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May 18, 2005, 07:16:06 PM »
As you say, there's nothing very new about this except for packaging it into a single camera that's available to non-military buyers, but that's out of reach for almost every one and that surely no one could haul around in the field. Slightly more feasible for the average photogapher is doing files this big by shooting huge arrays of frames and then very tediously putting them together with panorama stitching programs substantially customized to handle huge output like this.
However, what I find more exciting is that I'm now able to do lots of images rivaling the resolution of 4x5 and even 8x10 film on a somewhat streamlined production basis without going to real extremes and without carrying a prohibitive amount of stuff in the field. The stitch processing takes quite a long time even on a G5, and the really large images take several stages, but I'm doing other things on other computers in the meantime. In the field I actually carry less than most photographers would carry without panorama stitch capability; a D2X, 3 lenses, an extremely light (about 2 lbs with ball head) Gitzo 1028, and a 5 oz. custom panorama bracket that stays on the camera all the time. The stitching can now be done at very high quality and very modest price (though considerable learning curve) for PC (with PTAssembler) and Mac (PTMac).
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May 19, 2005, 12:35:59 PM »
So my imaginary ultra-high resolution camera uses a high resolution sensor (the smallest viable pixels), an extremely sharp lens (macro?, telephoto?), a very solid tripod, and a robotic camera pointing and control system to automate taking the multiple frames.
Why not multiple cameras in shooting in 'ganged' format?
Say a dozen Oly C8080s - 8 megs * 12 (minus a bit for overlap).
The 'multi' would be limited to ISO 100 and lower. Hardly a major problem when shooting off a tripod.
With all cameras firing at once the moving grass/breaking wave problems disappear. (And the price would be very attractive when compared to MF digital or scanning backs.)
I'm not sure about the nodal point issues. Does this kill the idea for shots because of alignment problems?
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May 19, 2005, 03:15:59 PM »
You also have the additional problem of getting the identical color and luminance response from an array of consumer-grade sensors, which adds another difficult obstacle that must be overcome to stitch successfully.
That would seem to be an easy software fix.
Shoot a standardized target and let the software determine 'fixes' for each camera.
Stitching alignment should be easy as well. Again software. Each camera should be easily adjustable and software can report on degree of overlap.
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May 19, 2005, 04:29:08 PM »
Is this stuff supposed to be serious, or a just for fun weird disscussion? I'm just about OK with carrying a D2X, a 2 lb. tripod (complete with ball head), 3 lenses, and a permanently mounted 5 oz. panorama bracket and a spare 3.5 oz battery and a few CF cards.
Is the ANYBODY that would want to carry a nightmare monster camera array and ultra nightmare monster tripod to hold this, and then spend an hour or two getting it all set up and aligned for each shot? You're all just kidding, right? Right?
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May 19, 2005, 05:18:16 PM »
Well, for me this is an intellectual exercise. I have no intention of lugging a massive D2x around with me.
The Oly C8080 weighs 25.5 oz. Let's downscale the camera for sake of the discussion.
The Casio EX-Z750 weighs 5.8 oz., has a 7 meg sensor and a 3x lens. For the sake of discussion let's not get into the qualities of this particular camera or whether it can be remotely controlled. (Just play along for fun. Or go to another sand box if you don't like this game.)
That would mean that a dozen of them would weigh 69.6 oz. or 4.35 lbs. Add in a bit more for a carbon fiber 'rack'. And a couple of pounds for a sub-notebook to run the show.
Now you've got a 'less than ten pound' 84 meg camera (minus a few pixels for overlap).
The cameras are going to cost you less than $5k. The rack? And sub-notebook.
And a well designed rack should be rapidly reconfigured for 3x4, 2x6, 1x12 shots. That gives one a range of something close to square to ultra-pano.
And hour or two to set up? That part I seriously doubt. Cameras mounted to rack and a carbon fiber/titanium clamshell case with shoulder straps.
Alignment with software/computer assistance should take only moments (assuming that the individual camera mounts are well designed).
Is there a market? I have no way of knowing. But if LF film is equal to about 70 megs and people find a need for LF film....
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May 19, 2005, 07:32:49 PM »
The market? Again, I have no idea.
Let's look at stitching for a moment. How good is it at scenes with lots of movement? Say you get hired to make a very large print of the horses crossing the finish line at Churchill Downs?
Now I don't know Jack about LF film. So I went to B&H's web page and found an 8 x 10 for a bit over $5k. That's basic camera only. No lens, no whatever else you need to make it fly. And it weighs about 20 pounds.
I do remember looking up the cost of film for a 8 x 10 at one point and seem to remember that it was in terms of dollars per shot.
I don't think I'll bother calling Walgreen's to see if they can give me one hour turnaround on my prints from the beast.
So if one could cut 50% off the weight. (Probably more if the cameras components were mounted without all the extra batteries, viewfinders, LCD screens, and doodahs.)
And if one could get the digital advantages of no-cost clicking, instant digital format, etc.
And if one weren't locked into a single dimension rectangle.
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May 19, 2005, 08:58:21 PM »
Say you get hired to make a very large print of the horses crossing the finish line at Churchill Downs?
That's been going on for years and the technology has been in place for a long time - it's what is traditionally what is looked at in a photo-finish.
In these situations a roll of film is fed passed a slot. The background will be blurred, but you will have a long (3-4ft) picture of all the horses passing the line. Don't know how many mega-pixels this equates to, and what the relevance is to zigapixel cameras. But what the heck.
I came across a scanning camera which does high dynamic range, high mega-pixels and 360 degree panoramas - is very light, automatic and looked really neat and cool. Problem is I can't find it again (it is manufactured by some German company).
This is something else I came across while trying to find the German cam...
Found the german cam - they do both panorama, spherical and HDR versions for 360 degree images:
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May 20, 2005, 01:57:19 AM »
There's probably several existing solutions and unlimited theoretical solutions for that one special hypothetical problem of a client that wants to make a HUGE print of a horse race. Just how often would such a situation arise, where an ordinary 4x5 camera would be inadequate? Lots and lots of commercial photographers have 4x5 cameras, so unless your client needs really really HUGE, you would not be in a particularly favorable position to get the gig with the big array camera and I doubt that anyone would ever develop such a kludge just for that tiny (perhaps altogether non-existent) niche market, especially since (as Dia mentioned) there are already other solutions that would work in those very rare and special situations.
Morever, I very seriously doubt that the camera array and adequate physical support and field laptop and adequate power supply would be so light. I doubt this even more seriously if this thing also has to be easily configurable for various array modes (3x4, 6x2, 12x1). The precision to make this possible to do quickly and with perfect alignment would not be easy and certainly not very light. If I were looking to invest some money for developing some sort of new gadget, this would not be the one. On the other hand, I think larger and larger sensors are inevitable and someone with a viable way to produce them cheaper would be a more tempting investment opportunity.
Thin air conceptualizing is SO easy. Wanna go to the moon? Just make a powerful rocket and appropriate control and guidance and safety and life support systems and you're on your way. Implementation is just engineering details.
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May 18, 2005, 06:48:25 PM »
For those of you who really want the ultimate, there's a camera out there that doesn't measure its file size in megabytes but in gigabytes. This was mentioned the recent CPU magazine, briefly explaining the process and potential. The current working camera produces a 4 gigabyte file. The technology has been around for a while, mostly under military scrutiny, using parts designed for spy cameras and components from 9 x 18 inch reconnaissance equipment. Actually the process is not new. The image is recorded on film, then scanned and worked through PS. Something we all do, or have done.
Obviously the camera is fairly sizable, not one to tote without mechanial help, but the pictures are, needless to say, incredible and of such high-resolution that the photo can reveal detail not readily visible to the human eye. Not a camera priced for the average or even high end consumer, but interesting nevetheless. For more information go to:
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May 19, 2005, 10:00:34 AM »
The "gigapxl" project and its website
are interesting, with lots of carefully described technical details about the challenges of ultra-detailed imaging. I have one significant quibble though, which means that for practical purposes, they really have "only" about 100 million useful pixels worth of detail.
This can easily be seen in some of the crops provided; despite corresponding to about a megapixel of the image or more, they are as soft and lacking in fine detail as web-formatted images of less than 100,000 pixels.
The problem come from the fact that at each of the numerous stages that limit resolution (amospheric turbulelence, lens abberations, diffraction, film resolution, etc.) they require 50% MTF, a fairly standard design target in optics. In plain language, they require no more than a one-stop loss of contrast
at each stage
. But these losses combine; the percentages multiply. So with about five such stages, their system loses about five stops of contrast, or has combined MTF of around 5%, and this is generally considered to be so low as to be useless, unless your goal is to photograph ultra-high contrast transmissive test patterns.
One thing that interests me a lot is their study of atmospheric effects; they need to use an ultrawide FOV to get atmospheric limits under control; for a normal angular field of view, 50% MTF is limited to about about 3,000 line pairs per picture height. With a medium that dos not use Bayer inerpooltion (like ascanning back), that gives a useful limit of 6,000 pixels high. With Bayer pattern sensors, maybe up to 10,000 pixels high.
Adding in other unavoidable resolution losses due to lenses, and the current 4,000 pixel high 22MP sensors are about half way to the useful limit as far as "line pairs of resolution", or a quarter of the way if you count pixels.
Scanning backs already go beyond 6,000 pixels high, so they are probably already at the limit for angular FOV out to moderately wide, with only ultra-wide likely to benefit from much more.
But that brings me to didger's suggestion of blending frames.
Once the sensor is scanning rather than single shot, so that you need a completely stationary subject, it is probably easier and better to blend multiple frames. For one thing, bleding is much easier on lens design, since you can use a lens of normal to narrow FOV, for which optical abberations are far easier to control. For another, one can add in dynamic range blending with mutliple frames on each part of the scene.
So my imaginary ultra-high resolution camera uses a high resolution sensor (the smallest viable pixels), an extremely sharp lens (macro?, telephoto?), a very solid tripod, and a robotic camera pointing and control system to automate taking the multiple frames.
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May 19, 2005, 03:10:13 PM »
I'm not sure about the nodal point issues. Does this kill the idea for shots because of alignment problems?
Yep. If the frames are properly aligned, you can deal with subject motion in most cases by creatively choosing the blend boundary between frames, but if the alignment is off (as it would have to be with ganged cameras) blending is MUCH harder. You also have the additional problem of getting the identical color and luminance response from an array of consumer-grade sensors, which adds another difficult obstacle that must be overcome to stitch successfully. One-camera pan & scan is much more practical.
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May 19, 2005, 04:12:59 PM »
Shoot a standardized target and let the software determine 'fixes' for each camera.
I can see that working reasonably well.
Stitching alignment should be easy as well. Again software. Each camera should be easily adjustable and software can report on degree of overlap.
Ain't so. Even if you're shooting with one camera from a tripod, if the nodal point adjustment is off, stitching properly becomes nearly impossible if there are foreground elements. I have some shots I took from Bright Angel Point at the north rim of the Grand Canyon, where the lower foreground is the rock I'm standing on (~4-20 feet from the lens), and the background is the canyon around me (all at infinity focus). I screwed up the nodal point setting, and the shots will NOT stitch decently. I always get something resembling a constipated snake, because the foreground offset due to the nodal misadjustment totally befuddles the stitching program, even with a 50% frame-to-frame overlap. Shooting with an array of lenses physically offset would be an even worse mess to unsnarl.
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May 19, 2005, 04:43:31 PM »
Is the ANYBODY that would want to carry a nightmare monster camera array and ultra nightmare monster tripod to hold this, and then spend an hour or two getting it all set up and aligned for each shot?
You're all just kidding, right? Right?
To question 1: "yes, but not me"; the same sort of folks who haul 8"x10" view cameras up mountains and down slot canyons.
To question 2: I am certanly not: I am trying to find something sufficiently difficult to be spiritually satisfying for those image quality obsessives who deeply believe that "if the process is not hugely time consuming and painful, the results cannot possibly be good enough".
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May 19, 2005, 05:10:07 PM »
Ah, I see (sort of, I suppose).
Michael Fatali is the only guy I know that shoots 8x10 on mountains and in slot canyons and he avoids doing the hauling himself. He has adoring young accolytes (college kids) that do the hauling for him in the hopes that some of the magic rubs off on them (or something).
Hey, BJL, maybe some time you could find solutions for even greater weight savings and improved image quality for those of us who find "spiritually satisfying" photography in liberation from excessive weight and encumbrances. Those other guys can always handicap themselves with lead weightbelts like divers use, right?
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May 19, 2005, 06:34:57 PM »
Well, it's an interesting sandbox, but I'll go no farther down this road than fun discussion. 84 megs under 10 lbs? So what? I've got hundreds of megs (if I want) for under 8 lbs. and with all sorts of versatitilty and alternative options (like normal digital photography with normal single files, more varied framing with various zoom lenses, hand held if I want, etc.) What are the advantages of this ultra-specialized array configuration at the high cost that always comes with anything ultra-specialized compared to fast and efficient and dirt cheap panorama shooting with a single camera? You can't compare this array contraption plus laptop plus special rack with an 8x10 camera. There's hardly anything simpler than an 8x10 camera and even so, how big is the market for that?
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May 19, 2005, 08:03:32 PM »
Well, I don't see this thing as likely ever happening (compared to multi-component single sensor single lens large format digital) and I doubt exceedingly that the price would be anywhere near as low as a large format kit. However, I was dead wrong in my predictions about the unlikelihood of a high density small format sensor with high quality small format lenses to match it. Owning a D2X is a sincere gesture of admitting that I was wrong. I could be wrong about this array thing too. The reason I stubbornly cling to not believing in it is not for any inherent technical problems, but simply because the market would only be for those folks now buying 8x10 cameras, and that's a VERY small market, so the development cost would have to be covered by very few customers and I also doubt very much that the development would be as quick and easy as our airy discussions might lead us to believe. Remember Pournelle's Law: It always takes longer and costs more.
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May 19, 2005, 10:51:33 PM »
It's amazing the direction of this thread. I mentioned the gigabyte camera only because I thought it was an interesting method for someone who is specializing in a a very specific product. My own camera methods are most like Didger's, especially in my attempt to get the best photo possible with a reasonable weight, since I too do lots of backpacking (and long day trips). So I would never succumb to the gigabyte format. However, for some people it might work. The most amazing thing about today's photography spectrum is the variations that are possible and the choices available in our attempt to get the "picture". Let evolution continue.
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May 20, 2005, 05:42:15 AM »
Quote from: DiaAzul,May 19 2005,20:58
Quote from: Bobtrips,May 19 2005,19:32
I came across a scanning camera which does high dynamic range, high mega-pixels and 360 degree panoramas - is very light, automatic and looked really neat and cool. Problem is I can't find it again (it is manufactured by some German company).
This is something else I came across while trying to find the German cam...
Found the german cam - they do both panorama, spherical and HDR versions for 360 degree images:
Thanks for the links David.
I came across a Swiss company by the name of Seitz that has been in the panoramic photography business for over 50 years. They produce a range of film and digital based solutions both for "35mm" and medium format:
The quality of the products are excellent - I recently purchased the Roundshot VR Drive for my 1Ds. This unit sits on top of my tripod and can be programmed to take set panoramic angles, bracketed shots at each angle, set rotation time between shots, etc. The unit connects via a supplied cable directly to the camera. Very cool!
I thought the bracketed shot option might be very cool when used in combination with Photoshop CS2's new 23-bit HDR function.
They were VERY professional to deal with and are multilingual. They even shipped the unit to me free of charge. HIghly recommended.
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Officials from Richmond International Raceway today announced that the track will continue to host two NASCAR weekends in 2013. The events will be held April 26-27 and Sept. 6-7, with the September Sprint Cup Series race again serving as the final race before the 2013 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup (the circuit's playoff equivalent).
The total financial benefit to the region as the result of both weekends – each of which includes a Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series race – is more than $300 million, according to RIR officials.
"Bringing NASCAR back to Richmond International Raceway twice next year is huge for everyone in Greater Richmond," said RIR President Dennis Bickmeier. "The money being pumped into our economy twice a year makes a big difference in the livelihood of the 1.3 million people who call Greater Richmond home. Hotels, restaurants, grocers and many other locally owned businesses will benefit when NASCAR flocks to RIR."
Tickets for the April NASCAR weekend go on sale Friday, Dec. 7. Fans who purchased tickets to this month's NASCAR weekend at RIR will be receiving renewal invitations in October. Guests who renew receive a savings on each ticket purchased, opportunity to keep their seats and may add or relocate seats before the general public.
For details, visit http://www.rir.com or call 1-866-455-7223.
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Comic 135
Link: Comic 135
Title: Making the moth't of things - part 2
Date: December 2, 2005
Summary: Steve traps the Moth, who starts talking to him while he sleeps.
Onomatopoeias used: "TRAP!", "FLIK!","RATTLE!" "PLACE!", "GLOWER", "ZZZZZZ", "COO", "YEE-HAW!", "POF!"
Number of panels: 9
Panel 1
Steve TRAP!s the Moth with a glass.
Steve: "Gotcha!"
Panel 2
Steve smiles at his own wit.
Panel 3
Moth starts flying upwards, trying to escape the glass with a "FLIK! FLIK! RATTLE!"
Steve looks alarmed.
Panel 4
Beaver enters as Steve PLACE!'s a "Heavy Book" on top of the glass cautiously.
The Moth GLOWER's.
Beaver: "Come on Steve, time for bed. You can play with your little friend in the morning..."
Steve: "Ok Beaver..."
Panel 5
Steve is sleeping in his bed, making a ZZZZZZ noise.
He is dreaming of himself riding a giant pigeon, with COO COO and YEE-HAW! sounds
Panel 6
His dream disappears with a POF! as Steve hears something calling him.
Moth: "SSSSSSSSSTEEEEVE..."
Panel 7
Steve is looking at the glass containing the Moth.
Moth: "SSSSSSSSSSSSTEEEEEEEEEEEVE"
Steve: "Wh- What do you want?"
Panel 8
Moth: "I want you to let me out Sssteve... Let me out so I can caress you with my creepy antennae and papery wings."
Steve: "Um... actually I think I'll just leave you in there 'til you starve if that's ok?"
Moth: "Do you know what moths eat Ssssteeeve...?"
Steve: "Um... moss?"
Moth: "No Steve, I'll tell you what we eat..."
Panel 9
Close up on Moth.
Moth: "We eat fear, Sssteve."
Moth: "FEAR!"
Moth: "Num num!"
[To be contd.]
Fun Facts
- We see that Steve has a clown bed. Creepy!
- I'm scared of moths now...
- I told you they liked to land on faces!
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The daily adventures of a mom of 12 who loves to run and is training hard to see just how good I can be.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
As of June 1, I am no longer working in my position as special needs adoption coordinator for Adoption Advocates. I had been in the position for six years and pretty much started and built the HIV+ adoption program in Ethiopia for the agency. I helped advocate for and find families for over 150 children with special needs. It was a demanding, rewarding, stressful, time-consuming, heart-wrenching, and wonderful experience that I gave much of my heart and soul to (gladly).
But things changed in the agency's staffing recently and the process changed in Ethiopia, and my position was eliminated. I was given a position doing something I had no experience with, and that combined with some other elements led to me resigning after a lot of discussion and prayer with Josh.
We are not really in a position to give up any income and so it was a difficult decision to make, however we both feel at peace about it and believe it was the right choice. I am hopeful and confident that I will find new opportunities, and with the way things have been going, I don't think it will take long.
First, I am volunteering to work with Project HOPEFUL, whose mission is "Educating, Encouraging and Enabling Families Adopting Children with HIV/AIDS". This is an organization that I helped start years ago and served on the original board, but then when I took my job with AAI, I stepped down. Carolyn Twietmeyer, the Founder and Executive Director, became a tireless advocate for HIV+ and special needs children after she adopted a sibling group from Ethiopia (that included an HIV+ child) that I had advocated for. She and her husband were one of the very first families to pursue adopting an HIV+ child after I started educating and advocating for these kids, so it is great fun to be working with her again. And as she said, things have come full circle! I am excited to still be able to help advocate for and make a difference in the lives of orphans with special needs.
Project HOPEFUL has a team raising money and running the Chicago Half-Marathon in September! I can't be there in person but I will be there in spirit and will be cheering them on from WY. :)
And the other news is that I am now a USATF certified coach! I plan on continuing my training and education to become a higher level coach, and I am really really excited about this. As I was taking the courses I kept saying, "I love this stuff!"
I am hoping to find some beginner/intermediate runners that are looking for a coach to help them -
- get started as a runner, or progress from where they are at
- with advice, help, support, and encouragement in their running/training
- train for a race (5k-marathon distance)
- stay motivated and accountable
- improve their times in races of various distances
I am extremely well educated when it comes to running and I know what it's like to -
- be in the position of knowing I am unhealthy and need to make a change, but am not sure how to get started
- be a brand new runner and not be able to run 2 miles without feeling like I am going to die
- be the slowest runner in a group and wonder if I will ever be able to keep up with everyone else
- train for and finish my first race
- train for and finish races from 5k-marathon distances
- deal with injuries
- change to a healthy diet/lifestyle
- run high mileage
- make huge improvements in speed/pace
- run competitively
- find ways to make it work and find time for yourself while being a busy mom
I personally have benefited GREATLY from having a coach. I love having someone to learn from, to give me my training plan, to give me advice, to give me feedback on my running, to encourage and support me, to watch over my training, to push me, to help me reach my goals, and to be a mentor and friend.
If you or anyone you know are interested in having me coach you, you can contact me at fullhousemom at g mail dot com
Tomorrow is the last day of school for my kids (and it is just a half day) and we head to Utah on Friday morning. Only THREE days until race day. Woo hoo!!! My post on goals/hopes/dreams/plans for the Utah Valley Marathon is coming soon. Happy National Running Day!
20 comments:
- susette said...
I will be running the UVU Half marathon and my daughter is walking it and so when I finish I am going back to finish with her. In that process I am hoping to see some of the speedy marathoners coming by and will watch for you.
- June 6, 2012 at 1:15 PM
You're going to be a fantastic coach Erin!
And beside that, you should write a book about your running and your life, just the way you share it here on your blog. Seriously. Please! :)
- June 6, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Erin- thanks for your honesty. What we do as adoption advocates is one of the hardest jobs I have ever had! I work with kids who have been in foster care for a long time and need adoptive families. I think a career change is a must at some point! I am so excited as you are making this change but you will still be an advocate!! Things will work Out - I am a true believer of this!! I agree you should write a book!! Running- weight - faith- adoption- family - it would be a top seller for sure!! Congrats! Best of luck! One thing- please don't give up your blog!! Carol - WV
- June 6, 2012 at 1:59 PM
- Terzah said...
Congrats on the coaching certification, Erin! You will be a wonderful coach. I'm sorry to hear about your job--I know you were good at it--but you're going into the change with your usual good attitude.
- June 6, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- Liz said...
I'm way excited that you are certified! I plan on training for my first half marathon for next year and am so scared to do it alone. I'll have to email you when I can start. I just have to get a baby here first :)
- June 6, 2012 at 3:12 PM
- Christy @ My Dirt Road Anthem: A Runner's Blog said...
Congrats on coaching certification! I think you will be a great coach.
I agree, you should write a book!
- June 6, 2012 at 3:46 PM
- Natalie R. said...
You will be an awesome coach!!! It is fun to read, lean, and do what you love and know. I am glad you still will be involved with HIV+ special needs adpotions & advocacy. Woo Hoo for you.
- June 6, 2012 at 4:22 PM
- Jen@runfortheboys said...
You are going to be an awesome coach...I am so excited for and proud of you! I'm glad too that you get to continue to work in the area of adoption because I know how much of a passion you have for children that need a forever family. You throw your all into everything you do...you will always succeed as long as you do something you love!
- June 6, 2012 at 5:40 PM
- Mark Matthews said...
I'd certainly reccommend you in a second to be a coach, but dang, even more important is, all the lifes of those children you are affecting. Can you imagine when you have your "It's A Wonderful Life Moment" and an angel comes down and shows you what would have happend if you had never lived. Big stuff.
- June 6, 2012 at 6:46 PM
- Caroline said...
Erin...changes can be hard but also good...usually us humans do not like changes...but sometimes they bring great surprises. I am sorry about your work situation. Congratulations on being a coach! I am sure you will be wonderful! I would hire you if I could have a coach :))
wishing you all the best!!!!!!!
- June 6, 2012 at 10:20 PM
- Unknown said...
Best of luck to you Erin. From what I have been reading you have so much heart, drive and faith. I know this is just one stumbling block that will probably be a windfall of good fortune in the future even though it may not be obvious yet. I will keep you in my prayers that things will turn around for the best.
Sincerely, Jennifer
- June 7, 2012 at 4:08 AM
- Mallory said...
You will be an awesome coach! Best of luck this weekend. I'm thinking about the Utah Valley half next year! Can't wait to read about your thoughts on the race!
- June 7, 2012 at 6:01 AM
- christa said...
Yay! I know you'll be awesome as a coach!! Good luck in Utah. Whenever I see you write UVM, I think is she coming to VT? The University of Vermont (UVM). Good luck, I know you'll be fast!!
- June 7, 2012 at 6:38 AM
- fancy nancy said...
Congrats on the coaching cert!! I will keep that in mind as I plan coming back from baby land this Fall!! I will be praying that things will fall into place for you! I'm sorry to hear about your job! God is always faithful and I'm certain He has something amazing waiting for you!!
- June 7, 2012 at 7:51 AM
- {lifeasa}RunningMom said...
That quote is so true and just want I need to hear today. Although I have doubts in the chaos in my world, I have faith you will do great things and congrats on being a certified coach! You will rock at it!
- June 7, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- Julia said...
so glad that i saw this post yesterday and decided to contact you. ummm and a little bit BEYOND excited to be able to call you COACH:) woo hoooooooo!!! cant wait for you to dominate UVM! thanks for being an inspiration to me!!
- June 7, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- Shannon said...
Congratulations on your coaching certification! I think you'll make a great coach! :)
- June 7, 2012 at 8:07 PM
- Jill said...
When one door closes another one opens...I'm confident your sparkling personality will find you the perfect job here soon! I quit my job last fall, too, and will be looking here soon, too (more seriously anyway ;)),
That's great that you are now a coach! Coaching has given me so much, I am truly blessed to be out there helping the high schoolers in cross country and doing a little marathon training for others on the side. LOVE it! I know you'll be a fantastic coach!
- June 7, 2012 at 8:37 PM
- Suz and Allan said...
Congratulations on your certification! You are going to be a wonderful running coach.
- June 7, 2012 at 10:03 PM
- Laura @ Mommy run fast said...
What a blessing that your passions have become jobs for you! I have been inspired by your example and think of you when we have our 'do-we-want-to-adopt-some-day' discussions. I'm sure you're impacting many people through your blog in more ways than running. Yay for getting your cert to coach! I'll keep that in mind if anyone asks for a coach recommendation. :)
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One of three Udvar-Hazy parking attendants accused of stealing $487,000 in fees was sentenced Jan. 18 to nearly two years in prison.
In addition to 20 months in prison, Meseret Terefe, 37, of Silver Spring, Md., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge T. S. Ellis III to three years of supervised release.
Terefe and two others are accused of stealing visitor parking fees belonging to the Smithsonian Institution's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly.
He was also ordered to pay $457,515 in restitution and forfeit the same amount, including $218,000 in cash recovered following his arrest.
Terefe pleaded guilty Sept. 28, admitting, according to court documents, that from March 2009 through July 2012 he stole the money while working for Parking Management Inc. (PMI), the company contracted to collect parking fees at the museum.
The National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is the annex location of the Air & Space Museum and is home to the Space Shuttle Discovery and other historic aircraft. These Smithsonian sites display the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world.
PMI began managing the center's parking lot, which holds approximately 2,000 vehicles, in March 2009.
Terefe admitted that he began stealing parking fees in late 2009 by either repeatedly unplugging the electronic vehicle counters installed in the parking booths or by not handing customers a serialized parking ticket to display in their car windshield.
These tactics allowed Terefe to under-report the true number of vehicles entering the facility. He and other booth attendants discussed tactics for stealing parking revenues, and Terefe said that one of his managers approached him and demanded that Terefe pay him half of the stolen proceeds in order to continue his activity, according to court documents.
Terefe stole between $1,800 and nearly $4,500 during a daily shift working at the Smithsonian, and the three-year loss to the Smithsonian attributable to Terefe is approximately $487,000. Terefe stored a portion of the proceeds at his home in Silver Spring and used some of the proceeds to purchase an interest in commercial property in Ethiopia.
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Series: "Lost World of Genesis One" Book Club (7 entries)
Companion series to the spring 2015 book club featuring "The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate" by John Walton.
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Companion series to the spring 2015 book club featuring "The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate" by John Walton.
In both form and content, then, Genesis 1 reveals that its basic purposes are religious and theological, not scientific or historical.
All creation is the doings of God's hands, no matter how he did it. When I look at a painting, I can connect somehow with the painter, and the same goes with the universe and God.
The words we use to talk about the Bible and science often predispose us towards unnecessary conflicts.
If discussions of science and religion sometimes get bogged down in Genesis, perhaps that is because they have not made the preparatory journey through the rich material of the Wisdom books.
Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
From science and religion blogs: quantum uncertainty and God, the remarkable fact that we have come to understand our place in the created order, and the role of theology in making wise choices about the use of technology.
What we do learn from scripture is that there is only one Creator and that there's a clear distinction between God and the created world. And that we who are created in the image of God are able to investigate a creation that is remarkably tuned for our discovery.
What we do learn from scripture is that there is only one Creator and that there's a clear distinction between God and the created world. And that we who are created in the image of God are able to investigate a creation that is remarkably tuned for our discovery.
I was raised in a household of atheists. My parents were card-carrying members of the American Communist Party, and therefore the atheism in my household was quite close to the militant anti-theism of the so-called "new atheists".
These excerpts from Origins: Christian Perspectives on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design, written by BioLogos president Deborah Haarsma and her husband Loren Haarsma, offer a sampling of the book's many topics, from exploring our disagreements and agreements on origins as Christians to explaining scientific processes to looking at how we read Genesis.
In this series, Kathryn Applegate addresses the concern that randomness implies the absence of God's activity and involvement in the natural world. She begins by clearing up some common misconceptions about the concept of "randomness", and later focuses on the mechanisms of the immune system to demonstrate that God works through random processes to preserve life. Far from being an indication of a "godless" universe, one might conclude that randomness is one of God's favorite mechanisms for creating and sustaining life!
In this video Conversation, Denis Alexander asserts that contemporary Christians are not taking the early chapters of Genesis seriously enough.
Although committed to the principle of sola Scriptura, Calvin recognized that the Bible would have been written in terms its original recipients would have understood. Calvin inherited the medieval cosmology of his time, a way of viewing the world heavily influenced by Greek thought and one which was about to receive shocks from astronomers such as Copernicus and Galileo. But not just yet.
Augustine had a great deal to say about those chapters in Genesis that are especially controversial within Christianity today.
In this series, David Buller pays careful attention to the original language and cultural context of Genesis 2, revealing that our responsibility to care for creation is a sacred task given to us by God, not merely a modern secular activity. By taking Scripture seriously, we learn that we have a God-given mandate to be diligent stewards of His creation.
In this talk, originally delivered at the BioLogos President's Circle meeting in October 2012, Dr. John Walton discusses the origin stories of Genesis 1-3, and why their focus on function and archetypes mean there is no Biblical narrative of material origins.
Many people assume that until Darwin came along, devout Christians everywhere read and understood Genesis in the same way. But Dr. Pak points out that some of the most revered figures in Christian history--Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin--offered insightful but distinctive interpretations of the text that are often overlooked today. First presented at a symposium in Raleigh, NC, Dr. Pak's paper is presented here as a three part series.
It is not uncommon to hear voices proclaiming that biology and physics have shown us that—at fundamental levels—nature is random, hence meaningless, purposeless, and without a creator. But how might God work providentially through indeterminate processes? The John Templeton Foundation has provided a generous grant of $1.69 million to support a new research initiative on the theme of Randomness and Divine providence.
Charles Darwin's personal struggles and ultimate rejection of Christianity are well documented, and people are eager to link his loss of faith to his evolutionary theory. David Lack, on the other hand, began his scientific career as an agnostic, but shortly after publishing his famous book on the evolution of "Darwin's finches", he converted to Christianity.


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Adrian Sutil was frustrated after a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags cost him points in the Canadian Grand Prix...
Adrian Sutil was frustrated after a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags cost him points in the Canadian Grand Prix.
Despite leaving Montreal with a World Championship point, the F1 returnee had an afternoon to forget.
Starting with a spin when he attempted to pass Valtteri Bottas, Sutil's VJM06 was later damaged by Pastor Maldonado when the Williams driver - "as he always does" - drove into the rear.
However, his woes were not over.
Racing Kimi Raikkonen, Sutil was judged to have ignored the blue flags being waved as Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso came up behind him.
As a result the Force India driver was hit with a drive-through penalty, which he reckons was a piece of inconsistent stewarding from the men in Montreal.
"I saw a chance to overtake Bottas after he had a bad exit out of Turn Two. We were side-by-side but I was on the kerb and it spun me around. It was a racing incident - unlucky, but lucky because I was able to turn the car around and go on," Sutil explained to Sky Sports F1.
"Then I was in the back of the field and Maldonado missed his braking point - again, as he always does - and he hit my rear. That had a big effect with damage on my car.
"And then I was quite disappointed with the drive-through. I was just racing [Kimi] Raikkonen, trying to push on.
"I tried to give them the straight to pass me, and that is where Hamilton overtook me with the DRS as well. I thought 'ok, they were behind me for one lap, but that's usual around this type of circuit.
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What everyone is looking forward
The power and speed of today's smartphones were unprecedented at the break of the early millennium. Who knew that it would dominate and revolutionise global telecommunications with its technology and versatility for daily life, business, entertainment, recreation and of course its big role in the telecommunications world. Here are five things we can expect to see in a few years' time.
Flexible Screens – Although not yet in widespread use, the flexible and high resolution AMOLED screens that have been introduced at expos and tech shows are ultra-flexible and can bend along perfectly with the pliable material. It presents the smartphone screen in a whole new way, the visuals bending along with the plastic film screen with no distortion or visual errors. It is expected to be applied in the smartphone industry with bendable and slightly bendable phones that are more shock proof and bend at will in many extreme situations and conditions. There are curved and slightly bendable phones out now, such as the G Flex from LG and a bendable screen phone coming soon from Samsung. As it develops, future bendable smartphones will have more extreme applications possible.
5G – The next evolutionary step of the 4G or Fourth Generation wireless mobile broadband technology. The 5G is still a working development that's expected to launch around the year 2020, where the ultra-fast and ultra-seamless format will have been developed and possible to operate. Its development was seen as the next level due to the increasing number and further advancement of wireless networks, and the further development of 4G, which is still considered the current fastest and most advanced mobile connection in use, despite its actual limited coverage area. This is theoretically where the 5G format will ultimately be possible once the desired levels of wireless technology and its resulting speed and connectivity eventually reaches 5G standards. Japan is one of the leading countries that are developing the technology, with local mobile service provider NTT Docomo ongoing trials, and with an expected launch date sometime in 2020 as well.
Instant-Log in on any smartphone – with the aid of a "key" device named Portable SIM, people can log-in to any smartphone, tablet or other compatible handheld gadgets. It basically acts as a "universal" log-in much like how one can log in on a personal computer with a separate profile while still retaining the original user's settings and profile without any access or interference to the original user's profile. Any smartphone can accommodate other users without interfering with the original user's own profile and settings, but still operate with all the normal functions. Although already out with successful prototypes, the Japanese company Docomo already has a working prototype model that will further develop this SIM log-in key.
The Universal Remote Control – the smartphone has been developed as a remote control for digital cameras and a few smartphone-connected devices by syncing with an app and a wireless connection. It has also been developed to do basic remote control on household digital appliances, and some of them have been integrated into the Siri app to add a voice functionality as well. As the technology further develops, it will branch into many other devices, and backed by apps and upcoming advanced technology, we will soon possibly use the smartphone as a universal remote control for a wider number of important gadgets, devices and appliances as well, not to mention bigger equipment, all in the convenience of a compact smartphone.
Advanced Mobile Gaming – we're not talking about Flappy Bird level gaming, but gaming at the level of online PC and console gaming, but using 5G wireless broadband connections and smartphones that have dedicated gaming controls, visuals and sound. Although we do have some pretty smashing games and game controller adapters compatible on a majority of smartphones, games enhanced by the fastest and most reliable wireless broadband plus advanced smartphones will hopefully do the trick somewhere in the near future. There are a few in the market such as the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play with a slide out controller which serves as the prototype now available. But with the very fast advancement of smartphone and gaming technology, this development should come very soon and bring gaming into the smartphone world in a revolutionary way.


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09-21-2012, 01:33 AMSolve a man's problem with violence and help him for a day. Teach a man how to solve his problems with violence, help him for a lifetime - Belkar Bitterleaf
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Thread track 1: I've read all three HG books but waited until all were out and then read them through 1-2-3
I'll do the movies the same way assuming my daughter the librarian recommends them - she will see them in the theater in the first week they are out. Then we will discuss how they screwed up the story.
Thread track 2: Back before kindergarten existed, in the ancient times, I was reading at 3rd or 4th grade level when I started in first. My sister (who had cerebral palsy) and I used to lay on the floor and I would read to her. About the time she was 5 or 6 she made it clear to me to shut up, she was reading it to herself faster than I read it to her. We lost her to double pneumonia when she was 8.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
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1 (14 ounce) can
EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk
egg white, whipped
2 teaspoons
vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons
almond extract
1 (14 ounce) package
flaked coconut
These turned out wonderfully, very simple to make. Just a couple of comments: I left out the almond extract as my nephew has a nut allergy & everyone still thought they were delicious. Also, I baked them on sheets lined with parchment paper instead of foil. This eliminated the need to grease the foil, and preserved the gluten-free nature of the recipe (my sister has celiac disease, & Pam for Baking contains flour, so that wasn't an option.) I was able to reuse the parchment sheets for each batch; the cookies slid right off the paper & cleanup was a cinch.
Do NOT make this recipe. I followed everything exactly and all it made was a runny, expensive mess. I'm an excellent baker and have never had anything turn out poorly except a dry cake here or there. This is the worst recipe ever! I even added an extra whipped egg and it was beyond saving. Don't waste your time!!!!!
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I use unsweetened coconut when making these and they turn out great. I often omit the egg also. One time I just forgot it, and they turned out better. I also use a small scoop to form them and then press slightly with the bottom of the cookie scoop once they are dropped onto the pan. I use Pam on the foil or more often parchment and haven't had a problem with sticking when I take them off immediately. It's a nice touch to place a piece of sliced almond on top after baking, or to dip the tops in a little melted dark chocolate. I've served these at my daughter's weddings. I recently changed my rating of these from a 4 to a 5 because I continue to make them after 4 years, and they are always a hit.
I made a test batch because of all the varying reviews, but I needn't have worried. Soooo easy to make, even with a toddler at my heels.
I pretty much followed the recommendations of the other reviewers..I whipped the egg white till it formed soft peaks, used unsweetened coconut - I think it would have been too sweet otherwise. I added the almond extract to the condensed milk and mixed it together before adding the other ingredients (I only used 1 tsp). I formed little balls with the mixture, pressing them down slightly, then put them on greased tin foil. After about 15 min. at 325 they started to get brown on the bottom, and I removed them immediately from pan.
They came out perfectly and didn't spread at all. I will definately be making a big batch of these for the holidays!
I found this to be a very easy recipe. I did alter it a bit. First I doubled the recipe (with 8 married kids and 13 grandchildren I double everything), then, to prevent the cookies from flattening I added another 14oz bag of coconut. I rolled them with my fingers a bit forming balls. The balls kept their shape just fine. Then I poured a chocolate glaze. I had read another reviewer's comment about not over-cooking them. If stored in an airtight container the toasted coconut will soften.
Really liked this recipe - I followed a lot of the tips of everyone else. I whipped the egg white and the condensed milk together to give it a bit of volume.
As well, I also added about 1/2 a cup of flour, as many of the other ratings said they were too runny. The flour gave it excellent consistency and the taste is still great! The balls of macaroon kept their shape perfectly.
Oh! And to prevent them from sticking to the pan I used silicon mats/silpat - did the trick, didn't need any foil or non-stick coatings at all!
I think these are very good, however I did leave out the egg white. They are a very sweet cookie so I think the next time I will add a little flour to see if that cuts the sweetness on them. I had no problem removing them from the pans because I used parchment paper. I use it on all my cookies actually because you can just slide the whole bunch off your sheets for cooling. Try parchment! You will LOVE it!
First off, use aluminum foil as it states in the recipe to line your cookie sheets & you won't have a problem with them sticking. This recipe is really easy & delicious. Also I found that turning my spatula over so that it is in a 45 degree angle helped to remove each macaroon easier.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Coconut Macaroons
Serving Size: 1/48 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 48
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 76
Calories from Fat: 28
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