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Joyce E. Peterson, 80, of 8302 Route 6, near Kane, died Wednesday morning, Feb. 22, 2012 at Sena Kean Manor, where she recently resided.
Born Jan. 15, 1932 in Kane, she was the daughter of Robert L. and Edith Peterson Swedenhjelm. On Oct. 31, 1953 in Kane, she married Kenneth J. Peterson, who died Feb. 18, 1996.
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Preceding her in death, in addition to her husband and parents, are sisters Cleo Fleeger and Helen Umpleby, brothers Paul, Wendell and Darrell Swedenhjelm, and Robert and Thomas in their youth.
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Never flew into EWR before!Aug 19, 20141I am flying into EWR on Sat. 23rd at 4:09 pm (United out of MCO) I will be flying out at 7:00 pm Lufthansa for Dublin. I have never used Newark before, what are the suggested procedures? Bag pick-up? customs? Time? Terminals?GGTue, Aug 19you do not go through Customs when leaving the US nor will you have to do anything with your bags in EWR. Also, Lufhtansa does not fly from Newark to Dublin, so that flight will be on United as well. All you have to do is go from your arrival gate to your departure gate, which will both be in Terminal C. You should have plenty of time.ZAPTue, Aug 19
Terminal A ArrivalsJul 12, 20141I will be arriving at Terminal A on Air Canada with 2 small children and a bunch of luggage (car seats etc). I will have cleared US Immigration in Canada. I was told that I have to pick up all my baggage first and then proceed through a set of doors to meet my car service. Is this true? Can they get into the baggage area and assist me?MMThu, Jul 10Terminal A is a domestic terminal - on arrival at the gates, therefore after deplaning, proceed to the Arrivals /ground level where you should be met by your taxi driver holding up a sign with your name (if you pre-ordered a taxi). Otherwise, look for Skycaps & if you can't see one proceed to the nearby information counter asking for assistance.sajul14Sat, Jul 12
Meet arriving passengers terminal C?Jul 9, 20142My flight arrives at terminal A, my friend arrives at Terminal C... Will I need to pick up my baggage first and can I meet him inside the terminal c?ALEVMWed, Jul 9Yes, you should pick up your baggage first. Yes, you can meet him in the baggage Claim or Terminal C. The AirTrain connects the terminals outside security.ZAPWed, Jul 9
SAS arrival to American Airlines domestic flightJul 7, 20142I will be arriving on SAS and will need to go American Airlines flight to Chicago. I have 3 hrs. and 20 minutes total. what is the best way to procede?hansoincMon, Jul 7You will arrive in Terminal B where you will go through US Immigration, claim your bags, and go through US Customs. If you purchased your tickets together then you can re-check your bags at the re-check desk and then take the AirTrain to Terminal A where you will go through security and to your departure gate. If you purchased tickets separately, bring your bags with you to Terminal A where you will have to check them at the American Airlines counter and pay a checked bag fee. You should have enough time to make your transfer.ZAPMon, Jul 7
Can non-traveller go to upto Delta gate TERMINAL B to assist travelerJun 26, 20143Hi, I would like to know whether a non-traveller can assist a senior person to board the flight and can go along with traveller upto boarding gate and once traveler (senior person) boards the flight then non-traveller can comeout from the airport(ewr). This is for Delta gate TERMINAL B to assist traveler who is more than 65yrs.smkThu, Jun 26You probably can. You will have to go to the Delta check-in counter with this senior person you are accompanying and ask for it.ZAPThu, Jun 26
Immigration and customer clearance ?Jun 22, 20142Hello. My mother in law will be traveling to St. Louis from New Delhi, india. She has a connecting flight (both united) at ewr. Will she be clearing immigration and customs at ewr? What will be the procedure? Will she be claiming her baggage there? If yes, how much time will the whole process take?SkSat, Jun 21At EWR, your party may arrive at either Terminal B or C - both are used by United for international arrivals. While United Express uses domestic terminal A, United Airways uses Terminal C for domestic flights also. For Terminal, International Arrivals procedure, transfer options, I suggest you open www.ifly.com/ewr, then click on 'Terminal Map' under 'QUICK LINKS', and scroll down to the detailed text.sujun14Sun, Jun 22She will arrive in B or C, go through US Immigration, claim her bags, go through US Customs, and then re-check her bags with United. Then she will take the Airtrain to her departure terminal (if she doesn't both arrive and depart from C), she may depart from A or C. Then she will go through security and to her gate. Minimum time allowed between an international and domestic flight at EWR is 90 minutes.ZAPSun, Jun 22
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Connecting flight Dayton to LHRJun 8, 20140My wife is travelling alone from Dayton with United Express to EWR with a 70minute period to connect with a UA flight to LHR. Will her bags go straight from the UE plane to the UA? Will she go through customs at EWR? She is worried there will not be enough time. The tickets were booked as a package.PoppySun, Jun 8
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Meeting PointFeb 16, 20142Hi, I 'm travelling in from Glasgow, my friend is traveling in from Cleveland. We should clear about the same time as I arrive one hour earlier.Any suggestions for a well sign posted meeting point. Neither of us has used Newark before so it will be unfamiliar to us. Thank YouAGLSat, Feb 15Your friend may arrive in either Terminal A or C if he is on United and you may arrive in Terminal B or C. So first you need to decide what Terminal to meet in (I recommend C).ZAPSat, Feb 15Thanks Zap for your quick response Do you think it could be possible to get an exact point.ie If you come out arrivals Terminal A there is a starbucks same level of if you come out arrivals Terminal |C| there is a coffee shack same level. I don't mind going between terminals as the Airtrain looks easy to negotiate, my friend on the other hand is a first time flyer and fairly nervous about the ordeal We are both traveling United .AGLSun, Feb 16
United flyerFeb 9, 20141My husband is flying United from the Middle East to Chicago with a stopover in EWR. Will he need to claim baggage and recheck them or will the airline do it for him?SaraSun, Feb 9If Newark is the first point where he will enter the United States, he has to claim his baggage after he clears immigration, go through US customs, then re-check his bags. If they are checked through to Chicago then he can just drop them at the re-check desk after exiting customs.ZAPSun, Feb 9
picking up exchange studentJan 5, 20141I am picking up an exchange student getting of a Lufthansa flight. Where should I tell her to meet me? (1/10/14)shazSun, Jan 5
Terminal B to ADec 21, 20131Hi! I will arrive to EWR Terminal B with SAS and I have a connection AA flight to Miami from Terminsl A. I prseume I have to clear customs and immigration at EWR and rec-heck my luggage (even if it is checked in to my final destination)? Can I drop my luggage after customs at Terminal B? Merry Christmas from Stockholm***Sat, Dec 21
Flying GSP-EWR-ZFVNov 24, 20131Okay so I am flying from Greenville, SC. I am planning on checking a bag. Since United didn't have any straight flights to Philly they have provided me with a Amtrak ticket to take from Newark. Well one thing I am confused about is if I'm checking a bag in, do I have to re-check it when I arrive in Newark at Amtrak or does it transfer? Also, the same on the way back. When I check my bag in at 30th Street Station, does it transfer or will I have to recheck a bag for United?KiraSun, Nov 24You have to claim your bag at the baggage claim and put it on the train and on the other way, put the bag on the train yourself then check it in Newark. There is no checked bag service on these Amtrak trains. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-mileageplus-consolidated/374107-united-amtrak-codeshare-faq-including-zfv-philadelphia-22.htmlZAPSun, Nov 24
Is 100 min sufficient to catch a flight in TerminalC from Amtrak stn?Nov 24, 20131For the first time I am going to Newark EWR airport by Amtrak train from Philadelphia (ZVF) rail station. I will reach at 6 PM to EWR station by train (if it doesn't do any late). I am 100 mins. time to catch an United Airlines flight at Terminal C. As I am flying to international destination, I will have to go through immigration and passport control. Is this time sufficient to catch the flight from Amtrak station? How can I go to Terminal C from Amtrak station? How long does it take? Please help me.RayTue, Oct 29


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"My friends like 1b better than 1a and so do I."
I'd like Figure 1b better if the scene was photographed in broad daylight and then combined with the lighthouse and a "pleasing display of the Milky Way". That should put the image safely beyond issues of coherence and plausibility.
As-it-is Figure 1b has a blinding beam from the lighthouse which doesn't even reduce night vision let alone blind, and a mysteriously-illuminated shadow-less fence (perhaps the fence is a light source). These are issues of coherence and plausibility, not ethics.
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Not being a photojournalist, the ethical problem reduces to - follow the rules in photographic contests or cheat.
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Photographs don't have ethics, because they are pieces of paper with ink sprinkled on them.
People have ethics. If photographs are manipulated with the intent to deceive, then the photographer is unethical.
Paintings and other illustrations have nothing to do with it. When you have an art form that represents some idea of "objective reality," but that art form is necessarily produced over a more or less long span of time, then any intelligent person can deduce that what he is looking at is at best an approximation of that objective reality, because reality does not sit still to have its portrait painted.
Photographs, however, have since their inception been sold as the best representations of reality available to us. That's really the only reason anybody bothers to look at them. All the other sophomoric objections to that reality -- that is, that it's edited or cropped or whatever -- are again easily dealt with. We all *know* that a photograph doesn't represent a reality outside the photograph. So you have fifteen people in a street with protest signs, and you shoot a close-up that shows those fifteen people, then two things may happen: somebody may assume (incorrectly) that it's a small slice of life and that there are actually thousands of unseen people, or he could accept the reality of the photograph: that there were fifteen people in the street with signs. If someone makes the former assumption, that's his problem, because that's not what the photo shows. The photo isn't dissembling or lying, because it can't -- it's a piece of paper with ink sprinkled on it. The caption or accompanying headline might be, however, because it's a statement written by a person, and that person may have questionable ethics.
The ethical problem occurs when a photograph is substantively altered, but the person doing the manipulation attempts to retain its character as a photograph, and then either maintains that it is am image taken directly from a camera, or allows the viewer to believe that. (Belief is always the default, because the only reason people look at photographs is because of the long-standing implicit guarantee that this is a slice of reality. "This is something I haven't seen, and therefore I'm interested.") If a person substantively alters a photo and then claims or encourages a viewer to believe that it is a close representation of reality, then he's a fraud.
It's also necessary to note that there are all kinds of photographic representations of reality. In infra-red or other alternative light forms, or micro-photography, are objective, because what they present us is what the machine records; so is a long exposure. None of those forms attempt to deceive, they just are what they are.
The major problems with ethics comes in borderline cases. You have a blue sky but the news photographer deepens it to create a more dramatic image. Is that deceptive? Yes. You have a blue sky but the photographer deepens it because he's trying to make the scene as close to what he saw as he can. Is that deceptive? No. He's trying to get at the truth of the matter.
Unfortunately, in those borderline cases, you have to trust the photographer, and not all photographers are trustworthy. In fact, they may be pulled in two directions -- especially those photographers in competitive or free-lance positions who are working for news organizations. The two directions are: photographs that will satisfy the news desk's demand for drama ("If it bleeds, it leads") and the simultaneous demand that everything be "objectively true." The photographer's job may depend on *both* of these things at the same time, yet these things may be contradictory.
There's also an entirely different case, which doesn't really have much to do with photography. A photographer accepts a news position in which there are explicit rules governing the manipulation of photographs. Color must remain as recorded by the camera, the rules state. The photographer is free to change white balance before the shot, but is not allowed to adjust it in post-processing. The photographer then manipulates the color in post-processing to get closer to what he experienced. He is fired - not because the photo isn't more accurate, but because he violated the terms of his employment. Saying that the photo is "more accurate" is beside the point.
As far as 1a and 1b are concerned, I have no problem with either. But if 1b were represented by the photographer as "a shot I took last night," then he's an unethical fraud. If, at the bottom of the photo, there's a tagline that says, "Composite representation of the X lighthouse with the Milky Way overhead" then there's no problem...
In the case of "nature photography," the problem is as stated above: If you represent a photo is "as taken," and it isn't, then you're a fraud. The problem with way, way too many nature photographers is that they commit "minor frauds" (in their minds) to get sales. Is this photo as represented? "Yes, except that I took out Coke can and cloned in some grass where it used to be." Saying that is fine, but how many photographers would admit to it, if they thought a sale was on the line?
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Strongly argued. My reservation is around the question of whether all photographs in any way implicitly promise to be unmanipulated representations of reality. I am not sure if you hold that view, but your argument could be read that way. It applies persuasively to contexts in which an explicit promise is broken (competition rules, false statements about the removal of coke bottles) and also to contexts in which there is a strong argument that there is an implicit promise (photojournalism, reportage etc). But in most landscape photographs, there is in my view no implicit promise and I am not convinced that many sales would be lost if it were known that a coke bottle had been removed. IMO, many people buying landscape photographs want nature to be tidied up and know very well that they are buying an image designed to provide aesthetic pleasure or spiritual solace (or something like that) rather than a record of how things actually looked at a particular moment. What I am questioning here is your assertion that "belief is always the default". If the photographer makes a false claim, then of course ethical questions arise, but I don't believe any kind of default-based false claim is being made merely by cloning out a power line and putting the result on a gallery wall. Whether any kind of aesthetic offence is being committed is of course another question.
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This is a very good response.
In response to Patrick Schneider, he is an award winning photojournalist who willingly admitted to breaking the rules many times, and saying he got fired for "changing the brightness and hue of the sky in a photograph" is unfair to readers unless you explain the fact that he has done this multiple times, and these are rules that he broke at the publication he worked for.
Ethically this article is not really all there
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May 30, 2013, 12:09:12 AM »
During the age of the daguerreotype, roughly say, 1840 to 1860, the photograph was indeed seen as a sort of objective record of reality. Even then, many folks had trouble understanding how a photograph could depict the world apparently realistically, but without colour. B&W is highly abstracted, and this was many years before the abstract experiments of the impressionists or cubists. A whole industry evolved around exquisitely skilled hand tinting.
Cameras did not have the apparent depth of focus that of the human eye. From at least the 1850s there are many examples of photographs cut and pasted from up to 10 or 12 negatives in order to achieve "correct" DOF and exposure.
Thirdly, the emulsions in the 1800s were more sensitive to violet and blue light, resulting in the skies being blown to white. Photographers worked around this by painting in the skies or using stock images and blending them in.
In the three examples above the resulting photographs are total fabrications that give a more faithful rendering of the scene than would be possible with an un-retouched image. As Picasso said, describing the difficult relationship between reality and art, it is "a lie that tells the truth".
But the publication in 1869 of Henry Peach Robinson's "Pictorial Effect in Photography" really finally sank any notion that photography could be a mechanical, objective means of describing the world. The Victorians developed a highly sophisticated relationship to photography, both loving its seeming realistic rendering of the world, and celebrating its use for illusion.
The furore that resulted in photographic circles from the idea that an art photograph need not be factually correct as long as the illusion was convincing has continued to this day. In 1895 the author Robert Johnson, commenting on the nonsense being uttered both for and against the fabrication of images said if the object of retouching be legitimate, and if it be carried out in a discreet and intelligent manner, the result should justify the process.
By the way, when I use the word "fabrication", here's what I mean.
For want of better words I use manipulated, retouched and fabricated, though the borderline between the categories isn't definite. Taking a picture with any digital camera, if you look at what the camera's software does, you can say the picture is heavily manipulated. If you use your computer to remove a dust spot in that picture, that's retouching. And if you use the panorama mode in the camera to take a series of photographs and stitch them together, that's fabricated, because the camera couldn't do it with one shot.
My own opinion is that manipulating, retouching and fabricating are all vital from time time for producing good quality believable photographs, and we all sometimes push it too far.
There are several difficulties with this approach. Often it is not only pushed too far, but right over a cliff. Though the worst excesses of HDR come to mind, I have no problem with that however, as it it obviously not purporting to be realistic. The real problem comes up in documentary work. In a sense most of our landscapes are "documentary" in that they are representations in some form or other of our external world, and if we remove whole elements in our images for the sake of the composition, then we may cause problems for future generations wanting to know what our world looked like. I think we have a responsibility to be careful about what we alter when dealing with changing the composition in post production.
On the other hand, we are often trying to do more than show merely what the sensor recorded, as that also has little correspondence to "reality". I feel strongly that all attempts to force human creativity into a box will just drive a wedge between the ideal and the practice.
Paul Strand, one of the founders of the "straight photography" style argued that the essence of photography is "absolute unqualified objectivity", "without tricks of process or manipulation". However wasn't he quoted as saying in his later years that "I've always felt that you can do anything you want in photography if you can get away with it"?
Here's the difficulty. Photographs can be rendered with such detail and colour that sometimes people think they are looking at the real thing, a sort of window onto the world, and not an artefact. This has been both a great thing for photography and a total calamity. Brooks Jensen had a good podcast on this recently. It's not the scene, it's a representation of the scene. It's bits of dye or pigment on a piece of paper. The thing that it is is not the thing that we photographed. I think we need to regain the Victorians' sophisticated view of the art of photography.
When I'm asked about my photographs I remind people that they are records of what I saw. They are documenting my memory of events and how I felt about them. If a subject moves between the moment I saw it and the moment the shutter clicked, then I may well move it back afterwards. But what people will not see is for example, a landscape of Antarctica with a sky from Scotland. Ethics has little to do with this, it's just that I maintain that a representation of my memory and feelings is more "real" in every sense than a straight photograph. They have to be content with that or go to the place themselves and make their own images.
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Photography was considered a faithful representation of reality because of technological reasons. Before Photoshop, it was quite difficult for mere mortals to manipulate a photograph without leaving footprints. We are in a different world now. With a couple of simple clicks of the mouse, we can remove unwanted features, or replace color easily, to name a few examples. Therefore, I would argue that, outside of the world of photojournalism, one shouldn't view any photograph in the traditional sense. Rather, photographs should be viewed as digital paintings.
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If one good thing came out of digital photography it is that most people have learned to distrust the objectivity of photographs. Sadly it is because photography is less trustworthy today than it was before the introduction of the digital darkroom.
I find it interesting though that most people I talk to about photography value unmanipulated photographs higher than the manipulated ones. People still value the truth more than they value Photoshop wizardry. Photoshop manipulation is to photography what playback is to music performances. It devalues the experience.
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Is this 2003 or 2013? Is this 1993 or 2013? Is this 1963 or 2013? ...... This topic has been discussed for about as long as photography has been around. It's boring.
That said, the people who make the 'rules' for photo contests are, essentially, idiots. What's allowed vs. what's not allowed is arbitrary, inconsistent and generally more than a little silly.
Any journalist worth his/her salt will still, to this day, say that journalistic photographs should not undergo anything more than very mild editing. Cropping to fit, minor colour adjustments for inaccuracies in the capture medium and
minor dodging/burning. That's it. Adding/removing elements, compositing, HDR and the like aren't permissible.
On the issue of journalistic integrity of photos, there's a pretty high profile case going on now that I'm surprised has not been mentioned in this discussion and that has got short shrift in another area of the forum. That's the controversy over the current WPP winning photo that has undergone significant manipulation, and that was manipulated heavily from the version that was originally published to the version that was submitted to the competition.
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Quote from: BobFisher on May 30, 2013, 09:09:41 AM
minor dodging/burning.
Was that ever a rule in the darkroom days? Really? Did Life magazine or Magnum have a rule that you can't burn and dodge your pictures? Why now is a camera's jpg engine's rendition suddenly the holy grail?
As for that controversy it was proven to be false. However it does show the lie of why there is any point of claiming that a photo can show a truth. Case in point I doubt it was published alongside the funeral of the pregnant woman, her husband and children from the other side of that conflict. As such however true a photographer may be, the objectivity or truth of the photo is only as true as how it is represented and what the bias is of whatever media is showing the image. One side of the media is right wing, the other left wing but I don't think I've ever heard of a truly objective centre. So what does it matter? The photo may be pure but the way it will be used is rarely so. Might as well not bother IMO, it's all lies, all agendas, it's why I don't bother with the news any more, nothing new under the sun...
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Quote from: svein-frode on May 30, 2013, 03:43:48 AM
I find it interesting though that most people I talk to about photography value unmanipulated photographs higher than the manipulated ones. People still value the truth more than they value Photoshop wizardry.
I've found the same thing. Also, in the public's eye "Photoshop" seems to be synonymous with manipulation. I suspect that if you switch from Photoshop to Aperture or another program, manipulate all you want but simply state that you never use Photoshop, your credibility will rise.
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Funny you should say that, I did some heightening of black point on a file for a client to show detail in a page with almost completely faded ink. Got a call from the client to ask if I'd used photoshop and could I show them how to do it in future. I mentioned I'd done it with a simple levels command in Capture One. They were so confused I hadn't used photoshop for this 'manipulation'.
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Quote from: Ben Rubinstein on May 30, 2013, 12:14:44 PM
... Why now is a camera's jpg engine's rendition suddenly the holy grail?...
Because the software algorithm behind it has no agenda?
Oh, wait... but of course... software is written by humans, and they do have agendas. So far, those humans expressed their preferences and biases toward jpeg profiles the likes of: Landscape, Portrait, Neutral, etc.
How far is the moment when, for instance, Canon starts shipping their cameras to journalists by adding, say, Pro-Palestinian jpeg profile? And Nikon responds by a Pro-Israelly one? I guess that the Canon one would have dark and gloomy rendering, with contrast, saturation and sharpness jacked up, and brightness down. The Nikon one would be bright and sunny, soft and rosy, I guess.
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Quote from: prairiewing on May 30, 2013, 12:29:04 PM
Also, in the public's eye "Photoshop" seems to be synonymous with manipulation.
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Quote from: BobFisher on May 30, 2013, 09:09:41 AM
That's the controversy over the current WPP winning photo that has undergone significant manipulation, and that was manipulated heavily from the version that was originally published to the version that was submitted to the competition.
Quote from: Ben Rubinstein on May 30, 2013, 12:14:44 PM
As for that controversy it was proven to be false.
"It is clear that the published photo was retouched with respect to both global and local color and tone. Beyond this, however, we find no evidence of significant photo manipulation or compositing."
Digital photography experts confirm the integrity of Paul Hansens image files
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May 30, 2013, 01:07:18 PM »
Yeah well skies don't get that way by themselves methinks
I still would be interested whether the famous PJ photos from the film era had 'minimal dodging and burning' to them.
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Quote from: Ben Rubinstein on May 30, 2013, 12:14:44 PM
Was that ever a rule in the darkroom days? Really? Did Life magazine or Magnum have a rule that you can't burn and dodge your pictures? Why now is a camera's jpg engine's rendition suddenly the holy grail?
That's why I said 'maybe'. And who said the in camera JPEG was the Holy Grail?
As for that controversy it was proven to be false. However it does show the lie of why there is any point of claiming that a photo can show a truth. Case in point I doubt it was published alongside the funeral of the pregnant woman, her husband and children from the other side of that conflict. As such however true a photographer may be, the objectivity or truth of the photo is only as true as how it is represented and what the bias is of whatever media is showing the image. One side of the media is right wing, the other left wing but I don't think I've ever heard of a truly objective centre. So what does it matter? The photo may be pure but the way it will be used is rarely so. Might as well not bother IMO, it's all lies, all agendas, it's why I don't bother with the news any more, nothing new under the sun...
You're talking about the WPP issue? Proven to be false? Where? There's a fair bit of opinion being tossed around for both sides but I haven't seen anything that said the claims of manipulation have been 100% refuted. The fact is the two images are different. The one originally published and the one submitted for WPP. WRT compositing, the photographer has admitted to processing the RAW file 3 different ways then combining the three in HDR software. That's compositing. It's somewhat alarming that a photographer of this repute wouldn't understand that what he did is of zero benefit and that he'd have achieved the same thing by tonemapping the single RAW file in HDR software, but that's a different issue.
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Quote from: BobFisher on May 30, 2013, 01:13:41 PM
You're talking about the WPP issue? Proven to be false? Where?
"It is clear that the published photo was retouched with respect to both global and local color and tone. Beyond this, however, we find no evidence of significant photo manipulation or compositing."
Digital photography experts confirm the integrity of Paul Hansens image files
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Day 13: Santorini & Athens. Today, transfer to the airport to board your flight back to Athens. Upon arrival, collect your luggage and check into your airport hotel conveniently located just a short walk from the arrival & departure terminals. Accommodations: Sofitel Athens Airport or similar. Breakfast provided.
Day 14: Athens/USA. This morning, return to the international departure terminal for check-in. Bid farewell to Greece as you board your flight back home. Your exciting journey comes to an end as you arrive in the USA later today. Breakfast provided.
Why not take advantage of your already-included international airfare and visit the classical cities of Corinth, Mycenae, Olympia, and Delphi? Your extension includes superior hotels, most meals and guided touring of the most fascinating sites, including entrance fees to places visited.
Day 13: Santorini & Athens. Today, transfer to the airport of Thira to board your flight back to Athens. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your centrally located hotel for overnight. Accommodations: Royal Olympic or similar. Breakfast provided.
Day 14: Athens, Mycenae & Olympia. Board your touring coach and begin a tour of the classical cities of Greece. Drive across the Corinth Canal, which connects the Ionian Sea with the Aegean, to the Peloponnesian Peninsula, where 4,000 years of history are more fully and comprehensibly illustrated than anywhere else in Europe. Here you will visit the famous theater of Epidaurus, the best preserved in Greece, which reached the height of its fame in the 5th & 4th centuries B.C. The acoustics are so perfect that even from the last of the 55 tiers, every word can be heard. Continue to the ruins of ancient Mycenae, which according to the poets was founded by Perseus and built with the aid of the mythological Cyclops. Drive on to Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, for dinner and overnight. Accommodations: Hotel Amalia Olympia or similar. Breakfast & dinner provided.
Day 15: Olympia, Nafpaktos & Delphi. This morning, tour the archaeological site and museum at Olympia, where the Olympic Games were conceived as a tribute to Hercules, son of Zeus. These games were the most important international event in the Hellenic world from 776 B.C. to 393 A.D. and continue today, with the lighting of the Olympic flame that is carried by runners throughout the world. Visit the Sanctuary of the Olympian Zeus and the Museum. This afternoon, drive via Patras to Rion, Antirion and picturesque Nafpaktos where, according to mythology, Hercules slew the Erymanthine boar. Stop to admire the view and the lovely circular Venetian harbor. Continue to Delphi for dinner and overnight. Accommodations: Hotel Amalia Delphi or similar. Breakfast & dinner provided.
Day 16: Delphi & Kalambaka. After breakfast, explore the ancient site of Delphi, located on the slopes of the breathtaking Mount Parnassus. See the ruins of the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios, the Treasury of the Athenians, the Temple of Apollo and the museum, which contains masterpieces of ancient Greek sculpture including the famous bronze Charioteer. The site has been sacred since at least the Bronze Age. According to legend, the shrine was originally guarded by the she-dragon Pytho. She was killed by Apollo who then took over the oracle. In antiquity, Delphi was regarded as the center of the world. Later, depart for the small town of Kalambaka, built at the foot of the majestic gray rocks, at the point where the river Pinios leaves the Pindos Mountain. Accommodations: Hotel Amalia Kalambaka or similar. Breakfast & dinner provided.
Day 17: Meteora & Athens. This morning, visit the spectacular Meteora monasteries, perched upon the summits of some precipitous and isolated rocky pinnacles, which rise above the almost flat valley of the Pinios River, 9 km beyond Kalambaka. The monastic history of Meteora goes back to the 11th century AD, when the monks constructed inaccessible eagle's nests in the crannies of these rocks and today, four are still occupied. Later this afternoon, return to Athens, passing by Thermopylae, famous battleground from the Persian wars. Arrive in Athens and check in at your hotel. Accommodations: Royal Olympic or similar. Breakfast provided.
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potatoes, peeled and cubed
4 cups
chicken broth
1 pound
bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
leeks, sliced
1 cup
heavy cream
I made a few changes, served with homemade bread and my husband declared it to be "the best thing he ever ate." I pureed the potatoes with my hand blender, used 1/2 the bacon called for, added 2 very large cloves of garlic to the leeks and used 1% milk in place of the cream. I used canned chicken broth and next time will use reduced sodium as I did think it too salty- even with no added salt. Definitely a keeper!
This recipe came out very bland and tasteless. I used whole milk instead of cream, but otherwise followed the recipe. Won't make this again!
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I also looked at this recipe and thought.. "5 ingredients? No kidding!"
But i'll be damned if this isn't the best Potato and Leek soup i've ever had!
It was so simple and easy to make and took no time at all. I think it's the "basicness" of this recipe that is most appealing. Not much to mess up and the results are wonderful.
I left the ingredients exactly as stated and didn't change anything. I was left with a sensationally robust chunky and very flavoursome soup.
The only thing i MAY try next time is instead of cutting up all the bacon i'll just grab bacon bits. But it may detract from the presentation of the soup at the end. It's nice to see all those chunks of potato and bacon in it. My family AND neighbours loved it and i'll definately be making it again.
A really excellent combination of tastes, with no additional seasonings needed. I modified the recipe somewhat by mixing in one-third of the sauteed leeks with the cooked potatoes, then blending about two-thirds of the resulting soup into a puree before mixing it back in with the rest of the potatoes and adding the remaining leeks and cream. It's a very rich soup and Half and Half cream seems to sustain the flavor while reducing the calories and fat content somewhat.
A very delicous soup. Easy to follow instructions. It felt sinful to eat because of it's high fat content. A lower fat alternative I have tried to the bacon is smoked ham and milk instead of heavy cream. Sauteing the leeks is key to good flavor.
Seriously good soup!! I've made it lots of different ways and it always turns out perfect. I've substituted onions for leeks and ham for the bacon. I always use milk to make it more healthy. To make up for it, and to make the soup thicker, I stir in about 1/4 cup of potato flour - this makes it perfect - almost like a thick stew. I get compliments everytime I make this recipe - and that's quite often!!
Delicious with or without the cream (for dieters)!
Even better if you throw everything but the cream in right away to boil into the soup!
Mash it all before you add the cream for a thick smooth soup!
This recipe was good, but the directions were vague. I did not know what kind of potato to use, so I used large russett potatoes. I only needed 4. Also, the leeks were huge. I only needed one. I did use a hand blender to cream the potatoes before I added the other ingredients. I also used half and half instead of heaving whipping cream. I will definitely make this recipe again.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Creamy Potato Leek Soup II
Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 739
Calories from Fat: 445
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Out of Africa
UT Downtown Gallery reflects on South Africa's past and present
by Lisa Slade
As fortunate Westerners, it's easy for us to forget that the rest of world has not always enjoyed the same basic liberties we have. We're aware of social injustice in Iraq, and we're comfortable with the poverty stricken in our own regions, but when it comes to parts of the world a little farther out of the glare of publicity, there's a lot that is ignored.
For instance, it was only in 1996 that South Africa adopted a new constitution and Bill of Rights. The first democratic, and racially unbiased, election was held a short time prior to that, in April of 1994. Before that there was apartheid and government corruption, and many South Africans enjoyed few of the human rights we accept as the norm.
Art can open our eyes to the previously unseen, and it can do it in a more powerful, and sometimes less abrasive manner, than news broadcasts and columnists can. In the case of Images of Human Rights , currently on display at the UT Downtown Gallery on Gay Street, that is certainly true. The 27 images exhibited each portray one segment of South Africa's 27 clause constitution, and the prints were designed by South Africans.
All the pictures are black and white, giving the gallery an austere quality that perfectly complements the somber subject matter. There are no bright colors to distract the viewer, or to sugar coat anything. The prints hang in order, leading the observer on an illustrated tour through one country's past. Some prints show the past, what it was like before the constitution. Others look at the present, at what the new laws are doing to help people for the future.
Some of the images are concrete representation of the clauses. One picture depicts â"Clause 2: The Right to Human Dignity.â" It's a linocut by Norman Kaplan, and in the picture there are people whose dignity has historically been disrespected, such as the poor, the elderly, and women.
Some pieces are more abstract than that, though. The print for â"Clause 4: Freedom and Security of the Person,â" a masonite cut by James Mphahlele, is an example of a less tangible illustration of freedom. In the picture, several men and women stand clustered around a large book. Some are musicians, some writers, but they are all engaged in creative activity of some sort. There's an implicit motion within the print, hinted at, rather than showed explicitly, along with the sensation of explosion. It's not the violent form of explosion as much as it is the slow, hard-earned explosion of hard work and creativity.
Other works demonstrate the right to housing, the right to health care, the right to education, and the right to equality, for example.
But the subject matter is also celebratory . The prints provide a fresh way of looking at government. Or, as the forward by South African activist Desmond Tutu says, â"The images powerfully complement the words of the Bill of Rights. Given our history, they serve as an apt reminder that words, however inspiring and lyrical, have been used as much to subvert as to create. It is therefore necessary to portray our commitment to human rights in pictures, which are less open to corruption.â" It's an appealing idea, enriching words with pictures, or in some cases, replacing them altogether. It also poses an interesting question: Are pictures less open to corruption than words? If all of our legal documents were pieces of art, would we be better off?
In this case, South Africa is better off than they were 15 years ago, but it's mostly because of words, not art. However, the art can be a beautiful complement to the language of politics, a reminder of both the aesthetic side of the law and of the people that the law sometimes helps.
The exhibit is also a reminder that situations can change. South Africa's constitution is now considered one of the most progressive in the world, and though some of the prints look back at the injustices suffered in the past, they also look forward into a new world, one where social equality becomes the norm.
As the forward explains: â"It is a dedication to the spirit of hope, and a celebration of South Africa's place among the nations which respect and uphold human rights.â"
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The Inland Valley News is the only African American owned newspaper in the Pomona and East San Gabriel Valleys, serving over 70,000 readers each week. At the event, Publishers' Choice Awards and Community Excellence Awards honor Inland Valley leaders as well as unsung heroes from various sectors of society for their positive impact in the Inland Valley and Inland Empire. This event celebrates the achievements and contributions of people who help make a difference in their community. "We are expecting this event to sell out. Last year there were over 300 registered guests and twenty major sponsors," stated Mr. Tommy Morrow, Co-Publisher of the Inland Valley News. Dr. Gloria Morrow adds, "We are expecting one of the most exciting experiences at the 2012 COE. We are very grateful for those of you who continue to support the Gala each year." The Publisher' Choice Awards recipients are: Tracy Underwood (Toyota)- Publishers' Choice; Buford Johnson (Tuskegee Airmen)- Lifetime Achievement; Adrienne Konigar-Macklin (Administrative Law Judge, San Bernardino County)- Leadership in Jurisprudence; Janice Rutherford (Board of Supervisors, San Bernardino County 2nd District)- Civic Leadership; Brian and Hilda Kennedy (Mt. Zion Baptist Church)- Community Builders; Bob and Suzanne Cable (Cable Airport)- Excellence in Entrepreneurship; Youlonda Copeland-Morgan (University of California, Los Angeles)- Educational Administration; and Dr. Deborah Sims LeBlane (National University)- Post Secondary Education. The Community Nominated Excellence Awards are: Dr. Kimberly Kimpel-Community Service; Dr. Anthony L. Dockery- Religion; Sherry Underwood-Education; Farrell J. Chiles-Business; and Debbie Leance-Family Hero.
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Title: GUEST STRIP! by Ryan Holgerson
Date: June 20, 2006
Summary: Beaver brings back a mysterious box from the flea market.
Onomatopoeias used: None
"Fin" style: Written in normal red letters
Number of panels: 7
Panel 1
Beaver walks in, carrying a box.
Beaver: "Hey Steve! Look what I got at the flea market, a secret chest or something."
Steve: "What's in it?"
Panel 2
Beaver: "I dunno, it could be anything, a crystal ball, magic wand, lost treasure, a monkey's head..."
The objects Beaver imagines appear in his mind.
Panel 3
Steve: "OPEN IT UP ALL READY!!" (sic)
Panel 4
Beaver lifts the lid of the box, and pink smoke runs out.
Beaver: "OK!"
Panel 5
The box is open, revealing a lot of pink used women's underwear.
Beaver: "?"
Steve: "Used women's underwear? What're we gonna do with these?"
Panel 6
Beaver: "Well I can finally fulfill my lifelong dream of being an underwear model."
Steve: "... Yeah I'm sure that'll happen."
Panel 7
A shot of Vogue fashion magazine showing Beaver in a pink bikini.
Frontpage text: "Beaver heats up the scene: Interview inside".
Fun Facts
- The chest looks much bigger in panel #5 than in panels #4 and #1.
- Despite Steve's skepticism, Beaver actually did become an underwear model.
- Vogue is a real fashion magazine.
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