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Saturday, August 1. 2009
The History and Future of Wireless, Chapter 4
This post is the fourth in a series based on my book, The History of Wireless: How Creative Minds Produced Technology for the Masses, published in 2008. Each week I'll present the most interesting and surprising facts about the history and future of wireless from one of fourteen chapters.
The Wave Makers
Who was first to demonstrate radio waves? The German physicist Heinrich Hertz gets official credit, but the English physicist Oliver Lodge proved Maxwell's theory at around the same time. Why one became internationally famous practically over night and the other only earned an honorable mention is a fascinating story.
Hertz declined the challenge by Hermann von Helmholtz, the dean of German science, to prove an obscure but crucial aspect of Maxwell's theory (displacement current). Hertz's explanation at the time was that he did not know enough about Maxwell's theory and, in any event, could not think of any relevant experiments.
Then Hertz observed an unexpected but subtle phenomenon while preparing a demonstration for his students. It wasn't long before he demonstrated radio waves—proving Maxwell's theory—and discovered the photoelectric effect to boot in the process.
Hertz set out to teach his students about electric induction. (Today, induction is used for purposes such as stepping down 110 volts from a power outlet to 12 volts.) In the school's laboratory he found a couple of heavy wire coils that terminated in spark gaps and immediately realized they could be used to provide a visual demonstration. A surge of electricity in the first coil would cause it to spark and induce a sufficient current in the second coil to make it spark, too. But when he tried it he was surprised at how easy it was to make the second coil spark. He suspected something other than induction was at work.
He straightened out the first coil but kept the spark gap; in place of the second coil, he used a ring of heavy wire that didn't quite make a full circle (creating another spark gap). He found he could "induce" a spark in the wire ring even from across the room. As he moved the ring further away, the size of the sparks might increase, then decrease, and then increase again—suggesting he was observing the peaks and nulls of a wave. To better see the sparks, he sometimes placed the ring in a wooden box with a little window. He noticed the sparks were smaller in the darkened box and concluded that light affected the size of the sparks, as well.
After months of experimenting, he knew that he had proved Maxwell's theory, and published a paper that caused an immediate sensation. Ironically, when asked by newspaper reporters about the waves, Hertz assured them it was just an interesting phenomenon with no practical applications.
Oliver Lodge was also a talented physicist, but he seemed to have a knack for coming up short. He did an experiment that involved discharging a Leyden jar and produced peaks and nulls along a long wire. Satisfied his experiments proved Maxwell's theory he promptly left on vacation, figuring there would be plenty of time to publish when he got back. He returned to hear the news that Hertz had beat him to the punch. (Later, he realized that the wire only served to guide the waves; it would have been a more dramatic experiment without the wire.)
Lodge also demonstrated wireless signaling before Marconi but neglected to use Morse code. Then Lodge invented a method for dividing the radio spectrum into different frequency channels—what he called "syntony" and we now call "channel surfing." This time he was smart: he patented his invention and eventually sold the rights to Marconi.
Though Lodge did not think it would ever be possible to communicate across the Atlantic Ocean using radio waves, he did believe it is possible to communicate with the dead.
Next time: How Morse and Bell Invented Wire Communications--Setting the Stage for Wireless
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Friday, July 24. 2009
The History and Future of Wireless, Chapter 3
This post is the third in a series based on my book, The History of Wireless: How Creative Minds Produced Technology for the Masses, published in 2008. Each week I'll present the most interesting and surprising facts about the history and future of wireless from one of fourteen chapters.
The Surprising Story of How James Clerk Maxwell Discovered Radio Waves
The Scottish theoretician James Clerk Maxwell is famous for his beautiful and concise equations summarizing the relationships between electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetic fields.
But did you know...
- Maxwell's equations as taught today are not the equations as Maxwell wrote them. His equations were consolidated and updated by Heinrich Hertz and Oliver Heaviside.
- Maxwell discovered electromagnetic waves on paper using a mechanical analogy replete with spinning gears and idle wheels. The only empirical evidence that Maxwell had was that the measured speed of light, which he suspected was a form of electromagnetic radiation, was close to the speed he calculated for electromagnetic waves.
- Maxwell's theory of the electromagnetic field assumed the existence of a "luminiferous ether" permeating all of space. To this day, there is no way to explain how Maxwell could have been right when the ether theory was wrong. (Maxwell assumed the motion of charged particles in the ether.)
- Maxwell was the first scientist to discover that not all physical laws must be obeyed in all cases. This idea, which he conceived while thinking about gases and heat, prepared the way for quantum mechanics and information theory.
- Maxwell appreciated empirical research, but he also felt that theory was needed to help "reduce the facts to order." He didn't see theories as provisional facts as many do today; he saw theories as models to help guide further research.
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Monday, July 6. 2009
The History and Future of Wireless, Chapter 2
This post is the second in a series based on my book, The History of Wireless: How Creative Minds Produced Technology for the Masses, published in 2008. Each week I'll present the most interesting and surprising facts about the history and future of wireless from one of fourteen chapters.
Michael Faraday is widely considered the greatest experimentalist in history. However, he broke the mold in two major respects. While he sought facts and had little patience for theories, his religious views clearly inspired some of his biggest discoveries. His life story also challenges contemporary assumptions about formal education.
The historical record shows that great scientists may be atheists or deeply religious, or they may fall somewhere in the middle. That does not mean, however, that religious beliefs are irrelevant. For reasons I don't claim to understand, religious belief and non-belief seem equally capable of inspiring scientists, though one may be more appropriate than the other for making specific breakthroughs at specific moments in history.
Faraday believed that nature was designed and the researcher's job is to discover the details. His conviction that there is an underlying unity to nature led him to devise experiments demonstrating the links between electricity, magnetism, and light. He believed so strongly in the relationship between light and magnetism that he spent decades pursuing it.
Faraday also did not hesitate to assert the reality of something non-material: force fields. However, it wasn't just an assertion; Faraday produced vast evidence in the form of verifiable and repeatable experiments. He demolished the then popular idea that science need only be concerned with matter and motion.
People who believe that scientists should deal exclusively with empirical facts are fond of citing Faraday as an example. However, there was more to Michael Faraday than they might care to admit. Faraday emphasized the priority of facts given the many vague and far-flung theories circulating at the time. But he also acknowledged that intuition and theory can prove their worth by suggesting new experiments. No doubt Faraday's religious convictions helped guide his own choice of experiments.
Today's science establishment seems convinced that tomorrow's scientists will be made in K-12 classrooms. Michael Faraday is a shining counter example: he received little formal education and was primarily self-taught. The counter-counter argument is that what worked for Faraday in the 19th century will not work today. However, that ignores the fact that Faraday was never fully accepted by his peers.
Michael Faraday demonstrated that an intelligent and determined individual can succeed in science despite lacking the credentials, status, and foundation of knowledge generally considered necessary. (For starters, Faraday was not conversant in higher mathematics.) What today's science establishment fails to see is that there is always a need for people who—like most entrepreneurs and dissidents—travel a different path. To wit, scientific progress depends on the interplay between conventional and non-conventional ideas and methods.
Next time: James Clerk Maxwell Avoids the Laboratory and Discovers Electromagnetic Waves in his Mind
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Friday, June 26. 2009
The History and Future of Wireless, Chapter 1
This post is the first in a series based on my book, The History of Wireless: How Creative Minds Produced Technology for the Masses, published in 2008. Each week I'll present the most interesting and surprising facts about the history and future of wireless from one of fourteen chapters.
Most encyclopedias credit Italian professor Alessandro Volta with inventing the electric battery. That's true, but it almost entirely misses the point.
What Volta really invented was the first source of continuous current. Up until then, natural philosophers (now called "scientists") could only generate and store static charges. Static electricity is good for producing sparks and shocking people and animals, but that's about it. Using Volta's continuous current apparatus, investigators across Europe found they could create light and heat, drive chemical reactions, and perform a wider range of experiments. That, in turn, led to the telegraph, telephone, and wireless.
Volta laid the foundation for electronics; demand for AA batteries came much later.
There are two other interesting facets to Volta's story. Volta did not set out to invent a device producing continuous current. He was merely trying to win a debate with the Italian physiologist Luigi Galvani. Galvani made a frog's leg muscle contract just by touching the attached nerve with his scalpel; he theorized that touching the nerve disturbed the creature's "animal electricity." Volta knew that a tiny amount of electricity can trigger muscle contractions. He also knew that tiny amounts of electricity can be generated just by bringing certain materials (such as dissimilar metals and moist tissue) into contact with each other.
To wit, the electric battery issued from a clash of ideas.
The electric battery was actually Volta's second invention exploiting the production of electricity through simple contact. His first was the celebrated electrophorus. Prior to the electrophorus, the only way to generate electric charges was to rub certain materials together. Rubbed once, the electrophorus could produce electric charges multiple times. Like many great scientists and inventors, Volta found new ways to milk a single good idea. Had he lived to see Faraday's dynamo--which converted motion into electricity—he might have dismissed it as a throwback to persistent rubbing.
Next time: How a Blacksmith's Son Discovered Force Fields
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Monday, April 20. 2009
The Future of Wireless
What will wireless look like in 5 or 10 years? For over 25 years the wireless industry has repeatedly trounced every subscriber forecast. There are now more than 4.1 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide. Mobile phone markets in China and India are still growing by tens of millions of users each month.
There is a huge market for replacement handsets. Operators push handset upgrades to reduce churn (subscribers switching to other service providers) and drive premium services (such as mobile TV). Smartphone shipments are increasing while standard phones are becoming smarter. Inside the industry, mobile applications (and application stores) are hot.
As consultant Chetan Sharma puts it, "the mobile phone will become the remote control of our lives." The number and variety of applications is overwhelming. With more than 4 billion potential customers, even applications that seem esoteric or silly could make developers rich. Major categories include mobile entertainment, mobile health, social networking, location-based services, and mobile commerce.
So what will mobile devices and services look like in 5 or 10 years? I suspect that will be largely determined locally. It will also depend on who is first to grab mind share. There are way too many choices; the average subscriber will let early adopters and power users sort them out.
I find turn-by-turn driving directions to be compelling. But it may not be compelling to people who live in small towns or depend on public transportation. Mobile health is also powerful, but it won't take off until hospitals, physician groups, and pharmacies buy in.
I suspect that more "things" will become connected to wireless networks. Hospitals are already equipping wheelchairs and IV pumps with wireless transmitters so they can be located when needed. Amazon's Kindle downloads titles via a mobile phone network; the user does not need an individual subscription. I wouldn't be surprised if in 5 or 10 years most automobiles, portable computers, and air conditioners follow Kindle's lead.
The flipside is that most mobile phones will support Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi to communicate with local devices. Near field communications (NFC) makes sense for secure and quick transactions. Together, these technologies permit mobile operators to offload certain types of communications while making subscribers even more dependent on their existing service providers. When it's time for a handset upgrade, guess who can ensure seamless transfer of your personal data and settings?
A century ago, William Ayrton predicted a future in which people are always in contact via wireless technology. To paraphrase Ayrton, "If you try to reach someone and they don't respond, then it can only mean they are dead." When I first read that I was impressed, but now I'm not so sure. In the future your wireless phone may just keep responding without you.
-- I discuss these and other cool wireless technologies in my book The History of Wireless.
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Monday, June 23. 2008
Go Long on Short Range Wireless
Mobile phones and wireless local area networks (WLANs) draw more attention, but short range wireless technologies have tremendous potential. Bluetooth and wireless USB enable a wide range of gadgets to communicate with each other, personal computers, and electronic kiosks. ZigBee and near field communications (NFC) portend sensors and controllers embedded in our environment and even our bodies.
Short range wireless technologies are designed to provide communications over small distances—from tens of feet down to an inch or less—with levels of security, low cost, convenience, and long battery life not attainable using other wireless solutions. The goal is to make wireless so inconspicuous and inexpensive that it becomes a pervasive feature of not only mobile phones and notebook PCs, but everything from digital cameras to advertising displays to heart pacemakers to the doors and windows in homes and offices.
Bluetooth and wireless USB could be headed for a showdown. Bluetooth was primarily conceived to enable mobile phones to communicate locally with personal computers and each other for tasks such as configuring the phone, synchronizing address books, and mobile commerce. Though Bluetooth has finally gained market traction after more than a decade of development, mobile phones and PCs have evolved over that period, as well. The universal serial bus (USB) has become a popular solution for connecting a wide assortment of peripherals to personal computers. Wireless USB enjoys a performance advantage over Bluetooth: wireless USB runs 110 Mbits/s and faster, while the current Bluetooth 2.0 specification runs just 2.1 Mbits/s. With more and more mobile devices downloading music and video content, speed becomes crucial.
But don't write off Bluetooth just yet. A big challenge for short range wireless technologies is achieving critical mass in the market; Bluetooth is the only one of the short range wireless technologies I'm discussing that has accomplished this. Plans are in the works for adding high speed and ultra low power to the Bluetooth standard.
ZigBee and near field communication (NFC) standards have been in development for some time. Though products are just coming to market, they address sizable opportunities such as mobile commerce and home security. Because these technologies are designed to consume minimal power, they offer intriguing possibilities for sensors embedded in our environment and even our bodies. If just one of these applications takes off, it could quickly demand millions of devices.
I recently spoke with executives at two companies pioneering short range wireless: Terry Moore, CEO of MCCI Corp. and Cees Links, CEO of GreenPeak Technologies.
MCCI Corporation (www.mcci.com) is moving aggressively into wireless USB—having already produced software connecting hundreds of millions of mobile devices to PCs via USB cables. Wireless USB is even more compelling: it eliminates cables and docking units, reduces the number of physical ports required, and is ideal for nomadic devices. The challenge is producing wireless USB solutions that are secure, easy to configure, and reliable. Given MCCI's considerable experience connecting nomadic devices via USB cables, the company is well positioned to serve the emerging wireless USB market.
GreenPeak Technologies (www.greenpeak.com) is developing ultra low power wireless modules for sense and control applications. Cees Links, a veteran of the wireless LAN market, believes that installation and maintenance concerns have inhibited market development. Needed are wireless devices that can run ten years off coin-size batteries or—better yet—devices that can harvest energy from their surroundings.
MCCI and GreenPeak are developing short range solutions with long range ramifications. If wireless USB catches on, then we can expect nearly all portable electronic devices to connect to PCs and the Internet. That, in turn, could engender new devices (such as electronic shopping assistants) and enhance existing devices (for example, a wrist watch with built-in music player). And if ultra low power ZigBee takes off, it could dramatically increase network density, with each Internet-connected PC branching off into dozens of sensors and controllers.
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29 May 2012
Is Anyone Still Out There?
26 comments:
- Lisa K said...
So glad you're back! You should certainly take care of yourself first :) Can't wait to see what's been happening in your classroom.
- May 29, 2012 at 8:44 PM
- Christie said...
Thanks Lisa :) I'm glad to see I still have followers! I have felt so incredibly guilty!!
<3 Christie
- May 29, 2012 at 8:47 PM
- Kari said...
Great to see you again! I totally understand how much life happens and you have to put those things first and blogging second. I am so excited to see what you have been doing this past year! You ideas are always so neat!
- May 29, 2012 at 8:51 PM
- Lisa at Stories From Second said...
Still here and anxious to see and be inspired by your ideas! :)
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- May 29, 2012 at 9:02 PM
- Lisa R. said...
Welcome back! It's hard because life always finds the time to get in the way! I look forward to reading more from you. Happy Summer!
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- May 29, 2012 at 9:12 PM
- Karyn said...
Welcome back! I missesd you but I understand how life gets busy! I hope you have a wonderful summer and I look forward to your posts!
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- May 29, 2012 at 9:32 PM
- Ms. Patterson said...
Yay so glad you are back
I had to blink a couple of times when I saw your name on my blogroll
Excited to you are back
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- May 29, 2012 at 9:38 PM
- Jill said...
Yay, you're back! And go Cubs go! :)
Marvelous Multiagers!
- May 29, 2012 at 9:39 PM
- Gladys said...
So glad you're back...Can't wait to see what you've been up to!
- May 29, 2012 at 9:39 PM
- Mrs. M said...
So glad your back! Every now and then we all need a moment to breathe- so I'm sure everyone understands completely. I'm super excited to see what you've been up to!! :)
- May 30, 2012 at 3:33 AM
- Marcia said...
So glad you are back! Look forward to seeing your pictures of the last few months and your new room.
- May 30, 2012 at 6:50 AM
- Jess said...
So glad your back! Ive joined blog land since your absence but I wanted you to know that you were my influence on starting my blog in the first place. I somehow "happened" onto your blog a couple months ago and it inspired me to start my own. From your too cute classroom pics, to all of your TPT and TN creations... I just couldn't get enough, so THANK YOU THANK YOU but your inspiration!! I pray that everything is slowly getting back on track in your life and we don't fault you at all for taking time out! Welcome back! Look forward to your future posts!
- May 30, 2012 at 8:50 AM
- FirstGradeBlueSkies (Jennifer) said...
Glad you're back!
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- May 30, 2012 at 11:21 AM
- EveryNewBeginning said...
1. So glad you are back! I totally love your blog and your ideas!!!
2. Can't wait to read more of your posts- love your anchor charts on FB
3. Check out my new blog- I am giving away a $25 gc to Target to celebrate!
- May 30, 2012 at 2:44 PM
- Mrs. Lynes said...
Glad to see you're back! Can't wait to see what you have been up to in your classroom :)
- May 31, 2012 at 10:18 AM
- Tammy said...
Yay! You are back! Glad that everything is ok.
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- May 31, 2012 at 10:38 AM
- Heather S. said...
I found your blog while you were gone and started following because I liked some of the previous posts. I am glad to see you are back and excited to hear about your year. It is very good that you took time for yourself.
- May 31, 2012 at 10:38 AM
- Cindy Stockdale said...
I just found your blog, along with many..many.. others. I am going to be student teaching soon and love the new ideas you (and everyone else) have given me! It's going to really come in handy so that I don't get stuck into the rut like many others!
- May 31, 2012 at 9:56 PM
- Miss Brynley said...
I just started following you in the last month and have gotten such awesome inspiration already! I just started my own blog and I'm anxious to see what's been going on in your room. Enjoy those flip flops!
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- June 1, 2012 at 12:01 AM
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welcome back! enjoy your summer and look forward to reading your blog. mary at email@example.com
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Welcome back!
- June 2, 2012 at 12:40 PM
- Mrs. K said...
Glad things are better for you and that you're back to the bloggy world!
- June 3, 2012 at 12:47 PM
- Veronica said...
Welcome back. Enjoy your summer break. Mine is 19 teaching days away.
- June 3, 2012 at 11:16 PM
- Scholastic Squirrel said...
Welcome back! I'm with you in the absentee pool from the blogosphere. Life always seems to have other plans for us. Looking forward to hearing from you again! Hope your summer off to a fab start - 5.5 days 'til mine starts! :)
- June 4, 2012 at 3:07 PM
- Nicole Shelby said...
I am so glad you are back! I have missed you! I hope that life is better for you now and that you are in a better place. Looking forward to seeing all your cool pictures. :)
- June 5, 2012 at 12:58 PM
- Jen said...
Welcome back! I was just thinking of you the other day. I almost was in your shoes and moving to 3rd, but it is to 2nd I go! And I only had one year in 1st up from K.
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Hi Von,ReplyDelete
I TOATLLy agree with you say sometimes people end up with jobs they never wanted. I also wouldn't like working at very young age because it would be so hard for me! Keep The Great Blogging going! ;)
Hi Stanley,ReplyDelete
Thanks for your comment! I have to say I'm excited to go back to school next month. I can't wait to see my teacher, principal and friends!
Hello VonReplyDelete
I agree with you, whats the point of doing a job you don't like to do? Nice job.
Hi Von,ReplyDelete
You are absolutely right. It would be very hard to leave school at the age of 12 and be stripped of the opportunity to continue to learn and to study towards becoming something that you want to become. If you had the choice right now, what job or profession would you like to pursue when you finish school, Von?
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"Find the stuffiest, dreariest, most out-of-context and inauthentic set of practices in each domain, and that's exactly what you'll find traditionalists fighting fiercely to preserve: spelling and vocabulary quizzes based on unrelated words, lessons on the separate elements of punctuation and grammar, diagrammed sentences, penmanship practice, formulaic book reports that would make anyone lose interest in even the most delightful story." Alfie Kohn
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The wantaway Manchester United striker's lack of pre-season action showed as he toiled against Scotland in England's 3-2 victory at Wembley on Wednesday night
Based on last night's performance alone, David Moyes may want to revise his 'not for sale' stance on Wayne Rooney's future. After all the conjecture, debate and posturing, the England striker failed to live up to top billing.
Rooney has barely kicked a ball in pre-season and has been training with the United second string as he recovers from a shoulder injury, but he looked miles off the pace at Wembley on Wednesday night.
This was the golden opportunity to send a message to his suitors and his doubters. A chance he missed.
His first involvement of the game – a wild swing at a cross – set the tone for a performance in which he seemed to be two yards off the pace of everyone else on the pitch.
And this was against Scotland, placed 50th in the Fifa rankings and playing with a centre-back pairing of Russell Martin and Grant Hanley.
Hardly formidable, but you would have been forgiven for thinking Rooney was up against Franco Baresi given the nature of his performance.
Rooney is far too good and has been far too successful to be judged on his 67-minute appearance in the 3-2 win over Scotland, but his lack of pre-season action told.
As if to prove the point, his replacement Rickie Lambert was bursting the net less than three minutes after arriving to make his England debut. Rooney had not even managed a shot on target.
Rooney wants to join Chelsea and Jose Mourinho, the Blues manager, envisages the 27-year-old playing as the focal point of the Londoners' attack.
But playing in that very role here, Rooney constantly dropped deep in search of the ball, disrupting any attacking rhythm England managed to generate.
Rooney was certainly lacking confidence, his first touch unpredictable as he lost possession early on and gave the ball away with sloppy passes.
His only real action of note was a low shot from 25 yards in the first-half that skidded well wide of the Scotland goal.
After the game, Hodgson admitted Rooney was a little off the pace of the game but said he was pleased with the forward's contribution.
"We all knew before the game that this was his first actual competitive game of the season," said Hodgson. "You wouldn't expect that in normal circumstances, it wasn't an ideal situation.
"David Moyes and the people at Manchester United have been fantastic, they welcomed the fact that he wanted to play and I wanted to play him."
On this evidence it will take Rooney several weeks, perhaps even months, to find the form and fitness that will make him a key player in a title challenging team this season – whether that's Chelsea or United.
Rooney appeared in good spirits after the game, smiling and affable even with journalists in the post-match mixed zone.
But with no resolution imminent between United and Chelsea – the latest bid of around £30m was flatly rejected – Rooney's mental state is likely to be tested in the remainder of the transfer window.
He needs to make sure that the summer's disruption does not have too much of a negative impact on his game, particularly in a World Cup year.
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so i guess i'm back! took a while to get me back on track, but here i am.
time flies like an arrow, and so blogging had to step back for a while. even reading blogs, a thing i spent hours and hours a day with, came short.
and to be honest, i just needed a break. a break from thinking too much about blogging, too much about how i can present myself and what people would like to read.
i had to take a step back and think about what i want to do. what i want to blog, not just what others seem to like.
i love fashion, it's my biggest passion, it has always been. to make it my job was my biggest dream and i did it.
this blogging thing is supposed to be fun, my way of letting go.
when you work in fashion most of the time you have to think what your client or customer wants. it's not about your own way of style and aesthetic, you have to think outside the box. thats the job, and thats one of the things i love about it!
but this here is supposed to be MY little box. i don't wanna think about others people opinion, if they might like it or not. this is MY project. i'm the boss, i say if it's good or not!
sure, don't get me wrong, i love to hear what you people think! and constructive criticism is always welcomed, but please don't except me to be someone i'm not. if my blog, my style, my ideas are boring for you - no problem! i don't like everything either.
but now, i'm happy that i'm back and i look forward to all the things that might happen - or not!^^
happy first advent and official start of the christmas season!
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Sweden's Anna Nordqvist made history on the second morning of the Solheim Cup but Europe were unable to enjoy it too much as the USA closed to within a point of the lead in Colorado in a thrilling foursomes session.
The 26-year-old Nordqvist teed off on the 17th hole alongside Caroline Hedwall, with the duo one up against Morgan Pressel and Jessica Korda. She promptly drained the first hole-in-one in the history of the tournament to put Europe 6-3 up overall, but with Stacy Lewis and Paula Creamer taking a nailbiter for the home side, and Michelle Wie holding her nerve to take another match, that soon became 6-5.
It was left to Catriona Matthew to land a nervy final-hole putt to share a point with Brittany Lincicome and Lizette Salas and keep Europe just ahead.
Nordqvist's story was the headline, especially after she and Hedwall had been a shot down with five to play before their late brilliance.
It had appeared as though their performance had echoed down to Azahara Muñoz and Karine Icher too, with the duo pegging back Lewis and Creamer having trailed by four as the started the 11th. They levelled going into the last but carded a horror six on the par four and watched their rivals take the match with a birdie three. Matthew, playing with Caroline Masson, kept Europe ahead.
In the afternoon fourballs contest Europe seeemed to have the edge, ahead in two matches and all-square in two as the players approached the final five holes.


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My son Coby began attending Buzz Martial Arts as a docile 6 year old. The owner, Mr. B, gave him a trial lesson to be sure my son was comfortable. He began attending 3 to 4 days per week and loved it more than any after school activity he has done before or since. At the end of every summer he is so excited to return from camp to Buzz Martial Arts classes. The lessons of discipline and self defense have given my son confidence, endurance, and washboard abs. He is still a docile boy but he has twice been faced with a physical confrontation where his martial arts training was impressively engaged to PREVENT a fight. We moved from the upper east side to Westchester when he was 9 and enrolled him at a seemingly fine local martial arts school. His enthusiasm waned. I asked him why and he said, "its just not Buzz". He is now almost 12 and virtually every week I bring Coby from Westchester to attend classes at Buzz Martial Arts. He is happy as ever. I highly recommend Buzz Martial Arts whether your child aspires to become a black belt tournament competitor or just wants to exercise and have fun. Mr. B gives equal attention to his aggressive teenaged black belt students as the 5 and 6 year old boys and girls who are just beginners. He treats the children with respect and teaches them to treat each other with respect.
Bryan R. Scarsdale, NY
Great school for kids. My family and I are extremely happy. Great place for kids to build their confidence. Great place!
Tommy L. Manhattan, NY
I have been training at Buzz Martial Arts for going on 6 years now I know that this is the place to be. Our Teachers Mr.B,Mrs.Kim and,Mr.Mark are excellent teachers. You lean what to do if someone picks on you or bullies you We spar ,grapple ,do obstacle courses,and much more.They also host the coolest parties ever.It is so different from all the other schools cause of how we train.If you need a place to be come here.IT'S AWESOME!!!
Mona D. Manhattan, NY
Buzz Martial Arts is great. I starred last year but it is way better than Korea. Our teachers ( Mr.B, Mrs. Kim, Mr.Marc) are all very serious. We also learn to protect our selves when a bully comes and gets you. My two favorite things are sparring and obstacle. All of my friends tell me the Halloween party is going to be so scary.Mr.Dino is going to play soccer with us and give us pizza. Our school rocks!
Nathalie L.Jersey City, NJ
I've been training at Buzz Martial Arts for over four years now. I know for sure that the instructor Mr.B with other instructors such as Ms. Kim and Mark have us do training that no other martial arts school would do. We don't only practice tae kwon do and its techniques, but we also practice doing sparring, take downs, grappling, and other training that involves fighting. This is what makes Buzz Martial Arts very unique and different from other martial art schools, because of the training and teaching that happens every time the school is open. Not only the training and teaching is what makes Buzz Martial Arts significant and impressing, but also the fun events that occur. For instance, there's Mr.B's father Mr. Dino who teaches the students of The BMA Soccer Club every Saturday afternoon. Another example is the Halloween Party that always occurs every year in late October in which the kids are all looking forward to it. Practically, no other martial school can possibly be as significant and great as Buzz Martial Arts.
Forget any other karate after school place this is the place to be!
Allen D. Manhattan, NY
Best experience in martial arts ever hands down this dude is the truth authentic martial arts instruction knowledgefull and energetic and so passionate about his teachings buzz maintains the peak standard of how many martial arts dojo should be run this guy doesn't care for cash all he desires is dedicated students I trained with him for several years and after alot of hard work and effort i earned my black belt .I never forget all he has taught me. The life lessons still resonate with me today incredible with children super fun yet still maintaining a serious vibe.Make no mistake this is not a program for everybody just take one class the training is very extreme at the end of the hour you will understand only the strong survive three thumbs up
John B. Brooklyn, NY
My son Tommaso has been attending BMA since 8 months now and i can only tell good things about Buzz Martial Arts. Instructors are very professional and they do not teach only Tae Kwon Do but also disciplne to the kids. I strongly suggest BMA.
Stefano D. Manhattan, NY
Buzz Martial Arts is a great place for both kids and adults. My whole family trains with Mr. B and they love it. The kids always look forward to the next class. Mr. B teaches them technique, form, endurance, and most important – discipline and sportsmanship. The studio also makes a strong emphasis on teaching self-defense. Everybody who works there is friendly and helpful and they are wonderful with children.
Veryev F.Manhattan, NY
Started at Buzz Martial Arts a few months ago. Heard of the school and met the instructor through the kids i worked with in UES NYC at that time who were taking martial classes with him and they loved it. I got to sit in one class to watch and it seemed a lot of fun! I was amazed to see how the instructor had the kids under control and besides teaching them physical fitness and martial art techniques the kids learn discipline, and respect for each other as well which is really important in today's world! The instructor was strict and had a fun way to get the kids to follow instructions and they seemed to enjoy it very much indeed (..like screaming certain korean words out loud at the same time)! The children were eager to learn self defense techniques with each other (they thought "its sooo cool"). I also observed that it helped kids with developing a stronger self-confidence which is also an important factor nowadays amongst children).
To the suggestions to my little ones that "i should try it too, its so much fun", i gave it a try and i liked it!! I did have some previous martial experience (from a long time ago) and forgot how much fun it is. You get a good physical training, techniques to defend yourself, sparring, forms, and learn principles like integrity, spirit, focus, breath control, concentration, self confidence etc.
Real martial art is NOT just about "physical fighting"! Not at all! If you watch real martial art movies, it is actually about developing a mind-body-spirit connection/balance, strengthening your mind and your body.
I got tired of my gym time anyway and this is sooooo much more interesting and so much more fun then just lifting weights in a gym. Plus you get to work out with others, in a fun (sometimes competitive way, which i like b/c i grew up doing sports and competing in school).
i highly recommend it to anyone for getting stronger, loosing weight, learning self defense or whatever reason you might or might not have. Just do it! give it a try! 🙂
Kat U. Manhattan, NY
My son Tommaso has been attending BMA since 8 months now and i can only tell good things about Buzz Martial Arts. Instructors are very professional and they do not teach only Tae Kwon Do but also disciplne to the kids. I strongly suggest BMA.
Stefano D. Manhattan, NY
I've trained here for the better part of the last ten years and had the honor of contributing as a volunteer instructor at various points in that period, and to be perfectly honest: it's been one of the greatest experiences of my life!
This school is a community and it has the ability to make leaders out of dedicated students and allow the cycle of the martial arts to continue. The staff is passionate about the art and always trying to find new ways to keep their school community involved and invigorated.
Regardless of what you wish to accomplish, you WILL do it (and more) by training here and putting in the time and patience.
Mario B.Manhattan, NY
I've been training at BMA for 2 years and working there for 1. Being a very athletically inclined person, I have dabbled in just about every form of movement from Dance to Pilates but have never found a place like this. This school is more than just a place to work/workout , it's become a second home to me.
Kim S. Manhattan, NY
My son and I have been training at Buzz Martial Arts for a little over a year now and I would recommend this place to anyone who wants to strengthen both their body and their mind, and have fun in the process. My 6 year old son and I love it!
Before starting at Buzz I had two years of karate training that was pretty sub-par compared to what I'm learning now. At Buzz you spar, train spar, learn, spar, work-out, spar. You actually learn how to use what the head instructor Buzz teaches you. Very effective!
Looking back over the last year I can tell that I've improved dramatically. In terms of technical skill I've gone from practically non-existent to feeling like I have a very solid base of all around basic defensive skills. Physically I was already in pretty good shape and an avid gym-goer, but in addition to maintaining and refining my strength I have also increased substantially in muscle endurance. And one of the nice side effects of martial arts training is that your muscles get way more toned and defined.
If you're interested in training in martial arts on the UES of NYC…. Buzz Martial Arts is the place to go for all ages.
John S. Manhattan, NY
My son has been attending Buzz Martial Arts for many years. The head instructor, Buzz, sets the tone for the school which is very professional and great fun. he is inspirational and the kids love him and the other instructors. My son loves it and I would strongly recommend this school to anyone and everyone.
Em W. Manhattan, NY
I enrolled my 4 year old daughter in this school and she loves it. She has learned a lot in a short period of time. Buzz is a an amazing instructor. He has patience and is tough which is what kids need. All his students admire & respect him. I highly recommend this school to anyone interested in learning martial arts or anyone that wants to get in shape fast !
Michelle J. New York, NY
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Jaqueline Tyrwhitt was a pioneer in the field of town planning. In an international career spanning sixty years, she practised as a landscape architect and town planner in addition to teaching and research, and contributed greatly to the professional associations in her field, particularly to the Congrés Internationeaux d'Architecture Moderne. In later years, she edited the international journal, 'Ekistics'.
Tyrwhitt was born in South Africa but moved to London at an early age. Initially her career was in garden design and landscape architecture, with some social and economic planning projects. Following periods of study in London and Berlin, her interest in town planning intensified. She taught courses in London during and after World War II and embarked on a lecture tour of Canada and the USA in 1945. She took up posts at the New School of Social Research in New York in 1948, Yale University and Toronto in 1951 and Harvard in 1955. She was Associate Professor of Urban Design at Harvard University from 1958-1969 and acted as a United Nations consultant on housing and education programmes. With Constantin Doxiadis she founded the journal, 'Ekistics', in 1955 and moved permanently to Greece in 1969.
Tyrwhitt stated that Sir Patrick Geddes was perhaps the most important formative influence on her career. In her teaching she emphasised the need for an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to planning, the use of the region as a planning unit and the importance of social and economic factors. Geddes' use of 'thinking machines' and other diagrams made a particular impression on her. She was instrumental in bringing Geddes' town planning theories to a wider audience after his death in 1932.
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This post explains an incredibly useful technique for making steady and significant progress on any large project--it even works for completing multiple large projects at the same time.
The technique is called the Daily Action Pack. I'm not sure who invented the idea, but I first heard about it at Trent Hamm's blog The Simple Dollar.
Let me start by explaining two basic principles. First: every project, no matter how large or complex, can (and should) be broken down into small, discrete and quantifiable steps. Second: every project that you make progress on every single day will eventually be completed. And probably far sooner than you'd think.
The Daily Action Pack process is simple. Make up a daily list of small actions that you can take to make progress on each of your projects, and do those action steps each day before you do anything else.
That's it.
I'll share an example of how I used this process to generate content for Quick Writing Tips. Each year, over a single period of about eight to ten weeks, I write one full year's worth of posts for this site. To get started, I set a modest daily goal for generating ideas: generate a minimum of five new post ideas per day. It may not seem like much, but after three weeks, I was sitting on more than 100 post ideas.
Next, I wanted to turn those ideas into workable posts. And so for the next three weeks, I set a new Daily Action Pack goal: generate five reasonably complete first draft posts per day. The posts here at QWT are short, so it wasn't too aggressive a goal. And on the days where I was reasonably efficient, I was able to completely this goal within about two hours. After three weeks I generated about 105 first drafts. Not too shabby!
One more example: I'm working on another large project--an investing guidebook on how to make money with stock options. This project has been giving me a lot of problems, mainly because it's so huge that I'm often too intimidated to work on it. Thus I've set a Daily Action Pack goal of spending just thirty minutes a day editing and working on the manuscript. Again, thirty minutes may not seem like much, but this modest goal helps me avoid the urge to procrastinate on what would otherwise be an intimidatingly gigantic project. After all, who can't work for a lousy half hour on something?
Right now, my Daily Action Pack list includes three items: generating drafts for QWT, writing a minimum of thirty minutes a day for my food blog Casual Kitchen, and spending at least thirty minutes working on my stock options guidebook. Each goal is extremely modest, but I know that every single day I am taking concrete steps towards completing each of these projects.
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Here's a little mood board I designed for my bestie's baby boy, Benji. Vanessa was inspired by Elton John's hit, Bennie and the Jets and decided an airplane-themed room was perfect for her little guy! (I can't take credit for the title of this post...that was all Vanessa! Cute, huh?!)
Vanessa already had Benji's room painted a dark aqua-ish color which reminded me of the sky on a clear summer day, so I paired that blue with a sunny yellow for the perfect complementary color. As far as the rest of the room goes, my approach to designing a nursery is simple. Since furniture is almost always where you invest the most money, I chose pieces that have longevity. A modern, clean dresser is my choice for a changing table, that way when your baby is no longer in diapers you aren't stuck with a useless piece of furniture. Also this modern rocking chair is comfy and stylish and doesn't look like most gliders you typically see in a nursery. I added youthful touches with artwork and accessories to keep the room from being too grown-up. And in case you can't read it, the throw pillow says "dream a little dream of me." How sweet is that?
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With a population of just over half a million, Vientiane is the centre of Laos culture, commerce and administration and is considered as being mad busy in comparison with the other Laotian urban conglomerations. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Vientiane, like many Southeast Asian cities, is a place of contrast.
Rice and vegetable fields are well hidden behind tree-lined pathways, where French-style buildings stand next to Buddhist monasteries and monuments, each telling a story of the country's rich, cultural and somewhat troubled past. Less than 5% of the soil is farmable yet 80% of the population works in agriculture and this pretty much sums up the employment-and-class balance within the country. Rebuilt by the French after the Siamese army left it in virtual ruins in 1828, the city does not feature French-style architecture as prominently as say Saigon or Phnom Penh. But the local penchant for producing stomach-filling baguettes and fragrant coffee clearly shows that the influence of the French still lingers on.
The central boulevard is reminiscent of the Champ Elysees, another telling sign of the city's French heritage. Vientiane is relatively small so moving around can de done with ease. Accessing sights such as Wat Sisaket, That Luang and Buddha Park, can be done by hiring a song-teow, a pushbike or even going on foot. As for dining out; fringing the Mekong River there are an abundance of inexpensive food choices with everything from Indian, Thai, French, and Mediterranean readily available.
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Getting Around Vientiane – Local Transport Options
Vientiane is pretty easy to move around in although be warned that most maps are not very accurate and rarely to scale. Traffic here is not as thunderous as other Southeast Asian cities and the local people will help where they can but most do not speak much English so bring a translation guide book if seeking directions. Also be warned if attempting to use a pedestrian crossing as drivers do not pay them any attention and generally will not stop.
Taxis are readily available with fares being negotiated as you go, most are also happy to be rented for the day at a cost of around $30USD. Tuk-tuks and song-teows also navigate the city streets. Tuk-tuk drivers usually charge the most and will not barter on a fare.
White mini-buses and the old blue and white ones take passengers out of the city to places such as Buddha Park and Friendship Bridge, the one signposted to the airport does not actually go quite that far and you will need to walk a bit at the other end. Vientiane lends itself very well to navigation on bikes which can be hired by the day by leaving a small deposit. Cars can also be hired through international companies such as Europcar as long as you are happy to take a chance on the local erratic driving.
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- 1 pound of zucchini
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Cut the zucchini into long strips using a sharp knife. Set up a dipping station with 3 bowls: for flour, beaten eggs, and panko bread crumbs. Lightly coat the zucchini strips in flour. Next, dip the strips into the egg. Lastly, roll the zucchini strips in the Panko bread crumbs. Bake at 400 degrees F on a sheet pan and a cooling rack for about 15 minutes. Flip the zucchini strips and cook another 15 minutes or until golden.


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So here we are again with another installment of Short Haired Babe Of The Week,
You might be wondering who the heck is Sarah Maillet?
And why is she SHBOTW?
A little over a month ago I myself didnt know who Sarah Maillet was.
Then one day as I strolled thru our local Walmart and wound up in the magazine section I stumbled
upon a tattoo magazine. What caught my attention about this magazine cover while I was thumbing through the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine was the short haired babe who was plastered on the cover.
Upon looking through the magazine and seeing the photo shoot and photo spread of this beautiful lady immediately searched the magazine for her name.
I dont know much other then her name is Sarah Maillet and that she is a tattoo model.
Even upon doing a google search not much comes up, other then a bevy of incredible photo's of her.
I've noticed upon my search, and even looking through magazine's that the new generation pixie, sidecuts, and side buzzed pixies seem to be popular amongst the tattoo culture. Which I myself happen to like. While tattoo's arent everyone's cup of tea, I should note Mrs Mac has tattoo's and agree's that the whole sidebuzz look seem's to be popular right now with the tattoo world.
So why did I go with an unknown for SHBOTW? Sure I could had went with an obvious choice for SHBOTW. There's Ginnifer Goodwin, Michelle Williams, Rhianna, Selma Blair, believe me there's plenty present and past who I plan on featuring.
But for this week I pulled a swerve and picked a virtual unknown. Maybe because I hope to find and hope you discover more short haired beauties who dont get the recognition they deserve.
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Vodafone screw the screwed, just because they can
If you own a Vodafone mobile, you'd be advised to guard it like the breath in your lungs depends on it. Why? Well, the latest shitty trick they're pulling is to blame their own customers for having their phones stolen.
The Guardian has a report about a man with a stupid face called Stephen Jensen. His bill is usually around £35 a month. However, when Vodafone debited £644 from his account in September, he became suspicious. Fact is, while he was out of the country, his phone got nicked and the thief was making loads of pricey calls to Pakistan.
When the phone was finally reported as missing, they informed him that he was liable for all calls and could they please have more than £7,000, thanks. He could well have replied with: "Only if you pay your taxes you dicks." He didn't.
Of course, Vodafone sent the bailiffs out and the whole tale became increasingly more sorry with each turn. It seems that, should your phone be stolen, Vodafone are quite willing to not give a shit. More peculiar is the way they go about checking if your phone is pinched.
Instead of sending you an email (the one they send your statements to, or indeed, sending you a letter or getting in touch with an alternate number), Vodafone have had the bright idea to send texts to the stolen phone, asking whether you're making the calls abroad. It seems Vodafone have great faith in burglars confessing all to them in such an event.
So basically, Vodafone will notice that your pattern of calls has become irregular, but they're not willing to help out if the phone has indeed been stolen without you knowing.
A spokeswoman says: "At Vodafone we have 18.9 million customers, many of whom make international calls. We do alert customers when we become aware of an unusually high spending pattern but there is no automatic barring of calls. Our customers tell us that they do not want us to do this as it can cause great inconvenience. It is the customer's responsibility to tell us when their phone has been lost or stolen. Until we are informed, the customer is responsible for any charges.
"After looking at this case again from top to bottom we have decided to remove all charges incurred by the loss or theft of Mr Jenson's phone as a gesture of goodwill."
They fail to mention that this 'gesture of goodwill' only came about after 2 weeks of being chased by The Guardian. So remember kids, if your phone is stolen and you're on Vodafone, send a national newspaper after them or they'll never believe a word you say.
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- jonesThis is all clearly the fault of Mr. Jensen for taking out a Vodafone contract in the first place. The whole company is run by a bunch of hairy nobsacks.
- Harry N.@ jones You are wrong, I work for Dixons.
- WillOk so a guy has his contract phone stolen.....doesn't inform Vodafone and expects Vodafone to wave the bill because of his stupidity....err why ? If he had done what he should have in the first place it wouldn't be an issue.
- RobstarWhy didnt he have a pin lock on his phone? I read the T&C's on my Voda contract and it said that I would not be liable for any calls after the phone has been reported as stolen and not before. Makes me carful about where I leave it and what security it has. Although Iphone pins are not particularly secure
- BlokeSeems to me that there's a huge contributory negligence factor at play here. If Vodafone are stupid enough to have a security procedure that requires a thief to admit to his theft, they should be to blame for every cost incurred after that text was sent out. Vodafone recognised an unusual usage pattern and their reaction to it was insufficient. Seems like a breach of duty of care to me.
- Alexis"Of course, Vodafone sent the bailiffs" You mean debt collectors a.k.a. powerless letter writers Bailiffs become involved after losing in county court and then not paying within 28 days. Schoolboy error BW!
- bobOh, I see Bitterwallet, newspapers are useful again are they? Make your minds up eh?
- DanielI'd go with that Bloke. Also, it's not as if any of their customers really do want to make £7000 worth of mobile calls either. Just the ones who have their phone stolen. Also everyone.... 3 mobile managed to block my GF's phone after making just £150 worth of calls. Good on them I say...
- BBkingIt would take a lot to get a mobile phone company into a country court. They'll just whack a huge default notice on your credit file, which will effect your ability to get credit for 6 years. Unlike banks and credit card companies, who are regulated by the consumer credit act, phone companies can give you a default without trying to resolve a dispute. It's a bit of a scandal really.


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"We all forget many of the things we do, especially when they do not fit into the character we have chosen for ourselves."
– Fifth Business, p. 262
Davies is telling us that we pick and choose from the experiences of our lives to create the kind of person we chose to be. The assumption that people choose a certain character is hardly universal, and I can't help but feel that there is at least some segment of humanity that simply allows itself to be, and that a group of people, be it massive or tiny, accepts the character he or she develops into.
If there exists a decision to be a certain character, then there must exist a desire to be that sort of person, an "I want to be…" statement if you will. Thus the suppression of painful memories just for the sake of fulfilling that desire can be likened to that of an infant throwing a tantrum for not getting what they wanted. It is quite conceivable to me that in the lack of an inflated ego and an ideal character that a person arbitrarily prescribes to him or herself, a person is able to accept whatever they might become. In this flexible state, painful memories are not easily forgotten, and, though a difficult process, these memories can be reconciled with a new and developing character that isn't limited by some sort of ideal.
Letting go of who I wanted to be had encouraging effects. High school has been filled with various specimens of stress and pressure, be it the pressure to have good grades, the stress of finishing all the homework, or the social pressure that seems to dictate how one should act, stress and pain seemed ubiquitous. It all seemed so incredibly complex and the problems loomed large and far from any sort of solution. They seemed to block out the sunlight as I ran to catch the bus every morning.
One day my eight year old brother came into my room and started talking about the ipod he was determined to add to his drawer of dusty electronics. For a couple of weeks he had been lobbying my parents to buy it for him, and though he was met with a firm 'no' each time, he was so utterly convinced that he was going to get it, and talked endlessly about the apps he was going to put on it (I blame his friends who's parents apparently caved to their kids desires). "Do you need the ipod?" I asked him, "I want the ipod," he'd reply, after hesitating. "Why do you want it?" I'd say, "… I just want it!" he'd exclaim. And soon it began to dawn that the things we need are different from the things we want, that the things we need are needed for a clear reason, while the things we want are wanted for no reason, only because we covet them. He left my room giggling, still telling me that he wanted the ipod, albeit in a more unsure voice. I haven't really heard him mention it since.
As I showed my brother the difference between needs and wants, I had shown myself that all my inflated and complex issues stemmed from a person I was forcing myself to become, because I wanted to be that person. Schoolwork burdened me because I wanted to be smart, and was afraid of not being smart. Talking to people other than close friends burdened me because I wanted to be dynamic, and was afraid of being awkward. I despaired at my future because I wanted to reach high ideals, and was afraid that they were too high. I already knew all this, but for the first time I noticed the word 'want'. I decided that I did not 'need' to be that person. I came, at least relatively, to accept whatever I would become, and that the stress I imposed on myself for not being who I wanted to be is quite similar to a tantrum thrown for not getting something that I wanted. The sun was brighter that day.
TL;DR – Existentialist crises are marvellous fun.


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In my last post, I left you with an image of a flower from my own garden that I was desperately trying to photograph against the beautiful spring sky. I was lying on the ground trying for a good angle when Darrell Gulin's lesson came to mind. Why struggle out in the field? He often photographs butterflies in his own kitchen and uses printed natural looking backgrounds behind his subjects. Why was I crawling in the grass, struggling to get a good angle? It was my flower so I simply clipped it and brought it inside. I went back outside and took a picture of the beautiful sky. Back inside, I printed it on some cheap 13×19 matte paper, mounted it on some stiff backboard, placed it behind the bloom, and voila! The image at top is very similar as I used a printed natural green background, but done outdoors. My question to you is; could you tell that it was a printed background? It was an actual "real sky" (in the last post) and some "real" foliage, in this image. Does it really matter? How is that different than the manipulation in the field with the bark or the snow? That is a choice for you to ultimately make but now, I could easily have any background I wanted behind the subject and the sky literally was the limit! Below is my low-tech indoor setup that I can use, any day of the year, and have any background I want even if there is a foot of snow outside! Just remember to close the window too.
Here is just a small sample of the backgrounds that I use both inside the house or bring with me in the field. All are about 13×19 inches large but you can make them any size you want. Do you recognize the sky background on the right in the image from my last post?
This indoor setup allows me to totally control the environment from the light to the angle of my subject with a perfect background every time. An added bonus of working indoors is that I have no wind to deal with (put the dog and cat away, and turn off the ceiling fans and AC). I can now use a slower shutter speed to allow more natural light onto the subject, I can work at a more comfortable height, and I can use any background that I feel compliments the flower the best, all in a few minutes! Flowers are now readily available in most areas year round. Your local nursery is a great source. My friends at Williams Nursery have me on speed dial to call me when they get a new shipment in. The images of the Dahlias' below were at my indoor setup. I used all of my backgrounds during the shoot but I like the way the black background made the Dahlia pop. Yes, I actually used the stainless steel pot lid along with some aluminum foil, and a silver reflector to light them. I did not use the flash at all.
Using pictures of natural backgrounds has allowed me to do macro photography at any time of year and with any type of background I can think of. I can buy my wife flowers (I'm sticking to that story) at any time of year and photograph them no matter what the conditions outside are. Because they are portable, I can just as easily use any of them out in the field, so this allows me to practice the craft I love all year long.
You can find my macro photography e-book, blog, galleries, tours, and more at: www.roaminwithroman.com


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In the Kingdom of Cambodia (population 14 million), one of the world's poorest developing countries, most poeple still use crudely produced charcoal as fuel for their daily cooking - even in Phnom Penh, the sprawling capital city of 2 million.
This is part of a series of black and white portraits of charcoal vendors, mostly lovely women (with dirty hands), in my Phnom Penh neighborhood near Psar Kandal, a bustling working-class market area not far from the National Museum and the Royal Palace.
In the Black Wood / Dirty Hands - Charcoal Sellers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia photo essay.
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awsome! heartbreaking
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eXellent portrait shot '- )
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Emotive, touching. I am intrigued too by her blonde hair.
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I was contacted regarding this list, and while I saw that the SQL Heroes blog posted a list of winners on 12/02/2008, I didn't actually notice that it has a different list of winners on it:
So why the difference? I am not really sure. My list came from Brent Ozar who had the same problem I did at PASS Summit. They flashed the list to fast for me to be able to copy it all down. His blog post pointed me to Adam Machanic's blog, who I trust, so I felt safe reposting the same information on here, but apparently there was a discrepancy. See the actual SQL Heroes blog to find the correct list which is:
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Leave the city and drive along Ukraine's rural roads and you'll come away with a heightened appreciation of the everyday heroism of the country's drivers. Although the vast majority of Ukraine's roads—with the notable exception of the nicely paved thoroughfares leading up to Regionnaire palaces—are a complete mess, the people who have to negotiate these roller-coasters on a daily basis actually manage to survive their experiences and retain their good humor.
So there you are, just outside some city, and you're coasting along at some 50 mph until, all at once, everybody, both you and the oncoming traffic, comes to a snail's pace. For there, spread out before you like a World War I moonscape, are holes and craters of various sizes and depths. As a friend of mine said as we were driving south of Lviv: "This isn't a road. It's a direction."
Cars and trucks, including twelve-wheelers, weave their way among them, moving from right lane to left and from left to right with a motion reminiscent of the English waltz. In the United States, this would be an excellent opportunity to engage in some serious road rage. Not in Ukraine. No one honks, no one lets loose with a string of curses, no one bumps the other guy's vehicle. They just weave in and out, rocking back and forth and up and down as they maneuver their way in and around and through the shallowest potholes.
(Here's something I learned. If you've got to go through a hole, go through the widest one. The bumps are likely to be less jarring than what you'd encounter if maneuvering through a smaller pothole. Don't ask me why: that's just the way things are. Here's another thing I learned. Avoid at all costs driving on such roads in the rain. The holes fill up quickly and, because the road glistens evenly thanks to the rain, you can't tell where the holes are and where the road is.)
Everyone agrees that the roads have gotten significantly worse in the last year. Which, at first glance, is odd, since the Yanukovych regime spent big bucks fixing roads in preparation for the Euro 2012 soccer championship last summer. Part of the answer for the bad roads is the exceptionally severe winter that battered the country. Another part of the answer is that Ukraine's roads were mostly built more than 50 years ago and have been neglected since then. But another, perhaps the largest, part of the answer is Regionnaire theft.
It's been estimated that the roads, airports, and soccer stadiums the Regionnaires built last year were significantly more expensive than their counterparts in other countries. That's obviously not because Ukrainian labor is that much more expensive. It takes little imagination to conclude that the cost overruns were due to the fact that regime theft of government resources has skyrocketed since Viktor Yanukovych became president in 2010.
So when they say they're building or fixing roads, don't believe it. All expenditures in Ukraine and especially expenditures on infrastructure are, first and foremost, Regionnaire self-enrichment schemes. Only after everybody's gotten his cut will whatever remains be spent on what the entire amount was supposed to be spent on. And since the remaining amounts tend to be measly, the efforts that go into construction tend to be correspondingly measly. Naturally, the roads will be built and the potholes will be filled—but with inferior or stretched materials that quickly crumble after a few poundings by storms or trucks.
After all, in Ukraine as elsewhere, "ya gits what ya pays fer." The Ukrainian state pretends to fix Ukraine's roads and the result is multiple "directions," and not roads. In contrast, the Ukrainian state paid real money for Yanukovych's palatial playground north of Kyiv and, unsurprisingly, the presidential estate has not been reported as having any problems with the quality of its infrastructure.
Ukraine's Regionnaire vice premier, Oleksandr Vilkul, reported on June 7th that the state would be investing heavily in road building and repair in the next five years. Vilkul's promise is obviously part of Yanukovych's 2015 campaign strategy and, given the president's abysmally low ratings, it will convince only die-hard Yanukovych supporters. Even if the government really intends to disburse some money for roads, Ukrainians know that only a portion will actually be spent on concrete projects. The Yanukovych Family reportedly takes a cut of every big deal. The president's cronies, pals, and ministers take a cut, too. As do the various lower-level Regionnaire power-holders. The Regionnaire-controlled construction firms that win the rigged tenders will skim off some more. At the end of the day, only a portion of the original amount will be left for the projects. The asphalt will hold up until the presidential elections and then crumble. With any luck, so will the Yanukovych regime.
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The Succession to the Crown bill is due to become law within the next few days once it goes off to Her Majesty to give her Royal Assent to. The changes in the act will be the most radical for around 300 years and yet the changes, important though they are, don't go any further than the Crown.
The bill will install Absolute Primogeniture in succession to the throne, meaning the eldest child, regardless of gender, will succeed to the crown and a daughter cannot be overtaken in the line of succession by a younger brother.
One of the things that was noted when this bill entered parliament is how far behind it would leave the peerage and other hereditary titles and honours.
Currently, with most hereditary titles, females cannot inherit at all and in a lot of instances, the title ends up going to some distant cousin or more commonly, becoming extinct. Many holders of Earldoms, Viscounties, Marquessates and even Dukedoms fear that their titles may simply die out without a change to British law to allow females to succeed.
Also, although some hereditary titles do allow women to succeed they are even further behind than male-preference, the title may only be inherited by a female (in some instances) if she has no brothers or no sisters as the law in the UK states there is 'no primogeniture among women'. In other words, regardless of how old one daughter is, if she has a sister, of any age, the title goes into abeyance until one of the daughters dies and there remains just one.
The system for inheritance of titles is decided by the Letters Patent and is usually male heirs of the body, meaning females are excluded altogether.
There have been calls to update this system through an act of Parliament, this is the only way this could be possible (amending Letters Patent) and even The Queen cannot edit the letters patent once they have been issued and signed.
In this century, there have only been three instances of women succeeding to hereditary titles. They are the Countess of Dysart in 2003, Baroness Fauconberg & Conyers in 2012 and Lady Kinloss in 2012.
Should these laws not be changed soon, thousands of families' peerages will simply become extinct.
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The following comment was left for another post and I wanted to share it with you to comment: 2010/09/26 at 6:57 pm
I am survivor. I have been out of the relationship since June 2010. I was hospitalized for the most recent incident in June with a fractured lumbar spine and multiple contusions to my face/head. Two black eyes, both lips fat, broken nose and other numerous bruises over my body. If I didn't hide in the woods he would have killed me. He is in jail and the trial is starting September 30th. I saw the evidence pictures for the first time 3 days ago. When I saw the pictures of what he had done to me, it became real. Up until then it all seemed like a dream. The court is saying that this is one of the most heinous crimes against another person they have seen in a very long time. As hard as it was to see the pictures, they gave me a sense of empowerment. I do not want to be labeled as a victim, I want to be labeled as a survivor. I am thinking of starting my own blog to share my story and to inform people of the court process & things like that. I am ready to share my story with the world. You may contact me if you would like to at ( email@example.com )
" I will no longer hide these wounds of mine. I will bear them gracefully. They tell a resurrection story."
Ntozake Shange, "sorry"
one thing i don't need
is any more apologies
i got sorry greetin me at my front door
you can keep yrs
i don't know what to do wit em
they dont open doors
or bring the sun back
they dont make me happy
or get a mornin paper
didnt nobody stop usin my tears to wash cars
cuz a sorry
i am simply tired
of collectin
i didnt know
i was so important to you
i'm gonna haveta throw some away
i cant get to the clothes in my closet
for alla the sorries
i'm gonna tack a sign to my door
leave a message by the phone
'if you called to say yr sorry
call somebody else
i dont use em anymore'
i let sorry/ didnt meanta/ & how cd i know abt that
take a walk down a dark & musty street in brooklyn
i'm gonna do exactly what i want to
& i wont be sorry for none of it
letta sorry soothe yr soul/ i'm gonna soothe mine
you were always inconsistent
doin somethin & then bein sorry
beatin my heart to death
talkin bout you sorry
i will not call
i'm not goin to be nice
i will raise my voice
& scream & holler
& break things
& race the engine
& tell all yr secrets bout yrself to yr face
& i will list in detail everyone of my wonderful lovers
& their ways
i will play oliver lake
& i wont be sorry for none of it
i loved you on purpose
i was open on purpose
i still crave vulnerability
& close talk
& i'm not even sorry
bout you bein sorry
you can carry all the guilt
& grime ya wanna
just dont give it to me
i cant use another sorry
next time
you should admit
you're mean/ low-down/ triflin/ & no count straight out
steada bein sorry alla the time
enjoy bein yrself.
" Do you not know you are God's temple and that God's spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are". ( 1 Cor. 3: 16-17)