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|2008-05-04, 00:12
|Link #21
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 32
Anguish of Dearth: Aquarium Photography
For the majority of these photos, the only Photoshopping that I do is to add my alias and resize the images down to 1600x1200. HDR images are a composite of multiple images (usually three) that are combined in Photoshop. Photoshop has an automated HDR function, but if you want to do it manually it involves adjustment of levels and such.
Photos from this next set were all taken at the Aquarium of Pacific, located in Long Beach, California. The aquarium presented a multitude of challenges.
Spoiler for Challenges encountered:
Due to the challenges I faced I was unable to round off a lot of the shots that I wanted, and I came away with very few that I was happy with. In hindsight, there are very few things one can do to get better pictures: 1) Become better about manually adjusting the white balance; 2) visit during a time when there will be very few visitors; 3) use a faster lens (pre-requisite: get a higher paying job). Many of these images can probably be Photoshopped to look very presentable, but I'll be presenting them in their raw form. Enjoy.
Shrimp City
Enough shrimp came out clearly enough in this one to make the blurring of the moving ones look artistic. The blue and green lighting for the tank plays out pleasantly on the sand. Unfortunately, you can see the faint reflection of my hands on the plexiglass, as well as the reflection of some lights. Photoshop was probably created for pictures like these.
Underwater Jungle
The colors worked out nicely enough on this one, and the overall positioning nicely shows everything that was there. Unfortunately, closer examination reveals that the plexiglass meddled with this one.
Orange Catfood
Here's a close-up of the orange fish in the previous picture. I'm not happy with it, but the blurred fins combined with the relatively sharp head and body make for a pleasant enough appearence.
Ocean Meteor
This was an extremely dark area, but some red lights in the tank made the jellyfish look really neat. This is the best of the bunch - most of the other jellyfish were tangled up with each other, which looked more painful than interesting.
Big Eyes
Finally, a fish that came out clearly. What I like most about this picture is near the top. Are those dozens of small fish, air bubbles, or muck? Can't remember, but I like to think they're small fish.
Can't Touch This
I'm posting this one to show just how horrible the plexiglass and water are. Here, a little boy wandered into the camera's sight. Notice how sharp he looks and how vibrant the colors are compared with what's beyond the plexiglass... sigh.
Archer Fish (maybe)
This one was passable. Blurring wasn't terrible. Plexiglass reflections are apparent upon closer inspection.
The Other World
Have any of you ever gone deep into a pool, and then looked up? The reflections and warped views that you see from beneath the water have always been interesting to me. In this tank the lighting was perfect for creating a mirror effect. No moving fish (or very slow-moving fish) meant no blurring, either. It feels like the colors are a bit washed-out compared with how the corals should look, but this matches how it looked in my mind.
Stripes and Polka-Dots
These are some of the fish from the previous tank. They were slow moving and, realizing that I might realistically exit the aquarium without a single sharp shot of a fish, I nabbed the shot. On a second glance, they have a very interesting coloration and pattern design (three in total along the body).
Sea Turtle
My girlfriend and I happened to be in the right place at the right time - the sea turtle swam up from the bottom of the tank, surfaced for air, and then came back down. Little children crowded the exhibit, but the turtle ended up swimming right by my girlfriend and me. Ledgem: 1, little kids: 0. (Plexiglass: 3, for contributing to distortion on the left side of the image.)
Painting Fish
These fish were all brilliant colors. I wanted to get a sharp image of them, but it was too dark to prevent blurring. In hindsight, I should have left the shutter open for longer so that massive blurring would have occurred. After all, the colors of the fish are the focus here, and even if they're a bit blurred the colors are still brilliant. Massive blurred colors would have been rather artistic, especially with that static background (keeping a static background would have been difficult, however, as I didn't come with a tripod).
Clownfish Circus
This shot came out well enough; the orange of the clownfish seems fine. It was a nice touch for the aquarium to combine clownfish (the orange ones) with "false clownfish" (the black ones).
The Leafy Sea Dragon
I saw sea horses and regular sea dragons and thought they were cool, but I spent most of my time trying to capture the leafy sea dragon. It looks just like seaweed, but it's incredibly beautiful. This exhibit was in a cylindrical tank, meaning that the plexiglass was rounded at all ends. In nearly all of my close-up shots, at least one part of the sea dragon is blurred. I'm not sure that this is my clearest shot, but it's one of the clearest.
Interestingly, someone took pictures of the exact same exhibit and submitted them to Olympus' User Photo Gallery (check the pictures from E-system cameras; it should be on the first section). She also remarked that getting shots through plexiglass is very difficult - I agree. I like the colors of her shot better, as it makes the sea dragon stand out more and appear more golden. I don't know if this is due to something that she did or if it's because the lighting of the exhibit was different at that time. It's also hard to gauge the clarity of her image as we can't see it at full resolution.
The Dark Sea Dragon
Not all of the leafy sea dragons were the same - some had slghtly different patterns, and some were slightly lighter or darker than the others. This one was the darkest of the bunch. Unfortunately it never presented itself in a good position for me, but I thought that it was neat enough to present it here.
Rainbow Air Head
Nope, not a fish. The aquarium had a lorikeet exhibit, the type where you can walk in and have the birds flying around you. I decided not to switch to a long-range lens (which would have resulted in better lorikeet shots), but it was refreshing to get decent shots with relative ease.
Surface Distortion
No blurring, and perfect colors - it's too bad that the angle couldn't have been better, and that the water wasn't a bit calmer.
The rays of light played out nicely and there was no major blurring, but the colors appeared washed out. The water was a bit murky, which probably contributed to this.
Sleepy Puffin
There were some droplets of water on the plexiglass (on the puffin's side), due to the fact that the puffins were splashing around and having a grand time. It's blurred enough that it doesn't ruin the picture, but it's not optimal.
Interesting fish; either the water or the plexiglass was a bit dirty in this one. This was in a light room and the fish were moving slowly enough to capture nicely, though.
(No EXIF information for these pictures yet; I may come back to add it in later)
You may be thinking to yourself, "that's nice and all, but what about real underwater photography?" It's quite possible, but insanely expensive to equip your camera for underwater environments. You'll need to buy an underwater housing for your camera - these are tailored for your specific model, and I believe that the one for my camera was around $1200 (yikes, that's almost double what I paid for the camera + lenses kit itself!). Then, you'll need an underwater housing for the lens you'll be using. I believe that the lens housing is specific to one lens, too, which means that you'll need to choose which lens you want to use carefully (not that you can change lenses under water, of course).
I don't dive, and I don't snorkel enough to warrant buying the housing enclosure for my camera. However, if you want a more affordable option, look into Olympus' SW line of cameras. They're point-and-shoot models, but I believe that the latest ones are 10 megapixels and support 10x optical zoom. They can be taken down to a depth of 10 feet, I believe. When I replace my D-435 it'll be with a SW. Perhaps some day I'll get to post some "real" underwater photos...
As always, feedback appreciated. Thanks for looking!
|2008-05-04, 03:17
|Link #22
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In the Mix
Age: 35
^Water interface whether it's with glass or without is always a bitch. Don't know if you used a polarizing filter, if not I really recommend buying one. A good one will set you back about 50 bucks but it's well worth it. Helps a lot with the reflections. In a difficult lighting conditions it's a bit of a double edged sword though because it drops an aperture or two basically acting as a gray filter as well. Though it exaggerates the contrast a bit so it may be helpful at times as well. Dirty glass is something you can do very little about and in aquariums it's a constant problem due to alga alone. So very nice considering the environmental aspects. I tried photographing in an aquarium once and got frustrated in something like 3 seconds.
Overall I can't believe that I didn't find this thread sooner. I really like some of your pictures. White balance maybe needs a bit work but it's actually not a huge issue IMO. I like playing around with it and almost never use completely neutral white balance. If you have time and constant lighting conditions (so you can take several pictures) an easy way to get a neutral white balance is with grey card. I think you can still find them in photography stores though they see nowadays less and less of use. Just take one picture with the graycard as close to the subject as possible and with similar lighting. Photoshop has automatic color level adjustment for graycard and you can easily save it as an action and then apply to the actual picture. You'll naturally need to use manual white balance, aperture and shutter speed. Otherwise you'll get quite random results.
Anyway greetings to a fellow photographer.
Seems I can't give you cookies yet but I'll save them for later.
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|2008-05-25, 02:50
|Link #23
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 32
Random Backlogged Shots
I'm in the process of moving back to New York so I haven't had much time to sort through my newer images and process them for upload here, but I do have quite a few to share... including some more flower shots!
...? Are flower shots boring? Ah well... some new equipment is waiting for me back in New York: my 70-300mm telephoto lens (which should make for some nice wildlife photography), and a 50mm macro lens (which I intend to use for insects and... more flowers). Variety is nice, right? I'll also be upgrading camera bodies. I've heard that the new system can do 30 minute exposure times, so if you liked my star trails shot, be ready for even better ones!
Many of these images are older and rather random, but I'd processed them about a month ago anyway and might as well share. As an aside, I'm still not posting the image EXIF data (the data containing camera settings) but I've found out that if you do a "Save as..." in Photoshop, instead of "Save for web & devices" then the EXIF data is preserved in the image itself. I'll attempt to process my images using "Save as" from now on.
Bird's Eye View
This is a novelty shot, rather than something high quality. This was taken from an airplane window while in flight, somewhere along the East Coast this past winter. Unsure of the altitude. Taken with the 40-150mm lens at its full length (150mm).
The Pine Rat
Taken with the 150mm at its max length. The squirrel wasn't terribly far away. The slightly blurred background and foreground doesn't add to the picture, and could have theoretically been fixed by stopping down the aperture setting (although I've only learned that recently). This could actually be a very decent picture if I cropped it, a technique that many digital photographers seem to be employing. With 10 megapixels I have enough range to crop out some images and still resize it down such that you'd never have known it was cropped.
Fun with Mirrors
An experimental idea I had while bored in the passenger seat.
The Bridge Brigade
Taken from the same series as where "Sky Painting" was derived from. The nature is nice on its own and the cars as they are don't add much in my mind - keeping the shutter open for a few seconds would have resulted in light trails from the lights, which would have looked nicer. Alas, I didn't have a tripod to do that with.
Setting the Night Free
The Statue of Liberty, framed against a crazy sunset.
The Coward
White-tailed deer - common wildlife fare for me. Taken with the 40-150mm at 150mm. Expect better results with the 70-300mm.
Branch Web
Artistic, but a bit blurry. Expect better results with the macro lens.
The Zergling
The snow and grass combo reminds me of one of those Starcraft maps... shot was taken through a glass window, Mercury never knew what was taking place.
Thanks for viewing. And sorry escimo, but the B&W shot I mentioned is in a different set of images - I'll try to prioritize it for the next posting.
|2008-05-25, 11:58
|Link #24
Join Date: Feb 2006
Interesting angle with the side mirror, nice.
Seeing SoL makes me miss New York. *sigh*
What's wrong with your dog? It looks weird... can you even call that a dog, it doesn't have a tail.
Hope to see more. *thumb up*
I would like to see you take a shot of a bowl of food (up close) next time... please (kayos is hungry).
|2008-05-25, 14:31
|Link #26
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In the Mix
Age: 35
And no rush with the B/W stuff.
I think I'll be posting some color photographs soon for a change of pace. Found some nice ones from my archives.
|2008-05-25, 16:58
|Link #27
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Graphic Designer
I've seen dogs with no tails...and they are still dogs.
Some breeds also have extremely short ones or some are cut off when they were young. Rottweilers are famous for this.
Anyway...great pictures Ledgem ^^
It's great to see your artistic talent
|2008-05-25, 17:49
|Link #29
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 32
Mercury (my dog) is a Pembroke Welsh corgi - apparently it's considered part of the style of the breed to have the tails cut short when they're puppies. Supposedly part of the reason was so that if these dogs were used in hunting, the tail wouldn't bash against foliage and generate more noise. Not sure how true that is, given that these types of dogs were primarily used as sheep-herding dogs (or so I heard). In Mercury's case I think they cut a bit too close, as he doesn't even have a stub!
As for avoiding people in pictures, there are three reasons. The first is that I'm a bit shy, and I'm always terrified that I'll make people uncomfortable by including them in a picture, or that they may try to bring some sort of legal action against me for taking a picture without their consent (I believe there are laws about that, but I'm not sure how strict they are). The second is that I'm not sure how to work with people in terms of angle, positioning, and timing. Partly as a result I prefer to avoid having people in the pictures as they might otherwise detract from the picture. The final reason is that, partly due to not being used to having people as subjects, my "photography eye" generally notices anything but people.
I do actually have a number of shots of my girlfriend and friends that could be considered artistic, but I'm not comfortable posting them here I suppose.
|2008-06-13, 19:18
|Link #30
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 32
Life in the Inanimate: Sculpture Photography
It's been a while since I updated with more pictures. I have quite a backlog to process and post, actually, but I've been sharing pictures individually, in the photography social group, and on Facebook (and now a friend is pushing me to get a Flickr account). This thread takes the most effort to update, so it's been a bit neglected.
New! I've changed the way that I'm processing my images. In order to see the EXIF data (aperture value, focal length, white balance, camera and lens used, etc.) you can now view the image properties, and that data should be there for you. This can be done either through your web browser (right click > image properties, in most browsers) or by downloading the picture and examining its properties on your system.
New Gear! I've since returned home to New York and have three new pieces of equipment to add to my photography back: the Zuiko Digital 50mm Macro lens, the EX-25 extension tube, and the Zuiko Digital 70-300mm lens. The 70-300 will be replacing my 40-150mm as the telephoto lens of choice and will allow me to get much better wildlife shots. I'll explain more about each piece of equipment when I get around to posting shots taken with them.
Today's set of images come from The Getty, an art museum located in Los Angeles. Museums in general tend to be difficult enviromments due to erratic light colors and dark areas. The Getty was a bit different. Being in Southern California, there were many windows in most of the exhibit halls. The building was also made out of a rather interesting type of stone. Those two factors combined created an issue with the white balance of many of the pictures. There were a number of dark areas, as well...
An art museum is generally a boring place for a photographer. Taking pictures of paintings seems like a bit of a weird thing to do, and while there is a certain skill involved in it there isn't much for a photographer to get creative with. Sculptures, on the other hand, are an entirely different story. The angle and position of the picture can drastically alter one's perception of the sculpture, and in some cases they can make the sculpture come alive. A failed picture would result in the sculpture appearing about as appealing as a lump of curved stone.
Even though some of these are a bit blurry due to lighting issues and a lack of a tripod, I'm submitting them for scrutiny. Enjoy!
The Gentle Hand
This statue was located outside, just before the museum entrance.
Song of Light and Stone
The pattern of light coming in from ceiling windows against the stone walls at the museum's entrance.
"Venus with Dolphin" (dolphin not included)
The lighting in this area was very good, but the colors were off. In a series of about 10 pictures I manually adjusted the white balance until the colors on the screen matched with the color of the stone in front of me. Partially out of laziness I think I used this white balance setting for the vast majority of other sculptures, even though the lighting in the rooms may have slightly varied in color.
"The Sphinx"
The Sphinx - Alive
The first image of the Sphinx captured the statue in its entirety rather well. The second image was intended to make it appear a bit more dramatic.
Dog (from "Bear and Dog"[/b]
While this is a poor capture of the sculpture itself, the angle and depth of field give it more of a living feel.
While blurry, I liked my concept with this image. Neptune presents us with a shell.
"The Grotesques"
This was a close-up part of a decorative plate. It was one of a few attemps at capturing a two-dimensional artwork and presenting it in a nice fashion. Any thoughts on it? I likely won't be doing much of that in the future.
Museum in Monotone
I admit it - I don't know much about art history, so I breeze by paintings because I can't appreciate them much and I can't get any creative pictures with them. I was partially inspired by escimo's photography, which is often done in monotone ("black and white"), and took this picture for artistic effect. I have a long way to go before I can match escimo in monotone photographs.
Hello Down There
"Boy with a Dragon"
"Boy with a Dragon" - Another Angle
I wasn't sure what the overall intent of this sculpture was supposed to be. Was the boy playing with a dragon? Fighting with a dragon? It looks to me like the boy is breaking the dragon's jaw. I attempted the various angles to see if it evoked different feelings about what was going on.
It's What's for Dinner
I physically position myself so that the shot could appear close behind the creature, and then utilized the depth of field to make the scene appear a bit more alive.
Come Along
This was a rather busy sculpture, but again by utilizing depth of field I was able to draw attention to one area and keep the scene looking alive (or so I think).
Water Sports
Here's some human photography, which is rare for me. I'd originally wanted to capture the stark contrast in colors between the water in both fountains, and I did so in other pictures. However, I spied this young boy and his father between the two, as the boy was happily flicking his hands in and out of the dark water. I've seen better photography of people, but this was a start.
Arcing Fountain
The only challenge in this one was gathering up the courage to hunch down in front of the fountain and get some pictures from this angle.
The Origin
This was a neat little fountain. Located just outside of the museum's main entrance, I'd imagine that many people notice this odd trough of running water and follow it to its end, where it seems to simply drip down a hole. But there's a fun little surprise to be realized...
Spoiler for Only read if you don't care or won't go to the museum:
As always, comments and criticism appreciated.
|2008-06-13, 20:17
|Link #31
Reisen FTW!
Graphic Designer
The fish photography is beautiful. Say did you edited them or something, or you took those and then you edited them?
I think I ask this question but never got an answer. ><
|2008-06-13, 20:34
|Link #32
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In the Mix
Age: 35
I'll see if I can come up with anything intelligent to say.
The Gentle Hand
It has a funny feel to it. Almost seems like the statue is trying to avoid being photographed. Those damn paparazzi...
Song of Light and Stone
The stone has very nice texture. I would increase the contrast just a bit. I think it would make it more interesting.
"Venus with Dolphin"
A bit center weighted but the lighting is very good. Seems that the conditions weren't the easiest possible.
"The Sphinx"
Lighting is very good. Nice dynamic range and balanced shade-scale. Quite a lot of noise though. You could try to reduce it a bit.
The Sphinx - Alive
Lighting is once again very successful. Blue highlights add a nice touch. Maybe a bit awkward composition though.
Nice use of depth of field. If you feel that it doesn't jeopardize the integrity of the photo you could try to clean up the background completely. Remove the other artworks and people entirely. Though it looks almost as the dog is looking at the guy in the background which is a nice effect as well.
Concept is nice. Such a shame it's a bit jolted.
"The Grotesques"
Well... Not really nice to be honest. I kind of missed the point.
Museum in Monotone
Not bad. Though a neutral shade-scheme is not really my preference when shooting B/W. I tend to go quite low-key and exaggerate the contrast quite a bit. Play around with levels a bit and see how it comes out. By the way, did you desaturate it in photoshop or did you use a camera preset?
And thanks for the complements.
Hello Down There
Horrible lighting conditions. But you pulled it through. Managed to capture even the facial features really nicely despite of the strong counterlight.
"Boy with a Dragon"
Composition is slightly awkward. A subjects line of sight originating from the center and being directed to lower left. It would have worked a bit better if you would have placed the head of the statue a bit more to the right and ,picture being taken from a low angle, a bit higher in the frame.
"Boy with a Dragon" - Another Angle
Out of statue photos, I think this is technically the best in the bunch. Good job.
Goon interesting composition. It's a bit left-weighted but the subject doesn't contradict with the composition so it's no problem. Maybe just a bit underexposed and just a bit jolted.
It's What's for Dinner
This would have made a nice picture pair if you would have taken another one with the woman as a focuspoint. None the less. Nice use of depth of field and interesting perspective.
Come Along
A bit underexposed and I would have taken a half a step to the left while taking it but, OK.
Water Sports
I like this one. Would crop it a bit. Cut about an eighth of the picture's height from the bottom and correct the crookedness of the horizon. But it has a nice down to earth, enjoying little things feel to it. A good relevant moment shot.
Arcing Fountain
A little bit too much going on, but I like these short focal length architectural shots.
The Origin
This is really good. I like the bipolarity of the shot. Vegetation on the right as a soft element and quite rugged architecture on the left as a hard element, being divided by the stream of water. It has quite a bit of urban serenity-ish feel to it.
Overall really nice batch.
Edit: And why the *beep* I can't give you cookies. Guess I need to spread some love around first...
Last edited by escimo; 2008-06-13 at 20:46.
|2008-06-13, 22:20
|Link #33
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico
Sorry for the late reply to this, I simply forgot to check some threads this last couple of days
And as for getting the right angle with people; I think I remember seeing a series of photos that focused on close-ups of faces (can't remember where, though). It was mostly old people from the country, but I though the photos had an interesting idea as a whole.
Oh yeah, all the pics were B & W too!
|2008-06-14, 01:37
|Link #34
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 32
I will make note of it if I perform any post-processing to an image. Everything so far has been taken using the camera's internal processing (as well as JPEG compression; I generally don't take RAW (unprocessed) images). The only post-processing that I do is to resize the image and stamp my user alias onto the images.
And thanks for the comments on use of monotone. Now that you mention it, you're right - many of your images do play on contrast between very light and very dark areas. When I posted a month or two back about showing you a monotone picture this wasn't actually the one I had in mind. That'll be in the next batch, and is a bit more your style, I think.
As I mentioned just above to konstargirl I don't do post-processing; all of these were performed via the camera's settings. I think that when I uprade camera bodies I'll start using the RAW+JPEG option, just so that I have the ability to work with things a bit more. At this point I'm reaching the level where I may want to begin post-processing and make prints of some shots. Of course the RAWs take up tons of disk space. I'm not so worried about my CF card, I'm more worried that I won't be good about deleting RAWs that I'm not interested in and that I'll use up all of my disk space
Monotone with people photography makes things a lot easier, I think. You no longer have to worry about the lighting as much, or what color clothes the person was wearing, or if they have acne, and so on. All of those color issues can be fixed somewhat by manually post-processing the image, but monotone just makes it a lot simpler I'd hesitate to say that it's easier, though, because without color the focus of what you're capturing somewhat shifts.
|2008-06-17, 21:50
|Link #35
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 32
Flower Photography 2: The Getty Gardens
This is my second set of images from my outing at The Getty, an art museum in Los Angeles, California. These were taken on the same day as the set of sculpture pictures that I previously posted. I think that my girlfriend experienced some major boredom during this part of our outing, but hopefully the images are good enough to make up for it! I feel that they're much improved over the first set of flower pictures that I posted a few months back. The equipment used was the same in both cases. As per the images above, EXIF data is contained within the images. Click the image to see the full-size image, and then right-click it to view the image properties. I highly recommend viewing this at their fullest resolution to better appreciate the flowers.
This was some reedy grass at the entrance to the gardens. It had interesting coloration and grew in clumps thick enough to fill the image frame. It's something you could get lost (in thought) in, so I thought it might make a nice desktop background.
An example of strange things that can catch your eye when you have a camera in your hand. There was a small stream that flowed through the garden, and this leaf had gotten caught while flowing along it. Given that the focal point of the picture had more to do with the light playing on the water and its contrast against the solid leaf, I attempted to emulate escimo's monotone style and see how it came out. I'm actually not sure that I prefer the monotone version to the colored version (shown below in spoiler tags); feedback is much appreciated on this particular shot! Even if the color version is better, this might be my best monotone shot to date (which isn't saying much).
Spoiler for Adrift in Color:
Floral Burst
There were some interesting wire tree-like structures laced with these flowers along the tops near the front of the garden. The patches of sky visible through the flowers give a nice touch, although the sky on the left is overexposed. This might have been a good candidate for a HDR image. I didn't have a tripod, but even if I had I probably wouldn't have realized to do a HDR bracket at the time...
Flower Privates
This was stretching the limits of my 14-42mm lens' capabilities as a macro lens. Taking a shot at the inside of a flower that forms a tunnel-like structure with its petals is a usual thing to do for many macrophotographers, it seems, and I didn't want to be left out. I'm not posting this as an example of great photography, but to demonstrate the technical limitations of the 14-42mm lens. In the future, compare this with shots taken by my 50mm macro lens to see the difference.
The Stars and the Honeybee
Yet another attempt at macro photography with flowers and insects. This is about the closest you can get with the 14-42mm before it blurs. I could have cropped this image and it might have made a decent macro image, but it's nothing compared with a designated macro setup.
The Sun and the Honeybee
The Purple Jungle
Arbuably the angle and depth of field combination could have been better here, but I like this quite a bit. The blurred background (termed "bokeh" in the photography world - apparently it's derived from Japanese) came out nicely, with the red and blue dots of other flowers providing a pleasant upper region to the image.
The Climb
Throughout the garden there were a few arches with plants climbing along them. The plant here is a honeysuckle, which isn't the most exotic flower around. As a result it didn't get a picture dedicated to it alone.
Star Burst
These flowers were really neat and made for some great pictures. This picture is the desktop of one of my Windows virtual machines.
Purple Distinction
Green Bursts
Not quite as exotic as those purple star-like cluster flowers, but fun to photograph.
Busy Honeybee
Very pleasing bokeh. The flower looks a bit aged...
Orange Power
The white balance in this picture may be off by a bit due to the overpowering orange.
The Deviants
There's something about blue flowers that I find to be very calming. For some reason the two types of flowers shown here remind me of comical villains (one fat and one thin). These were somewhat hanging down from arches near the end of the garden.
The good news is that I don't have any more sets of flower pictures. I may have posted two sets of flower pictures, but I refuse to be defined as a flower photographer. I have one or two more sets of pictures to go through before I begin posting shots taken with the my new specialty lenses. Look forward to them!
|2008-06-17, 23:37
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Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico
It's almost as if there was more water (Leaf harder to see, pic as a whole feels more empty) in the colorless one. >_<
|2008-06-18, 05:05
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: In the Mix
Age: 35
Once again really nice batch. I'm not such a huge fan of flower photography but they do provide a nice playground for for example macro photography.
|2008-06-18, 13:10
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|2008-06-18, 14:30
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The Andersons, Lansing Trade Group To Acquire Canadian Company
The Andersons, Inc. and Lansing Trade Group, LLC have entered into an agreement to acquire Thompsons Ltd., a grain and food-grade bean handler and agronomy input provider, headquartered in Blenheim, ON, and operating through 12 locations across the province and in Minnesota.
The acquisition, which remains subject to certain customary closing conditions, is expected to close at the beginning of the third quarter. The business, which Lansing Trade Group and The Andersons will equally own, will continue to operate as Thompsons Ltd. Lansing Trade Group's current trading office located in Chatham, ON, will be consolidated into Thompsons.
"For The Andersons, this acquisition establishes a foothold in Ontario with a similarly diversified agricultural company adjacent to our eastern corn-belt roots. It also enables us to leverage our strengths with those of our partner Lansing Trade Group," says CEO Mike Anderson. "Thompsons is a highly respected, integrated grain, food-grade bean and agronomy business with a similar strategy of cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with growers and end users globally."
"Thompsons Ltd. has always been a respected name in the Ontario agriculture markets," says Bill Krueger, President and CEO of Lansing Trade Group. "The opportunity for Lansing to grow our existing Canadian presence with such a cornerstone company fits our long term strategy. Our partnership with The Andersons will facilitate the entity's immediate growth in the crop nutrients sector. Thompsons Ltd. will benefit from the combined strength of Lansing and The Andersons in its other areas of business including grains, food-grade products and farm services."
Established in 1924, Thompsons is an integrated supplier of value-added agricultural products and services to growers in Ontario, Minnesota and North Dakota and to food processing customers worldwide. Thompsons owns and operates 12 elevators, 11 retail farm centers, 2 seed processing plants, 5 bean processing plants and a wheat processing plant. Thompsons has a combined owned and leased grain storage capacity of 20 million bushels and 30,000 metric tons of nutrient capacity.

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Original Air Date: 9/19/2005
The Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, Mike Malone, Ph.D., will discuss issues facing state colleges and universities. Malone will also talk about how schools are trying to help students from colleges impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Malone will also take viewer questions when they call 1-866-552-0025.
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SPL statemement issued just hours before tonight's BBC programme:My emphasis in bold.
"The investigation into the EBT payments made by Rangers FC is being actively pursued on behalf of the SPL. All relevant documents, materials and information have been sought from Rangers FC and we look forward to receiving full co-operation from the club and its administrators in providing everything that it and they have access to and which is required for the investigation to be completed."
Rangers FC are surely taking the piss. This investigation was announced on March 5th, 79 days ago. The statement suggests that the information requested has yet to be sent to the SPL. Worse, there are no dates given as to when the info was originally requested and what, if any, communications there have been between the two parties since.
Until now I assumed the SPL were sitting on their findings, waiting for the big tax case to do the dirty work for them. But now it appears they are not even trying to implement their own inquiries. It is surely no coincidence this statement was issued just hours before the broadcast.
I'll repeat what I said in another post the other day. Leaving aside, all the EBTs, tax cases etc, etc, the SPL need to ask the Rangers administrators for a guarantee, backed by a bond, that Rangers can fulfil their fixtures next season. And in the lack of such a guarantee being forthcoming have no alternative but to terminate their membership and reverse Dunfermline's relegation.


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City bans student from posting photos of school meals online
Nine year old's battle with censorship puts school meals staff in negative light.
A few weeks back I read an article about a nine-year-old Scottish student who started a blog about the meals served in her school. She rated the meals based on overall taste, portions, health, courses and pieces of hair. The student, Martha Payne, also posted photos of the meals to her blog.
What drew me to this article was it was yet another perfect example of why we at FSD selected students as one of our 20 Most Influential. Payne, who started the blog as a writing assignment to raise money for her school's meal program, doesn't criticize the meals like a normal nine year old would. She's thoughtful about what she says, and says she wanted to find out things like where her chicken was raised. Payne was engaging with her meal program and wanted to learn more about the food she was eating. How could anyone find fault with that?
Well, someone did. According to Today, town officials in Lochgilphead, where Payne lives, were not amused by the blog and banned her from posting photos of her school lunches. The officials said in a statement that the photos were misleading and had caused distress to the cafeteria staff.
This really got me going. As a journalist, I deplore censorship. If you don't like the way you're being portrayed in the media, change that perception. I have no idea if the cafeteria workers in Payne's school had anything to do with the photo ban, but shame on whomever instigated this ban. This was a perfect opportunity for the cafeteria staff to work with Payne, to find out what she liked and didn't like and how they could work with her to improve all of the students' meal enjoyment. Instead, the incident started a worldwide outcry that made the school's meal program look bad, regardless of the role, if any, they played in the photo ban.
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Here is the code that is giving me problems. im trying to write code that will find the distence between two points. but i get the cannot find symbol error on lines 27-29(when i start doing math).
import java.lang.*; import java.util.Scanner; public class Program { public static void main (String[] args) { double x1, y1, x2, y2; // coordinates of two points double distance; // distance between the points Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); // Read in the two points System.out.print ("Enter the coordinates of the first point " + "(put a space between them): "); x1 = scan.nextDouble(); y1 = scan.nextDouble(); System.out.print ("Enter the coordinates of the second point: "); x2 = scan.nextDouble(); y2 = scan.nextDouble(); // Compute the distance double a, b, c, d, e, f; a = x2 + x1; b = y2 + y1; e = Math.java.pow(a,2); f = Math.java.pow(b,2); distance = Math.java.sqrt((e + f)); // Print out the answer System.out.println(distance); } }


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Interested in Language
One of the most typical difficulty for students or any learner I've observed is that, they may afford very well with modeled dialogues in English courses, but when it comes to relate a story or a memory they find it disappointing (due to the lack of vocabulary, grammar, etc.) they find it difficult and sometimes impossible.
Another factor which compounds this frustration is that a learner expect him/herself a lot to be able to handle such speech, because s/he thinks that for a person being in the upper-intermediate level is a weak point to fail to tell a story or narrate a memory of one's life.
What do you think? How much do you agree? How would you explain this? Do you ever remind your learners not to expect themselves a lot, and let their ability talks for itself as they progress in learning a language?
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A partial solution is to have free (unscripted) conversation classes, or parts of classes, where students are expected to talk about whatever they're interested in. For the level you're talking about - upper-intermediate - the students should be able to handle classes totally in English.


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The first epic poem was written in Sumerian, which died out during a 200-year dry spell.
A 200-year-long drought 4,200 years ago may have killed off the ancient Sumerian language, one geologist says.
Because no written accounts explicitly mention drought as the reason for the Sumerian demise, the conclusions rely on indirect clues.
But several pieces of archaeological and geological evidence tie the gradual decline of the Sumerian civilization to a drought.


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Orlando and Bieber in scuffle?
There may be no love lost between Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom, after reports of a scuffle in an Ibiza restaurant.
TMZ has posted videos of the pair, which allegedly show an altercation.
Justin previously hit the headlines for partying with Orlando's ex-wife, model Miranda Kerr, while e arlier this year, Orlando was spotted hanging out with Justin's on-and-off girlfriend Selena Gomez.
TMZ posted a video of a man, who was not clearly identifiable, with curly hair, throwing a punch at Justin in a packed Ibiza restaurant.
It claimed that celebs such as Paris Hilton and P Diddy were at the restaurant, and that singer Justin fled, shouting 'what's up b***ch?"
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The union filed an appeal on Friday with the National Labor Relations Board asserting that "interference by politicians and outside special interest groups" had swayed the election.
In particular, the appeal took aim at Republican Sen. Bob Corker, who suggested that a "yes" vote would persuade VW to take jobs elsewhere while a "no" vote would help not only keep auto jobs in Tennessee, but might also persuade Volkswagen to expand its presence in the state.
The UAW lost the vote 712-626.
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Don't try this trick if you want to keep your driver's license.
The octogenarian did not have to hotwire the borrowed wheels. Instead, the Local reported, she got into the wrong car and, since the key was in the ignition, simply failed to realize was not in the right vehicle.
The report did not say whether she failed to notice stop signs and the like, but the daughter said the car in her mother's garage bore no resemblance whatsoever to mother's vehicle.
The car had been reported stolen by the time the daughter phoned the police, but no charges were filed. The owner of the car admitted the keys had been left in the ignition.
The report did not mention whether or not the octogenarian's driver's license was in jeopardy, but, you know ... just saying.
In Richmond, British Columbia, police advised the public to leave their so-called gunbrellas at home.
What is a gunbrella, you ask. Well, it's an umbrella that -- oh, this is so funny; you're going to love this -- resembles a rifle. What a gag, right?
OK, nobody has died in a hail of gunfire for carrying a gunbrella as far as we know, but CBC News reported that police did not enjoy the humor behind the idea.
"If it appeared that he was actually shouldering the rifle -- if our officers believed he was about to fire -- I mean, our officers would have no choice," said Richmond Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Sherrdean Turley.
Now how many times do we have to go over this in Burglary School? The getting away fast part is just as important as the breaking into the place part. Got that?
Yes, every year there's a few Burglary School graduates who seem to forget the getaway part.
For example, in Naples, Italy, don't try using taxicabs as getaway vehicles.
Police said a man robbed two pharmacies and made his escape in a taxi.
ANSA reported that the man, Antonio Baldassarre told clerks at the pharmacies he was the son of a mafia boss and he was armed.
He then took off with $269 of ill-gotten cash and got away in a taxi.
The cab driver, apparently did not know his passenger had just committed armed robbery.
At least in Juan De Acosta, Colombia, they plan these things.
And these burglars can't really be held accountable if their getaway vehicle started braying, which happened to alert the police.
That's right, three men who robbed a convenience store tried to get away on a donkey, but the donkey's braying was so loud, they had to abandon the burro and make their getaway on foot, the police said.
Hey, any plan can go wrong, right?
The Daily Telegraph reported police said the donkey had been stolen 12 hours earlier. So, these guys had planned ahead.
Late at night they burgled a convenience store, but when their getaway failed, they also had to abandon their loot, which consisted of oil, rice, tuna, sardines and rum.
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Robert Chenhall Receives Lifetime Contribution Award from AAA
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association have awarded the 2012 Lifetime Contribution Award to Robert Chenhall, Ph.D.
Anne Farrell, member of the AICPA's Business & Industry Executive committee, and Leslie Eldenburg, chair of the Lifetime Contribution Committee, presented the award at the 2012 AAA Management Accounting Section's mid-year meeting.
Sponsored by the AICPA, the Lifetime Contribution Award recognizes individuals who have made an important mark on management accounting education, research and practice. Professor Chenall was honored for his research and teachings in the areas of management accounting.
"The AICPA is very pleased to recognize Professor Chenall's significant contributions to management accounting," said Carol Scott, AICPA vice president, business, industry and government.
"Robert's research contributes to a better understanding of the complex factors impacting the performance of organizations, and is important to our members in business and their ability to add value to the decision-making processes in their companies."
Chenall is a professor in the department of accounting and finance at Monash University, Clayton Victoria, Australia.
He is the co-author of Competitiveness: Best Practice in Australia, publishes regularly in international academic journals and is on the editorial boards of many leading international accounting journals. He is currently researching how strategic management accounting systems may be designed to assist Australian commercial organizations to develop internationally competitive strategies.
"Robert has contributed greatly to our understanding of how contextual factors like uncertainty and organizational design influence the causes and performance effects of management accounting," said Anne Farrell, PricewaterhouseCoopers endowed assistant professor chair in accountancy at Miami University Farmer School of Business.
"Robert continues to publish and has positively impacted the careers of many colleagues through his teaching, mentoring and collaborative efforts, making him a very deserving recipient of the Lifetime Contribution Award."


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Robert Morris University
Pittsburgh -- Award-winning author and journalist Michael Pollan, who is sparking a transformation in how Americans eat, will speak at Robert Morris University at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in the International Suite of the Sewall Center at RMU's Moon Township campus. He will also speak that evening as part of the Pittsburgh Speakers Series presented by Robert Morris University, at 8 p.m. at Heinz Hall in downtown Pittsburgh.
For the past 20 years, Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. He is the author of the bestsellers In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto and The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, which was named one of the 10 best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. It also won the California Book Award, the Northern California Book Award, the James Beard Award for best food writing, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Pollan's previous book, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World, was also a New York Times bestseller, received the Borders Original Voices Award for the best non-fiction work of 2001, and was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association and Amazon.com. PBS premiered a two-hour special documentary based on The Botany of Desire in fall 2009. His most recent book is Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, which was an immediate # 1 New York Times bestseller upon publication.
He is also the author of A Place of My Own (1997) and Second Nature(1991). A contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine since 1987, his writing has received numerous awards, including the James Beard Award for best magazine series in 2003; the John Burroughs prize (for the best natural history essay in 1997); the QPB New Vision Award (for his first book, Second Nature); the 2000 Reuters-I.U.C.N. Global Award for Environmental Journalism for his reporting on genetically modified crops; and the 2003 Humane Society of the United States' Genesis Award for his writing on animal agriculture. In 2009 he was named one of the top 10 "New Thought Leaders" by Newsweek magazine. His essays have appeared in many anthologies, including Best American Essays (the 1990 and 2003 editions), Best American Science Writing (2004), and the Norton Book of Nature Writing. In addition to publishing regularly in the New York Times Magazine, his articles have appeared in Harper's (where he served for many years as executive editor), Mother Jones, Gourmet, Vogue, Travel + Leisure, Gardens Illustrated, and The Nation. Michael Pollan was chosen by Time Magazine for the 2010 Time 100 in the Thinkers category.
In 2003, Pollan was appointed the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, and the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism. In addition to teaching, he lectures widely on food, agriculture, and gardening.
Pollan, who was born in 1955, grew up on Long Island, and was educated at Bennington College, Oxford University, and Columbia University, from which he received a Master's in English. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, the painter Judith Belzer, and their son, Isaac.ABOUT ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITYRobert Morris University, founded in 1921, is a private, four-year institution with an enrollment of approximately 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The university offers 60 undergraduate and 20 graduate programs. An estimated 22,000 alumni live and work in western Pennsylvania.


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Hip-hop duo Havoc (3) (Kejuan Muchita) and Prodigy (Albert Johnson), who hail from the notorious Queensbridge Projects in Queens, New York, released their widely ignored debut album, "Juvenile Hell," in 1993 as teenagers, boasting production from the legendary Large Professor. After switching labels, the duo followed this with the breakthrough (and now classic) album "The Infamous" in 1995 and the similarly themed "Hell on Earth" in 1996. Since then, they have released several albums in an evolving style and had a Thomas Dolby-sampling hit, "Got it Twisted," in 2004. In 2006, after one album for 4th & B'way/Island/PolyGram, four albums for Loud Records, and one album for Infamous/Jive/Zomba/BMG, they signed with 50 Cent's Interscope/Universal-distributed G-Unit Records.
Mobb Deep is a hip-hop duo made up of Havoc and Prodigy. Both members are natives of Queensbridge, New York; located in Long Island City. They are perhaps most famous for their landmark album, The Infamous, and the accompanying hit single, Shook Ones Pt. II. 1992-1994: Early Career Prodigy and Havoc met one another while attending the prestigious High School of Art & Design in Manhattan. Coming from similar backgrounds, the duo broke into the rap game in 1992.
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Mobb Deep is an American hip hop duo from Queens, New York, USA,that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. The duo is "one of the most critically acclaimed hard-core East Coast hip-hop groups." The group is best known for its dark, hardcore delivery, as exemplified by the single "Shook Ones Pt. II." Mobb Deep have become one of the most successful rap duos in hip hop, having sold over 3 million records. The majority of their albums have been critically acclaimed, in particular The Infamous, which is considered a classic. They are partially credited for the resurgence of East Coast rap in the early to mid-'90s.
Mobb Deep were also judges for the 7th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
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Oregon's decision to respect life
After the execution of Troy Davis in September created a national controversy, many people wondered what impact his death would have on the debate over capital punishment in the United States. Last week, this question returned to the spotlight with Oregon governor John Kitzhaber's declaration [1] that he will not allow any executions for the remainder of his term in office.
Kitzhaber oversaw two executions while serving an earlier term as governor in the 1990s. The memories of these executions still haunt him today [2].
"I do not believe those executions made us safer," Kitzhaber said. "Certainly I don't believe they made us nobler as a society. I simply cannot participate once again in something that I believe to be morally wrong."
Kitzhaber believes that Oregon's system is broken, flawed to the point that only those inmates who waive their legal rights—essentially volunteering to die—are executed. The governor believes that voters, when they reinstated capital punishment in 1984, did not intend to create such a system.
Opponents of the death penalty—Catholics included [3]—are praising Kitzhaber's decision. Portland Archbishop John Vlazny said, "Those of us who respect the dignity of human life from conception to natural death applaud this decision."
In September, after the Davis execution, the church clarified its position [4] on the death penalty, saying that there is no room for supporting the death penalty in today's world.
Kitzhaber is convinced that there is a better solution to be had that will keep society safe, support victims of crime, and reflect the values of his state. As Catholics, we should share his conviction as we work to respect the dignity of all life.


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A Boulder man accused of smashing a pint glass into another man's face at a downtown bar -- causing a piece of glass to become lodged in the victim's eye -- was sentenced today to five years in prison after accepting a plea deal.
Joseph Bosveld, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury today in Boulder District Court. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped a first-degree assault charge and two other second-degree assault charges.
Bosveld waived his right to a pre-sentence investigation at the hearing and was sentenced immediately following the plea. In addition to the five years in prison, Bosveld also must serve a mandatory parole of three years.
According to officials, police responding to a disturbance at the Catacombs, 2115 13th St., at 12:44 a.m. on May 26 found the victim -- 21-year-old Matthew Austin Ortiz -- with "what appeared to be a shard of glass protruding from the middle of his eyeball," and a left eyelid that "appeared to be almost completely severed."
Ortiz and his girlfriend told police they were playing pool when Bosveld dropped a glass and tried to sweep the pieces of glass under the pool table. Ortiz's girlfriend asked Bosveld to pick up the pieces of glass, at which point they said he became aggressive and started yelling.
The couple said Bosveld then pushed the woman and grabbed a glass off the counter and smashed the victim in the face before fleeing the scene.
Investigators on scene were able to follow a trail of blood to a nearby apartment building. Inside one of the units, friends of Bosveld said he had come in with a bloody hand and went to Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette.
When police contacted Bosveld there, he acknowledged he hit the victim with the glass, saying the victim attempted to choke him first, telling officers, "I defended myself and I did what I had to do."


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High 5
Joe Brady , Abington: The senior linebacker capped his high school career with a game-clinching interception, sealing the Green Wave's 14-8 Super Bowl win.
Brendan Hill , Mansfield: The 6-foot-5, 205-pound sophomore hauled in the game's first touchdown, a 7-yard pass in the first quarter of the Hornets' 27-7 Division 2 Super Bowl loss to Reading. He finished the day with seven catches for 113 yards.
Jon Hurvitz , Duxbury: In the Dragons' 23-19 defeat to Mansfield in the Division 2 playoffs, the senior back scored all three touchdowns and rushed for 138 yards on 11 carries. He finished the season with 19 TDs.
Dylan Oxsen , Plymouth South: The Panthers' star junior rushed for 317 yards and five touchdowns in a 38-33 Division 2A playoffs loss to Natick.
Austin Roberts , Brockton: The senior QB ran for 100 yards and two TDS in the Boxers' 33-7 playoff win over Weymouth and then threw a 59-yard scoring pass in a 48-28 loss to St. John's Prep in Division 1 Super Bowl.
Doncaster's Top 10 teams
(Final records and last game listed)
1. Abington (13-0); beat St. Mary's, 14-8 (Div. 4 Super Bowl)
2. Sharon (10-3); beat Wayland, 12-3 (Div. 3 Super Bowl)
3. Brockton (9-4); lost to St. John's Prep, 48-28 (Div. 1 Super Bowl)
4. Mansfield (8-5); lost to Reading, 27-7 (Div. 2 Super Bowl)
5. Duxbury (11-1); lost to Mansfield, 23-19 (Div. 2 playoffs)
6. Walpole (10-1); beat Weymouth, 48-21
7. Plymouth South (8-4); lost to Natick, 38-33 (Div. 2A
8. Weymouth (8-4); lost to Brockton, 33-7 (Div. 1 playoffs)
9. Blue Hills (10-2); beat Minuteman, 26-8 (Small School
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10. Xaverian (4-7); lost to St. John's Prep, 9-0
The Duxbury High football program won 37 straight games over three-plus seasons before falling to Mansfield, 23-19, in the Division 2 playoffs. Off the field, during the month of October, which was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Dragons raised $5,600 for the Dana Farber Mammography Outreach Van, which will supply nearly 40 mammogram screenings and education for women around Boston. The team also got involved with the Best Buddies program, which focuses on individuals with intellectual and development disabilities.


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I have the following.Canon 5d324-10550 1.470-200 f4 isI just bought the 70-200 f4 is for medium telephoto but still want something for better low light shooting. I ran a program to see my most used focal length and came up with 40,50,85,105.I was looking at the following lenses for the upcoming holidays. Any suggestions?24-70 mk ii35 1.4135mm f2
It depends on size of indoor. If it's not enough room, then 24-70 (I or II), if you have enough place in there - 70-200 F2.8 (II in case of IS)
Quote from: kirillica on September 06, 2012, 08:48:27 AMIt depends on size of indoor. If it's not enough room, then 24-70 (I or II), if you have enough place in there - 70-200 F2.8 (II in case of IS)I checked with my 24-105 this morning and it seems as though the 24-70 range for me will be my more used indoor simply because of room. I am debating on returning the f4 70-200 for the 2.8 but not really sure the added weight is worth the extra $1k and to only gain a stop still will require fill flash to me. I do not find myself using the 50mm simply because with kids it can be hard sometimes not being able to zoom in or out plus the more light the less my twins are in focus so thats why I am having a hard time finding the best way to approach most shooting environments knowing I cannot get them all. I did great birthday portraits with it at 2.8 but there was plenty of ambient light in the room. Basically what is everyones go to suggestion for christmas morning? Should i get the 600ex and go that route?


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Oct. 31, 2009
Providence, RI--Sophomore forward Troy Silvia (Cumberland, RI) scored a goal and assisted on another, while freshman midfielder David De Melo (Fall River, MA) set up two markers, as Rhode Island College defeated UMass Boston, 5-0, in the regular season finale for both clubs. The Anchormen improve their record to 9-7-2 on the year, 5-2-0 in LEC play while the Beacons fall to 4-11-1, 1-6-0 in the LEC.
RIC had several opportunities to score in the first few minutes of action. Senior midfielder Ryan Kelley's (Hope, RI) header off a corner kick was tipped over the crossbar by UMass Boston junior goalkeeper Domenick Persuitte (West Barnstable, MA). Moments later, sophomore forward Bruno Costa (Pawtucket, RI) made several nifty moves around UMB defenders, and had Persuitte down and out, but was bumped off the ball just a few yards in front of an open net before he got a shot off.
The Anchormen capitalized on their scoring chances in the 35th minute. Junior defender Brian Batalau (Cumberland, RI) threw the ball in from the sideline across the top of the 18-yard box. It deflected off the Beacon defense to junior forward Josh Sousa (Cumberland, RI), who one-timed a shot into the net for his sixth goal of the year.
Junior midfielder Jose Ruiz (Providence, RI) put the hosts up by two 1:23 later as he dove to head in a De Melo free kick in the 37th minute for his fifth goal of the season.
RIC went into halftime with a 2-0 lead and holding an 11-0 advantage in shots.
In the 70th minute, Rhode Island College scored off a free kick from about 30 yards out. De Melo chipped the ball up into a strong headwind, where senior forward Dan Rodrigues (Cumberland, RI) headed the ball behind himself and past Persuitte, who had come off his line. Costa tracked down the loose ball and banged it home for his 15th of the year. The striker has a four-game scoring streak, in which he has notched nine goals and one assist for 19 points.
Silvia came off the bench to score his second of the year in the 85th minute. Junior forward Kyle Estrela (Dartmouth, MA) broke in from the left side and fired a shot that forced Persuitte to make a diving, one-handed save. Silvia pounced on the loose ball and blasted a shot into the back of the net.
With just 1:03 left in regulation, freshman forward Mark Butler (Warwick, RI) scored his second goal in as many games, redirecting a Silvia free kick to seal the victory.
The Anchormen held a 21-3 advantage in shots and a 7-1 mark in corner kicks.
Junior goalkeeper Helder Faustino (Warwick, RI) made one save to raise his record to 6-3-1 and record his third shutout. Persuitte made seven stops in a losing effort.
The Beacons wrap up the regular season on Monday, November 2 when they host the Massachusetts Maritime Academy at 2:00 PM. The Anchormen will be the third seed in the upcoming 2009 Little East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament and will travel to either Keene State or Eastern Connecticut State for the semifinal matchup on Wednesday, November 4.
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2009 Men's Tennis Preview
Bluffton sports improved depth on tennis courts in 2009
By: Brandy Bidlack, sports information assistant
February 10, 2009
With experience and leadership, the 2009 Bluffton University men's tennis team is working to make this a successful season. Although Head Coach Blake Kindle, who is in his seventh year at the helm, was sad to lose All-HCAC honoree Tim Kaufman to graduation, he is excited for the start of the 2009 campaign. Kindle stated that he is "looking forward to a new year and anxious to see how things play out."
|This year the men's tennis team is a nice mix of five returning players and five new members anxiously waiting for the season to begin. This year's captain, junior Sean Williams (Upper Sandusky), is ready to fill a larger role as he will provide leadership both on and off the court. Another junior looking to make an impact is Luke Roeschley (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young). Other returning players with one year of collegiate experience under their belts are senior John Mark Stratford (Pandora/Pandora-Gilboa) and sophomores David Juarez (Uniontown/Lake) and Jon Stout (Bellevue).
Juniors James Bond (Mechanicsburg) and Andrew Martin (Sewickley, PA/North Allegheny) are first-year men's tennis members that are seeking to make their mark. Rounding out the list of players are Kendall Church (Ft. Wayne, IN/Northrop), Jon Cunningham (Negley/East Palestine) and Nate Stroud (Troy/Troy Christian).
The men's tennis team has been working out diligently, including both running and lifting programs, to prepare for the season. In addition to keeping fit, the men have been attending a racquet club in Lima to work on individual skills during the winter. Coach Kindle believes all of their pre-season training will translate into success on the court. His motto of 'working hard everyday' has been the focus as the team prepares for this season.
Bluffton will open its 2009 campaign on Thursday, March 12, when the Beavers host the University of Northwestern Ohio, a second-year NAIA program from Lima. The match is slated to start at 4 p.m. On Saturday, March 14, the Beavers will compete in their first conference contests when they travel to Hanover for a tri-match against both the Panthers and Anderson University.


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Although they've long relied upon fair use protections for educational use, the Association for Information Media and Equipment has made claims that they're copyright infringers, even though the videos are only available on campus and the students are allowed to watch the videos in the Instructional Media Lab.
That may be the case now but according to the article, that was the specific problem. That they were using Video Furnace to post videos online so students could view the videos outside of the IML which has horrible hours like being closed on weekends. From one of the students:
"If we want students to write a paper on the film over the weekend, it's more convenient for the student to rewatch the movie online over the weekend. (The ban) makes teaching cinema more difficult (because) Video Furnace was extremely useful," Gans said. "I very much hope (the university) will reach some kind of agreement."
It seems they licensed Video Furnace for use of its technology only on campus and only on campus machines. But the ease of use means that if you post a Video Furnace movie on your course website then students -- or maybe even anyone -- could access it using a browser from anywhere. The summary link says that this may work but is not recommended due to possible latency from the server.
The ACLU backed down because, well, the university is probably violating its licensing agreement with Video Furnace. The professors don't do licensing so they didn't understand that what they were doing was wrong. The solution is to threaten to leave Video Furnace unless they amend their licensing contract or give you a way to convert to an open format that the professors can post where ever they want -- once you have the raw video, upload it to YouTube or Vimeo. It's been shown that free online courses don't hurt enrollment anyway [arstechnica.com].
Fair use still applies to the whole movie:
US Code Title17, Chapter1, ss107 is crystal clear:
the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
IANAL, and I am unclear on the full implications of the case law surrounding this, but clearly the interpretation cannot be so broad as you suggest. Otherwise it would be useless to copyright educational materials. Educational purpose is one aspect to be be considered, but (3) is also a significant consideration here. If you showed clips of a movie in a cinema class for the purposes of analysis and criticism, that would be fair use. To show the whole movie, you need an appropriately licensed version. Similarly, since the 90s universities (and students) have been paying royalties on papers included in course packs, even though these papers are clearly for educational purposes.
True, but given that this is EDU and likely won;t impact market as clause 4 indicates means that it should apply as fair use (IANAL either), textbooks on the other hand would have clause 4 severly impacted, thus fair use would not apply.
Well it's not that it "would not apply," but that the balance would likely be determined against fair use. The tricky thing about fair use is that all four of those criteria must be considered, but there is no indication of how to quantify their implications. A lot of university lawyers try to get out of this by saying arbitrarily that 10% (or whatever) of a copyrighted work is all that may be used, but that is just a number pulled out of the air. In general violations of this sort are likely to be treat
...crystal clear:
Yes, it's pretty clear. It's your reading comprehension that's lacking. "The fair use... for such purposes as... is not an infringement..." does not mean that "any use... for such purposes... is fair use and therefore... is not an infringement..." The other requirements for fair use still apply even for such purposes.
Fair use still applies to the whole movie:
Of course it does.
But when you have the money and will to sue anyone whose fair use you don't like, you get to make the rules and the law be damned.
And now that industry groups like AIME and RIAA can dump millions into swaying elections with impunity, they probably won't even have to go to the trouble of taking anyone to court, because even the smallest copyright "infringements" will become criminalized rather than a civil matter.
That's their holy grail: to make all intellectual "property" "infringement" a felony, no matter how small, and to wipe out once and for all the notion of "fair use".
Watch for public libraries to start closing then. My guess is they'll open up low cost, privatized "ebook libraries" where the the ebooks will self-destruct via DRM after a short time. They'll say this approach is "better than libraries". The privatization of the public library system is coming to America. Bet on it.
It shouldn't even need fair use, given that the State of California and its universities enjoy sovereign immunity from copyright and patent suits [ucla.edu]. I'm not quite sure why they capitulated in light of that.
When you buy a DVD, it has an implicit license to the conditions under which you can watch it (That FBI warning at the beginning indicating you can't show it to a large audience). To comply with copyright law, an "instructional" DVD which permits showing to an audience is required.
This is false. There is an explicit exemption for use of videos in the classroom. From 17 USC 110 (1) [copyright.gov]:
(1) performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction, unless, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, the performance, or the display of individual images, is given by means of a copy that was not lawfully made under this title, and that the person responsible for the performance knew or had reason to believe was not lawfully made;
However, this does not cover posting videos online, like UCLA was doing. IIRC (can't find a link right now), there have been cases where schools tried to include videos in distance learning classes, and the judge ruled that it was not fair use.
However, this does not cover posting videos online, like UCLA was doing.
That would be 110(2), but it has a number of limitations to it, such that UCLA might not have qualified for it, depending on precisely what it had been doing.
And of course, where no other exception applies, and where the use would otherwise be infringing, fair use may always be raised as a defense. It might not succeed, as not every use is necessarily a fair use, but it might succeed, as any use is potentially a fair use.
And then - people are surprised that the quality of education is getting worse.
The copyright and patent issues seems to put a blanket over everything, so soon is the western world going down the drain while countries where copyright and patents are weak will outpace the western world.
The solution is to threaten to leave Video Furnace unless they amend their licensing contract or give you a way to convert to an open format that the professors can post where ever they want -- once you have the raw video, upload it to YouTube or Vimeo.
Surely the 'solution' would be for the customer, in this case the ACLU, to buy the correct licensing - not threaten the license holder...
Your suggestion smacks of 'wahhh I didnt buy what I should have but give it to me anyway!'
The VideoFurnace product they are using allows users to stream the video using Multicast, using their VOD (Video On Demand) module. In theory, this content can be viewed anywhere on the UCLA Multicast Domain, which also includes a majority of the Internet2. Generally this is seen as "on campus only" Consumers cannot watch this content from home, as most commericial ISPs don't participate in Internet2, nor do they support multicast. Additionally, the VideoFurance equipment allows for this content to be e
The ACLU backed down because, well, the university is probably violating its licensing agreement with Video Furnace
Frankly, I don't know why the american civil liberties union was sticking their nose into the University of California at Los Angeles' business anyway. I'm guessing they got the acronyms mixed up, which must have been very embarrassing for them at court.
"Your honor, the ACLU feels it's use of video in online courses not only is a fair use, but also we don't even offer courses, nor do we put videos up for said nonexistent courses, so we ask you to dismiss the case."
"Uh, this was a case against UCLA, not the
The ACLU backed down because...
Did I miss something? How is the ACLU involved in this?
Time to get a new edition of the Legal Dictionary, the one with the correct interpretations of words you THOUGHT you knew, like Common Law, and Common Sense.
Common Law, and Common Sense
Aren't those two basically a dichotomy when it comes to copyright law and the like?
Granted, there may have been other issues involved here (e.g. licensing) but the issue that is presented seems reasonable enough for it to be silly to threaten the profs/university.
Common law is mostly irrelevant to copyright. Copyright is almost entirely statutory. (i.e. passed by the legislature rather than judge-made law that derives from centuries of doctrine in England). While there are some old cases (there was one between the AP and another news aggregator that was effectively a "scraper" of AP-published news content during WW1), for the most part the copyright law says whatever Disney pays your Congressman to make it say.
What a better way to break in some law or pre-law students than to represent this case. Backing down benefits nobody but AIME and future precedent for online coursework.
Isn't this *exactly* what we want? Let the next generation get first-hand generation of the worse sides of copyright law. THEY are the ones who will tip the balance to actually change things as the older generation is phased out.
I hope they will remember this incident very well in their future careers.
Not by taking to the streets, by taking to the boardrooms (and courtrooms and congress chambers). In 20 years, the generation that grew up loathing the copyright moguls will be the ones making the decisions, and I'd be willing to bet that they'll make their decisions a little differently than the groups that are in charge now.
Not when they get a taste of the almighty Dollar (or Euro). They will then be turned to the dark side...
In 20 years, the generation that grew up loathing the copyright moguls will be the ones making the decisions, and I'd be willing to bet that they'll make their decisions a little differently than the groups that are in charge now.
You'd lose that bet. Back in the seventies we were a new generation with new ideas. The old sexual taboos were gone, nobody called a loose woman a "slut" because they all were as "slutty" as we men, marijuana was going to be legal as soon as the dinasaurs were out of power.
Then came AIDS and free love went out the window. My generation is now in power, and guess what? Those in power are the same kinds of assholes that were in power when my dad was younger than I am now, and I no longer see pot being legal "any day now".
It's not a generational war, it's a class war, and you and I are on the losing side.
I no longer see pot being legal "any day now".
Months ago, President Obama announced a policy revision [huffingtonpost.com] not to interfere with states that legalize medical cannabis. One might compare this to the 21st Amendment, which devolved the power to ban alcohol from the federal government to the states. I wait to see how this will apply if California voters put pot over the counter this November [latimes.com].
Really? Why don't we look at the previous generation? The same boomers that participated in Woodstock ended up voting for Reagan and Bush. So you can't expect that sort of attitude to remain
The same boomers that participated in Woodstock ended up voting for Reagan and Bush.
Not necessarily. The number of people at Woodstock is in the thousands while the number of boomers is in the millions. There were plenty of people at the time who thought the people going to Woodstock were a bunch of "damn dirty hippies", and plenty more that had never even heard of it until well after the fact.
It could be an interesting thing to research but I suspect that the people who voted in Reagan and Bush were, for
"To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion."
Why should there be? It'd almost be like expecting most people to have a particular mental illness (with the implication that the mental illness is a good thing). The masses have been burned every time that they entertained revolutionary ideas, hopes, and passions of the sort promoted by Mr. Bakunin and his ilk.
by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
What a curious definition of "promote" we've arrived at.
by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
What a curious definition of "promote" we've arrived at.
It's actually pro-mote. As in "in favor of dust". As in the progress of science and useful arts should collect dust if it's not making some business (read: MY business) money.
Copyright promotes science and art by incentivizing authors to create/author works by providing economic reason to justify competing.
Don't bring the Invisible Hand [wikipedia.org] into it. It's been discredited. Give a real reason that actually works.
1) Give authors economic rights.
2) ??? <-- invisible hand
3) Science and the useful Arts progress forward.
I don't dispute that this cargo-cult mechanism is included in the US constitution, but you have to admit that Rogerborg is right to at least question it.
They are NOT talking about videos of the courses
The ban applies to videos assigned by professors for students to watch.
Previously these could be streamed and watched at student's leisure. Now they have to go to the media lab to watch them.
Now they have to go to the media lab to watch them.
If the demand on the media lab increases to the point where students need to use it on weekends, the university should extend the hours of the lab if it has any sense.
They're deliberately trying to save court fees... will they also say they can't pay a few students minimum wage to sit at a reference desk on Sunday?
This seems like just a 'simple' negotiating situation to me. UCLA should just refuse to buy or use any instructional videos which don't grant them a license to make the videos available to enrolled students and faculty online. If the copyright holders want to play hardball, play hardball. Heck, extend this beyond UCLA, and make it a State of California mandate for all state Universities in the California system. What instructional video publisher wants to be locked out of all California public Universities?
Yes, because Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama is a perfect substitute for Citizen Kane.
I'm no negotiations expert, but my understanding is negotiations work because bothsides have a stake and in fact want the negotiations to succeed. Sure, UCLA and the UC System wouldn't want to lose access to the video works. But, neither would the copyright holders want to risk losing the revenue they get from the UC system. But, if the California powers that be (I'm not sure what it's called in California; in Ohio we have the Ohio Board of Regents, and ultimately, the governor and legislature) threatened o
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What sort of videos are we talking about? The only videos I've ever watched in an educational setting were pointless time wasters intended to give the teacher a break. If that's what we're talking about, they have a point. But there's really no loss as they're a waste of time anyway.
If we're talking about video recording of lectures given by professors, then the professors should have the copyright and should be able to distribute them any way they want. This would be far more useful than some generic e
I took a lit class called "An Introduction to Vice" in which we read a bunch of Shakespeare plays (Othello==Rage, Merchant of Venice==Greed, etc) and watched 12 Hitchcock films. The films were an integral part of the course.
In high school and before, I can (sadly) see your point. But if you have a prof. showing a film in college and you consider it a pointless time waster, I think you went to the wrong school or took the wrong class.
No, I didn't watch any videos in college, just HS. Which is why I expressed surprise at that. Generally though, I'd consider English Lit to be a pretty pointless waste of time, videos or not.
I'd have to disagree with you on that one. If you've never read something that moved you, you haven't read the right books.
I've read plenty of stuff that moves me. It's just all non-fiction. It's really pretty hard to get worked up about stuff that never happened to people that never existed. Shakespeare just seems like 400 year old soap operas to me.
Just about the only fiction I care for is Lewis Carrol and Edgar Allen Poe. But still, studying those in college would be a waste of time when I could be learning valuable skills instead. It's entertainment.
The thing I really hate about english lit is that you have to interpret
If you RTFA, you would see that they mention several examples. This is not about lectures. Some of them are educational videos, which I tend to agree are often a waste of time. However, some of the videos are absolutely necessary for the course (in some form or another), like this one:
Eric Gans, a French cinema professor, has also been impacted by the video ban. Because his class falls on Mondays and Wednesdays, Mondays are usually designated to watch the movies that they discuss on Wednesdays. However, two weeks this quarter, due to the national holidays that fall on Mondays, Gans' 40 students will have to individually watch the one copy of the movie held at reserve in the Media Lab.
"If we want students to write a paper on the film over the weekend, it's more convenient for the student to rewatch the movie online over the weekend. (The ban) makes teaching cinema more difficult (because) Video Furnace was extremely useful," Gans said. "I very much hope (the university) will reach some kind of agreement."
I imagine that buying a dozen imported french films would be fairly expensive for a student, so it would be nice if they could come to some sort of arrangement that is better than a single reserve copy.
What sort of videos are we talking about? The only videos I've ever watched in an educational setting were pointless time wasters intended to give the teacher a break. If that's what we're talking about, they have a point. But there's really no loss as they're a waste of time anyway.
If we're talking about video recording of lectures given by professors, then the professors should have the copyright and should be able to distribute them any way they want. This would be far more useful than some generic educa
Apparently that's what they've got with this Video Furnace thing. And that's what the copyright holders are objecting to.
Written material by others, namely, course readers, have to abide to copyright: there is no fair-use exemption that allows the readers to be made without paying the copyright holders, nor for faculty to copy textbooks.
Why should videos not done by the faculty be any different?
Had you read some comments before willy-nilly posting, you would know that there is, in fact, fair-use exemption that allows the readers to be made without paying the copyright holders, and for faculty to copy textbooks. [slashdot.org]
Since these videos are for educational purposes for students of the university, it seems simple enough to restrict access based on student IDs. Perhaps there is a method to check out online media from the library.
This article (being that it's on UCLA's site) mostly seems like a ploy to gain popular support even though they violated their contract with Video Furnace (who respects copyright law). "We can't provide this free service anymore because of the big bad company we just scammed!" I could not envision
This isn't about a recording of a lecture that gets posted, this is about copyright protected videos that a professor shows during a lecture being posted.
So under this threat, a professor that shows "Steamboat Willy" in a class can not post "Steamboat Willy" onto the more accessible distribution system.
The summary almost makes it sound like professors can't put up videos of their own lectures. But that's not what this is about at all. It's about professors not being able to put up other people's video. It even mentions a cinema professor. e.g. "Hey, we're gonna watch The Texas Chainsaw Massacre tonight and talk about it tomorrow. Oh, you can't come tonight? No problem, I'll just put the movie up on the class website." It's not exactly shocking that someone objected to that.
"Hey, we're gonna watch The Texas Chainsaw Massacre tonight and talk about it tomorrow. Oh, you can't come tonight? No problem, I'll just put the movie up on the class website." It's not exactly shocking that someone objected to that.
Copyright was created to protect the rights and ownership of the author and insure they were compensated for their work for a limited time in return for the work becoming publicly available to enrich the community later. However, there are exceptions. Specifically...
"In the United States, the fair use doctrine, permits copying and distribution without permission of the copyright holder or payment to same. Fair dealing uses are research and study; review and critique; parody and satire; news r
Fair dealing uses are research and study; review and critique
.. Which use of this material by this class DOES NOT fall into research, study, review or critique?
Their objection is going to be that the material is copied for the purpose of someone researching/critiquing, rather than as research/critique. (I'm trying to think of a way to say that, without sounding subtle or pedantic, but I'm not doing well.) The copy of the movie that they're distributing, doesn't have the fair use qualifiers in it.
> No problem, I'll just put the movie up on the class website." It's not exactly shocking that someone objected to that.
Actually, it's still pretty unreasonable, because the videos on the class website are only available on campus [ucla.edu] and not (easily) saved (unless you have a stream ripper for media furnace or something). That link is in the submission, but it seems like people are busy pointing out that the videos in question are commercial videos that are class assignments (rather than videos of lectures)
The copyrights are NOT owned by the authors (the researchers, who did the experiments, compiled the results, came up with theories, ideas, formulas and supporting material, wrote the whole damn thing), but by the journal. Who gets all the revenue, too. The researchers get jack. And their work, since copyrighted, cannot be distributed to the humanity as a whole, even though that was the intention of the scientists.
"The mission of AIME (pronounced "aim") is to promote fair and appropriate use of the media and equipment delivering information in a rapidly changing world."
Something tells me that a UCLA student knows how to make a duplicate of a video
1. Go to lab.
2. Make copy of video to watch whenever you want. If you can watch it, you can copy it.
(3. profit? oh wait that would be wrong and illegal
Slightly more work then just straight to home streaming but a minor hickup in the grand scheme of things.
An open standards web based solution would do them just fine, only it would allow the less technically challenged people the capability of making a private copy for later reference.
Sure, and it therefore allows redistribution - why should the rest of the world not benefit from UCLA's movie collection? BitTorrent, anyone?
The problem is, the rest of the world hasn't quite caught up to the "pirate manifesto" which says (a) digital goods have no cost and (b) if it exists, I want a copy. When it does, great. Until then, you can expect lawsuits over distribution and redistribution where someone isn't getting paid.
lawsuits over distribution and redistribution where someone isn't getting paid
The issue here was the software needed to use/deliver the media, not the media itself. The only pirating going on was the students using a proprietary software package that they were told they needed to have/install on their personal machine in order to use the media that they already paid for through their tuition fees. Their tuition fees did not however pay for the software they needed, and the University should have known th
I just don't get it. OK, so I went to college in the pre-Internet days, and times have obviously changed, but this really struck me:
"Many professors have commented that this will hurt students, because they now have to watch all videos at the IML, which isn't open on weekends, forcing students to try to fit assigned videos between classes."
Isn't part of the educational process (or life in general) getting people to be responsible with and accountable to their time? Or am I just part of an older generation?
College libraries are pretty much always opened weekends and early evenings; around exam time, many universities keep them opened all the way to midnight. This is a rather major difference from something that's only opened during class hours.
Teacher: "Good morning, lit class. Next we'll be reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. It's for sale at the bookstore. Go buy a copy and read the first 100 pages and we'll talk about it on Monday."
Student: "Buy?! I can't afford that."
Teacher: "Ok, well the library also has--"
Student: "Only one copy and Ralph here next to me already checked it out."
Teacher: "Ok, well, then, I'll just take my copy here over to the photocopy machine. Who all of you need a free copy?"
Student: "Me!"
Student: "Mee!"
Student: "Me too!"
Heller: "Brains!" [Kills teacher and eats brain.]
Student: "Why did you kill teacher?"
Heller: "Copyright infringement."
Student: "You're dead. Why do you care?"
Heller: "Need money buy brains."
That's a totally believable scenario. But change the book to a movie and suddenly people are surprised that someone's brain got eaten.
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