, attempted to take over Young & Restless. "People were trying to get me to sign my group away," Sam Ferguson says. "William Robinson turned them against me. He was trying to sign them to a major label [for a second album]." (Robinson says he acted strictly as the duo's attorney.)
Bo Crane, whom Sam Ferguson also accuses of trying to sign Young & Restless away from P-Man, says, "What I did was I tried to get them to reconcile with Sam. I thought it was in the best interest for everybody to keep it as it was. There came a point at which I saw it as irreconcilable. I offered a number of contracts that were rejected by Sam or by the group for a number of reasons, so I suggested an alternative."
That alternative was to settle the lawsuit by having Pandisc buy Sam Ferguson's Young & Restless contract for $50,000. "Bo says, `Sign with me,'" Johnson explains. "It would end the litigation and get us back in the public's eye. [Sam Ferguson] got what was owed him. You can't let what happened when you started hold you down. I can't do no more business with Sam and Daisy. I know a lot more about the business now, and things will be better this time."
Ferguson alleges that Crane was "starving the situation," that Pandisc wasn't paying him sufficient royalties for the album. His own legal fees also were mounting, he says, so he decided to take the $50,000. "They beat us out of our group," adds Daisy Ferguson. "They starved us inch by inch till we had to sign the group over."
A second Young & Restless album, That Was Then, This Is Now, was recorded during the summer and fall of 1991. The lead single, "Yoke the Damn Thing," produced by Beatmaster Clay D, has already been released. It employs significant taped samples from "The Locomotion," written by Carole King and an early Sixties hit for Little Eva, and, later, in the Seventies, for Grand Funk Railroad. Johnson says he heard the song on an episode of Happy Days, fell in love with the hook, and bought a copy of the record at Peaches. Other cuts include "Eyes of an Assassin," which Johnson describes as "an adventure song, like a movie song, a whodunit," and a gospel-heavy number called "The Lord Is Our Friend."
Sam and Daisy Ferguson, working with Eric Griffin, have started their own new project, a group called If Looks Could Kill, with their first single, "I Got a Little Jone's," already out on Sam Ferguson's own label, P-Man. The act features Daisy Ferguson, along with three other women who sing and rap. A spokesman for the Sandstone federal prison says Ferguson's release date is October 8.
Still, there are indications that the Young & Restless rappers have not quite settled everything. On September 20 of last year, Trahan and partner Johnson appeared at Pandisc and met with Bo Crane. The record company had allocated $60,000 for the duo's new album, with $20,000 to be divided between Trahan and Johnson (the rappers received $8000 apiece; Stanley Gaines's All Rap Management got the other $4000). About $20,000 was to be spent on the production of the album, with the remainder of the money to be held by Pandisc against other expenses.
"I went to ask for $2000 out of the $20,000 he owes us," says Leonerist Johnson, who, according to a Metro-Dade police report, argued loudly with Crane "over money." As Johnson left the record company's headquarters, the report indicates, he pulled out a .25 caliber handgun and fired it into a wall. Five days later police found Johnson at his grandmother's house and arrested him on a charge of shooting into an occupied dwelling. Johnson denied to police that he fired any shots. A search of his car failed to turn up a weapon or any other evidence. A trial has been set for February 3. "I didn't even do it," Johnson says, adding that even if he had fired the shots, no one could have seen him do it. "I'm totally innocent, and he's putting the cops on me. I never thought Bo was peaches and cream anyway."
Crane says he wants to let the courts settle the matter, and insists it would be inappropriate to discuss a pending criminal case in which he is involved.
"No one got hurt," says Stanley Gaines. "It's time to start promoting them, not to be putting people in jail. That album should be finished. There's no good reason to press this, except that Bo can be stubborn sometimes."
Charles Trahan would prefer to discuss the new Young & Restless album rather than his partner's pending trial. But Trahan, too, has had his share of troubles since settling with the Fergusons, and he is less reluctant to talk about another recent shooting incident.
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Having grown up in Carol City, Trahan, now twenty years old, is no stranger to street violence. But it never hit him the way it did this past October 12, when he took a break from a recording session to go down to Fifteenth Avenue to get some lunch with a few friends. As he walked out of a Liberty City market with his food, the people he was with - he and Miami police refuse to identify them - got involved in an altercation, apparently with some area toughs.
By the time he saw the commotion that was taking place in the parking lot, Trahan says, it was too late to figure a way out. He was shot twice, in the arm and leg. Several weeks lying in a hospital room on the fourteenth floor of Jackson Memorial Hospital gave Trahan time to think. The shooting, he says, was "a learning experience. Ever since I was young, I hung around some bad people. You know, they'd all say, `Let's go steal a car' or something, and I'd say, `Okay, y'all go ahead. I'll be here when you get back.' When I was fourteen years old, my mom went to this psychic lady who told her something was going to happen to me, something would be wrong with my legs if I didn't stay away from the wrong crowd."
The wound in his arm is now healed. The one that hit his right leg has left him with a nasty limp. He's lost about 25 pounds; it's as if the clothes that hang loosely off an already thin frame belong to an older, much bigger brother. "Since I got shot," he says, "I can enjoy life more. I woke up out of surgery and my stomach was open, I'd lost a lot of blood, my leg all cut - it almost had to be amputated. Even the boys that shot me don't realize how short life can be. Life is too short. A lot of my friends from the neighborhood were killed in 1991. Where I'm from, you either rap and dance or you rob and steal. Until you're on the dying bed, you don't know what life is about. It stops you from complaining about little things."
Maybe after the new album is released, Trahan says, maybe after a new round of touring is completed, it would be best if the duo started its own record label. "The public view is that me and Leonerist look very close. But we're not really that close," he confides. "When it comes to business, though, we can get down to business.


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Date: June 6, 2013 05:01PM
As noted yesterday, activist investor Bill Ackman had a stunning success with his Canadian Pacific Railway campaign. But the Pershing Square manager's all-in style has also stalled and crashed in the past. The following surveys the recent investing ups and downs of a guru who still managed to return 25% on average annualized from 2004 to 2010.
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
Ackman made his grand entrance to Canadian Pacific Railway by buying 13.85% of the company, or 14,259,888 shares, for $1.4 billion and beginning a proxy battle to replace board members and bring about the CEO's ouster. He won the fight in May 2012, resulting in seven of his hand-picked directors joining the board and Hunter Harrison replacing Fred Green as CEO. Ackman's pretext was that the company could streamline operations and enhance profitability for shareholders.
In an official release from Pershing, shares have nearly tripled since Ackman's purchase, topping $142 in price in May. They have since declined to $128.23 on Thursday after Ackman's announcement this week that he would sell a portion of his holding in the company.
Bill Ackman's holding history with CP:
Ackman and several of his colleagues will remain on the board after the sale, but the reverse DCF calculator indicates that the market expects a 24.6% growth rate over the next 10 years to justify the share price. Such rapid growth is rarely seen in a railroad company.
Company leadership has imposed great changes at the company since Ackman's arrival, which led to some improved financial results.
Key financial results the quarter Ackman bought CP (third quarter 2011)
· Revenue - $1.3 billion
· Net income - $186.8 million
· Operating margin – 24.19%
· Operating ratio – 75.8%
Key financial results for most recent quarter (first quarter 2013)
· Revenue $1.495 billion
· Net income - $217 million
· Operating margin – 24.21%
· 75.8%
Herbalife (HLF)
Ackman disclosed short position of 20 million shares in Herbalife at an Ira Sohn even in December 2012. As he walked investors through a 120-page presentation dismantling the company and accusing it of being "a pyramid scheme," its stock fell 12.14%. It lost a further 9.75% the following day, to close at $33.60 per share.
Ackman's immediate gain on his short position can be seen in the chasm in Herbalife's stock price in December, as the market felt the effects of his short presentation:
The stock quickly began to recover when fellow hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb of Third Point announced an opposing 3.1 million-share long position in Herbalife on Jan. 3. His quarterly filing then revealed that he had purchased 3.1 million shares in the company in the fourth quarter, for a total position of 8.9 million shares.
Carl Icahn then infused more optimism into the stock, purchasing 14,015,151 shares on Feb. 28 and then increasing the stock up to 16,966,485 shares as of May 7 – a full 16.46% of the company.
Ackman, however, lodged a second attack on the company in a presentation in March in which he again called Herbalife a pyramid scheme and said he expects a government investigation and failure of the company.
"We're prepared to spend whatever it costs and do whatever is required to make sure that the world understands the facts about this company," Ackman has said. "We can't imagine how the SEC or the Federal Trade Commission or any other relevant regulator will ignore what we have said."
Both a Hispanic group and the National Consumers League have called on the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation into Herbalife, but the agency has said that such an investigation wouldn't be public.
Ackman's short price is unknown, but Herbalife shares traded for around $46 at the beginning of December, before his short announcement, and are priced at $43.50, making him approximately even on this trade. Almost six months later, Ackman still seems intent on his mission, telling the Financial Times on June 4 that closing Herbalife would be "the greatest achievement of my life."
J.C. Penney (JCP)
Ackman amassed 39,075,771 shares of J.C. Penney from the third quarter of 2010 through the first quarter of 2011. As of March 31, he owns 17.78% of the company, and the holding is 5.9% of his highly concentrated portfolio.
The company's stock price as of Thursday has slid to $18.15, for which Ackman's pick for recently fired CEO, Ron Johnson, has been widely credited. See J.C. Penney's price, revenue, net income and free cash flow history for the past three years in the chart below:
With average purchase prices of $23, $32, $36 and $38, and shares down 30% over the past year, Ackman stands by a 37% average loss on J.C. Penney as of Thursday.
Other Holdings
Ackman's other top holdings in his present long portfolio have performed well overall. On second largest holding Procter & Gamble (PG) established in the second quarter of 2012, he has an approximate 19% average gain. Third-largest holding General Growth Properties (GGP) has a 42% average gain, and his fourth-largest position, Beam Inc. (BEAM), is up 30% from his average purchase price in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Alcoholism and depression
Alcohol abuse and depression can be a deadly mix.
Often, a person with depression will also have alcoholism, and vice versa. In fact, 30-50% of people with alcoholism, at any given time, also are suffering from major depression. Family history of depression or alcoholism puts a person at greater risk for developing either illness.
You should know that while alcohol often causes a good mood at first, it is a depression-causing drug.
Alcoholism may cause a relapse in people with depression. The depressive symptoms from alcohol are greatest when a person first stops drinking. So people recovering from alcoholism who have a history of depression should be carefully monitored during the early stages of withdrawal; the symptoms of depression are greatly reduced after three to four weeks of stopping drinking.
When a person suffers from major depression and abuses alcohol, he has a much higher risk of attempting and succeeding at suicide.
Other facts:
- alcohol abuse can exaggerate depression and increase impulsiveness;
- alcohol frequently is detected in suicide methods involving driving a moving vehicle or overdosing;
- alcohol impairs judgment, which explains its association with painful suicide methods.
Major depression and alcohol abuse are the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorders in people who attempt suicide. A recent study showed that following age, alcoholism and drug addictions are the most likely reasons for suicide attempts.
Because of the risk of suicide, if you are suffering from major depression and abusing alcohol it is critical that you seek prompt medical attention.
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GeForce Go 7900 GTX vs. GeForce Go 7900 GS: Mobile GPU Battle
Introduction and Specs
Back in April of this year, NVIDIA made headlines with the announcement of the GeForce Go 7900 GTX and Go 7900 GS. While neither of these new mobile GPUs included any new features that weren't seen on the GeForce Go 7800 series, the Go 7900 GTX and GS offered nice performance bumps from the previous iteration. However, in writing that preview, I was a bit puzzled at the lack of benchmarks that typically accompanied a product launch. At the time we had nothing to go but NVIDIA's product description and some third party benchmarks.
Now that you can easily get your hands on NVIDIA's latest mobile graphics chip, the availability of the GTX and GS simultaneously creates a predicament for consumers — which GPU do you get? On one hand the GeForce Go 7900 GTX is the fastest configuration you can get, but it is also more expensive than the GS model. The Go 7900 GS is attractive in price, but how much slower is it compared to the GTX model and is that sacrifice worth it?
In this article we will take a close examination of these two mobile GPUs comparing notes on power consumption, operating temperature, and of course performance in applications and games.
At the time of announcement in April, this is how the line-up of NVIDIA's mobile GPUs looked:
But taking a closer look at the two models we can see that the GeForce Go 7900 GTX has 8 more shader ALUs, an extra Geometry processor, and a higher core and memory clock frequencies than the GeForce Go 7900 GS.
For more information on the features of the GeForce Go 7900 graphics processor, check out our quick write-up for all the basics.
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The opening track, Fire and Steel, finds drums and percussion played over a live recording of Hubback blacksmithing and welding his instruments. Interspersed throughout are the sounds of grinders, hammers, crackling fire, welders, and water quenching burning metal. Jardin de Illumination starts out with ringing bell sounds and gongs. The music is slow and deliberate, building in intensity as instruments are added. The sound is reminiscent of Indonesian Gamelan music. Swelling gong sounds open Nine Lamps with arpeggiated metallic percussion ringing out on top, ebbing and flowing like the tide. The music builds in intensity only to give way to skittering percussion sounds moving over long blown horn tones.
Random Thoughts features dreamy gamelan gong-like sounds and chimes. The atmosphere evokes a dark, metallic rain forest. The full gamelan effect fills A Charmed Life. Deep gongs keep the slow rhythmic pace, while metallic xylophones play on top. The pace soon quickens and you can almost see the shadow puppets dancing across the soundscape. Montparnasse features a funky rhythm base played out on various ringing metals.
The title track, Three Wishes, is an ethereal track that sounds like a fantastic wind-up music box. The repeating rhythms and melodies are hauntingly hypnotic and soothing. This atmosphere is carried over to Shaman From Seoul, where ringing chimes and rattles conjure up spirits, while Under-Ground is low, moaning gongs that recede, leaving the air still and waiting.
Hubback has stated that the ideas for many of his creations come to him in his dreams, and it is fitting, as much of the music here has a dream-like quality. With Larsen and Noordhoek he has found two percussionists of the same vision, able to tap into the spiritual wealth of his marvelous instruments. This is Metal Moves finest recording to date. Highly recommended.


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Lots of color in this one. Great photos, Sandy.
Thank you Ank, Robbie, Patti, Hanne (red rock Hanne), Suzy, smllpkg, ladywil (this one went from Chicago to Sacramento and it was 49 hrs. Not sure about the one to Los Angeles ladywil), cinderfire, Shirey, robyn and Dave (I'd have to have a pretty good arm Dave!).
Did you throw a pennie in for good luck??
That's a nice spot - I'd like a swim there!! Good set today Sandy - thanks!!
I love seeing rivers or creeks in a country picture, brings a peaceful feel to them, Thanks, Sandy, lovely set.
You sure had some terrific views on that ride.
It must have been a very nice trip. How long is it to go by train from Chicago to Los Angeles???
Lovely! But I think it's a different kind of beauty when you fly. I love the window seat and looking down on the patchwork of fields and roads below or just looking out at the cloud formations. They have their own beauty, just different from this.
I agree with Robbie. The red rock is terrific!
I wonder if the rock is just red or if it is some vegetation!! Thanks so very much Sandy!!
Ooooh, I love the set! Thanks Sandy!
You could have fished chickie! I like the red rock face, thanks!
Yes of course it's pity that you can't stop. But I think this is the best way to travel. You can see so much, it's much better as a car or plane. And this trip is world famous because of his beauty and good service in the train. Thanks for the wonderful set again Sandy. Yesterday I had no solving time, so I just solved six.:-)))
Thank you Jim, laura (would have been fun), Beekay (I did see elk on a northern route) and bradjan.
AW look what you miss when you fly, simply beautiful.
Yes, what Laura said. That would be my one complaint...not being able to stop and explore some of the fantastic sites you pass. I expect to see an elk or deer along the riverbank Chickie ;-))
Too bad you didn't get to stop for a while along this nice river.
Loved your set today, Sandy!


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Buzzfeed's Absolute Best Yearbook Quotes of 2014
What was your high school year book quote? I don't remember if we even had 'em or not — we probably did. But, regardless, mine and likely yours was no where as good as these graduates.
From "Life is though, but it's thougher if you are stupid," to inspirational quotes like "Any pizza is a personal pizza if you believe in yourself," and the you'll-be-sorry-quotes like "You're ALL gonna regret not dating me in high school," here are Buzzfeed's Absolute Best Yearbook Quotes of 2014
My advice to the class of '14, wear sunscreen. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proven by scientists.
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Elsinore. A platform before Elsinore castle.
(Hamlet; Horatio; Marcellus; Ghost)
Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus are on watch. Hamlet discourses against the heavy drinking of the Danes. The ghost appears. Hamlet begs it to speak, but it beckons him to come on alone. The others urge him not to go, afraid that the ghost may be a demon seeking to drive Hamlet mad, and attempt to forcibly restrain the prince, but he breaks free, threatening their lives. He goes after the ghost, and the others follow. (101 lines)
Enter Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus.
The air bites shrewdly, it is very cold.
It is a nipping and an eager air.
What hour now?
I think it lacks of twelve.
No, it is struck.
Indeed? I heard it not. It then draws near the season
Wherein the spirit held his wont to walk.
A flourish of trumpets, and two pieces goes off within.
What does this mean, my lord?
The King doth wake tonight and takes his rouse,
Keeps wassail, and the swagg'ring up-spring reels;
And as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down,
The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out
The triumph of his pledge.
Is it a custom?
Ay, marry, is't,
But to my mind, though I am native here
And to the manner born, it is a custom
More honor'd in the breach than the observance.
This heavy-headed revel east and west
Makes us traduc'd and tax'd of other nations.
They clip us drunkards, and with swinish phrase
Soil our addition, and indeed it takes
From our achievements, though perform'd at height,
The pith and marrow of our attribute.
So, oft it chances in particular men,
That for some vicious mole of nature in them,
As in their birth, wherein they are not guilty
(Since nature cannot choose his origin),
By their o'ergrowth of some complexion
Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason,
Or by some habit, that too much o'er-leavens
The form of plausive manners—that these men,
Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,
Being nature's livery, or fortune's star,
His virtues else, be they as pure as grace,
As infinite as man may undergo,
Shall in the general censure take corruption
From that particular fault: the dram of ev'l
Doth all the noble substance of a doubt
To his own scandal.
Enter Ghost.
Look, my lord, it comes!
Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked, or charitable,
Thou com'st in such a questionable shape
That I will speak to thee. I'll call thee Hamlet,
King, father, royal Dane. O, answer me!
Let me not burst in ignorance, but tell
Why thy canoniz'd bones, hearsed in death,
Have burst their cerements; why the sepulchre,
Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn'd,
Hath op'd his ponderous and marble jaws
To cast thee up again. What may this mean,
That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
Revisits thus the glimpses of the moon,
Making night hideous, and we fools of nature
So horridly to shake our disposition
With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Say why is this? Wherefore? What should we do?
Ghost beckons Hamlet.
It beckons you to go away with it,
As if it some impartment did desire
To you alone.
Look with what courteous action
It waves you to a more removed ground,
But do not go with it.
No, by no means.
It will not speak, then I will follow it.
Do not, my lord.
Why, what should be the fear?
I do not set my life at a pin's fee,
And for my soul, what can it do to that,
Being a thing immortal as itself?
It waves me forth again, I'll follow it.
What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord,
Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff
That beetles o'er his base into the sea,
And there assume some other horrible form
Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason,
And draw you into madness? Think of it.
The very place puts toys of desperation,
Without more motive, into every brain
That looks so many fathoms to the sea
And hears it roar beneath.
It waves me still.—
Go on, I'll follow thee.
You shall not go, my lord.
Hold off your hands.
Be rul'd, you shall not go.
My fate cries out,
And makes each petty artere in this body
As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.
Still am I call'd. Unhand me, gentlemen.
By heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me!
I say away!—Go on, I'll follow thee.
Exeunt Ghost and Hamlet.
He waxes desperate with imagination.
Let's follow. 'Tis not fit thus to obey him.
Have after. To what issue will this come?
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
Heaven will direct it.
Nay, let's follow him.


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Supporting staff and programs that serve children and youth
After nearly 12 years of serving the OST community, the OSTRC has left its former location at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2). On July 1, 2015 the OSTRC moved its operations to Foundations, Inc. Foundations will continue to provide the OSTRC's Newsletter, Peer Networking Meetings, Professional Development Calendar, Document Library, and other signature offerings.
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Review for YouthCare, Seattle, WA, USA
YouthCare is a wonderful non-profit to volunteer at. At the administrative office, the staff are incredibly welcoming and it is clear they are dedicated to the work of the agency. As a volunteer there are a broad range of opportunities to get involved with different aspects of the agency. They truly take into account your own personality, strengths and abilities and create a unique volunteer experience accordingly. For example, if someone was a talented artist, they would work to start an art activity night at one of the shelters. The combination of the amazing staff at YouthCare and the variety of volunteer opportunities, distinguishes YouthCare as a non-profit organization.
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From December 2008 to February 2009, I was invited to work online with a group of New Jersey educators as part of the Powerful Learning Practice program as they began to explore the use of web tools to create learning networks and to transform their classrooms. My focus group centered around the topic of Collaboration. How can teachers and students collaborate and learn beyond the walls of their classroom? I've posted the conversation starters here so that others can join the conversation. I hope something here will be useful to you.
- Journey into Collaborative Learning
- Establishing a Collaborative Culture
- Collaborative Culture from an Ant's View
- Collaborative Culture in a Virtual World
- The Collaborative Classroom: It's a Juggling Act
- Web Tools and Learning Outcomes
- What's in Your Collaborative Toolbox?
- Collaboration: What's Holding You Back?
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The team got off to a promising 3-1 start, which included wins over Cincinnati (45-17) and Miami-Ohio (50-14) sandwiched around a 10-point loss to Washington. Illinois went on the road for the first time on Oct. 5 and was dealt a 39-19 loss by Nebraska, which started a six-game slide that ultimately sunk the season.
The defense was victimized time and again during that stretch, allowing an average of 46 points. The Illini closed out their schedule with a 20-16 win at Purdue, followed by a 37-34 home loss to Northwestern.
OFFENSE: It won't be easy replacing record-setting quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase, who racked up over 10,000 yards of total offense in his four-year career. Of the three candidates to replace Scheelhaase, Aaron Bailey is an interesting guy due to his superior athleticism and different element he can bring to the offense. But Wes Lunt, a transfer from Oklahoma State, is a steady option considering his strong arm and the fact that he made five starts for the Cowboys as a true freshman before injuries opened the door for somebody else.
Offensive coordinator Bill Cubit, who coached Western Michigan from 2005-12, will likely lean on running back Josh Ferguson, who ran for 779 yards (5.5 ypc) and 7 touchdowns last year as a sophomore. Martize Barr is the leading returning receiver (26 rec, 246 yds, 1 TD) followed by tight end Jon Davis (25 rec, 208 yds, 2 TDs), although juco transfer Geronimo Allison and freshman Mike Dudek could see their way into the rotation.
DEFENSE: There is no where else to go but up for the defense after the Fighting Illini ranked 104th in the nation in scoring defense (35.4 ppg) and 110th in total yards allowed (481.5 per game). The good news is eight starters return on that side of the ball, with linebackers Mason Monheim and Earnest Thomas III anchoring the unit. Thomas is the team's top returning tackler with 101 tackles to go along with 7 pass breakups, followed by Monheim with 97 stops, including 6.5 for loss.
"(Monheim) started 10 football games for us as a true freshman (in 2012)," Beckman said at Big Ten media day. "He was weighing 215 and bench pressing 300 pounds. Now Mason Monheim's 235 pounds and he benches around 400 pounds."
Beckman will look to newcomers Paul James III, Joe Fotu and Jihad Ward to provide a spark along the defensive line.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Punter Justin DuVernois and placekicker Taylor Zalewski are both back for another go. Zalewski went 12-of-17 on field goals with a long of 51 yards last season, while DuVernois averaged 41.1 yards on 51 punts. DuVernois had 10 punts travel more than 50 yards and 13 land inside the 20, with only two touchbacks.
The team could use some more production in the return game, however, as Illinois ranked 10th in the Big Ten in kickoff return average (19.5 ypr).
OUTLOOK: Coach Beckman could be on the proverbial hot seat this year, considering the Illini have totaled only six wins over his two seasons at the helm. However, he is counting on growth from 15 returning starters.
"If you look at our depth chart from the end of last year, you take the two deep and you look at your offense, defense, and special teams, and that rounds up to 50 football players," Beckman said. "We have 40 of those guys back."
Ultimately, quarterback is the biggest question mark. If Bailey or Lunt seizes the job and steps up right away, the Illini could be somewhat of a dark horse in the Big Ten this season. If that does not happen and the team misses another bowl, Beckman's future in Champaign will likely come into question.


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Apple has gotten rid of their insane restrictions on how programs could be written for the iPhone! Still have problematic app store practices and restrict downloading code from in an app, but this is a step forward
Fantastic article by Mako about why it's important to use free tools (hardware and software) when developing free software.
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Entrepreneur Price leaves priceless legacy
Sat, 26 May 2012 02:53:56 GMT —
Albany's hair care professionals and city leaders gathered Friday night at the Welcome Center on Front Street to pay tribute to mentor and educator Charles T. Price.
Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard and Dougherty County School Superintendent Dr. Joshua Murfree attended the banquet.
Charles Price was known as a businessman who helped others fulfill their career goals.
At the awards ceremony, those who followed in his footsteps were honored for their efforts and achievements in the hair care profession.
The organizer of the event says if it had not been for Price, he and others may not have become as successful as they are in their careers.
"There are people all over the country who started here and relocated to different places and carried on and opened their own businesses based on his teachings and what he's done," says Businessman Marcus Scott.
Scott says he's hoping to make this awards ceremony an annual event.


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Pileggi's office released a timetable for consideration of the bill yesterday evening, including a hearing tomorrow on the pension portion of the legislation and another session next week to consider the sales-tax request. The release said a final vote on the bill could be taken as early as Aug. 26.
"I think that once the questions are answered and once suggestions to improve it are vetted, that the majority of the votes in the Senate will be there," said Pileggi.
He made his remarks following a Harrisburg news conference where Senate Democrats accused him and other GOP leaders of holding Philadelphia hostage by delaying a vote on the bill to gain leverage in his negotiations with Rendell over the state budget impasse, now in its second month.
"We still have time, but it is running out," Sen. Shirley Kitchen (D., Phila.) said at the news conference. "This is not tied to the state budget in any way. It does not require the Senate to raise any taxes. We are simply untying Philadelphia's hands so that they can make the fiscal decisions that work best for them."
Rendell did not attend the news conference. Doing so, he said, "would probably make it worse," as Republicans would see him and think, "well, the governor wants this badly, so we will hold him off on the budget."
Still, he ripped into Senate Republicans for their inaction to date.
"This is going to force the layoff of 3,000 people. Are we playing games with people's lives?" Rendell said. "Take away 1,000 police from the streets of Philadelphia and somebody may die because of that. Those are not games that I have ever played, nor would I."


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Strengthen math skills needed for next year. Preview what is coming up. Jr. High students will review this year's math and prepare for their upcoming year. High school students may prepare for Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry, or Calculus. Maximum 3 students. Tuition $500. A nonrefundable deposit of $50 applies toward tuition.
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- June 11-July 18 T,W,Th – 6 weeks, 1 hour class
- Gr. 6-8 meets at 1:45-2:45
- Gr. 9-12 meets at 2:45-3:45
How to Register –To register, download a summer registration form for secondary (Gr. 6-12) students from our Summer Clinic or Form page and mail with a $50 nonrefundable deposit for each class for which you register. Deposit applies toward tuition. You will receive a written confirmation the first week of June.
Check out our 1 week Jr High or High School Math Review in August!