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Konost full-frame digital rangefinder in the pipeline for 2016
An American startup is promising to bring a full-frame digital rangefinder camera to market for early 2016. The Konost FF will be a 20MP metal bodied M-mount camera equipped with a 4" LCD. The company has said that the rangefinder system will operate not with mirrors and prisms, as most rangefinders do, but with twin imaging sensors that overlay their images to produce the same dual image effect in the viewfinder.
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A prototype model that shoots only Raw files is being tested at the moment, but the production Konost FF is promised with Raw and JPEG settings.
The company has published a chart that shows it intends to bring an APS-C model, the Konost AP, to market at about the same time as the FF, and a Konost Junior, with a 1"-type 10.8MP sensor later this year. The Junior will have a fixed 35mm f/2 lens in front of a 13.5x9.2mm CMOS sensor.
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This looks like my Sony Z Camera concept, especially the back buttons and screen.
" it aims to be 'competitive' so that the camera will be 'accessible'."
Translation: for those with access to significant funds ;)
I sure like the looks of it but give me an EVF with all the goodies to aid focusing in it.
Yes, minimalism is great, until you need the things that aren't there. This camera, like many other things in our lives, screams snob revolt to the world of robotic technology by an, apparent, return to the past.
Of course, the fact that the return is only really limited to the looks and some form of Luddism denying autofocus or OIS or automatic exposure, even if and when you are using advanced digital technology anyway, the contradiction apparently doesn't bother the maker or the wannabe users.
You want to use a film in a Leica? Use an original one! You want to shoot digital with a viewfinder? I trust there are several ways to do that already.
The Fuji X system gives me plenty of retro and technology at the same time. Of course the Konost(eurs) want more, or actually they want less but will be prepared to pay more for that expensive less.
After all there are those who are prepared to pay more for a camera which can only shoot B&W!
I think you're blowing this completely out of proportion. I don't think it's anything other than offering a (supposedly) cheaper alternative to a digital Leica M. Just like buying a Voigtlander Bessa back in the film days, for those who couldn't afford a real Leica. And since it's simply an alternative option to buying a digital Leica rangefinder that can still use M-mount lenses and still shoot digital, it's going to basically do what a Leica rangefinder does, no more and no less. It's a bit silly to expect that this camera should magically offer autofocus or OIS to M-mount lenses that never had these capabilities-- and that if it doesn't offer these things, then it should be accused of "some form of Luddism [for] denying autofocus or OIS..."! LOL. Just because there is a digital sensor behind the lens doesn't mean that a camera can bestow old lenses with new capabilities that the lenses never had to begin with! You can't fault the manufacturer for not making an M lens auto focus!
That is an interesting camera. Until now, only Sony has been able to sell sensors to camera makers. Samsung makes its own sensors, and so did Panasonic, but the other independent sensor makers have not had any orders. The Belgian sensor maker with a 20mp full frame may help bring down FF prices further, because other camera makers (e.g. Fuji and Sigma) may use it.
@mosc - it's possible, but it would require development of a whole new set of lenses, not to mention a whole new set of bodies. And that's not likely for a long, long time because Leica already has the Leica T system which is designed for AF. They'll build that system out for a while before they'd tackle producing an M-mount AF system. You have to remember that Leica is a pretty small company with limited resources. Developing new systems is extremely expensive. And they've already committed to the new Leica T system for AF.
@mosc - developing an AF system from scratch is extremely expensive. You have to build the AF system on both ends: on the body end, and on the lens end. That's not a task for a small start-up like Konost. You need a very large investment and a lot of engineering expertise to pull it off. It would be naive to think that a small operation like Konost could develop their own set of AF bodies and lenses.
Besides, does the world really need another AF camera system? AF camera systems already crowd the market. A "Konost M" AF system would have to compete with these other established AF systems that have much more financial and engineering backing.
Been on the internet long enough to know a pipe dream when I see one.
The lead has been buried: This is NOT a 36 x 24 mm FF sensor, but 32.8 x 24.6 mm, with the same 43 mm image circle. This is in a 4:3 format.
Also, the FF chip has an electronic shutter which can sample twice per frame and use the data to reduce noise, according to the chipmaker's website http://www.imveurope.com/press-releases/product_details.php?product_id=1880
I like the idea of it. I wish one of the major manufacturers had the balls to produce something similar: a bare-bones instrument without silly bells & whistles. Now, I think, the market would support it. BUT, I'll believe this one when I see it... it would be very tempting, depending on the price.
Very interesting.
I like the idea of more competition in the FF arena to bring down prices.
I also like the idea of a 10MP 1" sensor compact model (smaller, cheaper) - nice little toy to carry around in your pocket. Smaller files, larger photosites for better DR and less noise. Should be great!
Even the design is nice: clean lines like Leica, but more practical in a shape more like NX. And unlike the base NXes, a VF. Should please many enthusiasts.
"…in the market"?
I'm sure DPR will keep us informed as to when it's "…in the market".
May I suggest buying a Canon 5D Mk1 for 400-500$ on eBay instead. Okay you cannot fit an M-lens but then you can mount so many other lenses on a Canon EF mount – Nikon, Olympus OM, Pentax K, M42 screew mount, ect.
And what if you *want* to use M lenses? Also, the 5D with FF lenses is quite a large and bulky camera, especially compared to a rangefinder like the Konost. Taller, thicker, heavier. For example, just compare the weight of a Canon 5D MKI body to a Leica M9. The Leica is no lightweight, because its solid construction and heavy milled brass top/bottom plates definitely add up to quite a bit of weight. And yet, the 5D MKI is still 52% (307 grams) heavier than the M9! I would expect the Konost to be a lighter than the Leica M9, because I don't expect the Konost will be getting the M9's overbuilt tank-like build.
to compare a rangefinder vs dsrl is like comparing tank vs a militar drone. XD they are different systems!
And if you don't want a DSLR?
wow love it! very minimalistic and manual speed dial! i aprove it! XD
I seem to remember that Leica had a sensor built just for their needs; that is, one that somehow angled the outer chip pixels towards the sensor's center? I know that both CCD's and CMOS's do best with more collimated light. Leica's and their ilk were made in the days of film; silver halide crystals don't particularly care at which angle the photons come from.
The D400S will be out before this.
Range finder, no autofocus, (not)great looks and what lenses?. If I had money to buy a leica lens, i would have money to buy leica camera too. Until it is within 1500-2000 USD range, it is out of question.
And don't forget the used market: the M-mount has been around since 1953 and there are many fine used lenses out there. Used Leica glass isn't exactly cheap, but with a little judicious shopping, can be surprisingly affordable.
it's going to cost a lot of money, they want to be competitive, but my guess is that they are competing with Leica - £4000 is my guess
so it's a limited release, niche, all metal bodied, rangefinder camera with an M mount.. who do you think they are competing with if not leica???? and if thats the case they will be hitting that price bracket no?
Just saying [rightly or wrongly] that, I can't imagine any photo "aficionado" of the Leica variety would even consider a no-name competitive camera like this from a start up company unless it was half the price or better.
The Leica brand and price point is based on so much more than just numbers and specs. To its owners, the red dot symbolizes legendary quality, mystique and prestige built up over decades.
However, maybe this start up considers themselves new trailblazers to a certain extent, but I would think that when they say "competitively priced" they have something like Sony FFs in mind, not Leicas.
The Made in USA thing and the fact they are tiny makes me think it's going to be more, you could well be right though! hopefully you are as it's always nice to have some competition around that 2K price point. We shall see....
Their presentation video looks completely amateur, the models grab the "FF manual camera like if it was a point and shoot... There is not a single detail regarding its technology, or who is behind it etc... That says a lot of the project (or lack of project) which I really doubt is real. It looks like a Leica T knock-off.
Twin imaging sensors sounds cool, does it not? But a long base optical rangefinder is far more accurate and does not drain the battery, so this is obviously bling.
Its a concept camera, like the concept cars you see at shows, like the Hasselblad mockups with wooden handles.
There may be a market for it if it does ever come to market, but why should it?
How much? This is all I need to know.
I have no problem with the concept in principal, and if a new start-up can make it work, cheers to that. The digital rangefinder is a smart idea, but on a design level, they need to alter the shape of the grip so it's not quite so easy to put fingers in front of the rangefinder port. Their own promo video shows users doing this.
Just a note about manual focus only cameras: Several years ago, I had a stroke.
I want AF and IS.
Really sorry to hear that.
But it's pretty simple: this camera is not for you.
So far there is no real rangefinder with AF and IS. You have other approximations like the Fuji X-Pro 1, XE and XA/XM series as well as Sony Axxxx alternatives. But they are not rangefinders, you'll have to look somewhere else. Or wait for an iteration that has those features
Who are Konost? Do they have any kind of track record? Where are the company located? Can they seriously compete with the big players?
Even if this re-invented Leica is a good reliable product, you can bet it will be priced beyond the reach of most serious photographers who always prefer to stick with established brands.
I'm a little sceptical about all of this!
I posted similar questions. Someone replied they are in Taiwan, but no specific address. They are up against Cosina, which had something similar with the Epson RD1. Cosina stopped making it.
I just remember efilm: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/3149799436/siliconfilm
and this:
"This is the digital age where old school rules can die hard."
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I would reiterate that with this is the digital age where most startups that were successful were started by college grads. Lets not shoot them down before they have proven themselves
The number of dead end photo equipment proposals really can't be overlooked like the Nimslo 3D camera, 8mm Polavision and plans for CCD units that would fit into the back of film SLRs.
Having ideas is one thing, but turning them into a commercial success is another. Even big companies make mistakes and these unknown people are doing little more than promoting ideas, which are not exactly revolutionary anyway.
@VENTURE-STAR - But the difference is that they aren't re-inventing the wheel here. It's not 3D, it's not eFilm, it's not a new format. It's just a Leica M-compatible digital rangefinder camera. It's building on an established system that everyone is familiar with, but that many people can not afford. If they can make it a less expensive alternative to a Leica M, I think they definitely have a chance.
A barebone FF with either 50mm/35mm/28mm /1.2/220.127.116.11/2/2.8
with aperture ring,focus ring and a needle for under/over exposure,1/4000 shutter speed,ISO upto 6400,flash sync of 250/500 is all that we need
M-mount lenses too expensive? Aside from LTM-M39 adaptors being ridiculously cheap, and thus, countless Russian and other lenses, there are plenty of M-mount lenses from the likes of Voigtlander that are very good value for the quality.
I have a sneaking suspicion the first shot I capture on my new M will be with a Lensbaby on Nikon adaptor. Ah, Live View AND Rangefinder :D
Enough comments here to show this is a topic that peaks folks interest.
The M240 is an excercise in controlling the basics of photography and is a tonic to photographers' Mojos.
Maybe this camera can be a successful cheaper version.
I hope that there are enough people who want to just concentrate on the photograph and aperture, focus and shutter speed, and only every decade on upgrading their equipment.
Remember when the store brands had cheap medium format no-name camera's like the "seagull" and had 35mm SLR's that used a Pentax K mount?
Maybe full frame digital has finally a stage where they are cheap enough to make knock offs that use a common, non patented mount. M42 for the zillions of Pentax, various Russian, Zeiss, etc, lenses out there on the used market might appeal to a minimalist niche market. Who knows. It would have to be dirt cheap, and take better pictures than a Holga. Heh heh.
Where are they located? Where is their main office? The website says nothing, except they are looking for investors.
Sorry, I've seen this movie before.
They are currently working out of Taiwan. I think it's daring and great that a bunch of students have come up with this. All great startups started this way lets not shoot them down before they start.
Of course I hope it happens. I just remember this:
Yes but that is a totally different thing. I can see why the industry, not so much users would have shot down that idea. When the eFilm concept came out, many of us got excited about the idea of using our great film cameras with a digital back. But I think we can all see why other manufacturers could see a problem with that
Agree. This is Nothing but BS to me.
Please, minimalism is so 2007. I want at least two function dials that I can assign whatever function I like. Who wants to look at the LCD every time they want to change a setting?
Shutter speed on top and aperture on the lens. I do agree that one more dial for ISO or exposure comp would be good; they could put a dial around the shutter release.
RichRMA: Yes!
In the 1970s I could look at the scene and work out the exposure using the "sunny f/16 rule". Then I could hold one of my Pentax SP500s behind my back and set the shutter speed and aperture, and even make a guess at the focusing. Ready to shoot.
Despite all our gains, we've lost a lot. Does it matter? I do like automation, but ....
What I've noticed is that as cameras have got easier to use, I've often taken the ease of taking an acceptable photo for granted. But I don't want "acceptable"! Getting the great shot needs as much effort as ever. More so, because "anyone" can get a decent photo.
Interesting idea, I wonder if they will use the Leica M mount from start (I would if I were them!), for Full Frame and APS-C versions.
I don't see the point for APS-C, but I see the point for Full Frame with 12MP sensor of Sony Alpha 7s, for incredibly sharp and noiseless street photography, at 6400 ISO and largely over that. Knowing that full-frames rangefinders have trouble to get in perfect focus with faster lenses and 20MP+ sensors. (there are pictures in DPReview done by real great photographers on Leica M that demonstrate that point!)
I wonder what is the point of an APS-C version. The 1" has a fixed lens, so it may be interesting as a compact. The FF would be interesting as an alternative to Leica M. But what would the APS-C one offer? Unless it's a much lower price that would put the FF model in losing competition with other FF cameras.
What do you mean the 1 inch has a fixed lens? Some cameras with 1 inch sensors have a built in lens, and there are two 1 inch interchangeable systems.
If this body works well with M lenses, meaning little vignetting, then this body will have a big appeal that no FF DSLR has--the capacity to use Leica M and Zeiss M lenses, Voightlander too.
APS-c version is interesting because a lot of people probably won't be able to affort the FF version... It all depents on pricing.
A serious fixed focal compact could do 600 €
A serious mirrorless (aps-c or 4/3) could do 1000 €
A fullframe version (with Leica and Sony A7 as competitors) would be 2000 € ?????
Okay, no I didn't read the announcement in great detail. Missed the second camera.
Leica T has AF, doesn't have a view finder in the body, is APSC.
And the VF is significantly different design.
For a modern sensor there really isnt any point in having an external ISO control. you should be shooting at base ISO where shutter speed exceed minimum safe speed, and you should be shooting at minimum shutter speed at all other time with the lowest possible ISO as determined by metering system.
I've often wondered why Leica haven't gone for a digital rangefinder, given that the mechanical one often needs recalibrating - according to many users. I don't have one.
The proof will be in the execution, so let's wait and see. If it is a good idea yet still goes belly up, maybe they could licence their technology to Leica.
If focusing with the digital rangefinder overlay works well, this could be a great niche product. The only other small, interchangeable lens, digital cameras with optical viewfinders are the eye-watteringly expensive Leicas and the Fuji XPro1 with it's mediocre phase detect AF. I'd love an affordable rangefinder camera with a few small Voigtländer lenses.
Looks interesting, but just look at the view of the side of the lenses you will get through the viewfinder!
It's the rare lens that shows up in an M range finder VF. The Noctilux does. Not real common that one.
The old, discontinued, 75MM f/1.4.
I guess there could be some Voightlanders or Zeiss M lenses that you'll see.
And it's very infrequent that the view is obstructed with a regular M body.
Meaning: More of zero obstruction leads to zero obstruction.
Yes, I guess it possible now that the 50mm f/1.4 Summilux will show in this body's VF.
But we have to wait for real demonstration models.
You only have to look at the view in the third product picture to see how narrow the angle needs to be to cause a problem.
Remains to be seen.
You do apprehend that M rangefinders have a good bit of space around the lines delineating the lens mounted on the body.
I other words, have you used an M mount rangefinder?
Did you mean that the viewfinder outlines don't show the full coverage ? I understand the M240 is improved in this respect.
A real problem might be obstruction by the lenshood of the viewfinder's view. I recently bought a narrow tubular hood for a 40mm Summicron - can't see it in the viewfinder. Worth the money. The ultrawide Voigtlanders need an auxiliary viewfinder on the M9 mounted on the flash shoe so more out of the way. The M240 accepts an electronic live-view finder VF2 by Olympus or Panasonic (badged EVF2 by Leica!) This gives a good view of what the lens sees with no obstruction (fingers apart!)
@HowaboutRAW, Yes I have used a Leica M, but started on a Leica IIIf back in the 70's........so yes, I have looked through a Leica viewfinder and know what it's like, even if the early ones were a bit naff! LOL
And this camera is NOT a Leica.......so we will wait and see, but still looks a bit close to me.
As you say "wait and see".
Here are images of lenses in the viewfinder of a Leica.
If the viewfinder is closer to the lens on the Konost than it is on a Leica then the situation will be worse. We won't know how much worse until the camera actually has an optical viewfinder and it is tested. But since the viewfinder is lower, the lens will impinge along the side and not just at the lower corner.
A lens protruding into the VF of an M is still infrequent, but all we can do is wait to see if this camera actually ships.
No, I am free to criticize the design even if it never ships.
And I showed links to images that illustrate the protrusion with various lenses on the M. It is bad enough that the lower right corner gets blocked with some lenses but if the entire right edge is blocked, that will definitely be much worse than on an M and will be a deal breaker for many.
Yep, so not "no" you're free to critique the proposed design based on a couple of photos of the mock up.
Of course what you're free to do and what makes much sense isn't the same.
Brilliant. I'm in. DPR's write up needs some clarification though. The viewfinder is OPTICAL, the rangefinder patch is a digital overlay. Cool.
I had trouble understanding what I saw on their website. A normal rangefinder works by making 2 light paths converge or diverge until they match.
In a typical rangefinder camera, surely the MAIN view remains static, (its axis doesn't alter), and it is the smaller centre portion (coming from a small extra window) that is moved. Am I right? (Distant memories!)
But the light path for this digital centre portion is surely fixed in this case. (It is the photo-taking path). So does the MAIN optical viewfinder have mirrors or prisms instead of being a "simple" straight through path?
Or have I lost the plot?
I see now! (I HAD lost the plot).
Neither optical path moves. But the axis of the digital overlay path moves by selecting different parts of the sensor's image to show in the centre of the viewfinder.
Phew! (Am I the last person to get this?)
Chuckle! You've just convinced me I got it wrong again!
I had come to the conclusion that the the digital overlay came from the MAIN picture-taking sensor. But now you've suggested that it comes from a SECONDARY sensor that is illuminated via that window you identified!
(I'm not looking for such a camera. But I am intrigued about all the technical details, so I will continue to follow this. I like to see people try different things. Who knows where they may lead?)
Oh blah blah blah people! Give them a break. Maybe they know something you don't?
Internet technical "experts". What a joke.
I say we wait and see what the finished product is like. I'm enjoying the concept.
Given the number of startup companies that never get off the ground and the number of old companies that go down after decades of "market experience", skepticism is the natural response to such announcements.
Why wait when you can laugh now? You can always get serious later when you find something to spend money on. :)
AlexisH: If you are considering investing it this company, skepticism about the return on investment might be wise.
For those with no financial stake, "suspended judgement" might be a better policy. Or: "let's wait and see".
"dynamic range of about 11 stops"
Isn't that the crappy Leica sensor? Looks at the size and lack of control, I think buying an A7 series and use adapter will make more sense.
Yes, if you are not interested in a rangefinder then you should buy something else.
I know my X-Pro is not a real rangefinder.
But aside from both the Konost and A7 being full frame mirrorless cameras, please tell me why someone who wants a rangefinder body style with manual controls and an actual rangefinder focusing mechanism would buy the A7.
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by Derek Morrison
Now in any space or event
Big Brother can watch you vent
Whether you're inside, or outdoor
There's no hiding place any more
Meteor strike or plane crash
All now captured from the dash
And if you cause some offence
Big Brother has the evidence
A fleeting moment of no constraint
But a lifetime to feel the taint
Your unwilling spot as YouTube star
Shows the world you went too far
The virtual mob smelt the blood
A comment trickle became a flood
A social position once enjoyed
Social media forever destroyed
Ninety Eighty Four has passed
Dystopian fiction it was classed
Big Brother defined what was true
Now Big Brother, is me and you.
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In liberal democracies it's important that we sustain a healthy counterweight to the the level of surveillance that technology makes possible on a state's citizenship. For example, it is suggested that the UK has 20% of the world's CCTV cameras despite having circa 1% of the world's population. Some of these CCTV cameras are operated by local authorities and are street facing. There are certainly potential civil liberties issues but sometimes such cameras capture irrefutable evidence that could not have been provided any other way, e.g. Bus Driver Deliberately Hit Cyclist Sent to Prison (2012). Even more controversially, in the UK, there is an extensive network of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras which enables vehicles to be tracked in real time by the police or security services. The ANPR network consists of fixed cameras and those fitted to police vehicles.
But the main thrust of the poem is not the surveillance society as envisaged in George Orwell's short novel 1984. Instead it attempts to convey the irony that Orwell's Big Brother may as (or more) likely to be realised by "the people" – even (or particularly) in liberal democracies – than by state officialdom. The synergy of highly portable media gathering devices with social media has created both a powerful vehicle for both good, and ill.
Because the combination can throw into the spotlight what was previously transient, ephemeral and hidden. The near ubiquity of media gathering devices in the form either of street cameras, smartphones or more recently dashboard camera (dashcam), helmet cams, and body cams, means that there is a likelihood that situations or events can now captured and are likely to be shared, willingly or unwillingly.
For example, consider the 2013 meteor strike in Russia. At one time we would have to be content with press accounts and conjure the images within our heads. Now, however, the proclivity for mounting dashboard cameras in Russian cars to provide evidence in event of the all too frequent crashes resulted in multiple video recordings of the meteor strike (see Links and Resources).
Similarly, the more recent February 2015 plane crash in Taipei, Taiwan was captured in frightening detail by a dashboard camera (see Links and Resources).
The two examples above illustrate how technologies now enable anyone to contribute to the public record of events, albeit sometimes tragic ones. That is one type of evidence.
A more activist approach to 'evidence' gathering has also been made possible by highly portable media gathering technologies. For example, one now well known London cyclist Lewis Dediare (alias Traffic Droid), after a serious accident equipped his cycle with all round cameras and uses these to record his now campaigning daily commutes. He then disseminates these on YouTube as vivid demonstrations of the sometimes appalling dangerous and antisocial behaviour of some road users. As well as the name and shame aspects of his chosen form of activism some of his media captures are used as evidence in legal proceedings (see Links and Resources).
There have been a number of cases where unreasonable, and sometimes unlawful, behaviour on the part of police in democratic countries has been evidenced by video captures by members of the public, e.g. the death of the newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson who was in the wrong place at the wrong time during the G20 protests in London, 1 April 2009. At the time of writing this poem, the death by shooting of Walter Lamer Scott by a South Carolina policeman on 7 April 2015 was graphically recorded by a witness using a smartphone.
All such events are always tragic. We should also reflect, however, on how what was once easy to hide from the public eye or recast into a more convenient version of the truth, is now being thrust into the spotlight of various formal and informal media fora. Governments and public agencies and may well find this an uncomfortable experience, but unlike repressive regimes they are expected to reform themselves rather than shoot the messengers – aren't they?
But such reform cuts two ways. For example, the police are also beginning to employ body worn cameras to record their interactions with the public with apparently positive results on the behaviour of both the police and public (see Links and Resources). The police gather video 'evidence'. The public gather video 'evidence'. But perhaps better cloaking in the armour of videos than the armour of batons, bullets, or lies.
Synergies between the police and public are also being made possible by the new media. The police cannot, and in a healthy society should not, be everywhere. But the public are and so it is they who are more likely to be there at the time of the untoward event, and increasingly, capturing it on their media device. What is the legal status of such evidence? Increasingly, acceptable and at times police forces will actively solicit it. In the UK, the marked decrease in traffic police has decreased the likelihood of traffic offences being detected. Yet with the advent of dashcams and other devices members of the public appear more than willing to back up their reports of the selfish and the stupid to the police with date and time stamped video footage. Such footage is sometimes brokered by third parties with a commercial interest, e.g. PoliceWitness.com
Earlier I offered the example of Traffic Droid where the campaigning cyclist Lewis Dediare recorded his interactions on London's busy roads which he has resulted in some successful prosecutions. Lewis is an activist not afraid to confront and publicize what he considers the unreasonable, selfish, or outright dangerous behaviour of other road users. He is undoubtedly a controversial character, particularly to those he captures behaving badly who would rather he didn't exist. On balance the good he does probably outweighs any turbulence he causes. But Traffic Droid also provides a useful segue to another category of less benign inhabitant of the new social media universe.
Emerging from the social media swamp comes the cyberbaiter, i.e. those who deliberately engineer a situation in order to engender a response in a target which is then captured and disseminated for the gratification of the perpetrator. Why? Immaturity, e.g. students targeting teachers; pleasure – bullying, or psychopathy; or revenge, i.e digital vigilantism. Whatever, the reason the cyberbaiter views social media as the vehicle for reinforcing their identity at the expense of others and that is going to do more than modify human behaviour – it's going to distort it (see also Links and Resources).
In conclusion, I should declare an interest here. I'm out cycling on the busy UK road several times a week. There is never a day passes without at least one near miss or anti-social event from a small minority of other road users. They behave like that because they think they can and because there will be no consequence for them and are likely to do that in all aspects of their lives. Without some level of Big Brother such individuals would degrade the quality of life for everyone and so, on balance, perhaps my final line "Now Big Brother, is me and you" is not necessarily a bad thing.
Links and Resources
Dashcam compilation of meteor strike in Russia (2013) (YouTube)
Dashcam footage of Taipei, Taiwan plane crash (4 February 2015)
Traffic Droid Videos (YouTube)
You May Have Been YouTubed, Inside Higher Ed, 6 September 2006
Teachers Victims Of 'Cyberbaiting' By Pupils Looking For Revenge, Huffington Post, 17 November 2011
First scientific report shows police body-worn-cameras can prevent unacceptable use-of-force, University of Cambridge, 23 December 2014
Body Worn Video (Wikipedia)


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It doesn't show up on the DSL menu, or in my AK2i. Is it the battery or an I doing something wrong?
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That was perhaps a bit too harsh, the part of him that wasn't deep in a fire of whiskey reflected.
"No offense taken," she said, her voice as merry as his had been cool, though Chase wasn't certain he'd have apologized, if she'd given him the chance. Or that she wasn't offended, come to that. "I'm delighted to be of service."
"I know why Ariella was doing this—or why she said she was all right with it," Chase said then, bluntly. "She quite likes a hefty bank account and no commentary on how she empties it. Is that a family trait? Are you in this for the money?"
Did he only imagine that she stiffened? "I have my own money, thank you."
"You mean you have your father's." He toasted her with his bottle. "Don't we all."
"The only family money I have came from my grandmother, as a matter of fact, though I try not to touch it," she replied, still smiling, though that warm gold gaze of hers had iced over again, and Chase knew he should hate the fact he noticed. "My father felt that if I wouldn't follow his wishes to the letter, which involved significantly less school and a lot more friendly games of things like tennis to attract his friends' sons as potential boyfriends-slash-merger options, I shouldn't have access to any of his money."
"Your sister makes defying your father her chief form of entertainment," Chase said, focusing on that part of what she'd said instead of the rest, because the rest reminded him of the many steps he'd taken to make sure that, while his father might have employed him, Big Bart had never supported him. Not since the day he'd turned eighteen. And he didn't want that kind of common ground with this woman. "She told me so herself."
"Yes," Zara said calmly, her gaze steady on his. "But Ariella is beautiful. Her defiance lands her on the covers of magazines and the arms of wealthy men. My father may find her antics embarrassing, but he views those things as a certain kind of currency. In that respect, I'm broke."
Chase blinked. "I'm very wealthy," he pointed out. "In all forms of currency."
"I didn't marry you for your money," she said gently. "I married you because this way, I can always remind my father that I sacrificed myself for him on command. To a wealthy man he wanted to control. Talk about the kind of currency Amos Elliott appreciates." Her mouth shifted into that smile of hers that did things to him he didn't like or understand. "He isn't a very nice man. It's better to have leverage."
Chase felt caught in the endless gold of her eyes then, or perhaps it was the near-winter afternoon outside the window that seemed to be some kind of extension of them, the sun brilliant through the stark trees and already too close to the edge of night.
"Are you looking for a nice man, then?" he asked quietly. From somewhere inside himself he hardly recognized.
"It would be difficult for you to be a worse one than my father," Zara replied in the same tone. "Unless it was your singular purpose in life and even the briefest Google search online makes it clear that you've had other things to do."
Was she being kind to him? Chase couldn't fathom it. It made something great and gaping hinge open inside of him, too near to all that darkness he knew better than to let out into the light. He knew better than to let anyone see it. He knew what they'd call him if they did. He called himself that and worse every day.
Monster. Murderer.
He had blood on his hands that he could never wash clean, and this woman with eyes like liquid gold and the softest mouth he'd ever touched was being kind to him. On the very day her vicious father had lashed them together in unholy matrimony.
"I sold my own sister into her marriage because it benefited the company. I sold myself today." His voice was colder than the December weather outside. Colder than what he kept locked inside. And all those things he hid away swelled up in him then. Those memories. Those terrible choices. The day he'd lost his mother on that South African road where he'd made the choice that defined him, the choice that he still couldn't live with all these years later. To say nothing of the truth about his relationship with the father he felt he still had to prove himself to, even now, when Big Bart Whitaker would never know the difference. "You'll want to be careful, Zara. I'll ruin you, too, if you let me."
She studied him for a moment, and then she smiled, and he didn't know how he knew that this one was real. Even if it felt like it drew blood.


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Eat Of The Week – Cafe Vino
One of the questions I'm asked most is, "what is your favorite restaurant in Fort Collins?" Over the years it has become easy for me to make that decision with a solid… Read More
Eat Of The Week – Pizza Casbah
It's really interesting how Mother's Day and Father's Day are complete opposites when it comes to the restaurant industry. Just about every restaurant in town will host a brunch special or have… Read More
Eat Of The Week – El Monte
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Eat Of The Week On The Road – Luxury Diner
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Eat Of The Week – Cafe Vino
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Eat Of The Week – Tacos Y Mariscos
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@newbelgium_foco pairing dinner at D'Vine Bistro. Second Course – arugula, orange, fennel salad with Accumulation vinaigrette, served with a side of elk tar tar, and paired with Accumulation white #IPA. #craftbeer #fortcollins… Read More
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CES 2010: NUI with Bill Buxton
Great video and discussion!
Bill Buxton is an inspiration, and a very wise man. I think it is important to ensure that applications and interfaces allow for flexibility and multi-modal interaction. This is something that Bill Buxton has worked towards over his career. It is not surprising that he has a background in music!


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Making between ten and twenty speeches every year at libraries and clubs and to school groups, I'm always asked questions about my writing, and one comes up fairly often: "Where do you get your ideas?" Someone always wants to know. Sometimes when I'm feeling particularly flippant I'll swear that whenever I need some, I contact an old guy in New Jersey who sends me ten ideas for twenty-five bucks.
Once, when I was teaching an adult writing class at a college just outside Los Angeles, a woman from the group called me one afternoon.
"I have six different ideas for books," she told me on the phone. "But I can't think of which one to pick."
Since she didn't explain any of those ideas further, everything in me wanted to simply say, "Pick number four" and hang up. Instead, I said, "All of us have dozens of different ideas every day. As a writer, pick the one you're thinking about the most."
She thanked me profusely—and we never spoke about it again. But I've always felt that way—that certain ideas go in one ear and out the other while others, the really important ones, stay inside the head and cook and boil until they simply have to be written.
I recall an important and disturbing idea that eventually evolved into a Milan Jacovich book, The Dutch.
It was back in the early seventies, in Los Angeles, when I heard from a coworker on a TV show about the suicide of an acquaintance of both of ours. "She did the Dutch," he told me. I was confused and asked him for more specifics and he stretched it out. "The Dutch Act," he explained. "She committed suicide."
That was more than a decade before I started writing detective novels, but I asked around in Hollywood and heard from several people about "the Dutch." Not many people knew where that slang originated, but I knew when I sat down and wrote the Milan Jacovich adventure about a distraught father asking the private eye to investigate why his daughter had taken her own life.
Right from the start I decided quite easily how the character would die. The Lorain-Carnegie Bridge stretching across the Cuyahoga River—also now called "The William Hope Memorial Bridge" after the stonemason father of the late comedian/icon Bob Hope—was and is extremely beautiful because there are gigantic statues of the "Titans of Industry" wrapped around each of the bridge's pylons. It was easy to figure out why the fictional victim had fallen from the bridge and onto the hard ground nearly two hundred feet below instead of into the water, and the more I researched the more excited I grew about putting this novel together.
I typed the first sentence of that novel: "The dark space under the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge is, I think, a singularly lousy place to die." That one sentence really ignited my imagination, and I never let up.


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Very small bit of site-related news. I added a Blogroll to the right (below the Blog Archive). There's not much in it except for the Overly Positive blog. Don't follow too many blogs myself so the list is likely to remain short.
But if anyone else has a blog that they feel might be interesting to the readers of this one (and me ) then let me know and we can blogroll each other.
Oh my, now a blogroll and everyone. I'm almost becoming like a real blogger.
Thursday, 25 June 2009
2 comments:
- Frank said...
Feel free to add Syp from Bio Break as well (http://biobreak.wordpress.com). We've both found your blog to be one of the best and most current for TOR, so we're both following you now. :)
- 25 June 2009 at 17:22
- Ayane said...
Done. :)
And thank you for the compliment.
- 25 June 2009 at 17:25
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David J. Gubbins, Esq.Illinois
David J. Gubbins, Esq. is a seasoned mediator and arbitrator with extensive experience in commercial, personal injury, aviation, guardianship, medical malpractice, wrongful death, construction and probate matters. In addition to managing his own law firm, David J. Gubbins, Ltd., Mr. Gubbins is often court-appointed to serve as Guardian Ad Litem to minors and disabled adults, Friend of Court and discovery master. He has acted as guardian ad litem and Friend of Court in several high-profile aviation cases. Mr. Gubbins has argued numerous complex motions during his career and is known throughout the legal community for his thorough knowledge of the law and dispute resolution skills.
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ADR Experience and Qualifications
- Since joining ADR Systems in 2016, Mr. Gubbins has served as a senior mediator, arbitrator, discovery master, independent neutral evaluator and continues to be appointed by the court as a guardian ad litem
- 43-year legal career including David J. Gubbins, Ltd., 2002-2016, specialized practice with all services rendered as the result of court appointment, including more than 1000 appointments as Guardian Ad Litem for minors and disabled adults representing the interests of those affected by catastrophic accidents, personal injury and other causes; President of David J. Gubbins, Ltd., 1985-2002, focused on personal injury, construction and probate matters
- Partner at Vitell, Greenfield, Johnson, Goldstein and Gubbins, 1978-1985; focused
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- Aviation: appointed Friend of Court and Guardian Ad Litem for all eligible minors of plane crash victims; helped oversee distribution of attorneys fees and issues regarding the estates of the deceased
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- Class Action: appointed Guardian Ad Litem and Friend of Court in toxic tort class action involving over 500 individual claims; helped court with discovery schedule, reviewed wrongful death petitions and assisted in pre-trial settlement conferences
- Construction Defect: Mediator in Discovery for case involving the remediation of an apartment complex; complex owner sued contracting company claiming that the final product had multiple defects
- Construction Defect: dispute between luxury home owner and contractor; homeowner alleged that final product had over $1 million worth of defects
- Contract, Fiduciary Duty and Fee Dispute: case involving law firm alleging breach of fiduciary duty by former employees who independently represented clients while employed; employees brought counterclaim against firm alleging breach of a contract in which they were to receive a third of fees for all business they brought in; selected as arbitrator for case after unsuccessful mediation
- Contract, Non-Compete and Restrictive Convenants: Mediator in Discovery for dispute involving health care clinic seeking restitution for unjust enrichment and breach of contract by former head physician
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- Trademark: Mediator in Discovery for infringement dispute between German and Chinese companies that involved patent troll actions
- Wrongful Death and Personal Injury: served as independent neutral evaluator and later mediator for more than 50 death cases as the result of an airliner crash in Peru; retained by global specialist insurer to mediate the remaining 25 cases, all cases successfully mediated
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You probably have gone to so many treatment centers to recover from your addiction but none of them works. Have you ever try iboga treatment in iboga house, Ayahuasca Healings? Here you will find an alternative way to overcome your addiction problem by using a plant called tabernathe iboga. This plant comes from central Africa and the native tribes used this particular plant to their spiritual purpose. As hallucinogen, the iboga extract that you will consume while getting treatment in Ayahuasca Healings will give you a journey and reflection of yourselves to assess your drugs problems.
It is no wonders that drugs are forbidden. Not only bring the number of crimes and damages health, but in a series of addictive substances that contain that makes a person difficult to escape from addiction. The reasons on why people start taking drugs are so many, yet here are two major reasons on why people take drugs:
– Trauma: it is associated mainly with social trauma. This trauma is the top reason of drug abuse and addiction. Social trauma is not only the problem themselves, the culture in the family, or social. The physical and emotional abuse that the person got in the past could lead them to drugs addiction.
– Psychological reason: many studied cases mentioned that mostly drug users initially just trial and error. Although some people are able to control themselves to not being addicted, but not a few who make these drugs as a way out from psychological problems they suffered as an emotional experience, excessive anger, guilt, sadness, feeling empty and lonely. From all of those feelings, drug abusers often use these drugs for kill their emotion, escape from the pain and they even feel that the drug is able to increase their confidence.
If two points above describe the condition of you right now and you are clearly want to recover and start living clean, look up Ayahuasca Healings right now because you will get a treatment that proven to be successful.


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4 bedroom Holiday house for rent in Mermaid Waters
$360.00 - $450.00*per dayprice range estimate for 2 guests*
If what you are seeking combines the comforts of private waterfront accommodation with upscale designer interior and furnishings then check out this one of a kind property seated cozily on a quiet cul de sac within the suburb of Mermaid Waters just 5 minutes from stores, beaches and Jupiters Casino
Upscale interior welcomes guests into a luxuriously styled haven perfect for intimate gatherings
Offering 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms – with the capacity to sleep up to 7, the home provides designer comforts, poolside entertaining and tranquil water views
Large fully fenced swimming pool (new photos pending)
Waterfront lounge area with large lcd tv/ dvd
Chic living room area great for executive cocktail gatherings, or upscale intimacy and entertaining amongst friends
Entertaining kitchen with breakfast bar, overlooking poolside, with water views - oven, fridge, dishwasher and microwave.
Indoor dining area with pool views
Downstairs renovated bathroom with shower, and toilet
Laundry room with side porch access and clothes line
Downstairs private bedroom with bathroom access, closet and hardwood floors
Outdoor entertaining and dining area
Poolside comforts with serene waterfront views.
Private jetty offers a perfect location to fish, or put out crab pots. We provide fishing rods and the crab nets for your enjoyment.
Upstairs you will find a very spacious master bedroom offering a King sized bed, lcd tv and chic interior furnishings to drink in the view as you take in the tranquility of the Mermaid Channels. Master offers a spa-bath en suite and walk-in closet + A/C
2 upstairs bedrooms with dimmer lights, ceiling fans and closet.
Renovated upstairs bathroom contains bath, shower and toilet to accommodate the 2 upstairs occupants.
- 5 min drive to Pacific Fair Shopping Centre
- and Jupiters Casino,
- 3 min drive to the beaches of Mermaid or Broadbeach
- 20 min drive to Dreamworld, Movieworld, Seaworld and Wet and Wild, also 20 min to Coolangatta Airport.
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21 Oct How Mobility And Yoga Can Help Your Physical Performance
When you're in your twenties, it seems you can go a 110 percent at the gym, a charity run, or a boot camp with ease. Your body recovers quickly and you don't pull up too sore thanks to your body's childhood mobility.
However, as we age our mobility becomes compromised. Running up a hill takes more effort. Squatting down may feel okay, but holding it there and then getting back up becomes difficult. And let's not talk about the stiff and sore feeling you may experience the next day as you crawl out of bed.
So what's the answer to improving your physical performance?
It is to just to train harder or more often? In some cases, yes. Training more may improve your endurance, especially in the beginning. It may make you run faster, lift more, or jump higher. But what happens when you plateau?
The key is in movement. You need to be able to move better. As we age, we lose our mobility and stability. We may have endured some damage along the way. Things start to break down, our alignment shifts, our posture relaxes. All this is leading to poor efficiency, ultimately making physical activity a laboured and somewhat difficult task.
Thankfully, it's never too late to reverse your lack of mobility. Regardless of where you're at in your fitness journey, mobility is something you can always improve.
How improving your mobility will result in improved efficiency
When you exercise regularly without focusing on stretching and improving your mobility your body tightens up. From the ankles and hips to the shoulders, our ligaments and joints soften thanks to the stresses and load placed on these areas of the body.
When you concentrate on improving mobility, you'll improve your range of movement. More range will produce a greater power and force. Imagine you can run with a greater stride length or hit a tennis ball with a wider swing. Range will help you run faster and hit that ball harder.
Without mobility, your body's alignment is likely to be out thanks greatly to our sedentary lifestyles and our ability to adapt. Poor alignment and stability means other muscles are taking the entire load.
For example, if your hip flexors are weak, your pelvis is likely to be unstable which limits your ability to activate some of your power muscles like the glutes. As a result, your back muscles will take the load and become painful and tight, reducing your mobility and causing fatigue.
Correcting alignment and asymmetry is almost impossible without improving your mobility. Muscles will continue to activate in compensation for those that are weak. This will not only slow you down, but will also dramatically increase your risks of injury in the future.
How yoga can help you improve your physical performance
There are many aspects of yoga that come together to provide benefits on both a psychological and physical level. Let's just say, yoga's not just about relaxing and connecting with your breath. Through regular practice, yoga postures can help you improve your mobility incredibly quickly.
When you exercise, whether professionally or simply to remain healthy, you place stress on your body's muscles and joints. Yoga acts as a stress-management tool, focusing on the movement and your mobility, as well as your awareness and concentration.
Holding yoga postures, moving between poses and focusing on the way your body feels has a range of potential physical benefits including:
Improves flexibility by stretching your muscles
Helps to improve posture
Acts to re-align the body
Improves mobility and range in the joints by lengthening your ligaments
Reduces the risks of injury
Aids as a rehabilitation for injury
Enhances your stride length
Improves your co-ordination
Improves stamina and fitness
Aids in improving your body awareness
Improving your mobility will increase the range of motion in both your muscles and joints. It's going to help you not only during your run or workout, but also in alleviating everyday aches and pains that seem to be increasing with age.


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Okike Ezinne, 18, has been arrested by police in Enugu after selling her one-year-old baby, Chisom for N300, 000. However, the baby is yet to be recovered from the buyer, who is currently at large.
Two other ladies, Promise Godwin, 20, and Okafor Gloria, 46 are also being held by the police for facilitating the sale of the little girl.
Ezinne, from Ohaaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, in her statement to the police, said she conceived out of wedlock but decided to keep the child. However, when it became difficult for Ezinne to take care of the baby, a friend, Promise, also from Ebonyi State, asked her to join her Enugu.
Ezinne said Promise assured her that she and her baby would be well taken care of in Enugu, things did not go as expected, as she discovered that her friend was into prostitution.
Promise reportedly left Ezinne at her apartment in Coal Camp, Enugu, and relocated to the Four Corners area, where she plied her trade. The said Promise equally convinced Ezinne to sell her baby, and subsequently made arrangements with Gloria, a widow who is said to be specialised in the selling of babies in Abia State and environs.


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Karen Koster: I miss baby Finn but it's great getting glammed up for work again
While returning to work after having a baby can be a daunting prospect for any new mother, Karen Koster admits she's happy to return to getting glammed up for TV.
The TV3 presenter returned to Xpose earlier this week after giving birth to baby Finn last December and she told the Diary that getting a daily makeover is something she appreciates more than ever.
"I did feel a bit spoilt getting a blow-dry five days a week and it took the novelty out of it for me, so it will be nice to go back and put on false eyelashes and things like that," she said.
"As opposed to being fed up of putting on makeup, by Friday I'll be delighted to get my slap on."
Now Karen and her businessman husband John McGuire have a bouncing baby boy to look after, the bubbly blonde (35) said being fashion-forward is well down on her list of priorities.
"I don't really care about being stylish at all, once my clothes are clean," she said.
"I saw myself in the 'sack the stylist' section of a newspaper a while ago and I thought I looked great, I even had lipstick on – god knows what they'd think if they saw what I normally look like.
"Finn was just out of the picture in his buggy – maybe if he was included people would have been able to see what kind of day I was having."
Although going back to such a glamorous job definitely has its perks, not even daily preening sessions and a wardrobe full of stylish threads could make dropping little Finn to creche any easier for the petite Dubliner.
"I made a show of myself. Finn didn't bat an eyelid but I was in bits. [My husband] John came with me and I said beforehand that I'd be ok, but I was feeling tense all morning and as soon as I walked into the creche that was it," Karen said.
"He's like a limb – for the last 10 months he's been by my side and I haven't really left him all that much, only with his grannies here and there."
While Karen may be struggling with being away from her tot, she says Finn couldn't be happier with the arrangement.
"He's probably having better craic in there than he does with me at home," she said.
"He's loving it. Hopefully everything will go to plan and he'll be three days a week in creche and the rest at home with myself."


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This year, PEF's Annual Fundraising Campaign is Connect Peekskill Students to the Future. In a digital age, schools that succeed are schools that connect. The Peekskill Education Foundation (PEF) is committed to connecting our students to the future by ensuring that our schools remain equipped with the most current technology that will provide our children with opportunities and programs to support their education and enhance their future. PEF plans to support improvements in technology in the Peekskill schools that include supporting wireless technology in the high school, providing additional funds for Smart Board technology throughout the Peekskill schools, and supporting additional technology and science programs that will advance critical thinking and educational excellence for our students. To accomplish these goals, PEF needs to raise $50,000. To help meet this goal, we need your support.
For the past decade, PEF has proudly supported our children's educational futures with donations to the Peekskill schools exceeding $200,000. Through grants and donations, PEF has funded state of the art computer and science lab equipment and brought new library book and music equipment into our children's classrooms. We have supported cultural enrichment programs and provided scholarships to help students attend summer camp and college. PEF has funded innovation, excellence, and opportunities beyond the limits of ever tightening school budgets. These days, most of us have to do more with less, and our educators depend on PEF's help more than ever.
For the cost of a tank of gas, you can make a substantial difference in every Peekskill child's education and ensure our students are ready for the future. Please consider a fully tax-deductible contribution to the PEF and help us reach our goal of bringing technology into every classroom. You may donate by check or make a secure credit card donation online at www.peekskilleducationfoundation.org.
Please also contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com to see how you can get involved and help support our students as we Connect Peekskill Students to the Future.
On behalf of the Peekskill Education Foundation Board, thank you for making a difference in the future of our children.
With gratitude,
Jeffrey Stern
Peekskill Education Foundation


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Wedding Pride: Attention to detail at the Heights Hotel, Killarney
Some celebrations are private and intimate and at the heights hotel they understand the care and detail involved for each wedding
The intimate weddings at the Heights Hotel include private use of their Wedding Garden with its panoramic views of the Torc & Mangerton Mountains. This makes the Heights Hotel the perfect setting for weddings, civil ceremonies and partnerships from 25 guests to 350 guests.
Celebrating equality
Why wait to celebrate your marriage? This winter the hotel has a range of special packages.
At the Heights Hotel Killarney they have a dedicated team of wedding planners and they pride themselves on attention to detail, which is key to the success of their wedding business.
They can tailor your wedding menu to suit your personal budget and personal preference. Special dietary requirements are catered for and all of their menus include gluten free options.
Their beautiful Mangerton Ballroom is fully self-contained with bar and restrooms and for smaller weddings of up to 65 people, they can offer you their Mill Restaurant with stunning views of the surrounding mountains.
Top 5 reasons to choose the Heights Hotel as your wedding venue
1. A dedicated wedding team at your fingertips to help create your dream wedding.
2. Tailored packages to suit your budget and requirements whether you are looking for something a little different or something more simple and elegant.
3. A guarantee that the hotel has only one wedding per day ensuring personal attention and peace of mind.
4. An array of complimentary extras.
5. The beautiful town of Killarney at your doorstep. The picturesque town of Killarney offers the perfect backdrop for you wedding pictures and with its quaint shops and lively atmosphere, it offers the perfect retreat for your wedding guests.
To request a wedding pack phone 064 6631158, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.killarneyheights.ie
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