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Images have become an essential component of Web sites, and the need for good designers is growing. But to be a creative and original designer, it's a good idea to invest in more than a couple CD-ROMs of clip art and a copy of Photoshop. Understanding how photography works and how image manipulation was done in the precomputer era provides a solid foundation for any Web designer. Plus creating your own cool pictures without leaning on the Photoshop crutch can give your sites a distinctive look.
Messing around with photographs can be fun, too, and there are plenty of ways to do it without any software or expensive equipment. Whether you're sick of your same old camera and want something new or you want to take some kick-ass crazy color photos with your current camera, there are heaps of snazzy tricks out there to keep you busy in the land of reverse technology. Toy cameras, cross-processing, Polaroid manipulations, and Xerox transfers are just some of the ways to have a cheap, easy, good time with photography.
Let's start by looking at some inexpensive cameras.
Diana Lives!
Some of the most beautiful images come from the cheapest plastic cameras ever made. The Diana, the Holga, and the Lubitel are a few major players in the toy camera universe. Simple to load and even easier to shoot, most toy cameras are made entirely of plastic (even the lens), which accounts for their endearing problems and general unpredictability. They have only elementary adjustments for focus and exposure, leaving photographers with little control over the technical outcome.
The only thing better than the lack of skills needed to operate a toy camera is the reception you get while using one. Some people get edgy and paranoid around big cameras, but would you take someone seriously who approached you using a kid's camera covered in black tape? No one does. No one cares. No one primps. No one's shyness or ego is too great to be overcome by a toy. Best of all, toy cameras are often welcome where "real" cameras are forbidden or scoffed at.
The Diana, the superstar of all toy cameras, was made by the Great Wall Plastic Factory in Hong Kong and first sold in the 1960s for less than three bucks. Now you'd be lucky to pick one up off of eBay for less than US$100. If you ever stumble upon one at a yard sale, grab it.
The camera's crappy plastic lens produces beautiful images of questionable focus with softly darkened edges. It creates pictures that seem to have no time frame, capturing the way things are remembered instead of the way things actually were. Most of them have three controls for aperture (sunny, cloudy, and dull) and three controls for focusing (4 to 6 feet, 6 to 12 feet, and 12 feet to infinity). A few models accept flash attachments. They are predisposed to light leaks and color shifts, as are all toy cameras, and should be sealed with lightproof photo tape whenever possible.
The Diana as well as all her copycats (Arrow, Banier, Banner, Dories, Valiant, and Windsor, to name a few) use 120-mm film, called roll film since it comes on a spool with paper backing instead of the metal canisters used for 35-mm film. Generally, 120-mm film (available in any professional photo store) yields images in three standardized sizes, depending on what camera you are using. The most common size is 6 by 6 centimeters, although some cameras give you the option of a 6-by-4.5- or 6-by-9-centimeter image. The majority of Diana cameras have oddly sized, 4-by-4-centimeter images with 16 images per roll, although there are a few models with 5.5-by-5.5-centimeter images that give you 12 images per roll.
The Holga and the Lubitel
The most accessible of all toy cameras is the Holga. Easily ordered (see the end of this article for some links to online resources), the Holga is super cheap, running about $20. If you've been thinking of trying out a larger film format, start with it.
Like the Diana, the Holga is a lightweight, all-plastic camera that uses 120-mm film. It can shoot two different negative sizes: 6 by 6 centimeters and 6 by 4.5 centimeters, depending on whether a plastic insert is removed from the camera. If you choose to shoot the square image size, you'll get 12 images per roll of film. The smaller, rectangular size will give you 16 images.
The Holga gives you two controls for exposure (sunny and cloudy) and four settings for focus (one person, family, large group, mountain).
As far as aesthetics go, Holga images may not be as ethereal as Diana's since focus was "improved" upon by the time it was made in China in the 1980s. But the Holga does have many advantages, including a standard flash hot shoe, choice of image size, and easy availability.
Another great toy camera is the Lubitel, a Russian twin-lens reflex camera system made by LOMO (Leningrad Optical & Mechanical Union) since the 1950s. It was widely available via mail order for around $30 until just a few years ago. These days, your best bet is to look for Lubitel cameras at rummage sales and flea markets, along with Diana cameras.
The Lubitel is slightly more complicated to use until you become accustomed to the twin-lens reflex system of looking at the world. This means that the camera has two lenses: one that you look through and another below that exposes the film. Since you're not quite taking a picture of what you see in the viewfinder, it is easy to chop off people's heads until you learn to compensate. You can hold the camera at your waist and look downward into the viewing screen. Your image will appear upside down. It will seem strange at first, but it's a good way to concentrate on composition.
The controls offered on the Lubitel are more advanced than those on the Holga, and it is made with glass optics instead of a plastic lens. Shutter speeds can be set from Bulb to 1/250 of a second, apertures can be set from f-4.5 to f-22, and most models give you a choice of 6-by-6- or 6-by-4.5-centimeter images. As a result of its superior optics, the Lubitel takes sharper, more evenly lit photos than the Diana or Holga, although they do suffer the same intermittent light leaks and loosely rolled film spools. But these problems can easily be corrected in all toy cameras with the use of photo tape for a better seal and small pieces of cardboard placed inside spools for tighter film winding.
Now that you've gotten your camera and taken some pictures, it's time to get them developed. That's the boring part, right? Well, if you mix up your chemicals a little bit, you can easily end up with some interesting results.
The Wonders of Cross-processing
Normally, if you shoot color negative film and have prints made at a lab, your film is processed in C41 chemicals. If you shoot slide film, then the lab uses E6 chemicals. If you choose to develop your film in the wrong chemicals (like slide film in C41), this is called cross-processing, and the results are wack, to say the least.
Each kind of film reacts differently to cross-processing. Take a look at the results of the films I tested, and keep in mind that the background color was exactly the same the entire time.
Examples of negatives cross-processed into slides:
Actual Background Color
Kodak VPS 160
Kodak PRT 100
Agfa XPS 160
Agfa Optima 200
Agfa Optima 400
Fuji NPL 160
Examples of slides cross-processed into negatives:
Kodak Ektachrome 64
Kodak Ektachrome 100
Kodak E100S
Kodak E100SW
Kodak E200
Agfa RSX 50
Fuji Provia 100
Fuji Provia 400
Fuji 64T
Fuji Velvia 50
Kodak E100VS
Kodak Ektachrome 160T
Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus
Kodak Ektachrome 400
Kodak Lumiere 100
Unfortunately, none of the major photo companies (Fuji, Kodak, and Agfa) do any of their own cross-process testing, so photographers are on their own to figure it out through trial and error - mostly error. In general, cross-processing will increase contrast, blow out highlights, and create some incredibly rich - if not realistic - colors. Could you get the same colors with Photoshop? Sure you could, if you worked at it long enough, but you'd be losing the best elements of cross-processing: strange new color combinations and surprise outcomes!
Changing Your Exposure
The only trick to cross-processing is that you must change your exposure, and you'll usually need to take your film to a professional photo lab for processing. As a general rule, film must be overexposed by two full stops in order to turn out well; this means the film needs at least four times as much light as usual. You'll find that some film will need slightly more exposure, and others slightly less exposure. There are three easy ways to overexpose your film two stops. Choose one:
1. If you're using a camera that allows you to change the film speed or ASA rating, do so. Lie to your camera. If you're using 200 ASA film, set your ASA dial as if you were using 50 ASA film. Each time you cut the film speed in half, that overexposes the film one stop. So:
If your
film speed is:
Then set your
ASA dial to:
25 6 50 12 100 25 160 40 320 80 400 100 800 200 1000 250 1600 400 3200 800
2. If you're using a camera that allows you to change the aperture, open up two full f-stops.
If your light meter tells you: , then set your aperture at: f-2.8 f-1.4 f-4 f-2 f-5.6 f-2.8 f-8 f-4 f-11 f-5.6 f-16 f-8 f-22 f-11 f-32 f-16 f-45 f-22 f-64 f-32
3. If you can't change the film speed or aperture setting on your camera, then the lab can overexpose the film for you during processing. When dropping off the film for developing, just tell the technician to "push two stops." This means your film will sit in the developer for longer than usual.
Experimenting in Your Lab
The outcome of pushing (overexposing) your film will vary depending on which method you choose. Overexposure during development instead of in the camera (via the ASA or aperture method) will give your images an even higher contrast. Professional labs will also charge you a fee for this service, usually a certain amount for each stop the film is pushed during processing ($1 to $3).
The best thing to do is test the film you want to use. Try pushing a roll two stops in the camera, pushing another roll two stops in processing, and pushing a third roll one stop in the camera and one stop in processing. Mess around with different variations until you find what best suits your images - two stops of overexposure is just a starting point. Each of the films I tested were overexposed exactly the same way: one stop in the camera and one stop in processing.
If you're starting with a negative film of 160 ASA, you shoot the film at 40 ASA (or shoot at 80 ASA and push one stop in the lab or shoot at 160 ASA and push two stops in the lab). After shooting, take your film to a professional lab that develops slide film. Tell the technician you'd like your negative film cross-processed in E6 chemicals and you'll end up with slides. It shouldn't cost any extra (unless you push during development), so you pay the same as if you shot slide film to start with.
The very best film for this purpose is Kodak VPS 160, which is rumored to be discontinued soon, so stock up! Other negative films that work (although none quite as well as VPS) include Fuji NPL 160, Agfa XPS 160, Agfa Optima 200 and 400, and Kodak PRT 100. (Note: Almost every other professional negative film made by Fuji, Kodak, and Agfa doesn't work.)
Starting with slide film, use the same exposure compensation of overexposing the film by two stops (whichever method you choose). After shooting, take your film to a lab that normally develops negative films in C41 chemistry and tell the technician you want your film cross-processed (remember to tell him or her if you want it pushed in processing or not). You'll end up with a roll of negatives.
You can also have the lab make you a contact sheet ($8 to $12) if you wish and then choose which images you want enlarged from that. Any one-hour lab should be able to make prints from your cross-processed negatives, but most will refuse to develop the film since it can change the chemistry balance in their machines. You should choose a lab that can adjust colors when printing, since these negatives are always more difficult to color correct.
The cheapest way to get your roll made into prints is to tell the lab not to cut your film and then take it to a cheaper lab to have prints made. If the film isn't cut, a lab should charge you first-print price instead of reprint price. Then you can have the regular lab cut your film for you. The good news is that every slide film seems to work with cross-processing.
Out-of-date film seems to produce the craziest colors (see the Lumiere 100), so don't throw your old rolls away - you now have a good use for them.
Instant Gratification with Polaroid
Cross-processing looks cool, but all the magic happens in the lab. With Polaroids, you can manipulate the image yourself and get immediate feedback. My first experience with the Polaroid came from working at a one-hour photo lab. On slow days we passed the time by taking photos of ourselves with the passport camera and then messing around with the images. It beat working hands down. The only drawback to Polaroid manipulations is that they can become expensive; Polaroid has no competition and it takes full advantage of its monopoly.
Here's how it works. After you take the photo and pull the film from the camera, you have to wait a minute and a half for the image to develop before peeling the backing from the film. During this time you can rub, scratch, poke, pound, and smoosh the image to your heart's delight. Allow the film to develop for the normal amount of time, and when you peel apart the image you'll have all kinds of crazy markings, spots, and smears from where you manipulated the emulsion during development.
This method can be used with most of the big, old, fold-out Polaroid cameras for which you can still buy film. Most of the old ones use type 667 (black and white) or type 108 (color) film ($15 for a 10 pack, $28 for a 20 pack). As long as it uses peel-apart film, it'll work!
Other than the peel-apart versions, there is one other type of Polaroid film you can directly manipulate with your hands or small tools. It's called SX-70 film, named after the Polaroid camera it was made for in the 1970s - yet another great find at a flea market. Although the cameras are no longer sold, SX-70 film ($15 for a 10 pack) is readily available at photo stores, and you can modify any Polaroid One-Step camera ($25 to $45) to use it.
Just get a two-stop, neutral-density filter and place it over the electric eye of the camera (this compensates for the difference in film speed). Then place an index card in the film slot of the camera and put in the SX-70 film on top of the card, holding onto the card and pulling it out when the film is in place (this covers the idiot latch that's there to prevent you from putting in the wrong film). To manipulate the image, take a photo, lay the image on a flat surface, and use any of the following methods:
1. To soften the image, apply light pressure with a blunt instrument before the picture appears.
2. When the image is just beginning to appear, you can use pointed instruments to trace white and black lines on the image (the color depends on how much pressure you use) and create colors by mixing the color layers of the image.
3. To stretch and bend the image, you have a five-minute window of opportunity. This method works best when the print is warm so use a hair dryer. Or if you're traveling, throw the print up on your dashboard for a couple of minutes. Rub a blunt tool over the area you want to distort. After a minute or two, you'll notice the area starts to move as you rub it. Now pull and push the image in any direction you want with different tools.
4. If you can't figure out how you want to manipulate your picture, throw it in the freezer. You can reheat it later with a hair dryer and try again!
Here's a sample result:
The Image Transfer
There are two kinds of Polaroid transfers: image and emulsion. Image transfers are made when the film isn't given a chance to fully develop because the image is transferred onto another material first. Image transfers have the look of a watercolor painting; slightly softened and diffused.
Emulsion transfers are made by lifting the image from a Polaroid print that has already been fully developed and dried and then transferring that emulsion onto another material. Emulsion transfers can be stretched and wrinkled, even transferred to 3-D objects. Only certain Polaroid film will work for making transfers: 669 (the most common), 108, 59, 559, 809, and 64T.
For each type of transfer you will need film. You can shoot film in a Polaroid camera, a regular camera with a Polaroid back attachment, or a slide printer (Polaprinter, Vivitar Instant Slide Printer, or Daylab II Slide Printer, available for rent at major photo stores and art schools) that enlarges 35-mm slides into Polaroid prints.
You need a tray of heated, distilled water; a tray with cold water; a squeegee; tongs; brayer/roller; 100 percent rag, hot-press watercolor paper (or other receiving surface); vinyl adhesive contact paper; a sheet of clear Mylar or acetate; a hard, smooth surface to work on; a timer; a heating pad and two pieces of glass (optional); and latex gloves (mandatory).
To do an image transfer:
1. Expose the film but don't pull it yet.
2. Soak the paper you will transfer the image onto in a tray of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, distilled water for one to two minutes.
Remove and squeegee the paper, leaving it stuck to the smooth surface. (For optimum conditions, place a piece of glass on top of a heating pad and use that as your smooth surface.)
3. Wearing gloves, process the Polaroid film by pulling it out of the camera or slide printer. Wait 10 to 15 seconds. Then peel away the negative from the backing and quickly place it face down on the wet, squeegeed receiving paper.
Roll the brayer (or use the edge of your hand) over the negative five or six times.
Light pressure will result in white spots; heavy pressure will create distorted dark areas.
4. Leave it alone for two minutes while keeping it warm. If you have a heating pad underneath, then lay the second piece of glass on top of the transfer. If not, you can use a hair dryer to keep the negative warm to the touch or float the transfer on the 100 F water.
5. Starting at one corner, peel away the negative slowly.
6. Let the transfer air dry.
7. You can then add saturation by applying colored pencils or paint.
Here are some sample results:
The Emulsion Transfer
Now let's try the second method.
To do an emulsion transfer:
1. Using a Polaroid print that has been dry at least 10 hours, cover the back of the print with clear contact paper. (You don't have to do this, but it does keep the paper backing from falling apart.)
2. Put a sheet of acetate, bigger than your Polaroid, into the tray of cold water.
3. Soak your receiving paper in the cold water for a few seconds, then remove and squeegee it.
4. Place your Polaroid print face up in a tray of 160 F water for four minutes. Make sure the surface of the print stays underwater.
5. Using tongs, remove the Polaroid from the hot water and place it in the cold water tray.
6. Gently push (or brush, using a soft brush) the emulsion from the edges of your Polaroid while keeping it underwater.
Peel the emulsion off the paper backing.
Turn the emulsion over and throw away the paper backing with contact paper attached.
7. Take two ends of the emulsion and hold them to the underwater acetate sheet.
Lift the acetate sheet in and out of the water to try to unwrinkle the image, then turn the sheet and repeat holding the other sides of the image.
8. Place the receiving paper in the water underneath the emulsion. Or take the emulsion out of the water and, with the acetate sheet on top, place it on the receiving paper.
9. Remove the acetate sheet carefully, then stretch and manipulate the emulsion with your fingers.
10. Take the brayer and roll out the image. Start in the middle with light pressure, then press harder as air bubbles and wrinkles are flattened.
11. Hang to dry.
Here are some sample results:
Xerox Transfers
By far the cheapest, albeit messiest, transfer method doesn't even require a camera. I'm talking about Xerox transfers.
You need a color or black-and-white photocopy of an image, some lacquer thinner or transparent base, a brayer or a spoon, a rag, gloves, and receiver paper. A silkscreen extender or transparent base chemical is the best solvent to use. Serascreen 174 w.w. is the cheapest and is available at silkscreen supply stores. You could also try Jasco lacquer thinner, available in hardware stores.
Here are the steps (remember to do this outside or in a well-ventilated area):
1. Tape your Xerox image face down onto the receiving paper so it stays in place (watercolor paper works well).
2. If you're using transparent base, then apply one teaspoon of transparent base onto the back of your image, spread it evenly, and leave it alone for two minutes. If you're using lacquer thinner, thoroughly squirt the back of your photocopy with the thinner and immediately start rubbing. It has a tendency to evaporate quickly, so you may need to reapply it.
3. Rub the back of the Xerox with a brayer, the back of a spoon, or a rag. Different rubbing tools will result in different "brush strokes" visible in the finished transfer.
4. Lift the edge of your copy to check the transfer progress. The image may start to bleed through the Xerox when it's finished. Remove the tape and Xerox and wipe off any excess chemicals.
5. Allow the transfer to air dry by a window or outside.
Here's a sample result:
So there you have it. There are plenty of ways to make cool-looking images the old-school way. The resulting images will be more personal and interesting, helping to liven up your site. And these little projects will keep you off the streets and out of trouble.
For more information on cheap cameras and photo manipulation, check out these resources:
Holga Cameras:
Maine Photographic Workshops
Freestyle Sales Co.
Tips on Polaroid Manipulations and Transfers:
Polaroid Official Site
Polaroid Transfers by Kathleen Thormond Carr
Books About Cool Photo Processes:
Creative Photo Printmaking by Theresa Airey
Historic Photo Processes by Richard Farber
New Dimensions in Photo Imaging by Laura Blacklow
Virginia Barnes is the Photo Associate at The Industry Standard. In her spare time, she rents expensive photo equipment and takes pictures of her kitty. She loves her kitty very much.


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WWE News: Update On Royal Rumble Fan Fest, Matt Striker Selects Five Star Match of the Week
– This week's WWE Classics Five Star Match of the Week was selected by Matt Striker. He picked a Best of Three Falls Match between Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko that aired on the August 26, 1995 episode of ECW TV.
He told WWE.com: "During this time, I had dreams of being a professional wrestler. I would study these tapes and steal these moves. I tried to emulate Dean and Eddie to a tee and I was nowhere near as talented as either of those guys. Watch that match and see the story that these two men are telling. There are no catchphrases. There are no T-shirts being sold. There's no cool fanfare on a TitanTron behind you. It's just two guys in a dingy wrestling hall in front of true wrestling fans doing what the sign on the arena says. They are wrestling. The ovation, the appreciation, the camaraderie and the brotherhood is something that transcends all of sports, all of pop culture. For one brief moment, you believed in what Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko were doing. And because of those men and their dedication to our craft, that moment that you believe stays with you for the rest of your life."
– WWE has released more information about the Superstar Panels that will take place during the Royal Rumble Fan Fest weekend in Phoenix Arizona:
The Montreal Screwjob Panel on Sautrday (3-6 PM) will be hosted by Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Jerry Lawler.
The DX panel on Saturday (6:30-9:30 PM) will be hosted by Triple H, X-Pac, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn.
The WCW Nitro & Monday Night Wars Panel on Sunday (9 AM -12 PM) will be hosted byKevin Nash, Big Show and Booker T.
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Twins with 1 body and 2 heads born in Brazil
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SAO PAULO—Hospital officials in northern Brazil say a woman have given birth to conjoined twin boys with one body and two heads.
Obstetrician Neila Dahas of the Santa Casa de Misericodia Hospital in the city of Belem says the twins were born Monday by Cesarean section.
She says on the hospital's website that each boy has his own brain and spinal cord, but they share all other organs, including the heart, lungs and liver.
Dahas says it is too early to tell how the twins will develop.
She says one of the boys is having respiratory problems and requires "special care."
The boys are named Jesus and Emanuel.
Calls to the hospital for more details went unanswered.
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Barack Obama ended up not needing America's biggest swing state as he won enough elsewhere to romp to a decisive electoral college victory in Tuesday's election.
The president amassed 303 votes without Florida - well above the 270 threshold.
But had the race been tighter, the Sunshine State's votes could have proved decisive - the delay could have turned into a fiasco on a par with the hanging chad debacle of 2000, when incompletely-punched ballot cards led to weeks of legal wrangle, delaying the presidential outcome.
Pam Iorio, a former Tampa mayor who was also president of the State Association of Supervisors of Elections during that earlier election mess, told Fox News it was "an embarrassment".
"Had the numbers been a little different ... this would have been a repeat of 2000," she said. "We wouldn't have hanging chads, but we'd have a newer version of it. ... as a Floridian it is very, very disturbing to me."
As for the result, it appears both parties have given up waiting for the official verdict.
"On behalf of Florida Democrats, I wish President Barack Obama congratulations on his re-election and on winning Florida's 29 electoral college votes," said Florida Democrats chair Rod Smith.
Mitt Romney's senior campaign adviser in Florida had hinted earlier that the Republican presidential challenger lost the state.
"The numbers in Florida show this was winnable," said senior campaign adviser Brett Doster. "We thought based on our polling and range of organisation that we had done what we needed to win.
"Obviously, we didn't, and for that I and every other operative in Florida has a sick feeling that we left something on the table," he added.
Mr Obama led Mr Romney 49.9% to 49.2%, a lead of 58,070 votes, according to the latest state tally available on Thursday night.
The hold-up is being blamed on delayed absentee-ballot counting in four of Florida's 67 counties: Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Duval. The deadline for reporting these votes is midday on Saturday.
Florida officials, meanwhile, remain unfazed.
"We don't make any mistakes," said Chris Cate, a spokesman for the Florida's Secretary of State. "Anyone looking at Florida should actually be reassured that we've got a thorough process."


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THE FAMILY of Jean Charles de Menezes yesterday vowed to continue their struggle for justice, and while denouncing the conduct of the coroner at the inquest into his death as a whitewash, said they very much appreciated the ruling of the jury.
Although the jury was denied the option of finding that the killing of Jean Charles was unlawful, it did find that the police lied on at least two occasions.
It found unanimously that no armed police warning was shouted before Jean Charles was executed.
It also found that Jean Charles did not advance towards the armed police.
This was despite the fact that one police officer said this was what convinced him to open fire.
Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times in the head by undercover armed police at Stockwell tube station on July 22, 2005.
Given only two choices of an open or lawful killing verdict, the inquest jury yesterday opted for an open verdict.
The mother of Jean Charles, Maria Otone de Menezes, said in a message yesterday: Im very happy with the verdict today.
She expressed her familys gratitude to the jury and everybody who has supported us through this so difficult time.
She added: Since the moment the coroner ruled out the option of an unlawful killing verdict, I was feeling very sad, but today I feel as if I have been reborn.
In a special statement, the family of Jean Charles de Menezes also insisted: Today is a very important day for our family and campaign for justice.
We have spoken to Jeans family in Brazil and they like us feel vindicated by the jurys verdict.
The jurys verdict is a damning indictment of the multiple failures of the police and the lies they told.
It is clear from the verdict today that the jury could have gone further had they not been gagged by the Coroner.
We maintain that Jean Charles de Menezes was unlawfully killed, said Patricia Armani Da Silva, cousin of Jean Charles.
The familys legal team argued that evidence heard by the jury provided sufficient grounds for the jury to return unlawful killing (murder) in respect of the two police shooters, C12 and C2, as well unlawful killing (gross negligence manslaughter) in respect of the actions of three of the command team.
Yesterdays statement from Jean Charles family and their legal team added: We also submitted that, in accordance with Article 2 (European Convention on Human Rights) the jury should be permitted to return a meaningful narrative verdict that could identify all the police failings that caused or contributed to the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.
Jean Charles family and their legal team said that: The five legal teams representing supposedly separate interests of the police combined ranks to oppose our submissions.
Protesting at the coroners decision to only allow a lawful killing or open verdict, they added: The coroner ruled in favour of the police. As a consequence the family sought to challenge the decision, lodging an urgent application at the High Court.
Mr Justice Silber considered the challenge in relation to the narrative verdict only but ruled that the coroner had a wide discretion and he would not interfere with his ruling.
The family considered that the coroner had effectively gagged the jury.
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THE growing economy is boosting the finances of Winchester City Council, a meeting heard.
The Cabinet heard that income from parking and business rates was higher than budgeted for.
Revenue from parking was up £319,000, five per cent higher than budgeted, land charges up £92,000, and business rates collection was £1.7 million above what was expected.
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The elementary class is out for their weekly field trip on a fall afternoon, enjoying the sunshine and the smell of sage as they hike up a trail to meet a naturalist who promises them a close look at wild birds she's been banding. Most of the older children stride ahead with one of the teachers, anxious to get to the top of the hill. One of the younger students falls farther and farther behind, in spite of her teacher's encouragement. This is a tough hike for her and besides that, her shoes just weren't made for the job. As her frustration mounts an older classmate turns around and sees her sitting by the trail. He comes back and offers his hand. She takes it and together they finish the hike, the 8-year-old boy adjusting his pace to that of his 6-year-old partner.
This scene that has stayed in my mind for years now and pops back up whenever the question comes up as to why we find mixed age classes advantageous. Obviously the younger students are being exposed to a vast array of fabulous learning experiences that they absorb on a sensorial level even if they are not quite ready for the lesson itself. The oldest in the group are very cognizant of their role as leaders of the class and of the school. They get to pioneer lessons that no one else has seen and polish off their skills while enjoying the privileges of the eldest members of the student body such as taking lead roles in school plays, implementing the school composting effort, organizing a school bake sale or volunteering as reading buddies to Early Childhood students.
I hear the idea fairly often that people want their children to be placed in classes where there is a vast group of children of the same age. This comes from the experience of going to traditional schools where children are sorted by age. If that is your childhood memory it follows that this is what you see as the right fit for your child. Unless you've seen what a wonderful experience a multi-aged class is for everyone involved.
Traditional schools today are still organized on the factory model begun during the war years in America when our country needed soldiers and factory workers. Children are grouped by ages so it is easier for teachers to move them through the curriculum. A parent at our school once commented, "The factory model is fine. It produces a pretty good product. The Montessori model encourages every child to develop to her full potential. What would you rather have for your child – a pretty good product or the opportunity for her to develop to her full potential?"
Classes of mixed age groups promote learning at the individual child's pace rather than keeping the whole class moving along the curriculum together. When children progress at their own pace they move much more quickly through a challenging curriculum than if they had to wait for classmates to catch up. Those who struggle with a certain subject have time to explore it in a variety of ways until mastery is achieved. This is why Montessori graduates are academically advanced. Working in a community of mixed ages is why they are socially and developmentally advanced.
"We must build strong communities to support and improve the quality of our human interactions. Montessori children are in the trenches practicing, practicing, practicing. Each child is needed in a Montessori class: each has a particular role in the community. They are not merely occupying a desk; they are a community member." Eissler, Montessori Madness, 2009
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Talha was arrested on 19 July 2006 without prima facie evidence. The British arrest was a response to a request from the USA under the 2003 Extradition Act. On 6 October 2012, Talha was extradited to the United States where he pleaded not guilty of conspiracy to support terrorists in Afghanistan and Chechnya. He is accused of involvement with a series of Azzam websites, which have been denounced by authorities as part of a conspiracy to provide material support and communication links to people engaged in terrorism. One of these websites was located on a server in the United States.
He has never been arrested or questioned by British police, despite a number of men being so from his local area in December 2003 for similar allegations, all of whom were released without charge. Talha will stand trial in America on terrorism-related offences; if convicted he will spend 70 years in supermax solitary confinement.
Hamja Ahsan, Talha's brother, has subsequently dedicated his life to the fight against his brother's extradition. I wanted to know about the man who had perhaps been lost in his Government's war on terror. "He was ironically concerned with civil liberties' erosions himself, and campaigned for the British Guantanamo bay detainees and against torture, illegal detention years before it was fashionable and mainstream – as well as the Babar Ahmad extradition, attending a demo at Royal Courts of Justice – just imminently prior to his own arrest."
"He remained concerned about other British injustices such as deaths in Hillsborough and deaths in police custody, right until his own extradition in his family prison conversations at visits. He had a job interview to be a librarian on the day of his arrest, and that is the type of person he is, he still talks of his imaginary PhDs he would like to do. He gained a 1st class degree in Arabic at SOAS whilst teaching himself the language from a book at the age of 16."
In reference to the websites and charges of terrorism related offences, "President Bill Clinton said any association with the Islamic Emirate government (1995-2001) after 1998 would be illegal (as the government were seen as harbouring at the time) – there is no actual act of terror that has any direct link – even 9/11 is condemned on the site. Chechen Independence leader Ahmed Zakayev lives in exile in Britain, and Chechen insurgent is not on the list of proscribed terrorist organisations in the UK and never has been."
"Every time he calls from a US Supermax prison, our family huddle together in a room, and it's as if time stops still."
How did he respond to the US allegations and US indictment against his brother? "The US indictment from the state of Connecticut concerns allegations from 1997 – 2004 relating to an obsolete website (obsolete since 2001 in US servers and 2002 in UK/Asia servers) and a London-based publishing house concerned with conflicts in the Bosnia, Chechen independence and the Afghan Islamic Emirate government with assorted articles on Iraq sanctions, Palestine and Dagestan. Whilst claiming to be an independent news service about foreign and historical Mujahideen – the US indictment alleges "conspiracy to material support" and "aiding and abetting".
The "aiding and abetting" concerns the distribution of a video in Bosnia which has already been cleared by a British anti-terrorism judge as a historical document and not terrorist material. "Unfortunately, precedent in British law doesn't apply in US cases. The use of pseudo-experts, such as the notorious Evan Kohlmann, a terrorism expert who doesn't even speak or read Arabic, inflates claims that it is used by US prosecutors. It means a US judge may look at the same facts differently. Talha denies all charges and simply said, put me on trial in the UK for the six years of my detention without trial or prima facie evidence."
Why did Hamja believe the Statutory appeal to the High Court of England and Wales was rejected, alongside the claim or a judicial review against the DPS in 2008, and then at the appeal to the House of Lords in May 2009? "The US-UK Extradition treaty of 2003 was part of the reckless authoritarian legislation done – eroding cornerstone civil rights such as habeas corpus and the presumption of innocence – under David Blunkett and the Blair-Bush partnership. It removed the requirement of prima facie evidence from the previous extradition, which had previously saved Lotfi Raissi, the Algerian pilot falsely accused of training 9/11 hijackers. He has since been paid £2 million in compensation from the Home Office."
Hamja works with the 'Friends Extradited' and the 'We are Babar Ahmad' campaign, who requested Talha was put him on trial in the UK to determine if he was guilty. Then if Talha were found guilty, Britain could put him on trial with evidence in a UK court of law. Requests are being made for a "forum" bar, which means a British judge rather than US prosecutor can decide where the best place for the trial to take place is. The campaign hopes to raise the profile of prolonged solitary confinement and extreme isolation in US prisons, something which has been condemned by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture.
"We are asking for the same provisions that Liberty asked for and sentences served in their home country rather than in US prisons, which are scandalous and terrifying places, thousands of miles away from home, family and friends. Please bear in mind that Talha never set foot in the US." The campaign 'Friends Extradited' is asking for trial-ready cases, instead of spending years in pretrial custody and solitary confinement prior to a trial.
"I have found a new set of heroes in the United States such as Robert King of Angola 3 (who made a video for Talha) and we have talked on platforms together. There is also Bonnie Kerness, a pioneering Quaker prison activist, academic Jeanne Theoharis and Valarie Kaur, a film-maker and advocate based in Connecticut who just made a film on the Supermax prison that Talha and Babar are detained in, which I hope to tour next year. There is James Ridgeway, the veteran journalist who founded Solitary Watch. All of them have since written to the family or Talha in prison."
26 human rights organisations within the United States, along with 150 academics have objected to the European Court Judgement on the case of Talha, Babar Ahmad and others vs. US, which examined US prison conditions of extreme isolation and life without parole. In The Nation, Jeanne Theoharis and Saskia Sassen said it gave a green light to torture through extreme isolation. All of which was not reported in the UK press. Inspired by Talha's spirit of endurance and courage along with his ability to maintain his sense of humour, Children's Laureate Michael Rosen read out Talha's poem entitled, Sonnet of Grime for my Right Honourable Theresa May, in which the last line reads, 'Theresa May, my babe, my crazy chick, all I ask: drop this extraditing shtick.'
Theresa May, home secretary, fought for Gary McKinnon, who won his appeal against extradition and has also been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. "Many anti-racist organisations such as JUST and Muslim organisations such as Islamic Human Rights organisation and the Muslim Council for Britain, saw this as a case of racist two-tier law or a partisan application of the law. It was the condition of Asperger's Syndrome with an assessed suicide risk, which were also in Talha's papers. Theresa May has a long-track record of racism, with the detention of Palestinian activist Raed Saleh and the banning of popular TV show host Zakir Naik from the UK. I think The Daily Mail was the pivotal factor – which had a British justice for British Citizens' campaign but referred to the British Muslim suspects as 'other unwanted guests'".
Hamja believes that Theresa May made the right and compassionate decision for Gary, "I am happy for my friend Janis Sharp, Gary's mother and campaigner, who spoke on a platform with my dad at a demonstration outside Downing Street. I am happy that her family does not have to go through the same terrifying hellish ordeal that my family are going through. After nearly two months we received a phone call and now, usually, we receive a phone call and a letter every month. Every time he calls from a US Supermax prison, our family huddle together in a room, and it's is as if time stops still."
What does a future in solitary confinement hold for Talha? "Prolonged isolation in a US prison causes long-term physical and psychological damage. 23 hours a day in a room the size of your bathroom with no human contact. So I always worry for him. It has been psychological hell for the family. This is the strongest case against extradition, the hell on the families, caused by separation, and is not something the government whitewash, the Scott Baker report, even vaguely considers. The plea-bargaining system, the damage caused by years of pretrial solitary confinement and the post-9/11 hysteria trial by media, may likely result in an unfair trial and an unjust outcome."
If convicted, Talha will slip out of the agenda and into a Supermax prison in Colorado. It holds some of the world's most notorious American terrorists and murderers. In April 2012, Mark Collins, a spokesman for the prison told the BBC, "We have only the most violent, disruptive and escape-prone inmates in the federal system". It is nothing less than a cleaner version of hell.
Whilst Asperger's Syndrome may limit those who are afflicted with this form of autism, from effectively communicating, Talha's words persist in unfolding his torment. Talha's fate has become tangled in this war in terror. Extradition has written him out of the script of living history. In Talha's poem Extradition he laments, "Perhaps they'll clean their hands of me once there. And then my country feels I'm wiped away." Talha's case doesn't start until October 2013.


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Team looking for more foster carers
Doncaster's Fostering Team is holding another fostering information event at The Dome on Monday, February 25, between 5pm and 8pm.
The team is looking for people with a spare bedroom and the time to provide children with a caring and stable home. Foster carers and staff will be on hand to discuss the opportunities.
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Misterton Primary School is holding a recycling event starting after the half-term on Monday, February 25, when pupils will be collecting CDs and DVDs, jewellery, foreign currency, printer ink cartridges and old mobile phones.
They can all be sold to help raise money for the school and support its Green Award scheme.
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I didn't watch or even follow the Oscars last night online. I saw on Facebook that people were posting right and left, but all the status lines made my eyes glaze over.
I heard Argos won a lot of awards last night. It was one of the few movies I actually did see, but I fell asleep during it. Since that event--what was called the Iran Crisis; I guess it's the original Iran Crisis--was such a huge moment in my life (my college roommates and I would watch Ted Koppel's Nightline, every night, and just a bit of trivia, Nightline began with the hostage situation then continued on for many years as a very intelligent late night news program.) I thought the Hollywood treatment of the events were, well, the typical Hollywood treatment.
I also tend to agree with the author of this article in Slate that says it was the worst best picture, because it does not address the real issues behind the events. Of course, neither does Davy Crockett at the Alamo, so there you go. I mean, really, what do you expect out of Hollywood?
Anyway, just this weekend Sue and I were looking for something to do and looked at all the movies offered at the Boston Common cinema, one of the megascreen places that serve up 19 movies at a whack, and not one of them looked interesting to us.
Even Silver Linings Playbook.
Which brings me to the reason for this post. Not a fan of those feel-good happy ending kind of movies, especially ones where one of the characters with some form of mental illness is given the old emotional Hollywood treatment (see Argos above.)
But Jennifer Lawrence's answers to "journalist's" questions during her post-Oscar press conference were so true, so funny, so honest--everything a movie or a play or a book or any work of art should be--it should be watched over and over again by writers who need to know what the truth looks like.
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Attempting to "hack" into your own wireless network can help you better understand Wi-Fi security vulnerabilities and how to protect against them. Here are some Wi-Fi hacking techniques and the tools — nearly all free — you can use for penetration testing. These tools will help you uncover rogue access points, weak Wi-Fi passwords, and spot other weaknesses and security holes before someone else does.
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Wi-Fi stumblers can detect nearby APs and their details, like the signal level, security type, and MAC address. You might find APs set with weak WEP security, which can be easily cracked, or possibly rogue APs setup by employees or others that could be opening your network up to attack. You can use wireless sniffers to capture raw network packets sent over the air. You could import the captured traffic into other tools, such as to crack encryption. Vistumbler is an open source Windows application that displays the basic AP details, including the exact authentication and encryption methods, and can even speak the SSID and RSSI. It also displays graphs of signal levels. It's highly customizable and offers flexible configuration options. It supports AP names…
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Kismet is an open source Wi-Fi stumbler, packet sniffer, and intrusion-detection system that can run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and BSD. It shows the AP details, including the SSID of "hidden" networks. It can also capture the raw wireless packets, which you can then import into Wireshark, TCPdump, and other tools. In Windows, Kismet only works with CACE AirPcap wireless adapters due to the limitation of Windows drivers. It does, however, support a variety of wireless adapters in Mac OS X and Linux.
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Wifi Analyzer is a free Android app you can use for finding APs on your Android-based smartphone or tablet. It lists the basic details for APs on the 2.4-GHz band, and on supported devices on the 5-GHz band as well. You can export the AP list (in XML format) by sending it to email or another app or take snapshot of the screens. It also features graphs showing signals by channel, history, and usage rating and also has a signal meter feature to help find APs.


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Nets power forward Kris Humphries is day to day with a sprained left shoulder.
The Nets announced that an MRI performed Tuesday revealed the sprain. He is going to accompany the team to Boston for a game against the Celtics on Wednesday.
The Nets have not said how Humphries was hurt, but he took a fall in a game against Cleveland on Sunday, and did not play Monday against Indiana. He is averaging 12.4 points and 10 rebounds on a short-handed team that is already 1-5.
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Assessing the credibility of a target zone: evidence from the EMS
This paper provides some new evidence on the credibility of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System (EMS). The study differs from previous research in the literature in three main respects. First, the main contribution is the use of several credibility indicators, some of which have never been applied before to all of the currencies under study. This allows one to strengthen the results obtained in this paper. Second, a longer period than that of previous studies is analysed, covering the complete EMS history. Third, a comparison has been made of the prediction qualities of the different indicators, in order to explore their ability to capture the main ERM events (realignments, changes in the fluctuations bands and speculative pressures). Fourth, the indicators are applied to the experience of the new, modified ERM linking the currencies of non-euro area Member States to the euro, showing the relevance of this approach in the near future with the enlargement of the European Union.
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The long awaited Water Bill has been published and has started its passage through Parliament. According to the Government website, the bill aims to reform the water industry: from the consumer's point of view, it will address topics including the UK's resilience to flooding and drought, the availability and affordability of flood insurance and generally make the industry more innovative and responsive to customers.
But what effect does it have on those of us involved in the specification, installation and maintenance of surface water management systems?
Section 21 of the bill "Drainage systems relieving public sewers" clarifies that the building and maintenance of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) can be undertaken by sewerage undertakers. We welcome this encouragement for the use of SuDS but does this change anything in the design of SuDS?
Bringing the decision process away from the developer – SAB – local authority negotiation into one organisation could change the way that, at least some, SuDS are designed. Even though there is no likelihood of them being included in the SuDS standards, there is a perception that amenity and biodiversity currently have a high weighting in the design of systems for adoption by the local authority. Water and Sewer Companies, coming at the problem from a different direction, could be expected to focus more strongly on demonstrable control of quantity and quality, and how and when maintenance is carried out.
We think that this will help bridge the gap between 'engineered' and 'natural' solutions (although we all know that 'natural' solutions have to be engineered that way) to a more holistic integration of components. What is clear is that access and maintenance will rise up the agenda and we design this into our surface water management solutions. For example StormBrixx, our infiltration and attenuation system, provides full 3D access and significantly simplifies inspection and cleaning.
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