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The PreenFM2 brings the old FM synthesis in a small open-source modern DIY box
The Plexi case :
Today's technology in a small box.
In addition to regular FM synth features you'll get (firmware 2.01) :
- 4 independent instruments. Each of them has:
- Powerful arpeggiator (Mutable-Instruments opensource algorithm).
- 1 effect Slot (chose among 32 filters such as LP, HP, formant, crusher…)
- 1 gate effect
- 4 rapid access performance parameters
- The 4 instruments can be saved all at the same time in combo presets.
- Each instrument has its own modifiable midi channel. They can share the same for FAT quadruple timbres notes.
- Modifiable number of allocated voices… Between 1 and 14.
- 28 FM algorithms from 3 to 6 operators
- Up to 14 voices of polyphony (8 if you use 6 op algorithms). Each voices has:
- 7 low frequency modulators (3 LFOs, 2 enveloppes, 2 step sequencers).
- 12 rows matrix : 16 sources, 32 destination (LP, HP, gate, stereo, MI, attack…)
- Arpeggiator, LFOs and step sequencers synchronizable on external midi clock or internal clock.
- Operator features:
- 7 builtin waveforms + 6 user waveforms read from the usb drive.
- Stereo panning (at the carrier operator level)
- 8 envelope parameters per operator (DX7 like)
- Direct Scala scale file loading for microtonality. Up to 128 Scala scales selectable from the preenfm2.
- Modular Randomizer
- USB all the way
- Midi over USB
- USB drive: huge preset banks: 64*128 presets, 8*128 combos, 256*32 DX7 presets.
- The USB drive holds your preset banks, you scala scale files, your user waveform files.
- Easy firmware upload and flash.
- USB powered
- Comprehensive user interface and associated to a 4×20 characters display for easy preset edition
- Small, portable and easy to build (no SMD)
- Mac/Linux/Windows open-source preset Editor : standalone and VST
Know you hardware : 100% open source (compiled with GNU toolchain) and open hardware (only very standard components).
Other features :
- Can import DX7 sysex banks (just put them on the usb stick)
- Glide possible for instrument(s) with number of voice set to 1
- Midi through Din5 or USB
- Can be powered by USB or 7.5V-9v 2.1mm DC IN
- Boots in 2 seconds
- Al very standard components
- 2 * double 12bits DAC (mcp4922) => 18 bits stereo output
- Single simple pot to control stereo volume
- Sample rate 38Khz (or 42Khz with overclocked firmware)
- Custom bootloader with 3 ways to upgrade firwmare: Usb stick, sysex through Din5 or DFU.


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text: Loyale 2.7 Turbo 1873 Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) Hi! Some time ago, my Weberized BumbleBeast's EA82 engine developed a weird Rattle Noise, I thought it was a worn A/C Compressor's Ball Bearing, as I Posted ~► Here. After more Searchin' I Found the Culprit, it was the Fixed Fan, moved through a fan clutch, attached to the Waterpump's Pulley... The Fan clutch itself had failed around the year 1993, so I decided to Fix it then, by Drillin' a 1/4" Hole thru the Fan clutch and insert a 1/4" Twisted wire into that hole, then Welded that wire to the Fan's Base; as you can see in the Followin' picture: It worked good since then... but now, several years later; the Hole I Drilled on the Fan Clutch's area became Wider, due to normal vibration and the Welded wire became Loose, making the Fan to be Loose; that was the Rattle noise Source: that thing was Ruined. After Asking~► Here: ...or is Better idea to Replace the pulley-driven Fan, retrofitting an Electric Fan? Someone told me that the lack of the Fixed fan on the Waterpump's Pulley, will aid the Waterpump to last longer and also will help to the Engine to gain a healthy amount of more Hp... And getting confirmations like This: Yes and yes. You also gain throttle response and it makes changing timing belts and other maintenance easier... I Decided to Completely Remove and erase the Fixed Waterpump's Fan and Swap there a second electric Fan. First of all, you must know that the EA82 engines with A/C, comes with the above described Waterpump's Fan and one electric Fan, which comes already Wired from factory to Start (turn ON) in two ways: It Starts when the A/C switch is pressed "ON", Regardless the engine's Temperature; or... It Starts when the Engine's Temperature reaches the amount of degrees on the Radiator's Thermo Switch.So, factory wiring already comes for the Thermo Switch and A/C with Bypass circuits, that will make things Easier and Cheaper to do. _________________________________________________________ First Step: To Remove the Old Fan from the Waterpump's Pulley. Certain EA82's has separate Screws to hold the Waterpump's Pulley and to place there the Fan, While the most usual setup is that Studs holds both, the said Pulley and the fan assembly at the same time. My BumbleBeast came with the said Studs as you can see in the Following Picture: There you can see the Studs still on the Waterpump's pulley and also the Space clearance, between the said Pulley and the Radiator. By the Way I must say that I'm Runnin' my BumbleBeast with a Double Row Radiator. EA82's came from factory with double and single row radiators. Double row ones have better cooling capabilities plus they holds almost Twice the Coolant amount than their single row counterparts... Those double row ones are preferable. You can see the Original stock two fans on the Floor, the Pulley driven one next to the electric one, in the Following Picture: Second Step: To Remove the Studs from the Waterpump's Pulley. In order to obtain more clearance and to be Safer, you'll Need to remove the Studs on the Waterpump's Pulley. In the Models with separate screws isn't Big Deal, but in the ones with Studs for both things (Pulley & Fan), the Studs shall be replaced with Screws. In the Following picture, you can see How the Pulley Looks Like with one Stud Removed, three of them still remain in their Place: I Found the Right Replacement Screws: M 6 X 12 mm with 1.0 Pitch You Shall Use Lockin' Washers. They not only Lock the Screws in Place, They also reduce the 12 mm screw's Lenght to a safer 10 mm to avoid contact on the Waterpump's shaft. The Screws' Heads with Lockin' Washers are less Tall than the Center Shaft: You can Notice the Clearance Space: Third Step: The Search for the Proper Replacement. Since EA82's Heads usually are Weak and tend to Warp around their Head Gaskets whenever the Engine Runs at High Temperatures for long periods; I Highly recommend to instal a Second Electric Fan in the Place of the Removed mechanical one; so you can Ensure that your Subie's engine coolin' system will Run Safely. By the Way, there are Three generations of EA82 Heads, as you can Read ~► Here. Since the Space clearance Between the Radiator and the Waterpump is around 2½" inches, the selected electric fan must be Thin enough to fit there securely while it left enough free space to let the waterpump's Pulley behind, spin Freely; so a Maximum of 2" thick is the Limit. I went to hunt for an Already Twin Electric Fans in a single Frame steup, to our local Junk Yards (Named here "Yonkers") Because first I Wanted to remove Both stock fans and do the install as Simple as Possible. Lots of cars comes factory with Twin fans in a Single frame, such like certain Sentras (Nissan) or Corollas (Toyota), I Measured all of them and the Nissan ones got their Motor Stickin' out too much (More than 3") while the Toyota ones where Thinner. These are the Corolla's: But they measured more than 2¾ inches Thick. Then, after searchin' a Lot, I found a Toyota Prius, which looked like the Right Setup. The Prius has one of the Worst crowded engine bays I've seen in all my Life, even the hand of a young girl can't go inside there! Twin Fans frame, from the Prius: Made in Japan, by Nippon-Denso: Eleven curvy blades per fan, and 2¼ inches Thick: Here you can see How the Prius fans Looked like, placed over my Subie's Radiator: Well, my Subie's Radiator is a Full Metal, made in Honduras Replacement, with Two Rows, that has the Same Measurements than the Stock one... I discovered that it needed Maintenance (Cleansing & New Paint), just by Lookin' at it: Trying the Prius' Fans made me found this Four Things which I Didn't Liked: You'll Need to Fabricate custom Mounts for the New Prius' Fans on the Subie's Radiator. You'll Need to Remove the Power Steering's Fluid Reservoir Tank to get Enough Space to Slide the Prius' Fans in Place. Once Placed, the Space Between the Spinning Pulley and the Fan's Back on the Driver's Side, is very very short. :-/ That will Complicate my Philosophy of Simplifying Things on my BumbleBeast, that made me to even Remove its Timing Belts' Covers, as you can Read ~► Here. I Even Tried all That, as you can See in the Followin' Pictures: Removed Reservoir Tank It was Very Dirty: So I Deep Cleaned it and its internal debris catching Magnet: I Needed Something Easier to Find and to Work with: The Solution is An Aftermarket Electric Fan. So I Only needed to Find one Thin fan to put in Place of the Removed (Mechanical) one. That lets me Keep the (Original Subaru) Stock Electric Fan... I Was Able to Return the Prius' Fans to the Junk Yard... Edited February 18, 2012 by Loyale 2.7 Turbo Mispelled word. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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I'lam - Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel: The Facade of Human Rights and Democratic Principles
By NGO Monitor
June 15, 2004
I'lam Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel
By NGO Monitor
March 20, 2006
EU Funds for NGOs Misused
By NGO Monitor
September 11, 2003
P.O. Box 2631 Attn. Haneen Zoubi 16000 Nazareth, Israel
Founded in 2000 and based in Haifa, I'lam describes itself as "the only not-for-profit Palestinian Media Center in Israel." The organization's mission is "to develop and empower the Arab media and to give voice to Palestinian issues"; to contribute "to the development of a plural and unbiased media landscape"; and "to serve primarily the Palestinian citizens in Israel through the improvement of their mass media system with training, documentation, advocacy, cooperation, and outreach." In I'lam's estimation, the Israeli media "is to a large extent controlled by the national government, which uses it to ... manipulate public knowledge and opinion." Consequently, says I'lam, "the media in Israel fails to satisfy [its] fundamental responsibility ... to disseminate balanced and accurate information and to promote democratic values, civil society, and pluralism." I'lam views Israel as a nation whose government abuses and oppresses its Palestinian citizens and neighbors. The organization's December 2000 report, titled "The Israeli Media and the Intifada," stated: "The [Arab-Israeli] war is taking place on the territories of the party [the Palestinians] who is completely under siege and possesses mere rocks and rifles, whereas, the other party [Israel] possesses the largest military arsenal in the Middle East." This document traced the roots of the latest Intifada (which had erupted three months earlier) exclusively to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount, and criticized the Israeli media for taking what I'lam deemed a one-sided approach to its reporting on the violence. In April 2002 the I'lam website directed readers to an article from the daily publication Al-Itihad, entitled "Report from Jenin Refugee Camp: Even Flies Reveal What the Israeli Army Wants to Hide." Claiming that the Israeli Defense Forces had massacred Palestinian civilians in Jenin earlier that month, the author wrote: "I imagine the picture: The soldiers are the grandchildren of the Nazis' victims, the Nazis' survivors. They have come here to consume food quickly and consume life quickly. This is the true image of Israel. The real Israel is not in the clean, lofty suburbs of Northern Tel-Aviv ... It is not in the literary cafes and journalists' clubs ... It is not its High Court. I saw the real Israel, its ugliness in the Jenin Refugee Camp on Monday, April 15, 2002. The rest remains decor for murder." On August 5, 2005, I'lam published a six-page report on Israel's television coverage of the murder of four Arab citizens by an Israeli soldier (who was absent without leave) in Shafa'amr. The report alleged that the four victims had "paid with their lives for 'the political culture' that the official policies of Israel have nurtured for over 50 years." I'lam also charged that the Israeli media had "contributed to preparing the groundwork for the terrorist attack in Shafar'amr" by allegedly ignoring, on a consistent basis, racist commentary and racially motivated attacks aimed against Arabs. No specific facts or statistics were presented to support this claim. In a March 2005 communiqué, I'lam condemned the renewal of Israel's Citizenship Law which restricts the automatic granting of Israeli citizenship to Palestinian residents of the West Bank and Gaza who marry Israelis. I'lam described the law as a "blatantly discriminatory" form of "collective punishment." In a May 2005 news release, I'lam implicitly accused the State of Israel of restricting Muslims' right to freedom of religion when Sheikh Abd Al-Rahman Bakirat was indicted on charges of committing "incitement to violence or terror." Calling on the international community and media to show solidarity for "the right of individuals ... to freedom of expression and freedom of worship," I'lam declined to mention that a police investigation found that a column recently penned by Bakirat had included "praise, sympathy and encouragement for an act of violence or terror," and that there was "a tangible possibility that it would lead to [such] an act." In 2002, I'lam's major projects included the production and dissemination of video documentaries, the facilitation of awareness-raising sessions aimed at high-school students, and the convening of public policy roundtable discussions with members of the local media community. The following year was a period of transition for I'lam, during which the organization reworked its infrastructure, made personnel changes, and acquired additional financial resources. In May 2004 I'lam launched its "Responsible and Professional Media" project, seeking "to develop respect for press freedom and responsibility, media professionalism and ethics, and media rights for Arabs inside Israel." Throughout 2004 and the first half of 2005, I'lam focused its resources on "improving the coverage of Arab citizens of Israel in the Hebrew media, and at democratizing media laws and regulations in Israel." During the second half of 2005 and 2006, the organization's focus was on "developing and consolidating [its] work with the community and the local Arabic media." I'lam receives financial backing from the British Council (Israel), the European Union (through the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights), the Heinrich Boell Foundation, the New Israel Fund, the Open Society Institute (more than $1 million as of August 2016), and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Portions of this profile are adapted, with permission, from NGO Monitor.
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New Year's Concert
The audience will be greeted with a New Year's invocation at the Opera House, a newly commissioned verse by young poet Orsolya Fenyvesi, a new ballet interlude, a New Year's address from archeologist and Egyptologist Győző Vörös representing the world of science, as well as an overture newly written for the occasion by composer Iván Madarász. The famous Hungarian musician, Tamás Vásáry will conduct Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
Part I
Hungarian anthem
Orsolya Fenyvesi: Always in the Beginning - presented by: Eszter Tóth
Screening of New Year's balett movie
Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo - Midsummer Night's Dream
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Featuring The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Choreographer: Balázs Vincze, director of Pécsi Balett
Featuring: Ildikó Boros, Tatiana Melnik, Lili Felméry, Gergő Balázsi, Iurii Kekalo, Benjamin Babácsi
New Year's greetings by archeologist Dr. Győző Vörös
Iván Madarász: Ouverture to an Imaginary Opera
Featuring the Orchestra of Hungarian State Opera
conductor: Tamás Vásáry
Part II
Beethoven: Symphony IX
Conductor: Tamás Vásáry
Featuring: Júlia Hajnóczy (soprano), Lúcia Megyesi-Schwartz (alt), István Horváth (tenor), Marcell Bakonyi (bass)
General cast
- Conductor
- Péter Halász
- Soprano
- Polina Pasztircsák
- Alto
- Szilvia Vörös
- Tenor
- István Horváth
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- Levente Pál


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Two public petitions to amend the Illinois Constitution to limit the power and incumbency of the General Assembly are being filed to appear on the Nov. 4 ballot.
A political action committee chaired by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner filed a petition Wednesday for an amendment to impose term limits on General Assembly members and make other changes to the body. Another group will deliver its signatures Thursday afternoon for an amendment to take the power to redraw legislative district maps after each U.S. Census from state lawmakers.
Both groups say they have more than enough signatures to ensure their proposed amendments get on the ballot and survive challenges by legislative foot soldiers. Rauner's group, Term Limits and Reform, filed more than 590,000 signatures with the Illinois State Board of Elections, almost twice the twice the number needed. Yes For Independent Maps, which will file the redistricting amendment, says it has more than 500,000 signatures.
But both amendments could be challenged before the Illinois Supreme Court, which 20 years ago struck down a proposed term limits amendment.
"All these reforms, especially term limits, will go a long way toward changing the insider culture of Springfield and send a message that power belongs in the hands of the people, not the career politicians and special interests," Rauner said in a statement.
The proposed amendment limits House and Senate members to serving no more than eight years. It also restructures the General Assembly by lowering the number of Senate districts from 59 to 41. Each district would have three House representatives, slightly increasing its size from 118 to 123. The changes would take effect in 2023, which would start the term-limit clock ticking in 2015.
Another change in the amendment would bring Illinois in line with most other states by increasing the number of votes needed to override a gubernatorial veto from three-fifths to two-thirds.
The diverse changes likely are a measure aimed at improving the odds that the amendment survives a court challenge because it not only imposes term limits, but also alters how the General Assembly operates. The Illinois Supreme Court threw a 1994 citizen initiative for term limits off the ballot after ruling that simply limiting terms did not comply with a provision in the Constitution restricting what citizens can petition to change to the General Assembly's "structure and procedures."
The amendment does not impose term limits on the governorship and the five other statewide offices because citizen petitions can only offer amendments to the section of the Constitution dealing with the General Assembly. A Republican-led effort in the Senate to put such an amendment on the ballot died Tuesday in committee.
Polls have shown that Illinois residents overwhelmingly favor term limits. An April 7 poll by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University put support for legislative term limits at almost 80 percent, versus 17 percent opposed and 3.4 percent unsure. The numbers are even stronger for limiting the amount of time that lawmakers can serve in leadership roles such as House speaker and Senate president.
Fifteen states impose term limits on state legislators, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Six states had term limits at one time that have since been repealed – two by the legislatures themselves and four by their respective state supreme courts. In all four cases, the courts objected to the method by which the limits were imposed, not on the merits of the law itself.
The Yes For Independent Maps amendment seeks to reform a redistricting process long derided by critics who allege that the system in Illinois allows lawmakers to choose their voters.
The proposed 1,500-word amendment puts the job of redrawing House and Senate boundaries after each decennial U.S. Census in the hands of an 11-member commission appointed by a three-member panel selected from random applications submitted to the state auditor general. The commission, which must deliberate in public, would be forbidden from drawing boundaries that split local units of government, ethnic or linguistic groups, or discriminate against political parties. A majority vote by the commission to approve the maps must include at least two affirmative votes each from Democratic, Republican and independent members.
The amendment only applies to General Assembly districts – state lawmakers would still have the power to draw the boundaries of the state's Congressional districts.
Thirteen states put the job of redistricting in the hands of independent commissions, and two other states have a commission that serve in an advisory role to state lawmakers. In Iowa, long held up as an example of proper redistricting, an independent government agency is in charge of drawing the maps, and is forbidden from taking lawmakers' home addresses into account.
Illinois is one of five states that puts redistricting in the hands of a commission if lawmakers fail to meet the filing deadline.
Voters could end up weighing in on four proposed constitutional amendments in November if both citizen initiatives pass legal muster. State lawmakers earlier this month put two amendments – protecting voting rights and strengthening the 1992 victims' rights amendment – on the ballot. An effort by lawmakers to put an amendment on the ballot replacing the flat income tax with a "progressive" one based on income fizzled because it did not have the three-fifths majority in the House needed to pass.
The Constitution limit to no more than three proposed amendments on the ballot applies only to those proposed by the General Assembly.
Amendments pass if they are approved by either three-fifths of those voting on it, or the majority of those voting in that election.
On the Net
You can visit the websites of the two groups leading the citizen referendums to amend the Illinois Constitution at www.termlimitsandreform.com and www.independentmaps.org.


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Kathleen Jagger '75 Named Interim VP and Dean at Transylvania University
February 25, 2012
Kathleen S. Jagger, a 1975 graduate of DePauw University, has been appointed interim vice president and dean of the college at Transylvania University, effective August 1. Dr. Jagger joined the faculty in 2002 as professor of biology and is currently associate vice president and associate dean of the college.
"Kathleen is an exceptional individual on many levels, and I look forward to working with her on a broader spectrum of issues," says Transylvania President R. Owen Williams. "I am deeply grateful to her for agreeing to serve in this important capacity."
Jagger states, "I am honored to have the opportunity to serve Transylvania in a new capacity and continue some of the initiatives Dean (William) Pollard began such as increasing our interdisciplinary majors and minors, enriching the breadth of the curriculum with additions such as Chinese language study and developing the enhanced First Year Student Experience. It will be a marvelous opportunity to support our students, my colleagues on the faculty and the administration as we collaborate to move the college forward."
Jagger majored in zoology (biological sciences) at DePauw, then earned an M.P.H. from Harvard School of Public Health and a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She was a professor of microbiology and public health at DePauw from 1983 to 2002. A recipient of Transylvania's Bingham Award for Excellence in Teaching, Jagger has mentored new faculty members and developed a number of new courses, laboratory projects and service learning travel courses.
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The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair that runs April 26-29, 2013 opens with a preview night on April 25. More than 100 of the world's most notable antiques dealers will exhibit their unique treasures at the 16th Annual event featuring dealers from across North America and Europe. The fair offers both serious collectors and those new to antiques a vast array of exceptional items in categories including Americana, jewelry, furniture, clocks, paintings, folk art, sculpture, rugs, decorative arts and books. Considered the Midwest's most prestigious antiques event, the Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair attracts thousands of seasoned collectors and new antiques-lovers each year. "This year's dealers will bring an almost dizzying array of items, from antiquities to mid-century modernism," said Lisa Simonian, Vice President of Marketing, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. "With a treasure trove of antiques from across the country and around the world, attendees are sure to find items to suit any taste or price point."
Notable dealers confirmed to participate in the 2013 Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair include:
American Garage
Founded in 1990 by Diana Douglas and Michael Ogle, American Garage specializes in Americana and folk art. The duo shares a passion for collecting and finding homes for American treasures. American Garage is a proud member of the American Folk Art Society, New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association, the Antiques Dealers Association of California and The Antiques Council. The Gallery has been featured in Architectural Digest, InStyle and Rolling Stone and appeared on HGTV. American Garage is located in Los Angeles, California.
Hares Antiques
In Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, Allen Hare, the owner of Hares Antiques, has been buying and selling antique furniture, rugs, paintings and more since 1972. Hares Antiques features practical furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries. The gallery lovingly refurbishes pieces in its restoration and upholstery workshops to ensure that they can become a part of the owner's everyday living.
African Antiques
Kip McKesson African Art will provide a captivating array of antiques from the African continent including an early 20th Century stool from the Hehe Peoples of Tanzania. Oumar Keinde African Arts will feature a wide selection of terracotta and ivory figures, traditional tribal masks and musical instruments.
Fine Art and Paintings An extensive collection of art spanning various styles and eras will be presented by several spectacular dealers. Gladwell & Company will bring a number of important paintings including "The Stillness of Time" by Salvador Dali. In addition, Rehs Gallery will have an Emile Munier dating from 1882, while Richard Norton Gallery will bring two stunning works from the 1930s by Richard Koppe and John Koch.
Furniture Hares Antiques of England will feature an extremely rare wood carved cabinet from the United Kingdom's Arts and Crafts Movement of the 1870s. The piece was built by Marsh Jones and Crib, one of the foremost cabinet makers of the era, and will be of particular interest to Frank Lloyd Wright fans as they influenced the Organic Architecture movement in the United States during Wright's time. Ophir Gallery boasts a rare and elaborate Bronze and Leaded Lamp by Tiffany Studios. Mid-century modern furniture will also be in abundant display, including one of the era's most renowned pieces, the Claritone Project G, a speaker system that was favored by Frank Sinatra and Hugh Hefner, brought by AOSTA Furniture and Décor.
Joining M.S. Rau Antiques rare 12-carat pink diamond will be a pair floral earrings by the famed Jewelry Designer Edward Leighton. Other notable jewelry items include a pair of stunning antique Harry Winston earrings from Nally Jewels and a collection of unusually colorful retro bangles from Benchmark of Palm Beach.
Majolica Dream will bring a rare Palissy Coffee Pot by Joseph Landais – Copie. Majolica, LLC of Paris will be unveiling their newly acquired collection of 19th century Majolica. The collection includes stellar examples of Majolica sculpture, an Italian tin glazed pottery that became popular during the Renaissance, and Palissy Ware, a style of poly chrome lead-glazed pottery. Both Majolica and Palissy Ware are characterized by colorful and ornate three dimensional pottery designs often bearing historical or aquatic themes.
Unique Items and Objects
A highlight from Ophir Gallery is an impressive French Art Deco enamel on copper "Geometric" pattern vase by Camille Fauré. Those interested in local antiques and Chicago History will be fascinated by a pair of museum-quality art deco candlesticks by Chicago artist Emory Seidel from Lawrence Fine Art. Other local treasures from The Country House/Richard Norton Inc. include a 1915 Louis Vuitton steamer trunk from Marshall Field's that was modeled after those created for the Russian Monarchy, and a set of bronze andirons from the legendary Potter Palmer Castle.
Il Segno del Tempo S.R.L.
Based in Milan, Italy, Il Segno del Tempo features a wide array of decorative arts items. The gallery specializes in antique canes, pipes and scientific instruments, with many other contemporary art and sculpture pieces. Il Segno del Tempo's unique pieces make for interesting accents to home furnishing and décor.
Jayne Thompson Antiques
With more than 40 years of experience in antiques dealing, Jayne Thompson founded Jayne Thompson Antiques in 1990. The gallery, one of the largest in the nation, features English and Continental furniture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. The gallery itself is a renowned, located in the historic Bellevue home built in 1784 by Colonel John Bowman in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
M.S. Rau Antiques
Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, family-owned and operated M.S. Rau was founded in 1912 by Max Rau. The gallery features 18th and 19th century antiques including clocks, glass, jewelry, paintings and silver and recently acquired the largest pink diamond in the world, a 12-carat stone. This family-owned business is operated by Max Rau's grandson, Bill Rau. M.S. Rau is located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Made In Russia
Made In Russia specializes in Russian art, with emphasis on Russian and Greek Orthodox icons, Catholic relics and other Christian religious artifacts. Inspired by a trip to Moscow, Made In Russia was founded in 1994 by Dennis Easter and Pene Latham. The gallery aims to preserve Russian culture by finding good homes for treasured Russian religious artifacts. Made In Russia is located in Palm Beach, Florida.
R. Ege Antiques
Embracing a childhood love for collecting, Rick Ege offers guests a selection of folk art, industrial decorative arts and other "curiosities" and "thingamajigs" in his gallery. Ege is passionate not only about an item's value, but also with its history. His collection has been acclaimed by Country Home Magazine, the St. Louis Riverfront Times, Maine Antique Digest and more. R. Ege Antiques is found in St. Louis, Missouri.
Stern Pissarro Gallery
Featuring a range of English oil paintings from the 19th Century and a wide variety of 20th Century works, in addition to the Pissarro Family collection, the Stern Pissarro Gallery (originally Stern Art Dealers) was founded in 1963 by Meir Stern. Today, the gallery is operated by Stern's son David and his wife, Leila Pissarro, great-granddaughter of legendary impressionist Camille Pissarro. The gallery specializes in the works of Pissarro as well as the works of four generations of the Pissarro family. The Stern Pissarro Gallery is located in London, England.
William Cook
Second generation antiques shop William Cook specializes in antique furniture and home décor. The gallery exhibits at antiques fairs throughout England and the US with wide varieties of furniture, objects and lighting. The William Cook gallery is found in Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Fair Hours: Friday, April 26, 11am-7pm
Saturday, April 27, 11am-7pm
Sunday, April 28, 11am-6pm
Monday, April 29, 11am-3pm
Where: The Merchandise Mart, 8th Flr.
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
Chicago, IL 60654
Tickets are $15. To purchase tickets or for more information, please visit www.merchandisemartantiques.com.
Photos: Courtesy of Carol Fox and Associates


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a. The act or process of breaking.
b. The condition of having been broken or ruptured: "a sudden and irreparable fracture of the established order" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
2. A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.
3. Mineralogy
a. The characteristic manner in which a mineral breaks.
b. The characteristic appearance of the surface of a broken mineral.
4. Geology A crack or fault in a rock.
v. frac·tured, frac·tur·ing, frac·tures
a. To cause to break: The impact of the fall fractured the bone. See Synonyms at break.
b. To undergo a break in (a bone): He fractured his ankle in the fall.
2. To disrupt or destroy as if by breaking: fractured the delicate balance of power.
3. To abuse or misuse flagrantly, as by violating rules: ignorant writers who fracture the language.
4. Slang To cause to laugh heartily: "Jack Benny fractured audiences ... for more than 50 years" (Newsweek).
To undergo a fracture.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frāctūra, from frāctus, past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
1. the act of breaking or the state of being broken
2. (Pathology)
a. the breaking or cracking of a bone or the tearing of a cartilage
b. the resulting condition. See also Colles' fracture, comminuted fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, impacted2
3. a division, split, or breach
4. (Geological Science) mineralogy
a. the characteristic appearance of the surface of a freshly broken mineral or rock
b. the way in which a mineral or rock naturally breaks
5. to break or cause to break; split
6. (Pathology) to break or crack (a bone) or (of a bone) to become broken or cracked
7. (Pathology) to tear (a cartilage) or (of a cartilage) to become torn
[C15: from Old French, from Latin fractūra, from frangere to break]
ˈfracturable adj
ˈfractural adj
frac•ture(ˈfræk tʃər)
n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n.
1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare compound fracture.
2. the act of breaking or the state of being broken.
3. a break; split.
4. the characteristic manner of breaking.
5. the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral.v.t.
6. to cause or to suffer a fracture in.
7. to break; crack.
8. Slang. to amuse highly.v.i.
9. to become fractured; break.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin frāctūra a breach, cleft, fracture]
frac′tur•a•ble, adj.
frac′tur•al, adj.
frac′tur•er, n.
A break or crack in a bone, usually also involving injury to surrounding structures. A fracture occurs when a force greater than the strength of the bone is applied, as in a fall.
Past participle: fractured
Gerund: fracturing
A break in a bone. There are three types: closed, open, and complicated (closed or open).
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|fracture - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
comminuted fracture - fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed
complete fracture - break involving the entire width of the bone
compound fracture, open fracture - bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound
compression fracture - fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae)
depressed fracture - fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in
displaced fracture - fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another
fatigue fracture, stress fracture - fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury
capillary fracture, hairline fracture - a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin
incomplete fracture - fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone
impacted fracture - fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end
closed fracture, simple fracture - an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin
|fracture - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
fault line - (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
inclined fault - a geological fault in which one side is above the other
strike-slip fault - a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
|fracture - the act of cracking something
|fracture - violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
|fracture - interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
|fracture - break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"
|fracture - become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
break off, discontinue, stop, break - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
|fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
refracture - break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist"
fracture - become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
|fracture - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to
fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
كَسْركَسْر، شَجَّـهيَكْسِر، يَشُجُّ
vết rạn
A. N (Med) (gen) → fractura f
B. VT → fracturar
to fracture one's arm → fracturarse el brazo
to fracture one's arm → fracturarse el brazo
C. VI → fracturarse
n [bone] → fracture f
vt → fracturer
vi → se fracturer
1. n → frattura
2. vt → fratturare
to fracture one's arm → fratturarsi un braccio
to fracture one's arm → fratturarsi un braccio
3. vi → fratturarsi
fracture(ˈfrӕktʃə) noun
a break of anything hard, especially a bone. a fracture of the left thigh-bone. breuk كَسْر، شَجَّـه счупване fratura zlomenina der Bruch brud κάταγμα, θλάσηfractura (luu)murd شکستگی murtuma fractureשבר टूटना, भंजन lom, prijelom (kosti) (csont)törés patahan (bein)brot frattura 骨折 골절 lūžis lūzums patahan breukbruddzłamanie درز، كسر، ماتوالى، چاود fractura fractură перелом; трещина zlomenina zlom fraktura fraktur, [ben]brott การแตก; การร้าว (โดยเฉพาะกระดูก) kırık, çatlak 折斷 перелом کسی سخت چیز کا ٹوٹنا sự gãy, vỡ (nhất là xương) 折断verb
to break. The metal pipes (were) fractured. gebreek يَكْسِر، يَشُجُّ чупя quebrar zlomit brechen brække σπάζωfracturar murdma, murduma شکستن murtua briser, fracturer לִשבּוֹר टूट जाना slomiti (se), puknuti (el)törik patah brjóta fratturare, rompere 折る 부러지다 (su)lūžti, (nu)laužti lūzt mematahkan brekenbrekkezłamać ماتول quebrar a se sparge, a se rupe ломать zlomiť zlomiti polomiti bryta[s] แตก kırmak 斷裂 ламати(ся) توڑنا gãy hay rạn nứt 断裂
fracture→ كَسْر zlomenina brud Knochenbruch κάταγμα fractura murtuma fracture prijelom frattura 骨折 골절 breuk brudd złamanie fratura перелом fraktur การแตกโดยเฉพาะกระดูก kırık vết rạn 破裂
n. fractura, rotura; pop. quebradura;
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Vivienne Strauss has a degree in Philosophy but has had no formal training in the arts. Vivienne is primarily a painter but also likes to work with collage. She is inspired by classic films, both foreign and American, vintage photographs and fashion as well as by what she reads or hears. Often a well written phrase or an interesting sounding name will develop into a painting or even a a whole series of them. Vivienne fills her watercolor paintings with whimsical details and humorous stories. Her characters seem to write their own dialogue as she creates them in paint. She has shown her work in Manchester, UK, NYC, Portsmouth, NH, Seattle, WA, and Tokyo. She currently has work showing with Three Ravens Gallery in Ardmore, PA, and Sebastian Foster.


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(AP) TRENTON, N.J. - New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said Thursday following a three-month review, a finding that angered Muslim leaders who had sought a clampdown on the cross-border police operations.
The conclusion by Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa, a Christie appointee asked by the governor to look into the spying, means New Jersey Muslims have no state recourse to stop the New York Police Department from infiltrating student groups, videotaping mosque-goers or collecting their license plate numbers as they pray.
Such operations were part of a widespread NYPD program to collect intelligence on Muslim communities both inside New York and beyond. Undercover officers and informants eavesdropped in Muslim cafes and monitored sermons, even when there was no evidence of a crime. The result was that many innocent business owners, students and others were cataloged in police files.
The interstate surveillance efforts, revealed by The Associated Press earlier this year, angered many Muslims and New Jersey officials. Some, like Newark Mayor Cory Booker and the state's top FBI official, criticized the tactics. Others, like Christie, focused more on the fact that the NYPD didn't tell New Jersey exactly what it was up to.
In response, Chiesa launched what he described as a fact-finding review. That review concluded that the NYPD's operations violated no state laws, either civil or criminal.
Further, authorities found that New Jersey has no laws barring outside law enforcement agencies from secretly conducting operations in the state, representatives of the attorney general's office told the AP. However, New York police have agreed to meet with New Jersey law enforcement regularly to discuss counterterrorism intelligence and operations, the attorney general said.
Chiesa, the governor's former chief counsel and a longtime confidante, outlined the state's findings in closed-door meetings Thursday afternoon with Muslim leaders.
"We remain committed to striking the appropriate balance of ensuring the safety of our citizens through vigilance in fighting terrorism, while not undermining the public's confidence in how we approach that mission," Chiesa said in a written statement.
Muslim leaders said they were told that every instance of NYPD activity in New Jersey had been justified by a lead, but that the attorney general would not provide any details on the nature of any of those leads, saying the fact-finding was ongoing.
They said that they did not find the assertion credible and that their efforts to maintain communication between the community and law enforcement would be hurt by the findings that the NYPD had done nothing wrong and could keep doing what they have been doing.
"It was basically an, `FYI, good Thursday afternoon, let it die in the media before the Memorial Day weekend,"' said Mohamed El-Filali, executive director of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, across the Hudson River from New York. If the surveillance of every mosque, burger joint and barbershop targeted was justified, he asked, why were no arrests made?
Aref Assaf of the American Arab Forum said the attorney general made them feel like second-class citizens.
"I said to him it's not only insulting, it's offensive to our sense of justice, that you bring us to Trenton to tell us that you accept as legal and valid the actions of the NYPD, and I will not be surprised if you're issuing an order informing your law enforcement officials that they too can spy on American Muslisms because if it's legal for NYPD, than it must be legal for NJ to do the same."
The Muslim leaders said they would consider all legal options, including renewed appeals for action by the U.S. Justice Department. A federal civil rights lawsuit has also been considered.
The governor was not at the meetings. He was on a visit at the same time to Atlantic City. Asked about the findings, he said: "I have every confidence in Attorney General Chiesa. If that's what he determined, it's good enough for me."
The NYPD has long maintained that its operations were lawful and necessary to keep the city safe. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the NYPD can gather intelligence anywhere in the country it wants and is not required to tell local authorities. NYPD lawyers say they are not bound by jurisdictional lines because they are just collecting intelligence, not making arrests or otherwise acting as police.
Told of New Jersey's findings, Bloomberg's spokesman, Marc La Vorgna, said in a statement: "We've said it time and again, NYPD has kept the city safe and they conduct their work legally."
The attorney general said a directive he issued requires all New Jersey law enforcement agencies to notify the New Jersey State Police Counter-Terrorism Bureau and the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness if they hear of outside departments working in New Jersey. The state agencies will then coordinate with the Joint Terrorism Task Force, of which the NYPD is a member.
Chiesa said he is also establishing a Muslim outreach committee.
Christie, who was the U.S. attorney for the state at the time of the New Jersey surveillance, has said he didn't recall ever being briefed on the NYPD operations. He was one of several state and federal officials who had earlier criticized the NYPD's conduct in New Jersey, accusing the agency of acting like "masters of the universe" by sending agents into his state.
New Jersey's FBI chief, Michael Ward, also has been critical of the NYPD for not conducting the operations within the umbrella off the Joint Terrorism Task Force, to which the NYPD belongs. He said the actions undermined the bureau's own efforts by sowing distrust of authorities among Muslims and weakened national security.


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
versão On-line ISSN 2078-5135
versão impressa ISSN 0256-9574
SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.98 no.8 Cape Town Ago. 2008
Lack of humanity our biggest disability
Chris Bateman
Being unable to use his limbs is far less of a disability than the challenge posed by the societal attitudes he encounters - and that includes doctors who seem to believe they 'know what's best for the C4 in bed 6'.
Vic McKinney (39), rendered quadriplegic by an extraordinary road accident involving a falling tree that killed his Irish national footballer father, Vic senior, when it smashed onto their car in Edinburgh Drive, Cape Town, just over 20 years ago, secured his MPhil in Disability Studies from UCT in June this year.
Izindaba, curious about how a 19-year-old Michaelis Fine Arts student and UCT first team soccer player clawed his way back from tragedy to personal and academic success, sought him out at his Marina da Gama home last month.
McKinney's views are as resolute as the willpower and attitude he's developed, not least by working in disadvantaged communities where he's been an inspiration to people attending rehabilitation centres in Khayelitsha and Mitchell's Plain.
Those views include one highly critical of 'the medical model'- and some doctors - whom he acknowledges for their contribution to his recovery, but says often fail to hear the voices of disabled people, especially when they question a doctor's opinion.
'I find some of the arguments I've had with doctors amazing. One guy told me in the middle of a corridor that because I was a C4 quad I must have a catheter. When I told him that I didn't, which is to my obvious benefit, he couldn't see past the textbook. It's scary; here's a man of intelligence ...that opened my eyes to how fallible doctors are and how rigid and unresponsive the system can be.'
McKinney has sympathy for the difficulties doctors face and a lot of his good friends are in the profession. He says he's realised that there are two kinds of patients: those who want the doctor to take responsibility for their ailment and those who 'come in, want to get better and will take responsibility for it'.
Doctors 'know best'
However, 'when you're put in a position where you have no choice and you question the doctor's methods, you don't have a voice - that was our experience, my Mum's and mine'.
The patient with a disability or his family 'could not possibly know' what was best.
'I know exactly how my body works and learnt the medical terms so I could relate to doctors using the language they speak,' says the near 1.8 metre tall McKinney, who has custom-designed his own self-propelled wheelchair, along with a friend who makes them.
He described how at a scoliosis clinic where doctors saw him regularly, 'they wanted to take me out of my chair and put me on a hard wooden bench and bend me forward so they could see my spine'.
'Firstly, sitting on a hard bench can develop pressure sores and secondly, bending over like that would have defeated the purpose because I would be in a totally unnatural position.' After 8 years of attending scoliosis clinics he knew this ... and explained the positioning of his spine to the specialist.
Adding to his incredulity, a top Conradie Hospital neurosurgeon challenged the attending physician and asked him if he was 'going to take the patient's word for it'.
McKinney says a recurring problem in the medical fraternity was the disbelief that a person with a disability could know what their body was about.
While he understood the difficulties faced by a doctor who saw 20 patients a day, he asked 'surely you want to empower people? - which is why ideally you have a team of people so a holistic approach can be taken'.
When a relatively intelligent person like himself questioned what the doctor was doing, sometimes it's like their little empire gets threatened, there's a kind of a power dynamic and they can get really nasty and make life more difficult than needs be for a quad in hospital, including their families. It's a very human thing, but a hard fact.
'I don't think they always appreciate the trauma a person is trying to deal with, especially when they talk about the C4 in bed 6.'
McKinney admits to having bought into the medical model when he first experienced being unable to get up at 02h00 and paint when the muse was upon him. 'It was so great to have that freedom. When the same kind of ideas hit me after the accident I would implode instead of creatively explode,' he said.
'I pathologised myself'
His 'biggest hang-up' for a long time was that anything he did was 'never going to be as good as it could have been. I felt very nipped in the bud.'
There was no escaping the medical model in hospital 'and you buy into what you're told; you pathologise yourself. You've no idea what paralysis is about and you're experiencing in yourself an inability to do what you want, so you start buying into the "I am disabled" school of thinking - that's what I did.'
Reinforcement came in the form of people staring and it taking 90 minutes to simply get up in the morning. 'It's pretty easy to say, ag well stuff it! But my mother is an amazing woman with remarkable strength and gave me what I needed on a very practical level.'
What helped, although he has mixed feelings about 'deserving it', was a settlement reached with the City of Cape Town after 3 years of protracted court proceedings.
This gave him the financial means for a home and support staff to bolster recovery and develop self-sufficiency. There was little time to grieve his father 'and best friend' Vic senior initially, and the additional trauma of his first 3 years of adaptation took another decade to get over.
Passionate involvement in township disability day care centres, where violence and sexual abuse were endemic, 'was in many ways my salvation'. 'I discovered I could make a difference. I don't think of myself as disabled. My chair and my body are things I carry around with me. Mentally I'm moving all the time, dancing, kicking a ball'.
McKinney sees disability as '90% psychological - it's all about attitude, like life'. He describes his condition as 'like walking through mud'. 'Other people on shore walk quickly. For me it's like walking through water or mud, it just takes you longer to get there. Disability can be so tedious, almost mind-numbing and you have got to fight that.'
Integration of disabled urgently needed
He believes the lack of visibility of disabled people in society (in spite of 14% of South Africans being disabled in some way) and the failure to integrate them into the mainstream are mainly to blame for such widespread prejudice and ignorance.
'We've done gender and racism, but disability has been shelved,' he added. He describes how more than once, while drinking a can of Coke and waiting for his girlfriend to finish shopping at a supermarket, passers-by would stop and drop coins into the can. It's a common experience for people with disabilities.
'People simply don't know how to relate outside of the charity model - and it all stems from the medical model for disability.' He believes a big part of the solution lies in inclusive education from an early age, and cites his girlfriend moving from a Waldorf school where she had experienced racially diverse classrooms 'from day one', to a Model C school. 'She just couldn't understand what all the fuss involving race was about.'
One of the biggest catalysts for his own change in attitude, after years of 'just surviving and even planning a 5-year exit strategy' (suicide), was being in Nelson Mandela's presidential office in 1995 to deliver some greeting cards he had designed. Madiba's secretary said 'come and meet him'. 'I remember sitting alone in his office looking at the new flag and its simple design and thinking there's been a real change here. It hit me that for years and years I'd been in the mindset that one man can't make a difference. I vowed to get with the programme and influence things.'
A 'Madiba moment'
The president of Mauritius flew in and 'stole his (audience) moment', but the Madiba magic had already worked, and with further catalysts being his caregivers from Khayelitsha and Mitchell's Plain, McKinney soon discovered fulfilment in service of others.
He cannot stand any kind of patronising charity and despises tokenism, remembering how he won the Michaelis Art School prize for the 'most promising student' after his accident. 'It was a book voucher and to this day I've never used it because I felt I got it because of my position. Their intention was good but I battle sometimes to know if people are praising me out of merit or because of my situation. I think I've matured a bit and now take compliments from where they come.'
He's also been 'prayed for so many times that it's a miracle I cannot walk!' People think he's extraordinary but his reaction is that he's just doing what other people are.
'Bergies love me. I've always chatted to them, even since I was a kid and now I've had 10 of them carry me up a flight of stairs, reeking of alcohol. It's a psychological thing I think, I find it really interesting. They seem to have failed in life and there's this feeling they have of here's this guy, ag shame, but he's doing it. It makes them aware of the fallibility within themselves and they realise they can be of help to me and it makes them feel good to be able to do that. I think it's part of our human need to be needed.'
Asked to choose what would most help disabled people in South Africa in the long term, McKinney says transport and accessible buildings would help make disability 'visible' and enable those disabled to do what most take for granted, particularly in the labour market. Yet the single most important factor was attitude and people 'getting in touch with their humanity'.
'Generally, I don't think society takes disability seriously at all and certainly does not understand the magnitude of it. Disabled people are viewed as sexless and unable to work, so on a fundamental level are not viewed as being important enough to include - and the status quo reinforces this.'
Sometimes little things still get to him, but on the whole he's stopped being angry and is now dedicated to trying to educate and break the patterns of ignorance. 'Heaven knows, you can lose perspective fighting for a cause, especially when it is so personal and relates to all aspects of your daily life. The best I can do is live a regular life, do what inspires me and that way inspire others, be they disabled or not. Forget this, there but for the grace of God go I. It's rubbish, not walking is the least of my problems. Societal attitudes get in my way more than anything. Just listen to and help each other and get on with it, that way life's far more rewarding.'


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- 2 x 85x85cm Chiaro Softbox
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- 1 x 7" Standard Reflector
- Modelling Lamps
- Power Leads
- Sync Leads
- A Wavesync Commander remote control kit (which consists of a master unit that fits into your camera hotshoe and three receiver units, one for each flash head)
Please note that a honeycomb grid is now available for these softboxes, please click here for details. Honeycomb grids provide excellent control of light spread and, when used behind or at the side of the subject, also control lens flare
The Wavesync Commander System allows you to Control each flash head from the Commander Unit, which simply slots into your camera hotshoe. The flash heads can be adjusted either individually or together, as you wish, and as well as adjusting the power, it can switch flash heads on or off and also switch the modelling lamp, flash, ready, beep and slave cell on or off
This kit is ideal for family portrait photography and many other uses. It is also ideal as an extra kit for lighting white backgrounds, which need two lights on the background, providing perfectly even and consistent lighting. With a total of 600Ws of power, this kit has plenty of power for small and medium sized home studios. 2 Flash Head and 4 Flash Head kits are also available if required and these will allow you to produce more creative work, and you can also add accessories such as softboxes, 5 in 1 Reflectors etc to your shopping cart - or you can get them later, whichever suits you best.
Please feel free to ring our customer support helpline on +44 1274 955440 for advice, we``re here to help.
Who Is This Perfect For?
- Home studio photographers, who need an economical studio lighting solution that``s also very versatile.
- Event Photographers, who need a capable, economical, rugged flash head.
- Creative portrait, artistic glamour photographers
- Still Life Photographers
- Product Photographers
Who Is This Not As Perfect For?
- Fashion, dance and sports photographers who need to get pin-sharp photos of very fast moving subjects - Please take a look at our SuperFast Pro
- Location photographers who need battery powered flashes. Please choose a flash head from our Location Flash Range instead
The Main Features Of The SmartFlash 4 Two Head Umbrella Studio Lighting Kit
- Voltage: 200-250V (adjusts automatically)
- Fan cooled: Yes (can be used all day every day if required without danger of overheating)
- Modelling lamp: 150 Watt Halostar - bright enough to show exactly where the shadows will fall
- Recycling speed: 1.2 second at full power, 0.3 second at minimum power - fast enough to allow shots to be taken in quick succession
- Output consistency: - 0.1 EV (1/10th stop) Every shot taken will have exactly the same exposure and the same colour as your other shots.
- Colour temperature 5090K
- Flash duration at full power, t.5. 1/2700 second - fast enough to create pin-sharp photos of all but the fastest-moving subjects
- 5 stops of power adjustment (full to 1/32nd power) - allows a wide choice of lens apertures
- Slave sensor: Yes - can sense another flash, and fire in response if needed.
- Umbrella fitting: Yes, any make or type of umbrella can be used
- Sync voltage: less than 5 volts (safe with any camera)
- Triggering methods: Radio trigger, Wavesync Commander System, infra red trigger or sync cable - includes Wavesync Commander System, other methods can be used as backups.
What`s In The Box?
- 3 x SmartFlash 4 300Ws Flash heads (SKU: FLA019)
- 1 x Remote Control/Flash Trigger Wavesync (SKU: TRI015)
- 2 x 265cm Patented Pneumatic Air Damped Lighting Stands (SKU: STA012)
- 2 x 85 x 85cm Chiaro RedLine Pro Studio Softbox(SKU: SOF063)
- 1 x 100cm Pro White Reflective Umbrella (SKU: UMB001)
- 1 x Optional Lencarta Large Roller Bag (SKU: BAG010)
- 2 x Optional Honeycomb Grids for 85 x 85cm RedLine Pro Chiaro Softbox (SKU: SOF070)
Each Flash Head Also Includes:
- 1 x Protective Head Cap
- 1 x Mains Power Lead (Either UK or EU dependent on location)
- 1 x PC Sync Cable (used to directly connect the flash head to your camera)
- 1 x 150W Modelling Lamp
- 2 x Spare fuses
Here Are Some Independent Reviews
Please note these are for the predecessor the SmartFlash 2 however the SmartFlash 3 is almost exactly the same apart from it``s 50% more powerful!
The Three Year Warranty
We love to give our customers piece of mind. That`s why we offer three year warranty on all of our Studio Lighting Kits
Here at Lencarta we have our own in-house repair facility, operated by our factory-trained electronic engineers. Because of this, our warranty is unlike most others, fully comprehensive with no strings attached. We will even continue to provide repairs outside of warranty, this even stands for discontinued stock
Read More About The Warranty Here: Please Click Here
|Flash head
|Guide No. (feet)
|Guide No. (metres)
|f/ with standard reflector @ 10'
|f/ with 60 x 60cm softbox @ 10'
|f/ with150cm softbox @ 10'
|Colour temperature at minimum power
|Colour temperature at full power
|Flash duration at maximum power, t.1
|1/900th second. This approximates to the action stopping potential of using a shutter speed outdoors of 1/900th second. The figure used by most sellers is based on a t.5 time, which produces a much higher figure but which is far less meaningful.
|Colour temperature consistency
|Variation between flashes is not more than 40K
|Flash duration at minimum power, t.1
|1/400th second. This approximates to the action stopping potential of using a shutter speed outdoors of 1/400th second. The figure used by most sellers is based on a t.5 time, which produces a much higher figure but which is far less meaningful.
|Mains, can also be used with any 3rd party battery system
|Standard S-fit accessory mount
|Modelling lamp power
|150 Watts
|Modelling lamp dims during recycling
|Switchable flash ready beep
|Open flash/test button
|Length of body (cm)
|Remote control available
|Umbrella socket
|Yes, at base of unit. Accepts standard 8mm umbrella
|Fan cooling
|Godox Witstro / Lencarta Atom
|Power adjustment range
|5 stops
|Recycling speed
|1.2 sec at full power 0.3 sec at minimum power
|Switchable slave sensor
|Weight (kg)
|Power adjustment display
|Overheat protection system
|Can ignore Pre-Flash
|Yes, set to S2
|Length of warranty
|3 Years
|Length (ready to use)
|Width (ready to use)
|Depth (ready to use)
|Lighting stands
|Minimum height
|Maximum height
|Maximum footprint
|Umbrella Diameter
|Shaft diameter
|8mm with sealed end
|No. of ribs
|Light qualities
|Soft reflective with neutral white colour
|Beauty Dish
|Weight in box (kg)
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The Tale of Five Lawyers
It's been another week full of news surrounding the Trayvon Martin case. Of course, George Zimmerman was charged with second degree murder yesterday. That's not what I want to focus on, though. Let me preface all of this by saying that I am not an attorney. I don't have a law background aside from the Sports Law classes I took in undergrad and grad school. I want to focus on the parade of lawyers that I've seen this week. First, there were Zimmerman's first two lawyers, Hal Uhrig (1) and Craig Sonner (2). I saw these two on a late-night political show, and they quickly pissed me off. I was amazed by how abrasive and unprofessional they came off. I was honestly sickened by the whole interview. So when Uhrig and Sonner withdrew as Zimmerman's counsel on Tuesday, I was thrilled and concerned at the same time. If they had stayed on the case, I think it would have been an easier case for the prosecution. Prosecution. Enter Angela Corey (3). I watched her press conference last night, and she impressed me. She was very sharp and astute, and for the first time, I felt like this case was in very good hands. She took control of the presser and I think she has some damning evidence that has yet to be presented to the public. Just a hunch. Like I said, I'm not a lawyer. You know who is a lawyer, though? Benjamin Crump (4). *sigh*
Now, I've gotten some flack from some of my followers on Twitter for voicing my disapproval of Crump. I respect and applaud his efforts with such a high-profile situation. He has been relentless when it comes to justice for Trayvon Martin, and I have the utmost respect for that. Now that that's out of the way, I think the guy is a joke. Every time I see him on TV, which has a been A LOT the past few weeks, I cringe. I realize that he's the family lawyer, and maybe he's the best they could get. I don't know. That doesn't change my opinion of him, though. I find him extremely rough around the edges, and he struggles to form literate sentences. When I compare the 10 minutes I saw of Corey and the 3 weeks I've seen of Crump, I thank God she's running the show from here. Finally, there's Mark O'Mara (5), who has now become my biggest concern. Why? I like the guy. He is the first breath of fresh air coming from the Zimmerman camp. I've now seen three of his interviews in the past 24 hours, and he has nailed all of them. The first words I heard him utter were condolences to the Martin family. He comes off as a genuine human being who knows that his life has changed forever and who understands that a parent should never have to bury a child. This will surely get very interesting. Stay tuned…
The juxtaposition of Bobby Petrino (6) and Ozzie Guillen (7) this week would be comical if both weren't involved in such incredibly stupid situations. Petrino essentially got fired for dipping his pen in company ink that he helped pay for and urged the company to invest in. Yeah, I can milk metaphors. The 25-year-old Jessica Dorrell (8) and 51-year-old Petrino have been involved in an "inappropriate relationship" for the past seven months. The worst part…Dorrell is engaged. Her fiancé is the loser in all of this. He's a swim coach at Arkansas and has to deal with this mess. All in the family, I suppose. The formerly happy couple had a wedding website up a few days ago, but it has been taken down. If you're curious about that guestbook and how it got absolutely mutilated, look here. By the way, Petrino and his wife put their $2.5 million dollar house on the market.
A $2.5 million house for coaching kids whose compensation is a scholarship and stipend? I digress. Wait…there's more… Now, for Ozzie Guillen. I've gone back and forth in my head debating whether or not I think Guillen should've been fired for his comments regarding Fidel Castro. On one hand, by offending a huge percentage of the Miami Marlins fanbase, it doesn't make a lot of sense to keep him around. However, after watching his press conference, I think Guillen is sincerely remorseful. He made a mistake, acknowledged it, and I would say that he deserves a second chance…if he wasn't already on his fifth or sixth chance. Let's face it. Guillen is a hothead who has said a lot of stupid stuff. The media has made him the brazen manager that he is, and he should thank all things holy that the media didn't destroy him.
I was going to talk about Lamar Odom (9) finally getting cut from the Dallas Mavericks, but he seems like such a waste of a precious spot. Then, I remembered that he's a Kardashian. He gets paid for doing nothing. Good riddance. Speaking of Dallas-area sports, have you heard about this two-foot-long hot dog (10) available at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington??? Does Subway have some competition? Not with the $26 price tag. Yeah, there's a reason why Americans are fat. No, thank you.
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Facebook bought Instagram (11) for $1 billion. Let that marinate. For what? Why is something that lets people take pictures, mess with them, and post them even worth $1 billion? Facebook already has some absurd amount of users. What is it, 850 million? What's something as trendy as Instragram going to do for Facebook? Is this a way of infultrating Twitter? That's the only reason that would make sense to me. To be frank, I'd get rid of Facebook if I wasn't on this thing we call The Thread and tagged in over 1,000 pictures. Twitter is my social media platform of choice. Now, that my mom, aunts, uncles, and random church members are friends of mine on Facebook, I have little use for it. #Twitter > #Facebook
I can't keep up with Jennifer Lopez (12) and her flavors of the week. Her boo, Casper Smart, is probably the envy of 25-year-olds everywhere, though. J. Lo is doing the cougar thing, and those of you who know me know that my ears perk up at the sound of cougars. I like the idea of cougardom. I happened to see this video late one night, and Mr. Smart, I approve. Good for you, sir.
I want to set my sights on someone who can actually sing, though, and that is Melanie Fiona (13). I've been listening to her album, The MF Life, for a little over a week now, and I love it. I wasn't even the biggest fan of her music, but something told me to give this album a listen. Maybe it was "4 AM". Either way, it is a wonderful album. Here are my five favorites:
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Ohio Teen Sucked Into Storm Drain, Travels Over a Quarter Mile Through Sewer
As if parents didn't have enough on their minds with all their kids stealing cars and playing with dead squirrels, now they have to worry about vicious, child-swallowing storm drains. Jeffery LaPorta was just being a normal 14-year-old teenager, riding his bike with friends near the edge an overflowing creek when disaster struck. Somehow LaPorta fell into the creek, which swept him into a nearby storm drain.
"The water was moving so quickly it sucked him into the drain," said Doug Turner, a spokesman for the Parma Fire Department. "It sucked him in and pulled him probably 100 yards, full of water, where he couldn't take his breath."
LaPorta held his breath for roughly two minutes while the rushing water tossed him around.
"I was face first, then I was feet first, and then I was side first," he said.
"It was kind of like a waterslide. But like the waterslide was like very, very steep and went about 20 miles an hour."
Eventually, the water level dropped, and LaPorta was able to grab onto a handle in the sewer. But not before he had travelled over 1,500 feet and under a four-lane highway.
"I thought I traveled only 20 feet," he said.
Meanwhile, his friends were freaking out.
"I heard a splash," Miguel, 13, said in an interview. "I ran over to the creek and started looking for him. ... At first I just thought he was stuck underwater or something. I didn't really think about."
But after a while, Miguel knew something wasn't right, so he flagged down a nearby city worker.
"I didn't know what to do at first," Miguel said. "If that city official didn't drive by, I don't know what I would have done."
Rescue workers searched in six different manholes before they heard Jeffrey yelling. All told the ordeal took 43 minutes.
"It's a miracle that the kid was even alive, let alone hardly hurt at all," Turner said.
Jeffrey escaped with only six stitches and an excellent story.
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This month Rob Farley is hosting TSQL-Tuesday #3. The topic is Relationships and he has left it wide open for interpretation so long as it can be tied to the theme and SQL Server.
At first my thought was to republish one of the articles in my series on Primary Keys and Foreign Keys (Part III has links to the first two). I decided that would not quite fit the spirit of the event. Thus a mere mention about the topics will suffice.
A few more thoughts rattled off in my head: work relationships, professional relationships, spouse relationships, and Parent Child relationships. There are quite a few paths one could take with this topic. I think discussing multiple relationships would work best for my purposes.
Let's start with the Husband-Wife relationship. My wife keeps me going in my profession. Even though my being a DBA is a love/hate relationship for her. She loves that I enjoy doing what I am doing. She hates that it consumes so much time. I must admit there are times that I hate it too. Specifically when it dampens my plans to build my relationship with my wife. One particular instance was our anniversary (2008). Last minute urgent needs came up from a client that needed fixed. My employer knew I had plans and that it was my anniversary. Unfortunately, I was the only DBA since the other DBA had recently left and we had not filled his position yet. It was an extremely difficult pill since it was not a production issue. It was a new development issue that popped on my desk at 5 and took me well past 9 to resolve.
That brings us to work relationships. Some of that is being covered by Sean and Jennifer McCown, thus I will not dwell too heavily on it. Suffice it to say that one must learn the difference between loyalty and being walked on. If you feel that your employer is taking advantage of you, maybe it is time to find somewhere better. Sometimes it is best to do that sooner than later. The worst thing that could happen is have your work turn into a hate-fest. Don't let your employer dampen your mood on being a SQL Server DBA. Despite the anniversary incident, I still really like that employer and I really like the environment that I helped to build. It was a very difficult decision to leave. The decision was made in part for the opportunity to set off on my own. I'm still working on that.
Setting off on my own and starting my own business is a difficult process. This means more networking, more professional relationships, more self marketing, longer hours, and less time with family. What helps here is that it is a goal to achieve and my wife supports it. Supporting my children with an uncertain client base is a very difficult adventure to undertake. Not seeing my children on a regular basis is also difficult to undertake. Having that Parent-Child relationship not become a Foreign relationship and remain a Primary relationship is the ideal path for me.
And now we come back to how this relates to SQL server. Databases are full of tables that should represent different data and characteristics. We tie those into a governing table from time to time, and call it a Parent Table. Life is much the same. When you have children, they have their own unique characteristics. Sure some of their make-up is similar to mine, but their characteristics and traits are their own. My children have their own unique traits, characteristics and identities. There is no doubt they are mine – but they are their own little beings. That may be a little too loose on the tie between family and SQL – but it is valid. I would also venture to say that, like a well tuned database, not all settings,rules or methods work the same for all databases – just as not all methods and rules work the same for the children. It is a constant process. One must continually improve their skills and methods to be as efficient as possible while maximizing the best results.
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A partnership between Alexander Bartlet and George Campbell ran until March 1779. The firm traded under Alexander Bartlet & Co., Bartlet, Campbell & Bartlet, William Bartlet, Campbell & Co., and from 1778 after Williams Bartlet's death George Campbell & Co., merchants of Grenada.
Call for creditors of Alexander Bartlet & Co. late of Green Lettice Lane, merchants, was made in 1786.
Mark Quintanilla, 'Mercantile connections in the Ceded Isles: the Alexander Bartlet & George Campbell Company', International Social Science Review 79.1 & 2 (2004), pp. 14-26.
London Gazette 12799 28/10/1786 p. 515.
RBS holds 'Papers relative to Alexander Bartlet & Co., West India merchants', http://heritagearchives.rbs.com/content/dam/rbs/Documents/History/Hub/wc-41.pdf accessed 08/11/2013 and 'Papers relating to the trustees of the estate of Alexnader Bartlet & Co., West India merchants 15 May 1771-9 May 1815', GB/1502/WC/41. The main trustees were William Annand linen draper; William Matthews, merchant; and Robert Williams senior partner in Lowe, Vere & Williams bankers of Birchin Lane.