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Siena and Its Territory
The landscape of the Crete Senesi is the result of a centuries-old process of remodelling performed by man. Already in the frescoes of God and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in Palazzo Comunale of Siena, we find a depiction of the countryside fully developed by man, dominated by the rows of vineyards and vast wheat fields, which still today accompany the visitor through this territory. The survival of such a specialised agriculture necessitated an efficient irrigation system that exploited the area's somewhat meagre water resources.
The itinerary can start out from the picturesque village of Rapolano, known since antiquity for its sulphureous springs, today exploited at modern spas.
The thermal springs of Rapolano, known since antiquity, as demonstrated by the recent discovery of a thermal complex from Roman times at Campo Muri, were analysed by many chemists and naturalists, especially under the government of the Lorraines. Among these we may recall Francesco Hoefer, Giorgio Santi and later, Antonio Targioni Tozzetti. The progress achieved by chemistry by the middle of the 18th century was to prove essential for the scientific study of thermal waters, which was conducted with the support of new theories, new methods and new instruments. Studying these waters consisted of determining the physical characteristics of the water at the spring, and evaluating its heat, odour and taste. It also consisted of chemical analysis, conducted with particular reagents to determine the water's composition and, lastly, determination of the therapeutical effects based on which each kind of water could be prescribed for specific illnesses. Still today the Baths of Rapolano attract a great number of visitors, thanks to the beneficial effects of its sulphureous-bicarbonate-calcic waters and the beauty of the surrounding countryside.
(Graziano Magrini)
Right outside town, on the provincial road of Sentino lie the vast, clearly visible travertine quarries exploited as of the 16th century for the building needs of Siena.
Located in the Sienese tract of the Ombrone valley, along the Sentino provincial road above a hill formed by extensive beds of concretionary limestone, that is to say formed by a sedimented heterogeneous material, the territory of Rapolano presents a nature formed by two qualities of sedimentary rock, varyingly extracted and utilised as building material. The western side of Mount Palazzuolo, up to the ramifications of the Ombrone valley, is formed by arenaceous secondary rocks, while the hills of the central territory of Rapolano are formed by tertiary rocks covered by beds of travertine and gravel connected by a siliceous calcareous gluten.
It was precisely the abundance of travertine, along with the presence of the renowned hydrothermal springs, that in past centuries decreed the fortunes of Rapolano. Mining activity is indeed documented since the 16th century, as shown in a document dated 1597 and concerning the Noceto quarry which was supposed to supply the material for Santa Maria in Provenzano. Principally tied to commissions contingent to the construction of single buildings, the extraction of travertine knew its moment of greatest splendour between the last years of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century, continuing with changing fortunes up to our day.
(Anna Toscano)
To reach Siena, take SS73 for about 30 kilometres. Situated in the central Piazza del Campo, Fonte Gaia constitutes the end of a titanic work of hydraulic exploitation which traverses the entire subsoil of the city for more than 25 kilometres.
The rapid demographic growth of Siena as of the 12th century intensified the need for an efficient water supply for the population. The painstaking search for water, already testified by documents in 1176, was confronted with a system of tunnels, called "bottini", which with a network of more than 25 kilometres winds beneath the city. Built progressively between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, this hydraulic system was capable of supplying water to the more than fifty fountains and five existing public wells, even in periods of draught.
Principally dictated by the need to guarantee water supply to one of the most water-impoverished areas of Tuscany, the work witnessed the commitment of famous Sienese engineers like Mariano di Iacopo, known as Taccola, and Francesco di Giorgio, both of whom left treatises testifying to a veritable local technological ability. These manuscript texts precisely record the techniques and instruments used to build the "bottini" system, as well as varyingly imaginative projects of hydraulic engineering: devices that could allow a man to float effortlessly in water or remain immersed at length, apparatuses to lift and draw water, projects for canalisations and river barrages.
The efficient functioning of the water system required, and continues to require, careful daily maintenance, originally entrusted to a "worker". In 1469 and 1492, this task was performed by Francesco di Giorgio himself, who was also entrusted with the project to increase the delivery of water to the fountain in Piazza del Campo (Fonte Gaia) by installing the Fonte Nuova tank there.
The visitor to Siena can admire the countless fountains, conceived as stupendous architectural structures, decorated by famous artists and, still today, supplied by the "bottini". He can also visit an underground Siena with traces of the city's transformations, enlargements of piping, references to the districts where water arrived, and even the street numbers of houses.
(Antonella Gozzoli)
Leaving Siena on SS223 and proceeding towards Monticiano, we arrive at Bagni di Petriolo which, already in its name, testifies to its ancient vocation as a spa that has been well known and frequented since the 14th century.
Already in the 15th century, Ugolino da Montecatini, in his Tractatus de Balneis, mentioned the qualities of the water of Petriolo, suggesting at the same time rules to be followed for the treatment: "Other famous baths are those of Petriolo, rich in sulphur and composed of a very coarse substance. They greatly heat, dry, thin down and resolve the humours. They are beneficial to pains in the joints and diseases of the nerves caused by the cold. They are useful in cases of sciatica and for those who have a head full of humours. The treatment consists of keeping the bare head under the water that flows from the lion's mouth. The water must fall first on the front of the head, then on the back, without force, thus drying the humidity in the head. In these cases it usually highly beneficial, since the heating and drying effect lasts for three consecutive years."
The fame of the Baths was further enhanced by illustrious personages, such as the Pope from Pienza, Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Pius II), who visited Petriolo in June 1460, in October 1462 and in May 1464. Near the end of the 18th century the waters of Petriolo were described by the naturalist Giorgio Santi, and in the 19th century by the Sienese historian Giuseppe Giuli. Still today the baths are visited both for water treatments, especially indicated for disorders of the respiratory system and the locomoter system, and for the beauty of the landscape, which offers sights of great interest. A walk through the woods, along the river Farma, leads to a place where hot water can be seen gushing from the rocks.
(Graziano Magrini)
Alternatively, taking SR2 towards San Quirico d'Orcia, we reach Monteroni d'Arbia where, in Piazzetta del Mulino, soars the imposing mass of the fourteenth-century fortified mill with its interesting and complex hydraulic system.
The town of Monteroni d'Arbia is home to a beautiful fortified watermill, dating to the first half of the 14th century. The impressive building appears among the properties of the nearby Cuna grange, as testified by several documents of the 16th century, including one dated 1590 that bears the estimate of the rent due for a sum of 8 liras. From this and another previous document (1552), we know that the Mill worked with two millstones, though it possessed four, probably because of a decrease in flow of the waters that supplied the millrace. The fascinating hydraulic system with its round-arch conduits permitted the water to arrive inside the mill to produce hydraulic energy, and then return outside with its chemical-physical properties unchanged. Recent studies have shown that in its period of greatest activity, the Mill could produce up to half a ton of flour per day.
(Elena Fani)
From this locality, continuing southbound past San Quirico, a long detour takes us to Bagno Vignoni, through the enchanting countryside of the homonymous valley. The very heart of town consists of a large medieval thermal basin, around which the town indeed developed.
At Bagno Vignoni, an enchanting village in the Commune of San Quirico d'Orcia, there is a medieval pool of thermal water, around which stood houses, inns, and later the church of San Giovanni Battista. The numerous archaeological findings unearthed here show that the water was already utilised in Roman times. In later ages Bagno Vignoni was visited by famous personages, foremost among them Lorenzo the Magnificent and Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Pope Pius II). The water was analized and described by the naturalist Giorgio Santi, but its usefulness was not limited – as noted by Emanuele Repetti – to its therapeutic effects alone; it served, in fact, to put "in motion 5 or 6 mills built one above another inside the travertine caves."
Today, thanks to rearrangement of the area carried out by the Commune and the ensuing inauguration of the "Park of the Mills", visitors can admire some of the buildings mentioned by Repetti, which remained abandoned up to the middle of the 1950s. The activity of milling was, in fact, along with that of the baths, one of Bagno Vignoni's major resources.
(Graziano Magrini)
Texts by Elena Fani
English translation by Victor Beard
Last update 29/gen/2008


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Republic of South Africa IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (WESTERN CAPE HIGH COURT, CAPE TOWN) Case No: A213/2010 In the matter between: LESLEY JUDITH YOUNG Appellant And IAN LESLIE McDONALD Respondent BINNS-WARD J: [1] The respondent instituted action against the appellant in the Knysna Magistrates' Court under two case numbers. The actions were tried together and a single judgment was delivered by the trial court. The appellant comes before this court on appeal against that judgment. [2] In the first action, under Knysna case no. 1058/2007, the plaintiff claimed R100 000 in damages in respect of the allegedly malicious institution of proceedings against him for an order in terms of the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998. The damages were alleged to be in respect of 'contumelia and discomfort suffered by [him] in the process'. He also claimed R100 000 in damages for defamation arising out of the injury to his reputation allegedly occasioned by the defamatory content of the affidavit made by the respondent in terms of regulation 4 of the Regulations under the Domestic Violence Act, which are set out in Government Notice 1311 of 1998 published in Government Gazette No. 20601 on 5 November 1999. [3] In the second action, under Knysna case no. 1059/07, the respondent claimed R80 000 in respect of contumelia arising from an assault perpetrated on him by two men in a parking area of a shopping mall in George, during which he was dispossessed of a motor vehicle. It was alleged that the assailants had been 'acting within the course and scope of a mandate and instruction they had received from [the appellant]' to whom the vehicle concerned belonged. It was common ground that the use of the vehicle in question had been given to the respondent in terms of an agreement with the appellant. It was a matter of dispute whether the agreement had been properly terminated by the appellant and whether the respondent was in lawful possession of the vehicle at the time he was dispossessed of it in the circumstances aforementioned. The respondent also claimed compensation for the loss of the use of the vehicle, but did not pursue that claim at the trial. [4] Only a very brief summary of the relevant facts is required. They were not materially in dispute. Indeed, at the hearing of the appeal only the issue of quantum of damages was argued by counsel for the appellant, notwithstanding the absence of formal abandonment of the contentions advanced on the issue of liability in the heads of argument. [5] The appellant and the respondent, both mature persons in their 60's at the time of the trial, had been in a cohabitation relationship for approximately seven years. During this time they had lived together at the appellant's residence in Knysna. It is clear that the respondent was largely maintained at the appellant's expense during this period. I do not think that it would be inaccurate to describe him as having been a kept companion. The evidence suggests that the couple had an at times stormy relationship; and the indications are that it deteriorated in quality during the final years, culminating in a decision by the appellant, in about May 2006, to inform the respondent that he was required to vacate her property. [6] By prior arrangement with the appellant the respondent spent some time, spread over four days, at the appellant's house during June 2006 packing his personal possessions, which had been removed by the appellant from the main body of the house to a basement while the respondent had been away attending a wedding at St. Francis Bay and thereafter visiting a parent in Durban. The respondent had very little contact with the appellant during the period he was packing up his possessions; and indeed that remained the position during the ensuing months to November 2006. What little contact the parties had during that time was through intermediaries who were engaged to assist in trying to resolve the proprietary consequences of the break-up. In this regard it should be mentioned that the respondent apparently believed that he was entitled for some form of financial settlement from the appellant; and indeed litigation in that connection subsequently ensued in the High Court. [7] The appellant was concerned to regain possession of the motor vehicle of which the respondent had been given the use in terms of an agreement, as aforementioned. She encountered difficulties in giving the respondent notice of termination of the agreement in the specific manner prescribed by the agreement. The respondent, who one suspects lacked the resources to provide his own means of transport, appears to have been unwilling to accept alternative, but effective notice of the termination of the use agreement. Frustrated by her inability to regain the vehicle, the appellant entered into an arrangement with one Errol Kahn - a physically imposing and rather intimidating looking individual by all accounts - who worked as a sometime bouncer or bodyguard, to get the vehicle back for her. The precise nature of the arrangement made by the appellant with Kahn does not appear from the evidence; although Kahn would apparently be allowed the use of the vehicle for a period if he was successful in obtaining it from the respondent. It is also apparent that the appellant entered into the arrangement because she felt that it would afford a quicker efficaciousness in resolving the impasse with respondent than the due processes of the law. The appellant indeed gave evidence that her then attorney had advised her that the only manner in which she would succeed in regaining possession of the vehicle from the respondent was 'to grab it back' from him. It was not in dispute that Kahn and an assistant were the two men who forcefully relieved the respondent of the vehicle in the shopping mall parking lot on 24 November 2006. [8] It was also not in dispute that the respondent had a previous, albeit superficial, acquaintance with Kahn and also that he knew that Kahn was a longstanding acquaintance of the appellant. It was not surprising in the circumstances that the respondent should suspect that the appellant might have been behind the assault on him by Kahn in the course of forcibly dispossessing him of the vehicle [9] The respondent laid criminal charges arising out of the incident in which he had been disposed of the motor vehicle. The police recovered the vehicle at the address of a third party, apparently an associate of Kahn's aforementioned assistant. The police were not willing to release the vehicle to the appellant, apparently because it was an exhibit in a criminal investigation. [10] Very shortly thereafter, the appellant applied to the magistrate at Knysna for an order against the respondent in terms of s 4 of the Domestic Violence Act. The application was brought without notice to the respondent. Applications for relief under the Act may be brought without notice if the complainant is able to satisfy the court prima facie that undue hardship may be suffered by the complainant as a result of the alleged domestic violence if a protection order is not issued immediately. [11] I do not consider it necessary to describe in detail the allegations made by the appellant in support of her application. Suffice it to say that some - indeed the most serious - of them were confessedly false. The appellant testified that she was not the author of these falsehoods and that they had been inserted by her then attorney. She also testified that the attorney had failed to correct the statement when she, the appellant, had pointed out the inaccuracies. According to the appellant, the attorney had stated that it was 'not important' to correct the falsehoods upon which the relief sought had been sought. If her evidence in this respect were factually well-founded, how the appellant could possibly have accepted such advice was never explained. The appellant also testified that she had not made the false statements in the context of a sworn declaration; this despite the requirement of the regulations that an application be supported by oath or affirmation as indicated in the form prescribed for use in such applications, and despite the fact that the document submitted in support of the application purports, on its face, to be an affidavit deposed to by the appellant. The magistrate rejected the appellant's evidence in this regard. He found the appellant to be an unreliable witness. A court of appeal does not easily disturb credibility findings by a trial court, but on any approach I do not think that the magistrate can faulted for arriving at this conclusion. [12] The appellant's evidence as to the alleged role of her erstwhile attorney is inherently improbable. No attempt was made to confirm the evidence by the evidence of the attorney concerned. While this in isolation might have been understandable because of the unlikelihood that the legal practitioner would own up to such deviance; it is nevertheless significant that there was no indication placed on record that the appellant, or her current legal advisors had taken any steps to draw to the attention of the Law Society what would, if the appellant were to be believed, constitute grossly dishonest and unethical conduct by her erstwhile attorney. It is also significant that the appellant did not withdraw the proceedings after the respondent had delivered a detailed opposing affidavit and even went to the lengths of engaging in the drafting of a replying affidavit, albeit one not deposed to before proceedings were eventually withdrawn in February 2007, with no tender as to costs. As already mentioned, even if all the allegations about the conduct of her then attorney, Ms Leslie Swart, were true, they afforded no justification for the appellant to allow the proceedings to go ahead. It is clear to me that she did so as a means to obtain the release to her from police impoundment of the vehicle taken by Kahn from the respondent [13] In terms of s 7(2) of the Act, the court may, when issuing an order in terms of the Act, also direct that a peace officer must accompany the complainant to a specified place to assist with arrangements regarding the collection of personal property. In this regard the appellant sought, and obtained, an order in her application for the collection of the motor vehicle in issue from the police station where it was being held. This manifested a further abuse of the process. It is apparent from the appellant's evidence at the trial that she had no urgent personal need to obtain possession of the vehicle; indeed, she was committed to lending it to Kahn. This is not the occasion to expatiate on the purpose of the provisions of s 7(2) of the Domestic Violence Act, but they are clearly not intended to provide an unqualified alternative to the ordinary possessory remedies to which the appellant should have had resort to regain property which she had contractually given the respondent the right to use. Furthermore, it is of concern that her legal representative at the time was, at the very least, not astute to this. There is an exacting duty of care on legal representatives representing complainants in Domestic Violence Act applications to ensure that the provisions of the Act are not abused to obtain relief ulterior to that for which the Act was intended; see Ex parte Omar 2006 (2) SA 284 (CC) (2003 (10) BCLR 1087) at para. [61]; a fortiori, when the application is made without prior notice to the respondent. [14] The magistrate held that the proceedings in terms of the Domestic Violence Act had been maliciously instituted and found also that the averments made in support thereof by the appellant were defamatory. He granted the respondent R50 000 in damages for the malicious institution of proceedings and R30 000 for defamation. In case no. 1059/07, the magistrate awarded the respondent R80 000 in respect of the injury to his person and dignity in the assault on him when he was dispossessed of the vehicle. The magistrate ordered the appellant to pay the respondent's costs of suit on the scale as between attorney and client and also made an order that the appellant should pay the respondents costs in the Domestic Violence Act proceedings. The appeal is against the whole of the magistrate's judgment and order. [15] In regard to the malicious institution of proceedings, the appellant had pleaded that her actions in instituting the proceedings were not unlawful in that she had been justified in bringing the application and that she had not acted animo injuriandi in that she bona fide believed that she had reason to fear the respondent. In regard to the defamation claim she likewise pleaded an absence of any animus to injure the respondent's reputation. [16] In the heads of argument filed on behalf of the appellant, counsel addressed argument against the award based on the assault on the respondent, but aside from the issue of quantification of damages advanced very little, if anything, of substance by way of argument on the malicious institution of proceedings or defamation claims. As mentioned, at the hearing counsel confined her oral argument to the issue of quantum, advisedly so in my view. [17] It is accepted that the institution of civil proceedings without reasonable cause and animo injuriandi (the label 'maliciously' is not entirely apposite) is actionable under the actio iniuriandi. See Neethling, Potgieter and Visser Neethling's Law of Personality (2005) at 183-4 (with particular reference to Moaki v Reckitt and Colman (Africa) Ltd 1968 (3) SA 98(A) at 105 and Barclays National Bank Ltd v Traub; Barclays National Bank Ltd v Kalk 1981 (4) SA 291 (W) at 297-299). In my judgment, the magistrate's finding that the appellant had no bona fide fear that the respondent would commit an act of domestic violence against her was well-founded. The respondent had had virtually no contact with the appellant for a period of six months by the time that the application was made. The notion that the respondent had been spotted in the appellant's motor vehicle at some distance from her house on one occasion hardly gave rise to a reasonable apprehension of domestic violence. To have been in the vicinity of the appellant's house in the circumstances described in the evidence adduced by the appellant at the trial certainly did not qualify as 'domestic violence', even within the wide definition of the term in the Act. The history of alleged domestic violence by the respondent towards the appellant during their sometimes tumultuous years in cohabitation did not justify an urgent application under the Act, without notice to the respondent, six months after the respondent had vacated the appellant's house. The strongly given impression arising from the circumstances of the application and the relief sought in terms of it was that it was a device to obtain the effective return of the vehicle. The very nature of a Domestic Violence Act application brings about the implication of unacceptable and anti-social behaviour by the respondent against the complainant. Rather like defamatory statements, the institution of such proceedings intrinsically impacts injuriously on a respondent's dignity in the broad sense. Any respondent made subject to a protection order is terms of the Act is also made subject to a warrant of arrest, for example. The appellant must have appreciated as much, and yet she proceeded recklessly as to the consequences, actuated, as I have pointed out, by improper motives. In my judgment the magistrate correctly found that the alleged injuria had been established. [18] The averments made concerning the respondent in the application for relief in terms of the Domestic Violence Act were undoubtedly defamatory; most saliently the allegation that the respondent appeared to have attempted to poison her by arsenic poisoning and that the respondent was stalking the appellant by coming onto her property and staring at and watching her. The appellant caused these defamatory statements to be published by launching the application. Two presumptions arose upon the publication of the defamatory statements (i) that the publication was unlawful and (ii) that the statements were made animo iniuhandi. See e.g. Van der Berg v Coopers & Lybrand Trust (Pty) Ltd and Others 2001 (2) SA 242 (SCA) at para. [16]. The appellant failed to rebut these presumptions; indeed, in the context of her mala fide use of the procedures under the Domestic Violence Act, it is difficult to conceive how she could have done so. I am accordingly of the view that the court a quo correctly held that the appellant was liable in respect of the defamation of the respondent. [19] The magistrate correctly held that the quantification of damages for injury to personality under the actio iniuriarum had to be determined ex aequo et bono, with proper regard to the peculiar facts of the case. In this regard a court must bear in mind that the compensation awarded is in the nature of a solatium; and that the remedy is not intended to be availed of as a path to riches (cf. Argus Printing & Publishing Co Ltd v Inkatha Freedom Party 1992 (3) SA 579 (A) at 590E-F and also Dikoko v Mokhatla 2006 (6) SA 235 (CC) (2007 (1) BCLR 1) at para.s [109]-[110]). While awards in previous cases afford a useful guide, it needs to be remembered that the facts of two cases are rarely identical. The usefulness of reference to awards in previous broadly comparable matters is that it gives the court an idea of an appropriate range within which to fix its award. The law would be not well served if there were no predictability or consistency in the general range of compensatory awards in similar or comparable cases. [20] A court of appeal will not readily interfere with the determination of an award of general damages by a court of first instance. Due respect must be demonstrated for the trial court's power itself to determine the amount of damages in the exercise of its judicial discretion. Accordingly, only if there has been a material misdirection by the court of first instance will an appeal court intervene. The award of damages in an amount strikingly disparate from that made in similar cases, or strikingly different from that which the appeal court considers appropriate is an indication of relevant misdirection by the trial court. In the current case, I consider that the trial magistrate erred in failing to recognise or acknowledge that the injury to the respondent's personality occasioned by the injurious institution of proceedings under the Domestic Violence Act and the defamation attendant thereon was very closely interconnected. The two injurious acts were in reality incidences of each other and the external effect of each on the respondent virtually indistinguishable. I therefore consider that a single sum should have been awarded as damages in respect of both heads of claim treated as one for the purposes of compensation. [21] I am also of the view that the magistrate failed to have adequate regard to the fact that the publication of the defamatory matter was restricted; and to the fact that there was little or no evidence that the injurious actions of the appellant had in fact reduced or affected the esteem in which the respondent had previously been held by right thinking members of the community. Indeed one gains the impression that the magistrate over-emphasised the punitive aspect in assessing damages and in this regard put emphasis on the consideration that a modest award would have little effect on the appellant, who, the evidence suggested, was a woman of relatively considerable means. I think that he was misdirected in doing so. The abuse of the procedures under the Domestic Violence Act is a most serious matter, but it falls to be dealt with punitively by more appropriate measures, such as criminal charges. [22] In determining the applicable range within which the award fell to be made I have had regard to the cases referred to in this regard in argument by counsel. In the result I consider that the award of a total of R80 000 in damages for the claims founded on the injurious institution of proceedings and defamation to be so strikingly disparate from comparatively modest awards made in far more grave examples of injuria as to warrant interference on appeal. In my view an award in the sum of R25 000 would be fitting in the circumstances. [23] Turning now to the claim for damages in respect of the contumacious treatment of the respondent during the assault on him by Mr Kahn and his assistant, apparently a Mr Lutz Springboard (sic). Liability by the appellant can be established only if she is vicariously liable for the iniuria. In this regard the appellant admitted that Kahn had been acting on her behalf in dispossessing the respondent of the vehicle, but maintained that she had not foreseen that any violence or threat of violence would be involved. The magistrate did not believe her. I am not persuaded that the magistrate was wrong in this respect. The probabilities support the conclusion that the appellant intended that the respondent would be at the very least intimidated into surrendering the vehicle to Kahn. She could hardly have thought that the respondent would voluntarily give up the vehicle in the context of his indications that he had not been given the contractually stipulated notice to do so. On her own version the appellant was concerned to grab back the vehicle because she had concluded that the applicable legal processes were insufficiently effective. She involved Kahn as her instrument in the context of her decision to take the law into her own hands. In my judgment therefore the magistrate correctly held the appellant to be vicariously liable for the acts of Kahn. [24] The appellant's arguments that she did not act unlawfully in taking back the vehicle and that the assault on the respondent was a trifling matter about which the law should not concern itself are entirely without merit. The rule of law, which is a foundational norm in any civilised society, is fundamentally subverted if the courts tolerate persons taking the law into their own hands instead of following the due processes of the law to realise or defend their rights. I also do not regard the assault on the respondent as a trifling matter; certainly I am not persuaded that the injury to the respondent's feelings in the degrading manner of his treatment by Kahn and his accomplice was so inconsequential as not to be deserving of a remedy. In this regard it bears mentioning that on my reading of his particulars of claim the respondent did not seek compensation for any physical hurt, or for physical pain and suffering, but only for contumelia. [25] Taking into account all the circumstances, including the consideration that the respondent's behaviour in regard to refusing to acknowledge that the appellant had given notice of her wish to have her vehicle returned to her appears to have been somewhat disingenuous and therefore served as a measure of provocation, I consider that an award of R5 000 in damages would have been appropriate. The award of R80 000 granted by the magistrate was quite obviously excessive; and by so gross a margin as to impel interference. [26] The magistrate granted costs in the two actions before him in favour of the respondent on the scale as between attorney and client. This was avowedly a punitive order to mark the court's displeasure at the appellant's conduct, not only in respect of the matters giving rise to the actions, but also in the manner in which she sought to defend herself against the claims advanced by the respondent. Costs are a matter within the discretion of the trial court and absent a demonstrable and material misdirection, an appeal court will not interfere. I am not persuaded that the existence of any such misdirection has been demonstrated. The appeal against the costs order of the court a quo cannot succeed. [27] The magistrate also made an order directing that the appellant was liable for the respondent's costs in the proceedings instituted by the appellant under the Domestic Violence Act. In doing so he purported to be acting on his understanding of a judgment in those proceedings by Magistrate van der Merwe in case no. G462/2006, delivered on 25 May 2007. It may be inferred from this that the issue of costs in the Domestic Violence Act proceedings had been argued before Mr van der Merwe. In terms of s 15 of the Domestic Violence Act a court may only make an order as to costs against any party if it is satisfied that such party has acted frivolously, vexatiously or unreasonably. The proceedings before the court in the Domestic Violence Act matter are only incidentally before us, with the result, amongst other considerations, that we do not have before us the judgment of Magistrate van der Merwe. In my view we are therefore not equipped to entertain an appeal against the costs order in those proceedings. If the appellant wishes to pursue that aspect, she must do so by appeal or review in that case. No relief will therefore be granted in respect of the attack on the order by the magistrate in case no. G462/2006. [28] Finally, it is regrettably necessary to touch on the heads of argument filed in this matter and on the preparation of the record. The record included extensive material which was not germane to the appeal. A voluminous trial bundle had been handed in the court below. Most of it was not referred to in evidence and much of its content was in any event quite irrelevant. The irrelevant matter should have been excluded from the appeal record; certainly the appellant's attorneys should have requested the respondent's consent to omit it and drawn to the court's attention any unreasonable refusal by the respondent to accede to such request. The undesirable position was compounded by a failure on the part of the appellant's counsel to comply with the requirements of Western Cape High Court Consolidated Practice Note 49(2) by, after consultation with the respondent's legal representative, filing a statement setting out which portions of the record were regarded as irrelevant to the appeal and to which counsel did not intend to refer. Our displeasure at these shortcomings, which inconvenienced the court, for which the appellant's counsel tendered an apology, will be marked in the costs order to be made. Subject to the aforegoing, the appellant has achieved substantial success on appeal and is entitled to a costs order in her favour. [29] It is also necessary, in my view, that the matter of how the proceedings in terms of the Domestic Violence Act came to be instituted in the manner they were be investigated by the Law Society. It is undesirable that the serious allegations made about the conduct of Ms Leslie Swart in this connection be left undetermined. As mentioned, there are aspects about the application which raise concerns about the role of Ms Swart, quite apart from the issues arising from the respondent's evidence. These are the relief sought in regard to the return of the vehicle held by the police and the fact that the supporting affidavit purports to have been deposed to before Ms Swart herself as the applicant's attorney. Without being understood to anticipate any findings in respect of these or any other aspects of the matter, it is desirable that the Law Society be directed to investigate. A direction to that effect will be included in the order to be made. Order 1. The appeal is upheld to the extent set out below: (a) The award of damages by the trial court in Knysna Magistrates' Court case no. 1058/07 in the sums of R50 000 and R30 000, respectively, in respect of the (i) the injurious institution of proceedings in terms of the Domestic Violence Act and (ii) defamation is set aside and an award in the globular amount of R25 000 is made in substitution therefor. (b) The award of damages by the trial court in Knysna Magistrates' Court case no. 1059/07 in the sum of R80 000 in respect of contumelia arising out of the assault on the respondent on 24 November 2006 is set aside and an award in the amount of R5 000 is made in substitution therefor. 2. The appeal against the attorney and client costs order made by the court a quo is dismissed. 3. No order is made in respect of the appellant's complaint about the costs order made by the magistrate in case no. G462/2006 on the grounds that the proceedings between the parties in terms of the Domestic Violence Act are not before this court in this appeal. 4. The appellant is awarded the costs of the appeal, save that the appellant shall be permitted to recover only 70 percent of the costs in respect of the preparation and perusal of the record. 5. The Registrar is directed to forward a copy of this judgment and a copy of the record on appeal to the Director of the Cape Law Society for an investigation of the conduct of the respondent's erstwhile attorney, Ms Leslie Swart of Knysna, in regard to the application instituted by the respondent in November 2006 for relief against the appellant in terms the Domestic Violence Act. The Director of the Cape Law Society is requested to advise the Registrar in writing of the outcome of the investigation directed in terms of paragraph 5 of this order. A.G. BINNS-WARD Judge of the High Court BAARTMAN J: I concur. E.D. BAARTMAN Judge of the High Court
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Remember having Flip Phone Swag?
i used to be likel "mum! i need that phone. it flips!!!"
Let's play "yes" or "no." You ask me questions on anonymous or not, and I can only answer YES or NO.
Math: EXACTLY
You try to listen.
Then the teacher gives an activity and you ace it like a boss…
Homework is given.
You go home, open your math book, and suddenly realized that you forgot how to solve the problems again.
You sit there and try to work things out…
which eventually leads to…


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MIDI::Simple::Drummer - Glorified metronome
version 0.03
# A glorified metronome: use MIDI::Simple::Drummer; my $d = MIDI::Simple::Drummer->new(-bpm => 100); $d->count_in; for(1 .. $d->phrases * $d->bars) { $d->note($d->EIGHTH, $d->backbeat_rhythm(-beat => $_)); $d->note($d->EIGHTH, $d->tick); } # Shuffle: use MIDI::Simple::Drummer; my $d = MIDI::Simple::Drummer->new(-bpm => 100); $d->count_in; for(1 .. $d->phrases * $d->bars) { $d->note($d->TRIPLET_EIGHTH, $d->backbeat_rhythm(-beat => $_)); $d->rest($d->TRIPLET_EIGHTH); $d->note($d->TRIPLET_EIGHTH, $d->tick); } # A rock drummer: use MIDI::Simple::Drummer::Rock; $d = MIDI::Simple::Drummer::Rock->new(-bpm => 100); my ($beat, $fill) = (0, 0); $d->count_in; for my $p (1 .. $d->phrases) { if ($p % 2 > 0) { $beat = $d->beat(-name => 3, -fill => $fill); } else { $beat = $d->beat(-name => 4); $fill = $d->fill(-last => $fill); } } $d->patterns(fin => \&fin); $d->beat(-name => 'fin'); $d->write; sub fin { my $d = shift; $d->note($d->EIGHTH, $d->option_strike; $d->note($d->EIGHTH, $d->strike('Splash Cymbal','Bass Drum 1')); $d->note($d->TRIPLET_SIXTEENTH, $d->snare) for 0 .. 2; $d->rest($d->SIXTEENTH); $d->note($d->EIGHTH, $d->strike('Splash Cymbal','Bass Drum 1')); } # Multi-tracking: use MIDI::Simple::Drummer; my $d = MIDI::Simple::Drummer->new(-file => "$0.mid"); $d->patterns(b1 => \&hihat); $d->patterns(b2 => \&backbeat); $d->sync_tracks( sub { $d->beat(-name => 'b1') }, sub { $d->beat(-name => 'b2') }, ); $d->write(); sub hihat { # tick my $self = shift; $self->note($self->EIGHTH, $self->tick) for 1 .. 2 * $self->beats; } sub backbeat { # kick/snare my $self = shift; $self->note($self->div_name, $self->rotate($_)) for 1 .. $self->beats; }
This is a "robotic" drummer that provides algorithmic methods to make beats, rhythms, noise, what have you.
This is not a traditional "drum machine" that is controlled in a mechanical or "arithmetic" sense. It is a "sufficiently intelligent" drummer, with which you can practice, improvise, compose, record and experiment.
The "beats" are entirely constructed with Perl, and as such, any algorithmic procedure can be used to generate the phrases - Bayesian stochastic, evolutionary game simulation, L-system, recursive descent grammar, Markov, Quantumm::Whatever...
Note that you, the programmer (and de facto drummer), should know what the kit elements are named and what the patterns do. For these things, "Use The Source, Luke." Also, check out the included style sub-classes, the eg/* files and the *.mid files they produce.
So the default drum kit is the exciting, general MIDI channel 9 (but sometimes 10). Fortunately, you can import the .mid file into your new fangled DAW with auto-separated tracks of "virtual instruments." Harumph!
MIDI::Simple::Drummer - Glorified metronome
my $d = MIDI::Simple::Drummer->new(%arguments);
Return a new MIDI::Simple::Drummer
instance with these default arguments:
# MIDI -channel => 9 -volume => 100 -pan => 64 # Rhythm metrics -accent => 30 -bpm => 120 -phrases => 4 -bars => 4 -beats => 4 -divisions => 8 -signature => '' # The Goods[TM]. -file => Drummer.mid -kit => Standard kit set by the API -patterns => {} -score => MIDI::Simple->new_score
These arguments can all be overridden with the OO constuctor or accessors of the same name.
$x = $d->method; $d->method($x);
Return and set the volume, pan and beats-per-minute methods.
MIDI pan (CC#10
) goes from 1 left to 127 right. That puts the middle at 63.
phrases is the number of bars (or measures) you want to play.
bars is the number of groups of beats you want to play. Each bar is one group of beats.
beats is the number of beats in a bar! This is the numerator of the time signature.
Measures are divided into the number of "note values" that constitute one beat. divisions is this number. It is also known as the denominator of the time signature; the part of the measure that "gets the beat" or simply, "the pulse."
These are all variables that you can use as rhythm metrics to control the groove. They are just numbers, not objects or lists.
Get or set the string ratio of -beats over -divisions. By default this is not defined, allowing unbridled free-form expression.
Get or set the MIDI channel.
Get or set the name for the .mid file to write.
Combine beats in parallel with an argument list of anonymous subroutines.
Return or set known style patterns.
$x = $d->score; $x = $d->score($score); $x = $d->score($score, 'V127'); $x = $d->score('V127');
Return or set the "score" in MIDI::Simple if provided as the first argument. If there are any other arguments, they are set as score no-ops.
$x = $d->accent();
Either return the current volume plus the accent increment or set the accent increment. This has an upper limit of MIDI fff.
This is the mirror opposite of the accent
$x = $d->strike; $x = $d->strike('Cowbell'); $x = $d->strike('Cowbell','Tambourine'); @x = $d->strike('Cowbell','Tambourine');
Return note values for percussion names from the standard MIDI percussion set (with "notenum2percussion" in MIDI) in either scalar or list context. (Default predefined snare patch)
$x = $d->option_strike; $x = $d->option_strike('Short Guiro','Short Whistle','Vibraslap');
Return a note value from a list of patches (default predefined crash cymbals). If another set of patches is given, one of those is chosen at random.
$d->note($d->SIXTEENTH, $d->snare); $d->note('sn', 'n38');
Add a note to the score. This is a pass-through to "n" in MIDI::Simple.
$d->rest($d->SIXTEENTH); $d->rest('sn');
Add a rest to the score. This is a pass-through to "r" in MIDI::Simple.
$d->metronome; $d->metronome('Mute Triangle');
Add beats * phases of the Pedal Hi-Hat
, unless another patch is provided.
$d->count_in; $d->count_in(2); $d->count_in(1, 'Side Stick');
And a-one and a-two and a-one, two, three!</Lawrence Welk> ..11</FZ>
If No arguments are provided, the Closed Hi-Hat
is used.
$x = $d->rotate; $x = $d->rotate(3); $x = $d->rotate(5, ['Mute Hi Conga','Open Hi Conga','Low Conga']);
Rotate through a list of patches according to the given beat number. (Default backbeat patches)
$x = $d->backbeat_rhythm; $x = $d->backbeat_rhythm(-beat => $y); $x = $d->backbeat_rhythm(-fill => $z); $x = $d->backbeat_rhythm(-patches => ['Cowbell','Hand Clap']); $x = $d->backbeat_rhythm(-backbeat => ['Bass Drum 1','Electric Snare']); $x = $d->backbeat_rhythm(-tick => ['Claves']);
Return the rotating backbeat
with either the tick
or an option patch (default crashes), if it's the first beat and we just filled.
$x = $d->beat; $x = $d->beat(-name => $n); $x = $d->beat(-last => $y); $x = $d->beat(-fill => $z); $x = $d->beat(-type => 'fill');
Play a beat type and return the id for the selected pattern. Beats and fills are both just patterns but drummers think of them as distinct animals.
This method adds an anecdotal "beat" to the MIDI score. You can indicate that we filled in the previous bar, and do something exciting like crash on the first beat, by supplying the -fill => $z
argument, where $z
is the fill we just played. Similarly, the -last => $y
argument indicates that $y
is the last beat we played, so that we can maintain "context sensitivity."
Unless specifically given a pattern to play with the -name
argument, we try to play something different each time, so if the pattern is the same as the -last
, or if there is no given pattern to play, another is chosen.
For -type => 'fill'
, we append a named fill to the MIDI score.
This is an alias to the beat
method with -type => 'fill'
$x = $d->patterns; $x = $d->patterns('rock_1'); @x = $d->patterns(paraflamaramadiddle => \&code, 'foo fill' => \&foo_fill);
Return or set the code references to the named patterns. If no argument is given, all the known patterns are returned.
$x = $d->write; $x = $d->write('Buddy-Rich.mid');
This is an alias for "write_score" in MIDI::Simple but with unimaginably intelligent bits. It returns the name of the written file if successful. If no filename is given, we use the preset -file
$x = $d->kit; $x = $d->kit('snare'); @x = $d->kit( clapsnare => ['Handclap','Electric Snare'], kickstick => ['Bass Drum 1','Side Stick']); @x = $d->kit('clapsnare');
Return or set part or all of the percussion set.
$x = $d->name_of('kick'); # "Acoustic Bass Drum" @x = $d->name_of('crash'); # ('Chinese Cymbal', 'Crash Cymbal 1...)
Return the instrument names behind the kit nick-name lists.
$x = $d->hhat; $x = $d->hhat('Cabasa','Maracas','Claves');
Strike or set the "hhat" patches. By default, these are the Closed Hi-Hat
, Open Hi-Hat
and the Pedal Hi-Hat.
$x = $d->crash; $x = $d->crash(@crashes);
Strike or set the "crash" patches. By default, these are the Chinese Cymbal
, Crash Cymbal 1
, Crash Cymbal 2
and the Splash Cymbal.
$x = $d->ride; $x = $d->ride(@rides);
Strike or set the "ride" patches. By default, these are the Ride Bell
, Ride Cymbal 1
and the Ride Cymbal 2.
$x = $d->tom; $x = $d->tom('Low Conga','Mute Hi Conga','Open Hi Conga');
Strike or set the "tom" patches. By default, these are the High Tom
, Hi-Mid Tom
, etc.
$x = $d->kick; $x = $d->kick('Bass Drum 1');
Strike or set the "kick" patch. By default, this is the Acoustic Bass Drum
$x = $d->tick; $x = $d->tick('Mute Triangle');
Strike or set the "tick" patch. By default, this is the Closed Hi-Hat
$x = $d->snare; $x = $d->snare('Electric Snare');
Strike or set the "snare" patches. By default, this is the Acoustic Snare.
$x = $d->backbeat; $x = $d->backbeat('Bass Drum 1','Side Stick');
Strike or set the "backbeat" patches. By default, these are the predefined kick
and snare
These are meant to avoid literal strings and the need to remember and type the relevant MIDI variables.
$x = $d->WHOLE; $x = $d->_1st;
Return 'wn'
Return 'hn'
Return 'qn'
Return 'en'
Return 'sn'
Return 'yn'
Return 'xn'
Return %MIDI::percussion2notenum
a la "GOODIES" in MIDI.
Return the inverse: %MIDI::notenum2percussion
Patterns provided by default. This is {}
, that is, nothing. This is defined in a MIDI::Simple::Drummer::* style package.
Kit provided by default. This is a subset of the exciting general MIDI kit. This can also be defined in a MIDI::Simple::Drummer::* style package, to use better patches.
The eg/* and t/* files, that come with this distribution show how to use it.
The MIDI::Simple::Drummer::* styles, which you can make (and upload).
MIDI::Simple itself, of course.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mike+avery+joplin - my drum teacher.
This distribution at https://github.com/ology/Music/tree/master/MIDI-Simple-Drummer, where interim changes are made, long before any CPAN release.
* Handle double and half time (via DIVISION hashref).
* Use "relative rhythm metrics" if given a time signature.
* Use "quantize" in MIDI::Score?
* Keep a running clock/total to know where we are in time, at all times.
* Intelligently modulate dynamics to add nuance and "humanize."
* Make a MIDI::Simple::Drummer::AC\x{26A1}DC
(Phil Rudd) style.
* Leverage "from_drum_tab" in MIDI::Tab or "read_score" in MIDI::Simple?
Paul Evans <firstname.lastname@example.com<gt> for help understanding constant importing.
Kevin Goroway <firstname.lastname@example.com<gt> for asking where the time signature was and if the rudiments package was going to happen.
Gene Boggs <firstname.lastname@example.com>
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Gene Boggs.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.


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Scott Everett
Lives in
Seattle, AK, United States
Works as a
Product Manager, Dpreview
Has a website at
Joined on
Aug 10, 2004
todo pana: why live...? why don't you link it to youtube so that we can watch what we want when we want? this just takes over the bandwidth and slows everything down.
unnecessarily forceful.
We are broadcasting live now, but the show will be archived for anyone wanting to watch in the future, so its the best of both worlds. Same amount of bandwidth live or on youtube once you press play.
Timmbits: A bit ironic that SONY has such poor videoconferencing equipment for the video link (for Marc who couldn't be there).
This is actually the result of us using Skype to conference in our guests, nothing they can do to improve the quality.
TLD: For goodness sake lift your heads up and talk to the camera!!!
It's hard when you have so much gear in front of you! ;)
tom1234567: Hi all
Your doing a great job,
as I live in the U.K. what's the best time to tune in live
and watch from the beginning.
Will you be recording the live view so we can catch up on what we miss
Tom G
Hi Tom, we're about to start the 3rd segment in 15 minutes, 1:15 PST, which will run for 90 minutes roughly. We will then begin a re-broadcast of the entire show immediately after.
BrianSA: This was pretty awful. I stood about half a minute of the rubbish presentation. The video is disjointed, stopping after about 5 seconds and waiting for the download to catch up. This happened every 5 seconds, so made it almost impossible to watch. Pausing it, unlike professionally run video sites, did not allow the whole video to down load in order that I could watch it seamlessly.
Completely pointless. Even the little I was able to see seemed to be aimed at 9 year olds.
Brian, we're sorry the streaming wasn't working too well for you. That's one of the pain points of streaming video, it is difficult for us to control the quality for all our viewers. Thanks for giving it a shot and for the feedback.
Timmbits: I'm just curious as to why you guys blatantly refuse to talk about Samsung.
Your owners Amazon sell the line. They have some nice value models in MILC.
For example, the NX20 competes with the other MILC, offers better resolution than most models (just not Sony nex7), and they have some very nice lenses! I'm just totally in love with the new 45mm f1.8
They have their faults, of course. But in terms of bang for the buck... last year I paid $400 for an NX20 (body). Compare that with the $800-$1500 for other MILC cameras with as much controls, tilt screen, viewfinder (and most often 16mp instead of 20mp).
PS: mind you, in all fairness, I get it, that you can't cover every camera. but you did include samples from every manufacturer except that one.
We definitely are not avoiding Samsung, we've even invited them today to be a part of our panel discussion so stay tuned in! I think the reality is that there is a crowded and competitive market and not every camera gets the spotlight.
JohnEwing: Good luck indeed.
But folk who visit DP Review are generally quite knowledgeable about photography, so do we really need to have all that elementary stuff in "Product roundups..." explained? I watched for two minutes then went elsewhere.
We'll be working our way up through the classes and experience levels, but we do have to speak to the products and technology in a manner that doesn't assume too much about the viewer's familiarity with the gear. Either way, thanks for the feedback John!
Corkcampbell: Does anyone know when this will be rebroadcast? I am in Seoul and won't be able to see it at 2:00 AM, although will give a try. Creative Live usually rebroadcasts directly after the live event same day, but I would also miss that. Will it be broadcast a third or more times?
I checked Creative's website but couldn't find the info.
Thanks for any help; really looking forward to this and also really support the idea.
We are going to begin a re-broadcast immediately after the first broadcast finishes. It may run long or short, but we're aiming for 3:00 PM PST.
Jogger: Why is DPR recycling the comment thread from the other round-ups.. its a bit confusing to have different "news" items with the same comment thread.
Same thing with recycling threads when reviews finally arrive and you think "oh, there are 1500 comments since the review was released 10 min ago".
We agree with you, this comment structure is not ideal, and a technical roadblock we're going to address. THanks for the feedback!
DotCom Editor: I'm excited to learn from this piece that I need neither camera nor lenses in my camera bag. It really lightens the load.
I think you are confused. The first slide of the slideshow contains the editorial text you have stated should exist in the slideshow.
Jeff Peterman: Why isn't there an easy to click on link that takes us to the original site? (Or if there is, where is it?)
As for the lake being a "lake of blood" - if so, what about the green lake? I'm pretty certain that the water color is simply from minerals in the water, not "animal products".
Hi Jeff, we post the source link at the bottom of the each news story where applicable. In this case, look above for "Via: Edible Geography, Source: Mishka Henner".
Alpha Jack: Not sure why all of the hate. Tablets are potential tools for photography and many photographers are very interested if not already invested. Connect or regular site, there is interest on this site.
Hey guys, we know some of you would prefer not to see us expand into these other topic areas on the homepage. We're exploring ways to enhance the display/filter/view options to let the user have even more control over what they see. We hope to have some options on the way this year for you.
zaurus: Links to both the source and to a page with more detailed info would have been useful.
the link is after the second paragraph:
tkbslc: Doesn't this picture know that you can't get subject isolation with m4/3?
My head is standard sized, I assure you. :)
phantom5691: "it produced images in a visual style that people weren't used to seeing"
Yeah, no one has EVER seen those hipstagram type filters before. lol
The point is that when his images were coming out in Time, NYT, and New Yorker, they were hitting mass audiences that dont pay attention to the latest movements in photography technology, so yes, most of the eyeballs seeing his Libya or Afghanistan images had not seen Hipstamatic images in 2010-2012.
johnmacp: You can praise or criticize all you like but the fact is that pretty much all the posts below me are arguing over the tools- iPhone, Android, filters, blah blah blah - says it all.
There are virtually no comments on the actual images presented making them simply uninformative window-dressing.
Whats the story behind them? Where are these people standing on a hill? What are these guys praying with a AK47 doing there, and what did they do next? What are they fighting for? Who are they fighting against? Do they have names?
THATS all that matters to me. And is that not what all this new-age connected PJ'sm is supposed to be about ? Telling stories?
I see precious little real communication going on here. SO if using the iPhone is supposed to aid communication of important issues and raise awareness it's failing miserably at least in this context - and I would argue that this is precisely the sort of place that communication should be happening.
Or am I missing something?
Hey John, some context might help you. These photos originally ran in a major publication with accompanying text by a writer. The story was told and the photos were used to illustrate. Could have they been taken on other gear? Perhaps, but I think Ben chose the iphone in certain circumstances due to close quarters, timing, and so on. But, the point, is that the device was a means to get the shots, which were used in storytelling.
Photog74: This reminds me of a story from about 10 years ago when Magnum photographer Alex Majoli would use three Olympus C-5050 compact cameras to document the Iraq war. There have always been, and will likely always be, photographers who use smaller devices instead of the generally bulky SLRs preferred by the majority of their colleagues. This is nothing new, actually.
I actually bought that camera because of that story. :)
Bluebird47: It's a pity that this website gave up all interest in serving serious photographers and instead became a silly "me too blog" on the current fad of mainstream mobile "photography" with phones. Yes, we got it. Influential people use phones, but not because of its technological superiority (in conflict situations, a real camera is certainly superior in terms of shooting speed, low light performance etc.), but as a cheap marketing ploy to pander to the masses, same as you. How about an "why i DON'T use an iphone" article? Now that would show some serious balls! Just sayin.
In the meantime, if you are still confused about Ben Lowy, why he uses an iphone (at times), what kind of work he does for Reportage by Getty (a serious professional photography agency apparently) and want to learn more, I suggest you check out this other site that like Dpreview may have no real interest in professional photography, The New York Times: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/ben-lowy-virtually-unfiltered/
Bluebird47: It's a pity that this website gave up all interest in serving serious photographers and instead became a silly "me too blog" on the current fad of mainstream mobile "photography" with phones. Yes, we got it. Influential people use phones, but not because of its technological superiority (in conflict situations, a real camera is certainly superior in terms of shooting speed, low light performance etc.), but as a cheap marketing ploy to pander to the masses, same as you. How about an "why i DON'T use an iphone" article? Now that would show some serious balls! Just sayin.
Bluebird47, we are all ears if you have any meaningful commentary on the content of this article or site, but leading with "this website gave up all interest in serving serious photographers" shows a serious lack of understanding of the facts. We have not changed any of the existing Dpreview content, we've just added more, via a new site that is separate from the main site.
As for this particular piece, not once in the post above is the fact that Ben Lowy uses an iPhone presented as novel due to the technological capabilities of the device, yet that is your only real comment, that influential people don't use mobile phones for photography because of their technology (a lot of irony to this statement).
Regardless, we'd love to have you pen a piece on why you dont use an iphone. If it's interesting and actually provides our readers with valuable information, we'll publish it (probably to Dpreview though). I mean that. Drop me a PM with your angle.
Karroly: What I expect from a photojournalist is to report the facts and only the facts, avoiding any kind of distortion if possible.
When a photojournalist tries to put some aesthetic in his/her pictures to catch attention or to translate his/her own feelings into his/her pictures, he/she - intentionally or not - MANIPULATES us, the viewers...
For the record, photojournalists are distorting the facts every day by choosing what to shoot. They are making a choice "this is the way to tell this story" (thus choosing what story should be told, and how). The composition, editing, and everything thereafter is just added layers. There are limitations to journalism in every form, including photography. Not trying to negate your point, but I think its worth considering the larger perspective of how this whole system actually works.


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What are suppositories?
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What are Pessaries?
Used for the Vagina for local inflammation or infection. A solid mould mixed with herbs and a medium.
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From: Daniel Ishimitsu <daniel20@ha...> - 2011-07-29 22:47
Hi Amir, I noticed the same problem and reported as https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-885 I fixed it using advice from https://sites.google.com/a/ohiolink.edu/drmc/Home/Subcommittees/DRC-Liaison-Assistance/drc-help-about-pages/xmlui-code-sharing-area/creative-commons It mentions changing General-Handler.xsl, but we made our changes to item-view.xsl since we're using a modified Mirage theme. The resulting link acts like jspui. ex. http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/4252 Good luck, Daniel Ishimitsu Hamilton Library, DNS University of Hawaii at Manoa On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Amir Pourabdollah < Amir.Pourabdollah@...> wrote: > Thanks Wendy for your reply. > > I noticed that there is a bitstream format of "CC License" already defined > and associated to "License_text". Does this mean that the patch is already > applied? > > I have manually changed the MIME type of CCLicense to "text/html; > charset=utf-8" so the page is now rendered as HTML but it is still not what > it should be, particularly some links (like the legal codes) are not > working. > > I think the problem is beyond formatting and rendering issues. Do you think > if I apply the patch, the links will also work? > > Yours, > Amir. > > ________________________________________ > From: Wendy J Bossons [wbossons@...] > Sent: 27 July 2011 19:54 > To: Amir Pourabdollah > Cc: dspace-tech@... > Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Creative Common License Does not Show Properly > in xmlui > > Hello Amir > > The format associated with the license text is not correct, which is why it > does not display. There is a patch to address that particular issue for 1.6. > See this patch https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-295. > > I just completed some work on CCLicense that I hope will be in the upcoming > 1.8 release. As part of that, the XMLUI will contain a link to the actual > license, rather than storing the license text and trying to display it > internally as you point out. I will leave it to the DSpace > committers/Release Coordinator to comment on the schedule of the latter. > > Thanks! > > ..\Wendy > > " I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think > that any conscious entity can ever hope to do." > > Wendy Bossons > Senior Software Engineer > MIT Libraries > Software Analysis and Development > 77 Massachusetts Avenue > Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 > 617-253-0770 > wbossons@...> > > On Jul 27, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Amir Pourabdollah wrote: > > Dear friends, > > If a Creatice Common license is attached to an item (in xmlui), the page > showing the license does not show properly (looks like an unformatted HTML > with no image) and some of the links inside the page (including the Legal > Code which is important) do not work and show this error: > > org.apache.cocoon.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to locate bitstream > <map:read type="BitstreamReader"> - > context:/jndi:/localhost/xmlui/sitemap.xmap - 268:70 > > I know that there has been a known bug ( > http://dspace.2283337.n4.nabble.com/dspace-Bugs-2086708-xmlui-Creative-Commons-not-properly-displayed-td3294853.html) but I just wonder if somebody in the meantime knows a solution to this. > Things are OK in jspui and I wonder why the xmlui tries to show the license > as an internal page not just as a link to the CC website. > > I have manually copied the necessary css files from the Creative Common > website into the similar DSpace folders, now the look is a bit better but > the links still don't work. > > Please try > http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstream/handle/url/37/license_textto see what I mean! > > Thanks, > Amir. > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and > may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in > error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not > use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any > attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do > not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment > may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: > you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the > University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. > > <ATT00001..c><ATT00002..c> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. > Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. > Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > |
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Seriously, you can probably count it, but why shortchange yourself? Do you really dislike... water?
I have never really liked water, but never really liked soda either, usually i used to drink alot fruit juices. Although i do like water when hot or really thirty but that is about it.
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