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OXFORD – Usually, hiding a cell phone in your lap or purse during church is a definite no-no, but the Orchard Oxford is encouraging its congregation to break out their devices during services. Last month, the church released a smartphone app for members to download onto their phone.
"It's easy to blast the blending of tech into worship as evil, but if we get into too much of a rut, we miss things God wants to do," said Orchard pastor Pat Ward. "As a church, we are always thinking about how to communicate, and the new generation of worshipers have never not known this technology."
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Ward has been with the Orchard Oxford since its founding seven years ago, and said the church's relationship with technology has evolved each year.
"At first we used e-mail to communicate with our members, but when compared to Facebook, e-mail is very limited," Ward said. "Facebook became the next tier, but the information we were trying to get out was getting lost in the Facebook noise."
However, it was with the advent of tablets and smart phones that the possibilities really took off. When Apple released the first iPad in 2010, it immediately became a presence at church as a searcheable, navigable Bible. Comparably powerful and more transportable smart phones made communication through technology convenient, easy, and novel.
"So many people have smart phones and carry them everywhere that they really have become the new Swiss army knife," Ward said.
The app was created through the website churchapp.org, which originated from a large Seattle church that soon realized their app was merely a template. Each individual church can substitute their own content and graphics. The Orchard app has an archive of past sermons, a list of scripture to be discussed over the next few weeks, and a built-in Bible. Downloadable from the Android market and the iTunes store, the app allows members to catch the sermon when they are forced to miss church for whatever reason, and also allows the church to keep the congregation up to date with event schedules and news.
"It also allows us to see how many people have downloaded it and where they are listening," he said. "It's amazing, one of our listeners tunes in from Laos, in Asia."
Ongoing discussion
"Even when people first started writing, they were hesitant to actually write 'Yaweh,' because they weren't sure what God would think about it," Ward said. "Whatever's next – holograms, whatever – we will always be having this discussion about it."
Ward said he sees a parallel between the accessibility of the app and the nature of Jesus' parables. It is key to remember who Jesus was speaking to: a work-loaded agrarian audience. Accordingly, the parables Christ told often used the vocabulary of agriculture. They were endlessly insightful, but compact enough for listeners to remember and share with others.
However, Ward said the app in no way is meant to take the place of the church.
"The app is a useful tool, but in no way is it an adequate substitute for actually being in church and being involved in a church community," he said.
Additionally, the church does not assume everyone has access to the app. It takes care to make information accessible through as many channels impossible from e-mails to newsletters. Ward said everything available on the app is available on paper through the church, as well.
Ward said the respect afforded to tradition melded with a constant self-evaluation on how to better reach people defines the true spirit of The Orchard.
"In our services, we sing traditional hymns along with contemporary songs because each one offers something different. Using them together really makes for something beautiful," he said. "The app is an attempt to do the same thing."


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You don't need to change all your passwords
This is probably going to be a wildly unpopular opinion and IDGAF. So many of my non-technical friends are freaking out that I feel the need to provide a bit of reassurance/reality.
First, an analogy.
In 2005 we learned that you can open a Kryptonite U-lock with a ballpoint pen. Everyone freaked out and changed their bike locks ASAP. Remember that?
Now, I wasn't riding a bike at the time, but I started riding a bike a few years later in San Francisco, and I know how widespread bike theft is there. I used multiple levels of protection for my bike: a good lock, fancy locking posts on the seat and handlebars, and I parked my bike somewhere secure (work, home) about 90% of the time and only locked it up in public for short periods. Everywhere I went I saw sad, dismembered bike frames hanging forlornly from railings, reminding me of the danger. Those were paranoid times, and if I'd been riding in SF in 2005 you can bet I would have been first in line to replace my U-lock.
These days I live in Ballarat, a country town in Victoria, Australia. Few people ride bikes here and even fewer steal them. I happily leave my bike unlocked on friends' front porches, dump it under a tree while I watch birds on the lake, lean it against the front of a shop just locked to itself while I grab a coffee, or park it outside divey music venues while I attend gigs late at night. I have approximately zero expectation of anything happening to it. If I heard that my bike lock had been compromised, I wouldn't be in too desperate a hurry to change it.
Here's the thing: if you are an ordinary Jane or Joe living the Internet equivalent of my cycling life in Ballarat, you don't need to freak out about this thing.
Here are some websites I use where I'm not going to bother changing my password:
- The place where I save interesting recipes
- The one I go to to look at gifs of people in bands
- That guitar forum
- The one with the cool jewelry
- The wiki I edit occasionally
- The social network I only signed up for out of a sense of obligation but never use
Why? Because a) probably nobody's going to bother trying to steal the passwords from there, and b) even if they did, so what?
This Heartbleed bug effectively reduces the privacy of an SSL-protected site (one whose URL starts with https://, which will probably show a lock in your browser's address bar) to that of one without. Would you login to a site without SSL? Do you even know if the site uses SSL? If you'd login to your pet/recipe/knitting/music site anyway — if you'd do it from a coffee shop or airport — if you'd do it from a laptop or tablet or phone doesn't have a strong password on it — if you don't use two-factor authentication or don't know what that means — then basically this won't matter to you.
(I'm not saying it shouldn't matter. You should probably set strong passwords and use VPNs and two-factor authentication. Just like you should probably lock your bike up everywhere you go, floss, and get your pap smears on the regular. Right? Right? *crickets*)
So if you're a regular Jane — not working in IT security, not keeping state secrets, etc — here's where you really need to change your passwords:
- Any site you use to login to other sites (eg. Google, Facebook)
- Any site that gives access to a good chunk of your money with just your password (eg. your bank, PayPal, Amazon)
(To do this: use this site to check if the site in question is affected, then if it's "all clear" change your password. Don't bother changing your password on a still-affected site, as that defeats the purpose. Oh, and you should probably change your passwords on those sites semi-regularly anyway, like maybe when you change the batteries in your smoke alarm. Which I just realised I should have done the other day and didn't. Which tells you everything, really.)
Beyond those couple of key websites, you need to do a little risk assessment. Ask yourself questions like:
- Has anyone ever heard of this site? Does anyone care? Is it likely to be a target of ominous dudes in balaclavas?
- If I lost my login to this site, or someone could snoop what I had on that account, what is the worst that could happen?
If your answer is "I'd lose my job" or "I absolutely cannot survive without my extensive collection of Bucky/Steve fanart" then by all means change your password.
If your answer is "Eh, I'd sign up for a new one" or "Wait, even I'd forgotten that site existed" then you can probably stop freaking out quite so much.
DISCLAIMER: I am not an Internet security expert, just a moderately well-informed techhead. Some people, including better-informed ones, will disagree with me. You take this advice at your own risk. La la la what the fuck ever, you'll most likely be fine.


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My kids go in those bouncy houses all the time. They're big at birthday parties and theme parks. Some families even set them up in the backyard. As a parent, you think: What can happen? They're soft and cushy. But now there are alarming new numbers about kids getting seriously hurt.
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It's a wake-up call for all of us: Those fun, inflatable houses, now responsible for a spike in injuries. Doctors call it an epidemic.
"More than 30 children are treated in a hospital emergency department every day in this country for an injury associated with an inflatable bouncer," Dr. Gary Smith of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. "Thirty kids a day, and that equals a child every 45 minutes."
Dr. Smith is senior author of a new landmark study in the journal Pediatrics that, for the first time, looks at bounce house injuries nationwide over the past two decades. ""Between 2008 and 2010, there was a doubling of injuries," he told us.Story: Rossen Reports: Many backyard decks collapse, experts warn
It happened to little Cassie Stapleton. Cassie was coming down a slide when she lost her balance and fell, breaking her arm in two places.
"Did you think in a million years, 'my daughter could be hurt in a bouncy house?'" we asked Cassie's mother, Rebecca Stapleton.
"Never, never," she said.
"We're all guilty of it, right? We turn our back and the kids are playing in there. You think they're safe."
"Absolutely," Rebecca agreed. "Even the floor is soft. You think there's nothing that can happen to them, but that's not the case."
According to the study, the most common injuries are sprains and fractures, some to the head and neck. Forty-three percent of injuries are caused by falls, most inside the bounce house, with some kids bouncing out of it. Sixteen percent of injuries are caused by other kids: collisions and roughhousing.Story: Rossen Reports: Are carnival games cheating you — and your kids?
"What should parents do?" we asked Dr. Smith.
"They should consider limiting the use to children 6 years and older, because we know the risks are less for that age group," he told us. And, he said, make sure the kids playing inside are all around the same age.
"So a 7-and-a-half-year-old shouldn't be in there with 3-and-a-half-year olds?" we asked.
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The industry told us it can't comment on the study, but said safety is a top priority, the frequency of injuries is incredibly low, and most happen because of misuse, or failure to follow guidelines.Story: Rossen Reports: Crib products may be deadly, experts say
Cassie Stapleton is all healed now. But her mom will never forget that day she raced her to the ER.
"You have to keep an eye on them every second," Rebecca Stapleton said. "If they're in a bounce house, they're not always fool-proof, they're not always safe, and it's something that you really need to make sure you're always on top of."
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No one is saying "stay away from bounce houses." Even Cassie's parents still bring her. Just know the risks. There are safety guidelines for bounce houses, but experts say that may not be enough. Manufacturers and doctors need to get together and figure out a better way to design these houses, to keep kids safer.
As for kids doing flips and acrobatics in bounce houses, doctors say: Don't do it. Some of the most serious injuries to the head and neck are caused by stunts. They say, talk to your kids before they go in, and set the ground rules. And if kids are getting too rough, get them out.
To read a full statement from a spokesperson for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, click here .
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Birds, Beasts and Battles: music by Virtuoso Violinists Georg Muffat (1653-1704) Sonata no. 2 from Armonico Tributo Muffat was a musical diplomat. Born in France of Scottish ancestry and trained in both France and Italy, he considered himself a German. In his instrumental works issued during the last two decades of the 17th century he sought to introduce the Germans to French and Italian styles, and prefaced his five published collections with informative multilingual introductions detailing Lullys and Corellis performing practices. The Armonico Tributo, published in Salzburg in 1682, contains the fruits of his Italian sojourn, as he himself acknowledged: I learned the Italian manner on the clavier from the world-famous Signor Bernardo (Pasquini) and where I heard, with great pleasure and astonishment, several concertos.... composed by the gifted Signor Arcangelo Corelli, and beautifully performed with the utmost accuracy by a great number of instrumental players. Having observed the considerable variety in these, I composed several of the present works, which were tried over at the house of the aforesaid Signor Arcangelo Corelli (to whom I am deeply indebted for many useful observations touching this style, most graciously communicated to me).
Although entitled sonatas, the pieces in Muffats Armonico Tributo, like Corellis concerti grossi Op. 6, belong to the early history of the concerto. Scored for five-part strings throughout (2 violins, 2 violas and cello), these works could either be played by single strings alone (in the manner of a trio sonata) or by orchestral forces, in which case Muffat indicated the allocation of music to tutti and solo groups (like Corellis concerti grossi) by adding the letters T and S to the appropriate sections. In their harmonic simplicity and clear-cut phrase structure the concluding dance movements suggest French inspiration. Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1623-1680) Fechtschule (Fencing School) Schmelzer was one of the most influential instrumental composers working at the Habsburg court during the mid-17th century. As a violinist he was heralded by one contemporary as the famous and nearly most distinguished violinist in all Europe (J.J. Mller, Reise-Diarium, 1660). His three main collections of chamber music published between 1659 and 1664 mark him out as the leading Austrian composer of suites and sonatas before Biber. Schmelzer was also a prolific composer of ballet music, which he wrote regularly for the court entertainments of Leopold I between 1665 and 1680. As with the present work, most of his dance suites are framed by movements entitled 'aria', between which there is an unpredictable succession of dances and pieces with programmatic titles, here a sarabande, courante, and one entitled Fechtschule, in which the posturing swordplay of a fencing master is imitated by the lunging, quivering and parrying of the first violinists bow as the player does battle with a fiendish solo part. Carlo Farina (c1600-c1640) Capriccio stravagante
We know comparatively little about the life of the Italian violinist and composer Carlo Farina, save that he began his career at the court at Mantua and in 1625 was appointed Konzertmeister at Dresden, where all his surviving music was published between 1626 and 1628. He seems to have stayed in Dresden for just four years before travelling again (to Danzig in 1637); his return to Italy was ill timed it seems, for he almost immediately succumbed to the plague. He is remembered today chiefly as a pioneer of violin technique. At a time when there was little truly idiomatic writing for the instrument, Farinas imaginative and virtuosic violin writing was genuinely innovative. Many of his pieces, including the present one, have a strongly programmatic flavour and are decked out with explicit performing directions. The Capriccio stravagante, scored for four-part strings and published in his first collection in 1626, is one of Farinas most colourful virtuoso showpieces. During the course of the work, made up of a kaleidoscopic variety of short movements, the strings (and particularly the first violin) are called upon to imitate the sound of the lira, the little fife, the bowed lira, the trumpet, clarion and drums, hens cackling and cocks crowing, the flute, a soldiers fife, cats fighting, dogs barking, and finally the strumming of a Spanish guitar. Antoni Vivaldi (1678-1741) Violin Concerto Il Grosso Mogul During his lifetime Vivaldi was more generally admired by his contemporaries as a violinist than as a composer. One J.F.A. von Uffenbach, an amateur musician and lawyer from Frankfurt, visited Vivaldi in February 1715 and left a vivid account of his playing: Towards the end Vivaldi played a solo accompaniment splendidly, appending a fantasy (cadenza) which really terrified me, for such has not been nor ever can be played; he came with his fingers within a mere grass-stalks breadth of the bridge, so that the bow had no room - and this on all four strings with imitations and at an incredible speed. Although Vivaldis astonishing virtuosity as a violinist is of course lost to posterity, we are able to glimpse something of his terrifying technique due to the fortunate survival of two cadenzas (one lasting over 100 bars) which he wrote for the first and last movements of the present concerto (preserved in two manuscript copies of the work) and which are included in the performance recorded here. Yet despite ranking as one of Vivaldis most demanding concertos for the solo violin, it is not simply a virtuoso stunt-piece, possessing sufficient musical substance to have attracted Bachs attention when, as a young man, he arranged a version of it for solo organ (BWV 594) for the entertainment of Duke Johann Ernst of Weimar. Indeed, the characteristic Italian 'hammerstroke' opening of three repeated notes was later pressed into service at the start of Bachs own E major violin concerto.
Vivaldis concerto actually survives in several different versions, in which the most significant variant is the middle movement. In the autograph manuscript there is a rhapsodic solo for the violin marked Recitativo (performed on the present recording), but in the printed edition of the concerto included in Vivaldis Op. 7 (first issued by Jeanne Roger of Amsterdam c. 1716-17) a simpler eleven-bar Grave is substituted. The original is not only musically superior, but with the character of a frozen improvisation it is an important reminder of Vivaldis spell-binding talent as a virtuoso violinist. Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) Battalia The 18th century English music historian, Charles Burney, wrote that of all the violin players of the last century Biber seems to have been the best, and his solos are the most difficult and most fanciful of any music I have seen of the same period The ensemble sonata Battalia is certainly 'fanciful' in its programmatic content, though not as technically difficult as some of Bibers solo violin sonatas (most famously the Mystery sonatas of c. 1676). Written in or around 1673, the Battalia sonata is provided with sub-titles throughout, much like the Farina Capriccio stravagante. After a bounding introduction the texture is expanded to nine parts entering successively to give the impression of a back-slapping, lusty sing-song; a little later Mars, God of War, is invoked in a spectacular violin solo (accompanied by a single-note drone on the second violin). After a boozy aria dedicated to Bacchus, a brief battle ensues (depicted by suitable furious string tremolandi), and the whole work is eventually rounded off by a lament for the wounded musketeers. Simon Heighes (1992)
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Most people if they find a dog will go on Craigslist they may try to sell him or just let him go. I would get the local tv news to run the story also a full page newspaper story . Someone may know something.prayers sent.
Most people if they find a dog will go on Craigslist they may try to sell him or just let him go. I would get the local tv news to run the story also a full page newspaper story . Someone may know something.prayers sent.
Can you contact any retriever clubs in the area.The more eyes on the lookout the better..Maybe post the video on youtube, wishing you the best of luck in his recovery.
Unfortunately my son never had him chipped
I might be careful about going to the press. Thief might just decide to cut his losses and get rid of the evidence. My heart breaks for your son. Can hardly stand to think about this.
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Good point. I guess each owner has to weigh the costs. I remember a few years ago when two show dogs were stolen from a LA motel, there was so much publicity that the thief just dropped the dogs off at a nearby shelter. There are alot of retriever clubs like mentioned above the more people aware and looking the better. This is heartbreaking.
There are 7 Vet Clinics in Carencro. You may want to end them each a flier with picture and mention about the missing toes on the rear foot.
The first 7 listed are in Carencro.
Also, there are two animal shelters in the area that should be alerted.
Call #1 on th list and ask them for the number of the shelter in Carencro.
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"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
What is this world coming to?
I hope all works out for the best and soon too
Prayers working..
I really hope your son gets his dog back. That is terrible. That guy deserves to rot in hell. I don't see how anyone could take a mans dog, that's just flat out low. Keep us posted
Can his face be seen on the video? Post it on FB and maybe the SOBs mother will see what an AH she has raised.
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I'd suggest that you have law enforcement get a look at that security cam video. Sometimes they can do some pretty cool stuff with software to enhance the image and pick up some specifics that might make the difference.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., December 13, 2012 – In a letter to the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) urged Congress to embrace tax credit extensions for alternative fuels, underscoring its importance to America's energy security and employment objectives.
Richard Roldan, NPGA's President and CEO, stated in the letter, "All of these provisions positively impact the economy, creating jobs, benefiting consumers, encouraging market-based environmental stewardship, and promoting American-made fuel." Highlighting propane's abundance and ability to help America achieve its goal of being energy independent, Roldan continued, "virtually all consumer propane used in the United States is produced in North America from North American resources." The propane industry has more than 3,000 companies and nearly 40,000 employees.
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Since the vet that we saw the other day was unsure about what happened to Ruger I took called one of the other vets in the office with more experience. I found out the first vet is new to there practice and hasn't been out of vet school long. I just wanted a second opinion because after reading most of the replies I got and research on the internet it didn't sound like a seizure but more of something to do with his ears.
All his bloodwork was normal; glucose & phosphorus a little high and globin a little low. Nothing out of the norm though as since he's never had bloodwork done this could be where his norms are.
He said since his eyes where darting back and forth horizonally it seems like just a case of dizziness. I asked him about vestubular disease and he said that's just in cases of older dogs and it would be a recurring thing and more noticable. He said his eyes where the key, and if I where to watch someone with motion sickness or have someone turn in circles really quick and watch there eyes they would do the same thing. He said if it happens again he will prescrib meclizine for vertigo.
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In a free society, the people are given many opportunities to succeed. But there will always be a 'something-for-nothing' crowd that will have their hands out, because in their view they are 'owed' for some strange reason. Their hand-outs are a form of a right as they have been told by the socialists/Democrats for the time frame you are looking at. Their parents can't teach them either because they were brain-washed in that belief as well.
Without recognizing a free society demands responsibility of the individual to take care of themselves, and NOT rely on big government for every scrap of existance, the nation will continue to slide into Marxism/communism, much like the Obamaites are actively changing daily.
It's not difficult to explain HOW those numbers occurred, Henry. Your precious Democrat-led oligarchy providing all that stimulus and money printing has been taken advantage of by those on Wall Street, that understand how to fleece the ignorant. If you need to point the finger of blame, handing out low-interest lucre to those that know what to do with it, might be your answer.


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|Bonefish, Tarpon, and other Obsessions Turquoise water, silver demons on the fly
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There is a Club Med there and a diving center both in the NE part of the island. If you fish the southern creek flats you may see a couple of skiffs taking people on lagoon tours and to my horror we did see jet ski's one day but they were not around for long. Fishing the northern creek flats we saw noone else. Saw no other fishermen the whole week other than locals after conch.
If interested I can give you Rochelle Hanna's email. PM me.
|Swalt, thanks for the info on your trip. I have flown into and over San Salvador, and wondered what the fishing would be like on the island. I believe there is a Club Med on the island, which implied to me that it was a high rent district. You allayed my concern.
We did not get a chance to check out the lakes. I had heard there were tarpon in them but I think you would need a boat to fish them. The ones we saw from the roads did not look like live lakes. There does not appear to be water flowing in and out of them like on Inagua so I don''t know if they hold fish or not.
|Sounds like a great DIY place! Did you explore the interior lakes for tarpon? I hear they have some there.
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Took my first DIY bonefishing trip last week to San Salvador. I know this is not considered a top bonefish destination but there are fish there and there are nice wadable flats there. I picked that island because it has a good road system around the island and along a nice 5 mile creek system in the southeast corner. I did DIY because I wanted to take my son and I can't afford full lodge/guide prices for 2 and I just wanted to see if I could do it. There are no bonefish guides on San Salvador anyway.
We stayed in part of a house rented by a Bahamian couple, Rochelle and Gary Hanna, for $90 a night and rented a car for $75 a day. The part of the house we stayed in had a bedroom with 2 double beds, bathroom with a nice shower and a combination full kitchen and living room with cable TV. She also rents a smaller room for $50 or $55 a day. Super people and a real deal for the money. We purchased cereal and milk for breakfast, made sandwiches for lunch and ate out for dinner at 2 local resturants for about $30 for both of us. Things like cracked conch, grouper, pork chops and ribs. I did not keep close tabs but I think the trip cost around $2,500 including air for the 2 of us.
The tides were low early, beginning at 3:30am, and got better all week. Since we didn't have a low tide during the day to start the week we explored back bay areas off the main creek to start the week. The first one we pulled up to was right off a road and you could see fish tailing not a 150' away. We anxiously worked our way through some mangroves and sunk into some soft muck. My son caught one fish and we sloshed around for a couple of hours before giving that up. I did see one of the largest bonefish I have seen among some mangroves but there was no way to get a fly to him and you would have no shot at landing him if you did. He probably got big because noone in their right mind would try to wade in that mess. We explored other such areas the first 2 days and managed one fish each day.
We fished nice walkable flats in the creek the rest of the week. To get to some we had to walk down old roads for close to a mile and some we had to wade accross waist deep channels and some almost right off the road. The wind was 15 to 20mph all week except for friday. It was cloudy for the most part during the mornings when the tide was right. The conditions were not ideal but we did manage to catch fish each day with a low of 3 and a high of 8. I know with better conditions and with what we learned we could do much better. The fish were larger than I expected. Averageing 2 to 4 lbs with a couple in the 6 to 8lb range and that big one that we saw that was easily double digits. We saw no permit. We did see a few nice cudas but were not prepared for them at the time. We saw no other fishermen other than locals after conch or other fish the whole time we were there.
It was an extreemly fast week.
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|Classic Atlantic Salmon No pursuit rivals salmon rivers, flies & legacy
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Don't worry about the mandatory guide for non resident's. For the immediate (and forseeable )future ,it's dead .
Thanks for your comments
The ideas are just being batted around for now and NOTHING has been decided.
Hopefully things will get straightened out to everyones liking and in a fashion that our friends and neighbours from "out of town" can keep coming to play on some of the most beautiful rivers on earth.
Tight Lines ...
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My heart sank when I read this thread, I have been fishing for Atlantic Salmon in Quebec for the past couple of years and I've been thrilled with the experience, the quality of the salmon , the beauty of the rivers and the pleasure of simply being there means a lot to me. It is of course, the salmon that brings me there. I had hoped that this would be an annual trip for me, as a simple working man who lives within driving distance (Maine) it is possible for me to go fishing in Quebec every year, as long as I am not required to hire a guide, If I am required to hire a guide it adds several hundreds of dollars to my trip and it is no longer an annual opportunity for me, I would still come, but perhaps I could only afford every other year or one in three years.
To me this is a false economy, the people who can afford guides will hire them anyway, and those of us who cannot will simply not be able to fish/visit Quebec. I see that as a net loss. I also believe that mandatory outfitting/guiding is bad for the sport and bad for the industry in general. I fished the Mirimichi several years ago and had a "mandatory guide" , one of the worst sporting experiences of my life. My "guide" sat at the motor and swilled beer from a brown paper bag all day, when I asked him to travel downriver to a different spot he told me we did not have enough gas, we actually ran out of gas on the river. now, I know that this would not have happened if I were staying at Ponds or one of the other fine outfitters on the Mirimichi, but I can't afford those guys, so I am stuck with one of the local "outboard jockeys" which made my trip miserable, I have never returned to the Mirimichi.
I also believe that fisheries should be managed for conservation, not for monetary opportunities. Here in Maine we are forbidden to fish for Atlantic salmon because of the Endangered Species Act, as much as that is a hard ship we can live with it because it is important for the conservation and restoration of the species. This is a lot different than being excluded because you can't afford a guide. Will Salmon fishing in the Americas become the sole domaine of the wealthy as it is in many parts of the world. I sure hope not.
Hopefully this will not pass and anglers from all walks of life will get to sample the delights of Quebec salmon. Thank you, Terry
Thanks for the info. 'been a bit buried in work at the office and didn't get the chance to follow the press release.
When they shook up the govt cabinet the other week, I saw it as a bit of a power struggle between Ministry of the Environnement and the Min of Nat Resources.
Given that Envir. is in charge of the network of "protected areas", they wanted parks. Sadly, at the same time, the Environement depatment of the forest service is working on their OWN network of Biological Reserves (Biodiversity and all that). There is still NO coordination between the two groups on this similar dossier. (BR's are smaller in size, but will be similar to Ecological reserves, with very little humain activity.)
Incidentally, in some discussions before Christmas, the forest industry, along with Min Forests, proposed to Environnement to create one of the Province D Aire Protégée all along the Ste-Margureit Rv, larger than the existing ZEC, butting up against the Sagueany Marine Park and spreading up North a ways into the Valin Mountains.
We haven't gotten any feedback from Environnement, but it would be a nice zone to help protect the Ste-Marguerite.
À Suivre ...
Sooner this week, all the federations related to wildlife has published a press release about this. Actualy, the wildlife world has been splitted in 2 parts; the one generating revenus going to environment, the one generating expenses staying with MRNFP...There is a consensus from all the federations; they will let the government decide under which minister the wildlife will be, but the wildlife world MUST be kept as a global world. Expect to see some other changes soon...
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Thanks David for the info. Glad to see that discussions are progressing. Lets hope every one will be happy with the results at the end.
For those who would like to read the FQSA position, the english version (PDF format) of their proposal is online at the following link :
Thanks David
Nice to know things are moving along (if not quickly, at least moving.
I was wondering if the "talks" got boged down when the Ministre Delegué became The Minister for the whole bunch (MRNFP).
Would you happen to know if the Wildlife Branch went with Parks over to Environnement or if they stayed with Natural Resources??
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Silver Fox,
Nothing has been set in stone yet. Several ideas have been offered but nothing has been agreed upon as of yet. A special, working team, was put together after the last official salmon table meeting to try to work out a plan that would suit everyone's needs. A lot of good ideas came from these meetings but there seems to be one group that is still not willing to - how would I put this correctly... play nice with the other players.
The government, First Nations, FQSA, FQF, FPQ all seem to be on the same page and are looking for solutions to make better use of our resource for all. Of course the primary goal is to assure resident access, especially during the prime time period, followed by a fair and equitable system for access to the resource by others either working in the business, or, who just want to enjoy it.
Early March is the next scheduled meeting. I am confident that progress will be made then. I know that the other members of the round table are anxious to find a solution to this as there are MANY other issues to deal with at the table.
Keep checking the FQSA, FPQ and government websites for press releases. This is the best way to get FACTUAL information!
Keep well,
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it helped!
Counting those leapers really helps!
Looking forward to seeing them UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL SOON!
Best to you,
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Forget the pills if you're out of scotch, count the leapers !
I think you should read again recommandation 56(P.50) and 60 (P.53), it should help.
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Thank you. New dossier for me. Just finished reading the FQSA document (all 108 pages). Waiting for february too.
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Macallen 25 year! Great idea...
Dear Salmo 52,
First of all, I would like to thank you for your concern about my sleep... I can happily tell you that I am not losing any sleep from this subject, however, I am getting a good laugh at some of the behind the scenes workings to discredit us. (you are obviously not in this category)
The rumours and outright-created-lies posted on these boards are at root of why I have waded into the boards to respond. If you did not notice, I stayed out of it until it reached a point of being ridiculous. Now that I have waded in and have OFFERED the FACTS, I find it strange that many who started the controversey seem to be absent from offering solutions, they only continue to stirr the pot through others, who unfortunately have been victim of some of my rants. Oh well, for those in the know, the ones who will make the decisions, we all know what is REALLY going on! For those who have been pointed out as stirring the pot, I am sorry that you have been caught up in this, and that some of you have been soured, as you say, about continuing in the converstation, but this is the price to pay of aligning with people who have personal score's to settle and who have been spreading false information about our province. Do you think for one minute that the government and others really care about what we exchange here on the BB? Think again if the anwer is yes. I am only responding because I am sick of the lies and want to share the REAL story with others.
It would be really nice if these people (the one's who get others to start these topics) would offer suggestions on how to make the system work, before it is too late. Continually bitching about what we already know needs to be fixed, does not help anyone. So, once again I throw out the welcome mat to anyone who has suggestions. I have made several within my organization and welcome the ideas of others to incorporate into our work in progress.
Thanks for your input. You are correct, we need to take care of the draws first! Although I would really like to offer what we will be suggesting at the round-table, I simply cannot out of respect for all who will be hearing it soon enough. It is a work in progress but the GRANDE LIGNES have been suggested and will be offered soon!
What I CAN TELL YOU is that Quebec residents NEEDS in terms of the percentage of rods available through a draw is DEFINATELY priority number 1. As a matter of fact, it is FAR superior to what is the reality today. Enough said, you will all hear about it soon enough. I will go on to say that we have tried to consider every single utilizer and business in our proposition.
If you look at the FQSA model, which for the most-part suggests that outfitters be alloted a portion of the 20%, it would lead us to believe that they want about 80% of the total rods to be alloted to Quebecer's in a first round draw, if I am not mistaken. What we propose fits closely into this but takes into consideration, believe it or not, non-residents and other businesses in Quebec who deal in salmon. I am offering my comments based on the memorandum offered by the FQSA, but cannot tell you exactly what they are suggesting and the above should not be taken as fact, it is only my interpretation. I will have to wait like everyone else to find out in February what their real suggestions are.
Perhaps when all of this is all said and done, when our proposition is examined by all parties, many will see outfitters in a different light!
Thanks for your input!
Best to you,
P.S. out of scotch, can you suggest something else to help my sleepless nights!
Yes ... a very productive and exciting pool. My avatar was "taken" there in 2002
This is low flow ... Marc Bergeron in august 2002 taken from the gallery
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Most of you are probably following the Weiner-Waggle in New York. San Diego has its mayor scandal and the major won't quit.
He's been mayor since November. So far now up to 8 women who worked with or for him have charged Major Bob Filner with sexual harassment -- from butt and booby groping, to grabbing and kissing, to suggesting they don't wear panties to work, and whispering sexual advances while having a woman in a headlock at work. His fiancé dropped him saying he was a sexual pervert. He admitted to being a super friendly guy. Then he said he agreed he needed help.
San Diego City Council asked him to quit. He refused. The women just kept stepping forward and now it is up to 8. At least one has filed a lawsuit. Last Tuesday the City Council voted that they would not pay for his legal expenses for law suits.
He has announced that in August he will be attending therapy for 2 weeks, but he is not quitting as mayor.
I don't live anywhere near San Diego. I am just listening to the news amazed at this story. The guy won't quit and the City Council can't get rid of him. He has to be either convicted of a felony or an expensive recall election has to be held.
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As a Grade 6 student, Mallory OBrien took classes on Lauriers Waterloo campus and stayed overnight in residence with her classmates. She wasnt a child prodigy she was a participant in the universitys Junior University Multidisciplinary Program (JUMP).
It was really cool to attend classes that interested me, so I could get a taste of what it would be like to attend university to do something I loved, said OBrien, who eventually enrolled at Laurier after graduating high school.
JUMP is a one to three day program for students in Grades 5 to 8. From wearing perception goggles and learning about the brain in a psychology class, to conducting polymer experiments in science and participating in an archaeological dig, JUMP offers a unique educational experience. While completing courses in athletics, archaeology, astronomy, communications, business, geography, music, science, psychology or theatre, students explore new subjects, learn about post-secondary education and discover possible career paths. Outside of the classroom, students enjoy leadership activities, live and eat on campus, and bond with friends and teachers.
I have very strong, positive memories of learning how to draw a skull with a real model, recalled OBrien. I remember it also being a great bonding experience with friends, and we even got to take our drawing home!
To date, more than 25,000 students from across Ontario have participated in JUMP. In 2014, the program celebrates its 20th anniversary.
It is great to watch some of our quieter students or less adventurous students do things they may not have done before, said Nicole Kazemzadeh, a music teacher at Millen Woods Public School in Waterloo, who has attended several JUMP camps with her students. I love hearing about their experiences when they come back to school, full of new memories and often a great deal more confidence than when they left.
When it came time to choose a university, the familiar feel of the universitys campus, and the positive memories of the JUMP experience were factors in OBriens decision to attend Laurier.
No matter how good of a student you are, attending university for the first time is a bit of a nerve-wracking experience, she said. JUMP helps dispel some of those daunting feelings by getting students onto campus making them feel like part of the community before they officially attend the institution.
JUMP sessions run in May and June. Registration for the programs 2014 camps is now open, and teachers are encouraged to reserve their class space early. For more information, visit www.wlu.ca/jump.
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Most gardeners are just coming out of their deep planning phase, wrapping up dark months of poring through seed catalogs like plant porn.
I'd hate to admit it, but it looks like my yard has it's own Rule 43.
April, as T.S. Eliot so smartly put it, is the cruelest month. If he were a New Mexico gardener, Eliot might include February, March and the early part of May as well. They're all cruel for the same reasons: A warm day or two makes gardeners start to change their normal routes to ones nearer to Osuna Nursery (like H.I. McDunnough in Raising Arizona stalking convenience stores). And, invariably, everyone with dirt under their fingernails experiences fear and pangs of regret at mistiming their plantings—as the last freeze of the year splinters those snap peas, turns tomato seedlings to trash and withers even the weeds. Even the spirit of Ben Franklin working with Dr. George Fischbeck couldn't accurately predict the last freeze.
And, like fumbling teenagers in the backseat of a car, we are all too quick to plant.
Seed catalogs are lovely. My kids cut them up and make the best découpage, and they multiply like tumbleweeds in a windy corner. Like PBS or NPR, these companies sell your name to everyone they possibly can. This year, mine was given up to several, including Good Vibrations (a sex-positive shop) and the pinnacle of pulpy weird gift catalogs from the liberal version of Skymall, Signals. I suppose that is a relevant sell-through, if you imagine I'll give up a spot in my garden for a statue of two cats sitting on a bench, fishing in an imaginary pond made of dirt.
The real action comes from trips to (or orders from) places like Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds in Petaluma, Calif., a storehouse of heirloom varieties of vegetables like a seed bank, housed in an actual bank, and trips to Seeds of Change—including hopping the fence to scope their research farm—in order to get my heirloom Italian kale (Cavalo nero), Russian and Polish quick-grow tomatoes, Italian parsley, purple and French carrots (Nantes). I fervently believe the dark-bluish leaves of the Cavalo make for a more lovely Colcannon (recipe below).
This year, I'll get a late start—cursing how I don't start with seeds in the first place—and turn to seedlings, only to blow more cash than I should. The problem with seedlings is that you end up with shit like zucchini, which nobody likes. Fer crissakes, grow something interesting.
It's wonderful—
I'm down for growing high-value crops that are too delicious when fresh or too impractical or expensive on a commercial scale. ... even for the Co-op. The people who are into this fall into several sad little camps: DIY post-punks (me), hippies (ew), people who are preppers (no thanks) and turn of not-
Every passion and interest is invariably going to put you in the company of folks you'd never choose, and into places you might never otherwise go—like, the Albuquerque Mennonite Church at 1300 Girard, where Albuquerque Old School holds a variety of classes on creating your own makeup from everyday kitchen staples, canning basics, keeping chickens, what weeds you can eat and cheese-making.
Most of these classes have delicious intersection points between my long-standing epicurean interest, my cheapskatery and my pigheaded insistence that I can learn anything.
Mostly it's cheapskatery.
Things grow, and they don't need much: water, time, elements and a little know-how. Things in New Mexico, however, need significant organic amendment, and that means you had better start a compost. Do yourself a favor: Find a spot in the garden and dig a little hole. As you start your garden, begin to separate your coffee grounds and vegetable matter from the trash. Wrap it in this here copy of the Alibi, cover it with dirt and, next year, voilà, compost. Anything more detailed—such as how to raise rabbits for pets or meat, how to do the gray-water gardening and how to have urban goats, pigs or chickens— I'll leave that to Novella Carpenter and her well thought-out books.
4 russet potatoes (2 to 2 1/2 lbs.), peeled and cut into large chunks
5-6 Tbsp. unsalted butter (with more butter for serving)
3 lightly packed cups of chopped kale, cabbage, chard, or other leafy green
3 green onions (including the green onion greens), minced (about 1/2 cup)
1 cup milk or cream
1. Put the potatoes in a medium pot and cover with cold water by at least an inch. Add 2 tablespoons of salt, and bring to a boil. Boil until the potatoes are fork tender (15 to 20 minutes). Drain in a colander.2. Return the pot to the stove and set over medium-high heat. Melt the butter in the pot and once it's hot, add the greens. Cook the greens for 3-4 minutes, or until they are wilted and have given off some of their water. Add the green onions and cook one minute more.3. Pour in the milk or cream, mix well and add the potatoes. Reduce the heat to medium. Use a fork or potato masher and mash the potatoes, mixing them up with the greens. Add salt to taste and serve hot, with a knob of butter in the center.Yield: Serves 4 as a side dish.
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Republicans 'go nuclear' with vote to ban the filibuster
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
Monday, 23 May 2005
The US Senate will hold a crucial vote tomorrow, barring a last-minute compromise, on a proposal to ban filibusters of President George Bush's judicial nominations - and, many warn, change the nature of the upper chamber of Congress.
The US Senate will hold a crucial vote tomorrow, barring a last-minute compromise, on a proposal to ban filibusters of President George Bush's judicial nominations - and, many warn, change the nature of the upper chamber of Congress.
Under the rule change, described by many constitutional experts as a potential watershed in more than 200 years of Senate history, a simple majority of just 51 Senators would be required to end debate, instead of the current "super-majority" of 60.
The proposal relates only to judicial nominations, but minority Democrats charge that it is the thin end of a wedge that would ultimately end the filibuster in its entirety. Even in its present form however, the stakes could hardly be higher.
Tomorrow's expected test vote will involve just one nomination, of the Texas state judge Priscilla Owen to the 5th circuit court of appeals, based in New Orleans. Democrats claim she is an extreme conservative, unfitted to so important a post. Republicans contend that, whatever her views, she is entitled to a straight up-or-down vote. But they have only 55 of the 100 Senate seats, not enough to force an end to a filibuster.
Assuming this fate befalls Ms Owen, the Republican majority leader, Bill Frist, is expected to ask Vice-President Dick Cheney, in his role as Senate president, to declare filibusters illegal for federal appeal court and Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Mr Frist would then call a vote to uphold that ruling. This is the "nuclear option", so called because senators warn it will blow relations between the two parties to smithereens. :confused:
We can't even call him Dirty Harry, since it would be disrespectful to Clint Eastwood...Dingy Harry has lost his way. Politics have changed him and it is time for him to go. I look forward to working the phones trying to get him removed. I really hope Mitt Romney sets up shop, as rumored, in Nevada. It will take someone a heavyweight like Mitt to make it happen.
I believe what is being discussed is "reconciliation". This has always been applied to budget or later fiscal policy generally. What Senator Reid is talking about is trying to use this process for virtually everything.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconci...(U.S._Congress)
The old priest lay dying in the hospital. For years he had faithfully served the people of the nation's capital.
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When they arrived at the priest's room, the priest took Nancy 's hand in his right hand and Harry's hand in his left. There was silence and a look of serenity on the old priest's face.
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The 90210 star, 23, and British model/musician Josh Beech, 24, have decided to make their relationship permanent…ish!ÃÂ The two have been dating since the spring of 2012, and plan on marrying in England sometime next year, according to a friend of the couple's.
"Josh couldn't see himself being with anyone else so he asked her and she is over the moon about it," a pal tells Us of their engagement. "They fell for each other hard and since they've met, they talk non-stop. If they're not around each other, they're texting, calling and tweeting back and forth all the time."
Shenae is finishing up filming her fifth season of 90210, while Josh is busy modeling for brands like Burberry, Just Cavalli and Levi's 501 Jeans.ÃÂ He's also got his own T shirt line. So, the two are busy! How are they going to fit a marriage in? And, do you think they've dated long enough/are old enough to make their relationship permanent? I'm skeptical…
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Each year more than 100 million Americans are prescribed acid-blocking drugs called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for heartburn and acid reflux, but a recent series of studies may have PPI users thinking twice about whether or not they really need them—or want them.
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- The Gigapanographer Currently Known as "Kilgore661"
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- 111
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- 0.97 Gigapixels
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- 3155
- Date added
- Apr 01, 2011
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- Apr 01, 2011
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A little gem of a location in Béziers just down the road from the historic dry cleaners www.gigapan.org/gigapans/74115/
Just around the corner is this very different scene www.gigapan.org/gigapans/73999/ and even more stiking contrast here
Finally, not far away is the big view www.gigapan.org/gigapans/74115/
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Tom, I find what you say interesting. To me, until very recently, the question has been: does the image contain lots of interesting details, or must you consider the image as a whole to derive enjoyment? :-) Expressed another way, and I appreciate we are getting into the realms of subjectivity here, is there any point in making a large stitched image that does not contain interesting details? (Of course one valid reason is that you want a wide-angle shot and don't own a wide-angle lens, but I'm sure you realise that's not what I'm talking about.) Consider, for example, my recent shots taken at Hay Bluff (tinyurl.com/4yfx5mj /). There are some details sure, but not enough for me. I'd say what we see is a lot of green and blue and not much else. The 360 is an interesting shape and both versions are quite nice to look at in GE, but it terms of details they score very low and are therefore "bad" in my opinion. They are not very pretty images either, but even if I had got the light just right and they looked like picture-postcards I'd still say they were pretty pointless. So, for me, detail is the primary raison d'être. Well, I said "until recently". What has started to change my mind is the discovery of the surreal effects obtainable with tone-mapping. You can't apply this to most gigapans (yet) because of the limitations on the tools, but I think the combination of tone-mapping to bring out the details combined with the surreal effect it gives the overall image is a real winner. This has made me shift the balance of my attention towards overall appearance. I suppose there's always a case for making things unexpectedly big to make them surreal or to occasion sensation. Eg the artist who wraps public buildings in plastic, but I think this can only be done sparingly at best.
Tom, I do not believe that Kilgore or I are talking about your GigaPans ... you have one in the top ten of popularity, which few if any of us will ever reach. Kilgore is on page two and I may still have one in the top one hundred ... maybe. I remember seeing the Iceland panorama you refer to, and it was outstanding. Everyone of us that have U/L a pano to GP has done so because we liked what we created, and wanted others to see what we had accomplished. That is what is so amazing about gigapan.org ... such a variety of differnt locations and different styles, all in the name of art. We live in exciting times :)
I don't claim my gigapans are capital-a Art but it's possible to do so with stitched panoramas. Luminous Landscape posted a brooding Icelandic landscape done with a GigaPan (and which I couldn'r find on their site when I looked just now). JF Rauzier has done some amazing surrealistic photos using stitched images (but not the GigaPan). The key question, to my mind, is: does the image work as a whole or must you dive into the details to derive enjoyment?
Glad you like it. Being there was an odd experience. I had been out in the bright sunshine, marching across the town from one "obvious" location to another when I spotted this alley out of the corner of my eye. I went in and the gas lamp thing caught my eye, and as I stood and looked at it and my eyes became accustomed to the gloom, I started to notice the beaten-up shop front and all the old wood. I found that I was nearly transfixed. I didn't really want to break the spell but I had this terrible feeling that if I didn't stop day-dreaming and work really fast, I would lose the light. Or a resident would come out of their front door shouting "Oi! Pervert! Clear off!" :-)
As we have heard many times before, one can't judge a book by its cover; neither can one judge this GigaPan without looking at it via the Google Earth link ... after doing so, all I can say is WOW!
Thanks for your thoughts guys. What you both say has resonance for me because I have a desire to document (so nice bright and clear everything please) and, latterly, to be more creative/artisitic (so let's do moody, striking, ambiguous). The latter is a bit of a curse because it means I come into the sphere of artists and photographers and unfortunately that means I come into contact with the subsets of those groups that seem to talk total and utter complete nonsense. I hasten to add that (1) I am not referring to either of you and (2) this is very much an opinion: I am quite happy to believe that it is useful and interesting to ask what the "meaning" of a piece of art is, but I have no direct experience of it being so. I am struggling with two questions here. First, why is not possible to format a damned paragraph using this text widget? Second, is there ever a good reason to make an "arty" gigapan? With respect to the latter, I think one can create a "proper gigapan" - i.e. one that is over say, 1Gpix and has lots of detail - that is at the same time an aesthetically pleasing image. I do not consider myself to part of the group of people skillful enough to make such images, although sometimes I like to think I get lucky :-) However, despite my fervent wish that I did have the skills to make these aesthetically pleasing gigapans, such images are not what I have in mind by "arty". For me, "art" is something that causes an emotional reaction which is not what I get from your images Tom, or yours David. I should immediately say that when I see your work I *do* get a feeling of great pleasure, admiration and gratitude that you should share them with everyone at gigapan.org, but that's not what I am talking about. Or trying to. I want to see images that shock, elate or revolt. Unfortunately I am new to this so when I get those feelings from something I have done, I may not have the wit to understand that the reason for my reaction is that the image is simply technically very bad :-) My question is then, is it possible to create technically competent arty images that *at the same time* contain sufficient detail to warrant being over a gigapixel in size? Boring old-school photographers often say "Why do you want to make it so big? and that is very boring indeed. Of course there are some scenes that don't obviously warrant the gigapixel treatment, unless, I suppose it is the massive redundancy or shocking size that informs the meaning of the work. Oh no I am turning into an art critic - I'd better go make a 10Gpix gigapan quick!
If dark is your intention then I support your right to make it anything you want. But for me, it's axiomatic that a gigapan should be as explorable as possible. If there are technical means to show detail in the shadows without compromising other goals, I'll do it.
When I took my class in photography, I had a very difficult professor who at times was so strict (he constantly wanted perfection or something close to it) that other students in class were really getting freaked out due to his comments and attitude demonstrated towards them. He never jumped on me because I put 100 percent into the class and lab prep. In the darkroom one day, someone said that they really enjoyed so-and-so because that professor always had something good to say about a person's photo(s). Since then, I have thought about this in some detail and have come to believe that after we become experienced, we make our own bed and take the consequences whether good or bad. In photography we design the complete photo and we then say that upon presenting it to anyone, that this is my final effort. A case in point for me is www.gigapan.org/gigapans/33050/ I took a great amount of criticism over this panorama because all the action is in the shadows. My plan was to simply take a hand-held panorama of the staircase over Vahalla that leads to a lecture hall in Keck Hall, and as I was taking the last planned photo in the series, I saw in the viewfinder a female student walking towards me and I continued to photograph her as she walked by *fixing her hair* To me, this is an extraordinary panorama because it has a story line, it has something showing the correct exposure (if instead Chloe had the correct exposure, then the other part of the panorama would have been completly wahed out resulting in a worthless effort), which I had planned and there was detail in the shadows, which in itself is the extraordinay component of the panorama. As I write this, I see that the pano now has over 2000 viewcount, which makes me very pleased with the results. It is a panorama that I suffer the nice consequences, and as for me, it is one of my favorites plus it is a 360-degree pano too. As for your 360-degree GigaPan, I see that your current explore score is 141 for Le Galerie de Magasins Perdus ... case closed.
Hi Tom. Thanks for the honest feedback. To me "gloomy" sounds subjective. I think photos can be gloomy if they want to be :-) If you were to say "too dark" then I'd consider that less subjective and agree. I don't know why you think using RAW would be such a good idea because I always use it for everything :-) Are you in fact saying that you would prefer to see the image brighter over all and with the bit-depth offered by RAW I should be able to brighten it up as much as I want? If so then, yes that's probably true. In fact the whole thing is bracketed at plus/minus 3ev so there is even more range available. The question then becomes how do you lighten the shadows without blowing out the highlights. Its too big for PM so that means using PS and I lack the skills (or at least to do it consistently). But actually, for the Galerie de Magasins Perdu, I wanted it dark, although not quite as dark as it is. I wanted a nice saturated blue sky and the bit around the lamp and the old wooden shop sign clearly visible. The top of the shop is supposed to be the figure and the rest of the image the ground so I didn't want the whole thing bright (or relatively so) like your shot. I saw it as an almost Dickensian London scene so I was definitely aiming for 'muted', 'shabby' and 'fogotten' if not actually gloomy. Maybe, and I am a noob here, you think I could achieve all those things by getting the exposure right? I am always up for learning. I can see the difference between your shot and my theatre shot and yours is better. I will look again at my raw images to see what I can get out of the shadows. I may have seriously underexposed even though I bracketed. I do that sometimes because I am stupid :-)
Hi Kilgore, This looks awfully gloomy. I'd have exposed for the buildings and let the sky burn out if necessary. Also, I recommend shooting in RAW format if your camera supports it. You can do a lot to open the shadows using your camera's RAW converter or Adobe Camera Raw. Here's an example, which you can compare to your theater pano: gigapan.org/gigapans/60499/Tom


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Home Sweet Home
Works from the
Peter Fay collection
11 October 18 January 2004
Croatia 1930
Poppy field 2002
oil on synthetic polymer paint on board
60.0 X 90.0 cm
PF Gina, in terms of artists who have joined the collection, or joined the family, or whatever it might be, is certainly the last at the end of a long line. Somebody had rung me; an artist friend of mine who had judged a competition, and hadn't awarded Gina the main prize, but had rung me to say 'You should get out there; there's something there that's you'.
And I went to an enormously large… I think nearly six hundred works in this exhibition held at the Casula Powerhouse, and I walked into the space and bang! There was this poppy piece; luminous, large, crying out amongst this host of landscapes, and personal dilemmas, and dioramas… and here was this piece that was just so lovingly beautiful. Yes, they were poppies, but they were something else. They were just so much an elemental flower, without being anything. They were quite magical; I mean, I really didn't respond to them as poppies, but they were just as if you had stepped into some Arcadian field, and the Gods and the pan pipes were all there, and I think piping too out of the Western Suburbs of Sydney, much maligned as they are, was this object of extraordinary light, and lightness, the whole lightness of being, and I was absolutely hooked.
And Gina's work has gone on to look at more serious subjects of late, but in this particular painting is (such) a delicacy of touch that many, many artist friends of mine can't believe that it has been painted.
There's not a mark out of place on it. You can smell the flowers breathing. I always remember Keats' great poem about spring. And this has got this moment of new life, but as we are reminded by Keats:
The flower will fade
And the scythe will go through the paddock.
But this to me is just a wonderful celebration about life and its potential for great beauty, and with all those buds still to come out, still more and more, it's just such a wonderful celebration.


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Aurora (AP) — This was to be a weekend full of fun for Alex Sullivan: He planned to ring in his 27th birthday with friends at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" and then celebrate his first wedding anniversary on Sunday.
Instead, Sullivan's family confirmed late Friday that he was among those killed in a deadly shooting rampage in suburban Denver. He was in the crowded theater when a gunman barged in at the beginning of the movie, set off a gas canister and began firing as spectators dove for cover.
"He was a very, very good young man," said Sullivan's uncle, Joe Loewenguth. "He always had a smile, always made you laugh. He had a little bit of comic in him. Witty, smart. He was loving, had a big heart."
Micayla Medek, 23, was also among the dead, her father's cousin, Anita Busch, told the Associated Press.
Busch said the news, while heartbreaking, was a relief for the family after an agonizing day of waiting for news.
"I hope this evil act ... doesn't shake people's faith in God," she said.
A sports blogger who recently wrote of surviving a Toronto shooting was also among those killed, the woman's brother said.
The death of Jessica Ghawi, who was also known as Jessica Redfield, was a "complete and utter shock, said her brother, Jordan Ghawi.
Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said at a press conference that in addition to the 12 dead, 70 were injured, but not all were shot. Eleven remained in critical condition.
Oates said the last of the 10 deceased victims was removed from the theater Friday afternoon. Officers expected to get a list of the deceased and meet with their families later Friday.
In addition to the 10 people who died at the theater, two others later died from their injuries.
Jordan Ghawi said on his website that a man who was with his sister at the theater described the chaos, saying he and Jessica Ghawi dropped to take cover when the gunman first started shooting. Jessica Ghawi was shot in the leg, her brother wrote, describing details relayed to him by a man identified as a mutual friend named Brent.
Jessica Ghawi began screaming when she was shot, and the friend tried to calm her and stop the bleeding, according to Jordan Ghawi. The man was then shot, but he continued attending to Jessica Ghawi's wound before he realized she had stopped screaming, Jordan Ghawi stated. The man said Jessica Ghawi had been shot in the head.
Jordan Ghawi said the friend escaped the theater after being shot twice, but he was expected to survive. Jordan Ghawi praised the man, saying his "actions are nothing but heroic."
Jessica Ghawi, 24, moved to Denver from Texas about a year ago, and friends and colleagues described her as outgoing, smart and witty.
"She was always kind of a sponge as far as how she could be an even better journalist and sports broadcaster," said Peter Burns, a radio sports show host with Mile High Sports Radio in Denver, where Ghawi recently interned.
Ghawi blogged at length about surviving the Eaton Centre mall shooting in Toronto that killed two people and sent several others to the hospital. Burns and his girlfriend, Lauren Anuskewicz, said the blog reflected everything she told them.
"She was like, 'You guys would never believe what happened,'" Anuskewicz said.
Ghawi wrote of the Toronto shooting: "I was shown how fragile life was on Saturday. I saw the terror on bystanders' faces. I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don't know when or where our time on Earth will end. When or where we will breathe our last breath."
Anuskewicz said Ghawi had been in Toronto visiting a boyfriend and "it obviously was a very scary situation."
"And to be just so close to it," she added. "It's just impossible to imagine that not even a month and a half later this would happen, and she would be involved. It's just awful."
Yet, Burns said, Ghawi seemed more enlivened than intimidated by surviving that shooting. "After the Toronto incident, I think she even looked at that like, 'Hey, even after that, I'm able to pursue my dream," he said.
Burns said he was close to Ghawi's family. He moved to Denver from Texas a few years ago and talked with Ghawi about establishing a sports radio career there, he said.
Former colleague Mike Taylor, a sports host at KTKR-AM in San Antonio, described how she reluctantly changed her name for her career, taking the name "Redfield" as a play on her red hair because it was easier to say than her given name.
Jessica Ghawi was a prolific social media user under the new name.
Her last tweet, sent late Thursday, stated in all capital letters: "movie doesn't start for 20 minutes."
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