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1. We are currently practicing our live set on a nearly daily basis. Our setlist includes songs from our first two albums in a different version. Meanwhile we have around an hour's listening experience to offer. We are also currently searching for a good booking agency (as well as management) who could book us many gigs. For the bass guitar the bassist from the predecessor album, the then 16-year-old Araisen, is responsible and the 23-year-old Mark Edwards from Birmingham is on the drums for our
2.How would you describe the musical sound of the new album and also how does it differ from past albums?
2. In the third album we were able to connect together the first and second albums. Both the producer as well as our studio drummer Matze think that it is more "fluid" than its predecessor the Shore of Straying Souls (2003). Tears of Hate (2001) was not composed to the extent that we had planned due to our former drummer. Thus the album was "doomier".In addition, this time we took more care with the symphonic elements so that all instruments and the singing come into their own.
3.There was a 10 year gap between albums, can you tell us what was going on during that time?
3. In 2003 with our album The Shore of Straying Souls we signed a contract with Dark Music Productions (Portugal). However our album only came out in eastern and southern Europe. After a short while this company went into liquidation and our planned tour never took place. A year later Sorroth decided to take on the offer of his producer and move in with him in order to work on a couple of other musical projects. In these four years he composed the project Brandenburg, as well as the song Golden Machine (Silver Machine from Hawkwind) on one of the Perry Roden samplers that were distributed by Cargo etc... At the of 2007 Sorroth returned to Frankfurt am Main and decided with Samotha to compose a new album, which the record company Bellaphon was to release. After umpteen appointments and meetings it turned out after two years that they could not finance the production. Finally, we produced our albums ourselves in Empire Studios and in February 2011 signed with Schwarzdorn Productions.
4.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the new release explores?
4. In 2009 the singer Sorroth reached a low point and spent some time in the Frankfurter drug scene with his acoustic guitar, where he composed an unplugged version of the song Dying In The Corner. This song is dedicated to all the drug victims. Slur, Repayment For Committed Injustice as well as Betrayal Of Trust arose directly after Sorroth's return to Frankfurt am Main, because, alongside other reasons, there were constantly disputes with Carlos Peron (his then publisher) as to the music rights. The magazine Spiegel noted that Sorroth was being exploited. Majestic Uprising celebrates our patience and perseverance.
The strength that you feel increasingly through the dark times is there to give the listener hope. The highest form of hope is overcome despair. Seven Seasons describes the 4-year-long separation of Sorroth and Samotha through the false declarations of the so-called "creatures". Len Dopis (Just A Letter) is a "thankyou" for the tears and years of sorrow. If Sorroth had not supported me and I him, we would probably not exist anymore. Once we gathered ourselves we applied to a smaller distributerwith a pre-production (of four songs), where we were told that we should do something slightly more commercial, as it would fill the coffers. Afterwards we would then get a fitting label. Out of our defiance the
song Due Of Commercialisation emerged.
The strength that you feel increasingly through the dark times is there to give the listener hope. The highest form of hope is overcome despair. Seven Seasons describes the 4-year-long separation of Sorroth and Samotha through the false declarations of the so-called "creatures". Len Dopis (Just A Letter) is a "thankyou" for the tears and years of sorrow. If Sorroth had not supported me and I him, we would probably not exist anymore. Once we gathered ourselves we applied to a smaller distributerwith a pre-production (of four songs), where we were told that we should do something slightly more commercial, as it would fill the coffers. Afterwards we would then get a fitting label. Out of our defiance the
song Due Of Commercialisation emerged.
5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name Dark Man Shadow?
5. Already in the creation phase of the band in 1996 we asked the local fans for a fitting band name. First the name "Black Wine" was celebrated, yet as the frontman Sorroth is a very dark guy he was called Dark Man. His ambition, potential and his appearance put everything in the shade for which he was also partly named Shadow. Perhaps in Englishit would be correct to write "Dark Man's Shadow", but this would carry a different meaning.
6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?
6. Until now we have enjoyed all gigs and with every appearance have collected new experiences as we do not utilise samplers or midis. This obviously also depends on the mixer who is responsible for the band. We have fond memories of the festival Rocktober in Paderborn, of the smaller gig in Salzgitter as well as the Nightmare Festival in Berlin. Even the open air festival Bretthart where we had no bassist and still received a very positive response. When we stand on the stage we insist on a good sound, as then we fall into a "trance" and can transfer this onto our audience. Oftentimes we bring the blood to the boil. We would be very pleased to deliver a show-spectacle this year.
7.DO you have any touring or show plans for the future?
7. As previously mentioned, we are currently in negotiations with management who could look for booking agencies for us. Unfortunatley nothing is certain as yet, but keep an eye on us as we are ready to perform at any time.
8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to the newer material by fans of black, gothic and death metal?
8. Fans from all over the world (both male or female, from 16-60) write us very positive feedback. Many were already very impatient about when the release would take place. As it is not yet released we cannot say very much about this so far; but at present most of the reviews have been very positive, about which we are very pleased. Nothing is worse for an artist, than to be destroyed by journalists in front of the whole world. We hope that the fans will like it both musically as well as the content. Our new album includes music for Death, Black and Gothic fans.
9.Are there any other musical projects going on these days?
9. We do not want to waste any more time on side-projects and want to firstly mainly concentrate on Dark Man Shadow, as it looks like there will be a lot of work coming our way. Apart from that, we have a few ideas we still want to work on.
10.What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?
10. The direction will probably always remain the same, as the music is mainly composed by Sorroth and Samotha; the idea would be to add a few new elements and maybe to change the concept of the course of the music. At this point we do not want to give any precise comments.
11.What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your newer music and alos what are you listening to nowadays?
11. Sorroth's idols for singing were Ian Gillan, Robert Plant, Dio,
Blacky Lawless and for guitar were Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, Eddie van Halen and Kerry King. Samotha's prediliction for dark classical music complemented the idea, musically offering something for fans of every genre.Privately we do not listen to a metal radio station as it could influence our compositions.
12.Outside of music what are some of your interests?
12. To live our private lives, in whatever way, the main thing is it's fun.
13.Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?
13. Many thanks for your support through this interview. In addition, we hope that many new fans will be gained who don't just love the music, but also look inside themselves and think about how much further we will let inequality and injustice go on, instead of putting a stop to it.
Together we are strong.
Together we are strong.


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This weekend Mizzou celebrated Homecoming! The university is very proud of being the 'inventors' of Homecoming, hosting the first ever homecoming festivities in 1911. This is always one of the most exciting times to be in Columbia and I am so thankful I was there for it! Here are the highlights:
- The weather was perfect! It was a little chilly but not too cold to enjoy yourself. I LOVE tailgating at Mizzou. Coming from a PAC-12 campus, we really did not participate in the pre-football festivities quite like they do in Missouri. I love the family-friendly vibe of a college football game. I love meeting up with friends and meeting their families. It is one of the best parts of college and I am so thankful I went to Mizzou to experience it.
- Brendon had some great seats for the game. We sat up in the Tigers Lounge section where there is tons of free food. We have sat here a few times before. Now, do not hate me for saying this, but I kind of prefer sitting in the stadium seating a little better. I feel more in the game when I am in the stands with everyone yelling and cheering versus being kind of cut off in these specific seats.
- I barely made it to the game. It began at 3:00 in the afternoon and I was working at a conference in St. Louis until 11:45 am. I raced home, threw on my black and gold and got to the game as fast as possible. We were only able to stop by one friend's tailgate… which was of course the Stuckels! They are literally the best humans ever! I am so thankful for their generosity! I think spent more time eating their food than contributing to conversation… whoopsie!
It was a beautiful and PACKED weekend here. I flew out of town on Sunday, off to the next work event. I am thankful to report I was able to sleep for eight hours a night two nights in a row… which is a dream come true!

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Hello! If you're anything like me, you can't wait for the white gold to start falling and for Jack Frost to make nature sparkle and glitter. Winter is definitely my favorite season (that is when it behaves the way it should and not the foggy, rainy, warm winter) so that is what it's all about today.
I just couldn't help myself to make the cute Igloo from the SDS Frosty Friends kit
It is made out of AC Cardstock in White and Blueberry and decorated with Sparkle Paper in White and Maja Design Paper "Joyous Winterdays". Just follow the instructions found here and you'll be all set – easy peasy!
I also wanted the Igloo to look inhabited, so I made a small sled for the owner.
The sled is from the JGW Made of Snow kit. It's made of AC Cardstock in Chocolate, Slate and Black along with some wood patterned paper from KaiserKraft. I used a tiny black brad for the steering pad and some twine. The small rivets are made from small dots of Enamel Accent from Tim Holtz. I did size this one down to match the size of the Igloo. You find the tutorial for the sled here.
The owner is also keen on skis, so I made him a pair from the JGW Winter Wonderland Wreath
These skis are made a bit bigger to match the size of the Igloo and sled and are made from AC Cardstock in Chocolate and Charcoal and with patterned paper from KaiserKraft. These are soooo easy to make and you find the tutorial here.
At night the igloo lights up with a cozy light 😉
So now the small but lucky owner of the Igloo is ready for the upcoming frosty season and I look forward to many more cool and glittery projects in my warm and cozy craft room 🙂
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Dreams can come true, folks: T-Mobile and Apple have entered an agreement and will be launching products beginning next year. The announcement was posted (nearly as an afterthought, oddly enough) as part of a press release in which Deutsche Telekom spelled out its financial plans through 2015, while COO Rene Obermann also made the announcement in an investors conference. While the two companies have not explicitly given specifics on which Apple devices we can expect to see in a retail store near you, we wouldn't be surprised to see new products from Cupertino hitting the shelves around the same time as the fourth-largest US carrier's LTE launch in 2013.
T-Mobile has made no secret of the fact that it has long been interested in carrying Apple products, as several executives have made mention of it. The company already boasts over a million unlocked iPhones in use on its network, which is currently undergoing an expansive 3G refarming effort on iPhone-friendly (amongst other quad-band phones, of course) 1900MHz frequencies. We've reached out to T-Mobile and Apple for comment and will update this post as we hear more. For now, check out the press release in all its glory below.
Update: PCMag's Sascha Segan reports that T-Mobile CEO John Legere "is implying that the carrier will launch an as-yet-unannounced iPhone model."
Update 2: We pinged Apple for additional comment, and while a spokesperson was pleased to "confirm the news," they couldn't add "additional details."
Update 3: We also reached out to T-Mobile and were told that additional details would be given at a later date.


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Dr. Xing Yang, Research Scientist for Viance, presented a study on "Outdoor and Accelerated Weathering of Wood" at the annual AWPA meeting May 7 in Orlando, FL.
Dr. Xing Yang, Research Scientist for Viance, presents study at AWPA annual meeting
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A right-wing view of MMP politics
Whangarei, October 22, 2017
So there we have it. MMP at work. A party that receives 7.2% of the vote gets to choose who runs the country. And they choose a party that received 36.9% of the vote, and that party enters into a coalition agreement with another party that received 6.3% of the vote.
Gloomy Outlook
In saying why they chose Labour and not National, New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters presented a very gloomy outlook for the economy, and listed a number of indicators that he said supported that view.
He added, "Capitalism must regain its human face. That perception has influenced deeply NZ First negotiations."
The gloomy economic prognosis and the anti-capitalism sentiment is surprising and will not sit well with the business community.
Mr Peters said the choice NZ First faced was for a modified status quo, or for change. He said people wanted change, and that's what he responded to. I personally am not so sure that a majority of people did vote for seismic change. National gained the largest share of the vote and it is likely many of NZ First voters wanted a modified status quo rather than a government involving the Greens.
Signs of uncertainty
Although the policy details of the new coalition have yet to be announced at the time of writing, the effect on the foreign exchange market has been immediate. The Kiwi dollar fell one cent against the US dollar on the announcement, and one and a half cents against the Australian dollar. Those movements reflect the greater uncertainty that will undermine business activity, at least until policy issues are clarified.
What we can expect are greater restrictions on foreign ownership of New Zealand assets and immigration.
The "bottom-line" referendum on the Maori seats is not likely to have survived the negotiation talks (assuming it was ever part of the talks), given Labour now "owns" the seven Maori seats and has advocated greater rights for Maori.
New Policies
Based on what Labour promised during the election campaign, a number of new policies will directly affect property investors. These include 1. The bright line test will be extended from two years to five years 2. Losses from residential property will be ring-fenced 3. The 42-day notice period for landlords will be increased to 90 days 4. Rent increases will be limited to once per year (the law currently limits it to once every six months) and require the formula for rental increases to be specified in the rental agreement 5. "No-cause" terminations of tenancies will be abolished 6. Letting fees will be banned 7. A $2 billion KiwiBuild scheme will be introduced to build 10,000 homes a year 8. An Affordable Housing Authority will be established to work with the private sector to cut through red tape.
The Immigration Issue
The more fundamental issue for property prices generally is immigration. Few would disagree that immigration has been a significant driver of property price inflation. In the October issue of Property Focus, ANZ said, "Migration flows to and from New Zealand are one of the major drivers of housing market cycles. The early 1970s, mid-1990s, mid-2000s and most recent house price booms have all coincided with large net migration inflows."The corollary is that when net migration turns negative, so too do property prices.
That must be making highly indebted homeowners nervous, especially in Auckland where the average house is worth more than a million dollars and 8.7 times average household income (compared to six times nationally). Mr Peters has just made the risk of owning a house in Auckland that much greater than it is already.
Instability risk
The big question mark overhanging the three-headed coalition is stability.
Of the three, NZ First could be the biggest loser. Unlike the Greens, who see Labour as its natural coalition partner, NZ First supporters/voters were not committed one way or another. Many would have voted for NZ First on the expectation that it would side with National and deal with issues like race relations. Those supporters will feel betrayed and cheated and will now become critics rather than supporters.
The new government will have to do well for NZ First to hold its support base and without the luxury of a seat and no obvious sweetheart seat deal in prospect, it may well find itself out of Parliament in three years' time – assuming the coalition goes full term. (Presumably a safe seat is something NZ First could have extracted from National – Northland the most logical.)
Leadership change
A further complicating factor is a likely leadership change at NZ First as Mr Peters hands the reigns over to either Ron Mark or Shane Jones. The question is whether NZ First can make the transition without internal division. Given the two very big egos that will be contending for the leadership, I do not expect the transition to be an easy one.
Our history of MMP is that coalition arrangements hurt the small parties. There appears to be two aspects to this. The first is that they lose credibility by having to sign-off on policies that their voters do not support. The next political poll will show if NZ First has been damaged by choosing Labour.
The second reason minor parties suffer in coalitions is that having to support the unpopular policies of another party, creates tension and internal divisions within a party caucus. This will often result in the caucus fracturing into those who believe politics is about standing up for a principle and those who believe politics is about compromise.
While policy details have yet to be disclosed, the one thing we do know is that significant changes await the property and business sectors. Change creates uncertainty, which in turn causes investors to sit on their hands and do nothing until the mist clears.
Frank Newman is the author of numerous books on investment. He has worked as a share broker, investment adviser and University lecturer. He was a member of the Whangarei District Council for six years. He writes a weekly article for 'Property Plus.' The above article appeared in the New Zealand Centre for Political Research Weekly on October 22, 2017 reproduced with the permission of its Editor Dr Muriel Newman ©


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Diazepam is a type of benzodiazepine. It is used to treat the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal, as well as anxiety and muscle spasms. It may also be combined with other medications to remedy seizures. It does this by altering chemicals within the brain in a manner that may cause imbalance or anxiety if the drug is abused. It is for this reason that those who are prescribed it must use it with care.
Diazepam Addiction
When diazepam is misused, the user may become addicted. Like many prescription drugs, it has ingredients and properties which can make it habit forming. Diazepam differs from other drugs in that it is a liquid medication that must be measured with a dosing syringe. A user that chooses not to use a syringe or measuring spoon could easily overdose, which can result in death. Diazepam should only be used for a short period of time. Under no circumstances should it be taken for more than four months unless a doctor has recommended it.
Warning Signs of Diazepam Addiction
There are many warning signs that someone may be abusing diazepam. Heavy users may showcase confusion or behave in an erratic way. Other addicts will experience hallucinations, and this drug also lowers inhibitions which may result in the user engaging in risky behaviors. Some users may experience mood swings, and may become depressed or suicidal. When agitated, diazepam users may become unusually hostile or aggressive. Other indications that someone may be addicted to this substance include:
- Seizures which worsen
- Breathing which is shallow and weak
- Reduced bladder control
- Drowsiness and weak muscles
- Severe exhaustion
- Reduced coordination
Side Effects of Diazepam Abuse
Those who abuse diazepam may display numerous side effects, some of which are life threatening. When under the influence of this drug, a user may walk awkwardly. They may also experience pain in either their stomach or abdomen. Vision may become blurred, and after bowel movements the stool may be tarry or black. Diazepam addicts may have chills, and their manner of speaking may be altered. Other side effects which are associated with this substance are:
- Urine which is dark colored
- Feelings of anxiety and discouragement
- Dizziness or lightheadedness when lying down
- Rapid heart beat
- Feelings of paranoia
- Headaches and itching
- Hyper excitable and easily irritated
- Reduced appetite
- Pain in the side or lower back
- Nervousness and nightmares
Diazepam Rehab
Prescription drugs such as diazepam can sometimes be more dangerous than illegal street drugs due to the fact that they are legal and readily available. Anyone who uses them is susceptible to becoming addicted, which is why it is so important for users to take the medicine as directed and only use it for the length of time specified. Should someone become addicted to this drug, the best solution is rehab.
Today, there are thousands of patients receiving treatment for diazepam addiction. Rehab services have proven to be effective because they allow addicts to be treated within a controlled environment. The patient will be assessed to determine their level of need. Rehab can be both efficient and cost effective, especially when you are using insurance to offset treatment costs.
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Minitab 19.2 Crack+ Product Key [Activation Code] 2020 Download Minitab Crack is also a software that has a lot of features that are powerful for all your statistics issues. Better put, it analyzes and processes information in an in-depth manner such that you don't have to stress yourself with the figures. It's the latest version… Read More »


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Is Oracle Database Time Correct? Something Is Not Quite Right
Oracle Database tuning and performance analysis is usually based on time. As I blogged HERE, the Oracle "database time" statistic is more interesting than simply "time spent in the database." It is the sum of CPU consumption and non-idle wait time. And Elapsed Time is the sum of all the database time related to perhaps a session or a SQL statement execution. However...
If you do the fundamental math, you'll notice the numbers don't always add up. In fact, they rarely match. In this posting, I want to demonstrate this mismatch and I want you to see this on your systems!
I'll include experimental data from a number of different systems, the statistical analysis (including pictures) and provide a tool you can download for free from OraPub.com to check out the situation on your systems.
Checking DB Time Math
DB Time is defined as "time spent in the database." This is the sum of Oracle process CPU consumption plus non-idle wait time. Usually we don't derive DB Time. The Time Model Statistics view v$sys_time_mode contains the DB Time statistic. But this view also contains the DB CPU statistic. Since there is no sum of non-idle wait time, most people just assume everything is fine.
However, if you run the simple query below on your system, it could look something this:
SQL> l
1 select db_time_s, db_cpu_s, tot_ni_wt_s
2 from (select value/1000000 db_time_s from v$sys_time_model where stat_name = 'DB time' ),
3 (select value/1000000 db_cpu_s from v$sys_time_model where stat_name = 'DB CPU' ),
4* (select sum(TIME_WAITED_MICRO_FG)/1000000 tot_ni_wt_s from v$system_event where wait_class != 'Idle' )
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330165.527 231403.925 119942.952
1 row selected.
If you add up the DB CPU and the total non-idle wait time, the value is 351,346.877. Woops! 351K does not equal 330K. What happened on my Oracle Database 12c (188.8.131.52.0)? As I have demonstrated in this POSTING (which contains videos of this) and in my online seminar training HERE, many times DB Time does nearly equal DB CPU plus the non-idle wait time. But clearly in the above situation something does not seem quite right.
Checking DB Time On Your Systems
To demonstrate the possibility of a DB Time mismatch, I created a simple plsql tool. You can download this free tool or do an OraPub.com search for "db time tool". The tool, which is easily configurable, takes a number of samples over a period of time and displays the output.
Here is an example of the output.
OraPub DB Time Test v1a 26-Sep-2014. Enjoy but use at your own risk.
Starting to collect 11 180 second samples now...
All displayed times are in seconds.
anonymer Block abgeschlossen
... RAW OUTPUT (keep the output for your records and analysis)
sample#, db_time_delta_v , db_cpu_delta_v, tot_ni_wait_delta_v, derived_db_time_delta_v, diff_v, diff_pct_v
1, 128,4, 128,254, ,103, 128,357266, ,043, 0
2, 22,014, 3,883, 17,731, 21,614215, ,399, 1,8
3, 1,625, 1,251, ,003, 1,253703, ,371, 22,8
4, 13,967, 12,719, 1,476, 14,194999, -,228, -1,6
5, 41,086, 41,259, ,228, 41,486482, -,4, -1
6, 36,872, 36,466, ,127, 36,593884, ,278, ,8
7, 38,545, 38,71, ,137, 38,847459, -,303, -,8
8, 37,264, 37,341, ,122, 37,463525, -,199, -,5
9, 22,818, 22,866, ,102, 22,967141, -,149, -,7
10, 30,985, 30,614, ,109, 30,723831, ,261, ,8
11, 5,795, 5,445, ,513, 5,958586, -,164, -2,8
The test is complete.
All displayed times are in seconds.
The output is formatted to make it easy to statistically analyze. The far right column is percent difference between the reported DB Time and the calculated DB Time. In the above example, they are pretty close. Get the tool and try it out on your systems.
Some Actual Examples
I want to quickly show you four examples from a variety of systems. You can DOWNLOAD all the data in the "analysis pack" HERE. The data, for each of the four systems, contains the raw DB Time Test output (like in the section above), the statistical numeric analysis output from the statistical package "R", the actual "R" script and the visual analysis using "smooth histograms" also created using "R."
Below is the statistical numeric summary:
About the columns: Only the "craig" system is mine and other are real production or DEV/QA systems. The statistical columns all reference the far right column of the DB Time Test Tool's output, which is the percent difference between the reported DB Time and the calculated DB Time. Each sample set consists of eleven 180 second samples. The P-Value greater than 0.05 means the reported and calculated DB Time differences are normally distributed. This is not important in this analysis, but gives me clues if there is a problem with the data collection.
As you can easily see, two of the system's "DB Times" difference is greater than 10% and one of them was over 20%. The data collected shows that something is not quite right... but that's about it.
What Does This Mean In Our Work?
Clearly something is not quite right. There are a number of possible reasons and this will be focus of my next few articles.
However, I want to say that even though the numbers don't match perfectly and sometimes they are way off, this does not negate the value of a time based analysis. Remember, we not trying to land a man on the moon. We try diagnosing performance to derive solutions that (usually) aim to reduce the database time. I suspect that in all four cases I show, we would not be misled.
But this does highlight the requirement to also analysis performance from a non-Oracle database centric perspective. I always look at the performance situation from an operating system perspective, an Oracle centric perspective and an application (think: SQL, processes, user experience, etc.) perspective. This "3 Circle" analysis will reduce the likelihood of making a tuning diagnosis mistake. So in case DB Time is completely messed up, by diagnosing performance from the other two "circles" you will know something is not right.
If you want to learn more about my "3-Circle" analysis, here are two resources:
- Paper. Total Performance Management. Do an OraPub search for "3 circle" and you'll find it.
- Online Seminar: Tuning Oracle Using An AWR Report. I go DEEP into an Oracle Time Based Analysis while focusing on how to do an Oracle Time Based Analysis. It's super practical.
In my next few articles I will drill down into why there can be a "DB Time mismatch," what to do about it and how to use this knowledge to our advantage.
Enjoy your work! There is nothing quite like analyzing performance and tuning Oracle database systems!!
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Craig Shallahamer is a long time Oracle DBA who specializes in predictive analytics, machine learning and Oracle performance tuning. Craig is a performance researcher and blogger, consultant, author of two books, an enthusiastic conference speaker a passionate teacher and an Oracle ACE Director. More about Craig Shallahamer...
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You're using Windows, right? I don't remember how the tree is styled (and I used FC on Win at work today ), it depends on the operating system and/or desktop theme. In some operating systems, there are very useful lines joining elements to their parent (Body, Part container, etc.). In Preferences/General/General, you can set a stylesheet that reproduces this styling. Personally I prefer my programs to comply with the desktop theme (managed by the OS), and these stylesheets are too different from my desktop theme, and I find that light areas such as the tree don't have enough contrast. I edited one of the stylesheets to only keep the changes to the tree with a pure white background:
Found it: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 23#p251252
Maybe not surprisingly, I love it.


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Wyman Meinzer Award Winning Nature Photographer Shares Amazing Photos of West Texas
Wyman Meinzer, the only person ever named official Texas photographer, received that honor in 1997 from then Governor George W. Bush and the Texas Legislature. Meinzer has since become one of the foremost wildlife photographers in the country.
Meinzer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife management in 1974 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock Texas. Immediately after graduation he moved out into the backcountry of West Texas with the coyotes and rattlesnakes in order to focus on his first love, photography. Not just any photography, but photographing wildlife and wilderness far from the city lights.
Life In West Texas Back Country
In an interview with Gretchen Pressley of Texas Tech Today, Meinzer says, '"I was out there for weeks at a time with no other person, [living in] a half dugout with no electricity, no running water. I had hundreds of thousands of acres to roam over freely, and I could see all kinds of gorgeous sights and weather patterns. I got to be a student at a very basic level once again."'
Meinzer now teaches one of the most popular photography classes at Texas Tech (since 2000) and still finds time for photo shoots for magazines and books. His photos have appeared in many major magazines like National Geographic, Field and Stream, Time, Newsweek, and Smithsonian, among others. Meinzer has been photographing wildlife and wilderness for 33 years and in addition to his photos appearing in more than 250 magazines, he has more than 24 books to his credit.
His photography class is a little unconventional in that he and his students go on a 2-week field trip where, as Meinzer puts it, "we live and breathe photography." Pressley writes: "They walk into rivers in the moonlight, waiting for the perfect shot, completely immersing themselves in outdoor photography."
Meinzer and his wife Sylinda live in Benjamin Texas where they turned the old Benjamin jailhouse into a comfortable home.
Meinzer Takes Us Places We Will Probably Never Go
Nora Varty who interviewed Wyman Meinzer for the November 2002 issue of Texas Monthly magazine says of Meinzer, "[he] takes us places we've never been and probably will never go. He captures on film some of the most remote and beautiful spots in Texas so that city slickers who lack the wherewithal to ride a mule into the desert may enjoy them," (http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/qa-wyman-meinzer).
Meinzer himself says that people miss so much natural beauty when they limit themselves to our national parks and things they can see from the roadways. He says Texas is the most diverse state in America and he doubts he will ever run out of new, exciting, unusual, and beautiful landscapes and wildlife to photograph and share with people who are interested.
Below are films of some of Meinzer's fantastic photos. I lived in West Texas a while back and have seen many of the landscapes in these photographs first hand. As Meinzer said, Texas is very diverse, so I hope people who have never been to Texas will not imagine that all of Texas looks like the photos in this film.
There are 5 different regions in Texas, each big enough to be a separate state about the size of Iowa, Wisconsin, Virginia, or Colorado, or some others, and every region is unique and beautiful in it's own way, just like all of the states that make up this country. The vimeos (videos) are each less than five minutes – enjoy!
Wyman Meinzer's West Texas
Wyman Meinzer Talking To Texas Parks and Wildlife
Inspiration Texas Style
© 2012 C E Clark
I have enjoyed reading about Mr. Meinzer very much. He captures in his photo's what I feel when I think of Texas. Fifty years ago I met my wife in El Paso. We lived there for four years and then moved away, always with Texas in my minds eye. Lately and after retiring we have started vacationing in The Lone Star State with the hope of possibly making a move to the Temple area.
That's true. Instinct tells me every state must have at least one photojournalist that covers it. Covering a state should seem a good starter project for a photojournalist.
I see where Mr. Meinzer has a point about Texas being the most diverse state in the Union. While Alaska is bigger Texas seems better positioned for a more diverse topography. It might be great to see photographers from other states chalenge his assertion with their photography.
Thought I'd revisit this good hub of yours and share once again. There is so much beauty in Texas!
Hi Au fait,
Happy to share this again so that more people can learn about West Texas and all its beauty. Our state is blessed with so much beauty and it is so varied from seashore to desert to mountainous to piney woods to semi-tropical and more. Many people do not realize the vastness of our state and all its environs.
Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving and will enjoy a very Merry Christmas and holiday season in general. Hard to believe that this year of 2015 is quickly coming to a close!
C.E. it's Danny Wilcox Frazer.......I tried to send you a link to a site about him, but it didn't work out as I hoped......If you google his name, you'll find him...pictures & all.
I don't know the answer to that, but I can ask Danny (via my daughter-in-law) about this. Danny lives in Iowa. He was kind enough to send me an autographed copy of the book he published a few years back. The exact title escapes me at the moment...but it's (of course) a photographic journal of particular parts of Iowa......mostly "rural." You can google Danny Frazier. He uses a middle name also, but my memory is on vacation today. I'll get back to you.
Watching the video of West Texas photographs brought me inspiration to design some new wolf earrings. Thanks so much for sharing this informative and interesting article. " Immersed in the moonlight" and walking through rivers intrigues me. Texas is so beautiful!
Good morning AuFait
One thing is for certain, he loves Texas. And that is a lovely thing. I love Virginia like no other place that I have lived so to hear his adoration of this state is grand.
The photos he shared in the video are breathtaking. He was at the right spot at the right time...the one of the highway rushing toward the hills in the background I do think was my favorite.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Angels are on the way to you this morning.
Voted up++++ g+ tweeted Pinned Shared
And here I am visualizing Texas to be all flat. :)
Fantastic hub, aufait, and really enjoyed the videos as well as all the beauty in your hub. Thanks so much. Voted up+++ and sharing.
au fait.....Wonderful informational Hub. Photos are breathtaking. I acquired a boost in appreciation of photo journalism several years ago. My daughter-in-law's brother (Iowa) is an award-wining photo-journalist. Just talking with him about his particular art is an eye-opening experience.
You write about Meinzer as if you know him personally (?) you made this article extremely interesting, like only you can do, C.E. You have certainly convinced me that this man is a Master in his Field! UP+++ sharing, pinned & tweeted
Breathtaking photographs and certainly an education for people who have never been to Texas. What a masterful photographer Meinzer is. Thank you for introducing him to me and Hubville.
Voted up, awesome, and interesting.
Au fait, Thanks for sharing another awesome hub about Wyman Meinzer and his photography. I always learn a lot when I read your hubs. In 1968 when I was in the Navy, I spent three months at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo. All I remember is that it was very dry and hot while I was there from July through October. Voted up and sharing with HP followers and on Facebook.
These are fascinating photos and a great introduction to the Award Winning photographer, Wyman Meiner. I loved learning more about Texas as well.
I drove across Texas once...what a huge state! Thank you for sharing these pictures and information. Interesting read! And it's probably true about most any state. There is more to see than just from parks and highways.
Stopped in for a visit. We just got back from Wausau another visit to the hospital. I try to get on here when I can and comment here and there. Loved this hub and never did pin it so today I'm going to pin and share.
Our family lived for 25 years in Texas and it is a much more diverse state than many people realize. Thank you for sharing this information about Wyman Meinzer. Such an amazing artist! I loved the photos and video.
Wonderful videos; a treat to watch these photos and read about Wyman Meinzer. I had not heard of him. Thanks for sharing.
Voted up and shared.
Going to give this a tweet in order to share it again. I hope people take the time to view the videos!
Amazing photographs! We used to live in Texas and it is, indeed, a very photogenic state. Thanks for sharing this. Voted up ... beautiful!
I am so glad that I found this hub. It must be incredible to take photography lessons from Wyman Meinzer and an adventure as well. I watched all 3 videos and each is definitely worth the time to view. His photos are breathtakingly beautiful. Thanks for introducing me to his photography. I did not realize that he is the official photographer for Texas. All the up votes except funny and will definitely share.
Awesome pictures and video's.
Great photos. Enjoyed your hub. I was married in Texas and we lived there off and on. My parents had a riding horse stable there. Voted up
Great hub. Great photography. I thought most of Texas looked like this, but only part of it eh? Seems like in all the movies it always looks like mostly desert.
Awesome and interesting. Love all your hubs.
The photography is beautiful and the article is very interesting as well. Texas is a very diverse state and the photographer has captured so much of it beautifully. Voted up and interesting! Have a great day! :)
Lovely, Misty: I wonder how he kept all the rednecks out of the shots!
Texas is, indeed, bigger than most countries and people aren't aware of its beautiful parts. I used to zoom through it on the way to the eastern borders into Mexico and all I saw was freeways.
Interesting hub duckie
PS I had to look at those pictures again, they are exceptional as is the dialogue...
Hi Au Fait,
Thanks for that fascinating and beautiful hub about an incredible man and artist. The photography is truly stunning - he captures alternately the vastness of the natural spaces in Texas and the intimacy of of the smaller scale - the shot of the owl peeking through the snow or the cowboys at work in the dust and heat.
I also loved the way he treats water - I never realized that Texas boasted such splendid aquatic features. What a stunning place, delightfully rendered by a man so clearly attuned both to the natural places and the art of photography.
He deserves his many honors.


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paidContent - Yahoo VP Sees 'Green Shoots' In Ad Sales
This story was written by Joseph Tartakoff.
More cautious optimism among online ad executives: Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) VP of ad platform strategy Josh Jacobs says he sees "green shoots" in ad sales. "In the very short term, we are seeing people coming back, we are seeing budgets coming back up," he told an audience at the Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum Monday. "I don't know if I'd call it out of the recession this quarter but we're stabilizing and heading in the right direction."
During Yahoo's earnings call last month, CEO Carol Bartz also said that the company was "seeing less fear in the marketplace"—but she cautioned it was too early to call a bottom yet.
Considering that Yahoo posted a decline in revenue of 15 percent last quarter—on weak sales of both display and search ads—any uptick will obviously be very welcome.
Other highlights from Jacobs' remarks:
—The recession has prompted big advertisers to consider moving more of their budgets to the internet, Jacobs said.
—As advertisers start bringing that additional cash to internet properties, Jacobs said Yahoo would be in a position of strength in part because of its ad partnership with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). "We have more money to invest in building the leading audience properties out there," he said. "We are focusing our company more so than we have ever had in leading and dominating key audience verticals." He also said that by eliminating some low quality ads from its properties, users would consider Yahoo a "premium" environment.
—Jacobs talked up the importance for Yahoo of maintaining access to its search data under its partnership with Microsoft. "We wanted to continue to be able to seed our behavioral models with high quality data," he said.
—While the amount of content may be proliferating on the internet, Jacobs emphasized that people were also spending more time online—so ad prices were not necessarily falling, especially when Yahoo could offer targeting.
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The Obama Administration has a new gimmick to get people enrolled on the Obamacare exchanges, at least a gimmick to get gay people enrolled. He has signed up with Out2Enroll to produce holiday videos aimed at gay people. The video at the end of the post has gay men in skimpy undies prancing around to a woman singing 'Let it snow.'
The Out2Enroll website says they focus on 'improving the health of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community,' but it seems like they are encouraging promiscuity in the ads, something that is not very good for their health. One has to wonder if this video is about supporting gays or corrupting them.
The ads are a bit unseemly for a leader of the free world, not because they're gay but because they are prancing around barely-clothed hinting at risky sex romps.
Funding comes from the looney-left Center for American Progress, the Sellers Dorsey Foundation, and the Federal Agencies Project. It was kicked off on September 12th with a White House briefing attended by the Ice Queen, Valerie Jarrett.
That brings me to a question.
I have to first set it up.
Gary Gates, demographer at the Williams Institute, reviewed five studies asking subjects about their sexual orientation and determined that there were about 4 million adults who identify as gay or lesbian. He separated out those who occasionally engage in homosexual acts or who said they are attracted to people of the same-sex. The figure represents 1.7% of the adult population (18 years plus). Adding in bisexual and transgender brings that number to 3.8%. Transgenders, he said, are about .030% of the population, lesbian or gay are 1.70% and bisexual 1.80%.
My question is this: Mr. Obama made it clear that the 6 million people who lost their health insurance is a 'relatively small number.' Obviously, LGBTs are also a 'relatively small number' so why are we being inundated with gay literature, gay ads, gay education?
The claim by Out2Enroll is that healthcare is an LGBT equality issue. Really?
Everything Mr. Obama does is meant to separate and divide us as Americans. Everything is political. He obviously wants to cater to this voting bloc and their supporters but it's probably more than that.
We can't be just Americans. We have to be gay Americans, heterosexual Americans, black Americans, white Americans, Hispanic Americans, Mexican Americans, rich Americans, low income Americans, and the list goes on. He has already told us we are not 'Exceptional' and now he's telling us we shouldn't see ourselves as 'United.' He doesn't want us to see ourselves as traditional Americans or as Exceptional Americans. Now why do you think that is?
The ads alienate a lot of people Obama needs to sell Obamacare to. Why do this?
Should he be separating us by sexual orientation to this degree?
Okay, I have five questions.
The unseemly ad:


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Trillionaire.pro is a relatively new site which has just started making a name for itself in the world of EVE gambling services after smashing past the One Trillion ISK mark in prizes awarded. Along with the usual services you would expect from a gambling website there are a selection of raffles, and interestingly a selection of fun little free games to play. (My personal favourite being the Asteroids based mini game with a Venture by the name of ?Adventure Time?.) The site also has its own reward system for loyal users in the form of a loyalty store where points can be traded for rookie ships all the way up to capitals and freighters.
The people behind Trillionaire are big supporter of community events - and naturally as any good event organisers they intend to host a Christmas Party! This event is totally paid for by the Trillionaire team who will be providing 6,000 frigates to hand out at this event - for free! There are no entry frees, no t2 ships or modules, just come along to Mya on the Saturday 19th of December at 20:00 EVE time to get involved in the fun.
When you arrive a star-base will be in position for you to warp to and the free frigates will be ejected from he hanger array. All the frigates will be tech 1 ships and fit so you don't have to worry about skill requirements. Grab a ship, jump into the fight, blow some people up, and when you eventually get blown up, fly back and grab another. There will also be the chance to get on the kill-mails of 5 carriers that will be sacrificed during the event.
You can find out more about this event and register at xmas.trillionaire.pro or you can contact Cyber Ten the main organiser of the event.
35 capsuleers have already registered including Pandemic Legion's legendary super hunter Rocket X, CSM X's Jayne Fillion, the gentleman pirate Rixx Javixx and finally #EVE_NT's very own Nashh Kadavr.


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She was accepted into certain jazz circles over a decade ago, and doors begin to open, even if slowly at first. But always behind that acceptance was a natural, exceptional talent, without which she wouldn't have opened certain ears and eyes--and doors--in the first place. She's blossomed, since coming to the United States in 1998, into one of the very best singers out there. She owns a wonderful instrument: her vocal cords, displaying power and nuance, rich textures and flexibility. And she's always working on how to convey a song with the right feeling and tell a story. It's important to her.
AAJ Contributor R.J. DeLuke spoke with Gambarini about her new album, So In Love (Groovin' High/Emarcy, 2009), choosing unorthodox material for interpretation, and the importance of the pianists she has worked with in her relatively brief, yet meteoric career.
Check out Roberta Gambarini: Making Listeners Fall 'So In Love' at AAJ today!
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You'll find them sweeping the ocean floor, clinging to boats and searching bodies of water to protect precious cargo. Members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Miami Tactical Dive Team have been swimming their way through Florida's waterways for the past seven years, braving alligators, fallen trees and manmade trash. Why? They help law enforcement agencies from the Miami-Dade Police Department to the U.S. military conduct investigations, solve cases and keep U.S. citizens safe.
What's the team up to?
- In January 2011, the team discovered a human skull off Miami's coast. The skull has since been turned over to the Miami-Dade Police Department for further investigation.
- In February 2007, the team conducted an underwater security sweep of the Port of Miami in preparation for the commissioning of the US Navy's new guided missile destroyer, the USS Gridley (DDG 101).
- In December 2006, team members rescued a man who had suffered a seizure and had to be pulled from the water during the Lighted Boat Parade in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
ICE's Miami-based tactical dive team specializes in:
Antiterrorism and Maritime Dignitary Protection
The tactical dive team conducts underwater security sweeps of the sea floor, as well as underwater structures or structures that sit at the water's edge. Team members look for explosive devices and suspicious activity. Special sweeps are conducted when visiting dignitaries board boats, cross bridges or visit areas that border waterways.
Drug Interdiction
The tactical dive team also conducts searches for drug packages and evidence that traffickers may attempt to throw overboard. Routinely, team members conduct "hull searches" on the underside of container vessels, tankers, cruise ships and other boats. They are looking for hidden compartments, parasitic devices (drug pods) or quick release devices that may be used to jettison evidence or other contraband.
Underwater Crime Scene
As took place this year, the dive team often recovers evidence that can include anything from human remains to firearms and stolen vehicles. The team works in partnership with an array of law enforcement agencies and is trained to establish underwater crime scenes in rock quarries, canals and inland lakes.
Special Response Team Support
Tactical dive team members are trained in small boat operations and provide a marine platform for the ICE's Special Response Teams (SRTs) to conduct tactical ship boarding operations. The team often provides perimeter security for SRT members when they board a boat.
Maritime Surveillance
South Florida has many areas adjacent to waterways, such as marinas, docks and waterfront homes and buildings. Miami's tactical dive team members are specially trained to conduct maritime surveillance of boats, marinas, docks, and waterfront buildings where illegal activity is suspected.
Learn more about ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).


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Contact information
Primary contact
Dr Oliver Cornely
Contact details
University Hospital of Cologne
Department of Internal Medicine
+49 221 478 6209
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Study information
Scientific title
Voriconazole prophylaxis
Study hypothesis
Voriconazole is superior to placebo in the prophylaxis of lung infiltrates until day 21 after start of induction chemotherapy.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Trial type
Patient information sheet
Acute Myelogenous Leukaemia (AML)
Voriconazole 200 mg twice a day (bid) orally (po) or placebo
This trial was prematurely terminated on 19 January 2006 due to establishment of a new standard treatment, which made the placebo group of the trial ethically unjustifiable.
Intervention type
Phase III
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Incidence of lung infiltrates
Secondary outcome measures
1. Incidence of fever and other signs of infection
2. Incidence and type of documented bacteremia
3. Rate of patients with systemic open-label antifungal therapy
4. Time to initiation of systemic open-label antifungal therapy
5. Duration of absolute neutrophil count <500/µl
6. Rate and type of proven, probable and possible breakthrough invasive fungal infections
7. Rate of patients with fever of unknown origin
8. Incidence and severity of adverse events
9. Trough voriconazole plasma level
10. Direct costs of systemic antibiotics, antifungals and antivirals and diagnostic imaging
11. Overall costs in terms of the diagnosis related groups applied to the study patients
Overall trial start date
Overall trial end date
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
This trial was prematurely terminated on 19 January 2006 due to establishment of a new standard treatment, which made the placebo group of the trial ethically unjustifiable.
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients with first induction chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML):
1. Newly diagnosed or relapsed, de novo or secondary AML
2. First induction chemotherapy cycle
3. Expected neutropenic phase of a minimum duration of 10 days
4. Age greater than 18 years
5. Legally signed informed consent
Participant type
Age group
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Planned: 150 patients, analyzed: 25 patients.
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Known proven, probable or possible invasive fungal infection at randomization or in patient history
2. CT with any signs of a fungal infection according to the EORTC/MSG criteria, i.e. with any infiltrate (Ascioglu, et al 2002)
3. Any current fever unless explained by non-infectious causes
4. Antibacterial prophylaxis other than TMP/SMX
5. LFT (AST/ALT/bilirubin) more than 3x the upper normal limit
6. Subjects who are receiving and cannot discontinue one of the following drugs at least 24 hours prior to randomization:
6.1. Drugs with a known possibility of QTc prolongation (e.g. terfenadine, astemizole, cisapride, pimozide, quinidine)
6.2. Drugs whose plasma levels may be increased by voriconazole therapy (e.g. sulphonylureas, ergot alkaloids, sirolimus, vinca alkaloids)
7. Subjects who have received the following drugs within 14 days prior to randomization: Potent inducers of hepatic enzymes that will reduce voriconazole levels (e.g. rifampicin, carbamazepine and barbiturates)
8. Concomitant therapy with absorbable antifungals
9. Patient has a diagnosis of acute hepatitis or cirrhosis due to any cause
10. Known hypersensitivity or other contraindication to voriconazole
11. Patient unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol
12. Diseases or disabilities preventing the patient from participating in the trial
13. Females of childbearing potential without negative serum pregnancy test at baseline or within 72 hours prior to start of study drug
Ascioglu S, Rex JH, de Pauw B, Bennett JE, Bille J, Crokaert F, Denning DW, Donnelly JP, Edwards JE, Erjavec Z, Fiere D, Lortholary O, Maertens J, Meis JF, Patterson TF, Ritter J, Selleslag D, Shah PM, Stevens DA, Walsh TJ; Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer; Mycoses Study Group of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Defining opportunistic invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients with cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplants: an international consensus. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jan 1;34(1):7-14.
Recruitment start date
Recruitment end date
Countries of recruitment
Trial participating centre
University Hospital of Cologne
Funder type
Funder name
Pfizer GmbH, Karlsruhe (Germany)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list


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Turn off the stove, fix yourself a cocktail and settle down for a mouth-watering culinary competition as five complete strangers battle it out for the title of consummate dinner party host! Each week, one of the five amateur chefs cooks up a dinner party for the other four in their home. This is entertaining with edge as at the end of each evening the guests award points in three categories: food, presentation and entertainment. The host with the highest score out of a possible 120 points at the end of the week wins $1,000!
Each contestant thinks they have what it takes to impress the competition, but since the marks are given in secret, none of them knows whether their evening was prefect or pathetic until the last dinner is served and scored. Can the host rise to the challenge and write themselves into the recipe books, or do they reach boiling point too soon and make a dog's dinner of their party? Only one napkin contains the $1,000 prize… the best Dinner Takes All.
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Trestles is a collection of surfing spots at San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County, California.[1] Trestles consists of, from north to south, Upper Trestles (Uppers), Lower Trestles (Lowers), and Middle Trestles (Middles). North of Upper Trestles is the surf spot called Cottons. South of Middles is the surf spot called The Church.[2] It is named after Trestles Bridge, a wooden trestle bridge that surfers must walk under to reach the beach, replaced in 2012 by a concrete viaduct.[3][4]
Lower Trestles consistently has the best waves of the group.[citation needed] For many years there was an WSL World Tour surfing competition held at Lowers every year, as well as the NSSA Nationals. Uppers is less consistent, but it has the potential to be a good wave with a long ride. North of Uppers is Cotton's Point, the location of former President Richard Nixon's home, La Casa Pacifica, aka "The Western White House", and the associated surfing spot of Cottons.
Access and amenities[edit]
Getting to Trestles is a trek.
- Visitors can park and walk down an asphalt trail to Trestles from the trailhead at Cristianitos Road, near where Cristianitos crosses over the San Diego Freeway. Visitors can expect to see surf graffiti on the sidewalk, with such phrases as "no kooks", "surf hard", "you're going the wrong way", and "duckbutter". There is a pay parking lot near the Carl's Jr. restaurant on Coast Highway at Cristianitos, along with some public parking on streets near the restaurant. There is no fee to walk, skateboard, or bike into Trestles by means of this trail. Most visitors enter Trestle by this trail. It's about a 15-minute walk from the parking lot to the beach.
- Visitors can park at San Onofre State Beach by exiting the San Diego Freeway at Basilone Road, then heading westerly from the freeway exit to the entrance to the portion of San Onofre State Beach named Surf Beach. The hike northwest to Trestles from Surf Beach at San Onofre State Beach is considerably longer than the hike southwest from the Cristianitos Road bridge and the San Diego Freeway. There is a fee to drive into the State Park at Surf Beach.
Plant and animal life[edit]
Trestles park is home to a variety of plant and animal life. The most common plant is the coastal sage scrub, which is native to the coast of California and thrives in the area's Mediterranean climate. Trestles park is also home to quite a lot of animal life, including California brown pelicans. These animals used to be endangered species, but the populations recovered so well that the species was removed from the endangered species list in 2009. During times of heavy rains, there is usually a river delta flowing into the ocean where there are often tadpoles.
One plant which grows right out of the sand is the beach evening primrose. Each plants creates a large mat of roots and foliage which is an extremely important aspect of the ecosystem, because other plants are able to grow from the stable surface this plants provides. The primrose can be identified by its bright yellow, four petaled flowers which open in the morning, and turn reddish as evening progresses. The primrose has unique medical benefits as well. These flowers aid in the treatment of sore throat and eye diseases.[5]
Seasonal stream[edit]
During periods of strong rain, Trestles park has a stream that runs through its center and empties into the ocean.[6] Usually you find the stream flowing during winter, and spring which are the seasons with the most rain in Southern California. The stream does not usually contain much animal life, as it dries up fairly quickly without a steady water source. The stream does create a small pool which contains mainly tadpoles. When the stream dries up above ground, an underground water flow still exits into the ocean, just not through a river delta. It is an interesting phenomenon to see the river drain from under the sand into the ocean.
One significant problem is littering. Many visitors leave trash in the dried stream bed. When the stream flows again, it brings the waste into the ocean and onto the beach. This is one of the main reasons why Trestles has numerous signs reminding visitors to dispose of waste properly.
Toll road controversy[edit]
The California Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) is seeking to construct a 16-mile long six-lanes wide toll highway (graded for eight lanes) through San Onofre State Beach/Park and a habitat reserve in Orange County, joining the San Diego Freeway at Trestles.[7]
The Toll Road, which is one of several routes that could be constructed to extend California State Route 241, is favored by several business groups and public officials from Orange County as a way to ease future traffic congestion.[8] The particular Toll Road route through San Onofre is opposed by more than two dozen members of California's congressional delegation in Washington, D.C.,[9] thirty-eight California legislators[10] including California's United States Senator Barbara Boxer,[9] Surfrider Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife,[11] The Sierra Club, The Natural Resources Defense Council,[12] the California State Parks Foundation, the California State Park and Recreation Commission[13] the Native American United Coalition to Protect Panhe, The City Project, the Save San Onofre Coalition,[12][14] and Save Trestles,[15] among others. Opposition is based upon the damage to the environment that would result from construction and operation of the Toll Road, the loss of park camping and recreational areas, the loss/damage to a site sacred to Native Americans, and studies that show that traffic congestion would actually increase on the San Diego Freeway if the toll road is built through San Onofre Beach.[16] A survey of Orange County voters revealed that while 52% favored "a" toll road, 66% opposed the proposed route that would take the Toll Road through San Onofre State Park.[17]
On February 6, 2008 the California Coastal Commission denied a Coastal Permit for the route of the proposed 241 Toll Road that would have cut through San Onofre and the Reserve, saying that of the eight possible routes considered, the one sought by the TCA was the most environmentally damaging.[7] Had a permit been granted, it would have been the first toll road to run through a California state park.[18] On December 18, 2008 The Department of Commerce announced that it would uphold the California Coastal Commission's ruling that found the TCA's proposed extension of the 241 Toll Road inconsistent with the California Coastal Act.[19] In a release issued by the Department of Commerce, the DOC noted that at least one reasonable alternative to the project existed, and that the project was not necessary in the interest of national security.[20] On May 22, 2013, environmentalists filed a new lawsuit to stop the building of the Toll Road in segments, a tactic they say is an illegitimate end-run around by the TCA after the Toll Road was defeated in 2008.[21]
Panhe is the site of an ancient Acjachemen village[22] in the San Mateo campground area of San Onofre State Beach, straddling the San Diego-Orange county border off Cristianitos Road near Trestles.[23] It remains a sacred, ceremonial, cultural, and burial site for the Acjachemen people. Many Acjachemen people[24] trace their lineage back to Panhe. It is the site of the first baptism in California, and in 1769, the first close contact between Spanish explorers, Catholic missionaries, and the Acjachemen people. The Acjachemen people built the mission at San Juan Capistrano. The advocacy group Save Panhe and San Onofre State Beach state that not only is Panhe one of the most historically significant sacred sites of the Acjachemen people,[25] but that Panhe is also important to all Californians and Americans.[26]
In popular culture[edit]
- Trestles is mentioned in the 1963 Beach Boys' song Surfin' U.S.A.
- ^ San Onofre State Beach - State of California[1][2][3][4][5]
- ^ [6]"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2010-01-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)[7] Middles gets its name because it was a middle area between Trestles (both Uppers and Lowers breaks) and The Church (sometimes just called "Church"). Refs: State of CA:[8][9] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link); County of Orange:[10]; Books: Surfer Magazine's Guide to Southern California Surf Spots (2006) ISBN 978-0-8118-5000-1, The Encyclopedia of Surfing by Matt Warshaw (2005) ISBN 978-0-15-100579-6; Magazines: SportsIllustrated[11], Global Surf News"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2010-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), San Diego Coastal Life[12], "Surf Transworld"[13], Surfer's Village [14]; Newspapers: Orange County Register[15], Global Surf News "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), Surfer Today[16]; Organizations: World Surfing Association[17], Surfrider"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-20. Retrieved 2010-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), SaveTrestles[18]; Surf forecasting sites: Surfline [19][20], Surfforecast.com[21]
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Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)
Themerson, Stefan
(1910-1988) Polish-born scriptwriter, photographer and writer, active in his native land before moving to the UK prior to WWII, after which point he published increasingly in English. He was a member of the Collège de 'Pataphysique, and founded and ran the Gaberbocchus Press, which published Surrealist texts (> Surrealism) with intelligence and vivacity. Of his fiction, Professor Mmaa's Lecture (1953) can be understood as satirical sf, but the book is structured in classic Beast-Fable format as a lecture, given by the eponymous termite academic, about the dangerous rise of mammals. In general his fiction utilizes – in a grab-bag fashion – various elements of the Fantastic, distorting them through the dislocating lens of Semantic Poetry (a term he invented), paradox, absurdity and spoof. In ST's last two exuberant novels – The Mystery of the Sardine (1986) and Hobson's Island (1988) – the wordgames are both more complex and more vivid. [JC]
other works: Bayamus (1949); Wooff Wooff, or Who Killed Richard Wagner? (1951); Cardinal Polätüo (1961); Tom Harris (1967); Special Branch (A Dialogue) (1972 chap); Factor T; Followed by Beliefs, Tethered and Untethered, and the Pheromones of Fear (coll 1972 chap); General Piesc, or The Case of the Forgotten Mission (1976 chap).
Stefan Themerson
This entry is taken from the Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) edited by John Clute and John Grant. It is provided as a reference and resource for users of the SF Encyclopedia, but apart from possible small corrections has not been updated.


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Makes 3-4 servings
2 tsp District Spice Chesapeake blend
1 cup plain Greek yogurt (full fat)
3 egg yolks
Juice from half a lemon
1 tsp Dijon mustard
Couple dashes salt
- In a small bowl, mix yogurt, yolks, and lemon juice until blended.
- Heat mixture using a double boiler (if you don't have one, place a strainer/sieve over a sauce pan of water and place bowl in the sieve, ensuring water is not high enough to spill into bowl), stirring frequently, for about 10-15 minutes over low-medium heat, until the sauce is hot, but not simmering.
- Remove from heat and stir in Chesapeake blend, mustard, and a couple dashes of salt.
- Mix well, and serve over eggs!
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MBS adds Uber to passenger ride services
MBS International Airport now has two rival ride-sharing companies operating there. The airport commission Thursday agreed to allow Uber, a San Francisco-based company with ties to 615 cities worldwide, to operate out of MBS in similar fashion to Lyft, a competitor that the commission agreed to terms with in March.
MBS already offers taxi and limo service, but Airport Manager Jeff Nagel said ride-sharing services that allow passengers to summon rides from their smart phones adds a new dimension to its ground transportation service. A contract has yet to be finalized with Uber, but Nagel said the two companies operate similarly and terms are expected to be generally the same. Under terms of the agreement with Lyft, the company pays MBS $1.50 per pick-up.
Fares are calculated on a per-minute and per-mile basis. Passengers pay via downloadable apps that can be used on iPhone and Android devices. Both companies are required to install their own geo-fence around MBS because they aren't allowed to loiter in front of the terminal for passengers.
"We don't want the congestion," Nagel said. "If a driver is inside the geo-fence, the app will not allow them to be summoned for a ride."
The deals with Lyft and Uber are part of MBS' ongoing strategy to increase revenues and remain self-sufficient. As is a new lease agreement the commission approved with Delta Airlines, the airport's largest carrier, and SkyWest Airlines. The three-year deal calls for a 2 percent increase per year for landing fees, terminal rent and passenger boarding fees.
"The overall financial goal of the airport has been to operate without a deficit and continue to operate without any local taxpayer support," Nagel said. "These increases to the airlines in 2014-2017 have helped meet these goals."
In other action, the commission approved an amendment to its lease agreement with the Transportation Security Agency. The TSA leases about 1,500 square feet of space at the airport's terminal that they use for office, training and a break room. The new contact calls for the federal agency to pay $70 per square foot, up from $62.26. The deal is for five years and is through the U.S. General Services Administration. MBS can't, legally, charge TSA rent for the other space their employees use for the passenger checkpoint or for the baggage screening rooms, Nagel said.


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GE Oil & Gas and Al Shaheen Energy Services celebrate partnership agreements
Senior Executives of GE Oil & Gas and Al Shaheen Energy Services (ASES), a 100% subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum (QP), hosted a celebratory dinner reception in Doha, Qatar to mark their joint venture agreements, signed last month.
The two companies have signed partnership agreements consolidating the presence of PII Pipeline Solutions – which provides pipeline inspection and integrity services worldwide – and establishing a joint venture for aftermarket services of oil and gas turbomachinery equipment in Qatar.
The strategic partnership agreements will drive the continued growth of Qatar's energy industries and consolidate GE's presence in the Middle East region.
(Bottom row from right to left: Mohammed Khaled Al Ghanem, QP Manager- Accounting Management and JV Board Member; Ahmed Saif Al-Sulaiti, Chairman of Al Shaheen; Abdul Rahman Al Shaibi, Operations Manager of QP; Said Al Mohannadi, Operations Director of QP; Saif Al Nuaimi QP Corp. Quality Leader; Said Al Khayari QP Marketing Director; Adel Al Anbari, Managing Director of Al Shaheen; Ghanem Al Kubaisi, QP; Michael Bellamy – GM, PII Pipeline Solutions; Ibrahim Al Othman, CEO of Gulf Drilling International
Top row from right to left: Khurram Majeed and Mohammed Tawfik, Sales Managers, GE Oil & Gas; Abdul Aziz Al Ansari, Sales Leader JV; Ayman Khattab, General Manager GE Oil & Gas Middle East; Bill Al Ashkar, Account Executive for QP; Mohammed Alwan, General Manager JV; Alessandro Gorla, Sales Leader for Turbomachinery Middle East, GE Oil & Gas; and Giovanni Giorgi, JV Company Integration Leader, and Mohammed Al Mannai – HR Manager Al Shaheen.)


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Since the resignation of Steve Jobs as Apple's CEO, I've been struck by the workings of our evolving content model. I started to feel its impact just minutes after the news broke last week and our staffers and contributors began posting breaking details, poignant context and personal insight. But it wasn't until a conversation with Dan Bigman, who runs our Business channel, that I realized something truly bigger was unfolding for FORBES.
"We've brought our ethos to our journalism," Dan said. "FORBES has always been about the individual acting on his own to find success and make a difference. Now our staffers and contributors can do that, too. They can put what they know out there in the competitive marketplace and fight to have their voices heard."
What Dan was saying is this: For nearly 100 years, FORBES has been about entrepreneurial capitalism. Now, our full-time staffers and 800 contributors are engaged in entrepreneurial journalism. Our brand and our content model are in sync.
Bruce Upbin, who manages our Technology channel, noticed it, too. Just hours after word about Jobs was spreading, he highlighted these posts written and published by entrepreneurial journalists -- all hand-picked by FORBES for their knowledge and experience. This post, written by Fred Allen, who runs our Leadership channel, continues to generate quite an animated conversation.
We believe our content model works for both creators and consumers of content.
FORBES offers entrepreneurial journalists the freedom, the tools and the support to publish content and join a network of qualified contributors seeking an audience and a forum for discussion. They have the opportunity to build their personal brands, to participate in an incentive program, or to benefit from an association with a respected and powerful worldwide brand.
Our loyal readers -- and new ones, too -- get expert content in a timely fashion and the ability to connect one-on-one with knowledgeable journalists, authors, academics and others.
Steve Jobs has the ambition and obsession to build great products through innovation. Yes, his products force certain features on consumers, but they also power individual expression. FORBES is working hard to innovate in the media space, to provide experienced business writers with the tools and freedom to do their best work in a social environment that connects readers, journalists and marketers in increasingly meaningful ways.


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Study Loans
Loans for students with the government guarantee
- Favorable interest rate: 2.5% + 6 month EURIBOR.
- Opportunity to study in Latvia and abroad.
- Repayment of principal amount only after graduation.
Study loan — funds to cover tuition fees at accredited higher education establishments and colleges in Latvia and abroad.
Student loan — funds to cover daily needs of students during studies (only for full-time students).
To apply for a loan you must submit an application and receive approval at in your school. After that fill out an application in internet bank come at a branch of SEB bank.
Study Loan
Student Loan
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More information about loan
|For state guaranteed study loans
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|Ministry of Education and Science www.izm.gov.lv
|Studies and Research Administration www.sf.gov.lv
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What is MatterportTM 3D Technology?
- It is the most realistic, immersive way to experience a property online.
- Exclusive MatterportTM 3D tour, lets perspective Buyers walk around every room, walk up every staircase, experience every view, virtually BE in the home from anywhere in the world.
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It shortens the Selling Process by allowing Buyer's to view your home anytime from anywhere in the world, qualifying their interest.
The #1 way to drive a buyer from their internet search into the front door of your listing is through the quality of photos and imagery. The MatterportTM 3D Tours accurately capture the experience of being in your home and gives Buyer's the ability to tour the home from anywhere in the world as though they are walking through it.
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Relocation Buyers have very limited time to search, view and purchase a home. And they are DEFINITELY purchasing a home. MatterportTM gives maximum visibility with unprecidented detail to allow Relocation Buyers to tour your home remotely. I provide you with the advantage over other homes listed with still photography that cannot capture the flow and feeling of being inside a home.
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Years ago information security or cybersecurity was in the hands of specialists, which set the rules and the users had to follow – in theory. Whether the users really followed the rules, policies and recommendations is a different story but it worked that way. I rarely remember a CIO/CFO or CEO really being interested in security – until things broke.
Today, life is different. If I look at the public space, a lot of people want to talk about cybersecurity in one way or another, a lot of governments across the globe started cybersecurity initiatives etc. This is a really good development as societies will run into huge challenges if technology fails but it poses some new challenges as well:
- As security professionals, we are not used to simplify our messages and the work we do. We are not really used to explain cybersecurity to people who are already challenged with technology in general.
- This leads from my point of view to government elites, politicians and a lot of private sector organizations using military terminology. All of a sudden we get caught in talking about "weaponizing technology†– which leads politicians thinking about applying similar rules and laws that regulate the distribution of weapons to technology. For us it is fairly clear that this does not work that way in most cases but the terminology implies this. The same thing happens, when it comes to defense. Military is used to "shoot backâ€. I had this discussion with a lot of people in different governments and non-IT people have a challenge understanding that it might be really, really hard to even figure out who is (technically) behind an attack – worse to figure out who is politically behind an attack. Or do we really for sure know who stood behind Stuxnet? There are public speculations but that's it.
- Trends like "Bring your own device†or social networks challenge our approach to security and our approach to defending our networks.
So, what needs to change? In my opinion, different things:
- I do quite some roundtables and sessions with people who do not know technology too well and security not at all. The typical approach (not mine) mainly by security product vendors is to use a lot of data to scare people, tell them what is wrong and how bad the world is – just to tell them in the next steps that their products addresses all the issues. To me, it is rather about education than about scare. It is about showing the people the world on the Internet is not that different to the real world – criminals mainly use the new technologies to commit "old†crimes with some exceptions like that the criminal does not have to show up at your store anymore. But we as a community need to change the way we talk. We need to simplify the message and help non-security people get a better feeling for the real risks.
- We need to push back heavily when people use military terminology. I do not want to get into the discussion of "militarization of the cyberspace†but I want to make it clear that the analogies of the military world do not work. I love analogies but only if they work – here they fail. It is even worse, they lead to wrong conclusions. I heard politicians talking about regulating cyber weapons. How do you want to regulate lines of code?
Therefore, we mainly need to change the way we communicate outside the core set of security people. We need to leave the bubble and make our knowledge accessible to business people in a pragmatic way and understandable…


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I know you guyz all love C++ very much. Me too. But to depend only for one language is not wise. So I started to learn another language. I learn C#, Java, Python. I learn just a little. I know ideally it would be good to master all language so you can choose the most suitable language for project. But 24 hours / day is not enough to learn all the things. So you have to choose to master only one language more.
It is hard to decide which language I should learn. I have try them all and still I cann't choose the perfect one for me.
The documentation is very good. Multiplatform. You don't have to pay fee to learn this language. There are some in-depth tutorials in internet like from Sun website and Bruce Eckel. But I never like the GUI.
Not really multiplatform. I know there is project called Mono but it is still not mature. But the language is cool. To master this language, you have to buy book because I cann't find free in-depth tutorial in internet.
Cool but.... I have not test this language very much. There are good tutorials outthere in internet so you don't have to pay fee to learn this language.
They are all good. Right now I want to buy C# programming book because I choose C#. I don't have really good reason to choose C#. I just choose because I have to choose. Before I started learning this language, maybe you guyz could change my mind. Maybe there are suggestion from you guyz..... Before I dig in C# programming world, maybe you have some advice.... ( maybe " Don't choose C# because bla bla bla" or "That is the best language..., babe! YOu have done right thing" )
It is hard to decide.....


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It's hard to imagine a life without photos. Especially in the modern age of smartphones and social media. We take millions more photos every day than we ever did just 40 or 50 years ago.
You may be familiar with how a camera works, but have you ever wondered when did cameras come out? Here we will discuss a brief history of the image capturing device known as the camera and how it has evolved over the years.
When Did Cameras Come Out and What is the Definition of a Camera?
If you tried to explain what a camera was to someone from the past, how would you do it?
A camera is a tool that uses light and special chemicals to capture images so that they may be saved and viewed later. Cameras use special pieces of equipment such as lenses, mirrors and their own light sources to create the images that we are all familiar with. They are a device used to take photos and they are the primary tool used in the art of photography.
Photography is a term derived from Greek culture. The word "photo" means light, and the term "graphene" means "to draw". The word photography was initially used by Sir John F.W. Herschel back in 1839.
The Camera Obscura or Pinhole Camera
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The earliest known use of a camera dates to the ancient Chinese as far back as 1000 A.D. the device was known as the camera obscura and it basically used a pinhole in a piece of cloth to project an image on an opposing wall.
While it may seem very different from the cameras we are familiar with today, the camera obscura has more in common with modern-day cameras than you may think.
The camera obscura was used in the early days of photography during celestial events such as solar eclipses. It was most notably used by Reiners Gemma Frisius from Leuven University back in 1544. It was suggested that the device was used to aide in creating scientific drawings to use for research.
Later in 1685, scientist Johann Zahn invented the first portable camera that looked very similar to the devices we use today. These early versions of the modern-day camera helped to pave the way for the technology and other advancements needed to make photography as we know it possible.
The First Photograph
While the camera obscura was a remarkable first step, it didn't provide us with a way to capture images and preserve them.
That didn't occur until 1827 when Joseph Nicephore Niepce used the camera obscura to create heliographs, also known as sun prints. These images are believed by many to be the ancient prototype for the modern day photographs we have today.
The Heliographs gave Niepce the idea to attempt to transfer images on a different medium to create a more permanent image. Although Niepce died before he was able to complete his experiment, his partner, Louis Daguerre, continued his work. Four years after Niepce's death in 1833, his partner had succeeded in creating the first practical photographic process known as the daguerreotype.
A daguerreotype is a photo that is made by the process of producing an image on a silver plate, which is sensitized to iodine. The image is then developed using mercury vapor. The device was box-shaped and first manufactured by Maison Susse Frères in 1839.
The first daguerreotype featured a lens, while a later version went through the process of transferring an image onto a sheet of paper or a sensitized plate.
The Invention of Film and Modern Cameras
Film and cameras have been an integral part of our history, and many of the early aspects of photography are still being used today.
Photographic film was first invented by George Eastman in 1885. He created paper film at first before transitioning to celluloid film in 1889. Eastman's first camera was called the "Kodak".
That was the beginning of one of the most popular and influential companies in the photography industry that is still highly-respected today.
George Eastman's Kodak Camera
The Kodak camera was a simple, box style device that featured a fixed focus lens and a single shutter speed. It was quite affordable at the time and each camera came loaded with enough film for one-hundred exposures. After the film was used, the exposures would have to be sent to the factory for processing.
Near the end of the 19th century, Eastman had expanded his company to include box style and folding cameras in his lineup. This invention was remarkable device at the time as families rushed to purchase a camera to preserve their precious memories.
Imagine what it would be like if we didn't have those old black and white photos from the past that allow us to catch a glimpse of history?
Another camera model manufactured by Eastman was the Brownie. This compact camera helped to introduce the world to the snapshot. It was a popular device that still sold well in the 1960's. Eastman is well known in photography history for creating affordable options for those who wanted to capture and preserve memories.
However, Eastman's cameras still didn't compare to the larger plate style cameras that were able to produce higher-quality images. For that reason, the higher priced plate cameras were still very popular and used by many during the early part of the 20th century.
How Compact Cameras Changed Photography
The release of compact cameras was another game changer for early photography lovers. The Eastman cameras may have been budget-friendly, but they weren't very compact.
Consumers didn't have a portable camera option until Oskar Barnack began experimenting with 35mm film. He found a way to create a compact camera that would use the smaller-size film. However, production of his new device was halted due to WWI.
Barnack's camera was test marketed between 1923 and 1924. He received great reviews from the public which led to the manufacturing of the Leica 1.
Today, Leica Cameras are considered prominent forms of photography equipment, but unfortunately, they also have the price tag to match their prestigious level of quality.
The Invention of the Digital Camera
Following the invention of the compact 35mm film camera, we were introduced to the simple and easy to use disposable camera, and that eventually led us to where we are today with the modernized, high-tech digital camera.
These devices changed the way that we take photos and use cameras. We no longer had to purchase film to take photos, no longer had to wait for the film to be developed, and no longer had to deal with the disappointment of paying for poor quality pictures.
Digital cameras allow us to take as many cameras as our memory cards will allow. We can edit, crop, resize, and filter images so that they look perfect. We can also delete bad quality photos and retake pictures to ensure we get the very best shot.
While there are still a few advantages to using film cameras, most people would agree that the invention of the digital camera made photography better for everyone from beginners to experts.
Some of the best features that digital cameras have to offer include:
While digital cameras haven't been around very long, they already have competition from smartphone devices. Android phones and iPhones now offer an impressive amount features for their cameras, and many people have replaced their digital cameras with the app that is included on their phones.
It's very convenient to have a camera with you at all times, however expert photographers and those who love the art of photography still prefer to use an actual camera when taking their favorite shots.
The great thing about smartphones featuring high-quality cameras is that it has caused digital camera brands to lower their prices on some of their higher end models. When digital cameras first came out, it was hard to find one that wasn't more than $1,000. Now you can easily find a good quality camera made by a reputable brand between $100 and $200.
How Modern-Day Camera Use Compares to Early Forms of Photography
So, when did cameras come out?
Comparing how we use cameras today with how they were used during the early stages of photography is almost like comparing apples to oranges. It is a completely different process now that has been greatly improved over time.
But even though we have seen great advancements in the world of photography in just the past 20 or 30 years with the invention of the digital camera and addition of high-quality cameras to smartphones, it was just as thrilling for our grandparents and great-grandparents to have their photos taken using the old plate style cameras many years ago.


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Lisa Loeb has given birth to a baby girl, People reports.
Loeb, 41, and husband Roey Hershkovitz welcomed Lyla Rose Loeb Hershkovitz Sunday morning at Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai Medical Center, according to the magazine.
Lyla is the first child for the "Stay (I Missed You)" singer and her husband, 31, a music production supervisor on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. The couple married in January 2009.
Aside from her chart-topping songs such as "Stay" and "I Do," Loeb starred in her own E! reality series #1 Single, documenting her search for love in her mid-thirties.