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Seoul (VNA) - The Republic of Korea had enjoyed trade surplus for a 64-month streak in May spurred by strong exports on the global demand upturn, the country's Customs Service announced on June 15.
However, the country's trade surplus plunged substantially in May to 5.68 billion USD from 12.9 billion USD recorded in April.
The East Asian economic power logged 6.34 billion USD in trade surplus with Southeast Asian countries, including 2.91 billion USD with Vietnam. Meanwhile, it saw 2.59 billion USD in trade surplus with China, its largest trade partner.
The country's trade surplus with the US dwindled more than 50 percent to 864 million USD from 1.78 billion USD tallied a year ago amid the RoK Government's efforts to reduce its surplus with the world's largest economy.
Data also showed that RoK's trade with Middle East nations and Japan experienced a deficit of 3.77 billion USD and 2.17 billion USD, respectively.
The country's exports have been on sharp rise since November last year thanks to the brisk overseas demand for RoK semiconductors and vehicles. In May, exports picked up 13.3 percent year-on-year to 45 billion USD while imports rose 19.1 percent year-on-year to 39.3 billion USD.-VNA


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PORTSMOUTH — Kamahl Walker gets a chuckle when he hears people tell him that he makes playing basketball well look easy.
PORTSMOUTH — Kamahl Walker gets a chuckle when he hears people tell him that he makes playing basketball well look easy.
It wasn't always playing well that was the problem. It was playing at all.
More than a month has passed since Walker, a senior guard, led the Portsmouth High School basketball team to the Division II championship, a title that was seemingly two years in the making.
The 5-foot-10 Walker averaged 21 points for the Clippers (20-2), who secured the 18th state championship in program history. For that reason and others, he has been selected Winter Athlete of the Year by the Seacoast Media Group sports staff.
"It still feels good," he said. "I'm proud I actually got to accomplish the goal I came here for."
Walker's arrival prior to his junior year from St. Peter Marian in Worcester, Mass., has been well-documented, by this outlet and others. What wasn't widely known is how academic struggles threatened to derail his basketball career before it really got started.
As a freshman at St. Peter Marian, Walker's grades weren't high enough for him to even try out for the basketball team. He got them up and made the varsity as a sophomore, but didn't keep them up and was cut from the team midway through the season.
"Some people think I've always had it easy," said Walker. "I'm always in the newspaper. But people don't know I wasn't on a basketball team for even a whole season (before Portsmouth)."
The change of scenery has benefited both player, who's cracked the honor roll, and the team, which handed him the keys to its offense almost from the day he showed up at the first practice.
Next fall, he'll enroll for a postgraduate year at Bridgton Academy, where he hopes to further his goal of playing college basketball at either the Division II or III level.
Not bad for a guy who'd never even completed Algebra I when he arrived at Portsmouth, and was thrown right into Algebra II, which he'd ultimately pass — with some help.
"He spent every single lunch period with his teacher and stayed on top of things," said Portsmouth coach Jim Mulvey. "It's a credit to him and it's a credit to the teachers who worked with him."
On the court, it's been Walker doing a lot of the teaching these past two years.
As a junior, he was slotted into the point guard role early and led the Clippers in scoring, at 15 points a game. The team advanced all the way to the Division II championship game, where it fell to top-seeded, senior-laden Milford, 48-42, a game Walker says is still the sharpest memory he'll take away from his high school career.
"I'm still not over it," he said. "I still, today, feel like we could have won that game."
This past winter, it was Portsmouth and its seven seniors sliding comfortably into the role of favorites. The Clippers hit a speed bump at midseason, losing back-to-back games to St. Thomas and Pelham, but regrouped, accelerated their tempo, got everyone into the right role and ran the table, winning their last 12 games.
Along the way, Walker bonded with a group of players he'd known only for months, not years. Over the second half of the season, each pregame meal was a team one, usually spaghetti at the home of senior forward Alex Rigazio.
"Team communication and staying together as a team," summed up senior Bill Lane, who was Walker's backcourt partner. "When someone does something bad we all pick that guy up, tell him to keep his head up and keep trying. When we play as a team no one can beat us."
"We always got together off the court," said Walker. "We'd go play laser tag, have team dinners."
Walker saved one of his best efforts for the end, scoring a game-high 22 points in the Division II championship game against Bedford. He scored from outside and in, showing off a versatile game he modeled after the NBA star he followed growing up.
"I'd try to make my game like Allen Iverson," he said. "He was so small but he scored so much on the taller people. I know I'm not tall. But the heart he had, that's what I always want to play with to compete."
Mulvey, who played at Portsmouth in the 1970s, said Walker can stake a claim as one of the best guards the program has ever had.
"I go back to the '70s, obviously, maybe even the late '60s," said Mulvey. "I think the way he can do everything ... he was as good on defense as he was on offense."
Mulvey feels there's a "50-50" chance Walker can earn a scholarship of some sort to play in college.
"It's a great fit," said Mulvey. "He's young; he's 17. Age-wise, he could be a senior next year. It will give him another year of maturity."
Two years ago, basketball was in danger of falling off Walker's radar entirely. Now it's the brightest light on his board.
"Before Portsmouth, I wanted to play basketball, but when I got cut because of grades the confidence went away," said Walker. "Basketball wasn't my strong point any more. I didn't really want to play.
"The change of scenery," he added, "just kind of opened the doors for a better opportunity."


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Global Medical Automation Market: Overview
The term automation refers to use the software and control systems independently and helps in monitoring a mechanized system for the various industrial processes. The automated delivery of the medical practices helps in reducing the cost, errors and helps to streamline the processes with the outcomes that are far better. The increasing demand for reliable and accurate medical procedures, increasing labor cost, and the increasing investments by the government are contributing to the market growth.
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Global Medical Automation Market: Growth Factors
The medical automation market is a growing market owing to factors such as increasing demand for reliability and accuracy in medical procedures, technological advancements, increasing investments made by the government, rising labor costs, growing global prevalence of chronic conditions and growing application of point of care testing devices such as pregnancy test kit, HIV test kits and others. The automation of pharmacies and laboratories can provide various benefits such as minimization of errors, cost savings, reliability, and speed. This will exert a positive impact on the medical automation market. However, there are certain restraining factors to the market which include globally applicable strict government regulation for the manufacturers of medical device and cost issues.
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In this segment, Ira talks with cancer researcher Robert Weinberg about what he calls the last frontier of cancer research. Weinberg has been instrumental in studies of oncogenes, genes that can spark the rapid cell multiplication associated with cancerous tumors. Now, in two studies published over the past month, Weinberg and colleagues present clues as to how tumors spread through the body. They found that microRNAs, small molecules that typically disrupt protein production by binding to the messenger RNAs that transmit DNA instructions for proteins, can cause tumors to metastasize. Could the research help curb the spread of cancer within people? We'll talk about the research.
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Plasencia TKO The Cigar Journal
Big things come in sma replica watches uk ll packages, as the saying goes. The renowned cigar man Nestor Plasencia must have had this in mind when crafting the P replica watches uk lasencia TKO, a little, 4.0 x 42 cigar from Esteli, Nicaragua that packs quite a punch. Small but powerful much fuller bodied than the rest of Nestor's line the TKO must not be judged by its diminuitive looks, nor by its extremely reasonable price. For the TKO is indeed aptly named.
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The flavor profile presented me with a unique challenge: this was quite unlike any other cigar that I had ever experienced. Groping for descriptive terms, I could only come up with "peppery." It was indeed a maduro flavor, but was strong and dry, and not at all sweet. This little cigar was so powerful that it was difficult to make out specific flavor not replica watches uk es. It wasn't at all harsh any mediocre cigarmaker could blend a strong, harsh cigar. No, this one wasn't harsh. It was powerful.
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N Koreans in Japan fear nuclear test backlash
Facilities run by the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan have received threatening calls, sparking worries of worse to come.india Updated: Oct 13, 2006 13:40 IST
Pyongyang's nuclear defiance is prompting fears of a backlash against North Koreans living in Japan, many of whom already face daily discrimination.
Since North Korea said on Monday it had carried out a nuclear test, schools and other facilities run by the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) have received threatening calls, sparking worries of worse to come.
"There have been no reports of serious incidents so far. But in the past when the DPRK (North Korea) did something conspicuous, some radical people resorted to violence against students at our schools," said one Chongryon official who declined to be identified.
"That's why we are worried."
Reflecting such concerns, police guarded the entrances to "Korea Town" in Kawasaki City, near Tokyo, on Friday, and residents, many North Korean, shied away from reporters.
About 600,000 ethnic Koreans live in Japan, many of them descended from the 2 million Koreans brought to Japan as forced labour during Tokyo's 1910-1945 colonisation of the peninsula.
Of those, about 80,000 are pro-North, another 220,000 support the South, and the rest back neither country, said Pyon Jin-il, himself an ethnic Korean and an expert on North Korea.
Japan granted Koreans Japanese nationality during its colonial rule, but stripped them of the status in 1952 and deprived them of many benefits enjoyed by Japanese citizens.
Many girls attending Chongryon-run schools wear traditional Korean "chima chogori" uniforms and hence are easily singled out.
But most Koreans, born and raised in Japan, differ little from their Japanese neighbours on the surface, speaking fluent Japanese and often marrying Japanese spouses.
Chongryon officials, though, worry that Pyongyang's nuclear brinkmanship and Japan's stern reaction could fan mistrust.
"The greater fear is that the heated rhetoric from both Japanese political leaders and Japan's media ... will escalate to the point where it will be extremely difficult for diplomacy to calm the situation," Kim Jong-ui, a Chongryon official in Osaka, western Japan, was quoted as saying in the Japan Times.
"This could result in further discrimination, including physical harassment by Japanese of Koreans in Japan."
Some North Koreans living in Japan are likely to feel the pinch of sanctions ordered by Japan's cabinet on Friday against Pyongyang, including a six-month ban on all imports.
"They're the ones who will get hit directly because they act as middlemen for many transactions," said Lee Jong-won, an international politics professor at Rikkyo University.
Job opportunities for pro-Pyongyang Koreans are limited largely to firms run by members of their community, such as the pachinko pinball parlours, night clubs, barbecue restaurants and trading houses specialising in business with the North.
Thousands of Korean residents already become naturalised Japanese citizens each year, opting for assimilation.
Chongryon's membership also took a hit after Pyongyang admitted in 2002 that it had abducted 13 Japanese in the 1970s and 1980s to help train spies. That trend could speed up now.
"If North Korea raises military tensions further, it will spark more harassment against Korean residents and could lead to Chongryon's collapse," Pyon said.
Chongryon officials shy away from public criticism of North Korea, but privately some members blame their ancestral homeland.
"We feel ashamed of what our fatherland's government has done," said a 49-year-old Chongryon member who declined to be identified. Like many, though, he feels he has no option but to stay in Chongryon because of relatives in the North.
The group is Pyongyang's de facto embassy in Japan, since the two countries have no formal diplomatic relations.
Tokyo's sanctions will bite some North Koreans in Japan, but will have less impact on the North's struggling economy.
Two-way trade has already dwindled and Chongryon is not the big source of funds for the North it once was.
"During the heyday of pachinko (pinball) business in the 1980s, a lot of cash was siphoned into North Korea," Pyon said.
"But that's a thing of the past."
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If you have a child enrolled in summer soccer training camp or soccer training during the school year, you probably want to support them as much as you possibly can. Often, that means attending most of their games and encouraging them both on the field and off. But when it comes time for game day, it's easy to fall into certain traps. While you may mean well, these behaviors may end up having a negative impact on young players. Let's take a closer look at a few behaviors you should try your best to avoid.
1. Sideline coaching
It might be instinct, especially if you were a soccer player once yourself. But you should try your absolute hardest to refrain from sideline coaching. Not only is it distracting to hear a parent shouting out tips from the side lines, but it can actually cause them to become more anxious or to disregard what their actual coach has tried to teach. If you're planning on attending a lot of youth soccer tournaments this season, focus on basic cheering or encouraging skills you see being put into action. Make sure any comments you make (and they should be few) are reactionary and positive, rather than instructional or negative.
2. Discouraging mistakes
It may not make much sense to you, but you should actually applaud when your child makes a mistake. That's how they're going to learn. Take the adage of "winning isn't everything" to heart. It's much better that they actually learn something valuable at summer soccer training camp than consistently win tournaments. Emphasize the importance of taking a risk and learning from what happens during the game. The most important thing is that they tried. Even if they fail, at least they tried something and learned from them. If they never take that risk, they'll never grow as a player. Instead of berating any young player (not just your own) for messing up, tell them that mistakes are actually good things and that they should never be scared of making one.
3. Post-game analytics
Surveys show that 62% of kids who play organized sports in the U.S. do so just to interact with their friends. Without a doubt, that's one of the reasons that youth soccer leagues are so popular. Don't ruin their fun by forcing them to hear your post-game thoughts. More than likely, your child has already been told if they messed up, either by their coach or another player. They definitely don't need you to point it out for them, too. What your child really needs is for you to tell them how much fun you had and to congratulate them on a job well done. That said, if they start that conversation and enjoy discussing the semantics of the game with you, that's okay. But it's important to be in-tune with your child's needs and to avoid bringing up this topic yourself after a tournament.
When your child wants to improve on their skills, they'll likely want to enroll in summer soccer training camp or programs during the year. More often than not, they won't want their parents to force their own beliefs about the game on them. Of course, it's great if soccer is an activity the whole family can enjoy. But as a whole, it's best to let the experts handle the coaching while you support your child as a parent, rather than as a sports enthusiast.


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The Hunger Games: Bread and Circus
Survivor meets Big Brother meets Battle Royale in an artfully poor District 12 and a Marie Antoinette inspired rich Capitol: that's The Hunger Games
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After tales of teen wizard Harry Potter and the vampire romance, Twilight, comes yet another young adult novel turned into a big-budget blockbuster with violence, bloodletting, romance and a pretty heroine: The Hunger Games.
The inspiration for the novel, according to author Suzanne Collins, came from surfing channels on television. There were people competing in a reality show on one channel, even as on another she could see footage of the invasion of Iraq. The two "began to blur in this very unsettling way" and the idea for the book was formed. So that's the movie in a nutshell – Survivor meets Big Brother meets Battle Royale, mixed with Greek and Roman literary references, and set in an artfully poor District 12 or a Marie Antoinette-inspired rich Capitol.
Our protagonist, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), a girl from the dirt-poor District 12, has to volunteer as a "tribute" (this is what the participants are called) to save her 12-year-old sister, Primrose, from entering the nightmare of any dystopian future – a gladiatorial fight to death in a carefully controlled wooded "arena" operated by a group of wealthy authoritarians with big, colourful hair and the brutal manners of French courtiers. It is an event that everyone, from the dandyish rich in the Capitol to the starving poor in the other districts, is glued to – a fight aptly called "The Hunger Games".
Katniss is gritty enough to win sympathy as she has to transform from the tough bow-wielding Diana to a PR machine — one who can slickly traverse the political minefield of reality TV and charm the audience into sponsoring her with food and medicines to survive. Lawrence performs this dichotomy with panache.
As she and her fellow tribute and "fatted calf " Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) rise up in the TV rankings with their concocted love story, we get a glimpse -— alas, a very brief one — into the hedonistic lifestyle of the Capitol and its politicians, with their imaginatively trimmed beards and unimaginative dialogue and preening. The entire gamut of grown-up talent, from Donald Sutherland to Woody Harrelson, sleepwalk their way through their roles, albeit professionally, and only Stanley Tucci, as crafty TV host Caesar Flickerman, manages to hold some of the audience's waning attention.
Katniss's real journey begins when she enters the verdant beauty of the arena for her brutal coming-of-age battle, and that's where the film starts to truly unravel.
Trying to win over a PG-13 audience (the rating implies 'parents strongly cautioned'), Director Gary Ross glosses over the violence, the pain, the intolerable cruelty that a child killing a child brings to the audience. The violent deaths are dealt clinically with sharp editing and dizzy camera shots. The film offers no character sketch at all of the other tributes whom Katniss has to fight, other than Rue (Amandla Stenberg) — a tiny waif of a warrior who has to be sacrificed for Katniss to find her nerve of steel in this bloody rampage.
The other tributes of richer districts, who have been training for years for these games, are shadowy figures, neither children nor villains — just statistics for the body count to build up. The audience remains curiously detached from the action on screen, because it feels no empathy or sympathy for the participants. A vein of emotional tension should have run through the film, but what you get instead is a lacklustre romance, brief emotionless friendships, and an indifferent screenplay that even computer-generated wolverines cannot perk up.
Katniss Everdeen is the stuff that the women who sailed on the Mayflower might have been made of — hardy realists who survived against all odds. Here is a heroine who should have lit up the screen like a 21st-century Spartacus, but she only manages to be a dim glow of hope and heroics, and that too, only because of Lawrence's doughty performance.
The Hunger Games had the promise of a grand 21st-century epic; instead, it becomes, borrowing a phrase from the film, panem et circenses, which literally translates into 'bread and circuses' – a phrase that describes entertainment used to distract public attention from more important matters. And that's the feeling the film leaves you with as you exit the theatre.


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I did a clean install of my Win10 Home about a week ago and it all turned out for the good. However, tonight while nosing around my Network Connections I notice I am connected to the Internet by Ethernet (Realtek PCle GBF Family Controller) which I thought I was since I had a cable from my Windstream Router to my PC.
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I always thought that both of them should say 'Internet'. Am I right or wrong?
Also, while looking at the Network Connections I see 'WiFi' (Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 802.11b/g/n Wifi adapter) is also listed. It says 'not connected'. It shows a 'Red' X on it along with [B]five green 'Bars'[/B].
Should the WiFi connection be displayed that way?
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4.22 Finding a File on the Python Search Path
Credit: Mitch Chapman
4.22.1 Problem
A large Python application includes resource files (e.g., Glade project files, SQL templates, and images) as well as Python packages. You want to store these associated files together with the Python packages that use them.
4.22.2 Solution
You need to be able to look for either files or directories along Python's sys.path:
import sys, os class Error(Exception): pass def _find(pathname, matchFunc=os.path.isfile): for dirname in sys.path: candidate = os.path.join(dirname, pathname) if matchFunc(candidate): return candidate raise Error("Can't find file %s" % pathname) def findFile(pathname): return _find(pathname) def findDir(path): return _find(path, matchFunc=os.path.isdir)
4.22.3 Discussion
Larger Python applications consist of sets of Python packages and associated sets of resource files. It's convenient to store these associated files together with the Python packages that use them, and it's easy to do so if you use this variation on Recipe 4.21 to find files or directories with pathnames relative to the Python search path.
4.22.4 See Also
Recipe 4.21; documentation for the os module in the Library Reference.
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IT and transport minister Paul Swain acknowledges that "eventually" the internet could be the only way to access certain government services.
He made a passing mention of the possibility in an address at internet market monitor Red Sheriff's recent launch event, saying that "by 2004 the internet will be the main way to access government services, and it could eventually be the only way we're going to do it for some services".
This was an apparent reversal of undertakings given in the original e-government strategy that alternative methods of access would continue to be available for the foreseeable future, to cater for the needs of people who could not afford internet access facilities.
"Customers who choose not to use online services will still be able to interact with government using traditional channels (for example, going into an office)," says page 17 of the original strategy document of April 2001, under the heading "What e-government will look like".
A spokesman for the minister confirms that "eventually, with certain services, [non-internet methods of access] could disappear". These might be the kind of services easily and quickly performed by a user without loss of privacy at a third-party terminal, for example, in a public library, he says.
But there are at present no specific plans to phase out other ways of accessing any particular service, he says.


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This is the perfect occasion to spend a pleasant evening with family and friends, all while contributing to the well-being of others.
We hope to see you there.
– Presentation of SB Overseas projects;
– The Grand Quiz of Religions;
– Eating of the dates, Maghrebian Prayer, Meal.


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It's a cold January day and after coming in from snow shoeing I thought it would be nice to bake something from Aunt Lil's recipe book. The book opened to a recipe called "Rich Coffee Cake." The page is incredibly stained, so I assume Aunt Lil liked this recipe and used it.
Like many cake recipes, the origins of Coffee Cake goes back quite far. According to Food Timeline, Coffee Cake has its origin in honey cakes from ancient times, French galettes, medieval fruit cake, yeast rolls, and Danish cakes made with coffee. As immigrants arrived in the New World, several groups introduced their version of Coffee Cake including the Germans, Dutch, and Scandinavians.
Why the term Coffee Cake? Two reasons. In the 17th century coffee took Europe by storm as a drink and sweet cakes were eaten with coffee. And of course, adding coffee as the liquid to make Coffee Cake was the second reason. Today, you don't find Coffee Cake recipes that call for coffee. But Aunt Lil's recipe did, which helps me date the recipe.
The term Coffee Cake wasn't used in recipe books until the late 19th century. Here's a link to a Fannie Farmer, Boston Cook Book, recipe from 1896 that is very similar to Aunt Lil's. Just a quick look through my cook books and I found two other similar recipes. One dated 1924 from Everybody's Cook Book. In this recipe it calls for "strong back coffee, cold as the liquid. Coffee of the usual strength for drinking is not strong enough, and left-over coffee should be strengthened if used." My New Hood's Cook Book from 1939 has another similar recipe also called "Rich Coffee Cake."
But Aunt Lil's recipe has one more surprise – brandy! Only the Fannie Farmer recipe called for this "secret" ingredient. I find it amusing to even think of Aunt Lil having brandy in the house. But there it is. By the way, don't be put off by the list of ingredients. This recipe was VERY easy to make.
Here's Aunt Lil's recipe:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. cloves
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tbs molasses
- 1 tbs brandy
- 1/2 cup strong cold coffee
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/3 cup currents
- 2 tbs citron (I left this out)
Mix and sift flour, baking powder, salt and spices together. Cream butter until soft. Add sugar gradually, beating until light and fluffy. Add beaten eggs. Blend well. Add molasses and brandy. Add flour mixture alternately with cool coffee, beating until smooth after each addition. Add fruits.
I then deviated from Aunt Lil's recipe to create a simple topping to sprinkle over before baking. This consisted of 1 1/2 tbs melted butter, 4 tbs sugar, 1 tbs flour, and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon.
I baked the coffee cake in a greased 9″ round cake pan because I was looking at directions for making Coffee Cake from my cook book All About Baking,1933. Other recipes call for a greased loaf pan. Bake in a hot oven at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. (or if you use the loaf pan it is suggested to make it at 350 for one hour).
The result was delicious! It was not overly sweet or gooey, which is often the cast in today's coffee cakes. It was a light taste – sort of spicy because of the molasses and other spices that were added. I encourage you to give it a try and let me know what you think.


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As many of you know, Laura and her baby boy are quickly approaching their due date of December 28th. In fact, it's just a mere two weeks away! She's busy prepping all the little things in anticipation of Baby Dobby's arrival, from perfecting the nautical- themed nursery (which is so beautiful and peaceful, I think I would sleep in there if I could fit in the crib) to attempting to complete a list of various household chores all while simultaneously getting Christmas gifts set. Wow- that's a lot to do, all while being nearly 9 months pregnant!
So before any more time gets away from us, lets take a break from the endless stream of holiday decor and take a gander at the awesome baby shower that was thrown for Laura back in October. A group of Laura's closest girlfriends did a phenomenal job with everything. From the delicious homemade and healthy food to the nautical decor and super fun games, these girls have got it together! It was a beautiful fall day filled with lots of great gifts, fun memories and warm wishes for baby and mama. Let's take a look.
|An awesome diaper cake and fun nautical toys.
|Fun lobster hand prints from all the babies born so far!
|Natural grasses in blue mason jars added a nice touch.
|The start of Laura's awesome star mobile. The finished product is even better.
|Laura and her mom showing off an awesome handmade quilt from her mom.
|Fun boy clothes!
|Laura's besties: Ashleigh and Sarah.
|Jennifer, Lauren, Kristin, Laura.
Things were different at Lauren's shower!
We all can't wait to meet Baby Dobby. Let the countdown begin!


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Hebrews 12:1 KJV
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
I didn't get saved until 1977, almost a full year after I graduated from High School. But even before I was saved I had a spiritual (though misguided) inclination toward spiritual things. It was likely in the Spring of 1975 when my Junior year English class began to work on writing various styles of poetry. One of them I wrote seems to have some credence in the Word of God:
Starting the race, and full of grace,
The runners leave the blocks.
Full of vigor at the pull of the trigger,
They are soon racing the clocks.
The first corner's there, like a whip they tear,
Around its final bend.
They know it is good for with it they could,
Reach a lifelong end.
Using their lead to make people take heed,
They begin the straightaway.
Effort's the key; it's no cup of tea,
To put up with all the dismay.
They're in the last bend; it seems there's no end,
To its curving, twisting lanes.
But when it's all done, and they see they have won,
They realize it was worth the pain."
By Marvin McKenzie Spring 1975


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Removing the Handwheel from a White Machine the Right Way
Some years ago, I wanted to change a hand wheel on a White machine. I had one with no belt groove that i wanted to put into a treadle. i found that changing a hand wheel on a White was one absolute brute of a job. I did it with brute force, a mallet and wooden rods to center on the wheel. it wasn't fun. I posted a set of brief instructions on how I did it. During that job, I came to the conclusion that the shaft and wheel had been joined in a hot/cold shrink process and that, before putting the new wheel on, you should lap the axle center a bit. I now now that isn't so. I set out today to do a documented demo on removing the wheel using a gear puller. In the process, I learned some things i didn't know. (Hmm.. can you learn something you already did know? Let's not think about that...) Meantime, I'm sitting here watching us get snowed in on Christmas Day, meaning our dinner guests may not be able to make it, so I'm going to see how good a job i can do of explaining all of this.
In the several years since posting the original instructions mentioned above, there has developed a considerable interest in the White "embossed machines" (see "Information on White Machines"). These machines were all electric and came with a wheel that had no belt groove. Many of the folks who get them are interested in putting them into a treadle, and are therefor interested in removing the original hand wheel and replacing it with a wheel from the far more common White FR that had the belt groove. There is a "right" and easy method for doing so... herewith demonstrated:
To carry out this conversion you will need the following:
- a "gear puller"... this is an inexpensive tool available at most auto parts stores
- two large flat bladed screwdrivers and one medium sized flat bladed screwdriver
- an adjustable end wrench
- a mill bastard file
- a piece of sandpaper, preferably high quality, about 200 grit
OK... having assembled the tools, you are ready to begin by removing the original wheel. I just finished removing a wheel and photoed the steps. I hadn't messed with a White in a long time and I got one step out of order, so before you start work, reveiw all of the steps below, thereby avoiding making the same mistake I did...
This is a gear puller. I got this one from a local auto parts store for $12. I'm going to assume you know what a screwdriver, a file and a wrench look like...
and here you have a White FR hand wheel... Your first step is going to be to remove the large screw in the center of the axle. This screw is normally really, really tight and hard to start...
Having been unable to hold the wheel by hand and start the screw, I braced the wheel by inserting a large screwdriver thought it and against the pillar... Note that the bobbin winder engage/disengage lever is engaged.
Here I have inserted a large flat bladed screwdriver in the screw and set up an adjustable end wrench to turn it, using the screwdriver inserted through the hand wheel as a brace... It still took a lot of force to start it.
Success! The screw started and can now be removed the rest of the way by hand.
Now, there is where I made a mis-step... After removing the axle center srew, you should find and loosen a set screw from the center wheel... the bobbin winding wheel... The picture below is actually out of sequence with the way I did things, as I started using the gear puller before I remembered about the set screw...
OK.. there's the set screw in the middle wheel... As you can see, I have already put the gear puller in position... Actually, it would be better to remove the screw and middle wheel before doing that. Use a screwdriver and loosen or remove the screw. The middle wheel will come off at this point. Set it aside.
Here is the hand wheel with that middle wheel removed, which is what things should look like at this point if you do it all in the correct order...
Alright... returning to the proper order of things, here is a picture of the gear puller. The principle is simple.. the jaws go behind the gear or pulley or whatever you are removing from an axle, the center screw is tightened against the end of the axle and the force pulls the object from the axle. As noted above, you need to check for any set screw that may be holding the item in place on the axle to prevent unintended totation in use.
Here's the puller set up to begin the job. The jaws have been inserted though the spokes of the wheel and the screw hand tightened to the center of the axle. Again, I want to emphasize that I failed to remove the set screw and middle wheel, as noted above, so you see them still in position here. It didn't really make any difference, except that the set screw being still in position made the initial force required harder than it needed to be.
Wrench in position on puller and I've started to turn it. The hand wheel started to come off, but I either felt the force required was more than it should be or remember the set screw and checked for it at this point...
Ah, yes... there is a set screw... and there it is! So i loosened it, as noted above, and the center, or bobbin winding, wheel came off. If your eyes are sharp, you may note that the puller clamp fingers, or "dogs" are gripping just behind the center of the hand wheel, actually on what would be the outside edge of the belt groove if you were sitting at the treadle. Once the middle wheel was off, I was easily able to reposition the dogs onto the actual back of the hand wheel... much preferable.
Note on the operation of the White FR
I probably should have noted this earlier, but since I'm at the bobbin winder wheel portion of this, I'll do it here. Most everone is familiar with the Singer system of bobbin winding, i.e. there is a clutch wheel in the center of the hand wheel, which, when disengaged by unscrewing it, frees the handwheel and belt pulley to spin independently of the machhine operation. On Whites, this same effect, i.e. freeing the handwheel/pulley to spin, is accomplished by a "flip finger" in on the edge of the middle wheel I've been talking about. It flips up to engage a slot on the hand wheel or down to desengage, freeing the hand wheel/belt pulley to spin without operating the machine. This set screw is pointed on the inner end and, when tightened, the pointed end fits into a groove on the axle. Thus, it is the smaller, inner wheel that actually controls the machine operation. I'll show that groove in the axle later, when we get the wheel off... Just rememeber... it is the middle wheel that actually engages the machine mechanism when sewing. As on the Singer, the hand wheel must have free-wheeling cabability for bobbin winding.
Here is the same picture of the hand wheel with the middle wheel removed again... just to keep us all in step...
Ah... much better, with the midlle wheel removed, I have repositioned the puller dogs fully behind the wheel to continue the process of pulling it off...
OK... now we're cooking... I'm cranking on the screw with the wrench and the hand wheel is coming right off...
Voila! One hand wheel removed.
and here is the axle. This is a really, really important picture. You're going to have to study it with a sharp eye. Note the groove in it. That is the groove the pointed set screw in the middle wheel locks into. Now... REALLY Note that the end is splayed! This shaft is narrower in the section closer to the machine than it is at the end. This is so that the hand wheel can freely spin on it when bobbin winding. This fact is going to be critical to the next steps, which will prepare you to put on the new hand wheel.
Now, this is where I learned things... the axle hand wheel fit on the White was not a hot/cold procedure, as I had thought. I should have realized this years ago when I first worked on one, but I didn't, what can i say. The wheel was a brute to get off, so I "assumed" it was just a tight fit. A little thought would have revealed that it couldn't be a tight fit or it wouldn't be able to free wheel for bobbin winding. It's hard to get off because the axle does not have parallel sides all the way. The end is tapered out to be become larger than the section close to the machine. I figure the workers assembling the machine probably put the middle, or clutch wheel on from the inside end, then the hand wheel and only then inserted the axle into the.machine. Easy for them... not so for us.
So, how make it easier.... My first thought was to turn the machine on (this one is electric) and lap the end of the axle. Oops, no, that won't work, dummy. The only way the axle can turn is with the wheels on it, and then you couldn't work on the axle. OK, let's get more basic. I took a mill bastard file and CAREFULLY did some filing on the end of the axle, basically from a point about 1/5 of the way from the start of the groove to the end. It doesn't take much. Having done the filing, I took a piece of sandpaper torn into a strip and hand buffed the end of the axle to smooth out the file marks a bit. I then oiled in and slipped the hand wheel back on like butter.
I ran into a tiny bit of trouble when reassembling, but I'll cover that as I go...
For the next steps, working on the axle end, you have to prevent the axle from turning. I did so by GENTLY inserting a screwdriver under the lifter arm. It's not jammed in there, just providing a stop to prevent the arm from coming down, which stops the needle motion and prevents the axle from turning while you work on it.
and here is this step's weapon of choice, a mill bastard file, which is relatively fine toothed file. I made a few file passes on the top of the axle, then turned it (take screwdriver prop out, turn axle, reposition screwdriver) until I had filed a bit on the end all the way around. It doesn't take very much at all.
I then took the strip of sandpaper and used it to buff the filed end all the way around, ending by putting a drop of oil on the shaft.
and Eureka! The hand wheel slips on and off as easily as on a Singer. IMPORTANT! Notice the little notch in the inside of the hand wheel, at 2 o'clock.
this is a picture of the bobbin winder/clutch wheel, with the spring loaded detent tooth showing. On this machine, the inside edge had to be down when putting this part back on, because the operation of the detent requires that the outside end be pressed down, so that the inside edge goes up, into a slot on the inside of the hand wheel that I pointed out in the last photo. When instaling it on the axle, it should be in the unegaged position, as shown
Yet Another important notice!
Over the years, White varied the design of the clutch wheel/detent finger. On some machines, you press down on the outside end of the detent to cause the inside of the detent to move up to engage a slot on the inside of the hand wheel. On others, you flip the outside end of the detent up or inward to engage the hand wheel. When you change hand wheels, you will need to be sure either that the clutch detent system is the same on both wheels, or that you keep them together, i.e. if the new hand wheel is different from the old one, take its original clutch wheel to the new machine with it.
OK.. here is the wheel on the machine I'm working on, shown in the unengaged position.
To engage, you push down on the lever, as shown. The slot the lever goes into to engage is on the inside of the wheel, and not visible without disassebly.
Here is a wheel from a different White (an older VS machine), shown here with the lever pushed outward or, nominally, down, and thus disengaged.
and the same machine, shown with the lever up, engaged. Note that on this machine, the slot the lever goes into to engage is visible on the outside edge of the wheel.
OK... back to our operation... Here I've slipped the clutch wheel back on. Now, a caution at this point. To put it on, align the set screw with the axle groove and slip the wheel on. Then just gently hand tighten the set screw to hold the wheel in alignment. Check alignment by rotating the wheel and engaging the detent. Machine needle should now operate as you turn the handwheel. Now, before you do a final tightening on the set screw, re-install the screw in the end of the axle and tighten it. This accomplishes the final seating of the two wheels on the axle, and, if you have overtightened the set screw, won't accomplish its purpose.
and here we're finished. The wheel has been removed, the axle has been altered so tha it will easily accept a replacement White wheel and, in this case, the original wheel has been put back on and the machine is operational. I wish I'd had an embossed White here so that I could actually have switched the wheels, but I didn't, so there you are...
I hope that anyone wanting to "treadle-ize" an embossed White will find these instructions helpful. Merry Christmas...


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January left me feeling optimistic about our "village's" commitment to public education. At Marquette Montessori, 80 volunteers participated at the school's first family literacy night. However, it wasn't the volume of volunteers that was remarkable -- it was the variety. Only a few of the event's volunteers were Marquette parents.
Clay High School actors and actresses performed in the library while Hesburgh Yusko scholars enjoyed the vitality of our learning community. Gavin and Fred Ferlic of the South Bend Common Council read about endangered animals. Employees from the city, the Red Cross and Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center participated. Local authors shared their own creations while library representatives promoted "Science Alive!"
To the delight of our students, a local firefighter and taekwondo instructor arrived ready to read in full uniform. Martin's Super Markets provided snacks, while teens from Adams High School led families through the maze of hardcover gifts from Better World Books on display in the gym.


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Servo BMS-385DMAX on tricopter replaced with MG945 servo
Tail servo on tricopter using airframe of version 3 , which has been written here, actually can not work normally because of an accident as I have written here. I've replaced the servo of BMS-385DMAX with the MG945 servo from towerpro.
Actual size of the servo is too big and strong torque. But since I have had it before, I have to put it on tricopter. I still maintain to use a mechanical thrust vector system, because it has proven very robust and sturdy. This mechanical system uses direct coupling. Later I will add the coupling between the servo and mechanical axis, servo axis is not easy to shake. Thus if an accident occurs on the tail tricopter, the servo will not be exposed to strong pressure.
Direct coupling of Tail servo mechanical system
Action at low altitude flying
Replacing tail servo of tricopter
TowerPro MG945 servo
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My tricopter design
This tricopter airframe design using wood blocks to the size 0.5cmx1.5cm. Each arm uses two beams of wood tied together with plastic spacers. Arm length about 47cm measured from the center axel of motor to the CG. To make more tricopter look beautiful, I added a canopy made of styrofoam 6mm. The addition of this canopy, from the flight test results add stability while sliding.
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Need stick trimming on tricopter
When there are not balanced lifting on tricopter when you raise the stick thrust around 50%, you need to setup an offset in the yaw , ailerons and elevator sticks on your radio. Or do the trim setup on the radio. Because on my radio use firmware ER9X, i use the offset which on the available menu of ER9X firmware.
In my case, my tricopter right arm is too strong a driving force, the channel of "AIL" necessary offset to the right, the left arm thrust needs to be raised. But will result in 'yaw' towards the right, thus in the channel of "RUD" should be offset to the left.
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Tricopter flight testing in the field's University of Brawijaya
This time, I tested my tricopter in field's University of Brawijaya. I enjoyed it, and tricopter very stable. Battery capacity prevented me from playing much longer time. Less than 5 minutes tricopter flying, battery alarm was sounded, as a sign tricopter must go down to the runway. I will order the LIPO about 6000mAH, later.
- Frame size:Arm size, Motor axel to center about 47Cm. Motor axel to motor axel about 82Cm. Height about 19Cm.
- Brushless motor:3 x DT750, drive with 20A ESC.
- Propeller:1 CW 11×4.7 + 2 CCW 11×4.7
- Controller:KK Board ATMega 168
- Power:LIPO Turnigy nano tech 50A, 2200maH
- Weight:Total 1290gr
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How to change reponses of throttle stick on ER9X firmware for tricopter
Previously, I was driving my homemade tricopter with a linear throttle response settings. For me this is too linear response caused when the throttle is reduced, tricopter down quickly.
I tried to change the response of the throttle stick to using the curve. I am using the firmware ER9X flysky radio that has this facility.
I let the Expo remains 0%. I try to just affect the throttle response, and make it more comfortable to pilot. Rapid response is made from low throttle 0-50%, at 50% above the response is reduced.
Throttle curve setting as in the video below.
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Tricopter maneuvers testing in futsal field
This time I test my ability as a pilot of tricopter. Also aims to test the stability of tricopter made by me. I'm still too difficult to control and often disoriented when I was not behind tricopter. I tried doing the twist slowly, with a combined roll and yaw stick. Finally I can do though is often disoriented.
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Tricopter hover test
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Tricopter fitted with a canopy becomes more stable
I have tricopter flight test as it has been posted here, be fitted with a canopy. Tricopter face becomes more beautiful and graceful. Once I tried to flight test, different looks, performance becomes more stable, especially if the thrust me down became not come down quickly because there is an air cushion.
I plan to add wings to the arms in front to look more beautiful. Or may increase the stability of the aileron.
Flight test
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Flight test of tricopter using ver. 3 airframe
In this post about tricopter testing using a airframe design of version 3. Regarding the design of the airframe of ver 3 was designed by me, I have posted here. But some modifications has been made to reduce the high vibration, by releasing the motor protection is made of fiberglass. Furthermore, the motor is placed directly above the tip of the arm, fastened with bolts and Rivet.
This is an experience of second time as pilot, I can fly tricopter with confidence to the stable with no accidents.
First Test
Second Test
Third Test
Fourth Test
- Frame size
Arm size, Motor axel to center about 47Cm. Motor axel to motor axel about 82Cm. Height about 19Cm.
- Brushless motor
3 x DT750, drive with 20A ESC.
- Propeller
- Controller
KK Board ATMega 168
- Power
LIPO Turnigy nano tech 50A, 2200maH
- Weight
Total 1290gr
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New design of version 3 tricopter frame
The first version of tricopter frame that I made as I have been positing here, too heavy to fly. I am not satisfied then create a new one is version 2 as I have been posting here.
Version 2 is flying at very stable, but unfortunately I did not record it in video form. The last time before the crash, photos of tricopter looks like the following.
The total weight of about 1.2kg, using Lipo 2200mAh, 3 pieces of DT750, 3 pieces 10×4.7 propeller. Due to my carelessness as the less experienced pilots to fly tricopter, finally fell. The damage was a broken rear propeller, rear arms folded toward the front.
This accident caused me as a pilot can not estimate the time of flight, at an altitude of about 6m out of power. But of this accident I have weaknesses that exist in the frame. Weaknesses are:
- Rear Arms too flexible towards the horizontal. This will cause oscillation when it will take off, due to the thrust vector.
- The whole arm is less robust. Required construction with a lightweight and robust materials.
- It should be added to the cage, to protect the rotor of the motor.
The third version of the tricopter frame
This third version, I use a wooden beam 1cmx0.5cm as his arm. I combine the two beams of wood with a plastic spacer with a distance of about 1.8cm.
Center Plate
As the center plate, i continue to use acrylic with a thickness of 4mm. By using acrylic, 3 pieces of the arm can be held with strong enough.
The front of the bottom plate made extending, place prepared for lipo. Usually the rear arm is heavier than the front left and right arm because there is a servo and mechanical, so it can be used to balance the CG position at its center.
If necessary center plate will be cut into smaller in size, but does not reduce strength to hold the arm.
Center plate has sufficient space about 3cm wide, enough to insert the ESC. There was also enough to put a silicone cable which in fact requires considerable space, especially when the front arm is folded back.
Version 3 tricopter frame
The results of the design tricopter shown in the photo album below:
The uniqueness of vector thrust mechanical
I designed a mechanical servo for motor on the rear that is different from the general mechanical. Here I directly connect the servo with an iron rod. Iron rod being held by the aluminum tube by using two bearing to reduce frictions. ron rod which is connected to the servo using the servo plastic arm to be cut. Then put into an iron rod and reinforced with bolts. The other end of an iron rod attached to the aluminum tube to hold the motor mount.
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My design of tricopter frame
This is an article about frame design for tricopter. My creativity is in the form of a new design tricopter frame, made of aluminum, box and pipe. I combine the two ways to remove the assembly from the frame tricopter, by folding and by taking off parts.
This is my first experience playing with tricopter, had never flown. I ventured to make from scratch by reading theory, video, and the experience of others.
This frame design has the distance between the motor and the center of the frame about 55cm. So it is a large category of tricopter frame.
If frame in condition of disassembled, tail arm can be folded into front and two arms of front motor can be pulled as two separated arm parts. Also three landing gear can be opened by loosen of three screw.
First Setup
This is my first experience making tricopter. This tricopter design is a combinations of aluminum, wood, steel wire and kid baseball as landing gear.
My setup as follow:
- Length of motor axel to center is modified about 50cm.
- Batery Lipo 2200mAH.
- Controller KKBoard ver. 3.0 (Atmega 328).
- ESC 3x Tower Pro Magnum 18A, reflashing.
- Motor 3x DT750, 750Kv.
- 3x propeller 11×4.7.
Tricopter is too heavy
My design is to heavy about 1450 gram. The total thrust is approximately 3x1200gram = 3600 grams. Will raise approximately (1450/3600) * 100 = 40.3% of maximum thrust. Current will flow when lift is approximately (18Ampx3) * 40.3% = 21Amp. It is assumed that the maximum thrust of each motor will absorb the current 18A.
I hope the approximate calculation is correct, this tricopter will be able to fly even though only a few minutes.
If the tricopter weight of 1450gr can hover, I will reduce the weight of the frame to a minimum, but still sturdy.
Current's Hover of my heavy tricopter frame
I measure the total flow, while tricopter hover at about 14Amp. The difficulty is producing lift the motor to be balanced. I suspect when reflash ESC towerpro mag8, tp_nfet.hex firmware versions are different versions. Or has one propeller CCW (front left) has different characteristics and have the most powerful thrust.
This Tricopter hover on the condition of 50% of the throtle. At full throtle, has a strong lift. I try with the help of hand-held with tricopter is above the head. I can loosen the grip and let go of the hand quickly, tricopter can fly, but still not balanced.
These experiments use a gain of 1/2 to 3 potentiometer.
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It's a mix. Sometimes solo, sometimes with a sound mixer. We always send two usable channels to the FS7 but sound mixers record ISO tracks as well. Those are sent to audio post in case they are needed. Vice News actually sends every piece in the show through color correction and sound sweetening after editing. On the downside, it draws 13W of power (unnecessary unless you need to shoot raw or pro res) and adds quite a bit of bulk to the camera.
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telecam replied to judykarp's topic in Cameras... love them, hate themSet the FS7 to CLOCK for TC reference and do a manual sync to your master clock. It won't drift.
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telecam replied to Johnny Karlsson's topic in Cameras... love them, hate themAs anyone figured out how audio sync actually work on the Kodak 8mm cam? I read that audio is recorded separately on a SD card and that markers are written in the film. Does Kodak film processing also sync sound and send a film to digital print with synched audio?
I shoot for Vice-HBO and most their FS7s don't have a TC back. We are asked to use CLOCK mode as timecode reference. It doesn't seem to drift much even over several days of production. Producers use an app called Timecode+ to log interview on the fly that is timed to their phone clock, I use that as a reference to set my FS7 CLOCK. Seem to work pretty well (no hair pulling in post as far as I know...).
Sony pdw 700 audio output level
telecam replied to Tambongo's topic in Cameras... love them, hate themCool, I never new this was adjustable. But audio comes out at LINE LEVEL right?
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telecam replied to TechsMix's topic in Cameras... love them, hate themprobably Bexel has them.
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telecam replied to Lancashire soundie's topic in Cameras... love them, hate themI was hoping the new FS7 II would have TC I/O without the need of the extension unit but no... Hopefully, a third party company will eventually be able to tap into the multi-pin connector on the back of the camera and offer a tiny TC I/O.
What's your day rate?
telecam replied to GAGaudio's topic in General DiscussionIn the DC area, soundguys with a decent kit (on board recording, couple wireless, etc...) charge in the $700/$750 range.