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IndieAuth.com Provider Status:
See indieauth.com
IndieAuth is a way to use your own domain name to sign in to websites — it's like OpenID, but works with services you likely already use, and is much easier to setup.
IndieAuth was built to make it as easy as possible for users and for developers to start using this new way of signing in on the web, without the complexities of OpenID.
IndieAuth is an implementation of web sign-in and additional sign-in methods (email (via Persona), GPG).
It works by linking your website to one or more authentication providers such as Twitter or Google, then entering your domain name in the login form on websites that support IndieAuth.
IndieAuth setup on your personal domain is a requirement for IndieMark Level 1.
IndieAuth is part of taking back control of your online identity. Instead of logging in to websites as "you on Twitter" or "you on Facebook", you should be able to log in as just "you". We should not be relying on Twitter or Facebook to provide our authenticated identities, we should be able to use our own domain names to log in to sites everywhere.
The #1 reason to setup IndieAuth is because you've found this wiki, and setting up IndieAuth will allow you to login and contribute to the community, including doing common things like:
There are also some IndieMark features that are built upon having IndieAuth support on your site (e.g. private messaging).
How to
Set up
Use IndieAuth.com for your OpenID
IndieWeb Examples
Every person/site in irc-people and Special:RecentChanges has setup IndieAuth on their personal domain, since it is required to edit the wiki!
Many Micropub implementations use IndieAuth for authentication, including:
Supporting Sites
(This section is a stub and needs expansion!)
There are a growing number of web sites that you can log into using IndieAuth and gain additional functionality:
Table of Contents
Why is my https domain not working?
Q: Why does entering just my domain name (which automatically redirects http to https) not work in IndieAuth?
A: To log in with indieauth as a domain served over HTTPS, you have to type the whole URL, including https://, otherwise most implementations will assume HTTP, and HTTP to HTTPS redirects are considered insecure (especially important for purposes of authentication!)
Why is Twitter not working
While there are several reasons why Twitter might not working for IndieAuth sign-in, here are some common things to look for:
Why is GitHub not working
Why am I getting "insecure redirect" errors?
Why is Google+ not working
Why is IndieAuth and GitHub Pages not playing nicely?
Are you getting a funny error when trying to log into IndieAuth with credentials hosted on your Github Pages powered website? This is likely due to an outdated DNS record!
Quick fix:
What is happening is that if your DNS record points to the old github pages IP address, it sometimes 301 redirects to `/` which is non-standard and IndieAuth does not currently support relative URLs when discovering credentials. See this issue: https://github.com/aaronpk/IndieAuth/issues/46#issuecomment-34565297
Github also wrote a blog post about this change, which many people missed: https://github.com/blog/1715-faster-more-awesome-github-pages
For how to do distributed or delegated IndieAuth, see distributed-indieauth.
How do I use a specific other site for my IndieAuth
Is it good to delegate auth to 3rd parties
Is it good to delegate authentication to third parties like Facebook or Twitter for IndieAuth?[2]
IndieAuth only relies on third parties for ephemeral authentication, once per IndieAuth login attempt. Because the reliance is only ephemeral/transactional, the delegation is ok. It's not great, but it's ok, and certainly better than directly using (Facebook Connect) or the equivalents for other silos.
IndieAuth also provides better UI flow and fallbacks than OpenID, while re-using the OAuth flow that users are familiar with from Twitter, Github etc., so it's an incremental improvement over other open identity solutions.
What if I have more than one domain
IndieAuth requires symmetric rel=me links on your page and the OAuth provider profile page, and since most silos (like Github and Twitter) only allow you to put one rel=me link on your profile, you cannot use any one profile for multiple domains. There are a few alternatives:
Why not use a DNS TXT record
Q: Why not allow configuring a rel=me link by adding a DNS TXT record to the domain?
A: Two reasons:
Why not OpenID Email etc
See: Why web sign-in.
Why not WebFinger
Why not add WebFinger support to IndieAuth?
"The problem is it's too easy to not own your email address (@gmail.com, etc) so it's not really an "indie" identifier. The point of IndieAuth is to encourage people to own their online identity."[3][4]
Why is the IndieAuth verification response form-encoded instead of JSON
IndieAuth uses standard form-encoding for requests and response because it has been a standard encoding format since the beginning of the web. If it were a JSON response, then 7 years down the road you'd be asking "why is the response in JSON instead of ____" where ____ is the next trendy thing that replaces JSON. (Remember when XML was the new hotness?)
Proposal for content negotiation: https://www.tuxed.net/fkooman/blog/proposed_changes_to_indieauth_protocol.html#content_negotiation — Wwelves.org perpetual-tripper 02:26, 5 March 2015 (PST)
Empty Session Errors
If you are seeing strange error messages about empty sessions, you may have blocked cookies! Make sure you allow cookies from indieauth.com and whatever service provider you are using.
More FAQ
See Frequently Asked Questions for more FAQs.
The IndieAuth.com Service
The IndieAuth.com service lets you support RelMeAuth logins without writing all the OAuth code for each provider! It also supports a few additional non-OAuth providers such as Email, SMS and GPG.
Source Code
The IndieAuth.com source code is available on GitHub. Feel free to fork it and submit pull requests if you make any changes!
Feature Requests
Auth consumers (e.g. Upcoming.org: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waxpancake/the-return-of-upcomingorg/posts/1167812) want to quickly allow users to to follow people and organizations they're already interested in, e.g. their lists of followings from their personal website. Opening the Source and The Great Auth Debate, ,
For events in particular, people are likely to want to attend events with friends.
Location Information
Auth consumers (e.g. Upcoming.org: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waxpancake/the-return-of-upcomingorg/posts/1167812) want location information for users. Knowing a user's current location is critical information for event sites, e.g. getting current city at login time (for onboarding, or showing events near you). Opening the Source and The Great Auth Debate, ,
This could be done via a user's homepage profile h-card, or it could also use recent checkins.
Please open specific bugs and action items on the IndieAuth Github project. This page is for collecting thoughts that may not yet be action items or for things that apply to the IndieAuth protocol in general rather than the indieauth.com implementation.
Contact page support
Some sites (which? list examples below) have a separate /about or /contact page where they list all their other profiles with rel-me links, and then link to that separate page from their home page with rel=me. This is a valid way to support web-sign-in per the relmeauth spec.
However, IndieAuth does not currently support following one-deep rel-me links on people's sites to look for auth providers.
Note: Crawling the second level of links will add significant time to the "scan" part of indieauth. One optimization is to only crawl a second level link if it's on the same domain as the authenticating domain. This means you wouldn't be able to have the chain example.com -> about.me/example -> github.com/example, you'd have to have something like example.com -> example.com/about -> github.com/example. Aaronparecki.com 09:08, 1 September 2013 (PDT)
Sites in the wild with a contact page separate to the homepage
Need Simple Copy Paste How To
The explanation in http://waterpigs.co.uk/articles/indiewebcamp-signin-ux/ provides a list of three lengthy descriptions of what you need to setup IndieAuth, which was then subsequently criticized as "this is not a straightforward process" in the post: http://aralbalkan.com/notes/on-evolving-indieauth/
Thus we need a a simple copy paste how to that is not three lengthy descriptions.
Any explanation of how to use IndieAuth needs to start with a 1-2 sentence summary. No more.
Compare with:
Explanations for IndieAuth need to be at least as simple to understand as those for Twitter Sign-in and Facebook Connect.
Selectively Displaying rel-me Info
Selectively Displaying rel-me Info (e.g. hiding your phone number).
Tantek points out that he would like to be able to use SMS auth on IndieAuth, but doesn't want his cell phone number public on his site. [5]
Ideally your site would know that the request was coming from an (your?) IndieAuth server, and only render your phone number if so.
This would require either
1 pre-registration
Here is a potential example flow.
2 public key
Please document here if there is some other existing mechanism that can solve this!
potential workaround
A potential workaround is putting your phone number in a
Better Error Handling
My experience was that I had a slight URL mismatch when I first tried to set up IndieAuth, something like an http/https goof or having a trailing slash in one place and no trailing slash in the other. Whatever the problem, it prevented sign-in. I figured out that problem, but when I tried to sign back in, I got the error:
Parameter "profile" must be one of the rel=me links in the site specified in the "me" parameter
This didn't make any sense to me, as a novice to IndieAuth. After several failed retries, I finally realized that IndieAuth.com had cached my old URL and needed me to rescan to pick up the corrected information. Once I did that, everything worked -- Eric Meyer
Two possible fixes here:
Edge Cases
What About RDFa Problems
If you use RDFa and are having problems, see rel=me: What about RDFa Problems.
To do
Want to help? See if you can contribute to one or more of the following:
See Also


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In Memory of
Floyd Raymond Coffman
November 5, 1926 - June 6, 2012
Floyd Raymond Coffman, 85, passed away in Othello on June 6, 2012 with his children by his side.
He was born on Nov. 5, 1926 in Baker, Montana to Henry Martin and Burmah Etta Mae (Billings) Coffman.
He grew up in Orting, WA then moved to Kittitas and later to Seattle. He worked at Webster Brinkley as a machinist. He served as a Corporal in the Army as an infantry instructor and was discharged in 1946. He graduated from Broadway Edison in Seattle and attended University of Washington.
Floyd began his farming career in Prosser and on March 17, 1951 he married Helen Kristine Norberg. They homesteaded in Moses Lake and farmed in Block 40. In 1955, they moved to Othello where Floyd and Helen cleared a unit and continued farming. In winters, he worked at U & I, in construction on the Wahluke Siphon, Western Farmers and Boeing. He was a manager at Cenex and retired from Simplot.
Floyd loved living in Othello and was actively involved in the community. He was a member of The First Presbyterian Church, Past Master of Paul Revere Lodge #205 and held several Masonic Grand Lodge offices. He was a member of the Scottish Rite, El Katif Shrine and Past President of Big Bend Shrine Club, and a 50 year member of Sojourners. He served on the Othello Housing Authority for 41 years, Habitat for Humanity, Othello Museum Board, and Coulee Corridor Consortium.
Floyd loved to go fishing, hunting, camping, bowling, traveling and enjoyed attending sporting events. He always had a funny joke or a good story to tell with a great smile to go with them. Most of all he loved vacationing and spending time with his family. He was a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. He touched so many lives in so many ways. He never hesitated to be there to help others and dedicated his life to community service.
Helen, his wife of 50 years, brothers, Harry, Charles, John (Roy), Harold, Glen, sister, Neva and son –in- law, Ken Boni preceded him in death.
He is survived by his children, Martin Coffman of Othello, Janet Widman (Mike Eisele) of Walla Walla, Connie Boni of Hayden Lake, ID, and Judy (Bob) Melton of Yakima, sister Burmah Danielson of Wenatchee, grandchildren Shelbie, Jeffrey, Matthew, Amy, Jason, Jami, Joel and Tanya and 8 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and his special angels at the Coventry House.
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|Thursday, 21 April 2011 21:03
Last Saturday's Sutherland Invite rescheduled
An onslaught of winter storms caused last weekend's high school track meet in Sutherland to be rescheduled. The new date is Tuesday, April 26. Start time is 9 a.m. MT/10 a.m. CT.
Check out next week's Breeze for high school and junior high track results
The Wauneta-Palisade Broncos were scheduled to participate in the Hayes Center Invite in McCook yesterday (Wednesday).
Today (Thursday) the junior high track team hosts its only invite of the year at Dundy County-Stratton. Be sure to see next week's issue of the Breeze to find out how each team did.
Junior high track meet Thursday, April 28
The Wau-Pal junior high Broncos head west to the Imperial Invite, which is set to begin at 9 a.m. MT/10 a.m. CT.
High school track meet Friday, April 29
The Wau-Pal Bronco track team heads east to Arapahoe for this year's RPAC meet. Competition begins at 10 a.m. MT/11 a.m. CT.
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Their first performance was at District Jazz Band Festival in December. At Jazz in January, the band will present an extended program featuring classic swing tunes from Duke Ellington, traditional blues charts Riffin' Around and St. Louis Blues, and I Can't Get Started, a ballad featuring trumpet soloist Lucas Yoakam.
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Is photography about capturing reality?
Aug 14, 2008, 02:59
Post: #1
Is photography about capturing reality?
This posting is about a degree to which photography needs to reflect reality. Some photographers are quite willing to alter reality quite a bit, others see reality as a golden standard. The posting has been triggered by a response to a comment I got on one of my postings. This is not however a response to that postings, but rather I hope that I will trigger a bit of a debate on the subject. Some obvious responses are:
1. Some photos must be left "unprocessed" (e.g. passport photos) or they are designed to document reality (journalism, some holiday snaps), art photos could run wild. Answer: yes.
2. It is a matter of personal taste and everybody is free to do what they wish. Answer: Of course. This posting is not intended to define what is right or wrong.
3. It depends on the photo. Some look better in their unprocessed format, while others look better when reality is altered. Answer: yes, may be, sometimes, sort of, but not quite.
Point 3 is the closest to what I wish to discuss here. There are few issues I want to raise here:
1. There is no magic in what comes out of a camera. It is not reality. The "reality" that comes out of a camera in the form of a slide or JPEG or RAW is what the chemists or engineers concocted to map the reality of a huge number of colours and contrast our eyes can discern into a much smaller colour space that our cameras, monitors or prints can represent. It is an engineering mapping for an average situation and this map may not be appropriate for a specific conditions of when and where the photo was taken. Further issues include mapping 3-D reality into 2-D photoand other factors. Different camera manufacturers map colours differently and they map JPEGs differently from RAW in the same cameras. Which is the "reality" here?
2. Our perception plays a role. Should we aim to represent the reality as we perceive it or as it is? This posting was triggered by a photo of a bird which on the photo appeared to be leaning backward. The photographer explained that this is because the photo was taken on a sloping ground. However because of a crop, the sloping of the ground was not visually apparent and the bird gave a visual impression of falling backwards. It thus came to a creative decission: Do you best represent a reality by not rotating the photo and leaving the bird leaning backward or is it more realistic to manipulate the photo and to rotate the image slightly to represent reality the way the eye perceives it on the photo and have the bird standing upright? (I want to stress that this is not a polemic about a specific photo. It just that I think that this case illustrates the dilema photographer faces really well)
3. Many photographers like the photographs to be "natural", yet their taste in music and paintings may be quite tolerant of images and sounds not found in nature. is it reasonable to see photography as yet another art medium not bound to reflect reality?
4. Many photographers swear by staying "natural", yet they think nothing of taking long shutter speed photos of water (whoever saw cotton candy falls?) or B&W, IR or HDR photos. Ansel Adams would be favourite of many naturalists, but was not his Zone System an attempt to manipulate reality by varrying contrast?
5. I have seen photos which by the very act of "altering reality" captured or highlighted "reality" which would escape in a realistic photo.
I wrote this as much for me as for you. I find that many of my photos are over the top and I am not hapy with them. On the othe hand, I am often not happy with "realistic" photos either, because I often find them uninteresting. I keep on going back and forth on this and I do not know where I stand. I certainly do not like most of the drastic "in your face" alterations or distortions, but I also do not like many of the "realistically" flat photos. I find it difficult to understand where the sweet spot is and how to recognize it. I would be interested in your views.
Aug 14, 2008, 06:18
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Is photography about capturing reality?
This is an interesting question, and a good discussion to have from time to time, and my opinion is only one of many. And with that disclaimer out of the way, I will now proceed with a tone of absolute certainty and conviction...
The problem is with the premise itself: that photography can or should be about anything. Photography isn't an act or an object, it's a medium of communication, just like the written or spoken word. There's no expectation that writing should be only shopping lists or only sonnets. If you ask two people to describe a simple object they will choose different words and put emphasis on different aspects of the object, just as two photographers will create different photographs when facing the same scene. Both allow complete fantasy, and even when they are being as literal and factual as possible the message being communicated is still being filtered through a set of assumptions, experience, and a single unique point of view.
Photography is a language, not an art. It has its own conventions, styles, and limitations. We all know that there's no such thing as an objective photograph - passport photos are highly stylized, but the focal length used changes the appearance of the subject - but there's a certain level of photographic literacy that drives assumptions about what a photograph is. I carry a photograph of Penny in my wallet, and people who see it never assume that she's only a few inches tall even though they accept that it's a realistic image of her. Some of the inherent familiarity that people have with photographic conventions is upset by the use of photography for "Art", but at the same time most people accept that the young women on the covers of magazines really do look like that.
I write shopping lists far more often than I write sonnets.
Aug 14, 2008, 08:22
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Is photography about capturing reality?
Mathew, what you write is clever, insightful and thoughtful. However, neither of us is driven to produce better passport photos or shopping lists. We strive to take photos and write sonnets as a means of self-expression. One of the uses of photography is in fact to produce "art". In this context, I use the following definitions: Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature; The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic ...en.wiktionary.org/wiki/art or
human endeavor thought to be aesthetic and have meaning beyond simple description. Includes music, dance, sculpture, painting, drawing, stitchery, weaving, poetry, writing, woodworking, etc. A medium of expression where the individual and culture come together.
oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth370/gloss.html Whether successful, competent, tallented or otherwise, we (or at least I) have a need imitate or supplement or accentuate nature and to use photography as a means for self-expression and an effort to make an aesthetic statement. In other words, we are driven (we are intent) to produce art, even though some of our (my) results may not pass some tests of what is art in the eyes of some people.
If we can agree that we are not driven to generate photographs in a way equivalent to shopping lists, where does it take us? By discussing what our aim is, I do not expect we will reach a consensus, but perhaps thinking about it and debating it may help us being better at what we do.
Aug 14, 2008, 12:57
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Is photography about capturing reality?
My goodness, Pavel! I am getting a little woried about you. Fretting about all this stuff must be a litle tiring and may actually take a toll on your creativity. Maybe too much gloomy weather lately. Well, the sun has been shining brilliantly on the mountain today, so I didn't give this discussion a second thought and I went out this morning to take some photos of whatever, enjoy the day and have some FUN.
Best regards (really).....Dennis
Aug 14, 2008, 13:26
Post: #5
Is photography about capturing reality?
Thanks Dennis, have a good holiday. I am next. P
Aug 14, 2008, 15:32
Post: #6
Is photography about capturing reality?
The notion that photographs must represent "reality" comes from journalism and its use for things like drivers licenses and passports. If you are doing expressive photography the measure of success is one of communication. How well does the image recreate and convey whatever compelled you to make the photograph. If you were compelled by the way that sun rays broke through the clouds and lit an isolated grove of trees on a hillside but the unedited RAW file is flat by comparison with the experience, it is not only acceptable but imperative that you edit the image to better convey what you saw and what you felt. Mountain photographer Galen Rowell said in one of his books "We photograph the extraordinary to represent the ordinary". Sometimes when photographing the ordinary it is also necessary to push the factual image a bit toward extraordinary to get the message across. You are communicating your experience & vision, not reporting the news.
Regarding Matthew's remark about a shopping list: I'll bet a poet could write one that was art.
ADK Jim
Aug 14, 2008, 16:02
Post: #7
Is photography about capturing reality?
Thanks Jim, you described with eloquence and clarity what I have been strugling to comprehend and express. Still, I feel that there needs to be or there is zone of limit and as you enter that zone and proceed further and further into it, your over the top representation starts to detract, rather than contribute to the message you wish to impart. My trouble is that I do not know where that limit is and my feel for it changes minute to minute. Pavel
Aug 14, 2008, 16:42
Post: #8
Is photography about capturing reality?
What I have taken away from this discussion, thus far, is that: (1) photography is not about recording or reproducing reality, because reality is different than what one sees in a photograph; and (2) photography is a medium for communication. Matthew and Pavel appear to disagree about whether photography is (or can be) an art. I think that the definitions that Pavel has found for art are inadequate. Is art (or photography for that matter) about imitating beauty? Who would consider these images beautiful?
The second definition refers to an âendeavor thought to be aestheticâ. Although the dictionary definition of aesthetic refers to beauty, in fact the word is derived from a Greek word for the act of perception. I think that this is closer to the answer for, âwhat is photography?â It is a way of perceiving the visual world. Perception is not reality, it is not the physical world at which the camera (or the eye) is aimed. Perception is sensation that is filtered and even reshaped by our brain. Our brains are biased (or hard wired) to see certain things: circles, for example. The creative aspect of perception is being able to overcome the hard wiring, and âseeâ the world in a new way. When someone does this, sometimes it may be called âartâ.
To Pavelâs original question, âto what degree does photography need to reflect reality?â I would answer that it necessarily reflects the photographerâs perception of the world. To the degree to which his perception is original, and stimulates the imagination of others (i.e., his success in communicating his perception), may be the measure of its value as art.
Aug 15, 2008, 00:49
Post: #9
Is photography about capturing reality?
"This posting was triggered by a photo of a bird which on the photo appeared to be leaning backward. The photographer explained that this is because the photo was taken on a sloping ground. However because of a crop, the sloping of the ground was not visually apparent and the bird gave a visual impression of falling backwards. It thus came to a creative decission: Do you best represent a reality by not rotating the photo and leaving the bird leaning backward or is it more realistic to manipulate the photo and to rotate the image slightly to represent reality the way the eye perceives it on the photo and have the bird standing upright?"
In the photo you mentioned, the ground was obviously sloping, and the goose might have been leaning back for whatever reason, although he looks pretty normal to me. I thought you would understand that maybe he was leaning back because of the way the ground tilted under his feet, as if he was compensating somehow?
Through years of practice (and a bubble-level in my old camera's hotshoe) I taught myself to shoot straight well enough that rotating and therefore cropping (and losing resolution) are distant memories.
Artistically, the bird's posture was not the type of thing I would seek to "correct" since it was captured accurately and honestly.
I wasn't making an artistic or journalistic judgement in this case--the picture was shot as close to level as is possible without a tripod, and whatever decisions a goose makes about it's leanings aren't my concern. I didn't think it's posture looked odd at the time of shooting or processing, and I still don't.
Animals do whatever the hell they want, and I support their freedom to choose.
But that doesn't mean that I won't engage in all sorts of other corrections in my processing, from removal of litter to selective darkening and lightening and pretty much anything else I feel like doing at the time.
With all of the night shooting I do there is plenty of un-reality captured from the more-intense colors to motion-blur and other time effects. This is the area where my art resides.
In this case, everything was straight and true so there was no need to correct.
Had I made a mistake somewhere, it wouldn't have bothered me at all to fix it.
I'm not a professional photojournalist, just an amateur on my photoblog, so the rules about reality don't apply to what I do.
Blowup's last paragraph above sums up my feelings very well.
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Aug 15, 2008, 03:32
Post: #10
Is photography about capturing reality?
Keith, I am sorry, it appears that my comments offended you or irritated you. In commenting on your photo, I described my perceptions and yours are different and if there is right or wrong in this, you may well be right. However, your photo led me to think about how I photograph and how I perceive reality and about my lacking clarity of understanding and that was the real subject of my posting. This post was definitelly not about critiquing your photograph, however I can see how you may come to a conclusion it was. I do not doubt your skills and experience as a photographer. Pavel
Aug 15, 2008, 04:00
Post: #11
Is photography about capturing reality?
Gary, my posting was not really about defining what art is or is not. I am interested in figuring out what I wish to achieve and how to get there. One of the issue is the question of the degree of "reality" in photos. There are numberous definitions of art (Google lists a pagefull) and sorting what is and is not art I will lead to others. For me, the definition of art would be important if I needed a goverment grant or if my photos were banned from a gallery. I chose the definitions which were the closest to what I wish to accomplish and which separate me from Matthews "shopping lists".
Your last paragraph comes closer to the original intent of my posting. Originality is not high on my list of objectives right now. It may become so in the future. Right now, I would like to be able to translate my mental image closer to what I see in my photos. The issue of stimulating the perception of others is closer to what I am trying to get at. I noticed that people in general aim to keep images "natural" as one of their goals but the reasons for aiming at natural photo were not clear to me. This is what I was trying to get at. I think that when the subject comes up, photographers claim to be open to all forms of photography, yet their photographs and their critiques of photographs reveal that in fact achieving "naturalness" is often an unquestioned but very real goal. This is what I hoped the discussion will be about.
Aug 15, 2008, 04:56
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Is photography about capturing reality?
I agree that your original posting was not about defining art, but the discussion strayed into this topic, and you provided the definitions. I also agree with you that there is an unspoken bias on the part of many photographers and critics that photographs must be "natural". I think that we need to question this assumption. Jim has made the most relevant observation, "You are communicating your experience & vision, not reporting the news." (Unless, of course, you're a photojournalist!) The challenges are, first, to have, or develop a vision, about which one feels strongly, and then to communicate those feelings through photographs. It is ironic that is was the advent of photography that freed 19th century painters from the conventions of realism. Yet, here we 21st century photographers are discussing whether photographs have to be realistic. I don't understand why this should be a criterion for photographs any more than it is for other visual media.
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Dreamingpixels Wrote:However, neither of us is driven to produce better passport photos or shopping lists. We strive to take photos and write sonnets as a means of self-expression. ... we are driven (we are intent) to produce art, even though some of our (my) results may not pass some tests of what is art in the eyes of some people.Actually, I'm quite proud of my passport photos.
... but that (my earlier message) is my answer to the title question "Is photography about capturing reality?" Photography is no more concerned with reality than radio or TV is - it's a medium, not the message. What people use it for is entirely up to them.
Dreamingpixels Wrote:If we can agree that we are not driven to generate photographs in a way equivalent to shopping lists, where does it take us? By discussing what our aim is, I do not expect we will reach a consensus, but perhaps thinking about it and debating it may help us being better at what we do.If you change the question into "Is photography as an art about capturing reality," then you're still looking at a very broad category of activity and a lot of different motivations. I don't see why it should be, and think that it's still too diverse a subject to have any room for dogma or restrictions.
I certainly see no need to keep my photos "natural"; I consider all photography to be unnatural because there is no way to observe or record without influencing the results. But in general I do think that I'm a fairly 'straight' photographer simply because diverging from the recorded world takes a kind of creativity that I don't have.
blowup Wrote:Matthew and Pavel appear to disagree about whether photography is (or can be) an art.Photography is not art in the exact same way that painting is not an art. It can be Art, it can be a powerful method of artistic self-expression, but for most people who take photos it is not. Almost every household in the developed world has a camera, and I'll bet that just as many have at least one paintbrush as well. Most people simply take photos of loved ones and significant events without regard for artistic expression or creativity, and most people simply paint the walls of their home with broad even strokes.
ADK_Jim Wrote:Regarding Matthew's remark about a shopping list: I'll bet a poet could write one that was art.Walter Miller's novel "A Canticle for Leibowitz" had fun with that idea: a culture so far removed from its roots that it literally could not tell the difference, and turned a shopping list into a sacred relic.
I don't doubt that a poet could use any format to create art; the idea of it had me go looking for the work of bpNichol. What I found was his "First Screening", a set of computer poems that has been recreated here. Clever stuff, especially considering that it's twenty-four years old.
Aug 15, 2008, 11:55
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Matthew, as always excellent comments. Thanks. Pavel
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Aug 17, 2008, 10:07
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Pavel, I wasn't irritated or offended at all.
I was only surprised that such a simple and boring and very real photo of mine could launch you into this discussion, when pretty much everything else I show seems much more likely to stir debate on this topic.
To answer your topic's question as accurately as possible:
Q: "Is photography about capturing reality?"
A: Sometimes. It depends on who is shooting what, and why.
I have several websites where I show my work in different genres, and each one has a different level of reality. I think of "snapshots" and point&shoot type photos (with flash) as being no more "reality" than a wildly edited HDR, but it depends on who is doing the shooting, how, and why.
There are no rules that can't be broken, so just serve the best interests of each photo opportunity as best you can.
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"King" James has initiated a full-court press to score the perfect interns for spring, summer and fall. And I hope that, whoever basketball superstar LeBron James' team chooses to take their talents to Team LeBron, the chosen ones will have the experience of a lifetime working for the "Chosen One."
On a side note: When I mentioned this story to one of my colleagues, Frank Kalman, he told me that this is nothing new. "Michael Jordan had an intern, too," he said, stopping for dramatic pause: "Scottie Pippen." Funny, but not true. "Pip" was an integral part of the Dream Team for a reason; he was an amazing player. Although Dennis Rodman seemed to have his own intern—Jack Haley—but that's another story.
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that is a tough one if batman new silver surfer and since he is not strong enough to beat him to death but to absorb his cosmic energy completely then he might but silver surfer could just keep charging up from the stars i dunno the really tough part for batman is that he would have to catch silver surfer and i dont see that happening unless batman had it in his pocket and absorbed every peice of cosmic energy on earth if there is any on earth i dunno, but then silver surfer could just fly up into space i call this a tie sorta leaing towards silver surfer because he could just fly so fast around the earth so that it goes back in time like what superman did before batman new that they were going to fight and then silver surfer would win but i dunno batmnan might win......... this is a hard one
ya true i dont think he has ears
" I don't think Batman could do it alone. If he had help and preparation maybe. Superman or Green Lantern vs. Silver Surfer would be a fight. Silver Surfer is just simply too powerful and without any real weakness to exploit. He could fly through Batman going a kazillion mph before Batman had a chance to react. He could blast the poo out of him with cosmic energy. He could fly him into space and let him suffocate. Or throw him into a star. He'd out maneuver the Batplane, out run the Batmobile (on his board), and dodge any attacks Batman has with the Batarangs and stuff. Is the Surfer open to attacks with like, accoustic resonating type gadgets? Something that sends painful sound waves disabling those who aren't protected? Does he even have ears? That's probably Batman's only chance, if it worked. "
Prep time is seriously overrated on these forums
think batman would lose here
"@daak1212: Flash myt as well be able to fly since he can use the Speed force to create ramps, forcefields etc. Anywhere surfer goes the Flash goes quicker. Ok forget Aquaman...but my point is Bats can deploy these bots to handle biznizzzzzz. N then trigger some gizmo to sap his Power Cosmic. "
"@daak1212: In the TPB of Flash:the Human Race...he does run through space and could run through time if he wanted. He's outrun the Black Racer and the Black Flash. In fact when the whole of the human race ran he was able to feed of their speed and he pretty much ran into pure speed force which would be essentially like him having omnipresence. "
batman has a month to find a good hiding spot
"@Hellos: Mr F managed to in like 3 minutes. A Cosmic Energy draining gun. Im pretty sure Bats could build one in a month. Plus, is there that Red Sun Radiation gun which srtips supes of his powers floating around the DCU someplace - just recalibrate it. Simples!! "
" Prep time is seriously overrated on these forums "yup
Lmao is this a joke? Oooo prep time wow! Batman gets fucking disintegrated in 1 sec no matter how much prep time and equipment he has. Prep time, like several others stated, IS COMPLETELY OVER RATED ON COMICVINE.COM. It's like someone says 'prep time' and that automatically means someone has an edge or can even come up with something worthwhile or completely ridiculous. There is very little logical reasoning for this, especially for such an out matched fight such as this.
Batman may be able to do something with prep, but I'm not sure if 1 month is enough. Actually, I know 1 month isn't enough. The only reason Doom could do it with that prep time is because he also has the technology and magic on top of his prep.
Batman still doesn't have an answer for Norrin's speed, intangibility or transmutation abilities.
Beating Batman would be child's play for Silver Surfer.
one month? Batman, ill tell you why.
Why some of you say; prep time is seriously overrated.
and dr.doom and mr.fantastic are better techs than the bat, i disagree.
Keep in mind, Bruce Wayne is a billionair. He has unlimited techs who could find a weakness in the surfs power. Like for two minutes, make em both human, which in all comic book reality, he could.
And i think we all know, when it comes to beating the living shit out of someone human, we would all bow down to the bat.
And ofcourse, since i get the sense we're in a DC vs Marvel war, and Batman could bring someone. He'd bring dr.manhattan, goodbye anyone lol. I dare you to even play SS vs Dr. M
No but in all seriousness. bat would win because he would call Adam West who we all know, by his demonstrations of making words apear when he hits people, is a powerful reality bender.
Adam West solo's, Batman sits in a Lazy boy a watched. Case closed...
Wow,firstly if rogue can't siphon he's cosmic then i dont think Batman will, orrrr...he'll bribe the writers to create some PIS or Plot Device to help him like they usually do. lol. Seriously without assistance and with cosmic awareness on Surfer's side which means he'll automatically know what Batman is up to and what hes about etc, he goes down in a fraction of a second.
" one month is a long time with Batman. he could easily whip something up to defeat SS in that time "No it isnt. No matter what happens, SS would win. He is a cosmic entity, not a regular hero. This dude destroys planets. not even batman could stop him
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If you read this blog enough, you get to understand my infatuation with Riesling and also how much I love a dinner of Salmon, whether baked, grilled or broiled. Tonight on my way home of finalizing all of my Retirement paperwork with the Social Security Administration, we stopped at our favorite fish market and picked out a nice filet of Salmon for dinner. Pairing salmon with wine maybe the simplest choice I ever have to make. It will always be an off dry Riesling and tonight I chose a wine I picked up last weekend at the CNY Regional Market in Syracuse, a Thousand Islands Winery semi-dry Riesling 2011($15). Definitely not my favorite Finger Lakes Riesling and somewhat doubtful that a wine from our New York northern border can match up. But, was I in for a bit of a surprise.
Lovely aromas of lime, peach and some honeysuckle started this wine off on a very positive note. Nice acidity and very silky smooth in the mouth with citrus, some tropical and a bit of Mandarin orange. I found no mineral like aromas or taste which I was expecting from a New York wine. The aromas and flavors were more Alsatian like than what I find in our Finger Lakes Rieslings. A medium finish was again very smooth and lemony with a hint of sweetness. A very warm evening, a very nicely baked salmon and a very nice Riesling ended what was a very rewarding day. All the paperwork is done and now I just wait for September 1, 2012, my first day of retirement. Oh yeah, can't forget the wine, Highly Recommended.
We all know that there is a lot of very cheap wines on the market today. Many of them have the bad reputation and are just cheap, bad wine and many of them are unfairly criticized only because old wives tales, lack of knowledge or just the way a wines are packaged. I know, I lived through the 60's and 70's when Chianti in a basket bottle was the biggest fad to ever hit the wine drinking world. Our first apartment was decorated with many of these empty bottles, topped with a candle that was lit until the wax dripped onto the bottle. Instant Tuscan Decor! At that time Chianti was becoming very popular and as more and more producers exported their wine in traditional bottles, the basket began to disappear. Today, only a few producers still use the fiasco bottle.
I've heard and read a few stories on how the basket came into being. The best and most logical reason follows.
When wine was first produced in the Italian region of Tuscany, and probably in many other regions, it was put into bottles that were made by glass blowing. These bottles were round on the bottom and the glass was a bit fragile. This was fine for the wines that stayed in the region, but as the world began to shrink and demand for the wines in far away countries became higher, the wine producers began shipping their wines by land carriers and ships.
Rough roads and heavy seas accounted for a lot of breakage. Thus, the invention of the fiasco.
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Alsace, but held back on a few German Riesling which were very good, but a little pricey. That and a fact I felt they were no better than my favorite Finger Lake wines and had a $25 average price compared to a $14-$18 price for the New York wines. That may change, because I am always looking for that cheap price and after I retire this month, I may be looking for very cheap pricing and I think I just found one.
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A fabulous summer evening on the patio grilling a nice thick salmon steak and a few boneless chicken breast. These were served with Alaskan crab legs, sauteed zucchini and white rice with parsley. Best of all, I get to open another bottle of Finger Lakes Riesling. This 2011 was from Glenora Wine Cellars. The oldest winery on Seneca Lake, widely known for its warm hospitality and magnificent lakeside setting has garnered exemplary reviews both in and outside Finger Lakes Wine Country.
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Now my summer is finally getting started. Tonight I opened my first two 2011 Finger Lakes Rieslings. Early in the evening we opened a 2011 dry Riesling from Ravines Wine Cellars($15) on Keuka Lake. This was tasted with chicken quesadillas loaded with lots of cheese and jalapeno peppers.
Tonight I had to choose a wine for some fried Turkey burgers and an Arugula salad. I am not fond of Arugula, so I wanted something full bodied and found two Shiraz in the wine fridge. One a Piping Shrike Shiraz 2006 from Australia and a Concannon Shiraz 2007 from California. I decided to open up both and have my own little battle of the Shiraz.
My first pour was the Concannon and right off the bat I had the feeling that Australia was going to win. Color was dark garnet and bright. Aromas of leather and leather and leather and not much else filled the glass. In the mouth, some dark cherry and a little vanilla led to a long peppery finish. The turkey was not a very good pairing, but this wine may do well with a hearty beef stew or maybe a pork roast. You can probably find under $10 and that is a good value for Concannon Shiraz.
Loved the very dark purple color, for what that matters, on the Piping Shrike Shiraz. The aromas were even better. Lots of blackberry, blueberry and little pine tree or more like yews greeted the nose. In the mouth there was some dark cherry with some spice and pepper on the sides. The finish was smooth and long. I enjoyed this much more with the turkey burgers, but still not a good choice for dinner. Would have liked a lot more with a Black Angus beef burger. Price was a little higher at $14, but still a much better value.
I'd like to root for the USA, but in this battle, a hands down win for the Aussies.
I'd like to do this again, but need your suggestions. Got two wines you think should meet on the battlefield, let me know and I'll be glad to wage the fight.
I've been getting a few comments on the blog and from friends at work about Shirley's recipes, so when I can I will add the recipe to the blog post along with a review of the wine used in the recipe. Also planning to add a recipe page and post recipes from my readers. Only rule will be that the recipe be original and it must use wine. (no cooking wine)
One of the things Shirley is good at is using leftovers and anything she finds in the fridge or pantry to put together a fantastic meal. Well, most times anyway. There are failures, but you won't see them here.
This one was done in 30 min. on Saturday morning because I was mandatoried to work and had nothing ready to take for my 7 p.m. lunch. The wine used was a Renzo Masi Chianti Riserva 2007. ($14)
I just recently purchased this Chianti, because I have had it before and knew it was a great value at the $14 price. For the recipe it was terrific, but I did find it a little light on aromas and on the palate. Not what I remembered from the 2004 I tasted. Not that it was that bad, it was just disappointing. There were aromas of blackberry and some dark cherry with a little toasted oak and smoke. It was more dark cherry and tobacco in the mouth and the finish was very dry and lingering. It did pair fairly well with the sauce, but I kept thinking how well a nice Chardonnay would be and how the flavor of the sauce might be if Chardonnay was used. But that is Shirley's realm and I try not to interfere, but the suggestion was made and she may try the Chard next time. Then again, why mess too much with something that comes out this good. Now for Shirley's first posted recipe, but first her cooking rules.
Shirley's Kitchen Rules:
No table salt is used in my recipes. (Not even in water for noodles and pasta)
Most of these recipes can be made with chicken or beef. (I don't eat beef)
Most of my recipes I concoct with what I find in my refrigerator.
The majority of my recipes are Mediterranean in nature, although I will try any cuisine.
I very seldom use measures because taste is subjective and you can add or subtract any amount of ingredients in my recipes according to your taste.
If you absolutely need to know amounts, email Joe and I will try to give you measurements.
Joe and I disagree, but I use wine in my recipes that I will drink with my dinner. I don't care if it's an expensive bottle. If a cheap wine does not taste quite good enough, why would I add it to my dish and ruin my cooking? The flavor of the wine will come through the cooking.
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After the last heatwave of the summer, a good dish of comfort food is just what the body needs to rejuvenate the appetite.
Extra virgin olive oil
Red onion, finely chopped
Garlic, finely chopped
Button mushrooms, sliced
Baby Bella mushrooms, sliced
Chicken breast, halved(see recipe directions)
Coating mixture, equal parts of breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese and flour
Noodles (I use 'no egg yolk' noodles)
Chicken stock or 'no salt' bouillon
Canned tomatoes, gently rinsed
Fresh basil
Saute the onion, garlic and mushrooms in olive oil.
Cut three boneless,skinless chicken breasts lengthwise. (Hold the breast on edge and cut like a bagel so you end up with flat pieces. It takes a little time to do, but the portions are right for a single serving and the chicken cooks quicker.)
Dredge the sliced chicken in the coating mixture.
Add to pan and brown over medium heat.
Start water boiling and cook the noodles.
When both sides of chicken are a nice crusty brown, add enough wine and chicken bouillon or chicken stock to make a gravy.
Add tomatoes and a handful of whole leaf basil.
Bruise the leaves in the pan. This will also squash the tomatoes.
Gently boil until tomatoes are melted and juice is thick enough to be a gravy.
Remove the wilted basil and add noodles.
Just before serving, add some fresh cut minced basil.
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In certain times, certain wines become a fad. I remember when I started enjoying wines that Cabernet Sauvignon was "thee wine to have." Later it was Chianti, then Merlot and Syrah and now entering the picture is Malbec. In a very short period of time, Argentina has taken this French grape and has begun to produce some of the most incredible tasting wines to ever be produced in South America. Most are priced under $15 and many delicious Malbecs are under $10.
Today, I am finishing a Don Miguel Gascon Malbec 2009 that I recently found for $11 at a local wine shop.
Today, the wines of Don Miguel Gascón are crafted in the City of Mendoza at the same winery that was built by the Spanish visionary whose name bears it. Begun in 1884, the winery is an historic landmark in the history of Argentine winemaking, yet it houses some of the most advanced winemaking technology in the world.
During the 1940's, the Gascón family bottled Argentina's first 100 percent varietal Malbec. Now, Ernesto Catena, a fourth generation winemaker, has brought the wines of Bodegas Escorihuela Gascón to high status in Argentina, and to prominence with critics and connoisseurs throughout the world.
For that price this wine is incredible. I have had this wine before, but I can't remember it being this good.
Aromas were lite, but filled with blackberry, dark cherry, plum and some damp soil with a little hint of pepper. Blackberry, some cherry with pepper and mocha led to a dry smooth, not overly long finish.
We opened this wine on the patio with BBQ chicken, hot dogs for Pam and Shirley grilled herself an Italian chicken sausage. We all loved the wine. Like a good Chianti this a wine excellent with any food and also excellent for sipping afterwards.
Just enjoyed a fantastic last week of an 11 week summer vacation. Of course three of the weeks were a little bit less than enjoyable, but it did end on a great day of wine shopping at a few shops that I have never been to before.
One, a small village shop with one of the best selections of Italian, German, Australian and California wines that I have seen locally. Many were labels I have never seen other than the premier shops in New York City. They did have everything from a Tenuto San Guido Sassicaia at $250 to a few $9 Chiantis from Italy on the shelves and today at Shirley's request I was shopping for Italian wines. One drawback was the distance traveled to find this shop and another was their pricing.
The second was a recently purchased wine and spirits warehouse with a very large selection of wines, especially the largest selection of Finger Lakes wine I've seen in any shop. Pricing is the lowest I have seen locally. Now I have to figure out if the 20% case discount I get at my favorite warehouse will beat their everyday low pricing.
I did manage to bring home a case of Italian wines. Well not a full case of Italian, there were some Argentina Malbecs thrown in. Opened two so far. An Italian Primivito $17 and an Argentinian Malbec $11. Both were extraordinarily good and reviews will be coming. May have to do away with my once a week pick and do both. May have to do the entire case if all are this good. That will be fun. Now to physche myself up for tomorrow's return to work. Oh well, shit happens.
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The Sheffield based coach was named UK coach of the year for masterminding Ennis' heptathlon triumph at London 2012 but has now admitted he will need to find new ways to supplement his income.
Minichiello was let go under controversial plans from UK Athletics which insists all its coaches be based at its new centralised institute in Loughborough unless they train more than one Olympic or world medallist.
"I'm disappointed at being made redundant but I'm not surprised because that's the nature of sport," Minichiello is quoted as saying in Daily Telegraph.
"I've been employed all my life so this is a very new experience.
"Like anybody being made redundant, and there are a lot of them up and down the county, it's a worrying time. I'm not surprised because sport is like that and funding is like that.
"My job over the last four years was to coach Jessica Ennis and win global medals and I pretty much think I did that.
"That role no longer exists in that format so therefore there isn't an employed situation for me."
Minichiello has been offered a consultancy role to continue working with Ennis until the Rio Olympics but he has yet to accept the position.
"The down side about being a consultant means that I'll have to find other ways of earning a living which will take me away from the track and from coaching.
"In an employed position under Dave Collins and then under Charles van Commenee, it meant I didn't have to go out and look for other ways to pay the bills. Now I will have to."
"Every four years there will always be these things that happen and it's not just isolated in athletics as all governing bodies change.
"The viewpoint a lot of the time is that coaches are inter-changeable.
"I don't think they value the longevity and relationship development year on year. I think they believe anybody can coach anybody if you just come in at the right time."
Ennis clocked a British points record of 6,955 during the Olympics, and set the fastest ever heptathlon time in the 100m hurdles.
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Decade: 1980-1989
Learn about the political climate and the popular culture of the 1980s. Includes information about the Challenger disaster, Rubik's Cubes, George Bush, the invention of computers, and more. There are also links to eThemes Resources on Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
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Political Systems of the World in the 1980s
This site has a map of the world that shows the political systems of the different countries in the 1980s. Some of the continents can be clicked on for more information.
The 1900s: The Eighties
Read brief summaries of the top news stories from every year of the '80s. Topics range from Sally Ride to entertainment highlights of the decade.
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
The Presidential Library and Museum site has information about George Bush and his term in office. Take a virtual tour of the museum by clicking on the link at left. Also explore the "Biographies" and "Photos" links.
Scholastic: Space
This site includes an interview with Sally Ride, information about her life, and discussion questions.
Challenger Disaster
Read about the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle. Includes brief biographies of the astronauts on board, including Christa McAuliffe.
80-89: Welcome Back to the 80s
Learn about eighties music, culture, movies, and arcade games on this site. Click on any of the links below the title to view content in that area. NOTE: This site includes banner ads and other sponsored links.
Fact Monster: Most Popular Names of the 1980s
Browse this listing of the most popular boy and girl names from the 1980s.
Fact Monster: A Century of Fashion
Learn what styles of clothing were popular during different decades.
Fact Monster: Miracle on Ice
Read about the U.S. ice hockey team's surprise victory over the Russian team.
Fact Monster: World History
Read about the main events in 1980, then click on the arrow to advance to the next year.
Shadowlocked: Top 50 Movies of the 1980s
See what the best movies of the 1980s were. NOTE: This site includes ads, sponsored links, and links to social networking sites.
Fact Monster: Pop Music Timeline
Read a few highlights from the pop music world.
Fact Monster: Computer Timeline
View a timeline that shows the evolution of computers.
Making the History of 1989: The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
This site includes essays, interviews, teaching modules, case studies, and primary sources on the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. This resource is appropriate for use by teachers and students in the upper grade levels.
BBC: The Fall of Communism in Europe 1989-1991
This interactive map shows how and when Communism fell country by country. Click on "Next" to advance to the next event in the timeline.
eThemes Resource: U.S. President: Ronald Reagan
These sites are about Ronald Reagan, a former actor who went on to receive the most electoral votes of any president. Learn about his accomplishments as president, the assassination attempt, the controversy of the Iran-Contra Affair, and his wife, Nancy. Includes photographs, video clips, and audio files. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on U.S. Presidents.
eThemes Resource: U.S. President: George H. W. Bush
These sites are about President George Herbert Walker Bush, his accomplishments, the challenges hes faced as president of the United States, and his legacy. Includes links to pages with information on his life, the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Gulf War of 1990-91, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and more. Includes links to audio files, interactive maps, and lesson plans. Also included are links to eThemes Resources on the decades of the 1980s and 1990s during which parts of his presidency occurred.


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May 1, 2005 (Reschedule from 4/23)
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Call this game: 'Mudville'
Determined not to let a rescheduled game get rescheduled again ,we moved to the old field. After some wet vac'ing the base paths, a few rakes and shovels we had a field.
Thanks to all for the extra effort, we had a great game.
All the kids hit the ball great, and there were a couple of nice defensive plays!


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Reviews of Ras Kutani
They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa.
Great for short break
Once again dieterary needs accommodated with all members of staff including the chef quickly recognising the two people who went vegetarian.
A very quiet time of the year to visit which suited our group perfectly.
Great place to relax before or after safari.
Ras Kutani is a fantastic place especially after a long flight with no sleep. David the manager was very welcoming as were all the staff. The food was lovely, especially Sundays curry! The best breakfasts we had with an amazing view.
The rooms were very comfortable and clean and we thoroughly enjoyed our 3 nights here. We were sad to leave even though we were off on safari. We would recommend Ras Kutani unreservedly and it made a lovely alternative to staying overnight in Dar.
Ras Kutani beach
Unfortunately our visit did not get of to the best of starts, when I put my hand in my rucksack to get my bins out, as we were being rowed across the lagoon, I was horrified to find that the bins in my hand were not mine, and my expensive bins and telescope, plus field guide and medicines was missing. It turned out that the pilot who brought us into Dar had taken my rucksack, and I had the rucksack of a birder who had gone to Zanzibar. All was sorted out twenty-four hours later, but I missed a days birding.
However our main gripe was that having arrived at the camp at around 16.00 hours we read that we had to vacate our rooms by 10.00 on the second day, although we had paid for two nights full board, we did not consider that 36 hours equated to two days and I made my point quite forcibly to Dave the manager, who said we should have paid extra if we wanted to keep our room until 17.30 when were due to leave. Eventually we were allowed to have another tent for the day, but I think this is something that Expert Africa needs to address, either by ensuring that your clients have a secure tent where their luggage can be kept, and where they can shower and change before departing, or offering this as an extra.
A great start
Transfer and arrival after 3 flights from London extremely efficient made very welcome
Waited rather too long (1.5 hours) for suite to be ready, guests arriving after us went directly to their accommodation, no information in the interim.
Other than above we were looked after very well in terms of suite, restaurant and beach facilities.
Very pleased we began the trip with this 3 night introduction we don't think RK suitable for more than a 3 night stay due to its relative isolation.
We particularly liked the self service meals.
Ras Kutani: perfect paradise
This gorgeous place situated along the beach front, next to a fresh water lagoon separated from the ocean by a sand bar, is just the place to relax and refresh after days in the bush.
The decor is most attractive, the food and facilities excellent, and we found it the perfect paradise. The service is friendly and first class, and the manager and assistants delightful.
A Relaxing Finale!
Ras Kutani was an excellent way of calming down from the adrenalin filled activities of being on safari. We had thought about returning home directly after our safari adventure but pleased we chose to unwind in the friendly and relaxing atmosphere of Ras Kutani. Thank you Liz for suggesting this, otherwise we would have had to spend many hours hanging around in Nairobi Airport, as well as spend more on the airfare home!
We emerged from the plane to a smiley man called Swedy who drove us a short distance to a small boat on the lagoon. We were then rowed across to where David and his staff were ready to welcome us onto the beach - a great introduction to this mainland retreat.
During our stay David and his staff were on hand to cater for all our needs in a professional but relaxed manner. The food was excellent and one evening we enjoyed a Swahili style BBQ! Our accommodation was spacious and amazing and overlooked the ocean. We also had inquisitive monkeys in the grounds who seemed to keep a close eye on us whenever tea and biscuits were around. However, a clap of the hands kept them at bay, although they did make great photographic models! All in all the perfect place to stay if you just want to put your feet up.
An oasis of calm at Ras Kutani
If we had the opportunity to re-plan our trip we would do 2x3 night safaris and perhaps 2 nights at Ras Kutani. After all the action at Impala camp it seemed almost too quiet at the beach!
However a very relaxing stay, excellent food and service was great.
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We went to Ras Kutani to chill out after wonderful but tiring game viewing. It does exactly what it promises - a luxurious, pampering quiet, beautiful place where there is swimming, beachcombing and the soothing sounds of the ocean. No discos, floorshows or piped music. Just monkeys chattering in the palm trees and the gentle sound of ice tinkling in the cocktail glasses.Read more about the whole beach holiday
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Relaxing and beautiful spot and near to Dar Es Salaam. When we were there few guest and often had beach to ourself.
Food was excellent and again staff were very friendly, helpful and accommodating to every need.
Compared to Zanzibar less activities to do but great place to just relax and recharge after safari. Less people than zanzibar so much more peaceful . Definitely visit again.


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One Direction Movie Posters
It's going to be the movie event of the decade!
That's right, the very first One Direction movie, called 'This Is Us', will be hitting the big screen in August 2013, giving us all an amazing insight into the life of One Direction and letting us get up close and personal with Harry, Louis, Zayn, Niall and Liam.
To help you celebrate the 1D3D movie we've brought you a bunch of great posters below, starting with the official one and then also featuring a couple we made ourselves.
Print them off and stick them on your wall!
Here's our latest bunch, starting with a montage of all the boy's faces in the background.
The tagline of the movie is "Experience their lives on the road", and wherever you live in the world you'll be able to go behind-the-scenes with them.
How funny is the video for 'Best Song Ever? Take a look at our BSE inspired poster below, starring Marcel, Leeroy, Veronica, Harvey and Johnny. Who's your fave?
Can you just imagine the moment when you see Liam, Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry on the big screen?
Here's the official movie poster.
Download this poster to capture the Brit-factor. Spot famous London landmarks in the background.
Here's the first 'This Is Us' movie poster we created last year. "See One Direction Come to Life!". Yep, it's in 3D 😉
For this next poster we've used the promo photo for next year's massive 'Where We Are' stadium tour. Exciting!
We think this next poster reminds us of Godzilla. Just the font really. We're not saying 1D remind us of a big scary dragon-beast
Focus on the smouldering good looks of Harry, Niall, Louis, Zayn and Liam by downloading the next poster.
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Health Dept. Concerned About Benzene Emissions Near Local Gas Drilling Sites
December 10, 2013
A substance believed to cause cancer in those exposed to it over an extended period of time is in the air near Marcellus Shale fracking sites, according to Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department......
pippi1 - thanks, if I read the article correctly, the ppm is 0.085 (ppb 85). That's fairly low. Control samples would be nice...
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@Gerald. I believe you can find the amounts of Benzene being discussed in the article entitled How much do we know about drilling horizontal wells? Posted on OCTOBER 23 in WV Public broadcasting by Glynis Board.
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This is a very poorly written article with very little meaningful information.
"The amounts they were seeing were at levels of concern". What are the levels being seen? And also how about some "control" levels, e.g., concentration levels of benzene at the Dallas Pike truck stop, or the I70 tunnels, or even a rural stretch of I70.
Here's some OSHA permissible exposure limits for benzene (PELs) –
Time-weighted average limit (TWA) = 1 ppm (TWA is the average exposure over an eight hour period.)
Short-term exposure limit (STEL) = 5 ppm (STEL is the average exposure over a period of 15 minutes.)
In order to be a well informed public, we need some details, not scary generalities.
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THANK YOU from the Wheeling Water Warriors, who brought this issue to our Health Department for their input!
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Over time statistics will show increases in respiratory ailments, increased sinus issues, and apparent "allergies" associated with the fowling of our air quality.
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CONNERSVILLE, Ind. -- Prosecutors in eastern Indiana have filed public indecency charges against a man and a woman after they were caught having sex in a busy public pool.
Connersville police say officers were called to the Roberts Park Family Aquatic Center, where witnesses said the 39-year-old man and 40-year-old woman had been having sex for about a half hour before complaining to the pool manager.
The manager told officers that when she told them to stop and they moved away from each other she could see the man's penis.
Deputy Police Chief Dennis Perkins tells the Connersville News-Examiner that the couple was initially given trespass warnings on Sunday and not arrested because officers didn't see what happened.
Both face up to a year in jail if convicted of the misdemeanor charges.
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There is nothing more quintessentially American than the Fourth of July. The Fourth of July is one of the most fun night of the year, but it is also a night where an innumerable number of injuries occur. The majority of the injuries are usually fireworks related which brings us to the topic of safety. Lately there have been a large number of fires and accidents that have been the result of people not properly putting out cigarettes. People have been injured and lives have even been lost. So here are some cigarette safety tips that you need to follow not only around the Fourth of July, but any time.
First of all, fireworks and cigarettes do not mix. If you are smoking but want to set off fireworks, then put your cigarette out first. And when you put your cigarette out, you need to make extra sure that you have put it out completely. Most of the cigarette related fires we've reported over the past month were initially started because people thought they were properly put out.
It is also important that you do not try to just throw your cigarette butts on the ground. Number one, that is horrible for the environment. But on top of the environmental concerns is the fact that the summer time is the worst time for vegetation fires due to the extreme heat. It's bad enough that you will be messing with fireworks, do you really need to start fires too?
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Yale Figure Skating Club
3rd Basic Skills Competition
January 19, 2015
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Check out the most popular hike in the McKenzie River area! On the 2.6 mile loop, you pass by two beautiful waterfalls, Sahalie Falls and Koosah Falls, while hiking through old growth forests. Stay with us this fall at Eagle Rock Lodge and enjoy this hike that is just 25 miles away!
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Today various ways of lotteries are becoming more popular. Especially new ways of lotteries such as online and TV lotteries are in great favour. There are a lot of books unlocking all the secrets of combinations bringing you win. The newspapers are flooded with the articles about lucky lottery winners. The lottery business is one of the most promising of economic sectors. What is the reason of this success?
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It should be noted, that lotteries is one of the very few legal games of chance especially after putting a ban on the online casino. Trying your luck in lotteries you can be sure everything is open and aboveboard. There are no deceptions or rogueries. Therewith you don't need to pay any additional fees for coming into game. You just buy a ticket and can get a win thousand or even million times more than the price of a lottery ticket.
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