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So lately ive been doing a decent amount of homemade pizza cooks. Ive been cooking on the performer and in the oven.
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Mardi Gras is a glamorous, flamboyant celebration. Typical Carnival decor includes extravagent displays of green, purple and gold (the official colors selected in 1872), feathers, masks and of course lots of beads.
Mardi Gras is a glamorous, flamboyant celebration. Typical Carnival decor includes extravagent displays of green, purple and gold (the official colors selected in 1872), feathers, masks and of course lots of beads.
To commemorate Mardi Gras, feel free to have fun with some DIY decor. Nothing is too over-the-top or gaudy. We love the idea of mixing in the traditional (and cheap) pieces you can easily find at the dollar store with more modern elements, such as gold spray paint and confetti.
Take a look at some of our favorite DIY Mardi Gras decor ideas, all of which are fun, trendy and super easy to recreate. Even if you're not throwing a Mardi Gras bash, these decorations are great for getting into the Fat Tuesday mood -- especially if you plan on sipping on a Mardi Gras Cocktails.
Mardi Gras Framed Printable
A cheap, easy and subtle way to add a touch of Mardi Gras decor is with a framed print. Themed prints are really on trend right now, and the best part if you can cheaply make them yourself and print them out on nice paper, or find a printable online. We love this project from Little Luck Wreath, who took an old frame and spray painted it white. She then placed an image of a text printable she made.
DIY Glamorous Mardi Gras Wreath
Wreaths are always a classic piece of decor. And with so many fun supplies to use for Mardi Gras (think: beads, feathers and ribbon), it's a pretty easy project to pull off. We love this version from Mardi Gras Outlet, that shows off a traditional Mardi Gras mask right out front.
Mini Handmade Pinwheels
How cute are these little pinwheels? Mardi Gras Outlet made these out of foil streamer, and attached them to straws and toothpicks to add a pop of festive color to cocktails, cupcakes and hors d'oeuvres.
Festive Centerpiece
This adorable centerpiece idea from Purple Patch DIY uses upcycled glass bottles, spray painted and filled with party masks on a stick. A cheap and simple way to really spruce up with themed pops of color.
Easy Spray-Painted Mason Jars
Mason jars to the rescue again! Spray paint some jars gold, and stuff with beads, tassel and other decorative baubles for an easy, yet glamorous Mardi Gras display. We love this centerpiece, styled by Magnolia Creative and featured on The Flair Exchange.
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LucaBrasi wrote:I have been using Jon Broida's technique from his Youtube video on thinning, or at least my best approximation. He demonstrates thinning all the way up to where the laquered finish starts on a kurouchi style knife, and I would say that is about what I am doing. I had thought this was just what thinning is, and didn't realize there was a different method to keep the thinning closer to the edge. I've been happy with the angle I've kept, and it has been a consistent line the length of the knife up to about where a kurouchi finish would start.
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Former #Raiders CEO Amy Trask on CBS Sports' "That Other Pregame Show": "I didnt understand the move to bring in (Matt) Flynn."
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OAKLAND -- In her new role as a CBS studio analyst, former Raiders executive Amy Trask made it clear she didn't think much of the Raiders decision to trade for Matt Flynn rather than simply make Terrelle Pryor the No. 1 quarterback.
``I have been a proponent for quite a long time of giving this young man an opportunity, to give him a chance,'' Trask said on the air. ``When Dennis Allen made the decision to move on from Carson Palmer, I thought the obvious and the smart answer was to give Pryor a shot, see what he has.''
Flynn arrived from the Seattle Seahawks for a fifth-round draft pick in 2014 and a conditional pick in 2015 after losing the starting job to Russell Wilson. He had signed with Seattle under conditions similar to the one that brought him to Oakland -- to be the starting quarterback after having started only two games in Green Bay.
The Raiders restructured Flynn's contract commensurate with a starter, guaranteeing him $6.5 million this season.
``He has a two-game resume, yet you gave up draft picks, which you've stated that you covet,'' Trask said. ``You're giving up draft picks and a lot of money to bring in a guy with a two-game resume, when you've stated you're in a transitional mode.''
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FLORENCE, S.C. – The Saint Leo softball team (14-12) fell in a pair of non-conference games, Friday afternoon from the Freedom Florence Complex in Florence, S.C. In the first game, the Lions were upended by UNC-Pembroke Braves (16-9) 13-2, which was followed by an 11-4 defeat at the hands of the Francis Marion Patriots (17-7). The losses snap the Lions four-game winning streak
On the day, the Lions collected 12 hits, including three by senior Tiffinee Harvey who went 3-for-7 on the day. Danielle Moreda, Brittany Yates, Amber Martyn, and Elysha Agen also contributed two hits apiece.
In game one, Saint Leo continued their power show as Harvey and Yates went back-to-back in the first inning to give SLU an early two-run advantage over UNC-Pembroke.
Unfortunately, the Lions racked-up only two more hits over the final six innings, leaving them vulnerable to a Braves' comeback. UNC-Pembroke broke into the Lions two-run advantage in the top of the fifth inning with one run.
The floodgates opened in the seventh inning, however, as the Braves opened the frame with 12 consecutive hits and 12 runs. The Lions couldn't rebound in the bottom half of the inning as the squad dropped the 13-2 contest.
Ashton Whidden took the loss for the Lions and fell to 9-5 on the season.
In game two, the squad immediately faced a three-run deficit against the host challengers, scoring three runs over first two frames.
The Lions' team remained resilient though, as they scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to tie the game. After Agen doubled to begin the inning, both Harvey and Yates collected singles to bring home the Lions first run. Jaime Walker then stepped to the plate and ripped a two-run single to plate both base runners.
The Patriots answered the call with two runs of their own in top of the fifth inning to regain a two-run lead. Not fazed, the Green & Gold trimmed the lead to one, 5-4, with a Harvey RBI single.
Still, a Patriots three-run sixth and seventh innings put the game out of reach for the Lions, as Francis Marion walked away seven-run victors.
The Lions return to the field tomorrow, March 13, for another slate of non-conference games. First, SLU will take on Queens (NC) at 3:00 p.m. before taking on No. 22 Lenoir-Rhyne at 5:00 p.m.


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unique slant-side Mission bookcase
I like open shelving, and this integrates a sort of modern look with those interesting sloped sides; it's nice and doesn't block much wallspace.
This is one of the best mags!
Tired of losing your keys? What about your jacket? Maybe you just have an empty wall in your living room or kitchen you need to fill. This small but convenient rack might be just what you need to organize the little things.
i love these turn of the century office chairs. looks like something sam spade would be slouched in, smoking.
i love big giant wall shelving units and this one is simple. nice trim on top. and the wood grain is nice. not cheap, though.
the sloped legs and wooden knobs make this more shaker than anything else but it's still attractive and looks reasonably sturdy


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The visiting Lynn University Fighting Knights shot a red-hot 60 percent from the field as they upended the Lions in a 74-57 Sunshine State Conference final from the Marion Bowman Activities Center on New Year's Eve.
Back in action after an extended layoff, both teams were sluggish early with the Lions taking a 12 point lead by the first media timeout. The break seemed to favor the visitors from Boca Raton as they held Saint Leo scoreless for a seven minute span immediately after. The 21-0 run Lynn (8-5, 2-0 SSC) would go on during that period proved to be the difference in the contest.
"I thought we started out well but we really lacked discipline and did a poor job running our stuff," Head Coach Lance Randal said of his team's post-Christmas performance. "We settled for jump shots and did a poor job on the offensive end. I thought our effort was poor; it was our worst effort of the year. For the most part, it was Lynn's game after the first media timeout."
Two Lions ratcheted double figures in the loss with Shaun Adams posting a team high 16 points and Marcus Ruh adding 14 points.
Michael Vidal connected on 7-of-8 shots and dropped in a game-high 18 points for the visiting Fighting Knights.
As a team, the Lions shot 20-for-50 (40%) from the field and were 7-of-20 (35%) from behind the 3-point arc. Lynn was 28-for-46 (60.9%) shooting and 7-of-13 (53.8%) from behind the arc. Lynn also outscored the Lions 10-0 in second-chance points and 27-16 in points off the bench.
Now into Sunshine State Conference play, the Lions will look to their first opponent of 2012 as they travel to face the University of Tampa on Wednesday, January 4. Tip-off of the rivalry game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Bob Martinez Sports Center on the UT campus. For the latest news, information, and updates on Lions Basketball and all other Saint Leo Athletics in 2012, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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"eteam" installations and performances have been shown at museums and galleries including PS1(NYC), EYEBEAM (NYC), MUMOK (Vienna), Momenta Art (Brooklyn), New Museum (NYC) and Neues Museum (Weimar). Videos by the eteam have been screened at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Pacific Film Archive, 11th Biennial of Moving Images, Centre pour l'Image Contemporaine, Geneva , Transmediale Berlin, TIDF Taiwan and at the New York Video Festival. They have been awarded a Henry Moore Foundation Project Grant, an EYEBEAM Production Grant and the Marion Ermer Preis 2004. In 2005 they have been selected for the New Commissions Program at Art in General, NY and the Longwood Arts Project Digital Matrix Commissions Program (NY).
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After a lot of research I have finally got my early 2011 13" MBP fully working in a fresh clean install . These are my MBP's technical specifications:
So after you installed BT5 R3 in your MBP I would recommend changing the root's password. Open up terminal and type:
It will ask you to retype the new password. Next we will update intel's video drivers and install all the updates available. Open up terminal and type:
add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/intel-driver
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Once the drivers have been updated we would need to restart the computer. But before we do this we could install compiz and emerald (this is optional). Once again open up terminal and type:
apt-get install compiz compiz-fusion-plugins-extra emerald simple-ccsm fusion-icon
so now we can reboot the machine with the following command:
shutdown -r now
Once the machine is up and running, you might get an audio error:
KDE detected that one or more internal sound devices were removed.
Do you want KDE to permanently forget about these devices?
This is the list of devices KDE thinks can be removed:
-Capture: Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 (ES1371 DAC2/ADC)
-Output: Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 (ES1371 DAC2/ADC)
This is what you have to do. You can just ignore this error message and in the menubar you will see the volume icon, click on it and select the Mixer option. This will open up the HDA Intel PCH menu. Go to settings > configure channels. And there you just simply need to move the Front Speacker, Surround Speaker and Mic options from the Available channels list to the Visible channels list and click OK. Now you just need to unmute the Front Speacker and Surround Speacker.
So now we have the video and speakers fully working. Now if you installed Compiz and Emerald to enable it you can go to Backtrack Menu -> System -> Compiz Fusion Icon. You should see the icon in the menubar, right click on it and select "Reload Window Manager". There are many tutorials in the web, you can always google how to cuztomize backtrack with compiz.
If you also want to get your display light working you can install xbacklight using the following commands:
apt-get install xbacklight
Once the application has been installed you can run the following commands:
xbacklight -dec 7
xbacklight -inc 7
The "xbacklight -dec 7" command will decrease the display's brightness and the "xbacklight -inc 7" command will increase the display's brightness.
To get your keyboard backlight working the steps are more complex. You have to open your favorite text editor and copy and paste the following code as is:
BACKLIGHT=$(cat /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness)
if [ $UID -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Please run this program as superuser"
exit 1
case $1 in
TOTAL=`expr $BACKLIGHT + $INCREMENT`
if [ $TOTAL -gt "255" ]; then
exit 1
TOTAL=`expr $BACKLIGHT - $INCREMENT`
if [ $TOTAL -lt "0" ]; then
exit 1
while [ $TEMP_VALUE -lt "255" ]; do
TEMP_VALUE=`expr $TEMP_VALUE + 1`
if [ $TEMP_VALUE -gt "255" ]; then TEMP_VALUE=255; fi
echo $TEMP_VALUE > /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
while [ $TEMP_VALUE -gt "0" ]; do
TEMP_VALUE=`expr $TEMP_VALUE - 1`
if [ $TEMP_VALUE -lt "0" ]; then TEMP_VALUE=0; fi
echo $TEMP_VALUE > /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
echo "Use: keyboard-light up|down|total|off"
if [ $SET_VALUE -eq "1" ]; then
echo $TOTAL > /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
Save the file as keybacklight and save it in the Desktop. Open up terminal and type:
cd /root/Desktop
chmod 755 keybacklight
mv keybacklight /usr/bin/keybacklight
To increase keyboard backlight:
keybacklight up
To decrease keyboard backlight:
keybacklight down
Hope this was helpful, if you have any questions or comments reply to this post, and remember you can always look at these links, to have a more detailed description.
Compiz and Emerald installation
Intel HD 3000 video driver
Display's backlight
Keyboard's backlight
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Since starting her business seven years ago, Tory Burch has exhibited an unparalleled knack for translating her incredibly chic lifestyle into fun and wearable clothes that appeal to women across the map (figuratively and literally—there are more than 40 Tory Burch boutiques around the world). Her customers aspire to be her or, at least, dress like her. Burch describes her personal style as a bit tomboy, and it's in these kinds of clothes that she excels. Her shrunken proportions flatter most body types (the ones they don't flatter explains the success of her ubiquitous tunic) and her colors and prints makes women look feminine without being too girly.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. - The Lions' (10-9) offense absolutely exploded Wednesday evening, as the team combined for 42 runs in a sweep of Salem international at University Field. In game one, the Lions popped out 14 runs in five innings while pounding out 18 hits en route to a 14-3 victory. But the fireworks really started in game two as the squad put together a 19-run first inning on their way to a record setting 28 runs.
SLU combined for 43 hits on the evening, including a 7-for-7 performace by Tatiana Casis in which she connected on three home runs, including two grand slams and 13 RBI. Ali Lamb also had a tremendous night at the plate four hits in five at-bats. The duo of Ally Maddox and Dianne Gonzalez combined to get 11 hits, while Maddox drove in three runs. Brittany Yates went 4-for-6, including a home run and five RBI. Amber Martyn drove in five runs, as well, as she went 4-for-7 from the plate. Ashley Urbanik and Tiffinee Harvey made their at-bats count com as they each connected on two hits and drove in a pair of runs. Elysha Agen picked up three hits in seven opportunities at the plate while her teammate Katrina Muchmore followed right behind going 3-for-8 with a pair of doubles. Kasey Postupack helped drive in a pair of runs as she went 1-for-3 and Stephanie Discepolo put the finishing touches on the night, driving one of her two hits over the centerfield fence.
Saint Leo started out game one red hot and it continued for the remainder of the next two games. The Lions immediately jumped all the Fighting Tigers, scoring five runs on six hits. Casis drove Agen home from second on an RBI single. The at-bat was followed by three consecutive RBI hits and capped off by Martyn's single up the middle.
The Lions continued to hit solid base hits in the second and third innings as they scored four runs to increase the lead to 9-0, with all of the hits in the innings coming via the single.
The SLU offense started cooking again in the fourth inning, as they registerd their second five-run inning of the ball game. With runners on second and third, Casis doubled down the leftfield line to give the Lions an 11-0 lead. The double was followed by RBI singles by Discepolo, Yates, and Postupack was hit by a pitch to bring home the final run of the game for the Lions.
Urbanik (5-8) recorded her fifth victory of the 2009 campaign, as she threw three innings of perfect ball before surrendering action to Ashton Whidden who closed the door for SLU throwing the final two innings.
Just when you thought the Lions offense could get any more productive, game two saw the Lions break out with a 28 run effort and an 19-run first inning.
Casis got the Lions rolling early, as the Lions batted around nearly three full times. She put the Lions on the board first connecting on one of her record setting three first inning home runs. The at-bat was followed by another two-run blast, this one courtesy of Yates. The Lions once again loaded the bases in the inning and Martyn cleared half of them with a double to left centerfield. After Agen was retired as the first out of the inning, Harvey drew a walk to load the bases for Casis. Casis picked up where she left off earlier in the inning and planted her second home run of the inning deep over the left field fence, this time it was in grand slam fashion. Miscues once again loaded the bases for SLU and Martyn capitliaozed on the opportunity with her second RBI base hit of the inning. A single and one base on balls later, Casis stepped to the plate for the third time, once again with the bases loaded. She quickly unloaded them as she put her third home run of the inning and second grand slam of the inning deep into the Saint Leo night to give the Lions 19 runs in the first inning. The Lions pounded out 10 hits and four home runs along the way.
The second inning saw the Lions put up another crooked number on the scoreboard as they plated another three runs. Martyn started the scoring off once again for the Green and Gold driving past the third baseman to score Gonzalez from third. Agen then followed with an RBI ground out scoring Muchmore from third. Postupack capped the inning with a single through the left side to give the Lions a 22-0 lead.
Maddox led off the third inning with a solo shot to centerfield and Lamb closed the third with an RBI single up the middle scoring Yates.
With the score 24-0 heading into the fourth, the SLU offense continued to click as they scored four more runs in what turned out the be their final at-bats of the night. Discepolo drilled a one out home run over the centerfield fence. With the bases loaded, both Muchmore and Lamb connected on RBI singles to plate two more runs. Agen singled home the final run of the ball game with line drive up the middle scoring Gonzalez from third.
Kristen Kelly and Whidden combined to pitch five-inning complete game shutout, with Whidden picking up the victory, as she went three innings of no-hit ball.Whidden improved to 2-0 on the season.
As a team, the Lions tied five NCAA records including 19 first inning runs, just one behind the all-time record of 20. Their 25 hits ranks them tied for eighth all-time, while their six home runs in one game puts them tied for third all-time. SLU also stands alone in fourth place with 28 runs batted in. Saint Leo rounded out their recording setting day, totaling 45 total bases, which now stands for third all-time.
Casis on the other hand, set multiple Saint Leo and NCAA records with her three at-bats in the first inning as she tied Staci Albright's 1995 record of two grand slams in an inning. Casis and Albright are now the only two players in NCAA history to achieve that mark. Her three home runs in one game also ties her for second all-time with a handful of past players. Her three home runs in one inning will go down as a Saint Leo record and will certainly enter the NCAA record books in the near future. While her 10 first inning RBI's will go down tied with three other players for second all-time. The mark will also put her in class of her own as her 10 RBI's in one inning will go down as an all-time mark, surpassing the old record of eight set in 1995.
The Lions now take their offensive show to the road and will put their might to the test on Friday, March 6 as they take on No. 4-ranked Francis Marion in the opening game for of the Francis Marion Tournament. First pitch of the game is scheduled for 3:00 pm and will be broadcast live on the Saint Leo Lions AudioCast Network.


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This week on the Melissa & Doug blog, we're sharing all the ways your family can stay entertained (and sane) while traveling during the holidays. Today, we have 5 easy activities for your kids to enjoy while on-the-go! What would you add to this list? E-mail your suggestions or family travel photos to firstname.lastname@example.com for a chance to be featured on the blog later this week.
1) Create a Sensory Travel Kit for Kids!
Are you planning a family road trip, but starting to wonder whether or not your child will be able to stay still from A to B? Don't despair! Here are some clever ideas that can keep their arms, hands, and fingers moving all the way to your destination! Create your own Sensory Travel Kit for a 3-5 year old by filling a container (lunch box, tote bag or plastic container) with some of the following items: lacing toys (O-shaped cereal or large beads and shoelaces), stickers, paper, crayons, lacing cards, a sorting activity, a dish with sorting compartments (or muffin tin), a mystery bag (identify the object by touch: burlap, cotton, wool, satin, velvet, and fake fur), card-matching game or travel game, travel cards (for storytelling), or books. Leave your kit in the family car so that you'll always be prepared for hours of entertainment!
2) Packing Play
It may seem like a chore to grown-ups, but to kids, packing is the first exciting piece of a vacation adventure! We think it's a great time to practice decision-making and creative thinking, too. Develop these skills and help kids pack wisely with some pre-trip prep:
Step 1: Write or draw a list of essentials. (Yes, toys are essential!)
Step 2: Try it. Give your little ones a suitcase and let them try to pack everything on their lists.
Step 3: Modify, retry, repeat! Help kids make choices (and jettison the overflow) with role play: Pretend to unpack at Grandma's house or get ready for bed at a hotel; throw in some laughs by imagining a bear that eats dropped puzzle pieces or a flight attendant that only lets you open your bag 10 seconds at a time! Then lavish praise on your organized travelers when everything finally fits.
3) Daytime Fun
Pick some of your child's favorite arts & crafts activities or games, and select them as your "daytime" activity (this is especially good for long road trips). Pick their favorite games, such as Travel Bingo or Hangman, or a simple craft like Scratch Art Light Catcher Kits. (Each kit comes with a suction-cup hanger, so kids can display their artwork right on the car window—then pop it off later!)
4) Talk it Up
A perfect nighttime activity can be a simple rhyming game! Or go around to each family member in the car to answer a silly (or serious) question. You may learn a lot about your fellow passengers! (For more road trip activities, visit our recent Road Trip Fun Around the Clock blog post).
5) Write Postcards!
Step 1: Cut a piece of poster board or cardstock into rectangles. (To send via U.S. Mail at the postcard rate, keep them between 3.5 x 5″ and 4.25 x 6″ and draw a line on one side to section off an address area. If you'll keep them for pretend play, make them a little bigger so there's more room to decorate!)
Step 2: Ask your child to decorate a postcard for a family member or friend back home using markers or stickers.
Step 3: Help your child write a note that to accompany the drawings.
Once your postcards are complete, you can mail them (put them in envelopes first if they're oversize) or use them for pretend play: Have your travelers drop them in "mailboxes" for each other, or lay them out in order to plan the trip of a lifetime. Then stick them in a travel journal (folded and stapled construction paper works great) to remember your amazing journey!
Tell us how your child enjoyed any (or all!) of these activities in the comments below, and have safe travels this holiday! season!
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I am tempted to start looking into the macro photography but I do not want to invest to much into it.So, I'd like a cheap solution, like Macro "filters" OR some extension tubes.
Q1: how does each tool influence the photo quality (the sharpness), if it does?
Q2: what would you recommend and why?
Q3: what's the difference between different extension tubes?Why some are cheaper than others and, what should I look after when I'll buy one.
A nice video about this but, without so many details
Q1 - Any optical addition will affect your image; some more so than others.Q2 - Start out with Raynox because it lets you use in-camera aperture setting and autofocus.Q3 - The main difference is whether or not they link electronically or in the case of Pentax, mechanically, between camera and lens. Look for a chipped extension tube if you're on Canon or Nikon.
Fyi, this is my site, it is only about stuff like this. 200 pages about extreme macro: http://extreme-macro.co.uk/
Q1 Tubes have no lenses and so I would guess they are better than screwing an extra filter on the end.
Q2 I would go with tubes as you can use any lens ( no different filter diameters ), hopefully better quality than a filter. You can also stack the tubes for different magnification.
Q3 As said tubes with electrical connections are more expensive than ones without; but not by much. Personly I do not use autofocus as I get better results manualy but the in-camera aperture settings are useful as a start point.Again the tubes do not have lenses and within reason there seems no point in spending to much.
Some people reverse lenses - screw the lens to the camera via the filter ring and adaptor.
I brought a ring light to use for macro but found that the light is doughnut shaped and when close to the subject there is no light on the subject!
I'd like to keep the connection between body and lens so, IF I'll get a tube, it will be withthe electronic communication included, so I will be able to control the aperture and the focus.* Didn't try the manual focus but maybe in macro it's more applicable than in other cases - ie. for portrait.
This makes me think that an extension tube could be better.
Nice! I will not go that far, into extreme, because I only have a limited budget. But, I will take a look and maybe "steal" some ideas
This was my first thought BUT there is also a drawback to tubes: it's a bit difficult to mount/unmount them. You have to [detach the lens], [detach the tube] and [put lens back]. It's easier to get dust on your sensor, that's why I'm thinking that if i get a filter for my 35mm it will be easier to work with it.
Didn't try but, the aperture must be forced, without any electronic control + you expose inside of your lens to a lot of dust.
Did you understand why did that happen?
Hello vectorialpx,
A couple of FYIs:- In reversed or extreme macro it is very unusual to focus in any way other than manually by moving the camera backwards and forwards.- Ring "lights" are notoriously useless - too weak. Ring "flashes" are better. Some light panels using LEDs are good but you need a lot of LEDs to have enough light to come close to using a fast enough shutter speed. LED technology is advancing very very rapidly but just not quite there yet, at the moment the guys making ring lights are cheap and cheerful companies in the far east but it'll only be a matter of time before we get enough lumens out to make it worthwhile.- aperture doesn't always have to be forced: see http://extreme-macro.co.uk/empty-lens/ . I don't know your brand but there's a novoflex thing that works with canon and a ?br2 reversing ring for Nikon. - feel free to steal as many ideas as you like, that's why it's there
Fyi I assumed you meant reversed lens on extension tube. With reversed lenses the aberration at the edges can be pretty bad and worse than just using a Raynox on a regular way round lens.
You have a very interesting site nass; I have had variable success with macro and one thing that never worked well was using microscope objectives. I will have to study that section of your website; the main problems I had were the DOF being so small and I think I need a LWD objective but am unwilling to spend to much on one until I know more.I made a tube to fit on my camera and have a homemade setup that I am remaking - slowly!
As I say the problem with my ring light is the dark part in the centre; I assume the LED's are not at the correct angle for something that close. I wanted a ring flash but it was a Christmas preasant and I could not complain!
I have thought about making a ring and having LED's on the inside that would be angled into the centre I could stand this on the stage around the sample. I have not done anything to my new setup for a year - lacking motivation?
I have some halogen lights but they tend to dry a lot of samples out due to the heat as well as heat up the lens!
I find it is better to manualy focus or move the sample in macro anyway as my camera will not focus very well when taking macro photos.
My favourite/most successful macro photo:
Rubble, that's really cool, and thank you for your comment! Microscope objectives are pretty tricky!!! I use a [stackshot myself but it's a pricey exercise, not for the faint-hearted, with a [URL="http://extreme-macro.co.uk/universal-stage/"]universal stage](http://extreme-macro.co.uk/stackshot/) that I made myself. All this DIY fabricating is one of the reasons I like extreme macro. Lighting is a topic in itself too long to get into here... this is a sample photo from my Flickr:
I have been working with Arduino's at work over the last month and was thinking about making a sort of stackshot system using one of those and a stepper motor.
Yes I think lighting is very important and for something that you think should be quite simple is complicated - another mod for my macro jig was to make the stage from acrylic and put a LED behind it for a bit of back lighting.
Your universal stage is very interesting; one of the problems with my flat stage is getting things at the correct angle.
Maybe these are the reasons why my new rig is taking so long!
Thank you for the comment on my "bubbles" I was just trying things out and I think I got lucky with that one.
Very doable! My friend Rylee has a nice writeup at http://www.ryleeisitt.ca/articles/building-a-focus-stacking-controller/ but a couple of other guys I know through Flickr did it too - check out Richard's stuff here: http://reallysmall.github.io/Stackduino/. Arduino is something I'm messing with too (badly), but to make something completely different although macro related!
I read your pages about objectives @nass ; and I already knew about the different types but the dispersion part was interesting. I had a look around work today and can still not find any nice objectives I can bring home Anyway I found an old cell and it has an iris built in and I thought I would give it a go - the front lens is a bit damaged which is a shame but it is OK for some tests.
With a smaller aperture ( small hole I always get confused if a small hole is a bigger or smaller aperture! ) the result was a lot nicer. It is a shame I can not find a better subject than a 10 pence piece at the moment.
Larger hole first:
Wow! That's amazing!
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Saint Leo drops to 4-7 on the season, while the Valkyries pull even with an overall mark of 5-5.
Three Lions netted three points on the night, as Alix Murray and Stephanie Marran scored a hat trick apiece, and Joanna Chadwick tallied two goals and an assist. Marran finished just one point shy of her 100th career point, and will look to reach her milestone mark in the Lions' next game.
Defensively, Saint Leo posted a program best in caused turnovers in a contest, earning 16 on the evening with help from Brittany Millsap, Cathryn Winslow, and Christina Minneci with three each. The Lions won the ground ball battle, 27-19, led by Alyssa Viscomi with six, and Chadwick who collected five.
Millsap closed out the evening with 14 saves, including 10 in the second half. Her counterpart, Alexandra Curecki, made 16 saves to collect the win.
The Green and Gold exploded into the game with a goal from Marran five minutes into the contest, but the Valkyries knotted the score at 1-1 a shade over ten minutes into the contest, and scored two more to pull ahead to a 3-1 advantage with 17:33 on the clock.
Marran broke the streak with an unassisted goal five minutes later to pull Saint Leo to within one, 3-2, but Converse rattled off four straight goals to extend their advantage to 7-2 with 3:31 to go before the half. Two quick goals from Chadwick within 32 seconds of each other pulled the Lions back into contention, and left them down by only three goals at the half, 7-4.
Converse used the break to their advantage, and scored two quick goals to open the second stanza, stretching their lead to 9-4 just two and a half minutes into the period. Murray grabbed a feed from Chadwick for the Lions' fifth goal of the evening, but Converse answered back to put the score at 10-5 with 23:50 remaining in the game.
Murray and Marran pulled Saint Leo back to within three, 10-7, with 19:08 on the clock, but the Valkyries fought back and tallied a goal of their own. Murray scored off of a free position shot with 12:36 to go, setting the scoreboard at 11-8, however the Lions were unable to capitalize on any more of their attacking efforts throughout the remaining 12 minutes of play.
Saint Leo led the game off the draw, winning 12-of-21. The Lions also led the shot count 33-27, but shot placement got the best of them as only 24 of their shots were on target compared to 25 shots on frame from the Valkyries. Despite causing 16 turnovers on the night, the Green and Gold saw the other end of the spectrum, as well, turning the ball over 22 times with help from eight caused turnovers by Converse.
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NEW YORK ( TheDeal) -- General Motors Co. ( GM) this week reported earnings that revealed a surprising improvement in Europe, raising hopes the automaker's long restructuring efforts on the Continent are starting to show real success. Detroit-based GM's European business has been bleeding cash for 13 years. While GM did lose another $175 million in Europe for the first three months of 2013, that loss was less than half of what analysts had expected, and dramatically better than the $462 million loss that rival Ford Motor Co. was forced to absorb on the continent for the same period.
Overall, GM reported an $865 million profit on sales of $36.9 billion, as the company continued its turnaround following a 2009 government-assisted bankruptcy. Even as GM has shown steady improvement elsewhere, its European unit has remained an albatross, but the company now says it expects to be break even in the region midway through this decade. "The year is off to a solid start as we increased our global share with strong new products that are attracting customers around the world," GM Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson said. "In addition, we saw progress in Europe thanks to strong cost actions and great vehicles like the Opel Adam and Mokka." GM gained 3.2% to close Friday at $32.10 extend its 2013 advance to 11%. Ford ( F) also rose 3.1% to $13.83 to extend its gain this year to 6.8%. But even with the success of those new vehicles it is not smooth sailing for GM in Europe, a region where economic hardship and declining rates of auto ownership have all automakers scrambling to cut costs and reduce capacity. Akerson last month committed to invest ¿4 billion ($5.3 billion) in the company's Adam Opel AG European operations to support the unit's recovery, and weeks later finalized plans to close a plant in Germany after GM was unable to win worker approval for a wage freeze.
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Fish Farming in Hell's Kitchenby FN Dish Editor in Events, May 18th, 2011
That's right: There is a tilapia farm in Manhattan. Food and Finance High School students are learning careers for the future from this lab run by Cornell Extension Professor Philson Warner. Aquaculture is a closed system of farming that raises hydroponic crops that links to a fish farm, cleaning and feeding as it cycles. The good professor suggests that this is how man might one day farm on planets less green than our own.
Join Food Network Kitchens this Friday, May 20, at 6:30 PM at Chelsea Market in New York City, for a special evening fundraiser and silent auction benefiting the Food and Finance High School. Special guests include Alex Guarnaschelli and Kelsey Nixon. Get tickets at foodeducationfund.org.
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Our subscribers are truly dedicated to opera as an art form, and certainly have some interesting experiences! From a teenager seeing Faust with his football buddies, to distant memories of the incomparable American mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens, life-changing opera moments have been occurring in our own backyard for decades.
I was born and raised in Guelph, as was Edward Johnson of Metropolitan Opera fame as singer and then General Manager. Guelph had the Presto Music programs to which I believe Johnson steered excellent talent. I had the privilege of attending, with my fellow students, warm-up sessions by the various performers. Marion Anderson was my favourite, but she was not my first exposure to opera. My mother took me to Rigoletto (on film) at the Capitol Theatre in Guelph. When I was four, sports on Saturdays were in the morning and the Texaco sponsored Metropolitan Opera broadcasts in the afternoon.
Above: (left) Edward Johnson as Radamès in Verdi's Aida; (right) Edward Johnson as the title character in Gounod's Faust.
At age 15, together with three of my football buddies, I saw my first live performance of an opera—Faust at that marvel of acoustical halls: Maple Leaf Gardens. Since then I have enjoyed 60 more years of opera with the COC (a subscriber for over 30 years), as well as performances in the USA, Argentina, Iceland, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Russia, France, Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy, China, and Australia. More music to come! We are fortunate to have the COC.
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I saw my first opera when I was 15 years old. I attended a Metropolitan Opera production of Carmen with my mother in Toronto. Risë Stevens sang the title role, for which she was famous. It was wonderful. Toronto then was not the city it is today. The opera was performed at Maple Leaf Gardens! I am currently a COC subscriber.
Above: Risë Stevens as the title character in Carmen (PBS, 1951).
Banner photo: A scene from Rigoletto (COC, 2011), photo by Michael Cooper.
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As we prepare for our production of Mozart's The Magic Flute this winter, we decided to share some stories in our The Opera That Changed My Life series about one of the highlights of the opera repertoire.
Ingmar Bergman's film of The Magic Flute blew me away. I loved the way the director drew the viewer into each scene so you forgot you were watching a film of an opera. He'd then break that intimacy by reverting back to the proscenium stage between acts, and show the actors/singers playing a board game or peeking out behind the curtain to check out the audience. I thought the casting was brilliant but I couldn't believe that Sarastro was evil—as depicted by the Queen of the Night—based on his singing/voice/acting—and it turns out he's not. I've watched it over and over, purchased a copy of the opera, and seen it in person many times. I'm willing to overlook aspects of the story that aren't politically correct, as the music is so compelling.
Above: The wonderful Swedish baritone Håkan Hagegård as Papageno in a scene from Ingmar Bergman's The Magic Flute.
In London during graduate school, my experience at the Proms brought me to The Magic Flute and Wozzek. Such willing bookends for me to begin filling with new experiences! I'm completely hooked.
Photo credits: (top) A scene from The Magic Flute (COC, 2011); (bottom) Michael Schade in The Magic Flute (COC, 2011). Photos by Michael Cooper.
As our Ensemble Studio School Tour of Second Nature gets underway, take a moment to get to know the opera's talented young composer, Matthew Aucoin! Second Nature is an original work by this award-winning composer, pianist, poet and conductor, who has been called "the next Leonard Bernstein" (Wall Street Journal) and "Opera's Great 25-Year-Old Hope" (New York Times). Read on to learn more about how he got his start as a young composer and his inspirations behind this eco-friendly opera!
Name: Matthew Aucoin
Age: 26
Hometown: A small town near Boston, Massachusetts
What's your favourite kind of music other than opera?
"So many kinds... indie rock, jazz, non-operatic classical music.
What was your favourite subject in school?
"Literature. Much more than music, actually."
What inspired you to become a composer?
"I caught the composing bug pretty early—I think I was six. I heard Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and got addicted."
Tell us about the first time a composition of yours was performed in public.
"I was about nine when I first heard my own music performed. A local orchestra played a piece of mine."
Where did you get the idea for Second Nature?
"I got the idea for Second Nature when I was walking around the Lincoln Park Zoo, in Chicago. Seeing our planet's cool, funky, beautiful creatures made me think about how much of nature is disappearing—and a big part of that is humans' fault. Some of those animals' natural habitats are in danger because of pollution, for example. So I imagined a future world in which humans have messed up the environment so terribly that now we have to live in a zoo, to hide from the terrible heat and storms and toxic air outside."
How do you decide which voice type each
character should be?
"I decide the characters' voice types based on their
personality and their attitudes. For example, a bird
might be a soprano, which is a really high woman's
voice, and an old king might be a bass, which is
the deepest kind of male voice. But sometimes
there are surprises: sometimes a male character is
sung by a woman, or the other way around. The
human voice expresses parts of ourselves that we
don't see every day. There are parts of me that
I would want to express through a heroic tenor
voice, and there are other parts of me that feel
more like a squeaky soprano."
What's the point of having people sing a story
instead of just telling it like in a movie or a play
or a TV show?
"Yeah, why do opera singers sing? It risks looking
pretty silly, right? Well, try something out at home:
imagine you're having a conversation with your
friend, and you start to get into an argument. At
first you're talking normally, but then you start to
get mad. You can feel your cheeks getting flushed,
you can feel your pulse, and you raise your voice.
At the moment when you raise your voice, listen to
yourself: you just sang. When we raise our voices—if we're really excited or overjoyed or angry—we
push them closer to music. (Imagine yourself
yelling "MOM! MOOOOOOOM!" You're basically
singing.) And opera is the world of that music—the music of human passion, of the things that we
express in music because speech doesn't say it
strongly enough. It's a way of letting our passion
and emotions out into the world without hurting
each other."
What's your advice for someone interested in being a composer?
"Listen. Just listen to and absorb as much music as you can—and not just music; listen to the music of the world around us. And if you want to make music up, find some friends that you want to make music with!"'
To learn more about Matthew and his past works, go to his website.
Reprinted with the permission of Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Photo credits (top - bottom): Matthew Aucoin, photo by Steven Laxton; Matthew Aucoin, photo by Steven Laxton; Matthew Aucoin, photo by Steven Laxton; Betty Allison, Charles Sy, Megan Quick, Emily D'Angelo, and Bruno Roy in Second Nature (COC, 2016), photo by Chris Hutcheson.
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OCALA, Fla. - Strong winds and very dry conditions helped fuel several brush fires that broke out in Central Florida over the weekend, leaving thousands of acres scorched and nearly a dozen homes destroyed.
Firefighters on Monday continue to battle a nearly 2,000-acre brush fire that destroyed 10 homes in Marion County and forced officials to close a roadway.
The fire started Saturday afternoon in the Ocala National Forest and quickly grew to 1,900 acres, fire officials said. The blaze was 80 percent contained as of Monday morning.
State Road 19 was closed near State Road 40 for hours because of the fast-moving fire that burned through more than 20 buildings. Officials reopened the roadway around 8 a.m. Monday.
No injuries were reported, but fire officials said 24 buildings, including the 10 houses, were destroyed by the blaze.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Meanwhile, a brush fire scorched more than 1,100 acres in Volusia County, forcing the evacuation of dozens of homes.
The blaze, dubbed the Durrance Fire by officials, initially broke out on Friday in Ormond Beach. As of Monday morning, the fire was 85 percent contained, officials said.
Fire officials said flames came dangerously close to homes on Arabian, Lipizzan, Warden, Baha and Durrance trails, but none was burned.
The evacuation notice was lifted Sunday evening.
Fire crews from Volusia and Flagler counties, the Florida Forest Service, and every city fire department in Volusia County helped battle the blaze.
The cause of the Volusia fire also remains under investigation.
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Celebrity Halloween Costumes
Inspire your creative process for Halloween this year by checking out these pictures of celebrity Halloween costumes! Just like us, singers like Miley Cyrus, the Wanted, Adam Lambert and Beyonce enjoy dressing up in Halloween costumes on Oct. 31, with their getups ranging from scary vampires to insanely hot super heroes.
When it comes to Halloween costumes, celebrities usually do things right, since they have a team of makeup artists, hair stylists and wardrobe people to help them out. Miley looks so spooky in her Day of the Dead-inspired makeup, while the Wanted's Max George, Tom Parker and Jay McGuiness look seriously amazing as the Joker, Leatherface and a Na'vi from 'Avatar.' We also love Adam Lambert's simple yet terrifying vampire Halloween costume, while Beyonce makes for one fine Spiderman — er, Spiderwoman.
Some other noteworthy celebrity Halloween costumes are LMFAO as wrestlers Randy 'Macho Man' Savage and Hulk Hogan, Rob Thomas as a Baseball Fury gang member from 'The Warriors,' Lance Bass as 'Wilfred,' Keri Hilson as Big Bird and Hayley Williams and her friend as Jane and Jack from 'A Nightmare Before Christmas.' Also, Joe Jonas is pretty much the perfect Jack Sparrow, and Chris Brown's green man suit required a censor bar due to some "package" problems, if you get what we're saying.
Check out these awesome pictures of celebrity Halloween costumes, including the 'Glee' cast as 'Rugrats,' Big Time Rush as some classic horror figures, and Demi Lovato as a sexy pirate! Which celebrity has the best Halloween costume? Leave a comment below!
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Beyonce + Katy Perry
The Wanted + Zayn Malik of One Direction
The Wanted
Diddy, Mariah Carey + Nick Cannon
Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon + Dem Babies
Pink, LMFAO + Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty
Lance Bass of 'N Sync, Mandy Moore + Jordin Sparks
Keri Hilson, Brandy With Her Daughter + Ciara
Joe Jonas
Hayley Williams of Paramore
The Cast of 'Glee'
Fergie + Diddy
Adam Levine
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First Library
Those who love libraries as much as we do will be pleased to know that there's a mini-zine fair at Manly Library this Saturday in conjunction with the Manly Arts Festival. There will also be a free zine workshop with Vanessa Berry. Call the library for details. We'll be there too!
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If that wasn't enough, Black Rose have kindly agreed to share a selection of their amazing zine library with those coming to the Snapdragon Zine Fair. I wonder how many folks who make zines are already aware of Black Rose? Well, if you don't know, the various incarnations of the Black Rose collective have been operating a volunteer run library for over 25 years. During this time they have amassed what is probably one of Australia's largest accessible zine collections. If you have an interest in zines and want to learn more about them you should come and say hello on Sunday.


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The striker or winger, 19, has joined from Ryman Southern League side Dulwich Hamlet and has been handed a deal until the end of the 2013/14 season.
"He's a young lad that was recommended to us and has trained with us for the last couple of weeks," Hull manager Steve Bruce told the club's official website.
"He's done so well that we've given him a pro contract for this season and next. He's one of those that is refreshing to see.
"He's been a breath of fresh air and who knows, we might just have unearthed a little gem."
The youngster turned in a couple of impressive displays for the Tigers' reserve side while on trial and will now work with coach Stephen Clemence in the development squad.


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Zawia is a periodical, English and Arabic publication and collaborative events on architecture, design & urbanism. The first volume Zawia#00:Change is out now! It features contributions from Saskia Sassen, Stefano Boeri, Joseph Grima, WAI architecture think tank, Carlo Ratti, Markus... View full entry
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OTTAWA – A national inquiry looking into solving the epidemic of violence against aboriginal women would be up and running within 100 days of an NDP government taking office, leader Tom Mulcair said Wednesday.
"This is a national shame," he said. "It's a tragedy."
Mulcair said the statistics are alarming to him when aboriginal women make up four per cent of the female population in Canada but account for 16 per cent of the murders.
"If 1,200 women were murdered or were missing in a city like Ottawa, do you think we'd need the United Nations to tell us to have an inquiry? It would have been held a long time ago."
Mulcair had choice words for Prime Minister Stephen Harper who last week dismissed renewed calls for an inquiry saying the death of a 15-year-old aboriginal teenager in Winnipeg was a crime for the cops to solve, not evidence of a social phenomenon worthy of further study.
"Mr. Harper callously claims these brutal acts should not be seen as a social phenomenon," Mulcair said, in a news conference from the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. "It ignores the fact this violence is indeed systemic."
Mulcair said all the previous studies and reports that have been done have been just a "patchwork" that do not give the whole picture. Indeed, he said, the existence of those very reports, shows why it's necessary to have a national inquiry to look at the entire picture.
"No one has done all the work to determine the root causes," said Mulcair.
Pressure for a national inquiry was reborn in the wake of the murder of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine, whose body was pulled from the Red River Aug. 17, just four weeks after she had been placed into foster care in Winnipeg.
Premiers are meeting with aboriginal leaders in Charlottetown, PEI today in part to try and hash out how an inquiry might proceed. However Mulcair said the premiers can't do it on their own. The premiers called for a national inquiry last summer and several repeated that call going into the meeting including Manitoba's Greg Selinger, Ontario's Kathleen Wynne and Saskatchewan's Brad Wall.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said three days ago Harper was "out of touch with Canadians" and on the "wrong side of history" by refusing to launch an inquiry.
In May, an RCMP report showed 1,181 aboriginal women were murdered or went missing between 1980 and 2012, including 196 in Manitoba.
Although the roar in favour of an inquiry is loud, Harper is not alone in his opposition to calling one. On Tuesday the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police said a national inquiry would only delay actual action to address the underlying issues which make aboriginal women vulnerable to violence. The RCMP report showed aboriginal women are three times as likely as non-aboriginal women to be victims of violence. Saskatoon Police Chief Clive Weighill said it's known what the issues are – poverty, poor housing, racism among them – and it's time to get on with dealing with them.


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Guess My HouseLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
Mac's new house number has three digits. When she challenged her friends to guess it, they tried: 135, 780, 785, and 732.
"That's amazing," Mac said. "You've each guessed exactly one digit correctly and in its right place!"
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HintThe fact that three guesses began with a 7 will give you a good start.
The first digit must be 1 or 7. It can't be 7 as only one digit is correct in each guess. So it's 1.
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Are you one of the 51 percent who is at least somewhat confident that you'll have enough money to retire comfortably? Or are you among the 49 percent who either don't feel confident or don't have a clue how you'll get by when you aren't working?
The Employee Benefit Research Institute, or EBRI, released its annual retirement confidence survey today, reporting that not much has changed since the Great Recession began in 2008. About half of workers feel their retirement planning is going OK and the other half are nervous.
To be precise:
- Very confident: 13 percent.
- Somewhat confident: 38 percent
- Not too confident: 21 percent
- Not at all confident: 28 percent
The number of people who say they are not at all confident is at its highest level in the last 23 years -- since EBRI started asking this question. Why is that, since the economy appears to be on the mend? "I think more people have a better understanding of where they are. I think the slippage has more to do with more realism on the part of those who aren't prepared," says Jack VanDerhei, EBRI's research director.
People may be more aware, but they aren't rushing to save more or to even to figure out how much they should be saving. The percentage of people who have saved anything for retirement fell to 66 percent from 75 percent in 2009. Of spouses, some 54 percent say neither they nor their spouse has tried to calculate what it would take for them to retire.
If you look more closely at these numbers, it's clear that the people who have the most trouble saving are those who don't make much money. Only 24 percent of workers with household incomes under $35,000 are saving for retirement. Of those earning between $35,000 and $75,000, 76 percent are saving. And among those earning more than $75,000, 94 percent are saving. And the rest must have a rich uncle.
EBRI asked people why they weren't saving, and a total of 59 percent answered that either their household expenses were too high or that they simply couldn't afford to save.
People who aren't saving do have a plan: 26 percent say they are going to work at least until age 70. But as Mathew Greenwald, president of Greenwald & Associates, which conducted the survey, points out, "These plans can be considered risky. The risk is that people won't be able to work for reasons beyond their control."
The survey found that 47 percent of current retirees say they were forced to retire before they wanted to -- mostly because they were laid off or had poor health.
Retirement planning isn't getting any easier, but it can be done. EBRI asked workers what they could do to save $25 a week and the most common answer was, "Give up eating a meal or two out." So, if you take the $25 that you're not spending on a hamburger and fries and invest it weekly for 35 years, and the money earns an average of 6 percent interest, by the time you're ready to retire, you'll have $154,542.
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"Planned Parenthood will ensure that sexuality is understood as an essential, lifelong aspect of being human, and that it is celebrated with respect, openness and mutuality."
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Planned Parenthood of the Heartland's (PPHeartland) Education and Resource Center's (ERC) offer age-appropriate and research-based programs in reproductive health, human development and sexuality education for youth and adults in a variety of settings.
The ERCs are also proud to have Iowa and Nebraska's most comprehensive collection of sexuality education materials in each of our three libraries located in Des Moines, Lincoln, and Omaha. Looking for a book, a video or a pamphlet? The ERC is the best place to find anything you may need to know about sexuality.
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Guilty plea coming for Christmas Day murder?
A Surrey man charged in connection with the convenience store killing of 27-year-old Alok Gupta on Christmas Day 2011 is expected to plead guilty.
Court records indicate William Andrew Whiteside, who was charged last July with several offences, including second-degree murder, intends to enter a plea in April in Surrey Provincial Court. It's uncertain which charge(s) he will plead guilty to.
Gupta, a business student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, was covering a shift at Ken's Grocery near 96 Avenue and 117 Street when he was shot in what police believe was a botched robbery.
Police said Gupta was here on a student visa and was not involved in any sort of criminal activity.
The killing was not targeted, said police, and Gupta was "simply in the wrong place at the wrong time."
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IF Scott Quigg's master plan comes off he will be a world champion by the end of 2013.
That's the aim for the Bury boxer, who is preparing to go back into the ring next month to defend his British super bantamweight title.
The 23-year-old fighter – who trains at Amir Khan's Gloves gym in Bolton – is taking on Jamie Arthur, aged 31, at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday, February 4. It is the first fight in a year that Quigg hopes will go a long way to shaping his destiny.
"This year is about proving that I'm the best in Britain and going on to becoming a European champion,"
said Quigg.
"By early 2013, I would like to be on the verge of fighting for a world title and be ready for it."
After 23 wins in 23 fights, including 16 knockouts, Quigg is experienced enough to know that he cannot afford to lose his focus ahead of the Arthur fight, but there is no doubt he has bigger fish to fry.
European champion Kiko Martinez is firmly in his sights, although the Bury boxer would be more than happy to take on Ireland's Carl Frampton as well as he bids to underline his dominance of the British Isles.
"I hope in 2012 to get the experience I need for a world- title shot in 2013," said Quigg.
"I will have to take on some very tough fighters to prove I have got enough to be there.
Martinez is the next match-up I'm gunning for."
A busy undercard includes Beijing Olympian Joe Murray's match-up with fellow unbeaten hopeful Chris Male for the vacant English featherweight title.
Boxing starts at 6.15pm and tickets priced from £35 are available by calling 01925 755 222, Ticketmaster 0844 847 2500, Ticketline 0844 888 9991 or online at www.hattonboxing.com


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Each year we make important contributions to a variety of global events as a trusted partner and representative for our members.
We dedicated this part of our website to help you research important documents presented at some of the worlds most important events when it comes to the global future of the Internet.
You can find more information in our issues section, but if you have any questions during your research, don't hesitate to contact us.