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If you found this interesting I suggest you buy/borrow The Millennial Foundation by Marshall T Savage and just read the Aquarius chapter for a fully functioning Ocean colony idea
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How will they deal with trash, gray water and black water?
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Will it be noisy and interfere with sea animals' communication?
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manujarch – like most technologies, initially it will be expensive and limited to "early adopters", but over time the costs will come down. One of our long-term goals is to have a seastead city which allows open immigration from poor countries, like America of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and has low enough costs for that to be economically viable. "Give us your tired, your poor…"
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Phase One High Speed flash sync. 1/1600
October 23, 2012, 03:38:18 AM »
Phase One has a video on their home page where Frederico Martins is putting the high speed flash sync of the phase one to good use.
However he claims that it is
to do the same thing (flash with high shutter speed) with a 35mm DSLR. This is not true.
The video even shows him showing that it is not possible with a Nikon.
Well it is possible and it is possible to go even faster than a DF with leaf shutter lenses.
All he needed to do is use the Pocket Wizard Flex TT5 flash sync radio slaves with the hypersync function.
No problem with this setup, direct flash and an aperture of 5.6 (he said he was shooting at 1/1600th at 5.6).
Here is an example of hypersync used with strobe and a 35mm DSLR.
shot at 1/2500, F7.1, ISO 100
Nikon D300s, 24-70mm, ISO 200, 1/8000 at F5.
See the photographers article here
Here is another interesting example too though the image was used in a composite, it was still shot outside over poweing the sun.
Aslo here is a method without using a Flex TT5 and getting high speed sync with broncolor strobes.
Now that said it would be interesting to see if it were possible to use hypersync to go even faster using the
focal plane shutter of the DF. It may be a bit of a problem as the duration of the shutter swipe of the DF might be too long due to the flash sync without hypersync and the focal plane shutter is 1/125. Might be possible with a relatively long duration strobe like an Elinchrom 6,000 classic pack or the older 404.
Hypersync does take a bit of callibration. I am getting clean full frame exposure at a 1/4000th of a second using the elinchrom 6,000 pack.
However the 6,000 pack has to use a dual head to use all 6,000 so the duration is not quite as good as the 404 that can discharge in a single tube 4000 head.
I should be able to get a clean 1/800th using a 404 head with the 6,000 pack set to 4,000.
This may sound confusing, but here is how it works.
This is how the shutter works on the D800 for examnple.
At the fastest flash sync, 1/320th the first curtain opens fully. The flash goes off and then the second curtain closes.
For faster shutter speeds the second curtain stats to shut before the first shutter finishes opening.
At 1/8000th of a second this is what happens. The first curtain opens, but 1/8000th of a second after it starts to move the second curtain starts to close.
So there only a crack open between the two curtains. This crack scans over the sensor exposing each pixel for 1/8000th of a second.
To make this work the flash has to be illuminating for the duration of the scan. That is just under 1/320th of a second.
The Flex TT5 is calibrated so as to have the flash illuminating at the right time.
At the very highest speeds there may be a bit of underexposes area at the bottom of the frame. Depends on the flash/camera combination.
While the Phase One leaf shutter systems fastest flash sync speed with the most recent backs is 1/1600th it is simpler to use
and can be used with ultra fast flash.
Last Edit: November 25, 2012, 02:36:19 PM by FredBGG
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Re: Phase One High Speed flash sync.
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October 23, 2012, 04:21:20 AM »
FStoppers did a cool basket ball shot with the flex system.
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October 23, 2012, 06:01:26 AM »
Seeing what happened to the last Phase One video thread, how about moving this one to the 35mm section, dropping the first 6 lines and then calling it "How to use high speed flash sync on DSLR"
Wouldn't that be more beneficial to the community (assuming that is the OP's intention...)
Just a suggestion
Last Edit: October 23, 2012, 06:33:06 AM by yaya
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Quote from: yaya on October 23, 2012, 06:01:26 AM
Seeing what happened to the last Phase One video thread, how about moving this one to the 35mm section, dropping the first 6 lines and then calling it "How to use high speed flash sync on DSLR"
Wouldn't that be more beneficial to the community (assuming that is the actual intention...)
Just one's opinion
The point of the post is to point out the incorrect statement about it being impossible to do with a 35mm DSLR and backing it up with the facts as well as good examples.
The info would be handy in the 35mm section too, but it is relevant here too.
I think it is relevant to this forum because many contempleting MF are drawn in by the myth of the DF Leaf shutter lens being the only camera system capable of high speed sync. They should be told the whole story.
I also think that it is useful info for those with other medium format systems and happen to also have 35mm systems that need to do high speed sync, letting them know
that they don't necessarily have to upgrade to the DF and LS lenses to do high speed sync. Knowing they can do it with 35mm might be useful to them.
But just to show that my intentions are honest let me add a few more details.
The pros of the Phase One with lea shutter lenses and high speed sync:
-Max megapixel count is 80MP while it is 36MP with the D800 (30MP if its for editorial that tends to be more of a 4x5 crop.)
-The phase one is a 1/1600th of a second exposure that is completed in the 1/1600th. For scientific purposes it is more accurate. A high speed sync with Nikon or Canon is a curtain gap scan it takes more time to complete the full frame exposure with each area receiving 1/4000th for example. There is some subject distortion, but it is minuscule.
-Phase One does not require any calibration. With the Nikon d800 you will have to do a one time calibration for your camera and strobes.
-Phase One system uses all the flash power. 35mm method is a scan so some flash power is lost. However the same depth of field is obtained with faster lenses on 35mm DSLRs.
-Phase system may be able to use some form of hyper sync with the focal plane shutter. If it did it might be able to go one stop faster.
The pros of the Canon /Nikon hypersync option:
-can be used with very compact speedlights
-faster sync speeds
-not restricted to a small amount of lenses
-way less expensive.
(-nikon and canon are looking into leaf shutter lens options... no eta yet)
Last Edit: October 23, 2012, 06:58:27 AM by FredBGG
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October 23, 2012, 07:44:44 AM »
The Ranger RX, together with S head and PocketWizard PowerST4 gets you a faster sync than Quadra with S head and Flex TTL.
With PhaseOne, you can use 1/1600 for sync, together with the new Broncolor Move or Profoto B4 at any power setting. You would not be able to do that with HSS because the flash durations need to be long for HSS to work. With most of the Elinchrom units, pack and monolight both, the flash durations don't change much when you reduce power, so you'd be able to use HSS, but you'd still chop away most of the output.
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October 23, 2012, 10:46:56 AM »
Wow Fred, you really seem to have an axe to grind.
You even went so far as to submit your Phase One video "gotcha" to the PetaPixel blog...
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October 23, 2012, 11:26:57 AM »
is it possible to get faster sync with an elinchrom ranger quadra/5D III?
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Here we go again. It's never ending....
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October 23, 2012, 11:38:07 AM »
This really just seems silly IMO.
Not to split hairs but isn't the process explained just high power continuous light? It's coming from a strobe, sure. But the strobe is calibrated to stay on continuously when shooting at a specific Shutter Speed. That being the case, this isn't a flash "Sync" it's a calibrated flash duration to fit a Focal Plane shutters speed.
The end result is about the same, but the methods are very different and the term "High Speed Flash Sync" is still not achieved by the DSLR, it's achieved by the lights.
Big deal, technology changes and advertising always remains the same... I'll leave my pitchfork at home.
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Quote from: Sheldon N on October 23, 2012, 10:46:56 AM
Wow Fred, you really seem to have an axe to grind.
You even went so far as to submit your Phase One video "gotcha" to the PetaPixel blog...
Yup, and please read the comments on the PetaPixel Blog, too. Careful viewers saw how actually the hyper-critical criticism made by Fred over this unremarkable video----
was actually what was
What a waste of time and resources. Medium Format
and Fred don't get along. We get that. Get over it already.
I used to think wow, Fred has something credible to say about photography, film-based Fuji GX680 techniques in particular. But then I keep seeing all the same hyper-critical, biased, misleading rants about the entire medium format industry, the same images or images by other photographers (without permission??), and general comments/advice replete with hasty generalizations----and imho, it destroys whatever credibility was once there for any other subject matter.
I just don't understand what's up with all this negativity and paternalistic nonsense. And maybe it's just because I'm such a happy go-lucky guy. I think we need to send Doug Peterson over to give Fred a hug.
Last Edit: October 23, 2012, 12:57:49 PM by kdphotography
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I'm not sure. I have not tried with a 5d III.
However the 5D III can do so with canon speedlights that support HSS so it is likely that you can.
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October 23, 2012, 03:13:34 PM »
If you really want to freeze something fast moving, nothing works better than short flash duration strobes.
Flash is just a different animal than any type of high speed shutter and not only holds detail but allows for more unique light shaping.
I've shot movement of people forever and every project requires a different technique. 1/4000th of so of flash duration will usually make a cleaner sharper image.
I think this is an apples to apples conversation, because whether your using a medium format camera with Leaf shutters that cuts into the flash duration, or a pocket wizard that allows front and rear curtain to cut into a flash duration your still "cutting in the flash duration" and in a sense losing power and treating the flash as a continuous source.
What isn't mentioned here is who uses one camera for all kind of projects? I don't, I really can't because a 35mm camera is a much different device than a medium format camera and so much more goes into the look of the file, not just freezing action or trying to find out which system "beats" the other system in one specific function.
You know, this type of conversation just rages on, with one side dead sure than their 35mm is the only camera in the world to shoot any project in the world, others will tell you the opposite with their medium format cameras.
I know I just find all of this silly and also know it will rage on until Michael comes on board and shows his usually common sense approach and closes the thread.
In my view, the best way I know to make this type of thread interesting is to show well crafted images, not just tests shot in the backyard.
Our Contax's shoot a slow sync, around 1/90th to 1/125 and we've shot fast action in studio with a stylized look.
Why not go to 35mm? Because I wanted the depth of a ccd camera's file, I needed at the time the ability to pul back and crop.
What I did was rather than push hard to prove a contax is better than a Nikon or a Hasselblad is better than a Leaf, I took what I owned, used flash that was appropriate for the look, tested to be sure of the result and shot the job . . . oh yea also got paid.
It's easy to say what won't my camera do, but it's more beneficial to post how something can be done and why.
This photo was shot at full speed by a Tennis Pro. He hits the ball so hard the tennis ball moved the catch canvas mounted on rollers.
We tested with different flash, wanted some movement on the tennis racket (it has been enhanced in retouching) but also need the body in focus.
I believe we achieved both using monolights, testing at different power to change the duration.
Contax 645, P30+
This image was shot with a Nikon D3 at very high ISO a 300 mm lens wide open.
Though it looks like reportage it was shot for a commercial client to achieve a certain style and look so scouting and camera position was as important as the camera itself.
To me the only difference between this image and the tennis player was the location and creative brief. Obviously they're not going to let me set up high speed strobes in a world meet in Osaka, but we scouted for hours to find the exact spot to give a more stylized lighting look.
Would I use the Contax for this image, probably not without lighting and other tricks, but I didn't throw my medium format cameras away just because I used 35mm.
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I still maintain that this thread belongs to a different section....
In the video the OP refers to, the photographer states more than once that he is using the system so that he can achieve a shallow DOF while somewhat controlling the ambient sun light. He is not talking about freezing motion.
This is easily done with the system he shoots on and NOT so easily done with 35mm. The samples shown by the OP are not what we can call shallow DOF images.
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NOT so easily done with 35mm
It's not that hard to use an ND filter. Certainly it's less desirable than shooting with a clear and unobstructed viewfinder, but not a huge difference IMHO. MFD has a lot of other benefits that set it apart, the leaf shutter sync speed isn't really the key selling point.
I've played around a bunch with the Pocket Wizard "hypersync" stuff trying to match flash duration against sync speed. It's mostly a fools errand where you've got limited control, no ability to meter the strobe, and no guarantee that it will work with your particular strobe/camera. Personally I think the only reason to even worry about extreme sync speeds is when you need to freeze motion when you've got a strong ambient contribution to the moving portion of the image.
Anyhow, here's a ND filter snapshot from a few years ago... Elinchrom Ranger and indirect softbox against hard sunlight rim at f/1.2. Shot with a 6 stop ND filter, and was still able to use autofocus.
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Re: Phase One High Speed flash sync.
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Quote from: yaya on October 23, 2012, 03:40:53 PM
I still maintain that this thread belongs to a different section....
In the video the OP refers to, the photographer states more than once that he is using the system so that he can achieve a shallow DOF while somewhat controlling the ambient sun light. He is not talking about freezing motion.
This is easily done with the system he shoots on and NOT so easily done with 35mm. The samples shown by the OP are not what we can call shallow DOF images.
Shallow depth of field can be done with 35mm DSLR.
Here is a shot I linked to in my previous posts:
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Shot at 1/8000th f2.8 Canon 100mm 2.8 macro with broncolor flash pack. Canon 5D mark II 36x24 sensor.
That will produce as shallow a depth of field than a 110mm at 5.6 on a 44x33 sensor, maybe more shallow.
Could have been shot with a faster lens too.
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One thing to keep in mind is that metering can be a bit complicated with mixed light.
With the Phase One system if you are using a flash with a duration equal too or shorter than the shutter speed It will be easier to use a hand held meter.
This is because all the flash duration exposes the sensor.
With 35mm you need to use a longer duration flash. The not all the flash duration is captured and with faster speeds you "waste" power.
This though is not much of an issue with digital as you just have to take a few extra test shots to check your exposure.
With the Phase One system using flashed with longer flash duration would lead to light loss at the fastest speeds.
If the flash duration is say 1/400th and you shoot at 1/1600th you will lose upto 2 stops due to the shutter being open for about 1/4 of the flash duration.
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Just tried the technique out lined in the link below in my studio and bugger me it works.
I was getting 1,600th sec flash sync with my Bowens Estime generator.
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Try shooting a single strobe head against a bare wall or seamless. Depending on how slow/fast your flash duration is, you may see a top to bottom gradient of uneven exposure across the short side of the image frame. This can be caused by the power of the strobe pulse ramping up and fading off as the shutter moves across the frame. Even at 1/1600 shutter speed the exposure still takes about 1/200 for the shutter to move from one end of the image to the other.
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These two methods are very different from each other.
One is traditional flash sync which can be used with any flash unit at any setting with minimal fuss. The other is a unit-specific trigger-timing modification to drag the shutter along the length of the flash curve for a particular power setting. Both are useful tools. But they are not the same thing.
Also, with the hypersync option you either lose a lot of light, or you have uneven illumination throughout the frame (or both). This may not matter for some uses, and in some uses it may even be preferable (e.g. acting as a defacto graduated ND filter on a male portrait to darken the forehead a la
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Anyway, citing this as an example of dishonesty on behalf of Phase One is just really silly. Where will your witch hunt take you next? Perhaps you can lead a discussion on how Phase One is lying to everyone because they call their kit lens an 80mm when the specification sheets clearly states it is a 79.25mm lens.
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Re: Phase One High Speed flash sync.
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Quote from: Doug Peterson on October 23, 2012, 07:22:55 PM
Anyway, citing this as an example of dishonesty on behalf of Phase One is just really silly. Where will your witch hunt take you next? Perhaps you can lead a discussion on how Phase One is lying to everyone because they call their kit lens an 80mm when the specification sheets clearly states it is a 79.25mm lens.
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There aren't many reasons tourists take the road south from Surabaya. But there's certainly a very good one. It's because the city is the staging point for the 120 kilometre journey down East Java to one of Indonesia's most beautiful natural attractions.
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Chicago Fire assistant coach Clint Mathis had a number of classy goals during his playing career. While he'll tell you his most memorable was the one he scored vs. South Korea at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the goal of his that will forever stick in my mind is this one he scored four games into his stay with Hannover 96 in 2004.
Towards the end of training today, Clint drafted Head Coach Frank Yallop, Goalkeeping Coach Aron Hyde and Sean Johnson into service to cross him balls for this clinic. While he didn't hit the target on every attempt, we have to give it up to Fire Equipment Manager Allan Araujo for helping Clint with one trick shot...
We've seen Fire legend Hristo Stoitchkov around Chicago a couple times the past two seasons so we may have a better idea than most on with what he's been up to.
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Read the full feature here.
Heading to Arizona to catch the Fire play FC Tucson this weekend? Following the match (set for 1:00pm Mountain Time), the club is hosting a Happy Hour for Fire supporters in the hotel bar at the Desert Diamond Casino (7350 S. Nogales Hwy; Tucson) from 5:30-7:30pm MT.
Fire Head Coach & Director of Soccer Frank Yallop as well as Technical Director Brian Bliss will be on hand for the event, the first few drinks are on us and appetizers will be provided.
All Fire fans in and around Tucson are welcome to attend!
As someone that's taken in Section 8 Chicago trips to Montreal, Toronto, Kansas City, Columbus, Philadelphia, New York and in a month, Portland, I've come to appreciate the character and drive that is inherent in a traveling supporter's blood as they lend their voice to help the Fire on the road.
And while it's amazing to see so many take air trips, bus rides or insanely long travels in a stuffy van for a regular season match, I've also come to appreciate some of the faces I see every year in preseason.
For "The West Wing" aficionados out there, it reminds me of Bradley Whitford's character Josh Lyman trying to get to Port St. Lucie, Fla., for a New York Mets intrasquad game during Season 2's "Stackhouse Filibuster" just so catcher Mike Piazza could say, "Dude" to him.
At this point, if you're not understanding the Sorkinese I'm throwing at you, please meet Ray Cook, the Chicago Fire's very own version of Josh Lyman (more in the sports fan sense).
Ray traveled to Tucson via Amtrak from Chicago and even beat the team here (arriving Friday). I've seen Ray each of the last four preseasons (usually in Charleston, S.C.) but as he says, his tradition of making it out prior to the start of every campaign dates back to 2000 and has taken him to such places as Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Jackson, Miss., New Orleans and Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Mike Magee has racked up the accolades the last year. MLS MVP, Best XI, Team MVP and surely a few other awards were garnered during his stunning 2013 campaign. The last honor he received before heading into the 2014 season was Fire Player of the Year at Monday night's 26th annual Comcast SportsNet Awards, benefiting the March of Dimes.
Magee was honored alongside the Bears Martellus Bennett, the Blackhawks Patrick Sharp, the Bulls Nazr Mohammed, the Cubs Welington Castillo, White Sox Nate Jones. Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita also earned the night's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mike jokingly thanked the children's charity for helping him get out of "preseason boot camp in Florida" but also for the great work they do with kids saying, "any charity dedicated to children is brilliant".
He also made special mention of Naperville native and Paralympic athlete Alyssa Gialamas who earned the night's "Inspirational Athlete Award". Of her he said, "she's definitely the best athlete in the room."
Watch Mike's full acceptance speech, courtesy of CSNChicago.com, below:
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Following last week's mic'd up session with Frank Yallop, Chicago Fire videographer Leo Flores decided to give Clint Mathis a chance on the mic Thursday in Bradenton.
While Fire Strength and Conditioning Coach Tony Jouaux took the team through their warmups during the afternoon session, Mathis, Flores and Yallop colluded to play a prank on myself and Fire Press Officer Eunice Kim.
If you would have told 15-year-old Jeff Crandall that one day Clint Mathis would be punking him on camera, he wouldn't have believed you...
Today's Numbers Game features a switch as second-year Fire midfielder Dilly Duka will now wear the #11. Acquired from Columbus this time last year in exchange for Dominic Oduro, the pair took each other's numbers when they got to their new clubs (Duka taking 8, Oduro taking 11 in Columbus).
This year, with the Crew's #8 shirt vacant, Oduro has switched back to his regular number while Duka completes the swap. Coincidentally, #11 became available at the Fire when the team traded Daniel Paladini to Columbus back in December.
"Number 11 is what I've worn going back to youth soccer," Duka said. "It's what I'm familiar with, it's part of me as a player."
Meanwhile, fresh off scoring the game-winner in Sunday's friendly vs. Florida Gulf Coast Univesity, Giuseppe Gentile becomes the first player in Fire history to wear #92.
The dual Swiss-American citizen, who also happens to speak four languages and also shares a name with an Olympic triple jumper, went the Kellen Gulley route in choosing his number according to the year he was born, 1992.
So with that, we have two trivia questions for today…
1) Dilly Duka becomes the eighth player in Fire history to wear the #11 shirt, name the other seven.
2) What four languages to Giuseppe Gentile speak? We'll give you a freebie: English.
1) Roman Kosecki (1998-1999), Diego Gutierrez (2000-2001), Billy Sleeth (2002), Nate Jaqua (2003-2006), Thiago (2007), John Thorrington (2008-2010), Daniel Paladini (2011-2013).
2) English, Spanish, Italian and German


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Nico Hulkenberg has downplayed Sauber's chances of pulling off a "surprise" this season, saying a top-ten in Australia is his first target...
Nico Hulkenberg has downplayed Sauber's chances of pulling off a "surprise" this season, saying a top-ten in Australia is his first target.
Sauber impressed last season, claiming four top-three results in what proved to be the team's best performance ever under the Sauber name.
At the same time Hulkenberg was shinning for Force India as he outdid his team-mate Paul di Resta and even briefly fought for the victory at the season-ending Brazilian GP.
Now the team have teamed up, raising expectations of Sauber many even going one better and pulling off a surprise victory.
"It changes nothing for me. I was leading a race towards the end of last year and Sauber almost won two races but that was last year," Hulkenberg told Autosport.
"We are in a new year, a new situation, you can't take it for granted that it will be the same. Nobody knows.
"I don't expect to surprise everybody. I would love to, of course, and I'm sure the team would as well.
"Always the team and driver looks for a good relationship and a successful season. But we will have to wait and see where we are in terms of pecking order."
Hulkenberg added that his goal for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix is to bring his C32 home in the points.
"It's always difficult to know going into a new season with just winter testing," he said.
"But as a default target, a top 10 in both qualifying and the race is always your desire and what you come to fight for."


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In support of the forthcoming Rise of the Planet of the Apes film, BOOM! Studios is taking a characteristically innovative approach to the movie tie-in comic book trend by A) releasing the material for free online B) using the word "prelude" instead of the endlessly misused "prequel."
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There's a link to the video in the article. Unfortunately, after watching the clip, she seems to be a lazy lay, but I'd stillMelissa King, who was crowned Miss Delaware Teen USA in November, reportedly resigned from her post today amid claims that she appeared in a pornographic movie shortly after her 18th birthday last year.
Personally, I feel this should be a part of the "talent portion" of all beauty pageants.


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ST. MARYS – In a campaign stop in St. Marys this past Friday, Congressman Glenn Thompson, who is seeking re-election as representative for Pa.'s 5th District, spoke to supporters gathered at Gunner's Restaurant and asked for their vote.
Thompson also discussed at Friday's event the expansion of his voter base as the result of recent redistricting, or reapportionment, of the Congressional 5th district by the state's legislative leaders in the Pa. House and Senate. Redistricting takes place every 10 years following the outcome of the Census.
The Elk County Solid Waste Authority is set to recommend that the Elk County Commissioners approve parting ways with ECS&R, the company the county has contracted with since 2006 for universal and household hazardous waste (HHW) collections, after Veolia submitted a significantly lower bid for the same services.
According to Bekki Titchner, Elk County recycling/solid waste coordinator, the county stands to save around $5,000 by contracting with Veolia.
Veolia and ECS&R were the only two companies to submit bids for the services.
ST. MARYS – With Lent under way and Easter quickly approaching, a group of residents from Elk Towers in St. Marys is looking to brighten the Easter season for residents at area nursing homes. The group, called The Easter Bunny and Friends, is comprised of Diane Groeger, who acts as Easter bunny and is president of the Residents' Association at Elk Towers; Kathy Oley, vice president of the Residents' Association; Judy Schaefer, secretary of the Residents' Association; Rosemary Gray; Bonnie Carnahan; Mary Hadden; and Mary Ann Mello.
ST. MARYS – The Crystal Fire Department was called out at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday evening in response to a report of heavy smoke behind Shoe Sensation and House of TV Rentals at the Plaza on the Million Dollar Highway in St. Marys. Upon arrival, firefighters found a Dumpster fully engulfed. Employees and bystanders were containing the fire with buckets and a garden hose. The firefighters fully extinguished the fire and House of TV Rentals was ventilated to remove smoke.
CLARION – The Clarion Area Lady Bobcats defeated the Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders by a 47-41 score last night in the District 9-A semifinal game played at Clarion University.
The Lady Bobcats will now meet the Keystone Lady Panthers for the District 9 championship on Saturday at Clarion University. Keystone defeated Kane 58-51 in the other semifinal. The Lady Crusaders will take on the Kane Lady Wolves in the District 9-A consolation game. The date, site and time of that game will be announced.
As more servicemen and women return home with the de-escalation of the War on Terror, veterans' organizations like the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), with their ever-diminishing ranks, see the younger generation as the last hope and their membership as vital to the longevity and even the existence of these organizations.
The Elk County Conservation District [ECCD] was awarded a $1,000 mini-grant from the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts [PACD] to co-host a Manure Management Workshop with the Cameron County Conservation District.
"PACD is offering mini-grants for Districts to host manure workshops, so we decided to take advantage of this opportunity and host a workshop," said Conservation District Manager Steve Putt.
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Powerful Medicine Disguised as a Small Flower
One of my first memories of using plants for medicine was delivered through Beatrix Potter and her adventures with Peter Rabbit.
You might remember the day that Peter Rabbit narrowly escaped a harrowing ordeal in Mr. McGregor's garden. Once he was safely home his mother gave him a cup of chamomile tea before putting him to bed. How quaint! Perhaps it was because of this pre-school impression that I didn't take this herb very seriously.
Now, many cups of chamomile tea later, I understand what makes chamomile so extraordinary.
Chamomile provides significant results while being safe and gentle for practically everyone.
As Peter Rabbit's mother knew, chamomile is soothing and calming; perfect after those stressful days in the garden or at work. It not only helps to promote rest, but it also helps to mediate pain and inflammation. In fact, chamomile is so effective at reducing inflammation that it has been studied extensively for this ability.
If you type its scientific name (Matricaria recutita) into PubMed (a government listing of biomedical studies), you'll see it has been proven effective both for addressing phlebitis caused by chemotherapy treatments and for stopping allergies by inhibiting the histamine response.
From eczema to menstrual cramps to IBS, chamomile can relieve pain and inflammation quickly and safely.
That's no wussy herbal medicine!
Chamomile Energetics
From an herbalist's perspective, chamomile is considered bitter, slightly warming, and relaxing. What does this mean and why does it matter?
Chamomile is relatively neutral in temperature but perhaps slightly warming. Generally, our more neutral plants can be taken by most people and in higher amounts without causing unwanted effects.
The taste of chamomile gives us further insight into how it works.
Chamomile: Powerfully Ally for Digestion
For example, the bitter taste on our tongue creates a cascade of events that promotes our digestive function. From stimulating saliva (our first digestive juice) to various enzymes in the stomach, liver and pancreas, one can argue that the bitter taste is needed at every meal.
A strongly brewed cup of chamomile provides this bitter taste, thus promoting healthy digestion.
Chamomile can be especially beneficial for people with a "nervous stomach" as it both calms and soothes while stimulating digestive function. It can also be used by people with digestive inflammation (such as heartburn or IBS) to mediate inflammatory levels in the gut mucosa.
Chamomile for Relaxation
Any mother whose colicky or teething child has been soothed to sleep (or simply quieted) by chamomile will tell you this is beneficial stuff!
List of Issues Chamomile Can Help
Keeping in mind the above energetic considerations as well as the broader personalized considerations (diet, food intolerances, lifestyle etc). I commonly use chamomile for people with the following health issues.
- menstrual cramps
- soothe teething, colicky or grumpy children
- eczema
- gas
- bloating
- diarrhea
- leaky gut
- tension headaches
- difficulty sleeping
- butterflies in stomach
- anxiety
- promote beautiful skin
How to make chamomile as medicine
If you've ever stuck a chamomile tea bag into a cup of hot water for five minutes, then you've experienced chamomile as a delightful and slightly sweet tea.
To get more therapeutic results, use more chamomile and steep for longer. I generally use 1/2 cup of flowers to a pint of just-boiled water and I let it steep for 20-30 minutes. The resulting brew is decidedly less sweet and more bitter than a cup of tea but this stronger concoction provides more relief for many of the issues listed in this article.
Chamomile is also used as a tincture, a glycerite and as an infused oil.
Special Considerations
Most people will find that chamomile is effective and safe. A small percentage of people are allergic to chamomile and will have reactions. It's always best to try new herbs and foods in small amounts.


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The Elk County Catholic Crusader basketball team advanced to the District 9 Class A championship game by defeating the Johnsonburg Rams by a 66-47 score Wednesday night at Clarion University.
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Benny Solis is Ready for Road Atlanta
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(March 28, 2012) - I'm glad the season has finally started and we have such a great schedule so I'm looking forward to the rest of our races. Road Atlanta is one of my favorite tracks, I actually can't decided if Road Atlanta is my favorite, or if Barber Motorsports Park is my favorite. It's really a tie between both, but knowing that Road Atlanta is our next race is really exciting. That track is a lot of fun and it just seems like its taking for ever for it to be time to race!
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In a weekend already full of gospel music celebrations thanks to tonight's Stellar Gospel Music Awards, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) followed suit.
The performing rights organization took the opportunity to celebrate two of it legends as well as its most successful gospel songwriters of the year with the 15th annual Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon on Friday at Rocketown.
Daryl Coley and Richard Smallwood were honored, and "Take Me to the King," written by Kirk Franklin and performed by Tamela Mann, was recognized as BMI's Most-Performed Gospel Song of the Year. The song is from Mann's album "Best Days," and topped the Billboard gospel chart. In celebration, BMI gave Franklin a video tribute highlighting his remarkable career as a songwriter.
Donnie McClurkin and Erica Campbell from Mary Mary hosted the luncheon with help from BMI President Del Bryant and BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations, Atlanta, Catherine Brewton.
The finale included performances of Smallwood's songs delivered by Yolanda Adams ("Total Praise"/"I Love The Lord"), Anaysha Figueroa-Cooper and Timiney Figueroa ("Angel Watching Over Me"), Y'Anna Crawley ("He Won't Leave You") and others.
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- The Recorder
On New Year�s Day, Bruce Preece and Keith Moore were among the first same-sex couples wed in Charles County.
The Newburg couple has been together for 25 years, since both men were enrolled at Marshall University in West Virginia. Although the courts were closed in observance of the holiday, Clerk of Circuit Court Sharon Hancock offered all couples, same-sex and heterosexual, who applied for marriage licenses before the New Year the chance to marry on the first of the year rather than waiting for the courts to reopen Wednesday. She could not say whether other couples eligible to wed had taken advantage of the new state law earlier in the day.
Preece and Moore were wed in a small civil ceremony in the courthouse�s courtyard adjacent to Charles Street on Tuesday morning, with Hancock officiating and Del. Peter F. Murphy (D-Charles) in the small crowd. After the five-minute ceremony, a modest reception was held down the street at the Royal Tea Room, for which Murphy bought the men champagne flutes for their toast.
For Moore, his wedding day was a bit surreal.
�I�m a little stunned. It just doesn�t feel real,� Moore said in a follow-up phone interview Wednesday. �We were just waiting for a time, and now that time has come. It�s like one journey has ended and now another is beginning.�
Although the couple had the opportunity to wed in other states and Washington, D.C., where same-sex marriage has been legal for some time, Preece said there was never any question that the pair wanted to wait to wed in Maryland, where they have made their home together since 1999, following Preece�s retirement from the U.S. Air Force.
�We could have traveled elsewhere, but this is our home,� Preece said in a follow-up phone interview. �The people here have been wonderful to us, so we waited.�
Preece said that when he first saw marriage equality laws being approved in other states, he and Moore knew in their hearts that Maryland would not be far off.
In November, Maryland voters made history on election night when they became the first to approve same-sex marriage through a popular vote. Statewide, 52.4 percent of people voted in favor of same-sex marriage, while 47.6 percent voted in opposition, according to data from the Maryland State Board of Elections website. The ballot question failed in all three Southern Maryland counties.
Preece and Moore agreed that among the biggest challenges they faced as a same-sex couple was gaining the acceptance of Moore�s family, many of whom Moore said he has not spoken to in more than a decade.
�My family embraced it wholeheartedly, but it took his so long to come around,� Preece said. �You just can�t change individuals. Be happy for us, and we�ll be happy for you. We have no ill will toward anyone.�
�Their attitudes have left me out in the cold,� Moore said. �I just try not to focus on it so much. My mother has finally started to come around but very slowly. When she sent us a Christmas card this year, she asked in it for us not to think too hardly on them, and that really meant a lot.�
Both men felt that Tuesday was cathartic.
�At age 62, I feel like I�ve finally grown up,� Moore said. �It all seems normal now, like this is how it�s supposed to be.�
Like many other newlywed couples before, Moore said when he went to work Wednesday morning, he was inundated with requests to show off his ring.
Both men credited the support of Maryland�s voters, along with organizations such as the pro-same-sex marriage group Equality Maryland, for helping them along the way.
�It�s kind of numbing,� Preece said. �Being the first in the county has also been exciting. It�s amazing. It�s a milestone, and we had help from the whole community.�
Murphy said in a follow-up phone interview that he could not �think of a better way to start the year than to be a part of the ceremony to celebrate their commitment and love.�
�It was a wonderful opportunity to be there,� Murphy said. �They now benefit as everyone else does from the laws and privileges. To see it in my home district was wonderful. It speaks so highly of the people in Maryland. It�s wonderful.�
As one of the General Assembly�s eight openly gay lawmakers and a co-sponsor of the bill, Murphy also found the support from the community encouraging.
�I co-sponsored this bill and was delighted to see it go through,� Murphy said. �[Gov. Martin O�Malley] stood behind it, and I�m pleased with the support there, and then even more so that the people voted for it.�
Murphy also credited Hancock for her role in the ceremony.
�She really made it possible for individuals who chose to be married as soon as possible,� Murphy said. �It�s an important commitment for people. We�re off to a great start.�
In Southern Maryland, Murphy and Del. John L. Bohanan Jr. (D-St. Mary�s) were the only lawmakers who voted in favor of same-sex marriage last year. Murphy was the bill�s only co-sponsor in the region.
As for her role in Tuesday�s proceedings, Hancock saw the union in simple terms.
�It�s an honor to serve all citizens in the state of Maryland and Charles County with equality, and I�m glad for the provisions in the law that protect religious doctrines,� Hancock said. �Personally, I thought it was very moving to see a couple that have been together for 25 years and love each other be able to enjoy the same rights that my husband and I have for the last 35 years.�
As of Thursday morning, Hancock said six same-sex couples had applied for marriage licenses in the county, four female and two male, including Preece and Moore. Hancock is scheduled to perform another same-sex wedding today.