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The Den Theatre's adaptation of Jane Anderson's play "The Quality of Life" addresses many complex and often unspoken concerns baby boomers face as they begin to consider the end of life. The play focuses on Dinah and Bill (Jennifer Joan Taylor, Stephen Spencer), a devout, evangelical and conservative married couple from Ohio. They visit their freethinking agnostic cousins, Jeannette and Neil, (Liz Zweifler, Ron Wells) after a forest fire destroys their California home.
Dinah and Bill recently lost a young-adult daughter, their only child, to an unspeakable crime, and their own relationship has been strained since. Neil is facing late-stage prostate cancer, and Jeannette is unable to imagine living her life without him.
Neil uses marijuana to dull his cancer pain, a practice Bill judges harshly. When Bill and Dinah learn of Neil's plans to end his own life in the coming weeks, the couple's visit to California is complicated even more.
The couples' ideologies clash as they attempt to work through their different beliefs about religion, medical marijuana, assisted death, morality and mortality- all within feet of the audience. Audiences become so invested in the characters that tears flow, an experience the actors call cathartic.
Life Matters Media spoke with the cast about their experiences with the play.
Why is discussing the end of life taboo in America?
Spencer: I think it's such a cultural thing. I have friends who are more like Neil and Jeannette who've had a death in their family. They read through the Tibetan Book of the Dead and chanted and their whole family was around. They made a beauty of death because they saw it as a passing. In America, death is taboo. A play like this opens up the discussion.
Wells: I think it has a lot to do with our Puritanical history, our religion. It seems to me that people elsewhere in the world, particularly in Europe, have a healthier view of life and death. A lot of it gets tied up in our beliefs and everyone wants to live. I think this play, at the heart of it all, is about "how do you say goodbye?"
Taylor: Because it hurts. We don't like to talk about things that hurt us. I love being in a play that provokes. It's been a dream come true to be part of a story that's so important. I've met people who've lost their children and came to this play. But they left feeling relief, in a cathartic way.
Zweifler: I've been nervous about people coming to see it for that reason. But they seem to really like it.
How do you feel about laws such as Question 2, which was just voted down in Massachusetts? It would have allowed physicians to prescribe life-ending drugs to some willing terminally ill patients.
Zweifler: I'm open to it, but when someone gets to decide one's fate, that's worrisome. But I like the idea of when it's your time, you get to decide. But the balancing act is when do you let people go? There are new medical technologies that can keep people alive.
Wells: I have no problems with the issue at all. But I understand how people could fear these types of laws.
Taylor: I was raised Catholic and was raised to believe that suicide is a sin, and that you go to hell if you do it. Some of that is stuck in me. I don't like the idea of someone being able to end one's life. I like the idea of comfort at the end of life. I would probably not vote for it, but you shouldn't have to die in pain. Not when there are good drugs around.
Do you identify with your characters?
Taylor: I'm more like Dinah than I would have ever thought. I think of myself as this liberal person, but I have this little conservative side to myself. I never really thought of it until I played Dinah. I would say things that Dinah would say. I thought I was Jeannette.
Wells: Neil is the most personal role I've ever played. Neil is the man I want to be. I see a lot of myself in him.
Zweifler: I definitely have Jeannette characteristics but I'm not as hard on people as Jeannette is.
The Chicago Tribune's Chris Jones recommends this adaption. "In a second-floor walk-up, you'll find honest Chicago acting, deep thoughts, honest writing about societal change and compassion for the messiness of all our value systems, let alone the way we want to face our end," he wrote in his three-star review.
The Chicago Theatre Review's Rachel Parent has called the play "a strong note in a beautiful place."
Tickets are available here


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He is probably the only uke player in the world with a wah wah pedal and a pedal board.
Should take me a week to master it.
My hat is off to you if you can do that. OTOH I've noticed that guitar players get up to speed on the uke quite quickly.
I was blown away by some of the stuff played by one of our uke band members who also played lead guitar...
An oversized uke jam - Sons Of The Beach in Santa Cruz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8QUm_qPn04
The first time he attended a practice session, he sat in the back. At the end of the evening, I asked him how it went, and his reply was "I have no idea how to play this uke". The following week, he did, and he became increasingly more accomplished every week.
You're right Margi; Tom S would fit right in
You should be able to go into your Amazon account and cancel the 1ast order unless you want two.
I will probably also pick up a soprano one also.
One of the largest uke groups in the country is located in Tampa. 1400 members.
Why not just play it in the store?
Doesn't look like many of them turn out for their jam sessions (40 tonight). This happens when groups get too big. It's one reason we've talked repeatedly about capping our membership. We've actually raised the cap several times, and are currently over 60 members; Looks like we'll have 50+ regulars.
Several folks have stopped by to add to the comments received on Saturday about my 8-string Kala concert uke; It really "fills out" the music, and is my go-to instrument when not playing my banjouke.
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The Symbian Foundation threw open the doors of its application warehouse this week, declaring it will be "unique".
The "Day 1" announcements from the Foundation weren't limited to a childish logo and rebranding - there is some meat to the plans. The Foundation is taking a new approach to distribution that will see it fulfilling the role of application warehouse; supplying multiple stores run by anyone who wants to have a go.
With only four per cent of the code packages currently opened, Symbian has a long way to go if it's going to be fully open source by June next year. However, with the Foundation only having 200 employees (compared to Symbian's 2000), much of that work will done by "the community" - or Nokia as it's sometimes known - who will apparently be drawn to the new yellow branding.
Meanwhile the Foundation has been putting together the app warehouse plans, offering standard APIs with which third parties can interact to run their own stores containing a subset of what's available.
Symbian applications (in common with most mobile apps these days) have to be signed, and the question of who signs applications is one of the most divisive in the industry: if a platform is locked down to signed apps only, then the organisation that signs them controls the platform.
Network operators can't sign apps if users are going to take handsets between operators, as demanded by legislation in many places; but handing over power to the manufacturers is unpopular, and arguably limiting, even if Apple has got away with it and Palm plans to.
Unlocked platforms, such as Windows Mobile and Android, can run unsigned applications, but that puts them at a (largely theoretical) risk of viruses and Trojans.
The Symbian Foundation reckons it has a third way - the Foundation will sign applications, or (more accurately) license third-parties to do so, and will then run a repository containing the plethora of apps but not available to the general public and with no intention of making any money. An application store then decides on the kind of apps they want to list - perhaps specialising in those that make farting noises or similar - and creates a front end and payment system for those apps, along with links to the repository for downloading.
The Foundation takes enough to cover costs, but no more, while the deal between the store and application publisher is up for negotiation. In this way manufacturers, network operators and fourth parties can happily differentiate their offerings while avoiding the replication which is currently necessary.
Of course, the success of such a repository relies on a huge range of applications - enough to push users into selecting a store based on its ability to provide for their needs. But the approach could address the problem of quality applications disappearing under the plethora of mediocre-to-appalling apps that currently clog up the more popular stores. ®


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Obama undecided on Syria strike if Congress says no
- President Obama promotes his Syria policy with six television interviews
- Obama says he hasn%27t decided whether to order an attack if Congress says no
- The president says he will study a peace plan offered by Russia
Taking his case against Syria to the nation's airwaves, President Obama said Monday he doesn't yet know if he will order military strikes even if the House or Senate reject the idea.
"It's fair to say I haven't decided," Obama told NBC News, one of six television interviews conducted at the White House.
Obama also told network anchors he is aware of public opposition, isn't confident he has the support of Congress right now, and that final Senate and House votes could be delayed.
"We're going to spend this week talking to members of Congress, answering their questions, and I'm going to speak to the American people tomorrow night directly," Obama told NBC News, adding that he'll evaluate military plans after Congress votes.
"I've made my decision about what I think is best for America's national interests," he said, "but this is one where I think it's important for me to pay close attention to what Congress and the American people say."
In a session with ABC News, Obama said that "I don't anticipate that you would see a succession of votes this week or anytime in the immediate future."
One reason: A new proposal by Russia -- a Syria ally -- to have Bashar Assad's government place its chemical weapons under international control.
The United States will evaluate that plan, Obama said, though he told CBS News "we don't know the details of it yet."
But, he told CNN, "we're going to take this seriously," and said to PBS that he has discussed the idea with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and "my intention throughout this process has been to ensure that the blatant use of chemical weapons that we saw doesn't happen again."
On Fox, Obama said, "we will pursue this diplomatic track" and "I fervently hope that this can be resolved in a non-military way."
Obama also dismissed Assad's threats of retaliation against the United States for an attack. He told CBS that "Mr. Assad doesn't have the capacity to strike us in a significant way."
The president's prime time speech on Syria is scheduled for Tuesday night.
Earlier in the day on Tuesday, Obama plans to attend the weekly policy luncheons of Senate Democrats and Republicans.
Obama and aides are also providing briefings to members of the Republican-run U.S. House.
As polls reflect major public opposition, Obama faces uphill battles in both chambers.
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., said Monday she would vote to oppose military force, adding that the proposed resolution "falls short because it calls for military action in Syria without carefully looking at diplomatic or alternative solutions."
Heitkamp said she would work with another Senate opponent, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on an alternative giving Assad 45 days to sign an international chemical weapons ban and begin turning over his own stockpiles.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said he would vote against the resolution, citing "too much uncertainty about what comes next." Other Senate Republicans expressed similar sentiments.
On PBS, Obama said he understands the resistance to a military strike on Syria, after years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the days ahead, Obama said he will stress to Congress and the public that he is planning a limited military strike designed to degrade Assad's weapons capability.
"I'll explain this is not Iraq; this is not Afghanistan; this is not even Libya," Obama told PBS. "Not boots on the ground."


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"New PlayStation Vita owners in Japan will, along with their console, get a physical (card-based) demo for upcoming action RPG Soul Sacrifice."
I thought there was going to be a demo on psn but it never came.
The beginning of SONY PS Vita's success., Mark My word.
Soul Sacrifice is the beginning., looking forward to Destination Playstation and E3
Warriors Lair, Killzone Mercenary, Tearaway, and Soul Sacrifice are gonna be the games to watch in 2013 for the Vita.
Also DOA5+, Sly Cooper, Ninja gaiden 2, muramasa, God Eater 2, FFX HD, etc. Lots of good stuff coming


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If i am not doing this the right way, please forgive me. I will post two google image links and ask if you can make them as a wallpaper for Sprint/8330.
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Ok Ok, the one with the Drill instructor by his self id like by itself. But the others i think its the first two, id like half/half.....it mixed with the very last image to make a single background. A drill instructor screaming/usaf emblem. and maybe the jets as a single background also.


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Be nice to see some official large scale (1/60ish) models from IWM but I doubt it would be cost effectiveFor example, Wave recently released a 1/72 scale (170mm tall) Tomahawk/Warhammer kit that costs around US$60Not to mention the 1/60 Tomahawk/Warhammer (200mm tall) from Yamoto that costs over US$100
My $.02 but then I thought the mech-scale Leopard was a good idea too.
That would definitely sell. And since they already have the CAD file from the resculpted mini, couldn't they upscale it and tweak the model instead of having to do a totally new sculpt?
I paid around $50-$70 a piece for those Yamoto Warhammer/Rifleman models, those were fully possable action figures.Keep in mind that those 1/72 Wave models are still very big (multicolored snap together kit with decals), a GW Land Raider costs $62, so prising isn't that bad.Those Armorcast goodies weren't exactly cheap either:Vulture $98Mad Cat $118Atlas $160And those were the prices from 8.5 years to 3 years ago (no price increase in that entire period), do you have nay idea how much those things would cost now?
I did get a good deal for those Yamotos, but I forgot to mention the ~$135 on shipping and the ~$75 on taxes and import fees for those three.The Wave models are ~17cm tall, the old Dougrams I don't know, I do have two old Revell/Robotech kits (Thoren/Zoltek). But haven't assembled those.I suspect that the reason the license wasn't renewed is because the licensing costs didn't weigh up to the demand/return. How many people do you know who play Battletech in 30mm (1/60)? There are some folks who want them as paint/display pieces though.The problem is that the chances of seeing an official 1/60 Marauder is equal to a dedicated BT fan winning a couple of million in the lottery ;-) Unseen vc. Reseen, your best bet is a Officer's Pod Glaug, but a 1/60 version is way to tall (30cm+). If you want it in the same range as the Mad Cat or the Warhammer (Yamoto) @20-21cm your looking at a 1/90 kit (but the guy making the old Armorcast Mechs says 1/72 is perfect to, 1/100 is to small).
i myself have never even thought of playing battletech on the 1/60 scale, i have a hard enough time getting people to play regular cbti am mostly interested in the painting and collecting display pieces in the 1/60 scale.i got the yomato tomahawk(warhammer) on ebay, i got it from a seller in hong kong, after shipping the total was $75.00 it was complete, unused and still in boxi appologize that paragraphs and spelling are not my friends
Scale wise, I am not sure which would be better...1/60th is nice, big and can be expensive....1/72 is nice as it would go nicely with existing mecha (Robotech, Gundam etc) and as such it wouldn't be to difficult to mod those into Battletech varients or such...not to mention you can get aircraft in this scale also, so making Aerospace fighters from existing airplanes would be readily doable. 1/35 scale would be interesting as well as it would work out nicely with military models in production. The cost would be down somewhat as there would be less of it needed. 1/48...well...that'd be HUGE! 1/144 scale......borderline tiny....not much bigger than what we have now in pewter. That's my 2cents...... Personally, 1/72 has the most benefits.
God yes, can you imagine the legal hoops to jump through if you wanted to produce an official 1/60 Marauder?
Topps, Catalyst and IWM. Seems simple. And hey, we get a big Reseen mech!
The Wolverine is going to be used as a Battlemaster, it is far too big unfortunately. The thunderbolt, Griffon and Shadowhawk are all 1/48. The warhammer is a 1/60 Macross toy.
Trying to push my 28mm stuff on. I need to weather and detail the Inner sphere stuff and think of a paint scheme for the Clan mechs, need to build my last vulture as well


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- Dual front impact airbags
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- Knee airbag
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- Tracker system
- Traction control
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absolutely love this car!
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By 2B1ASK1 on Saturday, January 06, 2018I bought the Buick Encore Leather packaged car used and was a leased car and was in new low milage condition. Before I bought it, I read the Consumer Report on it and saw their review as under powered with better choices out there. I couldnt disagree more. The 4 cylender is only underpowered if youre used to gunning it at the stop lights. The 6 speed trans gives very smooth acceleration not bogging down at all and I get 33.2 mpg on the road driving the speed limit. The handling is exceptional and very quiet to drive. Every body seam every interior fit is perfect. My only single complaint is the dim headlights. I spent 25 and upgraded to 125w (each bulb), 6,000k, 1200 lumen LED headlights (5 minute DIY job) and now its a perfect SUV for my Wife & I.
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By Jayden on Wednesday, June 03, 2020The 2020 Buick Encore is a very good car on the outside. The car looks amazing no matter what color of paint you have on it. I love how stylish and appealing to the eye the Buick Encore is. The Buick Encore is a very modern car as well. A lot of technology is tucked into this car that you can't see from just looking at it. The fuel consumption is amazing, personally I love how I can rely on my car not burning through gas when I decide to take an extra trip out. In short, the Encore is very easy on your wallet. About $25 bucks to completely fill up (Michigan gas prices). Now the outside is great, but what is on the inside doesn't quite live up to the hype. It's a very weak car. The engine is very small and feels extremely underwhelming. The transmission is slow and clunky. Trust me, you can feel it when this car shifts up into a different gear. To me this isn't a huge problem though since the slow transmission is only noticeable at slower city speeds. The Encore feels very bare bones to me. I'm talking about the necessities. There is no blind spot assist on the mirrors (to me isn't a problem, but to some is annoying) like the ones on the Cadillac XT4. That is just an example but let me talk about the good technology. The cruise control works like a dream on the Encore. It's effortless and executed perfectly. Just press the cruise control button on the steering wheel and flick up the tab to set your speed and boom you're in cruise control. The Bluetooth Wireless tech works yes, but isn't the most user friendly. No I am not ignorant, I am very keen on technology. The Bluetooth technology connects on my Apple phone well. It's a little weird with how it adjusts the volume of the music, most of the time when I have my phone connected wirelessly it has the volume very quiet. I prefer to have it connected thru a USB cable since there is zero lag and it connects lightning fast, but it is user preference. The Hands free phone feature works very well. You can accept and decline a call with the push of a button on your steering wheel or touch panel. I find it very convenient. The remote keyless entry is very handy to have. Also being able to start your car without even having to go into it is very useful. For me, I would start my car ten minutes before I would drive to school because in Michigan it gets very cold. The car would be warmed up for me when I got in and it really filled the void of not having a heated steering wheel (I believe you can opt in for one though). The car's internet access is not really a difference maker in my opinion, but I see why some like it. Push button engine start is amazing., super effortless, and very fast. Of course the car has a radio and it's little speakers can get surprisingly loud. The speakers give very high quality audio and with a manual adjuster of how much bass and treble you want you can truly fit your audio to be perfect. I have a problem with the seating. The driver's and shotgun's seat is very roomy and comfortable but the rear seating is pretty crammed. A good car for someone single, not a family car. To finish off this review I would say if you are single and on a tighter budget then definitely purchase this car. It is my first car and I to this day love my car so much. The features are great and the looks are greater! Hope this review could help you.
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3d printers for sale: ORD Bot Hadron 3D printer mechanical platform Kit
3d printers for sale: ORD Bot Hadron 3D printer mechanical platform Kit
Product Description
We have considered all the changes from the www.buildlog.net. We will use the New Aluminum coupling too
This is a brand new mechatronics platform kit with 4pcs 62 oz-in motors for a 3D printer.
You still need to add the electronics yourself. It does not include the other parts needed for a 3D printer, like the electronics, extrusion head or heated build surface.
It is an open source 3D printer mechanical platform. The kit is designed for someone that wants to build their own machine.
ORD Bot, Hadron Platform kit: This is a kit! It is not assembled.
The platform for this machine is about 216 mm x 216 mm.
It provides a scalable, rigid and square 3 axis platform to build a 3D printer.
- This is customer build log, Thanks
- This is a video from Automation
- Top Level Assembled drawing
- Gantry, drawing
- Carriage Assembly Drawing
- Extruder Carriage Assembly drawing
- Y Axis Assembly drawing
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Shipping List & Downloads
We have considered all the changes from the www.buildlog.net
You can get all the documents from here
More info:
1: Design software: Soldwork or Google Sketchup
2: Make 3D code: Slicer/ Replicator G
3: Run 3D printer: Printrun


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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is heading to South Korea and Taiwan to sign several trade agreements.
The governor plans to depart Friday for a week long trip. He is to be accompanied by first lady Georganne Nixon, the directors of the departments of agriculture and economic development and four state lawmakers — Republican Sen. Jay Wasson of Nixa; Senate Democratic leader Jolie Justus of Kansas City; Republican Rep. Lincoln Hough of Springfield; and Democratic Rep. Gail McCann Beatty of Kansas City.
The delegation also includes representatives of several businesses, agricultural groups and universities.
The governor's costs are being covered by the Hawthorn Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes economic development.
The itinerary includes a visit to Taipei, Taiwan, on March 17 and Seoul, South Korea, on March 19.


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Five new studies provide evidence to support simple steps we can take to prevent illness and improve our overall health. In the June issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers report on fish consumption to reduce the risk of colon cancer; the effectiveness of hypnotherapy and acupuncture for smoking cessation; regular teeth cleaning to improve cardiovascular health; the effectiveness of primary care physicians in weight loss programs; and the use of low-dose aspirin to reduce cancer risk.
Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the Western world. Research linking fish consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer has been inconclusive, although people who live in countries with high levels of fish consumption are known to develop the disease less frequently. Now, scientists from Xi'an, China, have reviewed the literature and find that eating fresh fish regularly reduces the risk of colorectal cancer by 12%. They evaluated 41 studies on fish consumption and colorectal cancer risk published between 1990 and 2011 and tracked cancer diagnoses. The protective effect of fish consumption is more prominent in rectal cancer than in colon cancer. The risk reduction for rectal cancer was as much as 21%, whereas the reduction for colon cancer was 4%.
"Despite the fact that colon and rectal cancer share many features and are often referred to as 'colorectal cancer,' they tend to demonstrate many different characteristics," notes lead author Daiming Fan, of the Fourth Military Medical University. "One possible reason for the difference may be because colon cancers are generally more molecularly diverse, whereas rectal cancers mostly arise via a single neoplastic pathway."
Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH, of McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec, and colleagues report that the use of unconventional smoking cessation aids, including acupuncture and hypnotherapy, results in substantial increases of smoking cessation. A meta-analysis of 14 trials found that smokers who underwent hypnotherapy were 4.55 times more likely, and those who underwent acupuncture were 3.53 times more likely, to abstain from smoking than those who did not. Aversive smoking may also help smokers quit; however, there were no recent trials investigating this intervention.
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AbstractIf you sit under a leafy tree on a sunny day, you may notice spots of sunlight on the ground from light passing through spaces between the leaves. Try putting a piece of cardboard on the ground and examining the spots of light on the cardboard. Even though the spaces through which the light is passing are irregular in shape, the spots on the cardboard are round. What you are seeing, in fact, are projected images of the sun. Light passing through an aperture forms an image. A pinhole camera uses a tiny aperture, instead of a fancy lens, to project an image. What happens to the quality of the picture as the size of the pinhole is changed? This project shows you how to find out.
The goal of this project is to measure the resolution of a pinhole camera as a function of pinhole diameter.
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- Hanft, A., 2005. Pinhole Camera (part 3), Be A Design Group Blog. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
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Light passing through an aperture forms an image. Sunlight passing through spaces between the leaves on a tree projects an image of the sun. Make a loose fist with your hand on a sunny day and you can project an image of the sun through the aperture that your fingers make. For a great introduction to light and apertures, including many interesting demonstrations you can do yourself, see Bob Miller's "Light Walk" pages, in the Bibliography section (Miller, date unknown).
The resolution of the image projected from an aperture is determined by the size of the aperture (until the aperture becomes so small that diffraction of light dominates). Thus, the smaller the aperture, the greater the resolution of the image. When the size of the aperture approaches the wavelength of the light passing through it (roughly 400–750 nm for visible light) diffraction of the light by the aperture limits the resolution.
In this project, you will build a digital pinhole camera. You'll make several different-sized pinhole apertures for your camera, and you'll measure the camera's resolution as a function of aperture size. You can build a pinhole camera for film, but loading and unloading the film has to be done in total darkness. Also, you have to have the film processed before you can see the results. Determining the correct exposure time for a pinhole camera often involves some trial and error, and this can quickly become tedious when using film. A big advantage of using a digital camera is that you can see your results right away.
Since a pinhole does not let in much light, exposure times will be much longer for a pinhole camera than for a camera with a normal lens. Therefore, you must use a digital camera that provides a method for controlling long exposures (e.g., via a remote-control cable). For the lightbox camera described, exposure times may need to be tens of seconds, or even a minute.
There are two ways to make a pinhole camera with a digital camera. Which method you use depends on the type of digital camera you have. If your digital camera does have removeable lenses, you can make a pinhole for it using a spare body cap with a pinhole in place of the lens. With this type of camera, the light coming through the pinhole aperture forms an image directly on the light-sensitive component inside the camera.
If your digital camera does not have removeable lenses, you will use the "lightbox" (or camera obscura) method. With the lightbox, the pinhole projects an image onto a screen at the back of the box. Your camera takes a picture of this screen, through a small, light-tight "window" at the front of the box (see Figure 1).
With this type of camera, the exposures are even longer than typical pinhole cameras, because the light from the pinhole does not fall directly on the light-sensitive region of the camera. Instead, the camera is capturing some of the light that is reflected from the projection screen. This, in turn, is only a fraction of the light that originally passed through the pinhole.
The resolution of the image will be determined by how much the light is "spread out" as it is projected through the pinhole. With larger pinholes, this will be determined by the diameter of the aperture. As the pinholes become smaller, diffraction will begin to have a significant effect. Diffraction ultimately limits the resolution of an optical system, even something as simple as a pinhole.
Terms and Concepts
To do this project, you should do research that enables you to understand the following terms and concepts:
- Aperture
- Diffraction
- How small does the pinhole have to be before diffraction becomes dominant in determining resolution?
- The following sites have useful information on pinhole cameras, including making pinholes, calculating exposure times, and calculating dimensions for building cameras:
- Balihar, D., 2006. Pinhole Camera: Photographs, Information, PinholeDesigner, Pinhole.cz. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
- MrPinhole, date unknown. Pinhole Photography and Camera Design Calculators,. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
- This webpage has specific information on building a lightbox-type digital pinhole camera:
Hanft, A., 2005. Pinhole Camera (part 3), Be A Design Group Blog. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
- Bob Miller has created many exhibits at the Exploratorium in San Francisco built around light projected through apertures. If you can't visit Bob's exhibits at the Exploratorium, you can still visit his Light Walk pages online. They are a good intuitive introduction to pinhole optics. You can also learn how to make your own pinhole viewer.
Miller, B., date unknown. "Bob Miller's Light Walk," Exploratorium. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
- Diffraction and the limit of resolution in photography:
McHugh, S.T., date unknown. Tutorials: Diffraction and Photography, Cambridge in Colour. Retrieved April 4, 2006.
- This is a less detailed set of instructions:
Doty, J., 2000. Lens Testing with the USAF 1951 Chart, JimDoty.com. Retrieved April 4, 2006.
- Norman Koren's site also provides relevant information:
Koren, N., 2005. Understanding Image Sharpness, Part 5: Lens Testing, Norman Koren Photography Page. Retrieved April 4, 2006.
- A good, basic description of the gold standard for measuring sharpness, the modulation transfer function or MTF:
Atkins, B., 2005. MTF and SQF, Bob Atkins Photography. Retrieved April 4, 2006.
- How to actually measure MTF for a lens:
Koren, N., 2005. Understanding Image Sharpness, Part 5: Lens Testing, Norman Koren Photography Page. Retrieved April 4, 2006.
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Materials and Equipment
- Flat black paint
- Scissors or a hobby knife
- Soda can
- Tin snips
- Needle
- Scrap wood (a few pieces)
- Sandpaper, coarse and fine
- Digital camera. It must be able to take long, controlled exposures without flash.
- If you are using a digital camera that has removeable lenses (i.e., a digital single lens reflex [DSLR, or SLR] camera), you will also need:
- Spare body caps (at least 3). You should be able to order these from the camera store where you purchased the camera. You will make a pinhole for the camera using a spare body cap with a pinhole in place of the lens.
- Drill
- Glue
- Black tape
- If you are using a digital camera that does not have removeable lenses, you will use the "lightbox" (or camera obscura) method. To make a lightbox, you will also need:
- A box
- Aluminum tape
- Rubber from bicycle inner tube
- If you are using a digital camera that has removeable lenses (i.e., a digital single lens reflex [DSLR, or SLR] camera), you will also need:
- Optional: Photo editing software will be useful for analyzing results.
- Lab notebook
Experimental Procedure
The illustration shows an example of a lightbox-type pinhole camera, suitable for use with a digital camera (Hanft, 2005).
Here are some tips on constructing a lightbox-type camera (for more details, see Hanft, 2005):
- The box depth is determined by how close your camera can focus. The further your projection screen is from the pinhole, the dimmer the light will be, and the longer exposures you'll have to take, so try to keep this reasonably short (10-12 inches, if possible).
- Paint the inside of the box flat black to prevent stray reflections. This is especially important with the long exposures you'll be using.
- Cover the outside of the box entirely with aluminum tape, to ensure that your box is light-tight.
- For the "window" for your digital camera, use a piece of rubber tubing from an old bicycle inner tube to make a tight-fitting rubber seal that will fit around the lens of your camera. This will perform two functions: 1) make a light-tight seal, and 2) hold the camera firmly in place.
- Also, remember that the camera needs to be tilted down slightly so that it does not block light entering the pinhole (see Figure 1 in the Introduction).
- Turning a digital SLR camera into a pinhole camera is much easier. All you need are some spare body caps, which you should be able to order from the camera store where you purchased the camera. Find the center of the body cap and drill a hole in it. Glue a pinhole made from thin aluminum, over this hole, and make the glue joint light-tight by covering it with black tape.
Here are some tips on making and measuring a pinhole (used for either type of camera:
- Here are instructions for making a pinhole from David Balihar: "A piece of metal cut from a drinks [soda] can, approximately 4 x 4 cm, is sufficient. First, using coarse sandpaper, remove the paint from the area where the hole should be, and try to make the metal as thin as possible. Then finish the surface by using fine sandpaper. Place the plate on a flat wooden block and, using a sharp needle, make the smallest hole possible. Be careful not to injure your hand and use a hard block to press down on the needle. Remove the embossed material from the reverse side of the plate using fine sandpaper. Place the needle into the hole again and, by gently pressing and turning the needle between your fingers, make the hole round. Smooth the hole again using sandpaper. It is necessary to repeat the process until the required diameter is achieved. A regular round hole in a very thin plate can be made with a bit of patience." (Balihar, 2006) Use the same size for each of the aluminum pieces, so that your pinholes are easily interchangeable on your camera.
- Remember to paint the back side of the pinhole metal flat black after you have made the pinhole. The back side will be inside the camera, and you want to prevent stray reflections inside the camera.
- There are many ways to measure the diameter of your pinholes. You can use a alide projector, overhead projector, or enlarger to project light through the pinhole, and measure the diameter of the enlarged image. To check the scale (enlargement factor) also measure the projected size of the edge of the aluminum. Another method is to use a flatbed scanner at 600 or 1200 dpi.
- Make a set of at least 3 different pinholes (more is even better) for your camera spanning a range of diameters from about 1.0 mm to 0.2 mm (or less).
- Experiment with exposure times so that you can photograph the same scene with each different pinhole to achieve about equal gray levels in the photographs. (The references in the Bibliography have information and calculators that should help with this. Knowing the diameters of your pinholes will also help.)
- If you are using a lightbox-type camera, it is best to keep the aperture setting constant, and change only the exposure time.
- Keep the camera steady by attaching it firmly to something heavy (e.g., a brick).
- The Bibliography has references that will show you how to quantify both resolution and sharpness for your photographs made with different-sized pinholes.
- Here are some questions you can attempt to answer with your pinhole camera.
- What pinhole diameter maximizes resolution for your camera?
- What pinhole diameter maximizes sharpness for your camera?
- How do these compare to the predicted results from the pinhole calculators in the Bibliography? If there are differences, can you explain them?
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- How does resolution with a pinhole compare to resolution with a normal camera lens?
- How does depth-of-field with a pinhole compare to depth-of-field with a normal camera lens?
- How does sharpness with a pinhole camera compare to sharpness with a normal camera lens?
- Examine exposure time in relation to pinhole size. Remember to keep digital camera aperture constant for lightbox-type camera. Use photo editing software and adjust exposure time to match gray values in the images taken with different-sized pinholes.
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Have a very happy day!ReplyDelete
happy birthday a day early, danielle!! (well two days early because here in kansas it's still tuesday at 11:15p.m.). you will get your card late cuz that's how i roll.ReplyDelete
i dig your 25 list. i guess since i'm coming up on 30 i should make one too. hmm.
Happy early birthday! I love #1 on your list, as we share the same goal. In order to get myself motivated to actually commit to read the Bible, I started a weekly read-a-long on my blog...you should totally join us! :)ReplyDelete
happy birthday to yooooouuuu! love your list, and maybe if i'd made a list like that when i turned 25, i'd have some more of them down by now?! i'd give you a big hug today if i could! here's a blog hug *mmmmmmmmmm*ReplyDelete
Happiest birthday!!!ReplyDelete
Loving your list!
(And my kiddo decided to come early... ONE DAY before my birthday. Stinker :)
happy birthday to youReplyDelete
happy birthday to you
happy biiiiiiiiirthday to Danielle from Take Heaaaaaaaaart
happy birthday to you
i hope your day is great.
Happy almost birthday!! And, I think you should come to California...I think you'd really like it! ;)ReplyDelete
i could apply so many of these to my own "next year"!ReplyDelete
Hey girl! Grattis på födelsedagen! :)ReplyDelete
I have an idea on how to put 5 & 12 together if you're up for it. Lets talk.
Happy Happy Almost Birthday:) Mine is the day after yours...wahoo!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I love how you put "debate getting a tattoo" rather then "get a tattoo"!!! Lol!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday, as a fellow April baby, I wish you the bestest birthday and that it doesn't rain!ReplyDelete
(and I thought I was the only one who felt that way about my not sharing my birthday w/ my children..or anyone!!)
you should see my to-do list...i draw boxes in front so i can check it off when i'm done. and if i did something that wasn't on the list, i add it just to check it off. i understand your love of check lists!ReplyDelete
YAY! Almost your birthday! SO fun!ReplyDelete
p.s. I totally add things to a to-do list that I know that I am doing for sure or have already done so that I can mark them off!
p.s.s. I starting reading one thousand gifts last night. Thanks for sharing...it's uh-mazing & I've only read 2 chapters!
happy birthday to youuuuuuuu!!ReplyDelete
love your list!
Happy birthday tomorrow Danielle!! :)ReplyDelete
And I love your list!
excited for the surprise!ReplyDelete
- Rose D., Frenchtown, NJApril 20, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Thanks for sharing your to do list. Gives me the incentive to continue checking things off of mine!! Blessings to you! ~roseReplyDelete
Excited about your big day tomorrow! Hope it's awesome!ReplyDelete
Your list is so sweet! #25 is my favorite :)ReplyDelete
birthdays are awesome, and 25 is a very important one!! Enjoy it girl and I love the idea of a list....way to stay organized....ReplyDelete
I'm with you on #10 and #11ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to YOU! <3
girl that's a great list. to be 25 again!!! *SIGH*ReplyDelete
me and miles are two days apart as well. i kinda feel like his first bday is raining on my 30th. rude. it rained on my 29th also. cuzzzzzzz who wants to be a whale.ReplyDelete
Love it! And I also love how that picture of you is 80% hair.ReplyDelete
Love your list. I also celebrated my b-day this week and am thinking a list would be a good thing to keep me focused. Okay, who am I kidding? IF I ever write a list I never stick to it! :-)ReplyDelete
Love your blog, looking forward to following along!
hooray for birthdays! aren't they the best? :) i love your list... "show more grace" is one of the goals of my 25th year too. we talk so much about receiving His grace and goodness, but i want to BE grace. i want to give it out in droves, because that's what He does for me.ReplyDelete
happy birthday a day early!
Happy Birthday....I love your blog also....I hope you get to do all on your list....ReplyDelete
happy birthday!!!ReplyDelete
love your photo! Great edit! and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!ReplyDelete
meep!! happy birthday, cutie pants!ReplyDelete
great list! you are a champion.
can't wait to see what you share tomorrow!!! xo
happy birthday!!! and YES for eating more ice cream. :) <3ReplyDelete
love your list, my friend!ReplyDelete
Something fabulous?! Oh, now I'm excited! I'll be tuning into your big day. :)ReplyDelete
Love your list! You mentioned the Adirondacks - have you ever been to/heard of Camp-of-the-Woods in Speculator, NY? It's a Christian family camp. I grew up spending my summers there with my family - AMAZING memories. Some of my very best memories. True story. Have the happiest of birthdays!!ReplyDelete
great list! you can check off #6 after Blog Sugar, yeah baby! Have a wonderful birthday ;)ReplyDelete
Happy Happy Birthday. I am a new reader of your blog and love it...a link sits on my bookmark bar so I can take a peak everyday. Thanks for you sweet outlook on life!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday!!! I love your list. I'm working on developing a 35 by 35 and want to blog about it soon. You just inspired me to get on it. ; )ReplyDelete
I have been out of it. Happy late Birthday! You are such a sweet lady, I'm so glad to have found your blog. God Bless ya! :)ReplyDelete
I'm slowly making my way through my reader...what a gift to read your list, such motivation! Hope you check each one off...even the tattoo! XOXOReplyDelete
lovely list! such a fun combination of wholesomeness and... zest : )ReplyDelete
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Is there a place where I should post a feature request instead of here?
What I would like to see is being able to go to Options->ICS-> select "mute" next to the "Tell Text".
The reason is that most of the personal tells on chess servers have been negative from my experience, such as saying f you etc... because they are upset from the game.
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It would be nice but not necessary to also be able to provide an auto response when tells are muted.
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Cockburn said his opponents' parties have resorted to fearmongering, something Canadians shouldn't tolerate, he said.
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(Although you people didn't listen to me about the mucus plug thing, so really, it's your own damn fault if you ignore me this time too.)
(Although you people didn't listen to me about the mucus plug thing, so really, it's your own damn fault if you ignore me this time too.)
Hmmm. Am afraid to google it. What is thrush and does it hurt? :(
Thush? Bah. Gak. ( to borrow a phrase from you!) Hey, at least it's not the shingles.
And doesn' it usually clear up in babies pretty quickly? Not that that makes it any easier.
Sorry dear. This too shall pass.
Awesome... so it's like a yeast infection for your mouth. Everyone can get in on the party!
If I remember correctly, LilZ had to have this bizarro blue stuff swabbed in his mouth when he had it. Left his tongue all purpley all day and turned my boobs blue when he nursed.
(For the record, he had yeast infections on his privates ALL THE TIME. It was then that I learned the interesting fact that most of the time when guys say they have jock itch? They really have a yeast infection but they dont realize it - fun fact, just for you and Noah.)
Ooooo, not on the boobs too? Please please not on the boobs!!
I'll go ahead and hide the nasty details here -- it's a yeast infection from the antibiotics I got in the hospital, which Noah and I pass back and forth to each other through breastfeeding. So for me? It's like athlete's foot in the nipple, and for him? In the mouth and on his butt.
All three offending areas have been treated with this shit that stains us bright purple. We're very punk rock.
Share the love.
Hope Jason likes smurf nipples.
Who doesn't like Smurf nipples?
Poor Amy! I lived in mortal fear of thrush the first few months that I was breastfeeding my son. It sounds like such a huge hassle, what with the purple stuff and the boiling of bras and binkies. I hope you recover quickly!
Do the indignities of new motherhood never cease? Thanks for letting us know what can happen. It's cautionary tales like these that make me feel better armed when I have my own baby.
Long, long ago, when Billy was a baby, we were told to treat his thrush on his groin with athlete's foot cream.
Eeeeew...Not only did I Google it; I Google Imaged it.
On the plus side, once you get past the yeasty photos, thre are a bunch of nice bird pics.
Just oy. But at least he's an adorable baby and you're an adorable mama with thrush. I've read about it before though and it doesn't sound pleasant.
jesus the downward spiral of motherhood. my mom SO didn't tell me about all of this when i was getting the birds and bees talk.
his cute little toes make it worth it though-RIGHT?
sorry for all the unpleasantness.
Delurking to say, oh I'm so glad you decided to use gentian violet instead of antibiotics. I've seen many many children on Diflucan for literally months at a time, with no resuls, and it pains me to see both mother and baby suffering for so long. Hooray for the purple dye!
Live and learn...
Erm... yes, don't let someone treat you for yeast with antibiotics! That would not be good!
So sorry about the thrushiness, but Noah is still freakin' adorable. :)
I remember thrush, it makes my nipples itch just thinking about it. Hope it's gone soon.
First off, congratulations on the birth of your beautiful, beautiful boy. I'm so jealous because I still have 4 months to go to see my baby boy... *pout* On to the comment actually related to your poast, I'm actually going to listen this time and not google "thrush"... perhaps I'm protecting myself from knowing all things when my son is born. Hang in there, I'm sure things will get better!
Ah...good...some of the old knowledge is still there in the recesses of my brain.
Not like it's hard to forget blue boobs though.
So if he's got thrush, you prob. have the same....if you get any unu. pain in the nipple area, go to your doc asap. It can KILL your supply really fast.
So do you get to paint Noah's mouth purple? What fun!
Oh, come on! No photos??!
I'd give a LOT to be a woodland creature painted on your nursery wall. Bet my ears would fall off.
Get well soon.
We want purple baby pictures!
Baby Fever is curable by googling Thrush! My husband will be thrilled!
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oh i'm sorry!
thrush sucks, for you and Noah.
sterilize everything that goes in his mouth, everytime. (except for yo titties)
this sounds like something that would happen to mighty girl. punk rock indeed.
congratulations mrs & mr amalah on a beautiful baby. how soon does he start walking?
Amy- Thanks for sharing your birth story. It was wonderful to read...I cried at the end just like if I had just watched one of those Baby story shows...Way to go. You did good!
Ugh! Me and my baby are on our second round of treatments for thrush. No purple stuff for us though. My doc gave us Nystatin instead. I think Zach also passed it on to his cousin (or else they just happened to get it at the same time). Good luck getting rid of the nasty stuff. Hope your boobs don't get as sore as mine did!
Oh yes......... I remember Thrush.
Purple everything. Yes, good ole thrush.
Thanks for the memory ..........
wheee!! gentian violet for everyone! :)
the liquid stuff they gave us when my son had it (formula fed babies can get it too, since they don't get any water all day to wash the milk down) didn't turn anything any colors - maybe ask if they have something different?
I wonder if the Google people are thinking, WTF? is up with "thrush" all of a sudden?!
my brother (born in Athens) had thrush when he was a baby, but this was always connected in my mom's stories with the fact that in Greece they bottle-feed babies camomile tea in the hospital to keep them quiet (or at least they did until my mom found out! then there was NO MORE juvenile tea-drinking going on for him.) so i always thought thrush was somehow nutritional. yikes. guess i wasn't paying enough attention.
according to her it went away in a week or two. good luck!
Mmmmmmm ... purple nipples ...
(I keed! I keed, because I love ...)
Having babies is trickier than it seems.
::extra clicks on Amalah's "project sell-out" links in the hopes that extra money soothes itchy, blue boobs::
it was like i just couldn't even resist!! before i knew what was happening my fingers were typing away and then i was looking at those horrible pictures!!
poor bebe!!
I figured I've lurked long enough..so aside from the icky subject at hand I wanted to say thank you for sharing your life/birthstory with all of us. Reading this blog? journal? is addicting so this canuck can't wait for the next entry! Oh ya and your son is gorgeous!!
My ex had thrush years ago (I guess guys can get it to) and lost a TON of weight because he couldn't eat.
Good for grown ups?? Bad for babies.
Good luck with the purple punk rock lifestyle.
Is it wrong that I can't stop wondering whose boobs Isabel's ex was sucking on?
Here's hoping that fun with thrush ends soon.
I've listened to you both times because I am good.
Delurking to say...thrush - I'm so, so sorry! I had it with my son and it turned breastfeeding into a nightmare. I hope yours and Noah's clears up quickly. This too shall pass, I promise!
Who has thrush and where is it located? Ewwww. To many options for that question.
Oh my gosh, you are HILARIOUS girl! I'll be back...often. I found you via Dave Barry's blog. Congrats on the beautiful new baby!
Yeah but you have that cute little scallop design around the edge of the tongue. very trendy. :P
It's scary that I know that.
Sounds terrible! Like Shiz, I have learned to listen to you on the don't google it thing. But thanks again for sharing stuff with us, and I hope we don't all get too assvicey. Sunday morning, because it was Thanksgiving for us canucks, a woman in our church who had quadruplets 18 months ago shared some of her birth story. It really was and is miraculous...all four kids are healthy and gorgeous. I don't know why I say this, except maybe be glad you don't have four trying to nurse!
Also, y'know, kudos for the Dave Barry link. You're so smart, and pretty, and funny. :)
We had a thrush outbreak once here too, but thankfully [for me] we were already past the boobsucking stage. I'd never heard of it before then, and I was horrified and thought it was my fault and I was a bad mom, and etc.
Does acidophilus help thrush? I know that it helps me keep my yeasties in check, but I don't know about nursing moms. Maybe some yogurt will help you?*
[*] I hope this doesn't count as assvice, since I don't know the answer and am too lazy to Google it.
I love that song Paula Abdul wrote about this very topic:
"Thursh, thrush.
Oh, baby, baby, please.
Thrush, thrush."
HAHAHAHA @ dr. johnny fever...
and hahaha even more @ the mucus plug thing... ewe.
I will not do it. I will not do it. I will not do it.
I am usually very contrary, which is why I googled the mucus. I did my penance right there, mouth agape, stomach heaving, and learned a Very Important Life Lesson. Sometimes I really ought to listen to people who know better.
I will not even think about thrush and nipples together. Ooops, I just did. Paying my penance again.....
Sorry to admit, but I disobeyed the kind advice and googled for pictures.
Stomach still in motion.
there is something so reassuring about someone telling it how it is.
You go girl. Keep up the truth. I shall be joining you shortly. 3 days to official due date, probably 13 before it decides to come out on the lure of drugs...
Ick! Been there - let's make support group t-shirts. I hope it clears up quickly.
Thrush - YUM, CAN'T WAIT.
39 weeks, 5 days here........
I already know I will have to have antibiotics thanks to my good buddy "group strep B" . When my doc told me this I nearly cried because I ALWAYS get a yeast infection from antibiotics and I had seen my sister deal with thrush with Nephew #2. SOB!
I Googled thrush. I regret that decision.
I like how, when you google image 'thrush', on the 7th page there's a picture of a woman with a black eye.
my friend went out with a guy named, no kidding, billy thrush. he took her to a jethro tull concert, threw up and kissed her!! talk about thrush disease.
Where's the Noah pic of the day? I need my daily fix of his adorableness!
EEw. Yes, I could not help myself. So I am the only one to blame.
You should try Grapefruit seed extract as well. I've had yeast in the boobs since day 4 (he's 13 weeks now), and between GSE and the gentian violet and nipple cream, we manage. I've done FOUR 7 day treatments of Gentian, and now am doing it every 4 days.
And if you are using Lansinoh, STOP. It feeds the yeast.
Here's a great protocol for yeast
For the diaper rash trust me,this works!!
Take the diaper cream,,,and put it on liberally,,,then add a nice thick coat of corn starch or baby powder. This makes a 'band aid" between the sore and the new baby pee.
Now,,when you clean Noah's butt,,this is gonna be a bastard to clean up,,but,,it works! Try it,,I guarantee,,youll see a huge difference within 24 hrs!
Good luck,,your doing a great job!! Oh,,and on the thrush crap,,been there done it,,it just sucks,,don't worry it gets better,,lol,,just so you know,you'll have a fear of anything with a "white milky film" for the rest of your life!!
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