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The Custody Hearing Part 22 Reviews
The custody hearing continues
I sat there as I felt my jaw drop and my heart began racing knowing this was the one thing Jo wanted to avoid, putting Lys on the stand. With everything that has happened in her past making her seem like good mother material was going to be a hard sell.
"Objection," Joanna said as she stood.
"Conference at the bench", stated the judge.
I watched as they started talking I looked over at the Howells were seemed ecstatic like they just won the fucking lottery. Or whatever makes rich people happy.
I looked up and Joanna and she was coming back but she didn't look happy.
"Due to the recent events in the change of the relationship I will allow this witness to take the stand."
I watched as Alyssa slowly approached the witness stand.
"Do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God."
"I do."
"Your honor," said their lawyer. "I would like the records to reflect that Ms. Johnson is a hostile witness.
I whispered to Joanna, "she never raises her voice, how can she be hostile?"
"No it means that she's on our side, and what she says can potentially help our case."
"Ms. Johnson can you please state your full name and address for the court?"
"My name is Alyssa Marie Johnson and I live at 37 Mountview Avenue in Belleville, New Jersey."
"And what is your present occupation?"
"I'm unemployed."
"So Mr. Bryar is your sole support?"
"No I was left an inheritance from my family."
"And how much was that?"
"The estate is worth over fifteen million dollars and I have a trust fund with over five hundred thousand."
"So you have over fifteen million dollars at your disposal?"
"Why is that Ms. Johnson?"
"There were conditions for me inheriting the money."
"Those were?"
"I had to be clean for a minimum of five years."
"And how long have you been clean, Ms. Johnson?"
"Almost four years."
"Congratulations, I'm sure your parents would have been proud."
"I'm sure they would have been."
"I'm sure you were really sad when you found out they passed away?"
"Objection," Joanna said "this line of questioning is going nowhere."
"Your honor, if you just hear me out you will see exactly where this is going."
"Overruled, I'll allow the line of question," said the judge then she turned to their lawyer, "Get to the point Mr. Thomas."
"Yes your honor."
She then turned to Alyssa and said, "Answer the question Ms. Johnson."
I could see that Joanna wasn't happy about it.
"I was devastated when I found out."
"They never got a chance to see me turn my life around."
"Why is that Ms. Johnson?"
"I didn't know they were dead until two years later."
"Why is that?"
Alyssa bowed her head, "I was living on the streets."
I watched as tears streamed down her eyes, I wanted nothing more than to take her in my arms and comfort her. She's come so far and now this.
"I was a junkie," she whispered.
"Excuse me?"
"I'm addicted to heroin."
"Don't you mean were?"
"If you know anything about addiction, it never goes away."
"So you could at anytime shoot up again?"
"I won't I've worked too hard for this."
"But you could? Answer the question yes or no."
"Anything is possible," Lyssa said quietly.
"Yes or No?" asked the asshole.
She closed her eyes I knew what she was going to say was killing her. "Yes."
"Thank you, Miss Johnson, no further questions."
The judge turned to Jo, "Do you have any questions Ms. Brahms?"
"Yes I do,"
She walked around the front of the table, "Permission to approach the witness?" asked Joanna.
"Permission granted," said the judge.
"Miss Johnson at what age did you start using?"
"Heroin or drugs in general?"
"I started drinking when I was thirteen. Sneaking things out of my parents cabinet and stuff."
"Any reason why?"
"I guess the first time it was on a dare, but it made me feel good about myself, grown up I guess." I watched as Lys squirmed I knew she was uncomfortable.
"You were thirteen why did you need to feel grown up?"
"My parents treated me like a small child and controlled every aspect of my life."
"I had to go to the schools they chose for me, wear the clothes they chose for me, be friends with who they chose for me. Even in school they picked out specific classes I should be taking. Outside of school they controlled all my extra-curricular activities. None of which I enjoyed. I had a chauffeur pick me and drop me off everywhere I went. I hated it. I became rebellious and made sure I got thrown out of every school they put me in until I was allowed to go into public school."
"How did you do that?" asked Jo.
"School fights, harassing other students, did a strip tease for the football team. I sent the boys into shock. Then I started to get harassing notes about how much they wanted to have sex with me. I was a tease, I admit it but I wasn't a whore. After that no private school would accept me. My first day of school I met Matt Pelessier, we became quick friends. He introduced me to Ray, Mikey, Patrick and Gerard."
I could see that the mention of his name still made her eyes sparkle and there certainly was a glow about her that was never there when I was with her. He had his chance he fucked up, now I'm going to do anything to keep her as mine.
"The five of us became really close, but at the time I was closest to Matt. He even took me to his Junior prom, but that changed everything. I came with him and left with Gerard. Gerard and I were soul mates in the truest sense."
She looked so dreamy when she said that, I hope Joanna snaps her back to reality where Gerard is an asshole.
"Where does Bob fit into all of this?" Jo asked.
"I met Bob when he started his freshman year. I happened to be in the office at the same time as he was. The principal asked if I could show him around. It got me out of class so I did. I left him at math class and then saw him again at lunch. I invited him to sit with us and he and Patrick seemed to hit it off. At the end of lunch Bob turned to me and asked me out. Gee thought he made it pretty obvious that we were together and he flew into a rage of jealousy. Patrick led Bob out and soon they became quick friends. At this time we were drinking and smoking pot, Patrick wasn't into that scene and started hanging out with Bob. Gerard and Patrick got into a huge fight and less than a month later Patrick was dead. It killed Gerard and so being the good girlfriend and struggling with my own demons we started getting into more heavy shit. We did cocaine, however that got too expensive, than we were introduced to crack and heroin. I was immediately addicted to the drug, and would do anything for it."
Did this include sleeping with an innocent fifteen year old boy?" asked Jo.
Lyss bowed her head shamefully, "Yes." Why was she so ashamed at what was and still is the best night of my life. Have I had better sex? Yeah. But none of them compared to the way I felt about Lyss. I hope soon I'll be able to feel that way again.
Joanna turned to the judge, "We heard her testimony regarding what happened with Mr. Bryar, and it is a matter of record in pre-trial hearings. I ask that we forgo this part of Miss Johnson's testimony."
"What happened after you got pregnant?"
"I moved away to my aunts and went into detox."
"So you were clean and sober for your pregnancy?" Joanna asked.
"Yes, I didn't want to harm my child."
"Did you know at this point you were giving your baby away?"
"Yes," replied Lyss with a tear rolling down her face.
"But you still wanted it healthy for its new parents?"
"Yes, if I couldn't bring her up, I wanted her to have every chance at a normal life. I didn't want her to be born addicted to heroin."
"Do you love your daughter?"
Lyss looked up trying to blink away her tears but it didn't work. Her eyes were filled with water and the water spilled over rolling down both cheeks. "I fell in love with her the first time I felt her inside of me."
"Why did you give her up for adoption?"
"I didn't have a choice."
"Why didn't you?"
"Because my parents told me if I had that baby they would hunt us down and kill us. That I had brought enough sully to their good name and having a bastard grandchild wasn't an option."
"So you gave her up to protect her?"
"How did you feel when she was born?"
"I fell even more in love with her."
"Did you get to hold her?"
"Yes, long enough to tell her that I love her."
"How have these past few months been with your daughter?" asked Jo.
"It's been amazing I never thought that I could love her anymore than the day she was born. But I was wrong every day we spend with her is a gift."
Lyss smiled at me and I smiled back.
"No further questions your honor," said Jo.
"Any rebuttal Mr. Thomason?"
"No your honor," said their lawyer.
"You may step down Miss Johnson."
"I will hear testimony from Melanie Andrews the social services case worker," said the judge.
"Miss Andrews you observed Emily in both households can you tell the court your findings?"
"Emily was very reserved in her adoptive parents house and she was always cautious in her answers and looking at her parents to make sure her answers were correct."
"And at the Bryar's?"
"A totally different child, she was comfortable in her own skin there. She was happy and smiling. She looked straight at me while talking. In my professional opinion she was more confident and comfortable in the Bryar home. It seemed better suited for her."
"Thank you Miss Andrews," said the judge.
"I will hear from Mary King the court appointed child advocate."
I watched as the woman that followed us for the five or six visits took the stand.
"Mrs. King do you think that Mr. Bryar would be a suitable parent?"
"At the first meeting I had my doubts but the last time I saw them together there was no doubt in my mind that Emily belongs with her real father. I agree with Miss Andrews that the Bryar household is more suitable."
"Thank you Mrs. King."
I turned around looked at Lyss, winked and smiled at her. Soon this will all be over. Just the child psychologist and we're done. Soon we'll have Emily with us. I can't wait. I've grown so attached to her I can't imagine my life without her or Lyss.
"I will hear testimony from Daniel Hartman a court appointed child psychologist."
The guy took the stand I think he'll probably say the same stuff the other two did. He was sworn in and the judge started asking questions.
"Mr. Hartman did you conduct an examination of Emily Howell?"
"Yes I did."
"Will you share your findings with the court?"
"Emily is an introvert that can't seem to find her place in life. She is naïve and doesn't understand the difference between right and wrong."
"Please explain," said the judge.
"She confuses abuse for love."
"What kind of abuse?" asked the judge.
I love this guy for bringing up that she's being abused now there is no doubt she'll end up with us.
"Emily Howell is being sexually abused."
"Did she tell you by who?"
"Can you tell us who is abusing her?"
"Her abuser is Bob Bryar."
"Fucking liar!!" came out of my mouth. I wanted to vomit. What's this guy fucking talking about.
"Ms. Brahms, control your client." The judge turned to the ass on the stand. "Miss Howell told you that Mr. Bryar is abusing her."
"She told me that he shows her how much he loves her by touching her in very special places. Then she pointed between her legs and her chest."
"Thank you Mr. Hartman, you may step down." He left the stand and the judge turned to us.
"Until further investigation into this matter I will withhold my judgment. Mr. Bryar these are serious allegations. I'm releasing you into your own recognizance however I suggest you not leave the city."
Narrator's POV
Bob turned to Joanna in disbelief, "What the fuck is going on? I'm being accused of sexually abusing my daughter. Why would she lie like that?"
Bob looked across the table and couldn't help but look at the smug look on the face of Lawrence Howell. Bob became more angry at the sight of the man he calmly walked over to the other table and grabbed Lawrence by his lapels. "What the fuck are you doing to my daughter?"
"She's our daughter and from the good doctor's testimony it looks like you're doing it."
Bob pulled back his arm and his fist met Lawrence's face anyone close enough could hear the crack. Bob felt the cold steel wrapping around his left wrist as his head hit the table. "You're under arrest," shouted the baliff.
Bob turned and looked at Ray, "Take Alyssa home."
Alyssa was in shock at the scene that was happening she couldn't believe that her baby was not only being abused physically but sexually. Not only that they were allowing her to stay with her abusers. It was killing her that her daughter was going through that. Watching Bob be arrested was like a bad nightmare she just wanted to wake-up. She suddenly felt two arms around her as tears started to flow freely.
"Come on Lyss, let's go home."
"This isn't happening Ray, please tell me this isn't happening."
"Let's go sweetie."
"What's going to happen with Bob?"
"I'll get you home and settled and then I'll come back to find out what's going to happen. Okay?"
She nodded her head, "You know he didn't do anything."
"I know."
On the way home Alyssa was dazed everything was so hazy. 'How could this all go so badly and what was going to happen to her Emily?' she thought. Ray parked the car, walked over to her side of the door and helped her in the house. She laid on the couch and ray covered her with a blanket. "I'm going to the police station and find out what's going on with Bob. Do you want anything?"
Alyssa shook her head no.
"I'll be back as soon as I can."
As soon as they door shut she started crying hysterically she needed someone more than ever. Her hands were shaking so hard as she dialed the number.
Cleveland Ohio
Frank looked up and noticed a woman who had been hanging around the last three shows. "Gee your girl's back."
Gerard looked up and rolled his eyes. "How many times can I tell this woman to go away?"
The woman came over and smiled at Gerard, and kissed the top of his head. Gerard's phone started ringing as the woman started kissing his neck. He answered his phone aggravated "Hello."
The woman started biting his ear, he turned to her "I told you to keep the fuck away from me!!" He turned his attention to the phone "Lyss?" there was only a dial tone.
Belleville, NJ
Alyssa stared at the phone she should have known better than to call. It was killing her as she dropped to her knees holding her sides crying her eyes out. Suddenly she got up grabbing her purse and ran for the door, leaving her phone behind. She was heading towards his house she only hoped he was still able to help her. She was praying he could take all her pain away.


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Falk from Munich
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over the past two and a half years, I have been listening and re-listening to all the MT podcasts, and am currently going through the CT ones. Although in my role as a Chief Architect in a small company, I don't have any direct reports, my job still has enough managerial content for a large part of the material to be applicable.
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It's still in the early stages, but developers will want to check this out I am sure.
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ugh, actionscript. flash really doesn't seem to be the way to go these days. where's the ${JAVASCRIPT_FRAMEWORK} plugin using Canvas/SVG/VML/SVGonIE/IECanvas/Raphael?


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When in translation mode in CMS of a page, going to the Meta Description area shows the Original Text under Original and then a blank uneditable Field also under heading Original Where I believe the translated piece of text should go.
Don't know if this is a bug or what is the deal.. but I see no way of adding Translation to the meta data of a page.
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From the code, the field is marked as being translatable, but you're right, for some reason its marked as readonly. I've created a ticket: http://open.silverstripe.com/ticket/2993
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I think I have fixed it but need some eyeballs of a knowledgable person.
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This is very good. I gave my husband 1 roll and checked on him in a few minutes. He said, with a smile, " I want more." I will make this again.
Middle Eastern Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
A new twist on an old favorite, our cabbage rolls get their Middle Eastern flair from cinnamon, allspice, and pine nuts.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 cabbage rolls)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 276
- Calories from fat: 29%
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated fat: 1.9g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 3g
- Protein: 14.1g
- Carbohydrate: 37g
- Fiber: 5.4g
- Cholesterol: 43mg
- Iron: 3mg
- Sodium: 672mg
- Calcium: 88mg
- 8 large green cabbage leaves
- 6 ounces sweet turkey Italian sausage (about 2 links)
- 2 cups chopped onion
- 1 1/2 tablespoons pine nuts
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 cup uncooked converted rice
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
- Steam the cabbage leaves, covered, 3 minutes or until tender. Keep warm.
- Remove casings from sausage. Cook sausage, onion, and nuts in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat 6 minutes or until the sausage is browned, stirring to crumble. Stir in rice and next 4 ingredients (rice through cumin); cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Place the mixture in a medium bowl; cool slightly.
- Place 1/4 cup sausage mixture in center of each cabbage leaf. Fold in edges of leaves; roll up. Place cabbage rolls, seam sides down, in pan. Combine water and tomato sauce; pour over rolls. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes or until the rice is done.
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I would like to teach myself photography, ideally from a book (a good website would work too.) I'm at the point-and-shoot level, but my camera has so many neat settings I want to try...
I have a Canon PowerShot A590 and a desire to learn more about photography. I love taking pictures, but I know nothing about how my camera actually 'works'. I just leave it set on easy mode and point it at things. I, um, know how to zoom in. Maybe if I'm feeling really crazy I will hit the little 'macro' button.
What I'm after is a book or website that will, step by step and beginning with the easiest stuff, tell me how to use the manual settings on my camera. Ideally it would include 'assignments' for me to do.
Every website I've found on my own either tries to teach me the goddamn Rule of Thirds again, or it assumes I know what 'f-stop' means.
(I've taken a ton of art classes, so I'm set with regards to composition, although I don't mind if it's included.)
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I'm at a similar place as you: I sort-of know what the settings are, only from my basic read-through of the manual and futzing around with it. But what exactly those settings are, I am unclear and which are the ideal settings for certain situations, I need help.
If you haven't read through the users manual, do so. It's dry and probably doesn't include as many examples as you'd like, but it's a good start to understanding your particular camera.
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What you probably want to learn is manual exposure, which is the combination of how you set shutter speed, aperture and ISO. It affects everything about the photo.
The book
Understanding Exposure
is very helpful, and available everywhere. Even if you just go to your local bookstore and look through it, it will be immensely helpful.
This link is helpful for beginners.
Also this one.
List of books for beginners.
You should also consider getting an SLR or DSLR.
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Most of the books I have around are film-centric, so I'm not sure if they'll be of interest to you. It's not hard to take a knowledge of film and apply it to a digital system (shooting digital is a lot like shooting slide film), but if you have no interest at all in
shooting film, you might find it boring.
Case in point: I've always liked
The Craft of Photography
by David Vestal (now out of print, but used copies are available). However, it's definitely written for someone interested in B&W chemical photography, and the author has a definite f/64-ish "straight photography" stance that may not be everyone's cup of tea, artistically. If you happened to run across a cheap copy somewhere though, it's worth picking up.
Langford's Basic Photography
Langford's Advanced Photography
, etc.--are frequently used in highschool and college photography courses. (I think I may have once owned an earlier edition of it, but I don't have it anymore.) The newer editions look like they're mainly concerned with digital photography, or at least cover it. Either the basic or advanced might be worth a look.
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The Canon camera manuals are actually pretty good at explaining some of this. If you don't have the hardcopy, you can easily find it in pdf online. On preview, as the thief mentioned, read through it thoroughly.
For the assignments...
is a website-based course where you interact with a pro and have to go through a series of assignments, one at a time. There is a cost, but it's only like $100 or something. Scroll-down through the fluff to the course outline to get an idea. Don't blame me though if you pony-up the cash and find that it's not what you are looking for.
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Firstly, congratulations on making the jump into photography, and may I recommend that you freeze your credit card in a block of ice? The hobby can become addictive... (though doesn't need to be).
Normally, I'd say you'd benefit from one of the
Magic Lantern Guides
as they bridge the factual ("This switch does X") with the creative. However, they don't appear to have one for your camera, though if the controls are similar, perhaps the guide for the PowerShot G10/G11 might suffice.
Seconding kdern, though: you'll get far more bang if you get a Canon or Nikon DSLR, though bodies start at around $700, which may be more than you're willing to spend right now.
Best wishes!
posted by
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on September 22, 2009
I am quite interested in eventually switching to a nicer camera, but I'm a student, so my current little guy is all I can afford right now. Besides, I'd like to get these basics down before I make that kind of investment.
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on September 22, 2009
Personally I would leave the technical stuff for later, and just take photos of everything interesting you see, every day. Get down on the ground if you need to :) Your best tool will be your eye, and you'll best learn how to compose a great photo by taking as many as possible.
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on September 22, 2009
Canon Powershot cameras are pretty good as far as point and shooters go, but in the long run it'll teach you some bad habits. What you want to master in addition to manual exposure (mentioned above) is manual focus, which is actually related to aperture and shutter speed. Becoming skilled with manual focus on a point and shoot is basically impossible. Don't worry, learning this stuff is easier than it may seem, once it "clicks" for you it'll become simple and you'll never unlearn it.
If you have a community college nearby it's probably worthwhile to enroll in a beginner B&W class. You can find a pretty great film SLR for around $50 with lens, check Craigslist for older Canon, Olympus, or Minolta with full manual focus (Nikon and Pentax are a little more [~$100-$150], but for good reasons). Try splitting the cost of film and photo paper with another student by buying in bulk (100m of film and 500 sheets of 8"x10" should be pretty good for two students).
Or for about the same price as film, paper, tuition, lab fees, etc. you could get an Olympus dSLR body (E-500 body is ~$200) and an older manual lens and adapter (50mm f1.8 ~$50). I'd recommend this setup for learning because it doesn't have liveview and you'll have to set your aperture and focus manually. Olympus dSLRs have a slightly smaller sensor, but will give you much more bang for the buck than Canon or Nikon. Of course if you go this route you'll need to teach yourself some things, but Olympus camera manuals are available free online.
Check out your local library's selection of photo books and find some photographers you like and might want to emulate. Pay attention to how the artist used focus, exposure, color, focal strength of lens, etc. to create images. Also pay attention to what that artist did to put themselves out into the world to be able to capture what they did in photo (this is rarely taught...anywhere but is a huge component of making great photos).
Get a Flickr account, it's free. There are some great photographers there and most people leave the full photo information available so when you see a photo you like you can see what camera, exposure, and lens they used. Also, if you post regularly you can see long term growth in your own craft as time goes by.
Good luck, have fun.
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on September 22, 2009
Start here.
Or, more specifically,
start here.
That website is chock full of information that you are looking for. Even the parts that go into more detail than you need will help you in the long run.
DEFINITELY get a Flickr account, I love it. Check out the
section of the site.
Definitely head to your local library and ask abut books and clubs.
Buy a
Canon Rebel XS
soon. Just kidding... Good luck!
posted by
on September 22, 2009
Sometimes I wonder why amateurs consider photography some dark art full of mystery and intrigue. There's really very little to learn until you get into complicated, multi-light set-ups, but even then, it's not too hard.
There are exactly three things on the camera that effect the exposure: Shutter speed, Aperture (the size of the opening in the lens), and ISO (how sensitive to light is the film/digital sensor). I'll go through all three. Aperture is also called f-stop. The easy explanation is the last paragraph, starting with "All you really need to know." It's easy to remember. Everything else I've written here is just explanation with some number examples
With point and shoot cameras, high ISO settings, those which are more sensitive to light, aren't very good. If the maximum setting is 400, keep it at 200 or lower; if the max is 1600, maybe 800 or better 400 is the maximum you should use. Otherwise, pictures will be full of ugly digital noise. ISO choice is done. For each doubling of the ISO number, the amount of light going into the camera will increase by 1 unit.
Setting the aperture is like squinting your eye. Your camera probably starts between 2.8 and 5.6. Consider the lowest number the same as keeping your eyes (or pupil) wide open. When you go out into the sun from a dark room, it's hard to see. So you've got to squint. Equivalently, with a camera, you need to make the aperture number bigger, which makes the lens opening smaller, which in turn makes less light go into the camera. Notice, also, that when you squint, it's a little easier to see things further away. Similarly, with a larger aperture number, a greater distance is in focus. With point and shoot cameras, Aperture settings make less difference to the picture's focus. There's a slightly complicated physic-related reason for this, but who cares about that. Just remember that if you want things in the background out of focus, use the lowest aperture number you can. If you want everything in focus, use the highest number you can. Also, with your particular camera, the lens can't be as wide open when you're zoomed in. At full zoom, the lowest aperture is 5.5. However, with your digital camera, the small digital sensor size will make it difficult to get the backgrounds fully out of focus. So don't worry about aperture very much. Also, for each increment of aperture (they're weird increments: 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11...) the amount of light going into the camera is decreased by 1 unit.
Shutter speed should be pretty easy to figure out, too. Most of the time, you'll be using numbers that are fractions of a second. 1/200 (or perhaps it'll just say 200) = one two-hundredth of a second. A good rule of thumb is that you can't hand-hold the camera and get sharp picture if the fraction of a second is a number lower than the focal length of your lens. Look on the front of your camera lens. It should give a number followed by mm. Digital point-and-shoot's are a little weird, because they use really small lenses because of their small sensor size. Theoretically, you could learn to hand-hold at 1/5 of a second when zoomed out (your lens is a 5.8-23.2). As you zoom out, theoretically you could hand-hold at 1/23 of a second. At full-frame film equivalent, the lens is a 35mm to 140mm. So, you need at least 1/35 of a second when zoomed out, and 1/140 when zoomed in. But, the small camera size makes it really easy to jiggle the camera when you push the shutter button, so you'll probably have some difficulty with that. The shorter that fraction of second for the shutter, the easier it will be to hold the camera and get a sharp picture, just as it will be easier to freeze the action of a fast-moving object. For people sitting around a table, use a shutter speed no longer than 1/60. For shooting a soccer match, you'll need 1/250 or perhaps even shorter like 1/400. Also, for each halving of the shutter speed number (1/60 to 1/125...it's not an exact half), the amount of light going into the camera will decrease by 1 unit.
And because all of these adjust the amount of light coming into the camera, you need to adjust all three in relation to one another. Available light won't let you always use 1/8000 at a high aperture number like 22 (under which settings with your camera everything from 3 feet onward would be in focus, and you might even get a speeding bullet frozen in action). If you want a high aperture, you'll need to have a longer shutter speed. Each increment of the aperture or shutter speed in one direction can be mitigated by a corresponding adjustment of the other in the other direction. Let's take an exposure at ISO 400, aperture 2.8, shutter speed 1/125. If you want to keep the exposure the same but change the aperture, going from aperture 2.8 to 4, you would change the shutter speed from 1/125 to 1/60. Now, the same amount of light will be entering the camera. Or, imagine people are moving around and you need to keep the shutter speed the same...just double the ISO. So, now the aperture is 4 and shutter speed is 1/125, but the ISO is 800. The exposure will allow the same amount of light.
The one thing I haven't mentioned is flash. Basic flash use is easy. With your camera, I think shutter speed does not affect the flash. This is due to the type of shutter that most digital point-and-shoots have. So, your flash will work just the same at 1 second exposure as at 1/8000th. But, to control the amount of flash that enters the camera--another way to say this is, "to control the distance that your flash reaches at proper exposure"--you need to adjust the ISO and aperture. Just remember what those do. Higher ISO means more powerful flash. Higher aperture number means less powerful flash. It's best to work with aperture instead of ISO settings. Flash is too bright? Increase the aperture number. Flash doesn't reach your subject? Decrease the aperture number. With SLR cameras, shutter speed matters with flash, but it still doesn't affect the brightness. If you go beyond the sync speed (usually around 1/250), the flash will not illuminate the full frame. This has to do with the way the shutter moves and how the camera catches the flash. It doesn't affect your camera.
All you really need to know:
ISO is light sensitivity. Higher number means
light needed. Aperture is like squinting your eye. Higher number means
light needed and more stuff is in focus. Shutter speed is what keeps the image and action sharp. High number (shorter fraction of a second) means
light needed and easier to hand-hold and freeze action. Change one, and you'll need to change another to keep the exposure the same. Keep your shutter speed shorter than 1/60th. With a digital point and shoot, keep the ISO as low as you can, and don't use the highest number your camera is capable of. Longer lenses (zoomed in lenses) are harder to hand-hold and keep the image sharp, but they more easily make backgrounds out of focus. Aperture and ISO control flash distance and power. That's it.
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Dang, msbrauer. Thank you! (I'm looking into a lot of these book recommendations right now, too.)
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Don't fret about getting a better camera just yet. If you can't take good shots with a cheaper camera, you won't be able to take good shots with an expensive camera. Better cameras give you more control and open up more possiblities, but you can always work your way up later.
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Allan Atukunda at 20:59:26PM Monday, March 28, 2011
Hello, can I submit an Android app if am from Uganda ? I would like to participate in the Android Developer Challenge, Nairobi GTUG Chapter.Reply
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You may talk to the Kampala GTUG team and let me know what they think. Please send me your email address.Reply
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Really, this is a very good idea since android is coming to take over.
have a look at the current market and its spread to take over its rivals.
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The dwarven digsite at Bael Modan was erected at the cost of the Tauren. When the dwarves found the ruins they drove out the Tauren and destroyed the village they had there.
Gann Stonespire wanders the southern Barrens asking Horde players to avenge his clan by attacking the dwarves. Auld Stonespire, the other surviving member of the clan, can be found in Thunder Bluff.
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To be fair, the Dwarves were there first technically. The Titan ruins that are now Bael Modan would've been built by the Earthen, which were both close cousins and ancestors to the dwarves. The Tauren moved in without thinking that these oddly high-tech ruins were anything out of the ordinary. Now granted, the Dwarves were a bit rude in burning down the Tauren village. But it's not like there wasn't plenty of other places across the Barrens for the tauren to settle, not to mention Mulgore(which I believe is their ancestral homelands).
So rude actions, but righteous intentions and fair claims to the land.
Re: A Dwarf Jedi's Claims
Well, what you say might be true if you overlook the fact that there are a number of pointers that say that the Dwarves went a little further than "burning down their village", I'd even go so far as to say that were they not too drunk to competently have achieved the task, they would've engaged in full-scale genocide. Not to mention that you're overlooking what might have happened before they burned down the village, it isn't like the Tauren were the aggressors there, is it?
Let's step away from that for a moment and also examine the fact that the Taurens are also really quite old, quite old indeed. I won't do all your research for you, but considering what's happened over the history of Azeroth, the Earthen abandoned that land and the Taurens came to have as much claim to it (by merit of time occupying it) as the Earthen did, and possibly more so. They thought of it as their ancestral homeland too.
From my perspective; a bunch of imperialistic Dwarves tippity-topped up on their favourite poison decided that slaughtering some monsters who seemed to have pitched tent near where their ancestors once had an outpost eons ago would be a laugh, and wouldn't matter much to anyone. This involved the killing of innocents too, women and children, and without so much as a by-your-leave or any guilt felt. (And considering Nessingwary, is this particular vision of the everyday Dwarf that hard to see?)
Once again, from my perspective, the Dwarves are imperialistic little terrors and the real monsters in this tale. Righteous actions? Those Dwarves? Aha... hahahahaha... hahaha... ha... heh... no. Just no. That's not a credible claim, not even in (to paraphrase Comic Book Guy) Bizarro Azeroth.
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I'll further go on to point out that the Dwarves had to dig to find those ruins, so it couldn't be known to the Tauren that their choice of location wasn't exactly the best place to set up shop. Furthermore, considering the location of Bloodhoof and Camp Taurajo, it would be sensible to think (and fairly obvious to realise) that the next sensible option for expansion was where they set up camp.
They'd been hunting in the Barrens for generations, and they set up a camp on a spot of land not too far away from Camp Taurajo. There were no visible ruins there at that time, and as far as they could understand the situation they were the first to settle the area.
Just to drive the nail into the coffin that little bit further, Gann pointed out that the Tauren had tried to engage in the honourable act of diplomacy with the Dwarves, and it was that effort of trying to talk with them and reach an agreement that lead to the Dwarves greedily siezing the land by force, commiting murder aplenty in the process.
The general consensus here was; "Why bother considering any kind of mutually beneficial agreement when you have militaristic superiority, amirite?"
I can't believe that anyone still tries to defend the Dwarves these days when it comes to this. This was a heinous act, and every race has their share of heinous acts (Cairne's Tauren have the Grimtotem to contend with). This was one of the really nice, meaty little ones that belonged to the Dwarves. Don't take it away from them, you'll insult their imperialistic pride by tarnishing their glory.


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I've been deeply fascinated with the great API, Google Gears, introduced by Google recently. I've taken the very first step, that was quickly to make use of the Local Database API to build my very first Google Gears app. This is mainly due to my background is more on database apps and Java, that's why I chose the local DB API to start with. It's really amazing that what Google has done, which allows JavaScript applications to make use of relational database engine to store data and SQL statements to manipulate data locally.
Pretty close to Java syntax and DB security is well taken care.
The very first app that I built is hosted here (posted on AjaxApp.com earlier on), which is a very simple app that consists of three simple parts. These three parts are a form for adding simple record that consists of only a name and an email field, a record listing section and also the record searching section, which you can search using SQL wildcards such as %, * etc. These three parts are making use of the local database API, one of the three components introduced by Google Gears to store data locally i.e storing data at the user's local hard disk using SQLite database engine. I've been a database and Java programmer for quite some time. I found programming using local database API of Google Gears is definitely easy to pick up. Especially its syntax and handling is very close to what Java's java.sql.PreparedStatement offers, which the SQL injection is well-taken care of.
Usefulness of Local Database API for developers
Of course, the intention behind the entire Google Gears not only for the local database API for storing data locally. The local database API is useful for certain applications which allow data to go offline and sync back to the server online when there is Internet/network connection or necessary. And it provides the easy way for developers to store data locally instead of using other dirty methods such as cookies handling etc. Of course, it provides much easier and robust way to store and retrieve data. And no doubt, another great is the speed of the app if data can be stored locally first, without needing the long wait of user. (Data sychronization with the online server can be quietly done using async JavaScript that makes use of the worker pool)
Google Gears offers application to go offline and great worker pool for threads
Google Gears with its three great APIs, the LocalServer, the local Database and WorkerPool together are simply best for building applications that provide an option for the application to go offline when there is no network or Internet connection. And it also allows the synchronization of data back to the server while there is network or Internet connection. This can be done asynchronously, such as periodically detecting of network connection and sending data to and flo to the online server, using the worker pool threaded processes, without affecting any other actions that the user is focus on. (Please note that the synchronization part will consist of AJAX to communicate with online web services written in server-side technology such as JSP, Java Servlet, PHP, CGI, Ruby, ASP, ASP.net, Perl etc)
What apps are suitable to have offline option?
As pointed out by Google Gears team, not every app is suitable to have an offline option. For example, an app that needs the life data every second from the online server, such as an stock pricing ticker, a chat application are not suitable to have an offline option. In real life, what I could think of for the time being, those apps needing offline option are such as follows:
1. An enterprise web portal application that offers the staff to query the inventory and issue sales order or invoices, is suitable to provide an offline option. Which it can allow the frequently travelling sales personnel to take the app offline and have a local copy on his laptop hard disk and sync back to the server while he/she manages to get network or Internet connection.
2. General applications such as online word processing, email, calendaring applications etc. The offline option would be useful for frequent travellers, which you can be productive too even though you don't get network and Internet connection. And the data will be automatically synchronized to server when the next time the app is launched again with a network or Internet connection detected. Of course, there are lots more, just need to twist you brain.
The next thing I wanna try on Google Gears
Of course there are plenty of stuff need to be explored and learned before I can use it to build serious apps. Such as the security, the ability for the local SQLite to store blob type data, the ability of it to handle file upload. I'd continue to enhance my first Google Gears app, to make it to have the option for taking the page offline by making use of the LocalServer API and also the intermediate data layer that handles storing data locally and synchronization of data back to the server database. And some apps that I wanna build that are currently in my wish list by using Google Gears are an online PIS (Patient Information System), a small online inventory or an web-based email client that provides offline option etc. I'm gonna have one section on TechChee to present them here once I've got each running. And I've just dedicated a new category for the Google Gears here, for future info update, tips and development of Google Gears. Thanks for bearing with me for this lengthy post. Hope it doesn't bother you too much and the next few posts shall continue on gadgetry.


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I finally got my digital oscilloscope chops back (it has been a while). CCRMA's "Max Lab" (named after the late professor and electronic music pioneer Max Mathews) is equipped with quite a few analog and digital scopes. I've learned to use the Tektronix TDS 2004B, which has a lot of nice features and can work with four channels of data at a time. It can also export 2500 data points (at a staggering array of timing resolutions) to a comma-delimited CSV file. I'm really happy that I got everything working in just a day, and that we have access to such a great lab, this will be an important tool for quite a few of my research projects.
I started off measuring some of the envelope signals from my Casio SK-1. I'm doing some modeling work on the "Pitch/Envelope Mixing Circuit," and have been wondering about the exact nature of the envelope signals. Above, see the default envelope signal for the piano sound (the photo) and "envelope 1" (the scope dump).


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Before and After: Marie's Bright Bedroom
A couple of months ago, Marie Nichols packed up her life and left her job at Ideal Home magazine in London to follow her dreams. Now living in Sydney and working as a freelance stylist, Marie is currently decorating her rental property and overcoming lots of challenges along the way. Marie has kindly shared her bedroom makeover with us, find out the details below the jump.
How would you define your style? I don't know if I have a specific style, I love so many different styles. However I do love colour and pattern so fabrics and wallpapers tend to feature largely in my home both here in Sydney and even more so in the UK.
What is your inspiration for your bedroom? Having arrived in Sydney with only a suitcase to my name the inspiration was what was in the case! A silk scarf (which I turned into a cushion) and my favorite coral heels and nail polish!
What is your favorite element of your bedroom? I love the silk scarf cushion, I'm now constantly scouring salvo stores for more to add to my collection
What is the biggest challenge of your bedroom? Biggest challenge (other than a tiny budget) was moving from the home I own in the UK, where I could do whatever I like, to a rented property here in Sydney. I had to re-address the way I would normally decorate. So rather than colour and pattern on walls I broke my lifetime rule of only white bed linen, and went for pattern, and painted the furniture to get my colour hit.
What was is your proudest DIY? In this room it was painting the furniture, it transformed it from basic cheap Ikea, to giving it a bit of style.
The next project is the living room. Again started as a empty space, with no furniture, and is mid way through its transformation. Colour is key, my scheme is Teals and yellows, so watch this space!
Thanks Marie for sharing her bedroom makeover and be sure to check out her blog Whole Lotta Lovely for more great project like this.
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Very nice. While salmon and coral are not my favorite colors - I can see you have a very good eye for arranging and mixing decor.
That said, I would love to see the entryway as it stands now. I love the "before" shot of the two side windows near the front door - but where is the "after" shot?
If that bed frame is Ikea's incredibly cheap one, it certainly looks anything but cheap in this makeover! Cool...
Like edgardo60, I'm confused that the before and after shots don't show the same space. To me, it only looks like the before shot is "before she moved in" and the after shot is "after she moved in". Not terribly informative.
I love how your shoes are stored on top of the wardrobe - they look like little works of art!
Not a fan. The furniture still looks very cheap, now it is just also garishly colored.
Pretty and whimsical. Makes me happy.


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This creates a 2 field form (Name & Email) for capturing emails. Email is double opt in, and allows you to forward opt in to services such as ebooks or software. When you are ready to begin your email marketing campaign, simply export the list into your chosen email marketing software or service.
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Archive for July, 2012
Louisville, KY (July 31, 2012)
August 5 kicks off National Farmers' Market Week
Louisville, KY – July 31, 2012 – As National Farmers Market Week kicks off on August 5, more and more consumers are enjoying the benefits of fresh produce and great deals offered by locally produced foods. "We see an emerging trend of products that are produced and sold on the farm or delivered directly to […]
Louisville, KY (July 31, 2012)
Farm Credit Team Donates more than 12,000 Pounds of Clothing
Louisville, KY (July 31, 2102) – The staff at Farm Credit Mid-America, an agricultural lender serving farmers and rural residents throughout Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, collectively donated more than 12,000 pounds of clothing to two organizations – South Central Growers' Foundation Double Harvest and G.O. Ministries. Both specialize in global outreach and community building […]
Louisville, KY (July 30, 2012)
Farm Credit breaks ground for new office in Washington, Indiana
Louisville, KY (July 31, 2012) — Farm Credit announced a new office opening in Washington, IN located at 1847 Troy Road. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 26th and was attended by Farm Credit staff, advisors and representatives from the building and construction companies. Dick Poe, senior vice president – financial services, Farm Credit […]
Louisville, KY (July 9, 2012)
Three Keys to Financial Survival in a Drought
While it is too early to assess the full extent of losses caused by the current drought, officials at Farm Credit Mid-America urge growers in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee to contact their lenders and crop insurance advisors now to discuss short- and long-term drought effects on their operations.
Louisville, KY (July 9, 2012)
Canter's Cave 4-H Camp Receives $25,000 Farm Credit Gift
Southern Ohio's Canter's Cave 4-H Camp is the latest of the state's network of 4-H camps to receive a major gift from Farm Credit Mid-America. The $25,000 corporate donation received its initial impetus from a Farm Credit employee who experienced some of the camp's needs firsthand.


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GM Faces More Issues With Cruze
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Weston-based Florida Community Bank files for initial public offering
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Report: U.S. private equity investment up 27 percent in 2013
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S&P cuts U.S. debt rating, cites 'weakening' of policy making
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the AAA credit rating the United States has enjoyed for 70 years late Friday night in a move that had been expected, but still left the Obama administration angry and combative. S&P said the debt-ceiling deal didn't do enough to trim the deficit and showed that U.S. political institutions were not effective in dealing with the economy and the deficit.
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Jobless claims rise to highest level in 9 months
Employers appear to be laying off workers again as the economic recovery weakens. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits reached the half-million mark last week for the first time since November.
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Bill to tighten rules on ratings agencies has big loopholes
A key House of Representatives committee is set to vote soon on legislation that would overhaul financial regulation and produce greater transparency for investors, but as it's now written it fails to address many of the credit-rating agency missteps that helped fuel the global financial crisis.
Banks fight to kill proposed consumer protection agency
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Family health costs outpace inflation and wage growth
The average cost of job-based family health insurance climbed 5 percent to $13,375 in 2009, making this the 10th straight year that health care premiums have increased faster than workers' wages and overall inflation have.
BofA, Wells Fargo get low marks on mortgage modifications
The Obama administration's first monthly report on mortgage modifications showed that Bank of America had adjusted the terms of just 13 percent of mortgages eligible for modification, while Wells Fargo had made changes to just 12 percent of its eligible loans. Both banks received billions in government bailouts last year.
As federal debt soars, where's all the money to come from?
As the Obama administration wrestles with how to pay for a costly revamp of the health care system and whether to spend more to spark a nearly lifeless economy, it faces shrinking fiscal room to maneuver. With each passing day, the outlook for the government's finances grows dimmer.
Group urges Congress to pass catastrophe insurance bill
A group is urging Congress to enact a federal homeowners' insurance program for natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires before the next one strikes, saying such events pose a serious threat to the economy.
What happened to those bad bank assets? So far, nothing
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Step 3: Red to Red, White to.....Yellow?
Loosen four screws on the back of the phone jack. (1st pic)
Now take each of the four wires from the female USB, and tighten them to their respective screws. (2nd pic)
Insert your memory stick, and your done with the in-wall portion (3rd pic)
That would cut out the need to buy a female usb cable, and transfer speeds would be a bit quicker.