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This item has helped my daughter in her Algebra class
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I like it. I am taking the HAM radio test and feel comfortable I can rely on this calculator and actually get it working when I am under stress.
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Does what is needed, without a lot of (typically expensive) extra features that I don't need.
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For checking account use it keeps the last total so can just turn it on and start from there.
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I found this calculator very easy to use, & as I go through my college courses, I continue to learn new functions. The biggest issue is not having comma's to seperate out 1,000's & so forth.
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including this purchase, I have always been a dedicated Texas Instrument purchaser. I bought this calculator for home use, but being an engineer, I still use a lot of the trig functions at home. At first I couldn't figure out what was happening because the result of a simple calculation was obviously wrong. It's the keys. They do not always register. If you do not continuously look at the display to make sure that the key you press actually registers, you will have a bad calculation.I bought Texas Instrument's first calculator in the 70's, and have been satisfied until now. This may be my last TI calculator. I am disappointed.
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received lab 5 other day.. Teacher supplied us with2 fractions and told us to write a function to get the common denominator. I think the logic is whats confusing. I dont want problem solved for me just asking for some help on logic part.
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// Prototype Declaration
void GetCd( int&, int&);
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int fraction1den = 10;
int fraction2num; = 5
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It's definitely time to start wondering how long Charlie has before they kill her off. I'd like it if they kept her around, but we know how that goes on this show. I predict one more appearance where she helps them with her 733t sk1llz, followed by a tragic death episode somewhere near a season finale. Garth, on the other hand, could stick around for a very time, as long as it's mainly for telephone conversations where we don't hear him, so the actor doesn't have to get paid.
Hey, sometimes you can only rise to the top of one particular hill, so it might as well be the geeky one in this case. ;)
It really is these quirky one-off episodes I love the most, and this episode definitely delivered. I don't think it's possible to nerd-bait any more than this episode did. I mean: a) Felicia Day b) Felicia Day as a lesbian c) Felicia Day as a lesbian making out with a hot fairy d) LARP e) Dean getting into costume and enjoying it f) The final scene Lots of LOL moments, and it was just fun all-around. So this now shoots into my top 3, joining the other two one-offs I loved the most. The list: Weekend at Bobby's, The French Mistake, LARP and the Real Girl.
She got to play a badass commando in Epitaph part 1&2 of Dollhouse, and nailed it. She also did an episode of Lie To Me as a schoolteacher. I agree, though, I always associate her with geekery and MMOs, but that's mostly because I watched The Guild and her 'Do You Want to Date My Avatar' music video. edit: also, I'll just leave this here.
I object to this show's obviously fabricated depiction of LARPing as some kind of vacation school for hot, young, sex-crazed, equal-opportunity actresses. That has to be a damn lie, because if it's not, then I will be a very sad panda. And I suspect that, unlike...say, Amy Acker (another from the Whedon family who would have been in similar parts), Felicia Day is content with her career being this and this adjacent sorts of things. She's clearly interested in this sort of thing. Though the Dragon Age 2 scenes playing on a constant loop in the computer tent was maybe a little much. Given that this is the sort of thing that her very own series she made all by herself is about, I'd say she's probably alright. Also, she'll be somewhat limited by her size and shape anyway. No matter what, Felicia Day is always going to look kind of nerdy. It's unavoidable. She's making the most of it. For the episode, it's not their best joke show (nothing will ever top Wishful Thinking, pretty much ever), but it's better than some of the ones they've done recently, and given that this show is at least going to be around for a couple more years (it picked up hell of viewers when it moved into what is basically its old timeslot behind the live action DC character show), it's good to see it picking up some spirit and direction. I also wouldn't be so certain that Charlie is going to die. The show doesn't universally kill its characters. Sometimes it just vanishes them (Chuck, who needs to come back and play god at some point), or it keeps them kind of awkwardly at phone distance while they go shoot their entire other show that they probably get paid more for anyway (Garth is kind of a bigger deal on Legit than he is here). For that matter, I don't think that we know that whassisface the crazy guy who temporarily replaced Bobby last season is absolutely gone. I think they just found a trailer full of blood, didn't they?
Frank, who left only a trailer full of blood behind? Oh I'm sure he's not dead. The nice leviathans just took him off to live on a farm somewhere, and he is very happy.
Frank is dead, baby. Frank is dead. Garth is the new Bobby. This is something that is made incredibly clear in the last episode. edit: hell Brian, just call it Arrow. Your bizarre Hollywood-speak and obscure (granted, sometimes not) references to various actors and previous shows makes it near-impossible to read and respond to. Dumb it down for us occasionally, wouldja?
The point there being that Supernatural was originally born to go after Smallville, it wandered around in the desert losing followers for a few years, and now that there's a new Smallville it seems to have gotten its viewers all back, so it's probably here for awhile. And for Frank, I find it curious that he didn't die on camera. This show's basic pitch, way back in the beginning, is that you get a different horror movie every week, and not having Frank die on camera seems discontinuous with that notion. Given that Garth has his own show just now, I'm forced to wonder if Frank might not show up again at some point to avoid the talking on the phone schtick becoming too obtrusive.
so, thoughts on this week (As Time Goes By)? I liked the reverse on time travel (our heroes meet a time traveller who wants to mess with their present) but Henry seemed a little smaller than life to me. However, apparently the Winchesters come from a long line of Hollywood model types. /whistle
I really dug this week's story, but the girlfriend thought Harry's disdain for hunters was forced, which I get.
I will lay money that at some point before the series ends we find out that after a Man of Letters' final initiation s/he learns the names of the "elite hunter" bloodlines and the list includes "Campbell." Also, as Mr. W points out, Man of Letters sounds like a placeholder name while the writers came up with something badass. I for one thought he was heading to a Knights Templar meeting, but maybe that's a hangover from my Secret World phase. Hah, just saw this on the supernatural wiki recap of the episode:
So that was an interesting episode. I like that they've gotten a new Batcave to replace Bobby's place. It will be interesting to see if they will bother with re-building the MoL network.
I loved the batcave reference.. I thought it was a great episode. Liked the Gholam, Nazi necromancers! What more can you ask for from Supernatural.
Isn't it spelled Golem? Not to be a pedant, but that's how I've always seen it spelled outside of Wheel of Time.
I LOVED THIS EPISODE SO MUCH <-- librarian Sam knows the LOC! and he cut his hair! I'm a Sam girl again /swoon NAZI NECROMANCERS!! I would guess golem is one of those things like Chanukah that can be transliterated in a variety of ways, but golem is the AD&D spelling so it's the one I know ;p
I liked the way they did the golems' speech patterns. Usually silent, but when he does talk, it's very fast, very deep, and always grammatically correct. This seasons' arc is shaping up to be low-key compared to previous ones. Obviously the finale will involve the new prophet and the anti-demon/anti-angel tablets, and they'll probably work Dean's purgatory buddy in somehow. But there hasn't been the kind of constant acceleration towards a big final confrontation that we've seen in other seasons. I'm not complaining, because the one-off episodes have all been good. Also, you can only threaten to end the world so many times before it starts to become ho-hum.
I suspect that the season is playing lower key because the show already knows it's back for at least one more year, and probably more at the rate they're going. They've got time to breathe for a change. I've liked both of these - particularly the Golem one. That episode was genuinely funny at points in ways that sometimes the show has not been. I very much appreciate that. I don't quite understand why Kevin hasn't been secreted away to this magically warded sanctum they've just come into, considering that he's the most wanted person in the universe so far as Hell is concerned.
That's a good question. But apparently he's somewhere super protected already? He doesn't have an archangel protecting him, obviously. Kind of running short on archangels these days. Did they ever specify exactly how many there were?
I don't think they have but typically there are seven. Of those we've seen Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. I seem to remember the show mentioning Metatron once so that's four. The other three names vary a lot depending on which lore you go with, but a lot of Christian mythology agrees that there are seven.
So I'm working today (my occasional Saturday shift) and it's slow, so I looked it up on supernaturalwiki Michael, Lucifer, Gabriel, Raphael, and Metatron have all been referred to as archangels. It's never been said that they are the only archangels, but if there are others they kept awfully quiet in Seasons 4-6. Lucifer and Michael are locked in the cage, Gabe and Raphael died in the Civil War. It's unknown where Metatron is or if he is still in existance. He is identified as the archangel who transcribed the Word of God onto the Season 7-8 tablets, but has not been seen or mentioned as a current entity. Lucifer: "There's only five things in all of creation that that gun [the Colt] can't kill, and I just happen to be one of them." Afaik no one ever follows up on this, but I've been puzzling over it. It would make sense that if he is (or was) an archangel, and there are 5 of them, they would be the 5 "things." Alternatively it could be five "categories" of things. Or becoming the devil makes him a different (unique) being, and his immunity implies nothing about archangels. And it depends on how he's defining "all of creation." I would guess that at least leaves Death out of the picture since he apparently was around before God and will be around after.
Just saw the episode, loved it. Loved the new batcave, I loved Sam's cataloging of events and Dean's acceptance of it. I LOVED the Golem. So much good stuff that can take us in new directions for the final seasons.
The CW renews some other stuff and ' 'Supernatural' http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/02/11/arrow-vampire-diaries-supernatural/ yay!
Awesome, but not surprising, IIRC CW plans to get ten seasons out of SPN, the 10th being the last, which is why they're likely taking their time and having a longer build up, which I like.
So... spending some time with my sister this week. She usually asks me if there's anything I want to watch. If this occurs, and I suggest Supernatural, what episode would you suggest starting with? Season1 Ep1 is obviously an important foundation episode, then jump to Season 1 Ep 9 ("Home") as discussed above? I would be tempted to do that, then pick and choose arc episodes until the end of Season 1, but maybe she would like the MOTW ones. I'm NOT showing her the racist truck one though.
Tough call. I personally think you get important character and world building stuff slogging through those first several post-pilot episodes (except Route 666....ugh...), but depending on how much time you have, you could likely just read episode synopses and then skip to ep 9.
I agree about the world building etc., plus it lays the ground for numerous call-backs in later seasons (one of the things I like about long-running shows) but hrm It occurs to me that she may not have cable or internet yet (we're moving her into a new place in Portland OR) so this may not come up anyway.
so, showed her the pilot, she liked it! oddly enough she had her own opinion on what to watch next ;p she wants to watch them all in order.
A wise choice. The show gets pretty awesome when demons show up, and then ridiculously awesome when Castiel joins the crew. Favorite Castiel scene (probably paraphrased): *Cas stumbles in, looking wasted* Sam: "Cas, are you... drunk?" Castiel: "I'm fine. I passed by a liquor store on the way over." Sam: "...and?" Castiel: "I DRANK IT" It just makes me giggle imagining Castiel drinking the entire stock of a liquor store, and also because it makes me now imagine in my head "I DRANK ALL THE THINGS" thanks to this forum.
I know! The show kicks into gear for me when Cas shows up. I love drunk Cas and clueless Cas and nervous Cas and "I'm not a hammer" Cas and BAMF Cas (which we don't see that often but damn) and "I learned it from the pizza man" Cas. And she has to get through three whole seasons first! But I suppose it's worth it.
Don't forget potsmoking-hippie-cultist-orgy Cas in the episode where dickwad Zachariah shows Dean a possible future where Sam says yes to Lucifer!
Hippie Cas makes me want to cry actually. Although he is also funny. Life, and Dean, have so obviously broken his heart, yet he still follows Dean. (I don't know exactly what this means but I think I "ship" Dean and Cas -- not necessarily romantically, although if the show takes them that way it would be kind of awesome)
They kinda did, in a way, when Cas tells Sam that him and Dean "have a strong bond" when Sam keeps calling Cas while Dean is trapped in hell. One call from Dean, though, and Cas is there.
Misha said something at a con in November that they are going to explore that more this season. Although he might just have been teasing the Destiel crowd. :D
Hahahaha, that is awesome. Thanks for the vids. PROFOUND BOND not to mention the cosplay episode where they dedicate the whole thing to Sam and Dean slashfic. The writers at least know their audience.


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agree with most of this par spain. Would not like the idea of EGL spain, Sweden sounds good to me though, always wanted to go.
I was more thinking from EGL's view, more users in Spain and would obviously make their stream and attending explode abroad Sweden is a very good second pic and not sure why so many can't see this. Especially when they got a partner for it that takes care of most of it :/
Most people are annoyed that they have to go abroad, as some kids my age or younger might struggle to get permission of their parents to fly to sweden, and alot seem to think it's expensive.
I find it that most of the people claiming it's "too expensive" too attend usually just talks utter crap. Prior to EEE1 people were saying "naah fuck sweden that shit's too expensive" and then I tell them the flight costs 1/3 of their train tickets to regular EGL events..
yeah haha, it's common sense really. How much on average are flights to sweden? can't be no more than like £80 per person
"sweden fuck that, so expensive" yeah right lol. Obviously you have to take in account that this is from London only. And seeing as we got this announced quite late, everyone who doesn't live near London should consider to take a coach or something down, and then fly to Sweden.
doesn't really bother me, can get drove down to London if needed, as i only live an hour and a half ish away. Sure it won't be that much more expensive from the midlands airports, or north.
Putting 'Haha' at the end of an insult doesn't make it a joke. I'd understand if I knew you... but I don't. But whatever I don't know why we are carrying this on, this is a stupid argument.


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Greetings! I've been lurking the OBOD forums for a while now, finally mustering the nerve to post.
My roommate and I have had a growing interest in trying our hands at bonsai. She wants to grow and train an eastern red cedar, which is actually a species of juniper. I know that juniper is very common in bonsai, often recommended for the beginner as they are easy to train and can handle heavy pruning, so I don't think she'll have any major trouble. Still, any and all advice to pass along to her is welcome.
My conundrum is that I am interested in trying my hand at training a northern red oak. The species has quite a bit of significance to me, but it seems to be a very uncommon tree for bonsai. I'm wondering if, because of its deep root system particularly, it may be a little too difficult to handle as a beginner. Does anyone here have any experience with bonsai (especially with oak) who might impart their wisdom?


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Spring has been in the air for some time, which means it is time for men to change to a lighter scent for the season if they have not already. Personally, in warm weather I wear Acqua di Parma Colonia, a lemony scent with a floral undertone that hasn't changed since its origination in 1916.
I wear the stuff because it stays on the skin for a while. I no longer wear the scent I best like to sniff, Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet, a delicate combination of pine and floral notes. Unfortunately, Blenheim Bouquet dissipates in an hour, leaving me wondering why I bothered.
By the way, I cannot say enough good things about the ladies at The Perfumed Court, who specialize in offering decants of virtually every fragrance under the sun so a man can try fragrances before buying a full bottle. I went through dozens of them before settling on the ones that work for me.
And in spring, that is Acqua di Parma Colonia.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Scents of Spring
7 comments:
- Tonyp said...
Will: Because of you, I tried Aqua Di Parma in various scents. I settled on the Intensia as it does stay with you for a long time. In the warmer months I now am using the Mediteranean scents from them in fig (fico), orange(Arancia), and a Capri ocean scent( Mirto). All are very nice and can be combined together with any of their fragances to give a unique and enjoyable bouquet. Thank you.
- June 3, 2009 at 9:19:00 AM PDT
- kds said...
Aqua di Parma now comes in several variations such as Assoluta. Have you tried those?
- June 3, 2009 at 3:30:00 PM PDT
- Will said...
kds, I have not. When my current inventory looks ready for replenishing I will test them, but too much scent at home just means most of it goes musky before it's used.
- June 3, 2009 at 3:45:00 PM PDT
- GG said...
The candles although large, are also fantastic and are a great choice for a larger apartment.
Glad to know its back in season! - June 3, 2009 at 5:44:00 PM PDT
- EP said...
I wore Colonia this morning. On the way out the door my wife mentioned how good I smelled.
Colonia is unique in that it's seemingly impossible to offend anyone. It only gathers compliments. - June 3, 2009 at 7:21:00 PM PDT
- Nungesser said...
Thanks Will. Maybe someone may deliver a bottle to me this Father's Day. ;-)
BTW, you mentioned Penhaligon's. Ever use their Endymion shaving cream? I bought some this February and it's still my favorite. - June 3, 2009 at 8:00:00 PM PDT
- M. Fan said...
I regularly wear Colonia year round. I tried Assoluta before; it lasts longer, but it smells different from the original.
- June 3, 2009 at 8:07:00 PM PDT


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Bush meat
My buddy Ken Bennison and I had the great idea to take a trip into the bush north of Sudbury last Sunday mainly to feed the mosquitoes and black flies. – and of course to do some shooting. Our subject was to shoot a very nice waterfall that is hidden a short 15-20 min hike from the main gravel road. At this location we are about 50 clicks up a logging road, the landscape is beautiful with lakes, islands, rocks, trees and bushes. We had located the falls on an earlier trip, but due to a lot of rain, at least I didn't get any shots that day. Just for your amusement, the forecast had predicted rain, about 5 mm or less than 1/4″ and they were right…. but that amount of rain over about 60-80 minutes was enough to get me soaked right to the bones. I can not recall the last time i had been so wet with my clothes on. So since the rain didn't look like it would let up anytime soon, we hiked back out and went back to Ken's Ford to wait out the rain. Ken aka "The Extremist" went back to the falls after about an hour wait. I decided to dry out some more and have a nap instead and not risk damage to my photo gear. At this time I was out of dry clothes anyway. Ken returned about 90 min later, soaked like sponge, and blood – yes blood – from bug bites running down his neck. It looked like he had shaved with a bread knife. The bugs had been busy while Ken was back at the falls. Now, we both have bug jackets which are vital if you want to spend any amount of time in the bush at this time of year. And the way I see it, there are two ways to wear a bug jacket. – Hood on or hood off. If you don't own a bug jacket or haven't tried one, when you have the hood on you greatly reduce the risk if getting bitten. Of course if you don't wear the hood, well….take a guess.
I guess Ken has a different opinion, because I have yet to see Ken actually zip up the hood. But then again, Ken is an extremist, a bush guy, you know, the farmer type. Bug bites doesn't really bug him to much – pun intended. I am on the other hand a city guy and I guess a wuss, cause I had that thing zipped up so tight the whole time. And i didn't get bit… that day. One thing I think you should know if you never have had a bug jacket on "as intended" is that it gets really hot under there, really fast. And it is really tempting to take the hood off and get some fresh air. You have of course a net in front of you, and as you breathe out, the air and heat gets trapped in there. It's a bit unpleasant at first but the alternative is far worse in my mind, and you will quickly figure out to slow down and take it easy. It also prohibits a clear view of your cameras viewfinder, so relied on the LiveView feature.
So back to our outing last Sunday. We arrived at the site shortly before 3 pm. We parked at what looks like a turn around or equipment parking, and we were going to walk the rest of the way in. Our dinner guests had already arrived and were very excited to see us again, Ken in particular i think. They must have recognized him from last time because they treated him like a superstar. They swarmed around him in like he was a free "all you can eat buffet" which turned out wasn't that far from the truth. Well to be honest, it wasn't that bad right at the car. A slight breeze kept the bugs at bay, but as soon as we got deeper into the bush where the wind don't reach down to the ground they were bad. Down at the falls they were downright nasty and very pushy dinner guests. So out came the bug jackets. Btw, be sure to wear a long-sleeved shirt under the jacket. And gloves. I can highly recommend using a pair when you are in the bush. Mechanic gloves works like a charm, and it will keep the biting down significantly, and at the same time you will still be able grab on to picky branches, wet rocks and work with your camera. Another tip is to carry a bottle of frozen water on you. The particular bug jacket I own is stored in its own pocket when it's folded up and put away in my closet, and when worn, the pocket is on the inside of the jacket. Perfect size for a bottle of frozen water. Why on the inside? So you can drink while your hood is still on. That way you don't have to unzip it and let the bugs get at you. A bit of practice and you will be able to easy slide up the bottle under the jacket, unscrew the cap and drink while at the same time keeping the bugs from bugs entering the jacket from underneath. Oh, and frozen water so it will stay cold, and keep you chilled under there while its melting slowly. A note to my self (and perhaps to you as well) for the next time I go out in the bush. Wear long socks or tie your pant cuffs closed if they can't reach into your hiking boots. The little shits bugs will crawl up your legs and feast on you when you kneel or sit down. That's where they got me on this trip.
We finally got some shooting done at this gorgeous location, although the weather was almost too good. A little too much sunshine and not enough clouds made it hard to get the lower shutter speeds that makes shooting waterfalls a fun thing to do. The shot above is just a tiny fraction of the falls, one of the smaller ones that happened to be in the shade. I placed the camera directly on the ground and very close. Put the camera in LiveView mode, and shot a few frames. The fall looks big but in reality is only about 6-10 inches high.
Of all the outings I have had with Ken, this was probably the best one so far, in the sense of the landscape we were in, and the animals we saw. You can go 2 hours up a next to no traffic gravel road and see absolutely nothing. But on these last two trips, we have seen 2 moose, 6 turtles (2 different species), 1 rabbit, frogs, tad poles, a woman's bare butt, squirrels, chipmunks, hawks, a grouse mom with tiny little chicks and other interesting birds. Observing nature is incredible, especially when it decides to show up.
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I'm sure you have heard about the Google Nik software suite offer by now. …no? well then, get this… It turns out that Google has reduced the price on the entire Nik software suite to an affordable $149. The Suite includes all the famous and popular plugins: Define 2, Sharpner Pro 3, HDR Efex 2, Silver Efex Pro 2,Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro 4. Works with Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Lightroom and Aperture.
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I really look forward to take some time and play with the different plugs in from Nik.
OnOne Perfect Photo Suite 7
Most of my images takes a trip through this suite in one way or another. I use Perfect Effects for the final tweaks and stylization. I particularly like Tonal Contrast, the Big Softy and HDR look Natural. I have used Perfect Resize with greats success a few times. And Perfect Black & White is quite amazing if you ask me. This version works of course with Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture. But even better, this suite also is a stand-alone collection of software, meaning you can use this with out Photoshop etc. Just launch Perfect Layers and you are good to go. It's a great plugin to have and I recommend you at least give it a trial – free of course. Prices starts at $79. Actually, now you can download Perfect Effects 4 for free!! And a bunch of cool presets as well. No charge. Gotta love that!
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The last plugin I use is one I found recently. Its made by the good folks at HDRsoft who makes the well-known and highly recommended Photomatix HDR software. This little plug-in is made for Lightroom 4, and what it does is combining your selected brackets to a 32 bit tif file, that you can edit in Lightroom, making your Lighroom 4 software a great tool for HDR shots. It does that without going into the main Photomatix program or Photoshop for that matter. Lightroom 4 has the ability to work with 32 bit files. The advantage of a 32 bit file is that it gives you a +10/-10 f-stop range, that you can control in great detail by using the brush adjustment tool in Lightroom. It's quick to use, and gives a result that looks better than what Photoshop CS6 can do in my opinon.
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Bridal Veil Falls – Summer
Summer…ah.. can't wait. It is my absolute favorite time of year. After 4-5 months of winter it feels great to lose the big coat and the long-johns.
- It's time for the 3rd season from the falls in Kagawong, Manitoulin Island, also known as Bridal Veil Falls. If you missed the other two, click here and here. The opening shot is taken in early June – well both are actually. Again this time, its has a snapshot look to it, but thought it was worth putting up here on the blog.
As I mentioned in my last post, I usually stop here for lunch when I go by on my way to Gore Bay. (A well-informed source has told me that the chip stand across the road from the falls should be pretty good. I'm gonna have to try that this year). Anyway, this shot is taken basically at noon. Not much sunlight down at the bottom, huh? But plenty at the top, on the bushes and the crest. It can be a bit tricky to get a good shot here when the sun is out, with out using bracketed exposures. The shot above is combined with 5 frames , and I was lucky that the couple under falls didn't move much during my exposure. I left them in there to get a sense of scale. The shot is taken from the same vantage point as the two previous posts.
As you can see in the shot, the water that is going over the edge has slowed down a bit compared to the spring shots. At the end of the fall it gets even worse, as you will see in my last segment from this location on my next post.
The falls goes over the edge in two places. The main one of course, and then a smaller to the right of it. If you remember the winter shot from a couple of weeks ago, that's why the crack in the ice fall occur But at this time of year, it's just dripping from small one, and in the shade from the big trees there are some very saturated green colored moss which I couldn't resist to shoot as well.
Bridal Veil Falls – Spring
We had a "short" heat wave up here last week. Temperatures around the 5°C /40°F. That got things melting, but sure enough, it didn't last long, so now we are left with some extremely dirty looking snow piles, black and brown from the salt, sand and exhaust. It's not very pretty to look at. But of course being in Northern Ontario, we probably still have a snowstorm or two to deal with before it's all said and done. Currently we are back below freezing but its going the right way. It is so nice to feel the heat from the sun as it gets higher in the sky.
Last week I posted a winter shot from Bridal Veil Falls. I thought I would keep going and post some pictures I took in the spring of 2011. They are not exactly fine art shots, but I thought they would tell a story of the spring thaw anyway. They are shot in May, and I'm sure by then the spring thaw has peaked, but it was still a cool to see the amount of water that's going over that edge, especially when you compare that to a shot taken in late…which I'll be posting next weekend ehm.. time.
The opening shot is taken from one of two viewing platforms that over looks the falls. I think this particular one is the lower one. This time of year, I would not go any closer to the falls, because my equipment and I would get absolutely soaked. As you walk down the metal stairs towards the trail, that by the way goes from the falls to downtown Kagawong, you will feel the cold mist coming from the falls on your face. Standing at the bottom of the stairs on the trail looking back, right around that corner are the falls and a spring shower if you get to close… The mist is clearly visible, and even standing here, you can feel it. The trail is borderline muddy, the stairs are wet and slippery, so hang on to the rail and wear practical shoes if you go for a peak your self. And you should…
The Kagawong River or creek runs out in the big Lake Huron, and I found 4 shots in my library that was taken from the same spot right in sequence I put them together in PS and saved it as an animated gif. You may have to click on the image to view the animation. It kind of gives you an idea how this little river or creek really comes to life when spring arrives.
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Bridal Veil Falls – Winter
Just about once a month, I have the pleasure to go to Manitoulin Island which by the way is the worlds biggest island in a freshwater body. My last stop there is Gore Bay, and to get there I drive right by the beautiful Bridal Veil Falls in Kagawong. It's a very popular place and guaranteed visited by every single tourist and local that has ever been on this island.
The fall is about 2 hours from my office, and depending on the time, I usually pull over here for a quick lunch, and of course a peak at the falls. So by going there between 12-15 times a year, I get to observe the changes that happens there. The spring thaw, where it's almost impossible to be at the foot of the falls because of the spray. During the summer where there almost no water is going over the edge. In the fall the salmon comes up-stream to spawn and die right in the pool at the bottom of the falls. That is the end of the road river for them as there are no way of getting further up. And then of course winter where the 35′ tall fall freezes solid. It looks amazing, so i thought i would share a shot from that location. You are actually able to walk behind the falls through the opening on the right, and you will come out on the other side of the pool. Getting wet is a possibility because water is still running behind the ice build up.
On this trip, i did not bring my boots, so I did not venture down the stairs to the bottom of the falls. But the viewing platform was accessible, so this is what you'll get this time.
Getting a decent lighting in this location is tough because the river runs north out into Lake Huron, so it's not a sunrise or sunset location. On both sides are steep hills with tall trees, and to get any light down by the pool, you will have to wait until noon, which is not really a good time to shoot landscape. As always with fast flowing water, I prefer a cloudy day at this location to get a sense of moving water using slow shutter speeds.
To give a sense of size, I included the picture on the right, shot in mid March 2012. At this point the spring thaw was well under way, and the whole scene was not as pristine as you can see on the brownish colors of the snow and ice. Where I'm standing is right at the entrance to walk behind the falls as mentioned above.
The Bush Road
Shortly after returning home from my holidays, I was going on a trip that would take me deep into the bush. Well, deep is probably an exaggeration to some, but about 20 clicks up an unknown gravel road is far enough for me at this time of year. I have to say that this road was an extremely well maintained one of the kind. In fact that particular day, this gravel road, – this snow-covered gravel road, was the best road I drove on that day.
Highway 11 which is a main 4 lane high way had a lot icy sections mainly in the right hand lane. Which made it a bit of a dicey drive especially when other cars and trucks were passing. A couple of cars had indeed ended up in the ditch due to the road conditions. The reason for the icy roads was due to a bit of a warm spell a couple of days before – thaw, freezing rain, and then some flash freezing and just to make it really interesting – a nice dump of snow to cover it all up. This day, the temperature was well below -25°C / -13°F, so road salt wouldn't have made any difference what so ever.
After finishing my call at my customer, I headed back down the gravel road. The sun was higher in the sky, and some ice fog or mist was forming between the trees. I was so happy i had brought my camera that day, because it was absolutely gorgeous in there. Extremely cold, fresh snow on the trees, well-groomed road, no wind, blue sky and sunshine – perfect conditions for a winter shot. I made a few different shots on my way back to civilization, and this is one of them.
Now, I can't really decide which one I like the best. Black & White or color. Scroll down to see the colored version. I like both, but I chose to feature the black and white – in my opinion it has a slight edge over the other one. The reason for trying the black and white conversion was the almost given due to the almost colorless scene, even with the blue sky, and I think it turned out pretty good. B/W conversion was done in the Perfect B & W module of the OnOne Perfect Suite 7. Final tweaks done in LR4.
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Fall shots – IV
I wanted to show you this 4 image panorama I made from this location. Kind of gives you a nice view from the vantage point under the highway bridge. Gorgeous place. I hope to find time to go there again one morning and to find more mist on the water. Of course, this time of year, it's a totally different image. Colors and leaves are gone, so it's a bit sad to look at right now to be honest, but i think with the right light and a bit fog, it can be quite interesting. A reminder for next time, a slightly longer lens (this is shot with a 35mm), and perhaps shooting the panorama with the camera vertical. It is a wee bit narrow…
The Extremist.
My good friend Ken Bennison asked me to come with him on a trip up the West Branch this past weekend. But before I get to that, I should explain the title on this blog post. It came up as we were waiting for the light to be in the perfect spot, and for the wind to die down a bit.
Extremist is (what I learned on this trip) more or less what his own family affectionately calls him, and it refers to the way he approaches his photography. There is a very good reason why Ken is an incredible artist/landscape photographer. He does what a lot of other people wont do. He gets up at an ungodly hour, drive,hike or canoe for hours, (obviously not at the same time, but most of the time he will have to do all three to get to his location of choice.) And when he gets there he will explore the area, figure out what he want to shot, and wait for the perfect conditions to happen. Ken is not afraid to wait for hours for his shot. He knows exactly what he wants in a picture, and if the conditions aren't there, he wont even take the camera out of the bag, because he wont be able to use the shot anyway, so if he doesn't get the shot, he will simply return to the same spot again and again until he gets the shot he has in his mind. And the results speaks for themselves. Check out his website. I should mention that Ken's is shooting with a Canon 7D, one lens (28-135mm) and his trusty SLIK tripod. Yes, Ken only use one lens.
Anyway, so this past weekend we were up at the West branch north of Webbwood, Ontario. A place I haven't been to in 2 years, so it was nice to go there again, and revisit some of the places I have shot before. Examples of previous posts can be found here, here and here. We are about 80 km (~50 Miles) in the bush, driving on a gravel logging road. The weather was perfect. No wind, sunshine and frost in the air. After having shot at a couple of locations, we wound up at the little lake where I had taken the Moonshine shot a couple of years ago. All of a sudden the sunshine starts to come through the trees, and lights up some grasses in the lake. Being the extremist that Ken is, gets up and wades out into the shallow waters. Ankle deep in loon and beaver crap he sets up his tripod and starts to compose a shot. I thought this would be a good time to get a shot of him in action, so I took a few of him shooting this sunlit grass, with some mist in the background.
The shot below is my shot from this location. Not being an extremist, I of course did not go into the water.
Fall at the falls – III
Time to get close to the water. This is what I really like to shot. To take in the details in the rocks, the flow of the water, and the incredible colors you get this time of year. Often, you will see the colors of the trees reflect in the small rapids.
Enjoy. :)
Fall at the falls – II
Where im standing while taking this shot and the shot in the next post, is actually under water during the spring thaw. It's the very top part of the Onaping falls, or High Falls as some call it. You can see where the water level usually runs when the river is at its peak. As you probably have noticed if you have seen my pictures on this blog, I LOVE to get close in on the falls. I like this shot, but when i got home I realized that the top right corner is blown out. I could crop it out, but it makes the shot boring, so I left it in. I guess I need to get a split grad filter for next time.
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Fall at the falls – I
Of course I can't stop going to the Onaping Falls when the trees are putting on a display. For some reason, the colors up there didn't seem as vibrant and up front and center this year. I was probably too late. I decided to explore a bit upstream from the main trail, and the next few posts are from around the same area, but looking in different directions.
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Fall shots – III
One more from the Hwy 17 over pass. Same location as this shot, but this vantage point is from under one of the bridges looking south, as you can see on the google map. It's definitively an area ill will revisit again.
Fall shots – II
I got a few more fall shots I would like to share. (My first Fall shots post is here). Still on Hwy 17 west of Sudbury in Northern Ontario. It's always a treat when the water is calm, and the reflections is like mirrored perfectly.
Fall shots – I
Fall in Northern Ontario lasts approximately 3-4 weeks by my understanding – if we are lucky. This year it started a wee bit early too, probably due to lack of moisture, so the trees started to turn even before the summer was over. Yes, fall time is nice, but as soon as the colors are gone from the trees, it only becomes a reminder whats coming. -Yes, the white stuff….uggggg. The 'S' word is a bad word in this house.
Anyway, fall time – time to get out and get some colors at my regular locations. So here we go. First shot is from the Hwy17 bypass. I drive on this highway quite frequently, and I have been witness to the amazing color change during a period of a couple of weeks, so it was a must have shot. Shot on a chilly and cloudy morning around 8 am.
It is written on stone
I surprised my self, and got up early this morning in search for a picture at High Falls in Onaping. I think I got a few keepers that I will share in a later post. After the sun was getting higher in the sky, I decided to explore a bit above the falls. I found what looks to be a good sunset location so ill try to get back there later. On the way, I came across the image you see above, and i thought it was too good to pass up. High Falls is unfortunately littered with graffiti on the rocks because it's so accessible, especially in the summer where the water levels are low. There are several marriage proposals, X loves Y, and Z was here. To be frank, I wish people would respect the falls beauty and stop painting on the rocks. That said, the graffiti on the rocks in the shot above stood out, so I had to shoot it.
This guy went all out and poured his feelings for his sweetheart out on the rocks, just above the falls. I'm not sure if its readable when it's scaled down so here is the text letter for letter.
"So here it goes
I'll try my Best
to explain to you
whats on my chest
I know I can LOVE
when I see the world in you
And your eyes everywhere in the world
Your important to ME in every way
I would tell you that Everyday
To me your the one
your my modivation
our potential to be together
feels as though it would last 4 ever
I want to be ur man
And plan
I can to assure u'll
be a happy
It looks like he was running out of space at the end. That would make sense if he wrote this in the spring, where the water level would be just off the bottom of the frame.
Of course it's not the most inspiring poem ever written, but he definitively put an effort into it. Who knows if his sweetheart read it and what happened after.
Morning on the lake
On a trip down Hwy 6 to Manitoulin Island back in October last year, I drive through the town of Espanola. – See more shots and post from the town here, here and here. That morning the fog was pretty heavy and on a hunch I took a detour down on Panage Lake Rd, just in case I would get lucky, and I didn't get disappointed. It took about an 1 hour before the fog was burned of enough to get this shot – well, shots actually. It's a panorama made from about 16 images, 8 shots in 2 rows. But in the mean time, I had a lot of fun shooting the morning mist or fog which is magical in a picture. It's peaceful and a bit mystical. Not a bad thing in an image if you ask me.
Traverse City, MI
This shot is from the 2011 World Wide Photo walk in Traverse City, MI. The walk was divided up in three parts. About an hour on the harbor front, and then you could choose to do either a downtown Traverse shoot or a drive up on the Old Mission peninsula for some spectacular views over the vineyards. I chose the latter and in hindsight, I should have done the city part of the walk instead. Now I know for next time. I got my bests shots from the harbor, and I choose to submit this one – and I'm glad I did.
Glen Haven, MI
I'll kick this week of with a shot from the Scott Kelby's 2011 World Wide Photo Walk. I sure hope you got to do a walk near your location, if not, try to make time for next year. I had to pleasure to do two walks that October weekend, the unofficial one in Glen Haven, MI and the official one in Traverse City, MI. I have already posted one shot from the Glen Haven walk on this blog (click here), and here is another one. It's the path from the old Coast Guard Station, (now a museum) down to the beach.
It's definitively a place I would like to go back to sometime next year. Beautiful place.
Harris Creek
I found this shot while going through some shots from 2009. I thought it would be alright for a post here.
The shot is from Harris Creek, which is running under Hwy 17 East of Blind River, Ontario. It's a nice little spot where it's easy to get to the tiny falls.
P & R – Back at High Falls
First I would like to say thanks you so much for your nice comments, encouragement and support. It is truly appreciated.
Last round of my "post & run" week.
It's from my favorite spot to go shoot in my area, and yup, it's another fall shot from the beautiful High Falls in Onaping and there will probably be more posts to come from this place.
P & R – West Branch
Second round of my "post & run" week.
The shot above is from an outing up the West Branch behind Webwood, Ontario last year I believe, with my good buddy, Ken Bennison who is an exceptional and award-winning landscape shooter.
By the way, the flower from my last post was just a common lily. Pretty amazing huh? (well, not the photo, the flower of course )
Thumbnail below.
More falls colors
It's time for some more fall-fireworks from High Falls in Onaping, Ontario. Please feel free to click on the images for a larger 1200px view.
Above is from the trail that takes you along the falls and into the bush. If you walk far enough you will eventually end up on a look out that is over grown by now. Its called Sudbury Basin Lookout. Beautiful spot, but the sun was in the wrong place to get a usable shot from there.
One more from the trail. This shot was also posted on Google+
After walking in the bush for a couple of hours with a heavy backpack, I'm back at the falls dead tired and sweating like a ..well you know what I mean. I got there just in time for the late afternoon sun hitting the trees across the falls, which reflects these amazing green and golden colors along with the sky in the water. I could not pass this opportunity to grab a few shots of that. Absolutely gorgeous place.
Before I sign off, I want to say a huge Thank you for all your nice comments and tweets. Please know that they are all very much appreciated.
Fall colors at High Falls
As mentioned in an earlier post, the weather has been outstanding up here lately. So there is no excuse, just get out there and shoot. I have explored the High Falls in Onaping, Ontario af few times now, and it changes every time I'm up there. The shots in this post are from the end of September, at the peak of the color show. I decided to put more than one shot up today, because I have a lot of shots from this place, and my blogging has been a bit on the slow side lately. It is nice to have some new ammo, so here we go.
Oh btw, if you are on a big monitor, feel free to click the images for a larger view.
The top shot is from the basin at the top of the falls. The incredible colors of the late afternoon sun on the trees and the sky paints the water. Amazing place to shot when it looks like this.
This shot is roughly half way down the falls. At this time of year the water flow in the falls are really low, so there are plenty of opportunity to get very close to the rocks and the falls. It's a very different story in the spring…
The last big drop before the water slows down and continue its run down the Onaping River.
The fall colors has peaked up here and are starting to look a bit faded, some trees are bare and getting ready for next year.
Its Thanksgiving weekend and the weather the last week has been absolutely outstanding. Currently its 23°C outside which is pretty good for Northern Ontario in the month of October.
I went for a quick drive down the highway to Chutes Prov. Park to capture some tight shots of the falls there. The sun was out so it was perfect conditions to play with my new variable ND filter. (I still can't believe I didn't get around to buy one before now…) It is so cool to slow down the shutter speed and get the silky feeling of running water even in direct sunlight without the blinkies.
The shot above was a complete surprise when I looked on the LCD screen on the camera, it looked like gold was running down stream.
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Between the Trees discography highlights:
- When the band was originally formed, most of its members where still in high school. Back then the members were Ryan Kirland and brothers Josh and Jeremy Butler. At first, the band performed their music as a trio, but later, the keyboardist Wes Anderson hopped in. After this, they appointed Brad Kriebel as their second guitar player as well.
- The band released their first album "The Story and the Song" on September 2006 under Bonded Records label. At this time, the band was still a quintet.
- When the band started to record their second album called "Spain", they became a trio again, due to the departures of Wes Anderson and Brad Kriebel. This album was supposed to be released under Universal Music but the band eventually decided to distribute the album by themselves. The album was released in August 2009.
- Music magazine Alternative Press listed Between the Trees on their list "100 Bands You Need to Know in 2007". The list featured also bands like "The Kooks", "Silversun Pickups", "Cold War Kids" and "As Tall As Lions". Show more


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Recent comments
why unofficial?
Because it is listed as Heroes of Might and Magic III which is not officially available for Linux.
Game: erebus
Thanks for your comment (and for putting this page up). Just to clarify, Erebus is indeed a completely new engine, but a large amount of the graphics do come from FLARE.
That's true about the large menus, which is indeed due to working on everything from small phones to large monitors, but 0.6 will start to feature some improvements here (some of the info/dialog windows will open up as sub-windows rather than fullscreen, on non-mobile platforms).
This is basically a bugfix release, aimed to correct most annoying regressions that appeared in 0.91. Still, we managed to fit a few small features and improvements. Campaigns finally present video introductions and move heroes between missions. Configuration files support more string identifiers, making them more readable. Some configuration possibilities, especially for spells, were extended.
* hero crossover between missions in campaigns
* introduction before missions in campaigns
* Added CREATURE_SPELL_POWER for commanders
* Added spell modifiers to various spells: Hypnotize (Astral), Firewall (Luna), Landmine
* Fixed ENEMY_DEFENCE_REDUCTION, GENERAL_ATTACK_REDUCTION
* Extended usefulness of ONLY_DISTANCE_FIGHT, ONLY_MELEE_FIGHT ranges
* Double growth creatures are configurable now
* Drain Life now has % effect depending on bonus value
* Stack can use more than 2 attacks. Additional attacks can now be seperated as "ONLY_MELEE_FIGHT and "ONLY_DISTANCE_FIGHT".
* Moat damage configurable
* More config options for spells:
- mind immunity handled by config
- direct damage immunity handled by config
- immunity icon configurable
- removed mind_spell flag
* creature config use string ids now.
* support for string subtype id in short bonus format
* primary skill identifiers for bonuses
Forum topic: Mandatory Rating for comments
Sorry, changed that back
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[LESS INFO] 63 VIEWS | ADDED 18:59:00 09/26/11 Frontier Force: Hunt for the Wolfdog : TUE SEP 27 9p et/pt : http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/hunt-for-the-wolfdog-5968/Overview An underhanded plan is overheard at a Billings truck stop, and police arrive to set the suspects straight.
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22.Dec.10 East Midlands celebrate award winners
England Athletics Volunteer Awards recognise the work of clubs, volunteers, officials and coaches, as well as the areas of partnership and disability athletics. They reward contributions and commitment to our sport over the past 12-month period, with a more limited number of lifetime service awards.
16.Dec.10 Marathon runners get helping hand from network
Runners intending to take part in either the London or other spring marathons have had an evening of advice and tips on how to get the best out of their training in a seminar hosted by the Leicestershire Vision 2020 McCain Athletics Network.
08.Dec.10 Derbyshire Athletics Network delivers again!
Through an award-winning partnership between the University of Derby Buxton and Derbyshire McCain Athletics Network, the university delivered workshops for coaches and athletes on psychology, strength and stability, and nutrition recently.
04.Nov.10 Over 50 attendees at Endurance Coach Mentoring session
The East Midlands Endurance Coach Mentoring group met for a joint training session and coaches' get together at Mansfield on Sunday 31st October. This was the follow up to the first such session that Area Coach Mentor Paul Blissett had organised in early September
01.Nov.10 Leics Vision 2020 set up forum for marathon runners
The Leicestershire Vision 2020 McCain Athletics Network is holding a "How to run your marathon" forum of help and guidance in Loughborough on 13th December.
27.Oct.10 Dave Sunderland to answer endurance questions
If you live near Lincoln here's your opportunity as a coach or athlete of any endurance event or ability to ask some of those pressing questions you may have about training programmes, what to do pre, during and post competition/races, tips and techniques, etc. and get them answered by Dave Sunderland.


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Less than one week after The News-Sentinel reported on a budding dispute between WOWO radio and some of its conservative listeners, the afternoon local talk-show host at the center of the story was absent from the airwaves Friday afternoon, replaced by a syndicated program.
Whether the change is permanent remains to be seen, but sources indicate it will be.
Director of Programming operations Gregg Henson, who replaced Pat Miller in the 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. time slot last month and made no secret of his intention to attract a more inclusive audience, was replaced Friday by Sean Hannity, the nationally syndicated host previously aired at 6 p.m.
Henson in recent days had openly criticized by name some local conservatives, who responded with a flurry of e-mails targeting WOWO advertisers and, in one case, declaring "war" on the station dominated by conservative talk radio, includinng Rush Limbaugh's program.
WOWO did not respond to requests for comment, but one source indicated Henson would not be back on the air. Miller, who was relegated to a Saturday show after Henson took over, has also lost his program, the source added.
Henson told The News-Sentinel last week that he wanted the station's afternoon show to appeal to a broader audience than "niche" listeners the evangelical Christian Miller had reached, especially after the station began simulcasting its AM signal on a sister FM station recently.
Local blogger Dan Turkette, in fact, suggested Henson had posted a series of critical posts on Facebook about Allen County Right to Life Director Cathie Humbarger, but Henson denied any involvement.


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Fri, Oct 05, 2012 starting at 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Location: Thad Smotherman Theatre
Texas Wesleyan University's Theatre Wesleyan presents A Man For All Seasons, written by Robert Bolt and directed by Jeanne Everton, associate professor of theatre.
The play will be presented in the Thad Smotherman Theatre in the Law Sone Fine Arts Building, located at the corner of Binkley St. and Avenue E.
Sir Thomas More, the 16th century Chancellor of England, held that a person was defined by his conscience. A Man For All Seasons explores the impact of More's convictions, both religious and secular, when he refused to endorse King Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon in order to marry Anne Boleyn.
Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, Sept. 25. The box office will be open Tuesdays to Fridays 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and one hour before curtain on show days. For reservations please call 817-531-4211.


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Making money from multiscreen
Posted on June 17, 2013 by Farah Jifri
As smart devices (tablets, smartphones, etc.) become ubiquitous, broadcasters are keen to capitalise on the small screen as an adjunct to the large. This is all well and good, and there are some very nifty bits of tech out there that will help them do this. However, the issue of how to make money out of second-screen services in the long term remains slightly hazy.
The evolution of streaming music services in the telco space could offer some answers. First there were online subscription music streaming services Spotify and Deezer in France, which as smartphones took off, made their way into the mobile space, offering app-based access to music on the go.
Several telcos and mobile operators soon tried to muscle in on the streaming music action – with varying rates of success. Vodafone Music, for example, is far from a household name. But it wasn't all doom and gloom. Danish incumbent TDC was among the first to provide an own-brand music streaming service (TDC PLAY) free to voice (fixed and mobile), broadband and pay-TV customers – and more importantly to make a success of it. TDC attributed a 50% reduction in churn for broadband customers to its provision of PLAY, which more than justified the cost of running the service and investing in music rights. Portuguese incumbent TMN's MusicBox service, bundled free to its broadband, telco and mobile customers, was also one of the more successful projects in this space. The operator now provides MusicBox as a standalone service which non-TMN customers can subscribe to – allowing it to monetise what has long been a free value-added service (VAS).
While some telcos decided that an own-brand music streaming service was the way to go, others sought to partner with a third-party. 3 led the way in this approach, partnering with Spotify – initially in Sweden and then in the UK and other markets – to offer the music service at a discounted rate as a value-add. Orange followed suit, partnering with (and acquiring a stake in) Deezer, which is now available at a reduced price to customers in most of its markets.
As the small screen becomes as important for accessing content of all types as the large one, the question of how to actually make money from these services is very much front of mind. Those broadcasters looking to get in on the second-screen action could do a lot worse than look to the example of how telcos have exploited streaming music as a VAS. Sports would be the ideal genre to act as a test bed to gauge if consumers will actually reach into their wallets for second-screen content.
Most sports broadcasters – Sky Sports, ESPN and Canal+ to name a few – already have companion apps, where they provide additional content such as live stats, aggregated Twitter feeds, highlights, live video streams and so on. At the moment these app-based content services are provided free to subscribers and used as a means of creating differentiation and stickiness.
The next logical step would be to operate a 'freemium' model where the basic service is offered for free, but additional premium content is paid for. TMN's offer of MusicBox to non-customers is another option which would allow broadcasters to make money from a service they currently provide free of charge.
Once sports rights are broken up into TV and second screen – instead of lumping it all together – the issue of monetising second screen content will become much more pertinent. Broadcasters that already have second screen services up and running will be best placed to do this.
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Remember Forks?
Just me and the girls. We were ready for a crazy fan-girl weekend. Or at the very least a crazy girls' weekend where we made fun of the fan-girls. (not jk though. never jk. she's the coolest fan-girl i know.)
I have to come out of the closet here and say that, for me, the trek to Forks is more about the girl time and fun with the gals than Forks itself.
If you put a gun to my head and made me choose, I would say that although I'm ardently Team Jacob in the Twilight series, I'm definitely more of a Hunger Games girl. I love me some goofy teen romance, but in the end, I'm not so much a twihard as others.
And you all know that Team Charlie is my thang.
Don't get me wrong, of course I'm a fan. Who else travels all the way up to the Olympic Peninsula besides someone who has a little teeny bit of crazy fan-girl in them?
Yep. I'm a nerd.
So, onto the pictures.
So, as you can tell, I didn't go as overboard with the picture taking as I did last year. I actually had enough for 2 posts in 2010! There were a few changes in Forks...not a lot, but a few that were pretty disappointing for us.
But we did have a fabulous time, just chillin' out, bein' girls, shopping and having fun, so I would call it a success!!


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New Estimates for Effective Corporate Tax Rates
The new Canadian budget includes estimates of marginal effective corporate tax rates for major countries (page 149). These rates measure the tax load on new investments, such as a manufacturing company buying new machines and expanding a plant.
Corporate Taxes: Low Rates, High Revenues in Canada
Canada's federal government introduced a budget yesterday that includes new estimates of corporate tax revenues. I've discussed how Canada has cut its statutory corporate tax rate to a fraction of the U.S. rate, yet Canada raises more revenue. The new budget shows that the Canadian federal 15 percent tax raised 1.9 percent of GDP in revenue in 2012, while the U.S. federal tax at 35 percent raised just 1.6 percent, per CBO.
Force-Feeding Fiscal Federalism
State and local politicians love federal money. Every federal dollar that a state or local politician can spend is a dollar that he or she doesn't have to ask his or her voters to come up with through taxes or fees.
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently said that "America is one big pothole." President Obama, members of Congress, and pundits often claim that our infrastructure is "crumbling." The Senate Budget Committee's new spending plan, for example, uses that word no fewer than ten times in calling for a $100 billion infrastructure package. And in a report released yesterday, the American Society of Civil Engineers gives the nation a grade of D+ on its infrastructure.
Is Returning to Clinton-Era Levels of Fiscal Restraint Really Asking too Much?
It can be very frustrating to work at the Cato Institute and fight for small government.
Why I'm Not a Conservative
The Washington Post notes the following quote from Rep. Paul Ryan in his CPAC speech:
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For supporters of limited government, there is some good news coming from Washington. On entitlement spending, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's new spending plan would reform Medicare and Medicaid, repeal Obamacare, and balance the budget over 10 years.
Senator Patty Murray Is Right…and Completely Wrong…about the 1990s
I wrote about the Ryan budget two days ago, praising it for complying with Mitchell's Golden Rule and reforming Medicare and Medicaid. But I believe in being honest and nonpartisan, so I also groused that it wasn't as good as the 2011 and 2012 versions. Now it's time to give the same neutral and dispassionate treatment to the budget proposed by Patty Murray, the Washington Democrat who chairs the Senate Budget Committee.
Ryan Budget Proposal Is Not a Blueprint for Limited Government
The now annual release of House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget proposal has replaced the release of the president's budget proposal as my least favorite policy event of the year. The president promises big government and Ryan promises smaller big government. What makes the Ryan proposal more aggravating is that it's hardly a vision of limited government, but the left (and many on the right) treats it like it is.
Everything You Need to Know About the Ryan Budget
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Setting up mobile broadband is usually straightforward, with 'plug and play' software making it easy...
Dongle set-up
No matter which provider you get your mobile broadband dongle from, set-up will be a simple process of following a few basic instructions.
The software you need to start using your mobile broadband will automatically be installed on your computer when you plug in your dongle. You don't even need an installation CD.
Simply insert your mobile broadband sim card into the slot on your USB dongle, and plug it into your laptop, netbook or tablet - making sure your device is switched on first. The software will then be automatically installed. This may take several minutes and you should not remove your dongle while the files are being installed.
Then, simply follow the on-screen prompts to get started. A shortcut will appear on your desktop, allowing you to get online at the touch of a button.
If you are a pay-as-you-go broadband customer, you will be directed to your ISP's page to activate your account and top-up your dongle if necessary.
Built-in mobile broadband
Some of the laptops and netbooks now come with built-in mobile broadband, allowing you to put your sim card directly into your laptop - with no need for even a dongle or USB modem stick for a truly mobile internet connection.
Many laptop manufacturers have deals with specific mobile broadband providers, so make sure you check whether or not your laptop will be locked to one ISP before signing up.
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Floral Hexagon BagBy: Ellen K. Gormley for Red Heart Yarn Join up colorful hexagon and pentagon granny squares in this summer bag crochet pattern. The crochet motifs have a floral appearance appropriate for spring and summer.
Size: 9" wide x 13" high (23 cm x 33 cm) excluding straps Gauge: Hexagon = 4"/10cm diameter from point to point. Special Abbreviations Instructions: Note: Tote has a lining. Throughout pattern, "Outer Bag" refers to the public side of the bag (which is constructed from hexagons and pentagons), and "Lining" refers to the sc lining. Outer Bag Pentagon (make 12 total) Outer Base Outer Bag Assembly Motif Rings Assembly LINING Pen Pocket Square Pocket Pockets Assembly TOP EDGE OF BAG STRAP Strap Assembly Finishing Related ProjectsRelated Products to Buy from CutRateCrafts.com - save 15-30% |
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