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Chesapeake Executive Council names Maryland governor new chair
Gov. Martin O'Malley was commended for his restoration work at the 2013 Executive Council meeting.
by Catherine Krikstan
December 12, 2013
The Chesapeake Executive Council named Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley its new chair at its annual meeting, held this morning at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.
The Chesapeake Executive Council was established in 1983, and is responsible for guiding the Chesapeake Bay Program's policy agenda and setting conservation and restoration goals. O'Malley served two consecutive terms as chair in 2007 and 2008, and accepted this morning's transfer of leadership from District of Columbia Mayor Vincent C. Gray, who became chair in July 2012.
At a public press conference, O'Malley promised to lead the Bay Program and its partners into a new era of progress and accountability, which he hopes will include the signing of a new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The agreement, now in its draft form, will be the fourth of its kind and will set a series of goals and outcomes that will guide restoration across the watershed.
"I thank my fellow council members for the opportunity to once again take the helm of this partnership, and to help get a new Bay agreement signed, sealed and delivered to the 18 million souls who call the Chesapeake's watershed home," O'Malley said in a media release.
A longtime champion of the Bay, O'Malley has during his career developed an innovative restoration tracking tool, undertaken the largest oyster restoration project of its kind and spearheaded Maryland's efforts to meet its milestones under the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load, or "pollution diet."
Former Chesapeake Executive Council chair Gray was also commended for his environmental initiatives, including his government-led plan to make the District of Columbia the healthiest, greenest and most livable city in the United States.


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RIOS, F.G. et al. Effect of breed on performance and carcass characteristics of Mexican hair sheep. S. Afr. j. anim. sci. [online]. 2011, vol.41, n.3, pp.275-279. ISSN 2221-4062.
To determine the effect of breed on growth performance and carcass characteristics in Mexican hair sheep, 48 lambs (average 38.9 ± 1.56 kg body weight, BW) were used in a completely randomized experimental design. The breed types assessed were 16 Pelibuey (PB), 16 Pelibuey x Katahdin (PB-KT) crossbred and 16 Pelibuey x Dorper (PB-DP) crossbred lambs. The lambs were fed a maize grain-based diet (88% concentrate and 12% forage) containing 155 g CP and 12.13 MJ ME/kg DM. The growth performance trial lasted 45 days. The average daily gain was significantly higher for the PB breed than for the PB-KT and PB-DP cross-breds. Feed intake in the PB and PB-KT was significantly higher than in the PB-DP. The feed conversion ratio was lower for the PB than for PB-KT and PB-DP lambs. Hot carcass dressing and leg perimeters were significantly lower for the PB than for the PB-DP lambs, and similar to that of the PB-KT lambs. The lowest dorsal fat values were measured in the PB breed, compared with both the PB-KT and PB-DP cross-breds. Mesenteric fat (as % of BW) in the PB was significantly higher than in PB-KT and PB-DP lambs. Empty rumen and small intestine weights (as % of BW) in the PB lambs were significantly higher than in the PB-DP lambs, but their large intestine was significantly smaller than in the other two breeds. It was concluded that the PB lambs have a better growth performance and carcass characteristics than the PB-DM lambs, but similar to that of the PB-KT lambs.
Palavras-chave : Dressing percentage; longissimus dorsi; organ weights; lambs; Pelibuey; Katahdin; Dorper.


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I've just been in M & S looking at the Sony ereader. I have a Kindle, but was looking at the Sony as a possible Christmas present for a family member (forward planning!) - thinking they might prefer the touch screen. My main question was - can you download kindle books from Amazon onto the Sony. The salesman was insistent that you can, but browsing the internet I'm not so sure, and I notice that the Sony is not included in the forum section about Kindle on other platforms. Anyone know the facts, please?
I am afraid the answer is no Daphne as they are different formats - shame on M & S !!!
RE: Kindle books on Sony ereader - confused?
Wait for others to reply though as they will be more technical than me
I think the majority come from Waterstones but they can also download the free stuff in a different format to us (I think !!)
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Oh, I see you are an author Daphne - I will have a toot at your book
I spent some time this morning looking at new televisions for a friend. Inevitable I was drawn to examine sony ereaders (no, not switching, just Kindle-obsessive). When I asked about where sony ereader users could get books from I was told Waterstones online (as mentioned above) and also that it was now possible to buy Kindle books from Amazon as they would reformat them for Sony. Is this true?
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Seems very unlikely to me. But, many different stores now sell though Amazon. So some of then could be offering other e-book formats. Certainly NOTHING like as easy as the Kindle experience.
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This post was last modified: 09 Feb 2011 10:37 PM by TheKindleWorm.Sony ebooks can be bought from Waterstones and WHSmiths online - I know because I used to have a Sony Reader.
Both Waterstones and WHSmith are dreadful ebook stores IMO compared with Amazon. Waterstones can be very expensive, the selection is no where near as good as Amazon and searching for ebooks can be slow and buggy especially in WHSmiths.
That said WHSmiths do sometimes have some good ebook sales and promos.
And no you can't read Amazon ebooks on a Sony - not without converting the ebook into a different file format and also stripping off the DRM protection which can have moral/legal implications. The majority of readers are not going to do this.
Sony readers like ePub files and, again, without converting etc, you can't read those on a Kindle either.
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Hi Daphne, I have a Sony ereader and have found the selection of books from Waterstones and W.H.Smiths to be poor compared to Amazon. In fact, I used to get most of my ebooks from U.S based websites. (I bought the Kindle because the Sony has ceased to function). I must admit that I have found the Kindle to be easier to use and I am very impressed with the selection and cost of books on Amazon compared to the other sellers already mentioned.
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Hope this helps, Mike
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This post was last modified: 10 Feb 2011 11:32 AM by Daphne.Very helpful to hear from those of you who have experienced the Sony ereader. I must say that having read your comments I like my Kindle more than ever - but I do wonder if some of those who buy the Sony ereader are surprised/ disappointed to find that they can't access the vast Amazon Kindle bookshop, especially when advice in shops can be misleading.
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Naughty Dog has rarely been generic. On the PSOne, Crash Bandicoot was jaunty and refreshing; Jak and Daxter brought the same qualities to the PS2, resulting in two successful sequels. But looking back, we really should have seen the kart coming. Naughty Dog took Crash to the track at the first opportunity; could we really have expected action star Jak to avoid the driver's seat forever?
So here's Jak X: Combat Racing, the fourth Jak release and the third game in which vehicles play a primary role. Make that the primary role; though Jak X uses cutscenes to tell a story with all the humor and intrigue we've come to expect from the series, all the platforming and third-person action elements have been stripped out. It's like someone left Jak 3 parked on the wrong street, and this was all that was left the next morning.
Luckily, the resultant hoopty still has enough gas to cross the finish line, proving that a healthy love for guns and cars can often overcome generally bad ideas. But it's another thing to fall back on your old mini-games, which is what Naughty Dog is really doing, and when it's all said and done, the only thing here that makes Jak X any better than the racing levels in the last game is its multiplayer.
We join Jak and Daxter shortly after the events of Jak 3. Together with a few other mercs, the duo is coerced (via secret poison) to compete in a combat racing tournament. The single-player game follows the story through twenty-four tracks, several arenas and many different races, most of which must be unlocked.
Variants include standard Circuit races, Turbo Dash (the fastest race, with points for earned extra boost), a Deathmatch race, free-roaming Arenas and Freeze Rally, in which players pick up tokens to stop the game clock in order to cross the line within a short time limit. Some of the race types feel newer than others, depending upon each player's experience with kart racers. But fans of the series will find little difference from the races in Jak 3; dedicating the game to racing hasn't made the cars better or more exciting, nor the engine more speedy.
Perhaps as a distraction, all races feature weapons, some of which are powerful enough to blow away great racing performance in a single shot. Leaving all opponents in the dust only to be taken out with a cheap shot is incredibly frustrating.
The antidote for that cheap shot is a clutch of defensive weapons, which are liberally sprinkled about each track. Not only can they take down unsuspecting enemies who might be catching up, they can often be deployed as a decoy to distract incoming fire. There may or may no be enough warning to accomplish this, however, and since only one can be carried at a time, players will rarely be able to stop a volley of unexpected shots.
Powerful weapons are made more so by the light weight of the game's vehicles. Cars get spun around like a Senate committee finding. In general, Jak X doesn't maneuver like an advanced racer. Spinning out is just a part of the game; sometimes it can be called powersliding, while at other times it happens when you're trying to escape another racer, taking a corner, or just rolling up the window.
Winning races results in medals and points, which unlock a bevy of extra stuff. There are new cars, parts for each auto, helmets and gear and eventually movies and 'bloopers'. Old Jak and Ratchet: Deadlocked saves bring on new racers as well. But with so many of the game's twenty-four tracks looking alike and little variation in the shoot and drive mechanic, the question is whether or not players will be determined enough to ferret out all the unlockables.
Jak X gets better when you stick more humans in the driver's seat(s). In offline split screen or online multiplayer (for up to six), the game performs well, and the unpredictable human element saves the otherwise generic gameplay. At that point, the decision between Jak X and the legion of competing racers comes down to a preference for the series' particular visual appeal.
Naughty Dog has generally taken care of that angle, at least. These races are smooth and largely free of the framerate and aliasing issues that plague many PS2 racers. In progressive scan mode, it's downright pretty. But more variation in the vehicles and a less drab palette would have pushed it up into Ratchet territory. At least we can enjoy the few free-ranging (and very hilly) arenas and the longer, twisting tracks.
After three games packed with at least twenty hours of consistently engaging platforming, action and driving, it's difficult to see Jak X as anything but an odd diversion. Even taken within the context of combat racers (as the title requests) there's little to make it stand out. Longtime fans may well get a kick out of the proceedings, if only for Daxter's banter, but racing enthusiasts are advised to proceed with caution.


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Tables were set on the deck ready for tea to be served, the trees decked with fabric pennants and a picnic cloth with play tea set to welcome young guests!
Napkins folded and balloons blown.
Tea cart set with favors of floral pencils and tags.
Each table was set with a floral cloth and lace overlay, tea cup and plate, floral napkin, flowers in mason jars, platter with milk and sugar cubes and a tiered tea treat stand.
Each tiered Tea Treat stand held tea sandwiches, scones with cream and assorted mini pastries. Yum!
Lots of guests enjoying the party - playing tea party, chatting, enjoying treats, and playing "Pass the Parcel".


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This chapter describes how to use the Graph Wizard to create a graph that enables managers to view the salaries of the employees, and where each employee's compensation rate falls within a specific department, as shown in Figure 6-1.
If you already know how to use the Graph Wizard, refer to Appendix A, "Entries for the Graph Wizard"for a quick reference guide.
Figure 6-1 Adding a Graph to a JSP-based Web Report
To open the Web source in Reports Builder
In the Object Navigator, make sure that the
your initials
.jsp file is open.
If you have not already created your own JSP-based Web report, open the file that we have provided, named
In the Object Navigator, under the report name, double-click the Web Source icon to display the source code in the Web Source view.
In the Web Source view, choose Edit > Find and Replace to find and delete the following text:
Replace this text with the Graph in Chapter 6 of the Tutorial.
In this section, you will use the Graph Wizard to insert the JSP and XML code for the graph into the Web page for your Web report. The steps show you how to choose the type of graph you want, and the definitions of the X and Y axes. Note that you will base the graph on the query you created in Section 2.2, "Using the Data Wizard to Add Data to a Sample Web Page".
If you already know how to use the Graph Wizard, refer to Appendix A, "Quick Reference Guide" for the entries in the Graph Wizard.
Make sure your cursor is where you deleted the text, and choose Insert > Graph to display the Graph Wizard.
Figure 6-2 Inserting a Graph into your Web Source
If the Welcome page displays, click Next.
On the next page of the Graph Wizard, you can choose from a variety of graph styles. For our simple report, let us choose a Bar graph.
In the Graph Wizard, ensure that the default graph type (Bar) is selected, then click Next.
Move EMPLOYEE_ID to the X-Axis Categories list, then click Next.
Move SALARY to the Y-Axis Data list, then click Next.
On the Layout page, click and drag the EMPLOYEE_ID field from the Groups field to the Bars field, then click Next.
On the Graph Titles page, select Show Title, and in the first field, type
Employees by Salary, then click Next.
Ensure that Show Legend is selected.
From the Location list, choose Right, then click Next.
In the Show X-Axis title field, type
Employees, then click Next.
Show X-Axis Title is automatically selected when you type text into the field.
In the Show Y1-Axis title field, type
Salaries, then click Next.
At the bottom of the page in the Graph Wizard, click Row 1 Color and choose a different color, for example dark pink.
Choose other colors for the other rows, if required.
Click Finish.
If you click Next instead of Finish, you will notice that there is another page in the Graph Wizard where you can add hyperlinks to your graph. Since we are not using graph hyperlinks in this tutorial, you can click Finish. If you would like to learn more about using the Graph Wizard and graph hyperlinks, visit Getting Started with Oracle Reports and navigate to the Examples page. Here, you can view an example on using graph hyperlinks.
Click the Run Web Layout button in the toolbar to preview the report in your Web browser.
If Netscape 7.0 is your default browser, and the browser does not display, set the registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\Software\Oracle\Toolkit\Tkbrowser to the default browser location. Ensure that the
BrowserName and the
BrowserPath keys reflect the correct values. For example:
BrowserName=Netscape 7;
BrowserPath=C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape\Netscp.exe.
The report should look like Figure 6-3.
Figure 6-3 JSP-based Web Report with Graph
Saving your report with a different filename enables you to compare your results with the results that we have provided with the tutorial. This way, you can also roll back to the results of a previous chapter, if necessary.
Choose File > Save As.
In the Save dialog box, change the name to
your initials
.jsp and click Save.
Congratulations! You have added a graph to a JSP-based Web report. You now know how to use the Graph Wizard to design and add a graph to a Web report.
To review your results, continue to Chapter 7, "Reviewing the Source Code for the Graph".
For information on adding a JSP parameter form to this Web report, refer to the Oracle Reports Building Reports manual. For information on deploying this report to the Web, refer to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Publishing Reports to the Web with Oracle Reports Services manual.


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The countless army and security checkpoints in and around the Syrian capital had turned his 30-minute commute into a three-hour ordeal.
But Bilal failed to show up by the end of the day.
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The next day, his wife told his colleagues that the journalist and television director had been arrested at a checkpoint manned by the feared Syrian Air Force Intelligence at the entrance of Moadamiyeh, on the outskirts of Damascus.
She pled with the station to help secure her husband's release.
Bilal is just one of the Syrian journalists currently missing or detained in the country. "At least 52 journalists have been killed covering the Syrian conflict. Local journalists have paid the greatest price for reporting on the conflict, with Syrians comprising 90 percent of the journalists killed so far," Jason Stern, research assistant for Middle East and North Africa at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), said in an email.
"Meanwhile, the risk of abductions in Syria has never been higher. CPJ has publicly reported on at least 14 local and international journalists currently missing in Syria."
Bilal's station belongs to to a Palestinian faction with close ties to President Bashar al-Assad's government.
His anti-regime appearances on Arab and Western television and his blunt assertions about government oppression were unheard of during the first months of the revolt. He dared to speak publicly before the Free Syrian Army liberated certain areas of the capital, before activists could reveal themselves to the world without fear of arrest. He had reported from the early days on protestors facing live ammunition from the security apparatus.
When the revolution gained momentum, Bilal was part of a group that believed peaceful protests played an essential role in the revolution. This group was best known for its leader, Ghaith Matar, who was killed while being tortured, three days after his arrest by the Air Force Intelligence unit.
Bilal studied journalism at the University of Damascus, where he fell in love with a Palestinian student. They married and moved into in a small house in Moadamiyeh, where they had their two children.
Bilal's last Facebook post before he was arrested talked about the benefits of a peaceful revolution and the dangers of taking up arms, as well as the consequences of violent retaliation.
Activists have accused the Assad regime of targeting the leaders of the revolution's civil movement in order to eliminate figures calling for peaceful protests, and to allow for the militarization of the revolution.
The Damascus office of the International Committee of the Red Cross, which files formal missing persons requests with the Syrian government, has received 1,000 such requests this year from relatives of those presumed detained or missing. It said the number had increased from last year. Many of the missing are, like Bilal and Ghaith, journalists and activists who speak out against the regime.
Bilal remains in detention, now in Damascus' notorious Sidnaya Prison. His health has deteriorated after a year of detention by the Air Force Intelligence Unit, by whom family sources said he was tortured.
Bilal "suffers from many illnesses in this prison, which is home to military men and political prisoners who opposed the Assad regime," they said. "No group has shown any interest in Bilal's case."
The sources said that a number of activists were arrested before and after Bilal, and that the government was forced to release them due to pressure from embassies and respected human-rights organizations.
This article was translated from Arabic by Naziha Baassiri.


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Muppet Puppet Books are a book series published from 1996 to 1998, featuring two new Muppet monsters, Fred and Lizzy Lou. The characters were designed by longtime Muppet designer Rollie Krewson.
The first book, Go to Bed, Fred, was published by Workman Publishing in 1996. The book was packaged with a Fred puppet. This was followed in 1997 by Peek-a-boo, Lizzy Lou!, which came with a Lizzy Lou puppet.
Six more books were published by Random House in 1998, with three for each character -- a Jellybean Books storybook, a Chunky Flap Book, and a Color & Activity Fun book. The series didn't take off as a spin-off, and ended quietly.
All eight books were illustrated by Lauren Attinello, who also wrote the Lizzy Lou books. Alison Inches wrote the first Fred book, Go to Bed, Fred, and Janelle Cherrington wrote It's Your Bed, Fred and Where's Your Bear, Fred?
The Jim Henson Company tried to launch another book series with new Muppet characters, Jim Henson's Scary Scary Monsters, in 1998 and 1999. This series also fizzled out after six books.


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In Our Community Corner: Meet Devany Lister Aley (aka: MissMochi)
Each week we talk to a member of the Serious Eats community. This week we chatted with Devany Lister Aley (Miss Mochi who lives in Orange County and believes in how awesome its food is.
Name: Devany Lister Aley
Location: Orange County, California
Occupation: Veterinary Technician and Student
Website: missmochi.blogspot.com
Do you work in the food industry?
Nope! I actually wrestle puppies for a living—failing to convince them I'm actually trying to help.
What is one of your earliest food memories?
Sharing mochi with my next door neighbors as a kid. I got confused, because when I asked what to call them, my grandmother told me they were "rice cakes." She was trying to explain what they were, not what they were called. American rice cakes are dry, flaky discs. Mochi is completely different, so I was totally stumped as to why these foods were called the same thing. That is, until my grandmother explained that it was a Japanese dish called mochi, which are little cakes made from pounded rice. Mind = Blown. I'm part Japanese-American, so I ate a lot of food from Japan growing up.
What is the most memorable bite of food you've ever eaten, can you describe it?
A big bite of perfectly ripe peach, plucked off the tree in my parent's orchard, still warm from the sun. It tastes like glorious summer and sunshine.
When people come to visit Orange County, where do recommend they eat/take them to eat?
Cynical people love to say that Orange County is a cultural wasteland, but I beg to differ. Diamond Jamboree in Irvine is chock full of amazing Asian-American eats. Many of my friends have been dragged into panaderias and Mexican markets like La Reina for feeding my pan dulce obsession. If my compatriots are feeling adventurous, I drag them up to Los Angeles for an L.A. street dog exhibition in the fashion district, followed by a great dinner at Phillipe's or somewhere in Little Tokyo. And everyone needs to try In-n-Out or carne asada fries from Albertos at least once.
When you leave Orange County where will your last meal be?
I would have to say In-n-Out—bringing burgers and fries over to my grandparents' place, because I always enjoy them more sharing them with my grandfather who has great taste in cheap eats. My grandmother secretly enjoys them, but grumbles about horrible fast food and feeds half of it to my dog, so everyone is happy.
What is your favorite region/city/country to eat at?
Hawaii! I'm all about American meets Japanese. I once got over a pound of saki-ika (dried squid) from Costco for pennies. It came in a round, plastic jar that resembled a fish bowl! We carried it everywhere, nicknamed it the "Squid Ball," and included it in all the family photos. Plus, Hawaiians love SPAM, and that's a good thing.
Is there something that you've eaten recently that you can't stop thinking about?
The beef dukboki from Mochilato. It's funny to order a Korean entree from a place that primarily peddles ice cream mochi, but the dish is delicious. Instead of the fiery gochujang-laced version you usually see, this is made with a sweet-salty soy based sauce, with bits of beef, napa cabbage, and fried bean curd. I made my mother try it and and she came to the same conclusion I did: it's like Kraft Mac N' Cheese for the hapa kids.
Will you tell us about what you love to cook most?
I love comfort food, whether that is biscuits and sausage gravy or a quick donburi bowl. I also love food with a personal history, something that evokes a memory of a fun time.
Is there a special dish that you would consider your signature?
Mochi is definitely my signature food, and my favorite thing to give away to friends for holidays.
What is your guiltiest pleasure?
I'm a bit of an unapologetic fatty hedonist, so I think 90% of what I eat could be considered guilty by most parties. But I do have a well-documented obsession with canned meats, like SPAM and Hormel hash, which could be deal-breaking for some unenlightened individuals!
Is there anything you hate eating?
Brussel sprouts. People keep saying that I just need to try them a certain way, but every way I've tried they have been gross. I'm also not a fan of most meat unless it's ground up or in thin slices. You can give me a bite of the best filet mignon or prime rib you can find and I probably won't spit it out, but I am still way more interested in swiping your baked potato.
What would your last bite be?
This is such a morbid question! I just hope it's something dignified and delicious. I'd hate someone to find me keeled over a Little Caesar's pizza, congealed cheese and ranch dressing all over my face. If I were planning these things, it would be my mother's Thanksgiving dressing made with mulled wine and chestnuts. I love it, but when I tried to get her recipe for my blog it was in typical Japanese-American mom fashion where she just starts throwing ingredients at a bowl until she's satisfied. When she told me it had the right smell and she knows it was perfect, I gave up.
If you could eat or cook a meal with anyone who would it be and why?
My boyfriend, affectionately nicknamed "Mr. Mochi," and my brother, who doesn't have a cute mochified nickname yet. Perhaps "The Bro-chi?" I have the most fun trying new recipes, hunting down ingredients, and exploring new menus with them. They're both always down to try something new and a little off-the-wall.
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Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Holcroft Covenant
"Pleases and seduces . . . [Robert] Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined. . . . I sprained my wrist turning his pages and didn't notice until an hour later."—John Leonard, The New York Times
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Guavafitness necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 50 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Inner Fit Studios http://www.innerfitstudios.com
Inner Fit Studios is a privately owned fitness studio. We specialize in weight loss boot camps and fitness education. We are a welcoming facility where new exercisers feel at home and comfortable from the time they are greeted with a smile throughout their fitness journey. Our colors are dill pickle green (benjamin moore) and the color is constantly complimented. We are a calming yet energizing facility where friendship, compassion, motiviation and encouragement are what we pride ourselves on. It is a place where huge success stories are made from and there is a sense of community.
Females between the ages of 25-55 who are looking to lose weight, feel better about themselves and elminiate the physical and emotional burden that extra weight places on them. Our clients are often intimidated by large gyms so they literally fall in love with the studio because it becomes a place they look forward to coming to.
Important - we are looking to brand the weight loss boot camps too. our boot camps are not your typical outdoor workout, they are indoor, fun and motivating. there is no yelling or focusing on the negative. it is all positive in our facility. a proper logo is important and then branding down the road will be the next project for the winning designer.
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Hello, I just joined this group today. I have a ~four year old dog, Henry, purportedly Collie/Shepherd. Almost solid black. Looks like Wolf X Belgian Groenendael, stands 7.2hh (30 inches) at withers. He was only potty trained when I rescued him at age 2-ish. He has a huge personality, vast sense of humor, lots of self confidence, is affectionate, is vocal - always makes a try for the last word, what appears to be a sense of entitlement, and he is impressively stubborn. I love Henry very much, and have done some work with him since I rescued him a couple years ago. I started with eliminating begging from his behavior. Interesting endeavor, that...but successful. Eye contact alone deters him from begging food now. Have taught him some basics: sit/sientate; "with me/conmigo (heel);" "achtung (pay attention to me);" "wait/espere (stay)," and down. Also working on "get around," meaning that I want him to go to my left side and sit. He resists this one, so I need a little help with it. My method has been quiet: give command, physically aid Henry complete command when it's first time, praise. Once command is learned, command is given. No response, command given stronger (verbal). Unsatisfactory response, he gets no reward. We try again later and eventually he earns the reward, usually. I'm absolutely positively not a pro. I just kinda go with my gut, use horse training methods, and recollect what dog training I have learned. Also regarding training collars. I have found that a lariat (lasso) seems to be effective as the hard material, which I think is generally rawhide, constricts easily and quickly, but also releases quickly and easily. Hard to ignore. Please kindly critique me and share your experiences/tips/tricks regarding training the adult GSD with huge personality. I swear he's conceited! :help:


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I don't know about you, but where I live in Colorado it's already gotten cold enough at night to warrant turning on the furnace. At least some people in this house think so. 😉
Every year I try to resist turning on the heat for as long as possible. You can often hear me staying things like, "Put on a sweater!" or "Wear your wool socks," but between trying to motivate my kids to get dressed in the morning when it's freezing in the house and the fact that we had a super-wowee uber energy efficient furnace installed this summer (not to mention listening to my husband complain that I won't win any award for refusing to turn on the heat), I caved and turned it on about two weeks ago.
It's funny because one thing I liked to complain about as a kid was how cold my Dad kept our house. I was always trying to nudge the thermostat up a degree or two and hoping he wouldn't notice. You'd think now that I'm an adult, I'd keep my house as warm as a sauna, but nope. Although my Dad was likely keeping the temperature down to save money, I'm doing it both to save money AND because it's more energy efficient.
Every year Deanna, AKA the Crunchy Chicken, challenges her readers to a Freeze Yer Buns Challenge. This year is no different. A lot of people are pledging to turn down their thermostat — from a degree or two to 10 or more! A few years ago, I wrote about how we inadvertently took part in the challenge and now I challenge myself and my family every year.
One of the many Acts of Green on One Million Acts of Green is Set Your Thermostat to 18C (65F) or Less in the Winter. I haven't been able to go that low in my house (at least not during the day) yet, but every degree you can drop truly makes a difference. Per Crunchy Chicken's blog, "for each degree set below 68 degrees, energy consumption decreases by about 6 to 8 percent."
Can you pledge to lower your thermostat by a degree or two or even pledge to go down to 65 degrees (or less!)?
Head over to the Freeze Yer Buns Challenge or get signed up on One Million Acts of Green and pledge to make a difference. It all adds up!
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OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a standard specification defining a cross-language cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 2D and 3D computer graphics. The interface consists of over 250 different function calls which can be used to draw complex three-dimensional scenes from simple primitives. OpenGL was developed by Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) in 1992 and is widely used in CAD, virtual reality, scientific visualization, information visualization, and flight simulation. It is also used in video games. Now OpenGL is released as free software. From the press release:
As software developers the world over prepare to mark the 25th anniversary of the GNU System, Silicon Graphics, Inc. today announced it is releasing a new version of the SGI Free Software License B. The license, which now mirrors the free X11 license used by X.Org, further opens previously released SGI® graphics software that has set the industry standard for visualization software and has proven essential to GNU/Linux® and a host of applications.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson (born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, science communicator, Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and since 2006 host at PBS's educational television show NOVA scienceNOW.
- Yes, the universe had a beginning. Yes, the universe continues to evolve. And yes, every one of our body's atoms is traceable to the big bang and to the thermonuclear furnace within high-mass stars. We are not simply in the universe, we are part of it. We are born from it. One might even say we have been empowered by the universe to figure itself out — and we have only just begun.
- "The Greatest Story Ever Told". Natural History Magazine. March 1998. Retrieved on 2010-12-07.
- A few years ago I got a phone call from a marketing executive who wanted to light up the Moon with the logo of her company. She wanted to know how she might proceed. After slamming down the phone, I called her back and politely explained why it was a bad idea. Other corporate executives have asked me how to put into orbit mile-wide luminous banners with catchy slogans written across them, much like the skywriting or flag-dragging airplanes you see at sports events or over the ocean from a crowded beach. I always threaten to send the light police after them.
- "Let There Be Dark". Natural History Magazine. October 2002. Retrieved on 2018-24-03.
- No matter who you are, engaging in the quest to discover where and how things began tends to induce emotional fervor—as if knowing the beginning bestows upon you some form of fellowship with, or perhaps governance over, all that comes later. So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going.
- "In the Beginning". Natural History Magazine. September 2003. Retrieved on 2010-12-07.
- Cosmologists have plenty of ego — how can a person not be ego-driven when it's your job to deduce what brought the universe into existence? But without data, their explanations were just tall tales. In this modern era of cosmology, each new observation, each morsel of data wields a two-edged sword: it enables cosmology to thrive on the kind of foundation that so much of the rest of science enjoys, but it also constrains theories that people thought up when there wasn't enough data to say whether they were wrong or not. No science achieves maturity without it.
Let there be cosmology.
- "Let There Be Light". Natural History Magazine. October 2003. Retrieved on 2010-12-07.
- I don't want students who could make the next major breakthrough in renewable energy sources or space travel to have been taught that anything they don't understand, and that nobody yet understands, is divinely constructed and therefore beyond their intellectual capacity. The day that happens, Americans will just sit in awe of what we don't understand, while we watch the rest of the world boldly go where no mortal has gone before.
- "The Perimeter of Ignorance". Natural History Magazine. November 2005. Retrieved on 2010-12-07.
- I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos.
- That makes me want to grab people on the street and say, "have you heard this?"
- People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers.
- "Letter to the Editor". New York Times. December 21, 2006. Retrieved on 2010-12-07.
- During our brief stay on planet Earth, we owe ourselves and our descendants the opportunity to explore—in part because it's fun to do. But there's a far nobler reason. The day our knowledge of the cosmos ceases to expand, we risk regressing to the childish view that the universe figuratively and literally revolves around us. In that bleak world, arms-bearing, resource-hungry people and nations would be prone to act on their "low contracted prejudices." And that would be the last gasp of human enlightenment—until the rise of a visionary new culture that could once again embrace the cosmic perspective.
- "The Cosmic Perspective". Natural History Magazine. April 2007. Retrieved on 2010-12-07.
- George Bush, within a week of this [the 9/11 attacks], gave us a speech, attempting to distinguish 'we' from 'they' … and how does he do it?.... He says "Our god" — of course it's actually the same God — but that's a detail, lets hold that minor fact aside for the moment. Allah of the muslims is the same God as the God of the Old Testament so he says … "Our God is the God who named the stars" … Here's the problem with his comment … The problem is: two-thirds of all stars that have names, have Arabic names. I don't think he knew this. That would confound the point that he was making.
- After several sources questioned the veracity of this attribution to George Bush, Tyson acknowledged he was mistaken and posted an apology on Facebook 29 February 2014.
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- Marina Leight (May 21, 2009). Global Ideas from Pluto's Challenger. Retrieved on December 7, 2010.
- Knowing how things work is important, but I think that's an incomplete view of what science literacy is or, at least, should be. Science literacy is an outlook. It's more of a lens through which you observe what goes on around you.
- Creativity is seeing what everyone else sees, but then thinking a new thought that has never been thought before and expressing it somehow. It could be with art, a sculpture, music or even in science. The difference, however, between scientific creativity and any other kind of creativity, is that no matter how long you wait, no one else will ever compose "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" except for Beethoven. No matter what you do, no one else will paint Van Gogh's "Starry Night." Only Van Gogh could do that because it came from his creativity.
Whereas in science, you can't just make stuff up and presume that it is a proper account of nature. At the end of the day, you have to answer to nature. Since everyone has nature to answer to, your creativity is simply discovering something about the natural world that somebody else would have eventually discovered exactly the same way. They might have come through a different path, but they would have landed in the same place.
Even though we name theorems and equations after the people who discover them — Newton's laws of gravity, Kepler's laws of planetary motion — somebody else would have discovered them afterward. It's that simple. Your creativity is not a boundless creativity.
- Some of the most productive times in the histories of nations have been when they were badly stressed — economically, politically, culturally or socially. It's possible to be stressed to a point that more creativity is stimulated than would otherwise be the case. I think it is true that necessity is the mother of invention.
- If you ask adults how many teachers — out of the scores in elementary, middle school, high school, college and graduate school — made a singular impression on who and what they are, it's never more than three or four teachers. Everybody else is a distant second to this set.
When we finally create a cloning machine, we should clone those teachers. Maybe that's 100 years from now, but that's at the top of my list. Until that happens, the educational system has not fully understood the causes and effects of achievement and success in life. There remains a culture that equates high grades with success in school and correlates success in school with success in life. That mentality is so deep within us that it may be inextricable from our behavior.
- After your first job, is anyone asking you what your GPA was? No, they don't care. They ask you: Are you a good leader? Do people follow you? Do you have integrity? Are you innovative? Do you solve problems? Somebody's got to do that homework and redesign the educational system so that it can actually train people to be successful in life.
I think the greatest teachers are not the ones that are best trained at educational tactics. I don't know a person who's ever said, "Boy, that teacher is so good! The teacher gives such good exams. That teacher gives such good homework sets!" No one has said that about a great teacher. That's not what people remember about the great teachers they've had.
- The best educators are the ones that inspire their students. That inspiration comes from a passion that teachers have for the subject they're teaching. Most commonly, that person spent their lives studying that subject, and they bring an infectious enthusiasm to the audience.
I think many people have that enthusiasm, but they are prevented from being teachers because they didn't go through the teacher mill. Now you have teachers who have been through the teacher mill, yet they have no capacity to inspire anyone at all. It's the inspired student that continues to learn on their own. That's what separates the real achievers in the world from those who pedal along, finishing assignments.
- The great tragedy is that they're removing art completely, not because they're putting more science in, but because they can't afford the art teachers or because somebody thinks it's not useful. An enlightened society has all of this going on within it. It's part of what distinguishes what it is to be human from other life forms on Earth — that we have culture.
- I don't know how many people know this, but often it's mindblowing when you learn, that some infinities are bigger than others. [...] The number of counting numbers...so 1, 2, 3, up to infinity...the numbers you would use to count things, that's infinite. The number of irrational numbers...so the numbers you cannot represent as a fraction, okay, there are more of those than there are counting numbers, by far. So these are orders of infinity. Then there are more transcendental numbers than there are irrational numbers. So that's a number you'll never find as a solution to an algebraic equation. So pi is a transcendental number. e is a transcendental number. These are magic numbers that show up in mathematics. And it turns out there's an even bigger infinity of those than there is of these other two classes of numbers. And they use the Hebrew letter aleph in ranking. So it's aleph-1, aleph-2, aleph-3, aleph-4. I think there are five levels of infinity.
- This is mostly confused and wrong. The set of transcendental numbers is a subset of the set of irrationals and both sets are thought to have the same cardinality. And there are an infinite number of cardinalities when it comes to infinite sets, not just five.
- Do parallel universes exist? We don't know, uhm parallel universes are losing favor to the multiverse we have some cogent theoretical expectations that our universe might be just one of many spawned from this, sort of, this hyper-dimensional medium which we'll call the multiverse there's no data to support it but we have good theoretical premise to think that it's there and we have philosophical precedent we used to think Earth was special and unique. It wasn't, we got 8 .. 9 .. 8 planet we thought the Sun was special it's one of a hundred billion suns, the galaxy's special, no there's a hundred billion galaxies we have one universe or do we? The track record said why should there only be one? be open to the possibility that you don't live in the majority [looking?] universe that's out there Would a separate universe .. when you say "different universe" slightly different laws of physics which (that's what I'm asking) oh this is the fun part because if you find, if you manage to get a portal to another universe don't be the first one to volunteer to go through because your atoms are working in this universe if a slightly different law of physics.. you could implode, explode come out with three heads who knows?
- It has been said that every great emerging scientific truth goes to three phases: First people say: "It can't be true". Second they say: "It conflicts with the bible." Third they say: "It's true all along."
- I took two bites, bitch!
- Neil deGrasse Tyson on a particullary spicy sauce in the popular Youtube show "First We Feast". [1]
- You don't take a dead cat to the vet. I mean you might, but why?
- WNYC Radio Podcast, RadioLab, "Gravitational Anarchy" November 29, 2010, Minute 16:33.
- Does it mean, if you don't understand something, and the community of physicists don't understand it, that means God did it? Is that how you want to play this game? Because if it is, here's a list of things in the past that the physicists at the time didn't understand [and now we do understand] [...]. If that's how you want to invoke your evidence for God, then God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on - so just be ready for that to happen, if that's how you want to come at the problem.
- "The Moon, the Tides and why Neil DeGrasse Tyson is Colbert's God". © 2007-2011 The Science Network. January 20, 2011.
- I'm optimistic. I see no longer people accepting fuzzy thinking in the world. The change is not that people aren't still saying under-informed things. The change is that if you're in power and you say something under-informed, there are people out there with a voice who will take you to task for having done so.
- "A Conversation about Communicating Science". © 2007-2011 The Science Network. January 20, 2011.
- There are people who say "I'll never need this math, these trig identities from 10th grade or 11th grade," or maybe you never learned them. Here's the catch: whether or not you ever again use the math that you learned in school, the act of having learned the math established a wiring in your brain that didn't exist before and it's the wiring in your brain that makes you the problem solver.
- Why would-be engineers end up as English majors (May 21, 2011).
- The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.
- Quotes from Bill Maher show website, quotes of the show, Google searches showing poor results before February 4th (pages which were updated since their original, pre-feb. 4th posting date).
- Why would-be engineers end up as English majors (May 21, 2011).
- Skeptic Blog: "Reality Check" (April 20, 2011).
- Google Search for quote prior to Feb. 4th, only results are from pages which were updated after the "posted" date.
- Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of the kids. They out-number kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.
- Comment on "I am Neil deGrasse Tyson -- AMA" (November 13, 2011).
- My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.
- Comment on "I am Neil deGrasse Tyson -- AMA" (November 13, 2011).
- Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.
- At an interview with Stephen Colbert at Montclair Kimberley Academy on January 29th, 2010.
- I am trying to convince people--not only the public, but lawmakers and people in power--that investing in the frontier of science, however remote it may seem in its relevance to what you're doing today, is a way of stockpiling the seed corns of future harvests of this nation... Advancing a frontier--history has shown--has advanced a culture ever since the industrial revolution got underway.
- At an interview with Stephen Colbert at Montclair Kimberley Academy on January 29th, 2010.
- Words that make questions may not be questions at all.
- At an interview with Stephen Colbert at Montclair Kimberley Academy on January 29th, 2010, in response to the question "Why is there something instead of nothing", with the constraint of using ten words or less.
- If you start wielding a hammer, then all your problems look like nails. And maybe they're not. Maybe it's more subtle than that. And so your toolkit has to be able to morph into what is necessary for what it is that you confront at that moment.
- At an interview with Stephen Colbert at Montclair Kimberley Academy on January 29th, 2010.
- I could just tell you it's all bunk; but then you wouldn't be empowered to understand why. Other than to quote, "Oh, Doctor Tyson said..." And I never want you to quote me citing my authority as a scientist for your knowing something. If that's what you have to resort to I have failed as an educator. As an educator, it's my duty to empower you to think. So that you can go forth and think accurate thoughts about how the world is put together. Inoculating you against the [people] out there who will exploit your ignorance on anything they possibly can.
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson Debunks 2012 Armageddon after the James Webb telescope panel discussion in Battery Park at the World Science Festival, June 4th, 2010
- Within one linear centimeter of your lower colon there lives and works more bacteria (about 100 billion) than all humans who have ever been born. Yet many people continue to assert that it is we who are in charge of the world.
- Comment on "I am Neil deGrasse Tyson -- AMA" (March 01, 2012).
- The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
- Comment on "I am Neil deGrasse Tyson -- AMA" (March 01, 2012).
- There are street artists. Street musicians. Street actors. But there are no street physicists. A little known secret is that a physicist is one of the most employable people in the marketplace - a physicist is a trained problem solver. How many times have you heard a person in a workplace say, "I wasn't trained for this!" That's an impossible reaction from a physicist, who would say, instead, "Cool. A problem I've never seen before. Let's see how I can figure out how to solve it!" Oh, and, have fun along the way.
- Comment on "I am Neil deGrasse Tyson -- AMA" (November 13, 2011).
- Life is too short for me to worry about something I have no control over that I don't even know will happen. People ask 'if Earth is going to be swallowed by a black hole or if there is some disturbance in the spacetime continuum should we worry about it?'. My answer is 'no' because you won't know about it until it crosses your... your place in space-time. Your beats come to you when nature decides it's the right time... be it the speed of sound, the speed of light, the speed of electrical impulses we will forever be victims of the time delay between information around us and our capacity to receive it.
- What keeps me awake at night: wondering whether human species is just too stupid to figure out the Universe. I just wonder. I lose sleep over that. Because we define ourselves as intelligent— because we made up the test to say that. And we sit alone at the top of the intelligence chart because we invented the exam, and all the other species of life on Earth are not. So who's to say that the first species (us) to be intelligent (us) has just enough intelligence to actually decode everything that's decodable in the Cosmos? [...] Think of the next closest thing to us, the bonobo chimp— 98½% identical DNA, yet you cannot teach them trigonometry, they have no concept of it. So if that's only 1½% difference in our DNA— and so imagine 1½% beyond us, rather than below us, in intelligence. [...] Their toddlers would be talking about things that would completely confound us.
- Nerdist podcast, Episode #489 (2014-04)
- What is NASA's mission? Is it to beat the russians? Is it to inspire?
- An intro talk published by Primate on Jan 17, 2017
- If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it's not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.
- Twitter post, [3] (2015-03-03)
- All I can say is, the universe is in a good shape, it's earth that has all the problems.
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson talks to CNN's Van Jones about climate change and the intersection of science with the military and politics. (2018-10-14)
- As important as Steve Jobs was, no doubt about it — [and] you have to add him to Bill Gates, because they birthed the personal computing revolution kind of together — here's the difference: Elon Musk is trying to invent a future, not by providing the next app.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson: Why Elon Musk is more important than Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg[1]
- ... the anatomy of a sound bite is—it's gotta be interesting. And it's gotta be tasty. It should also be a little bit fun to hear ... so that you smile. And it's gotta have enough of all that to want to tell someone else that you just learned something. ... I have a master class on thinking like a scientist and how to communicate what you know in your expertise to others.
- Episode 289 - Neil deGrasse Tyson. Talk Nerdy (Cara Santa Maria's podcast) (6 January 2020). (quote at 101:54 of 1:36:13)
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)Edit
- Science is a cooperative enterprise, spanning the generations. It's the passing of a torch from teacher, to student, to teacher. A community of minds reaching back to antiquity and forward to the stars. (From the first Cosmos: ASO episode, Standing Up in the Milky Way.)
- The Theory of Evolution, like the Theory of Gravity, is a scientific fact. Evolution really happened. Accepting our kinship with all life on earth is not only solid science, in my view, it's also a soaring spiritual experience. (From the second Cosmos: ASO episode, Some of the Things That Molecules Do.)
- Halley shattered their monopoly, beating them at their own game. A game that no scientist had ever played before: Prophecy. -S01E03
- Ibn al-Haytham was the first person ever to set down the rules of science. -S01E05
- In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence


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Lindsay Vonn will not be going to the Olympics this year. I know NBC is frantically searching for another story to tell, because tonight, they aired footage that most certainly was being reserved and compiled and edited for her great comeback story, which would have aired at 11:30pm, after being hyped all evening on the day of her big event. But today, she screwed up her knee again and will instead be having surgery. She will not be going to the Olympics.
She shouldn't have been considered to go in the first place.
Sure, she's been before, but everyone knows that American Olympians are there to kick some ass and send everyone else home empty handed. Americans are to be at the top of their games, hitting their peaks, and bringing home hardware. They are not to fail. They are not to be weak. They are not to be damaged in any way. They are not to be in any form of recovery. They are supposed to function at 110%. If you cannot do this, there's an alternate right behind you who can.
Why were we talking about Lindsay Vonn like she already had a new medal? She seriously blew out her knee several months ago, and she was pushing herself to get back in time. Like the place on the Olympic team was hers, as long as she could get her body down the hill. Which is crap. So she got herself back, but not really in fighting shape, and she damaged her knee again. Because she came back too soon.
It's not like the US doesn't have some amazing, world-class Women's Alpine Skiers. There's a few solid contenders. But people don't know about them, because NBC is trying to write the story about the person we already know. It's like they don't understand how the Olympics work. The Olympics are an event where countries put their differences and philosophies aside, and the world celebrates athleticism and the capabilities of the human body. Because no matter what you believe or where you come from, we are all human. We are all people, and we can train ourselves to do some amazing things. We can identify with all of the shapes and sizes of these athletes in their varying specialties. The swimming freaks, with their ridiculous wingspans and paddle-shaped feet; the weightlifters, shaped like refrigerators; the speedskaters with their tree-trunk thighs—perhaps the most important thing is that the Olympics celebrate the wondrous variety of shapes and sizes, and shows that every shape and size can have a specialty. There's no one "ideal" body type that defines "an athlete."
People come from around the world, often overcoming serious obstacles just to compete. America has money for its Olympic program. There are facilities and coaches for training. This is not the case everywhere. So tell us those stories, NBC. Tell us about the background of these athletes from other locales, who have trained for this since they were five, with a slight break for the civil conflict, when their apartment building got shelled. Tell us the stories of the figure skater who is her country's first actual chance at a medal in her sport. Tell us the story of the guy who had to train away from the snow 10 months a year. Even tell us WHY the Dutch are so dominant in speedskating. Tell us the history of the events. Tell us what's changed recently. Watch a few 30-for-30s and learn how to tell a sports story.
NBC put all their money on Lindsay Vonn to be the big story. And now she's out.
Sucks for you, NBC. Now tell me more about Julia Mancuso.


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Joined: 21 Mar 2009
Posts: 17
Location: Australia
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:29 am
Post subject: lens problem
I recently bought a crown graphic 4X5 on ebay, together with a CALTAR II-E MC 210mm lens, both from the same vendor. I thought I may have problems when the polaroid and film pack holders sold with the camera were found to be obsolete. I discovered today from the camera technician I had employed to fit the caltar lens that the lens is faulty, it will only focus at about 3'.
Does this ring a bell with anybody? Could it be right that a lens, with good cosmetic appearance could be so out of whack? Or does the technician not know the system? He has a good reputation and seems confident about this. What might be going on here?
I haven't got the camera back yet, he is also fixing a Fuji G690 for me, so I can't have a look at it myself.
I have since bought a pair of Grafmatic holders, so the film holder problem is fixed.
I do not expect any help from the vendor as he never replied to my comment that it would have been fairer to state the obsolescence of the film holders supplied.
I am now looking for a Fuji portrait and WA lens.
Can anybody throw any light on this?
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Joined: 09 May 2001
Posts: 2682
Location: Detroit, MI
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:47 pm
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I'd like to have the repairman explain that to me. I have yet to see a lens that can only focus at one point.
The focus of a large format lens depends entirely on where the object is and where the ground glass is. Put the ground glass one focal length away from the lens, then an object at infinity will be sharp. As you move the ground glass away from the lens, objects closer to the lens will come into focus.
So you can see any largeformat lens has a range of focus. Perhaps the repairmen meant that it focuses at 3' when it should be focused at Infinity??
Here's the caveats to that rule:
Somebody added a close up filter to the lens, either the screw on kind, or at least in one reported case, cemented directly to the lens.
The lens is in the wrong shutter. (It should be in a Copal #1) Cell spacing can effect focus. If the lens is in a too thick shutter, or they lost shims that are between the lens and shutter, this will effect focus to some degree, but more often overall performance (it's not sharp anywhere) Also the missing washer problem would be considered a slight shift. One missing shim will not cause a lens to focus at 3ft when it should be focused an inf.
The lens cells are not matched. Somebody swapped the rear from another lens, possibly a different focal length lens. Not all manufacturers do this but some will put the last 3 or 4 digits of the serial number of the front cell on the rear cell. If I were forced to guess the problem without more information, This is would be my guess.
"In order to invent, you need a good imagination and a lot of junk" Thomas Edison
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Posts: 103
Location: Hudson Valley Area, Upstate NY
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:23 pm
Post subject: 8x10 and wet plate supplies
Everything Les said is spot-on.
I'd like to add my own two cents: No such thing as a Crown Graphic that only focuses at one point! Doesn't sound like your "technician" knows how to work on old style press cameras!
Could be a rangefinder problem: You didn't state whether your Crown has top-mount rangefinder or side-mount Kalart rangefinder. Rangefinder may need the right cam (top-mount rangefinder); or infinity, mid-point & close-up adjustments (side-mount Kalart type).
Other simple answers: The infinity stops are in the wrong place, the focusing lock is locked, the track isn't moving because the helical shaft is stuck.
Good Luck! Keep us informed.
Got first Speed Graphic at 15 (1976).Other kids were using 35mm SLR's. I ran around with flashbulbs and sheet-film holders, I wanted to be Weegee (#2084).
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Joined: 21 Mar 2009
Posts: 17
Location: Australia
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:30 am
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Thanks Les and DHF845. I need to get a better explanation from the technician. He did suggest that what might have happened is that someone may have dis-assembled and re-assembled incorrectly. It's difficult for me to question his knowledge as he has already told me he knew the camera and also I have very little knowledge myself!
The model is a top rangefinder with the rangefinder not functioning. I plan to use for portrait so I don't think the rangefinder will be any good to me anyway. I instructed the technician to leave it alone.
I'm keen to get the camera back and have a fiddle myself. I'll let you know any developments. Thanks again.
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Joined: 21 Mar 2009
Posts: 17
Location: Australia
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:31 am
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Oh and I did ask the technician to set the infinity stops for the caltar lens. He said he could do this, bit I don;t know yet if he got to that point after discovering the lens problem.
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Joined: 29 Nov 2001
Posts: 903
Location: S.W. Wyoming
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:58 am
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I have a couple of those lenses. They are an extremely sharp lens at f/16. If someone disassembled one of the lens cells and put an element in backwards it could cause the problem, as could mixing cells from another unknown lens. I think you should ask that technician exactly how he determined his data. Even if the assembly was missing a shim, it shouldn't be that drastic. If the seller put a IIE front cell on a shutter with someone elses rear cell in it, in order to pass it off as the Caltar, I would be very upset.
"Wyoming - Where everybody is somebody else's weirdo"
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Location: Australia
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:08 am
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Thanks Glenn, I'm going to put these scenarios to the technician and see what he comes back with. If someone has tried to misrepresent, I'm going to take it up with the vendor.
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:38 am
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Just in case there is a clue visible, I have posted the original ebay images on this lens to Flikr. Here is the link:
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Joined: 29 Nov 2001
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Location: S.W. Wyoming
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:19 pm
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Well, to my eye everything looks okay. I still wonder about how the tech got that 3 foot focus figure. For that lens to focus down to 3 feet, the bellows would be way out there. Infinity focus would place the lens 8 1/4 inches from the ground glass, more or less. Maybe I'll get out the Speed that has one on it and see if it's even possible to focus it at 3 feet. Something sounds strange. Maybe he was trying to say it would only focus as close as 3 feet, which sounds more reasonable.
"Wyoming - Where everybody is somebody else's weirdo"
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Joined: 21 Mar 2009
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Location: Australia
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:13 am
Post subject: All now working.
Finally got to Sydney to pick up my Crown Graphic and lens from the repair shop, and the news was good!
The original finding was that the lens only focussed at one point. Suspecting that it had been dis-assembled and assembled again incorrectly he took it apart and re-assembled. This fixed the problem and now all is working perfectly. Thanks for your interest and responses. I'm now looking for a lens board for a Rapax shutter with Raptar WA. My measurement tells me a 32mm hole will do it as I measure the flange at 31mm.
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