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Winners Will Compete In the Olympus 72-Hour Filmmaker Showdown for A Chance to Win $15,000 Plus Olympus Products
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., March 14, 2012 – Olympus is proud to announce that it has joined forces with the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival (April 13-22, 2012), to bring you the Road to Whistler video contest.
The Road to Whistler video contest gives entrants an opportunity to win a trip to the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival where they will compete for a chance to win a grand prize of up to $15,000, plus a brand new Olympus OM-D E-M5® digital interchangeable lens camera and 12-50mm lens. Two teams, consisting of a videographer and up to two additional crew members, will be chosen by Olympus to win the trip to Whistler.
In addition to the trip, members of the winning team (up to three individuals) will receive Olympus PEN E-PL3® cameras and a variety of HD video-enhanced lenses. The kit will include: 9-18mm, 45mm and 14-150mm lenses (all lenses combined offer a total equivalent focal range of 18mm-300mm), accessories, including the SEMA-1® stereo microphone adapter, VF-3® electronic viewfinder, LS-7® PCM stereo digital audio recorder, extra batteries, a 4GB SD card and a bag to carry the gear. They will also receive a two-hour training session and on-site technical support from both Olympus technical staff and award-winning filmmakers Austin and Maitland Lottimer, winners of the Olympus PEN Your Short 48-Hour Film Contest at the 2011 Vail Film Festival.
The Road to Whistler video contest takes place now through March, 26, 2012. For consideration, entrants must visit www.getolympus.com/roadtowhistler, complete the Contest form with their name, address, phone number, email address and a link to their best original video sample by noon (EST), Monday, March 26, 2012. Registration is FREE and competitors can begin filming their Road to Whistler video contest entry at any time, or submit a previously produced video of their own. The finished video should be no longer than five minutes.
The week of March 26, 2012, the top two videos will be selected by Olympus judges. The team members (up to three individuals) will be flown to Whistler on April 12, 2012 for a five-night trip to compete for up to $15,000, plus an Olympus OM-D E-M5 digital interchangeable lens camera, and a stage to showcase their talents. The selected videos will then be featured on www.getolympus.com/roadtowhistler and shared with the world through Olympus' social sites.
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PHOENIX — Next week's expected merger between Tempe-based US Airways and American Airlines will more than likely cost some jobs in the Valley.
The new company will be based in Fort Worth, and is expected to keep the American Airlines name. About 9,000 US Air employees work in the Valley, making it the ninth-largest employer in Arizona.
"I believe you'll lose jobs and the name US Air will disappear like (predecessor) America West," said airlines expert Tom Parsons of Bestfare.com.
US Air's corporate headquarters, near Tempe Town Lake, staffs about 750.
According to WFAA-TV, the airlines plan to meet for discussions Monday.
Sources tell News 8 that US Airways CEO Doug Parker will likely take over, and American's Tom Horton will be given an honorary position on the board such as non-executive chairman.
"But Southwest will still probably be the No. 1 gorilla in the sky," Parson said.
KTAR's Jim Cross contributed to this report.

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CLEVELAND — A rattled and clueless Mike D'Antoni, asked whether this latest Lakers' debacle against a Cleveland team with only four wins was embarrassing, said: "No.
"It's basketball. I hate it. I'm down. But I'm not embarrassed … that's a harsh word. I'm not embarrassed."
A few minutes later the same question was put to Kobe Bryant, and "yes," he said, he was embarrassed.
"This is the toughest stretch, the most challenging stretch in my 17 years for sure," said Bryant while sitting calmly in front of his locker taking on all questions.
"It kind of gets like that Mr. Magoo syndrome (or Joe Btfsplk from Li'l Abner); the clouds just following you around all the time. To break that you have to be extremely determined to change momentum."
Is Kobe upset?
"I'm very upset, and in the past I would blow my top and go crazy," he said. "Then I had a head coach [Phil Jackson] who always kept calm and I learned from that.


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WASHINGTON — He's not a dictator and won't entertain the idea of a "Jedi mind-meld" with opponents. There's no "secret formula or special sauce" he can slip foes to make them see things his way. And not to worry, he says, the situation may look dire but won't be an "apocalypse."
So who was the guy in a suit and tie who showed up Friday in the White House briefing room, mixing metaphors and references to "Star Wars" and "Star Trek"?
"I am not a dictator. I'm the president," Barack Obama declared as he rejected the idea of using Secret Service agents to keep lawmakers from leaving until everyone agreed on a budget. He answered reporters' questions shortly after an inconclusive, 52-minute meeting with the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House and Senate.
"So ultimately, if (Senate Minority leader) Mitch McConnell or (House Speaker) John Boehner say, 'We need to go to catch a plane,' I can't have Secret Service block the doorway. Right?"
Even if he did bar his office — the oval one — Obama said he wouldn't do a "Jedi mind-meld" with Congress' top two Republicans to persuade them "to do what's right."
Yoda-quoting nerds, Beltway insiders and even Hollywood heroes were instantly abuzz. The presidential mishmash of sci-fi references went viral, turning off geeks who had considered Obama one of their own after a slip of the tongue that was almost as bad as confusing Klingons and Ewoks, or even Democrats and Republicans.
Jedi are from "Star Wars," while mind melds happened on "Star Trek."
Mister Spock of "Star Trek" weighed in.
"Only a Vulcan mind-meld would be effective on this Congress. LLAP," Leonard Nimoy emailed after The Associated Press sought his reaction. Nimoy signed off with the abbreviation for his "Live long and prosper."
Maybe it was the power of the Force or some kind of Starfleet prime directive, but the White House couldn't ignore comments like that, flashing in and out of time and space and mixed metaphors like a Tardis traveling at warp speed in social media. It later tweeted: "We must bring balance to the force," with a link to an Obama photo inside a border designed to look like outer space.
As for the situation that led Obama to the briefing room in the first place, he could have quoted Bobby McFerrin and just said: "Don't worry. Be happy."
Instead, the president went with: "This is not going to be a apocalypse."
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Leddy and Otto will represent Harvard at the 2012 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships (Gil Talbot).
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior Meghan Leddy and freshman Courtney Otto are among the 281 student-athletes to have earned and invitation to the 2012 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
Leddy will be making her first appearance at the national championship meet after qualifying in the 200 back. She won the event at the Ivy League Championships last weekend, marking the third 200 back title of her career, but her fastest time of the year came on Dec. 2 at the Georgia Invitational when she broke her own school record with a time of 1:54.92. Leddy will enter the meet ranked 20th in the event.
Otto will also be making her first appearance at nationals after qualifying in the 400 IM and 200 fly. The freshman won the 400 IM at the Ivy Championships with a time of 4:10.22, blowing away the previous school record of 4:14.06 which was set in 2009 by Katherine Pickard '11. Otto placed second in the 200 fly at Ivies but like Leddy, her best time of 1:56.94 was set at the Georgia Invitational. Otto ranks 22nd in the 400 IM and is 25th in the 200 fly.
Leddy and Otto will be the first Crimson to compete at the meet since Alexandra Clarke '10 and Kate Mills '11 represented Harvard at the 2010 championships. The 2012 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships will be held March 15-17 in Auburn, Ala.


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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Everything you do...
Are you finding time to get a lot of stamping and coloring done this weekend?
I'm doing pretty good with a nice balance of outdoor and indoor time. it sure doesn't hurt that the mornings are still pretty cold so until that afternoon sun comes out I've been happily cleaning and playing in my crafty room.
And look who arrived in my mailbox yesterday! It's Thank You Mae from the new SOG spring release... don'tcha just love her? I tore into that package as soon as I got it back into the house and Mae was inked up and ready to go just minutes later. And since I already had these papers pulled from a previous project the card came together almost as quickly, LOL!
I had a lot of fun coloring her up and even experimented a bit with her skin and hair combos. I'm more than happy with how they both came out too which always feels great. I also had fun making that butterfly embellishment. It's an idea that I found on Pinterest a while back and I've kinda become addicted to making these corrugated cuties. This is the first one that I've actually put on a card but I think the rustic charm of the kraft and natural twine are a nice fit with this country cutie in her flouncy denim skirt. ;)
Alrighty, they say there is no rest for the wicked and I've got plenty that I should be tackling today so with that I'll be signing off.
Until next time... stay crafty! ☺
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper/sticker- We R Memorykeepers (Good Day Sunshine)
stamp- Some Odd Girl (Thank You Mae)
ink- memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
Prima flowers and pearls
Tim Holtz tiny attacher
Papertrey Ink twine
EK Success and Martha Stewart butterfly punches
EK Success paper crimper
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E01, E13, BV01. R00, R20, R14
eyes- BG72, BG75, BG78
hair- YR30, Y11, E50, E30, E33
clothes- B93, B95, B97, Y0000, Y00, 0, E40, W00, YG00, YG01, YG03, YG67, E84, E87, E89
16 comments:
- Hlora said...
Amy, it is brilliant!!!
- March 25, 2012 at 5:06 AM
- Maria Therese said...
Gorgeous ♥
- March 25, 2012 at 5:46 AM
- Chelsea said...
love all of the papers and designs together.
- March 25, 2012 at 5:47 AM
- Lau W said...
Oh so lovely card, with so nice papers !
- March 25, 2012 at 8:12 AM
- Nancy Thomas said...
So very fresh and sun filled! A very cheerful card. Love the hair color - totally gonna copy it! Have a great rest of the weekend.
- March 25, 2012 at 8:15 AM
- Arabella said...
Gorgeous Amy! I love the colour combo and the butterfly is so cool!
- March 25, 2012 at 11:01 AM
- Creations by Shirl said...
Fantabulous Amy - great colour/combo....
- March 25, 2012 at 11:36 AM
- Cathy Pulickal said...
This made me smile, Amy! SO bright and colorful - LOVE love LOVE.
- March 25, 2012 at 1:54 PM
- Rhonda Miller said...
What a cute card.
- March 25, 2012 at 3:22 PM
- Annette said...
WOW Amy she is beautiful...I love how you colored her..
- March 25, 2012 at 4:57 PM
- Alyce said...
I love her Amy! You have done such a great job of colouring her up and those papers go beautifully!:)
- March 25, 2012 at 10:14 PM
- Marianne said...
Just gorgeous, Amy!
Love the new stamp and the colour combo, and that butterfly embellishment is such a fab idea.
Marianne x
- March 26, 2012 at 1:54 AM
- Leanne said...
She's pretty!! I love her hair, I actually would love that hair cut, not the color, I would not make a nice looking blonde. lol.. Anyhoos, love the paper combos and that green ribbon is a nice touch. Pretty terrifik job Amy!
- March 28, 2012 at 5:05 PM
- RiNNE said...
The corrugated butterfly is the perfect embellishment...especially to that chevron DP (which is what I'm obsessed with). She is tooo cute!
- March 31, 2012 at 11:33 PM
- Cami said...
Hi Amy! This is such a sweet and adorable card! Love the way you did the butterflies! Cheerful Spring-y card with soft colors.
- April 2, 2012 at 12:20 AM
- Janine said...
ooo adorable girl
looks like me....hahaha but i have more fat,hahahahah
- April 18, 2012 at 5:43 AM


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Authors: Mead, James R.
Date: December 25, 1859
In this letter, Mead informed his father, who still lived in Davenport, Iowa, that he had established a trading post along the Saline River in order to trade with the Indians. Mead, along with his business partners, had stored up meat for the winter and had built a comfortable house. Apparently, times were still very difficult in Kansas, although Mead seems to have fared quite well. The letter ended with personal advice to his father about a mare who was no longer worth keeping.
Keywords: Business enterprises; Businessmen; Horses; Indian traders; Kansas Frontier; Mead, James R.; Native Americans; Ottawa County, Kansas Territory; Saline River, Kansas Territory; Trading posts
Letter, James [R. Mead] to My Dear Sister
Authors: Mead, James R.
Date: December 25, 1859
James R. Mead wrote this letter from his home "somewhere in the West." He had a trading post about twenty miles north of the Saline River, west of Fort Riley, Kansas Territory. He described in detail the abundance of wildlife, calling western Kansas the "Land of Plenty." Mead and his business partners traded with the Kaw Indians, mostly for furs. His first impression of this tribe was unfavorable, but in his later years he came to respect the Kaw and believed that they were an honest people. He also mentioned the Copperhead Indians, who were more fierce and warlike than the Kaw; Mead and his companions were building a blockhouse in case there was trouble.
Keywords: American Indians (see also Native Americans); Bison; Hunting; Indian raids; Indian traders; Kansa Indians; Kansas Frontier; Mead, James R.; Native Americans; Natural resources; Ottawa County, Kansas Territory; Saline River, Kansas Territory; Trading posts
Legal document, trading license for John W. Forman
Authors: Vanderslice, Daniel
Date: ca. 1859
This document, an unsigned copy drafted by Daniel Vanderslice, outlines the conditions of a $5000 loan taken from the U.S. government by Harvey W. and John W. Forman and John Pemberton. These men had already purchased land in what had become northern Doniphan County, founded the city of Iowa Point in 1854 on lands previously owned by Iowa Indians. The document also describes the conditions of a one-year trading license issued to John W. Forman, which stipulated that Forman must limit his trading to only certain areas and specific Indian tribes.
Keywords: Business enterprises; Doniphan County, Kansas Territory; Forman, Harvey W.; Forman, John W.; Indian agents; Indian traders; Iowa Indians; Native Americans; Pemberton, John; Sac and Fox Indians; Vanderslice, Daniel
Letter, James [R. Mead] to My dear Father
Authors: Mead, James R.
Date: August 26, 1860
In this letter, written from Burlingame, Kansas Territory, James R. Mead informed his father that he had come back to eastern Kansas to work for Mr. Titus, presumably the pro-slavery Colonel Titus. Mead still maintained a ranch and trading post on the Saline River. Mead also wrote to his father about a home that he was building in Salina, Kansas Territory. He called his buffalo hunting "a wholesale butchering establishment," and he was going to cure the meat. Apparently he had developed quite a reputation in the area, and he had been made sheriff of Saline County.
Keywords: Bison; Burlingame, Kansas Territory; Houses; Hunting; Indian traders; Mead, James R.; Osage County, Kansas Territory; Ranching; Salina, Kansas Territory; Saline County, Kansas Territory; Town lots
Letter, James [Mead] to My dear Father
Authors: Mead, James R.
Date: December 1, 1860
James Mead, a rancher and trader from Saline County, Kansas Territory, wrote this letter to his father, who lived in Davenport, Iowa. Mead and his companions were going to "the river" to send a load of buffalo meat and buffalo robes to the folks back home. He also spoke of a trading excursion he had taken recently to a Kaw Indian camp about twenty miles from his trading post, listing the goods that were traded. Although other settlers were suffering during the drought of 1860, Mead and those in the vicinity were faring quite well. He once again mentioned Lincoln's election and inquired about whether or not "the Union is dissolved."
Keywords: Bison; Business enterprises; Droughts; Election, Presidential, 1860; Food; Indian traders; Kansa Indians; Mead, James R.; Prices; Saline County, Kansas Territory; Saline River, Kansas Territory
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Event: Jackky Bhagnani, Nidhi Subaiah, producer Vashu Bhagnani, director Sanjay Gadhvi, music composer Sajid-Wajid launched the first song 'Boom Boom Liplock Kar le' from the film AJAB GAZABB LOVE. Filmmakers like Rajkumar Santoshi, Satish Kaushik, Ramesh Taurani, Ratan Jain were also present to grace the occasion. Jackky also performed live on the song 'Boom Boom'.
Guest List: Jackky Bhagnani, Nidhi Subaiah, Vashu Bhagnani, Sanjay Gadhvi, Sajid-Wajid, Rajkumar Santoshi, Satish Kaushik, Ramesh Taurani, Ratan Jain, Sameer
Venue: Pinnacle Business Centre, Andheri East, Mumbai
Date: 29-Aug-2012
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...


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Now while it is a great new source of information I do have some criticism . The Transcription of the original records is rough. I really wonder if they were checked at all. For one thing they completely skip over people in the records, not to mention how badly they transfer some of the names from the records. For instance the record featured here below...
Nipissing, Ontario Rural polling Division No. 87, Verner (Town)
and this is what the transcribers have available to look up....
Name Location Occupation Electoral Year
7) Francois Journalier Dettrovhes Nipissing, Ontario Vernvr Nipissing 1958
9) Mario Dalvourt Nipissing, Ontario Rvlne Vvrner Nipissing 1958
21) Marie Louise Lafleur (nee Trudel) Nipissing, Ontario add Nipissing 1958
23) Beatrice Lafleur (nee Ouellette) Nipissing, Ontario Vernvr Nipissing 1958
27) Mme Georgette Ivifortune Nipissing, Ontario -Field Nipissing 1958
40) Mmc Eglantine-Verner Tremblay Nipissing, Ontario add Nipissing 1958
Now I Numbered them down the left side in order to help match them to their counterparts in the original scanned Voters List. First of all notice that the people numbered 4,6,8,13,14,15,19,25 & 26 are all missing in the transcription. That's nine of forty-two missing. Secondly look at the names even starting at persons 1-3. they are obviously all from the same family (the Brosseau) but the transcriber has their name starting with an 'H' and then each one is spelled differently. Then 4-7 is suppose to be the Desroches family. Only two of them made the cut and look at the spelling of the names not to mention that the Occupation of "Journalier" was included in the name (something you see happening again and again through the transcriptions. it doesn't end there look at number 40 and notice in the transcription that the Town of residence is listed in as part of the name; and again this happens over and over in the transcriptions.
I found this page looking for my Lafleur relatives. and numbers 20-23 are the ones I found. However I found them because I was scanning all the Lafleur files by doing a rough search for Lafleur and Ontario only. No first name, year or more specific area. I came across Roland (number 22) as I scanned the pages and when I clicked on it and examined the page saw his parents above and his wife below (you will notice that numbers 20, 21 & 23 are bolder print). These are bolder because they are the corrections I made. Now they show up here on the copy I made and show up on the transcription as a user added notation. however they do not correct the actual transcription and so if you did a search for these people specifically, you would not find this record (unless you looked for Roland and found them through him as I did).
Thirdly notice the occupation list. Again the Town name is found in the occupation list and or the occupation is spelled wrong or is any combination of these. the 'add' in the column means it was left blank and you can 'add' the information if you know it.
Looking again at the names (I am looking for family in this region of Ontario named Lafleur, Gervais, Ouellette and Trudel. I noted when looking at this page of the Voters list that there was a Ouellette family on the page at numbers 31 & 32. However again looking at the transcription the name is wrong, and I doubt that the way it is spelled would even come up as a sound-ex variation of the name. Luckily for me it isn't a family member as far as I know as of yet. There is also a Gervais family at numbers 14-17. They are relatives of mine. Moise Gervais is the brother of my great grandmother Aldea Gervais. He is present in the voter list with his wife Cecile (nee Pilon) and an as of yet unknown son Maurice with his wife Semone. Now notice once again the transcription, it is missing 3 of the 4 people shown on the original and the one that is listed is number 17 Semone Gervais using the prefix 'Mme' as her first name (so a capital 'M') then the last name as "Ivrvai" (DO YOU THINK THAT WILL SHOW UP IN A SEARCH?).
So yes I am happy that the Voters List is available, and for the information it provides. However the mistakes in transcription are terrible. (Note: there are pages in the original that are hard to read and I certainly understand transcription problems. Most of the pages I am pointing out though are as shown above; and seem completely legible. The only answer seems to be sloppy transcription work). I have done transcription work on line and I know there are some problems doing them sometimes. However if you are going to do it, then look it over and understand the information you are looking at and what is expected before starting. For example just looking at the information as it is laid out on the original above it should become clear to anyone that Verner is a town, given wear it appears in the list and how often. So there is no reason for it to find it's way into the Person's Name column or into the Occupation column. The French Prefix "Mme" (English equivalent would be "Mrs.") appears in front of numerous woman's name on the list. Again if you aren't sure what this means then do a "Google Search" or see if the site has an "Info. Tab" for each column with common things like this listed. Well enough ranting, I think you can see my points and even understand and feel them yourself. But let's end on the positive point that these records help us to round out our knowledge, give more meat to our genealogy record and just helps us to "Remember When..." a little easier.


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I used to kiss strangers that meant more to me than you did.
I used to kiss strangers that meant more to me than you did.
- Go to a party and stay sober. Listen to the way your drunk classmates talk when they don't plan to remember tonight when they wake up. Never talk about these experiences, just keep them for yourself.
- Start driving in one direction on the highway after school one day, pretending like you're running away. Blast bad pop music and sing along. Stop in the suburbs when your mom calls you to come home, but buy your little brother a cupcake before you turn back around.
- Kiss your best friend. It doesn't matter what sexuality or gender you are or they are. It doesn't matter if it's a peck or you escalate to tongue. You'll laugh about it later, but it will always make you smile just for the memory.
- Smoke a cigarette. Let it burn your throat. Cough, loudly.
- Take a stand for something you believe in. When half your school laughs at you, take it with pride. Someone agrees, even if they're too scared to say so.
- Make enemies. Make the kind of mistakes that cause your life to implode. Lose everyone and everything to these mistakes. Only when you fall will you find out that you can pick yourself back up.
- Sit on someone's roof and talk for hours. Forget about dinner and tell your origin stories. Let your guard down while the dog barks below. Talk about god. Listen.
- Steal Bourbon from your parents' liquor cabinet and put it in a water bottle beneath your bathroom sink. Spike your tea with it when you think you've hit rock bottom. Pour the whole thing down the drain when it's too strong for you.
- Become a stereotype. Buy a record player and combat boots. Wear all black. Dye your hair bright blue and get your ear pierced three times. Don't care when people laugh at you.
- Make wishes at 11:11. Wear your pajamas backwards in the hopes of a snow day. Look for answers at the bottom of a bottle. Pretend writing things on your arms makes you special. Believe in anything. Believe in everything. Open every book and look around every corner. You'll never look like this or move like this or think like this again. Enjoy it while it lasts or hate every second. But feel. Feel every damn thing.
Books have souls like people do.
John Milton
I decided long ago that I would no longer let your name break my heart. I never said anything about your memories.
You are Monday morning,
The light that draws my bleary eyes,
The sounds outside of my window.
You are Tuesday afternoon,
The sun at its highest,
Surrounded by a clear, everlasting sky.
You are Wednesday evening,
The feeling of comfort in my home
Where I lay my weary head to rest.
You are Thursday night,
You are a phone call,
You are the story of my whole day.
You are Friday at 2:00 AM
When there's nothing else to think about
But me and you.
You are Saturday when I finally close my eyes,
Tired of me but never tired of you,
Tired of how long it's been since I've touched you.
You are Sunday dreams,
The end before a new beginning,
You are last, and first.
I will never be glass and paper. I am metal and stone, jagged edges and raised thorns. I will not be weak for you, and you do not have to be strong for me.


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human909 wrote::twisted: NOT GOOD. Those cranes are normally at the limit of legal road width. One passing you like that is homicidal!
The police and the company should be notified. Also try worksafe if you can accurately identify the truck or company.
That said in my experience the operators of these are normally VERY good on the roads. They know they have a massive vehicle and they know that sometimes they will just have to wait, often THEY are the slow ones. Also their operators are use to dealing with danger and making ration safety decisions.
Yeah I've had the same experience with these guys, normally very good. However I have also seen on occasion misjudge their stopping distances and come to an abrupt halt. Also in retrospect the abuse from the driver's cabin was coming from the passenger side, so maybe the driver wasn't totally aggressive more of a misjudgement??
il padrone wrote: I also reckon that if you can ID the firm involved then Qld occupational health authorities may be your best avenue. In Victoria Worksafe would hammer a business that allowed their employees to drive like this. The roads are a part of their workplace.
I'm an Architect and most of my work is large scale commercial and large Hospitals etc and we have to take OHS very seriously, especially with high risk and complex work. Often when acting as Superintendent or as part of our Project Management role we have to report OHS issues and submit reports. If I find who is the PM on the project these guys are involved in I'll be making an OHS submission to them and to their OHS rep, to which they'll be legally bound to follow up and report.
Happy days... they've placed someone in the know, within they're industry, in a position of danger and will hopefully be required to undertake due process to placate their employers and the relevant authorities.


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U. T. Dallas To Co-Sponsor Sickle Cell Disease
Conference At Tuskegee University in Alabama
RICHARDSON, Texas (April 7, 2005) —The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) will join with the Sickle Cell Foundation of Greater Montgomery (Ala.) to hold a conference for medical professionals on sickle cell disease April 29 at Tuskegee University, an historically black institution of higher learning in Alabama.
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disease that can cause serious health problems – some leading to death – among victims, most of whom are African-American or other individuals of African descent. It is estimated that eight percent of African-Americans are carriers of the sickle cell gene and are said to have sickle cell trait. Approximately two out of every 1,000 African-Americans suffer from the disease.
The goals of the conference, which will be held in the university's Kellogg Conference Center and will be transmitted by video to other parts of Alabama, are to bridge the communications gap that often exists among sickle cell researchers, providers, patients and their families as well as to find practical solutions for the management of pain, to ensure that patients have the support of both family and caregivers and to disseminate clinical and psychological information to patients more effectively.
People with sickle cell disease have a genetic error in their hemoglobin, a component of red blood cells. Instead of being soft and round, the red blood cells of a sickle cell patient are inflexible and sickle-shaped, causing blockages in the blood vessels and preventing body tissues from receiving oxygen.
Dr. Betty Pace, director of the Sickle Cell Disease Research Center at UTD, will open the conference with a lecture on the influence of parents in determining health care for adolescents with sickle cell disease.
The keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. Willarda Edwards, president and chief operating officer for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, which has its national headquarters in Baltimore. She will discuss the importance of reaching out to develop partnerships among researchers, providers and the community when caring for patients with the disease.
UTD's Sickle Cell Disease Research Center was founded in 2001. A year later, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and UTD won a multi-million-dollar grant that enabled the establishment of the first National Institutes of Health sickle cell center in the Southwest at Children's Medical Center of Dallas.
Anyone interested in attending the one-day conference in Alabama should contact the UTD Sickle Cell Disease Research Center at 972-883-6230.
About the Sickle Cell Foundation of Greater Montgomery
The Sickle Cell Foundation of Greater Montgomery, Inc., was founded as a non-profit organization in 1981. The philosophy of the foundation is to eliminate sickle cell disease as a health problem through profAugust 4, 2005s and fundraising means. The foundation provides services in nine Southeast Alabama counties.
About UTD
The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of Richardson, Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor®, enrolls more than 14,500 students. The school's freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront of Texas state universities in terms of average SAT scores. The university offers a broad assortment of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs. For additional information about UTD, please visit the university's web site at www.utdallas.edu.
UTD News Contact: Steve McGregor (972)883-2293
- Updated: February 10, 2014


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Gerard Butler: 'Machine Gun Preacher' Gets Release Date
Gerard Butler has a chat with Pascal Vicedomini, the founder of the Ischia Global Fest, while dining at a restaurant on Saturday (July 9) on the Island of Ischia in Naples, Italy.
The 41-year-old Scottish stud is in town to receive the Actor of the Year Award at the film festival.
Gerard's movie Machine Gun Preacher just received a release date, as well as a new distributor.
The film will be released in limited theaters on September 23 by Relativity Media after the company acquired the rights from Lionsgate.


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Wednesday, November 29, 2006
LOTR fans may know this area as "Chetwood Forest".
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Treeeeeeeeeeeee! At last I can get in here, which I couldn't for the past 3 days - it wouldn't open. And whadya know? I discover that it's already the 29th. As opposed to here today, where, thanks to nameless individuals in various continents, it has only seemed like it! Tomorrow came today.ReplyDelete
What a strange tree. Doesn't it blossom? No leaves? A bit eery.
And ther "mideval ruin", speaking as one who sees M.Rs, all over the place almost daily, it is incredibly convincing & a great night shot. Now, sing for your breakfast, people!
Believe me, you DON'T want to hear me sing at this hour. Wait until the shower, which is after toast.ReplyDelete
The thing about three that troubles me is I think it could be diseased. It's at the top of the hill, and at first I thought it was struck by lightening; it looked a bit charred, and no leaves, no signs of life. However, since there were so many around here, I'm not sure if lightening struck each tree, even over weeks and months. I have heard of this disease that makes the trunks go all black, so maybe next time I'll have to get closer and check it out.
By the way, Mile, the chap that owns THAT water tank might be coming over tomorrow night so I'll ask what he does with the water he collects so I can report back to you.
- Anonymous11/29/2006 12:08 pm
Good on you, you really have to blow up the photo to appreciate it. I like it.ReplyDelete
glad you've done it. the nature is just gorgeous.ReplyDelete
I like the rainy gray day and the lonely tree. I think there must be a song in there somewhere.ReplyDelete
I really like that you centered the tree in the shot....it's like the tree is standing defiantly against the dramatic elements surrounding it. Very well done!ReplyDelete
I often work extra hard to get to one particular shot only to find many other similar ones with easier access. At least it looks good.ReplyDelete
I think there IS a song in there somewhere..............ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/29/2006 11:23 pm
Meg, am sure Ben didnt mind. And its worth the stop.ReplyDelete
DP is all about "team"work. My partner already stop being surprised at the things i wanna photograph :D
Meg...Rivendell and the Shire!!!!ReplyDelete
I don't mind stooping, chasing or turn around for taking a shot.ReplyDelete
Well, safety always comes first. So, occasionally, I cannot stop where you wanted, Meg.
Lachezar, it's an honor you took the trouble to enlarge it!! I'm speechless.ReplyDelete
Jazzy, I guess I can't take credit for NZ nature being gorgeous.
Photowannabe, a song? I was thinking, a story.
Chris & Deb, thanks for the compliments. I thought it was so cool when your Dad commented on your wonderful dawn together.
Ryan, do you? Well, that makes me feel better. I do get so focused on thinking I found an ultimate find, that I don't look around.
KB, now I know you can find that song. Get to work, mate.
Kris, I think it's the way I ask him. For one thing I can never get right and left right, so I'm always pointing one way and saying another. And then there's the fact that the aformentioned driver tends to drive a bit fast for my slow decision making.
Lisi, the shire was shot on a farm near Matamata, North Island, and I think there's actually a tour that takes you there, but all the cute homes and stuff were taken out as soon as they shot the movie - in fact, I think all the locations were returned to their normal state as much as possible after the film was shot because of the contract with New Line Cinema. And did you know that most of Rivendell was CG? They used the Kaitoke Regional Park for some of the shots, but I was sooooo disappointed to learn that there were never an elaborate set for it.
Ben, thanks. But you know, I always say, "I want to shoot that", and then you drive past it, and you ask, "Oh, did you want to shoot that?" Don'tcha, don'tcha, don'tcha!!!
I LOVE IT! David does the same thing... or he'll look at me and ask if I saw something that I need (notice I said need, not want) to shoot!ReplyDelete
Ben's a good guy!
Well, Jenni, at least he's not the ONLY one, then. I thought he was being EXTRAORDINARILY insensitive!ReplyDelete
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Picture it, a slightly chilly morning on the African savannah, looking out over the rim of the coulee the sun just peeks out over the horizon, warm, glowing. Through the mist, a silhouette in the distance, just forming, tugs your breath right out of your chest. As it comes into focus, you know it is she. Beautiful, of course. Brilliant, to be sure. Poised, needless to say. And very, very well-dressed. You are in the fabulous girl's world, now.


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Thread: Gas, Lib vs. Rep
#1 Gas, Lib vs. Rep06-12-2008, 01:41 PM
Republican whip Roy Blunt put together this chart showing the practical effects of Democratic vs. Republican policies on the price of gasoline at the pump;
Blunt's office adds this footnote:
Methodology: Retail gasoline prices are the result of literally hundreds of factors including crude oil supply, global demand, refinery capacity, regulation, taxes, weather, the value of the dollar, etc. Therefore it is impossible to say with certainty what one individual action will do to the overall price. However, based on what we know about the impact of crude oil supply and prices it is possible to develop some potential ranges of impact on gasoline prices for certain policy changes. For example, using the methodology employed by Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats that suspending shipments into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (between 40-77,000 barrels of oil a day) would reduce gas prices by at least 5 cents, bringing ANWR online (at least one million barrels of oil a day) could impact gasoline prices by between 70 cents and $1.60.
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November 5, 1934 - February 19, 2013
Monroe, NY
Norma Sameisky, a six year resident of the area, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ. Norma was 78 years old. Daughter of the late John and Josephine Lopez Collado, she was born November 5, 1934 in New York, NY. She was the widow of Herman Sameisky.
Norma was a retired Supervisor with New York Telephone Company, Bronx, NY.
Survivors include her son, Herman J. Sameisky, Sr. of Bronxille, NY; her daughter, Susan E. Eichele and her husband, Frank of Monroe, NY; nine grandchildren: Jessica, Frankie, Danny, Laura, Samantha, Jillian, Alison, Stephanie and Herman, Jr; her great grandson, William Eason, and her sisters, Ruth Garon of Yonkers, NY and Daisy Smith of Cochecton, NY. Norma was predeceased by her son, Michael Sameisky.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, February 22nd at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 117 Maple Ave., Monroe. Cremation will take place at Cedar Hill Crematory, Middle Hope, NY.
Funeral arrangements made by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 845-782-8185 or www.ssqfuneralhome.com


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I have a simple rabbitMQ service up and running in an application. When I enable Insight for the application and restart the application I will recieve a connection refused. Disabling Insight and restarting the application will allow normal use again.
Here is the relevant context snippet:
Is there a way to name the service in the context? I know that the service name is "rabbitmq" when I bound it to the application. As a note this is deployed to cloud foundry
Here is the relevant context snippet:
<!-- Obtain a connection to the RabbitMQ via cloudfoundry-runtime: --> <rabbit:connection-factory id="rabbitConnectionFactory" /> <!-- Set up the AmqpTemplate/RabbitTemplate: --> <rabbit:template connection-factory="rabbitConnectionFactory"/> <!-- Request that queues, exchanges and bindings be automatically declared on the broker: --> <rabbit:admin connection-factory="rabbitConnectionFactory"/> <!-- Declare the "messages" queue: --> <rabbit:queue name="messages" durable="true"/>


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TUPELO, Mississippi -- State Rep. David Gibbs, recalled by colleagues as a common-sense lawmaker who preferred to keep a low profile and make things happen behind the scenes, died Sunday. He was 76.
Gibbs, who had cancer, died about 5 a.m. Sunday, said Rep. Kenny Wayne Jones, D-Canton, chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus. He had been hospitalized at Northeast Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Hospital spokeswoman Deborah Pugh confirmed his death.
Citing his illness, Gibbs had submitted his resignation letter Tuesday, but then sent word a day later that he wanted to rescind it. The letter was never filed with the Secretary of State's office.
The Democrat from West Point was a quiet legislator with a keen strategic eye, said Rep. Bobby Moak, D-Bogue Chitto, the House Democratic leader.
"We don't have very many folks in government who do that," Moak said. "They like to be the pretty butterfly fluttering out front, whereas David was the guy who saw it all and put it together and in the end told you where the field of flowers were."
Gibbs was first elected in 1992 to the seat vacated by Scott Ross, who is now mayor of West Point.
"He was always committed to the process of looking out for folks who were less fortunate and didn't have a voice," Jones said.
Republican House Speaker Phillip Gunn also praised Gibbs' work.
He represented District 36, which includes parts of Clay, Lowndes and Monroe counties. Before serving in the Legislature, he was a member of the Clay County Board of Supervisors.
Gov. Phil Bryant has 30 days to set a special election, which would take place at least 40 days later. If a runoff was necessary, that could leave the seat empty for this year's three-month legislative session.
Jones and Moak said Gibbs' main interest was in legislation that would help his district.
But no matter what the issue, Moak said, Gibbs was always worth consulting. "David was a pretty good political engineer of how you get to a certain goal line. He'd say, 'Moak, I think you need to do this, this and this, and you need to talk to these folks.'"
He also was a senior member of the state Democratic executive committee, said Rickey Cole, chairman of the state Democratic Party.
"His was consistently a voice of quiet, strong and reliable common sense. He believed that only by working together could we make life better for everyone," Cole wrote in a statement. "The Mississippi Legislature and the Democratic Party are much the poorer in the absence of our good and wise friend David Gibbs."


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"What A Nightmare!"
Marie-Laure has gone out and not returned. Mireille panics and Robert rushes over to help. Marie-Laure finally turns up with a wild tale about following the man in black into the Catacombs of Paris. G
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PITTSBURGH—Authorities responding to a call about gunfire in Pennsylvania encountered a man walking out of a home where the door was kicked in and the porch was littered with shell casings, and they say he threatened to bite a police dog, barked at it and yelled "I'm gonna kill Fido."
Police say 39-year-old Shawn A. Seif of Homewood appeared to be staging a home invasion about 1 a.m. Tuesday. Seif owns the home but didn't tell police that.
Seif is charged with tormenting a police animal, resisting arrest and marijuana possession. He is being held in Allegheny County Jail, unable to make bond. No attorney was listed on court papers.


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Before and after a quick sun bleaching with curves
First, a disclaimer: I actually like the "before" pic at least as much as the "after." But since the whole sun bleached style is so popular, I thought I'd show you how easy it is to do with nothing but curves in Photoshop. In a future tutorial, I'll show you how you can experiment with your own photo effects and make them into actions instead of paying for them.
step 1: It should go without saying, but I think it makes more sense to choose a photo that is actually outside and in the sun, preferably with some nice backlighting or some sun streaks or flares (I'm not a fan of adding fake flares, so I won't do it here).
step 2: open your photo and duplicate the layer. It's not absolutely necessary, but I like to use the duplicate layer for the "after" and keep the background for the "before" just so I can toggle the two on and off and maybe mess with the opacity of the "after" layer before I commit to flattening the final image.
step 3: add a curves adjustment layer
I'm going to end up doing 3 separate curves adjustment layers (the better to show my thought process. you can do it in fewer or more once you know what you want). On this first curves layer I am going to click to create a control point in the middle of the grid and pull it up and to the left in order to lighten the photo pretty dramatically:
It's lighter. It's pretty. But it's not really "sun bleached" yet.
step 4: add another curves adjustment layer, bleach and warm. You will probably have to make your photo layer (not the curves 1 layer) active before adding the curves layer 2, and then you will want to drag the curves layer 2 above curves layer 1. On this new curves layer, the adjustments are going to tweak the color by making it warmer and less contrasty. Instead of just moving the main (rgb) curve, you are going to do adjustments separately (note: this is still all done on your curves 2 layer. no need to create more and more curves layers) for "red" "green" and "blue" channels. It's going to be like my "adjust tone and color" tutorial, but more extreme. Using the pull down menu (right above the curves grid where it says "rgb", select the blue layer. If you put a control point in the middle ("ish"--just experiment) and pull towards the lower right corner, you will make the color more yellow.
You can see that I only yellowed it a little. I also took the control point in the lower left corner and dragged it straight up. You can get a really fantastic in-depth explanation of curves here, but to be brief, I'll just say that you are basically lowering the contrast as you pull that bottom corner control point up. Don't feel like you have to have one channel perfect before you move to the next. In fact, the best thing to do is to mess with each channel and go back and forth between the three channels experimenting with changes until you're happy. It's just like adding salt and pepper to soup, except you can actually take the salt back out if you use too much. Here's what I did to the red channel:
I pulled that lower left control point up higher than I did on the blue channel and that's it.
Then I did the green channel a bit:
C'est pas sorcier! as we say in French. "It's not witchcraft" (do we say that in English?) Just eyeball your photo to decide how much you want to change each channel.
Guess what? You could stop right here and you've got a nice warm photo that's a big change from the "before." It's warm, light, and dreamy.
But why leave well enough alone? I decided that I would like to make the background even lighter, but I don't want to wash her out completely. So...
Step 5 I added a third curves layer (be sure to put it on top), lightened it the same way I did with my first curves layer, and then brushed out the adjustment selectively on the bride.
Once you have lightened it, just select your brush tool (b)
, look in the menu bar to adjust the softness and size (which you can also do with the [ and ] keys—clicking the right bracket makes it bigger, the left makes it smaller. doing the same thing with "shift" makes it harder or softer). I like to bring the softness down to "0" because I want really gradual, diffused effects here.
Then I adjust the "opacity" setting (up in the top brush menu bar) WAY down (like 10% or so) so I can gradually paint the effect out. NOTE: make sure that black is selected as your foreground color.
If it's some funky color just hit "d" to make them black and white and use "x" to switch which color is in front. Now just paint the effect out to varying degrees as needed. I decided that I didn't want to over-lighten the hair, the lips, or too much of the face. (It's the same basic principle at work in my tutorial, "layer adjustment masks for the lazy, artsy slob").
step 6: Mess with opacity to fine tune your effect. Too much change on a given layer? Just dial down the opacity. When you like what you see, click the eyeball icon to turn off your background layer (this is assuming you copied your background layer way back in step 1) then select "merge visible" from the layer menu (the little triangle at the top of the layers palette brings up the menu). Now you have the "after" layer merged on top and the "before" on the bottom. If you love the "after" then flatten the things and be happy. If you don't, well, ask a friend if you're just being too picky.
bonus stuff:
Want to change things even more? Create a blank new layer, fill it with some sunny color using the paint bucket (double click the foreground box mentioned earlier to bring up the color picker and then just choose some peachy sunny color), and then experiment with blending modes. Choose "soft light" or "overlay" from the pull down menu in the layers palette instead of "normal" and then lower the opacity of your overlay color until you have the king of tinted, washed out look you like.
I did it, and then went "meh. don't need it."
Here's the lovely final image once again:
Voilà! Easy, right?


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By Deborah Trierweiler
There are all kinds of talk, research, programs, legislation about bullying in our schools. There is no doubt there is a problem with the way our children are treating each other. But my belief is trying to eradicate bullying from the schools is like throwing a handful of baking soda on a car fire.
Bullying is a learned behavior. That learning begins when our children are learning how to behave. That, folks, is at the age long before the children get to school. I am thinking of this issue after having spent an afternoon at a children's museum during the week. Every child there was under the kindergarten age yet, I still saw bullying happen. I saw children going to the train table and taking all the toy trains from those playing there. I saw children laughing at others that dropped something in the water table and got wet. I saw children walk in front of others when those others were patiently waiting for the drinking fountain. All this in one afternoon!
So, you might be asking, "Where were the adults in those situations?" I will tell you they were there, but reacted in a way that didn't actually address the issue of the bully's behavior. Yes, the children were scolded and removed from the area. I don't believe that will truly change the bullies' behavior. Those young children were not made aware of the inappropriate behavior. Those young bullies were not taught an alternate way to behave. They were not given the opportunity to LEARN how to behave in a different way. On the other end, those being bullied were not encouraged to speak up. When the bully was removed those being bullied couldn't say, "You shouldn't do that" or "You made me feel sad when you did that." I believe to end bullying those being bullied need to feel empowered to stand up and not take it anymore. This, again, is a learned behavior. The adults need to help teach this behavior. We need to help teach our children the proper behavior. We need to guide young children through conflicts rather than preventing those conflicts from happening. We need to TEACH the youngest children when they are most willing and able to LEARN.
For more information and resources check out this site: www.loveourchildrenusa.org/parentinged.php.
Let's all work together to make this a non-issue.
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It is the only agricultural fair held each year in Craven, Carteret, Jones and Pamlico counties, and it is one of the Craven County Jaycee�s largest projects.
The fair runs for 11 days through Oct. 27 and serves as a major fundraiser for the Jaycees, which provides funds for various charitable groups.
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The gates open at 5:30 p.m. during weekdays, at 11 a.m. on Saturdays and at 1 p.m. on Sundays.
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Local favorite Cold Biscuit is scheduled for Oct. 25, with classic country, beach, Motown, Southern Rock, bluegrass and the blues.
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Patrick "Pat" Aloys Hitt, age 41, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, at his home. He was born Dec. 3, 1970, in Pratt, the son of Era Eugene "Gene" and Rita Elizabeth (Struckhoff) Hitt.
Pat was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and was also an EMT-I for Township 12 Rescue and Fire Department. Pat was an agent for The Hitt-Agency Farm Bureau Financial Services and owned and operated South Central Pest Control.
On Feb. 10, 1996, he married Cheri Terese Bata at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pratt. She survives.
Other survivors include: a son, Jamie Walter Hitt of Pratt; a daughter, EmaLee Alise Hitt of Denver, Colo.; his mother, Rita Hitt of Pratt; three brothers, Ray Hitt of Pratt, Joe Hitt of Wichita, and Jeff Hitt of Garden Plains; four sisters, Leanne Irsik of Lenexa, Rhonda Westerhaus and Becky Eastes, both of Pratt, and Nancy Schwarz of St. Angelus; and his two beloved dogs, Indy the Underdog and Maggie the Magnificent the IV.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Friday at Larrison Mortuary, 300 Country Club Road, Pratt. Vigil service will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 332 N. Oak St., Pratt. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with the Rev. Floyd McKinney presiding. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt.
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I have a Ciro-flex Model E with a Wollensak 85 mm lens. I'm interested in finding out about any available accessories -- other lenses (including diopters), filters and filter ring (the lens is 32mm in diameter), lens hood, etc. I understand that a Portralens 2+ and a Telek lens -4 were available at one time. Can anyone help by referring me to a source for information on these things? Thanks very much -- Liz Humphrey
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Although I don't own a Ciro-flex---wish I did!---my guess is that the 85mm Wollensak (whose outside diameter you say is 32mm) will accept a 31.5mm slip-ring/retaining-ring set for series VI filters. This is what you should look for at camera shows, which I have found is the best place to acquire this old stuff, since nobody is producing it nowadays (though formerly available from Kodak, Tiffen, and Hoya, among others). Anyhow, the 31.5mm (1-1/4") slip-ring is a very common size in series VI, and you should be able to obtain one fairly readily. (Kodak did not list a 32mm slip ring; the next size up was 1-5/16".) And yes, there was a whole slew of series VI filters, lens hoods, and polarizer, including the Portra lenses in +1, +2, and +3 diopters, and the Telek lenses in -1, -2, -3, and -4 diopters. There was also a portrait diffusion "lens" for soft-focus effects. For b/w and color there was a complete line-up of contrast and balancing filters in series VI---in short, most of the same filters that are sold today in the screw-on sizes. Over the course of about five years of pawing through the parts bins at camera shows in the Philadelphia area, I have assembled a fairly complete set of the series VI stuff to use on my Century Graphic 2x3. I don't know that there is any one source for these items today, but for starters you might give Robert Pins a try at 201-784-1444 or 201-767-3619.
A final hint: the series VI thread is 44mm. If you can find, for example, a 44-49 step-ring, you can use 49mm filters directly on the 31.5mm slip-ring. This would spare you the inconvenience of searching for the series filters (although I think it's rather fun to look---thrill of discovery and all that). I have 44-49, 44-52, and 44-55 step-rings; they aren't common, but they DO exist (camera shows!). The 49mm size is better to use than the larger sizes, as it interferes less with accessibility of the settings on the front of the lens. Hope this helps; email me if you have further questions.
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Liz, Kodak series V&VI holders and filters are readily available on Ebay I've picked up numerous ones there. The portra lens is only usefull if it comes with the info sheet telling you where to set the distance scale at. I do have copies of this and can photocopy it for you should you need it. Origional ciro-flex lens hoods do show up from time to time. The flash guns can rarely be found on Ebay unless there being sold with the camera. The lens adaptor you need is a 31.5 mm This fortunately is one of the more common sizes on ebay. They sell cheaply! Don't pay more than a few dollars unless it has filters with it. I you wait a few days theres always another to bid on.
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See my post under a similar topic. I describe how to make caps and a shade (lens hood) from hardware items. Plastic leg tips come in 1 1/4" diameter, which is 32mm! That's the basis for all my custom parts!
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Came across a website where they sell step-up rings in various sizes.
Somebody else here posted that the Series VI Kodak filter system has a slip-fit on one end and a 44mm thread on the other. The website below lists step-up rings in 44-46, 48, 49, 52, 54, 55, and 60mm sizes; so that a person can then use / buy modern filters and fit them to the old C/F or Graflex TLRs.
Many other sizes are shown too, but the above are relevant here.
No affiliation, and I haven't ordered one yet - but am about to.
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I don't think you'll be able to use "Telek" lenses on your "Ciro-Flex." They extend the focal length of a prime lens, and only work if you can physically increase the distance between the lens and the film plane. They were made for bellows cameras.
In the old days, "afocal" telephoto and wide-angle attachments were made for twin-lens reflex cameras -- as they now are for many digital cameras. Spiratone and Sun were a couple of well-known brands. Each set contained a pair of attachments, one for the taking and one for the viewing lens. Typically, the tele set offered a 1.5X magnification (85mm.=127mm.) and the WA set, 0.7X (85mm.=60mm.) They required no increase in exposure (unlike "Telek" lenses), and quality was indifferent -- better if you stopped down.
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^I agree with everything sanford said. I'm no professional but i was advised of the same thing before and it worked for me.
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Downtown Summary
- Fremont Street Experience, a 90-foot-tall, neon-lit vault canopy that plays videos and concerts (usually free)
- Iconic "Old Vegas" attractions, including the Vegas Vic cowboy sign and the Golden Gate hotel
- Typically cheaper hotel rates than on the Strip
- Small area, easy to explore the densely-arranged hotel-casinos on foot
- 10- to 15-minute cab ride from the Strip
- 20- to 25-minute drive from McCarran International Airport
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Though typically cheaper, the hotel-casinos here -- save the famed Golden Nugget -- are a bit less wild and exciting than the dazzling stretch of newer giants along the Strip (two-and-a-half miles south of Downtown). The area is quieter, the average visitor tends to be closer to retiree-age than clubber-age, and the main draws tend to be low-minimum tables, nickel slots, and cheap eats like Golden Gate's 99-cent shrimp cocktail.
But there is a kitschy charm to these brightly lit streets -- a slice of the Las Vegas of yesteryear. You can spot the neon cowboy, "Vegas Vic," waving howdy from over a gift shop. And anyone visiting Vegas shouldn't miss Downtown's nightly music, light, and video show cast over the evening skyline, the Fremont Street Experience.
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But outside the Nugget, options are more about value than razzle-dazzle. The Four Queens or Main St. Station have allowed rates to dip as low as $26 a night, but neither hotel has a pool on site, and the rooms, though clean, are fairly bare-bones (unlike most rooms on the Strip).
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A collective shock wave went through the room at the Emmys last week--Kerry Washington didn't win for "Scandal"! Though we all thought she was a shoo-in after her work on Season 2 of America's Soapiest Nighttime Political Sex Soap That Ever Was, there's plenty of time for her to get her revenge when the next season starts at 9 p.m. Thursday on ABC. We took some wild guesses about each character's upcoming plotlines based on the ridiculous press photos. Warning: Spoilers abound! firstname.lastname@example.com | @redeyedana
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Love how Mallory is really taking in where she is right now!
#Goths - who would win a Toughest competition between these two? Mmm cant you see Vyxsin in #wrestlemania
Kent & Vyxsin and just a little later Gary & Mallory (who want to beat them).Mallory is wearing the same shirt she dug **** in Moscow Saint Petersburg.
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One of the more unsettling experiences of my surgical career to date; and I didn't think it could get any worse than stumbling through an erroneous CT scan reading during M&M:
I was doing a laparoscopic case (which is enough of an oddity in itself: the number of cases I'm getting this week would be going to my head, if I weren't so overwhelmed with work outside of the OR that even these longed-for operations seem like a burden). First, one of the most senior attendings in the program wandered in, before we were even prepping, and started quizzing me about what was wrong with the patient, and why I thought so.
Then, after we got started, yet another attending came in; so I had three attendings watching me struggle through a laparoscopic case I had never done before. Of course they had a few helpful pieces of advice each, as well as the attending who was actually scrubbed on the case. Helpful comments like, Why don't you just flip that piece of bowel over there, you would see so much better; go on, flip it over. (Yes, sir, I would be perfectly happy to, but I can't seem to make the grasper go there. . . ) Almost more disturbing than them commenting, however, was them just watching. I couldn't figure out what they found so fascinating. The case itself I didn't think was that remarkable. It was new to me, but by no means new to the annals of surgery. And they certainly weren't watching for the pleasure of admiring smooth technique. I thought it was painfully slow going, and I was the one doing it, which means it must have seemed glacially slow and awkward to everyone else. I got the impression they were waiting to see when I was going to tear the bowel. . . I almost respect their restraint in not saying so out loud. . .
On the other hand, that gave it a particularly triumphant feeling when I finally had all the pieces straightened out, and the problem was fixed, and I had done it nearly all myself.


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GrimReality's taste in music is not exactly inspiring me to agree with his opinion. :PEDIT: Except his opinion that that song is horrendous. I can agree with that.
If I don't like an entire album by an artist, I don't consider them a good artist. I'm very strict about it and expect a lot from musicians. So, filler is unacceptable to me and I don't believe it is true of all albums. I have seen the movie and the soundtrack was okay, yep. I just wouldn't hold it up on a pedestal that it is the sort of thing all music should be judged by :P
Well if you don't like metal (?) you will hate the shit out of Abnormality and i'm not sure why you bothered listening.also i'm not a huge crystal castles fan but the thing they did with robert smith earlier this year was awesome
Grim- you actually liked the Abnormality song "Hatred Relentless" I once posted either here or on FB, except for the vocals. In which case, a band like Blotted Science does instrumental technical death metal. No cookie monster death-growling. That kind of vocal style was definitely an acquired taste for me. "Visions" was on their first demo when they were still discovering themselves and fell into the trap of overdoing the wacky complicated riffing. Their newer/current stuff is a lot more focused.
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Stephanie Cosentino of Columbia University in New York and colleagues examined the cross-sectional study included a total of 1,870 individuals -- 1,510 family members and 360 spouse controls -- recruited through the Long Life Family Study.
The main outcome measure was the prevalence of cognitive impairment based on a diagnostic algorithm validated using the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center data.
The study, published in the journal Neurology, found the cognitive algorithm classified 38.5 percent as having cognitive impairment consistent with Alzheimer's disease.
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Hi there!
I have been relaxing a bit. My 8mo LO is thriving, but I have noticed a decrease in the production, that I want to stop right in the tracks. The thing is...I have also been nursing and pumping a little less. I am starting to count to see if I make it to 10 sessions a day, bet pumping and nursing. My question are two: Do those short nursing sessions count as 1? and...Do any of you have a schedule to helpme? I usually pump once in a part time job that I have twice a week and two, at a whole day gig I have once a week. The rest I work at home, so I nurse. In the weekends I nurse once a day.
My goal is to keep bfing til baby's 2, at least. I hope my production can go on til then!