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We Are All the Same | Actor | n/a | 1 | |
Timepiece | Actor | Mary Chandler | 1 | |
Bermuda Triangle | Actor | Amanda | 1 | |
Persons Unknown | Actor | Molly | 1 | |
The Outsider | Actor | Rebecca Yoder | 1 | |
The Christmas Wish | Actor | Renee | 1 | |
Episode 12 | Actor | Guest | 1 | |
King Kong | Actor | Ann Darrow | 1 | |
Fair Game | Actor | Valerie Plame Wilson | 1 | |
Sunlight Jr. | Actor | Melissa | 1 | |
The Impossible | Actor | Maria | 1 | |
The Painted Veil | Actor | Kitty Fane | 1 | |
Episode 12 | Actor | Guest | 1 | |
Diana | Actor | Diana | 1 | |
Ellie Parker | Actor | Ellie Parker | 1 | |
Mother and Child | Actor | Elizabeth | 1 | |
Funny Games | Actor | Ann | 1 | |
Adore | Actor | Lil | 1 | |
The Ring | Actor | Rachel | 1 | |
The Ring Two | Actor | Rachel Keller | 1 | |
While We're Young | Actor | n/a | 1 | |
Mulholland Drive | Actor | Diane Selwyn | 1 | |
Gross Misconduct | Actor | Jennifer Carter | 1 | |
Le Divorce | Actor | Roxeanna de Persand | 1 | |
Sci Fi Inside: King Kong (2004-2005) | Actor | Interviewee | 2004 | 1 |
Eastern Promises | Actor | Anna Khitrova | 1 | |
The Outsider (2001-2002) | Actor | Rebecca Yoder | 2001 | 1 |
Stay | Actor | Lila Culpepper | 1 | |
J. Edgar | Actor | Helen Gandy | 1 | |
Dream House | Actor | Ann Patterson | 1 | |
Strange Planet | Actor | Alice | 1 | |
The International | Actor | Eleanor Whitman | 1 | |
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Actor | Sally | 1 | |
Mulholland Drive | Actor | Betty Elms | 1 | |
The Christmas Wish (1997-1998) | Actor | Renee Carr | 1997 | 1 |
Tank Girl | Actor | Jet Girl | 1 | |
Under the Lighthouse Dancing (1997-1998) | Actor | Louise | 1997 | 1 |
Birdman | Actor | n/a | 1 | |
The Elevator | Actor | Jennifer Evans | 1 | |
21 Grams | Actor | Christina Peck | 1 | |
The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Actor | Marie Bicke | 1 | |
The Hunt For the Unicorn Killer (1997-1998) | Actor | Holly Maddux | 1997 | 1 |
Ned Kelly | Actor | Julia Cook | 1 | |
Persons Unknown (1995-1996) | Actor | Molly | 1995 | 1 |
We Don't Live Here Anymore | Actor | Edith Evans | 1 | |
Fay Wray: A Life | Actor | Herself | 1 | |
Sleepwalkers (1996-1997) | Actor | Kate Russell | 1996 | 1 |
The 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002-2003) | Actor | Presenter | 2002 | 1 |
St. Vin | Actor | n/a | 1 | |
Undertaking Betty | Actor | Meredith | 1 | |
The Wyvern Mystery (1999-2000) | Actor | Alice Maybell Fairfield | 1999 | 1 |
Timepiece (1995-1996) | Actor | Mary Parkin | 1995 | 1 |
Brides of Christ (1991-1992) | Actor | Frances Heffernen | 1991 | 1 |
Dangerous Beauty | Actor | Guila De Lezze | 1 | |
18th Annual American Cinematheque Award (2002-2003) | Actor | Presenter | 2002 | 1 |
Ellie Parker | Actor | Ellie Parker | 1 | |
Bermuda Triangle (1994-1995) | Actor | n/a | 1994 | 1 |
I Heart Huckabees | Actor | Dawn Campbell | 1 | |
Movie 43 | Actor | ("Homeschooled") | 1 | |
For Love Alone | Actor | Marion | 1 | |
Inland Empire | Actor | Voice | 1 | |
Flirting | Actor | Janet Odgers | 1 | |
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003-2004) | Actor | Presenter | 2003 | 1 |
The Custodian | Actor | Louise | 1 | |
2004 IFP/Independent Spirit Awards (2002-2003) | Actor | Presenter | 2002 | 1 |
Wide Sargasso Sea | Actor | Fanny Grey | 1 | |
Matinee | Actor | "Shopping Cart" Starlet | 1 | |
AFI Awards 2001 (2000-2001) | Actor | n/a | 2000 | 1 |
17th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000-2001) | Actor | Presenter | 2000 | 1 |
The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2004-2005) | Actor | Presenter | 2004 | 1 |
The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2002-2003) | Actor | Presenter | 2002 | 1 |
The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2011-2012) | Actor | n/a | 2011 | 1 |
The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005-2006) | Actor | Presenter | 2005 | 1 |
The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2000-2001) | Actor | Presenter | 2000 | 1 |
Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (2003-2004) | Actor | n/a | 2003 | 1 |
Babe 2: Pig in the City | Actor | Additional Voice | 1 | |
Ellie Parker | Producer | n/a | 3 | |
We Don't Live Here Anymore | Producer | n/a | 3 | |
The Painted Veil | Producer | n/a | 3 | |
Funny Games | Executive Producer | n/a | 3000010 | |
Adore | Executive Producer | n/a | 3000010 |
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Starred in "The Painted Veil" with Edward Norton and Liev Schreiber |
Re-teamed with Sean Penn for "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" |
Co-starred with Brenda Blethyn and Alfred Molina in the British black comedy "Plots with a View" |
Played title role in the independent feature "Ellie Parker"; also co-produced |
Cast in the Fay Wray role, as Ann Darrow in Peter Jackson's "King Kong" a remake of 1933 classic |
Born in Shoreham, England |
Had lead in the British TV drama "The Wyvern Mystery" |
Co-starred in Rodrigo García's independent feature "Mother and Child" |
Film acting debut, "For Love Alone" |
Portrayed the murder victim in the CBS drama "The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer" |
Co-starred with Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro in director Alejandro González Iñárritu's "21 Grams" |
Cast in David O. Russell's ensemble comedy "I Heart Huckabees" |
Made first Hollywood film, "Matinee" |
Co-starred with Ewan McGregor in "The Impossible," about a family's struggle to survive devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami |
Landed a supporting role as 'Jet Girl' in the cult feature "Tank Girl" |
Co-starred with Viggo Mortensen in "Easter Promises," playing a midwife investigating the death of a young girl |
Had regular role on the Australian serial "Home and Away" |
Co-starred with Daniel Craig in Jim Sheridan's "Dream House" |
Cast as Kate Hudson's sister in the Merchant-Ivory film "Le Divorce" |
Teamed with Clive Owen and director Tom Tykwer for "The International" |
Breakthrough role as an aspiring starlet in David Lynch's highly acclaimed "Mulholland Dr." |
Had a supporting role in "Dangerous Beauty" |
Relocated to Australia with mother and brother at age 14 |
Co-starred (also produced) with Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern and Peter Krause in the independent, "We Don't Live Here Anymore" |
Co-starred as a snobbish schoolgirl in the Australian film "Flirting"; first collaboration with director John Duigan |
Cast in the biographical drama "J. Edgar," directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Leonardo DiCaprio |
Returned to Australia to co-star in "Strange Planet" |
Portrayed former CIA offier Valerie Plame in Doug Liman's "Fair Game" |
Second collaboration with Duigan in "Wide Sargasso Sea" |
Cast alongside Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom in the Australian film "Ned Kelly" |
Played a reporter out to break a curse in the remake of the Japanese horror film "The Ring" |
TV series debut on the short-lived NBC drama "Sleepwalkers" |
Reprised her role of reporter Rachel Keller in "The Ring Two" |
Born in Shoreham, England on Sept. 28, 1968, the young Watts suffered the trauma of losing her father when she was only seven years old. Four years later, she relocated to Australia with her mom and began to study acting. Eventually, she began going on auditions - it was at one where she would meet her best friend Nicole Kidman - and landed her first film role in "For Love Alone" (1986). Watts enjoyed her first substantial part alongside best pal Kidman in "Flirting" (1991), the John Duigan-directed sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke." Cast as a snobby schoolgirl, the teen actress made an impression and her career was born. Watts went on to co-star with Oscar winner Brenda Fricker, Josephine Byrnes, Kym Wilson and a young Russell Crowe in the Australian miniseries "Brides of Christ" (1991). Duigan tapped her once again when he cast her in a supporting role in "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1992). Moving to the United States, Watts acted in her first Hollywood movie, the comedy "Matinee" (also 1992) in a bit role as an aspiring movie star. She enjoyed a cult hit as Jet Girl in the film adaptation of the comic book "Tank Girl" (1995) but box office success and that seminal role which would catapult her to stardom still eluded her, even as she watched her longtime friend Kidman become a virtual international overnight A-lister after hooking herself to megastar Tom Cruise in 1990. Meanwhile Watts appeared in a string of TV productions of varying quality, from the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" drama "Timepiece" (CBS, 1995) to the failed 1997 NBC series "Sleepwalkers" to the above average miniseries "The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer" (CBS, 1999). Between small screen gigs, the actress was cast as the wife of a Venetian nobleman in "Dangerous Beauty/Destiny of Her Own" (1998) and as a fragile, morally upright young woman in "Strange Planet" (1999), Emma-Kate Croghan's ensemble film about a group of friends struggling to cope with modern life.
Then along came a strange, brilliant man named David Lynch who cast the actress in what was hoped would be her breakthrough, an ABC TV series called "Mulholland Drive," created by and directed by Lynch. Although the network passed on the quirky drama, Lynch was able to shoot additional material and create a strange film that painted a dark picture of the Hollywood dream factory. Indeed her dual role as perky wannabe Betty Elms and the cynical Diane Selwyn provided Watts with rich and complex material that she skillfully handled. If anyone had any doubts about her capabilities, one scene in particular clinched it: Betty auditions for a movie role and while the dialogue is trite, her reactions to her scene partner (Chad Everett) and her approach to the part allowed Watts to play many layers and moods at once. That astonishing scene alone made critics and audience take notice - to say nothing of the love scenes between her and her fellow lovely newcomer, Laura Elena Harring. Watts displayed a similar charisma in the Sundance-screened short "Ellie Parker" (2001), about an Australian actress trying to carve a career in L.A. Having to switch gears from auditioning for the role of a Southern belle, to trying out for the part of a street junkie, she displayed her amazing range and prodigious talent. Casting agents and directors began to take notice following this one-two punch and Watts found herself being offered choice roles. She starred as a frontier widow who harbors an outlaw in the Showtime original "The Outsider" (2002) and played a TV newswoman investigating a rash of elevator accidents in "Down" (2001).
After the rush of attention following "Mulholland Drive," Watts effectively kept herself in the public eye thanks to two high-profile relationships: one with her longtime friend Kidman, whose constant shows of support added luster to Watts' rising star; and a romantic relationship with up-and-coming heartthrob Heath Ledger, which captivated the paparazzi. But she continued to deliver the goods onscreen as well, delivering a strong, emotional performance in her first mainstream star vehicle, the haunted high-tech thriller "The Ring" (2002), playing an investigative journalist and single mom who discovers a cursed videotape. The Gore Verbinski-helmed film established her firmly as a bankable star and was such a hit, she returned to give an another strong central performance in the otherwise less inspired 2005 sequel, "The Ring 2." Watts was equally good in the relaxed, sophisticated Merchant-Ivory production of Diane Johnson's bestselling novel, "Le Divorce" (2003), playing an aspiring American poetess in contemporary Paris who is abandoned by her husband, a French scoundrel who jilts her while she is pregnant. Once again Watts' enviable ability to conjure genuine, heart-rendering emotion served her well in the role. The actress successfully reinvented herself yet again in the brooding drama "21 Grams" (2003), playing a reformed party girl who slips back into her self-abusing ways after losing her family in a car accident. With that performance, Watts found herself at the center of much critical acclaim and awards buzz, earning her first Oscar nomination as Best Actress.
Watts' immediate post-Oscar entries included the little-seen, long-delayed Aussie crime drama about legendary bank robber "Ned Kelly" (2004), which paired her to surprisingly little effect with Ledger; and the unremarkable indie drama "We Don't Live Here Anymore" (2004), in which she played one of two academic, suburban couples who self-destructively enter into extramarital affairs with their neighbors' spouses. She then assumed a role that Kidman could not fit into her schedule - and one that Gwyneth Paltrow had already vacated - when she appeared in writer-director David O. Russell's fourth feature, "I [Heart] Huckabees" (2004), an "existential comedy" exploring the spiritual lives of a group of people involved with a department store called Huckabees. Watts played Dawn, the store's lovely spokesmodel, who is ultimately pushed to the breaking point by the complications spinning out of her sheer physical beauty. She followed up with a brief supporting turn in "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" (2004) as the long-suffering waitress ex-wife of a man (Sean Penn) slowly descending into a madness that will lead to an attempted attack on the White House.
Less satisfying was "Stay" (2005), director Marc Forster's ambitious but murky psychological thriller as the girlfriend of a shrink (Ewan McGregor) whose suicidal patient somehow begins invading his dreams and blurring the lines of their realities and individuality, including their relationship. Her next film, "Ellie Parker" (2005), was an intriguing experimental curiosity: in 2001 writer-director Steve Coffey shot Watts with a handheld digital video camera for a 16-minute short, which cast the actress as a young actress trying to protect and nurture her talent in heartless Hollywood. Over the ensuring years Watts and Coffey would reunite whenever they could find a free day together and add new sequences to Ellie's story, until he finally had a full film for release in 2005. Watts then took on a project of much bigger proportions, cast in the iconic Fay Wray role of Ann Darrow for director Peter Jackson's long-dreamed-of, much anticipated remake of "King Kong."
While "King Kong" provided Watts with even wider exposure than she had before, the thankless role of damsel in distress ultimately proved to be limiting. She returned to smaller budgets with "The Painted Veil" (2006), a romantic drama about a young English couple (Watts and Edward Norton) married for the wrong reasons who relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with another man (Liev Schreiber - later to become her real-life boyfriend post-Ledger and fiancé in April 2006. In "Eastern Promises" (2007), Watts played a London midwife who delves into the past of a Russian prostitute after she dies during childbirth, only to stumble into a Russian police operation trying to expose a major Eastern mafia prostitution ring. Although Watts had by this time happily moved on to a relationship with Schreiber, she was devastated with the accidental drug overdose death of her ex-boyfriend, Heath Ledger, in January 2008. In a cruel twist, she was at the Sundance Film Festival promoting a film when the press informed her of his sudden death on the red carpet, causing the actress to leave in tears. She next played an attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's office who helps a world-weary Interpol agent (Clive Owen) investigate a major banking scandal in the taut conspiracy thriller, "The International" (2009). In "Fair Game" (2010), she portrayed Valerie Plame, a CIA agent exposed by the Bush Administration as political retribution toward her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), publicly refuting the White House's case for war with Iraq. Also that year, she delivered a strong performance in "Mother and Child" (2010), playing a woman whose mother (Annette Bening) gave her up for adoption as a baby, leading her to lead a successful, but lonely life that nonetheless remains inexorably entwined with that of her mother's. Watts' heartbreaking performance earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards. Tempering the tragedy was the birth of Samuel, her second son with Schreiber - their first boy, Alexander, having been born a year earlier.
Watts next played an attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's office who helps a world-weary Interpol agent (Clive Owen) uncover a major banking scandal in the taut conspiracy thriller, "The International" (2009). In "Fair Game" (2010), she portrayed Valerie Plame, a CIA agent exposed by the Bush Administration as political retribution toward her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn) for publicly refuting the White House's case for war with Iraq. Also that year, she delivered a strong performance in "Mother and Child" (2010), playing a woman whose mother (Annette Bening) gave her up for adoption as a baby, leading her to lead a successful, but lonely life that nonetheless remains inexorably entwined with that of her mother's. Watts' heartbreaking performance earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards. The busy actress finished out the year by joining the ensemble cast of writer-director Woody Allen's romantic-comedy "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" (2010) opposite Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins and Gemma Jones. The following year Watts was seen as a next-door neighbor unknowingly entangled in the tragedy of a young couple (Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz) in the critically and commercially panned supernatural thriller "Dream House" (2011). She fared better as Helen Gandy, the indispensable devoted secretary to controversial FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) in director Clint Eastwood's biopic "J. Edgar" (2011). Taking on a starring role, she teamed with Ewan McGregor as a wife and mother whose family is literally torn apart during the catastrophic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in the harrowing inspired-by-true-events drama "The Impossible" (2012). Her performance garnered nominations for Best Actress at the Golden Globes and Academy Awards.
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Stephen Hopkins | Companion | Dated from 1999-2001; No longer together |
Heath Ledger | Companion | Met in 2002 on the set of "Ned Kelly" (2004); Began dating in summer 2002; Separated briefly in 2003; Rekindled relationship in November 2003; Announced split in May 2004 |
Nikki Roberts | Grandmother | |
Hugh Roberts | Grandfather | |
Alexander Schreiber | Son | Born July 25, 2007; father, Liev Schreiber |
Liev Schreiber | Companion | Began dating in May 2005; Rumored to be engaged as of April 2006 |
Samuel Schreiber | Son | Born Dec. 13, 2008; father, Liev Schreiber |
Ben Watts | Brother | |
Myfanwy Watts | Mother | Separated from husband when Naomi was four years old; following Naomi's father's death in 1975, her mother relocated the family to North Wales, where they lived with Naomi's grandparents; moved the family to Sydney in 1982, when Naomi was 14 |
Peter Watts | Father | Worked with the band Pink Floyd (his manic laugh kicks off The Dark Side of the Moon); Died in 1975, when Naomi was seven |
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North Sydney Girls High School |
Notes |
"I think my spirit has taken a beating. The most painful thing has been the endless auditions. Knowing that you have something to offer, but not being able to show it, is so frustrating. As an unknown, you get treated badly. I auditioned and waited for things I did not have any belief in, but I needed the work and had to accept horrendous pieces of shit." - Watts quoted in London's Sunday Times, Jan. 6, 2002 |
"Well, there's a scene where I masturbate. I was really freaked but you don't bail out of a scene with David Lynch. I had a camera an inch away from my face, going down to my crotch. All I wanted to do was cry. While we were filming the scene, I happened to develop a case... hmmm, what's the word you'd use in print? I was on the toilet all day. I think it was nerves." - Watts on the most difficult scene to film for "Mulholland Dr." as quoted in Rolling Stone magazine, August 2001 |
"I saw someone that I felt had a tremendous talent, and I saw someone who had a beautiful soul, an intelligence, possibilities for a lot of different roles, so it was a beautiful package." - David Lynch on why he cast Watts in "Mulholland Dr." to The Los Angeles Times, Oct. 12, 2001 |
"My work is the only thing I've been able to depend on. I've never been completely secure in a relationship to the point where I've felt like I'm going to be completely taken care of emotionally." - Watts to Interview magazine, November 2001 |
"My twenties just floated by. I'm not sure if it was unawareness or arrogance. But in the past couple of years, I've become aware of who I am. Does that sound too corny? I've come alive as an actor and as a person. I've gained a lot of confidence. I'm one of those people who knows that if I'm up against too much, I retreat. I suck at auditions. Absolutely suck. I'm really shy." - Watts quoted in Movieline, November 2001 |
"Auditions are just so humiliating and degrading. You get a five-minute time slot for a part you've spent six hours or more studying for or thinking about, and you get into these rooms full of people who barely make eye contact. They're bored and frustrated that they can't find the right person, energy that is instantly crushing and which makes it hard to shine. Going through that process over and over, you become so wounded and guarded that it's impossible to give your best stuff away. That's why I will never forget what David Lynch did for me. When he cast me in 'Mulholland Dr.' I was literally at the lowest place, and yet he managed to pull away all those masks." - Watts quoted in Interview magazine, September 2002 |
"Look, I would be lying if I said hurtful things didn't hurt me. I am a sensitive person. Nobody knows anything about our relationship, so I can see why they would try to label it, and they are entitled to that, I suppose. That's what we get for being in the public eye. But I don't really have to get out there and defend it or define it in any way. It is ours, and I want to do my best to protect it." - Watts on the hurtful press about her relationship with Heath Ledger, quoted in W magazine, March 2004 |
"Naomi has the ability to draw an audience into the interior life of the characters she plays and yet she manages to conceal more than she reveals, so you're always wanting more." - Peter Jackson on Watts to Vanity Fair magazine, January 2006 |
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Ret. Justice Stevens Addresses Law Conference (right-click to copy direct link)
Washington, DC Monday, May 21, 2012
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens spoke at the American Law Institute annual meeting.
He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ford in 1975 and retired in 2010. He's the third longest serving justice in U.S. history.
Since retiring former Justice Stevens has written a book titled "Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir" which chronicles his time on Supreme Court under five chief justices.
President Obama announced in April that he will award Justice Stevens the Medal of Freedom at a ceremony later this year.
The American Law Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to "producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law," according to its website. It's membership is comprised of lawyers, law professors and judges.
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- Make sure your flash-mode is deactivated.
** Want to try the Wide Angle lens? Simply slide off the olloclip and flip it around.
Will the olloclip function differently in Camera vs. Video Mode?If you're using the native Apple Camera App, you have the option of shooting in 'Photo' or 'Video' modes. The olloclip can be used in either mode. However, the Apple Camera App 'crops' the image when in video mode; as such, when using the fisheye you may notice that the natural vignetting of the image is in turn cropped. Not to worry, still the same great effect, just a little more 'concise'. At this point, there does not appear to be a way to disable the cropping when in Video mode...
Which lenses are included in with the olloclip?- Fisheye (the larger of the two) - Provides approximately 180 degree field-of-view.
- Wide Angle Expands native viewing angle by 2x.
- Macro - Focal distance of 13mm/.5 providing 10x macro shots.
The Macro lens is actually part of the Wide Angle lens assembly. Simply unscrew the Wide Angle lens in the direction of the arrow on the lens barrel. The macro lens is set perfectly within the olloclip and will be flush with the clip when the Wide Angle lens is removed. Place the olloclip back on your iPhone and move right in on the subject - literally, only a centimeter or so away. This results in some spectacular close-up images. When you're done, screw the wide angle lens back on to the macro body and you're all set.
How can I use the Macro Function of the olloclip?The Macro lens is actually part of the Wide Angle lens assembly. Simply unscrew the Wide Angle lens in the direction of the arrow on the lens barrel. The macro lens is set perfectly within the olloclip and will be flush with the clip when the Wide Angle lens is removed.
Place the olloclip back on your iPhone 4 and move right in on the subject - literally, only a centimeter or so away. This results in some spectacular close-up images. When you're done, screw the wide angle lens back on to the macro body and you're all set.
Is the olloclip hard to use?The olloclip just slides on to the corner of your iPhone 4S/4 and automatically aligns itself over the camera. The camera autofocuses through the olloclip just as normal. You do not even need to think about anything. If you want to switch from one lens to the other just flip it over to use the lens on the other side.
Are there any limits to using a Fisheye?Short answer, "no"!
The Fisheye creates some incredible effects. Here are some tips:
- Use the fisheye in both Still or Video modes.
- Don't be afraid to get up close to your subject.
- Try it with Facetime - and pretty much any app you like to use.
I've noticed an offset/vignetting in the image when using the Fisheye, is there a fix for that?The iPhone 4S/4 is a remarkable piece of engineering and design elegance. And like any precision piece of electronics these days, the placement of the camera assembly is very critical and subject to some variation. That variation is usually in an ever so slight offset of the embedded camera from being truly perpendicular with the glass back. When using the iPhone 4 in its native point-and-shoot mode, you'll never notice it. However, when you add a precision lens such as the olloclip fisheye, this offset creates a shift in the actual image, the amount of which will vary with every iPhone. This shift is typically only visible when taking still images, as the iPhone 4 uses a crop-factor when shooting in video mode, and therefore, the offset not visible.
To compensate for this shift, you can tilt the fisheye lens within the olloclip. We intentionally designed the olloclip to allow for this shift and adjust accordingly.
If you dont like the look of the vignetting you can always use one of the free apps to crop your image (iOS5 will have this feature built-in).
Remember, only a small amount of tilt is required and it should hold this position for some time. The Wide-Angle and Macro Lens combination can not be tilted due to the design of these lenses.
Wide Angle Lens: Barrel DistortionThe elegance of the olloclip is its 3-in-1 quick-connect lens solution. Not one, not two, rather three lenses in one.
Most impressive are the Fisheye and Macro lenses as these were the primary design objectives when we originally conceptualized the olloclip. Being avid photographers, we own a variety of wide angle lens converters for our higher-end DSLRs; most of which average well over $150 per converter. Unfortunately, Barrel Distortion is the 'nature of the beast' and is common with all wide angle converters. When it came to the design of the lenses themselves we had to err on the side of the quality of the optics for the Fisheye and the Macro, and we believe that decision speaks for itself.
Most of the time you'll hardly even notice it, for example landscapes, vs. taking photographs of a wall or something that has a lot of linear content or lines.
Here is an image from the an excellent article reviewing a variety of DSLR Wide Angle Converters.
What is the olloclip made out of?The olloclip uses precision ground glass multi-element optics for the lenses. The barrels are made from aircraft grade aluminum using a CNC machine and then anodized. The iPhone 4S/4 attachment is made from a soft plastic material that ensures a secure fit every time to the iPhone. The olloclip uses very high quality components that are expensive to make but we think that our users will appreciate a quality product that gives excellent results and is a joy to use.
Will the olloclip work with my case?The olloclip was designed to work with a 'naked' or 'caseless' iPhone 4. Considering the 1000's of cases on the market it would be impossible to design a solution that works with all of them, or even a small portion of them. Most iPhone 4 cases go on and come off quickly and easily.
Does the olloclip use magnets?The olloclip does not use magnets.
How big is the olloclip?The olloclip is 35mm (1.37 in) tall by 31mm (1.22 in) across at the widest section but about 20mm (0.78 in) across on average. The olloclip weighs 20 grams or 0.7 of an ounce. The olloclip is very small and very light.
Will the olloclip work with Hipstamatic, Instagram and other applications?The olloclip will work with any application that uses the high-quality rear facing camera on the iPhone 4S/4.
Will the olloclip work with my Steadicam Smoothee for the iPhone 4S/4?Yes, the olloclip fits perfectly on to the iPhone 4S/4 while it is mounted in the Steadicam Smoothee tripod holder. Prototype olloclips are already being used in a multi camera iPhone 4 shoot using the Steadicam Smoothee. http://www.steadicam.com/smoothee_home.html
What's that cool tripod accessory I see in all the olloclip shots?olloclip got its start on the site Kickstarter.com and it was a product called the "glif" that introduced us to Kickstarter. We bought several glifs ourselves and we were very impressed not only with the product, but how this really cool site called Kickstarter.com helped them launch their dream...And so it was with the olloclip. Learn more about the glif at www.theglif.com.
What does the olloclip name mean?ollo is the word for eye in some languages and one can't help but compare a camera lens to an eye, even more so when the product includes a fisheye lens. With our innovative patent pending design you simply slide or clip the lens to your iPhone 4S/4 so olloclip seemed to be a good fit for the product. We also think it looks nice and flows well when spoken.


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Biography (Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century)
Article abstract: Maupassant was one of the major literary figures at the end of the nineteenth century to help move short fiction away from the primitive folktale form to the short story of psychological realism. His most significant contributions to the form may be found in such affecting realistic stories as "Boule de Suif" and such powerful tales of psychological obsession as "The Horla."
Early Life
Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850. He was the first son of Laure Le Poittevin and Gustave de Maupassant, both from prosperous bourgeois families. When Maupassant was eleven and his brother Hervé was five, his mother, an independent-minded woman, risked social disgrace to obtain a legal separation from her husband. With the father's absence, Maupassant's mother became the most influential figure in the young boy's life.
At age thirteen, he was sent to a small seminary near Rouen for classical studies, but he found the place unbearably dreary and yearned for home, finally getting himself expelled in his next-to-last year. He returned home to the influence of his mother, as well as her brilliant brother Alfred and his student and friend Gustave Flaubert. At age eighteen, Maupassant was enrolled at the Lycée de Rouen, and he began law studies soon afterward in Paris, only to have these studies interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, for which he enlisted. After the...
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Biography (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
Maupassant's contributions to literature have often been overshadowed by the facts of his life. His sexual promiscuity, profligate Parisian lifestyle, and tragic death from syphilis (which was later frequently cited as an example of the dangers of sex) have often received more attention than his work.
Maupassant began his literary career with the publication of "Boule de Suif," a touching story of a prostitute who reluctantly beds a Prussian officer in order to secure release of her traveling companions, who then scorn her. His first full volume of short fiction appeared in 1881 under the title of his second important story, "La Maison Tellier"—a comic piece about a group of prostitutes who attend a Holy Communion. After this book's success, Maupassant published numerous stories in newspapers and periodicals that were reprinted in books that appeared at a rate of about two volumes a year. Many of his stories created considerable of controversy among the French critics of the time because he dared to focus on the experiences of so-called lowlife characters.
Maupassant's first brush with censorship law occurred in 1879 with the publication of his poem "La Mur," which was attacked as an "outrage on public morality." Maupassant asked his most important mentor, Gustave Flaubert,...
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Biography (Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition)
Henri-René-Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850, in the Château de Miromesnil in the French province of Normandy. He was the first child of Gustave and Laure de Maupassant. Guy de Maupassant spent his childhood and adolescence in Normandy. His parents grew to dislike each other intensely, and they eventually separated. Laure did not want Gustave to play any role in rearing either Guy or their second son, Hervé. She was an overly protective mother, and she did not allow Guy to attend school until he was thirteen years old. Until he became a student in 1863 at a Catholic seminary school, Guy's only teacher was the local parish priest. Guy became indifferent to religion, and at the age of seventeen he was expelled from the seminary school because of behavior judged to be unacceptable by his teachers. He completed his secondary studies in 1869 at a boarding school in Rouen.
In 1867, Maupassant met the celebrated novelist Flaubert, whom Laure had known for almost twenty years. Some fanciful critics have suggested that Flaubert was not only Maupassant's literary mentor but also his biological father. Although there is no evidence to support this hypothesis, Maupassant did react with extreme displeasure and perhaps with excessive sensitivity to the frequently repeated remark that Flaubert had been his father.
Maupassant began his law studies at the University of Paris in 1869, but with the outbreak of hostilities in the...
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Biography (Critical Survey of Mystery & Detective Fiction, Revised Edition)
Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850, the eldest son of Laure Le Poittevin and Gustave de Maupassant, both from prosperous bourgeois French families. When Maupassant was eleven, his strong-willed mother obtained a legal separation from her husband. In the absence of her husband, Maupassant's mother assumed an exaggerated importance in his life. The most important masculine figures for Maupassant during his youth were Alfred, his mother's brilliant brother, and Alfred's literary student, Gustave Flaubert . With the death of Alfred at a relatively young age, Flaubert began to have an even more significant role, encouraging the young Maupassant to write.
Maupassant's education was aimed at training him for a career in the law, and after a brief period of military service during the Franco-Prussian War he was given a position in the Naval Ministry. However, under the tutelage of Flaubert he began to publish poetry and stories in various obscure journals. He also became part of a group of literary figures—which included Alphonse Daudet,Émile Zola, and Ivan Turgenev—that met regularly at Flaubert's home. In 1880, with the publication of "Boule de suif," a tale that Flaubert praised extravagantly, Maupassant ceased working for the government and devoted himself completely to his writing. In the next ten years, he wrote numerous articles for newspapers, published more than three hundred short stories, and wrote six...
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Biography (Magill's Survey of World Literature, Revised Edition)
Born on August 5, 1850, in the imposing Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France, Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant (moh-puh-SAHN) was the first son of Laure Le Poittevin and Gustave de Maupassant. Although both parents were from fairly well-to-do families, they were only renting the château where Maupassant was born. According to biographers, he probably was born in a small house nearby but was immediately taken to the château so his birth announcements would look more impressive. When the boy was eleven, his parents were legally separated, and he spent most of his youth with his mother, who became a powerful influence on his life.
As a member of the upper middle class, Maupassant was enrolled at a school suitable for him, a small seminary near Rouen. The place, however, was not to the boy's liking, and he purposely got himself expelled before completing school. After returning home to his mother, he fell under the tutelage of his uncle Alfred and a friend of the family who was later to become his most famous and important influence, the writer Gustave Flaubert.
When he was eighteen, Maupassant tried to complete his education by enrolling at Lycée de Rouen, but his law studies were disrupted soon after by his enlistment in the Franco-Prussian War. As a result of his military experience, he was able to get a position after the...
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Biography (Magill's Survey of World Literature, Revised Edition)
Guy de Maupassant had as much to do with the development of the short-story genre in the late nineteenth century as Anton Chekhov did, albeit in somewhat different ways. Yet because such stories as "The Necklace" are so deceptively simple and seem trivial, Maupassant's experiment with the form has often been ignored. Not until the short story itself receives the recognition that it deserves as a respectable literary genre will Maupassant receive the recognition that he deserves for his contribution to the perfection of the form.
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Biography (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
Although unnamed, the protagonist is approximately identical with the author, as the latter was in the winter of 1916-1917: a young Jewish writer from Odessa who has moved to the capital illegally, on the eve of the February Revolution.
The young writer, though poverty-stricken and selling almost nothing he has written, is so supremely confident that he spurns an offer of a job as a clerk. He sees himself as superior to Leo Tolstoy, whose religion was "all fear. He was frightened by the cold, by old age, by death."
The narrator finds acceptable employment when Bendersky's publishing house decides to bring out a new edition of Guy de Maupassant's works; Bendersky's wife, Raisa, has begun some translations, but they are flat and lifeless. The narrator is summoned to assist Raisa; he meets her at the Bendersky mansion on Nevsky Prospect—a habitation decorated in profoundly poor taste. The Benderskys are converted Jews, in consequence of which they have been allowed to grow rich.
The narrator would despise Raisa as he does her husband—"a yellow-faced Jew with a bald skull"—were it not for the fact that he finds her ravishing on first sight (although, it must be admitted, the young man finds all women ravishing, including his forty-year-old washerwoman, Katya). The fact that Raisa is enfolded in pink layers of fat is all to the good—precisely Isaac Babel's type, as readers may know from his other stories.
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Biography (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition)
Henri-René-Albert Guy de Maupassant (moh-pah-sah), born on August 5, 1850, at Château de Miromesnil, was descended from an old French family; his grandfather was a wealthy landowner in Lorraine, and the writer's father was a stockbroker in Paris. As a boy, Maupassant went to school at Yvetot, in Normandy, and later attended the lycée at Rouen. During his childhood and youth in Normandy he observed and absorbed a great deal of the life he was later to use so effectively in his fiction.
Significant in the author's life was the separation of his parents when he was eleven years old. His mother, a sister of a close friend of Gustave Flaubert, turned to Flaubert for advice after her husband had left her. That association brought Maupassant into French literary circles. Although he was often a member of gatherings that included such famous writers of the nineteenth century as Flaubert, Ivan Turgenev, Émile Zola, and Alphonse Daudet, he seems to have had little interest at the time in a writing career for himself; as an adolescent he was much more interested in sports, especially rowing.
Maupassant's education was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, in which he served as a member of the French army. After the war he entered the French civil service, first with the Ministry of the Navy and later with the Ministry of Public...
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Given his short life (1850-1893), it is unsurprising that Guy de Maupassant's work is often celebrated for its economy. Yet the praise applies more to the form and structure of his stories than his truncated career. Many cite de Maupassant as one of the progenitors of the modern short story. Much of his work is celebrated for its ability to create time, place, and character in succinct but rich detail. While he is best remembered for his piquant short fiction and clever novels (many of which feature war as a prominent theme), de Maupassant also wrote a tome of poetry as well as extensive travelogues. His travels throughout the continent affected both his fiction and nonfiction writing, marking de Maupassant as a true Renaissance man.Essential Facts
- As a young man, de Maupassant met Flaubert, author of the classic Madame Bovary. Flaubert's influence was crucial to de Maupassant's development as a writer.
- Early in his career, as de Maupassant began developing his own novels and short stories, he worked as a journalist for several prominent newspapers.
- Far from lighthearted, many of his short stories are detective or mystery tales that explore psychoses and psychological horrors.
- The impact of de Maupassant's career is extensive, with O. Henry and W. Somerset Maugham among the many later authors whose careers were influenced by his work.
- Maupassant died prematurely at the age of 43. His last years were marked by a slow decline from syphilis, from which he suffered for many years.
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Biography (Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults)
Author Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850, in any of several locations in Normandy, France, according to whether one believes his death certificate or various biographers. He spent his entire youth in Normandy, and never allowed that fact to be forgotten.
He was the elder son of Laure Lepoitevin de Maupassant and Gustave de Maupassant. The intimate friendship his mother and maternal uncle had with Gustave Flaubert, the author of Madame Bovary, became of utmost importance in Maupassant's early literary development. Laure de Maupassant divorced her gay-blade of a husband and devoted herself and the considerable settlement she received to the upbringing of her two sons. Maupassant was educated at the school of Etretat and by his mother until the age of thirteen; she was a highly lettered person and conveyed to him a strong enthusiasm for Shakespeare. He studied briefly at the seminary of Yvetot, where his antireligious and amorous verses earned him many rebukes, before being expelled as an insubordinate pupil for stealing and drinking the faculty's choice wines. Subsequently, at a lycee in Rouen, he had Louis Bouilhet for a teacher, who (with the help of Gustave Flaubert's letters, in a kind of correspondence-school) gave direction to Maupassant's increasing interest in literary expression.
During the Prussian invasion in 1870, Maupassant served in the army, gathering experiences and observations which were of...
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Biography (Short Stories for Students)
Guy de Maupassant, a nineteenth-century naturalist author, is one of France's most distinguished and celebrated writers of short stories. An incredibly productive writer, Maupassant achieved recognition quickly in France, and the amazing bulk and quality of his work left an impressive and permanent mark on the literary world of short fiction.
It is believed that Maupassant was born at Château de Miromesniel on August 5, 1850, although it is speculated that his parents moved him from their humble house in Fécamp to the imposing Miromesniel mansion to give their first-born child a high-sounding birthplace. Château de Miromesniel is located in a small village outside of Dieppe, called Tourville-sur-Arques. His parents separated when he was eleven years old, and he lived all of his early years in his native Normandy. Maupassant was born with the gift of a photographic memory, and this innate talent helped him to remember the nuances of Norman people that later made his stories so descriptive.
In 1869, Maupassant moved to Paris to study law, but by the age of twenty he volunteered to serve in the army during the Franco–Prussian War. After the war he joined the literary circle headed by Gustave Flaubert. The famous writer was a friend of Maupassant's mother. Flaubert introduced his new protégé to other writers, including Émile Zola, Ivan Turgenev, and Henry James. Flaubert was wholly impressed with Maupassant and became obsessed with...
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Biography (Short Stories for Students)
Henri-Rene-Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850, near Tourville-sur-Arques in Normandy France where he spent most of his early life. The oldest child of wealthy parents who eventually separated, Maupassant was not allowed to attend school until he was thirteen years old. Before then, the local parish priest acted as his tutor.
After being expelled from a Catholic seminary school, Maupassant finished his schooling at a Rouen boarding school before studying law at the University of Paris. His studies were soon interrupted by the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, and Maupassant became a soldier in Normandy. After the war, Maupassant did not return to the university and instead entered the civil service, working as a clerk in the Naval and Education Ministries.
Resigning from the Ministry of Education in 1880, Maupassant became a full-time writer. He began by imitating the style of Gustave Flaubert, a prominent French novelist who had been a close friend of Maupassant's mother for decades. Unsubstantiated rumors circulated at the time that Flaubert was Maupassant's true father; both parties always vehemently denied the allegations. Taken under Flaubert's wing, Maupassant became acquainted with some of the most prominent authors of his time, including Emile Zola, Ivan Turgenev, and Alphonse Daudet.
Following the publication of his first story, "Boule de suif'' ("ball of fat'' or "ball of suet''), in an 1880 collection of stories by several authors, Maupassant established himself as a prominent writer of both short stories and novels. During the next decade, he published six novels and nearly three hundred short stories, many of them in the Paris newspapers Gil-Blas and Le Gaulois. He also wrote plays, poetry, travel essays, and newspaper articles. ''The Necklace" ("Laparure" ) appeared in Le Gaulois on February 17, 1884, and was included in Maupassant's 1885 collection Stories of Night and Day (Contes dujour et de la nuit).
During the 1880s, Maupassant's health declined, largely as a result of syphilis, which he had contracted in the 1870s but which physicians had not diagnosed. Following an unsuccessful suicide attempt on January 2,1892, Maupassant was placed in a sanitarium. He died a year and a half later of complications from the disease.
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Ashley Judd is out, but Democrats in Kentucky may have another star on their Senate ticket in November.
Heather French Henry, who won the Miss America pageant in 1999, said she's considering a bid but hasn't made a final decision quite yet.
According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, French Henry said Tuesday she was "not ready to confirm or deny" that she was considering a run against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
"I am completely honored that people are talking to me about this but I have made no decision," she said, according to the report.
McConnell isn't up for re-election until November 2014, but the race has drawn early headlines as Democrats consider stepping in. Judd mulled a bid, eventually deciding against running after attack videos from McConnell started airing.
Privately, some Democrats worried Judd was too liberal a candidate for Kentucky, which hasn't sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1992, when Wendell Ford won re-election.
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In addition to considering her own bid, French Henry is open to supporting Grimes, according to the Herald-Leader.
On her official website, French Henry is listed as a veterans advocate, author/illustrator, artist/fashion illustrator, fashion designer, and public speaker. Her biography notes she received a bachelor's and master's degree in Fashion Design from the University of Cincinnati.
Her year as Miss America was spent advocating for veterans' issues around the country, including lobbying Congress to pass the Heather French Henry Homeless Veterans Act.
She's married to Steve Henry, the former lieutenant governor of Kentucky, who himself ran for U.S. Senate in 1998. He was embroiled in numerous controversies during his tenure, including using state employees to work at his wedding, and spending state funds to travel to the Miss America pageant.
In 2003, French Henry struck and killed a bicyclist who was crossing the street outside of a sidewalk. Criminal charges were not filed, and French Henry later recounted the accident and spoke of her lingering guilt during an appearance on Oprah.
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The United States Professional Tennis Association is now accepting nominations for its 2012 National Awards Program. As the leader in tennis-teacher education and certification, each year the USPTA honors members who are committed to excellence as tennis teachers and as ambassadors using tennis to impact people and communities.
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USPTA Stars are members who have dedicated many years to volunteering in grassroots tennis, and through initiatives incorporating multicultural and other aspects, bring the sport and sportsmanship to the players they touch. Their giving spirits have made them stars in their own communities. We may not have heard of the people who receive this award, but their stories are inspiring, and almost all of us know at least one person who deserves a nomination.
The USPTA Industry Excellence Award is given to teaching professionals who take both an altruistic and entrepreneurial attitude toward their jobs. They use their own resources and those offered by the industry to build programs that bring tennis to more people. At the same time, they are successful in growing a tennis business. The recipient of this award will receive a $1,000 grant from the Tennis Industry Association and a Tennis Tutor ball machine from Sports Tutor for use in his or her grassroots programs.
The Alex Gordon Award for Professional of the Year recognizes a member who, over a career, has demonstrated exemplary achievement in seven areas, including: contributions to USPTA and USTA; as a teaching professional, player and coach; in education, research and publications; and with other organizations, achievements and contributions.
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College Coach of the Year and High School Coach of the Year award recipients are usually selected based on their results as team coaches, however individual coaches may be considered. The Touring Coach of the Year is selected on the basis of his or her work with a playing professional on the ATP tour or the WTA tour and/or touring juniors.
Players who have been the most successful at the USPTA International Championships and/or USPTA national surface tournaments, as well as international, national and sectional competition may apply for the Player of the Year award. The eight categories for this award are: men's open, women's open, men's 35-and-over, women's 35-and-over, men's 45-and-over, women's 45-and-over, and men's 55-and-over and women's 55-and-over.
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Thanks for clarifying what you think he means. That explains why you don't disagree with him about it. If that's what he meant, I don't think he made it clear in the newsletter.
Just to clarify: I was taught an ABC method years ago and used it for a while (doing it daily); I'm not using it now. Now, I have context next-action lists, and when I add something to one of these lists, the position I write it on the page is a function of priority, and of time-and-energy. That way I don't have to read the whole list every time. I also do a "list of priorities for the weekend" and other systems.
I also find the newsletters very repetitive -- different from the books. What he seems to be aiming for in the newsletters is to leave out unnecessary details so that a person reading fast will focus on and retain a single memorable point which is emphasized. I think he overdoes this, almost achieving the ideal of having zero meaningful content. This is just my impression. I tend to feel frustrated by the newsletters -- I'm looking for something to learn or re-learn and not finding anything interesting.
Yes, I would say that's a way of prioritizing. I think that's similar to my "list of priorities for the weekend". I wonder: if you're going to do that, then maybe you don't need separate context lists, but can keep all your actions on one big list? Or maybe you use the context lists, e.g. if it's a weekend day you just look at the home list to pull items from onto your punch list, etc.
Presumably your priorities don't usually change so fast that you would need to re-do the punch list several times a day. I find that for me, almost all the time, priorities don't usually change much. For example: whether or not it's a good time to do an aerobic workout will change depending on whether I just ate and stuff, but what I consider its priority -- that is, its relative value compared to other actions -- doesn't change measurably. If something urgent comes up it jumps to the front of the line, but the relative priorities of other things in the line as compared to each other doesn't usually change when that happens. For some people, e.g. an emergency-room physician, priorities may often change a lot.
Maybe David Allen means something different when he talks about "priority". To me, something's priority is a separate quality from whether now is a good time to do it.