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Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
August 05, 2012, 11:19:28 PM »
Hi guys, my purpose is to setup a DSLR equipment to shoot and color-grade a film in 2K (starting from HD filming), but I'm not an expert (so be kind
The style of filming should be similar to Sokurov's Mother and Son (
) and Bartas' The House (
): stable, long and meditative takes with natural/low light (...light that comes in through the window into a room in the morning... or ...the woman looks out the window simply waiting...)
I hope to receive your advices to decide - step by step - the right equipment for this purpose.
THE CAMERA: 5D3 vs D800
Canon 5D Mark III has a very good un-sharped image quality (perfect for color-grading) also with low light, but the videos are 8bit 4:2:0 compressed with H.264 codec (not ideal for editing with FinalCut or color-grading with DaVinci). On the other hand, Nikon D800 has a clean HDMI-out that can be connected to the Decklink Shuttle2 for Uncompressed 10bit 4:2:2 videos, but Nikon's HDMI-out is 8bit only and someone says that probably Nikon's moiré issue is not definitively solved. The question is: which is the most important factor here? The image quality, or the codec? Someone says that Canon's H.264 8bit 4:2:0 later converted into Uncompressed 10bit 4:2:2 is very similar to Nikon's Uncompressed 8bit recorded in 10bit 4:2:2 by Shuttle, and that the most important thing is the Canon's video quality. Someone else says that there is a huge difference between the codecs, and that there isn't a really appreciable image quality difference between 5D3 and D800. What is you opinion guys?
THE LENSES: PRIMES vs ZOOM, STABILIZED yes/no
Many guys using cheap DSLR for filming uses Zoom lenses. Probably because for cheap Canon's crop cameras (like 550D), EF-S lenses are almost all Zoom. But almost all guys that uses full-frame cameras prefer Prime lenses for image quality and lightness. The question is: stabilized lenses or not? About this point there are different opinions: someone says that IS is important also using Prime lenses on tripod when panning, while someone else says that no-IS is good even on steadi. I must simply say that no-IS is really cheaper than IS, but I'd like to know your opinion guys!
FOLLOW-FOCUS and AUTO-FOCUS
In film-style it's important to control the focus with narrow DOF. Many guys prefer to use completely manual lenses to control focus and aperture. They say that controlling focus directly on the lens' gear isn't good because the hand on the lens adds vibrations, and for this reason they prefer to use a follow-focus, that must be - they say - a really good follow-focus. So... Zacuto, that is really expensive. It seems that follow-focus is needful (specially Zacuto). Do you think so, guys? Is it so needful?
Nobody speaks about auto-focus: there are AF lenses and no-AF lenses; well, I know that here we are speaking of manual filming, but perhaps, when you set a narrow DOF and set the focus on the actor's hands, could be useful to follow automatically the subject with the AF? Is in your opinion a fundamental feature for my kind of filming?
LIGHTS and REFLECTORS
Even if the style of my favorites filmmakers (then the style I'll try to emulate) seems so "natural" - almost documentary - I suppose that a led-light and a reflector panel could anyway be useful. I don't know. Is it so needful for the kind of filming I described to you? And if so, one led-light and one reflector panel might be enough?
FILTERS vs MATTEBOX
There are two solutions about filters: threaded round filters mounted directly on the lens, or square filters mouted on a mattebox. The first solution is cheaper, even if implies many filters (with few step-up rings you can use a single set of filters for all your lenses with a single-size hood). The second solution (mattebox) is more expensive, even if implies only a set of square filters, and it is often unhandy and bulky. But I suppose that mounting-unmounting filters directly on the lenses all the days could damage the lenses, while a mattebox could be the solution that extends the life of your lenses. Do you agree with me, guy? Or do you think that threaded round filters are an agile solution that can't damage the lenses? (My cheap solution could be: lens > step-up to 77mm > filter > protector > hood.)
Thanks for your help and your advices, guys!
Jim Pascoe
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #1 on:
August 10, 2012, 08:26:05 AM »
Firstly I think this may be the wrong section to be asking in, and secondly perhaps the wrong forum altogether. You might be better trying a forum that specialises in movie making.
I have just started making short films with a GH2 and so I am no expert, but I think your questions are so fundamental that you really just need to take the plunge as cheaply as you can and learn what you need most as you go along. Why waste a load of money buying stuff that you may never use. That film in your link was made in 1997 so the stuff you are asking about did not even exist then.
I just had a look at 'Mother and Son', and to be honest which gear to use will be the least of your worries. If money is an issue do what I have done - buy a used GH2, get a couple of old manual focus Nikon prime lenses with an adaptor (or anything similar), get a good tripod with fluid head. Then, spend your time and effort learning how to create mood in your shots. For this type of stuff, as far as I can tell, you will not need IS or AF or zoom lenses but you will need a lot of creativity! Auto focus is useless for shallow depth of field stuff if the subject is moving because it will hunt in and out. If a follow focus rig is too expensive and you cannot manually focus smoothly, just make sure your subject stays in the plane of focus. In this sort of film everything is under your control.
PS I have learned nothing about colour grading yet so you probably know a lot more than me in this regard, but I do feel perhaps you are trying to run before you can walk judging by the questions about equipment. I can say that editing with Final Cut is fantastic!
Last Edit: August 10, 2012, 08:43:19 AM by Jim Pascoe
Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #2 on:
August 10, 2012, 10:13:04 AM »
Mmmm adrjork.
I think you are way too much worry with equipment. Way too much.
Remember, in the Zacuto's camera blind tests, Francis Ford Coppola and many more prefered the GH2 output, against cameras like the Arri or Red.
I don't think FFC could be considered as a non trained eye.
You could also see what world wide motion advertising director can do with some i.phones.
And it's interesting because a great director or photographer would accept to work with a 1000 bucks camera and reduced equipment without problem, but would not accept to work with average talents, would pay attention to details such as location, furnitures and even natural light way before thinking about grading, matte boxes etc...it tells a lot where you should priorize. To me, you are too much concerned on "what's the best equipment prod-post prod to make it good"...and the reality is that to make it good, equipment has very little to do, so you ask a good question but trying to get answers on the wrong place: gear, softwares, grease and bolts.
Check those guys here, all serious filmakers:
Or here, worked many times without tripod, reduced lightning etc..:
People like Recuenco with ww recognition are using very little if not zero special effects or compositing and most of the imagery is produced in real on set. Cast is key, locations too. Location is as important as cast. Watch all the making-of here, you'll learn a lot more than in those website for newbees filmakers:
and oh yeah: recuenco works with expensive cine cams and crews, but also with a 5D2.
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #3 on:
August 10, 2012, 12:51:41 PM »
Please consider this advice:
Get yourself a used Panasonic HVX 170, and a fluid head tripod and learn to make movies. Easy to edit, zoom lens included, manual focus and iris possible. Good sound quality. Small and not too expensive. Image quality acceptable for theaters. Not the best, but good enough if anyone wants to see your movie in a theater.
After you've used it for some small projects, you'll know what you need. If you want to continue with filmmaking. Even with a free camera, it gets really expensive!
Here's a trailer for a small movie where all the stuff in Washington DC was shot with this little camera and a crew of two:)
Hope I have that link address correct:)
Bruce Alan Greene
Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #4 on:
August 10, 2012, 02:06:10 PM »
Yes, Bruce is right. Listen to Bruce adrjork, a reliable source.
A 3000 bucks camcorder like this Pana is a great choice.
A hacked Gh2 captures more details than a F3 ! but there is a huge "but": it's 8 bits and can easily bands on subtle transitions. It's an unforgiving camera in many aspects.
Then the connections suck.
Learn to do great content with a cam like this Pana and then you'll see, if you keep going, you'd have more experience and will be able to choose according to your needs.
Bruce: great link. Enjoyed very much. Wish you the best with the movie.
Last Edit: August 10, 2012, 02:08:51 PM by fredjeang
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #5 on:
August 10, 2012, 02:47:26 PM »
Great results, Bruce! Really amazing, congratulations!
And thanks for all your advices guys!
P.S. The Recuenco's makings are wonderful! Thanks fredjeang!
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #6 on:
August 10, 2012, 04:53:42 PM »
Thanks for the kind words guys.
The movie was released 2 years ago. I think it's available at iTunes, Netflix, amazon, and wall mart . And 200 pirate web sites!
Kids 4 to 12 and dog lovers really like it:)
Bruce Alan Greene
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #7 on:
August 12, 2012, 02:29:48 AM »
THE CAMERA: 5D3 vs D800
Not great filming cameras for the $, you should consider FS100 and GH2 to
THE LENSES: PRIMES vs ZOOM, STABILIZED yes/no
You linked to slow steady films shot on tripods or dollies, IS lenses will add nothing, but price and plasticy feel of modern glass
Id go for old primes
IS is useful for reality shows
LIGHTS and REFLECTORS
To me LED are attractive only when you do not have access to mains power, tungsten or flouro are worth checking too
Reflectors - yep loads and good grip to keep them in place
With stills your reflector only needs to be still for 1/125 of a second, with motion it may need to be still for many seconds - wobling reflectors cause shadows in motion shots that look terrible
FILTERS vs MATTEBOX
If you have a selection of lenses with different diameters you can soon get in a tangle with round filters and spend a lot of money and lose time on set
Time on set is all in movie making
Sam Morgan Moore Cornwall
www.sammorganmoore.com -photography
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #8 on:
August 12, 2012, 05:23:32 PM »
Thanks Mr. Moore, only a pair of doubts:
For video purpose, is your advice to avoid reflectors, or to surely use well gripped reflectors?
I've read on GH2 manual that flouro lights could give some problem, then tungsten remains but this kind of lights get hot, isn't it? And perhaps they require a lot of power, while led should be cool and should work with less power. I'm really a newbie with lights argument, so I need for some advice. When should I use lights? And do I really need light for the kind of image I have in mind? Well, I've in mind something like a "poetic"-documentary style, between Bartas' The House
and Sokurov's Mother and Son
. Bartas seems to use mainly natural light, and perhaps some artificial light for close-up portraits (but I'm not sure because - as I said - I'm really a newbie about it). Sokurov certainly uses DaVinci in post, so it's difficult for me to understand if he adds artificial lights in his shots. In my projects I surely will use a color-grading software, but I don't know IF I should use lights, WHICH kind of lights, and HOW MANY lights. (I can only suppose that perhaps I should use 3-point lighting to define the subject from the background, something neutral as 5600K... Isn't it? And if so, which is a good kit?) What is your advice?
Searching by myself for a 3-point lighting kit, I've found
iKan 3x led 5600K kit; but somewhere I've found
lowel kit;
lowel DVcreator 55 kit;
osram+manfrotto kit; and as single lights I've found
lupo 4x55W, and
fotodiox led. Well... I do not know where to start... 3 lights? 3 lights + reflector? 1 light only + a reflector? No lights, only natural light? Lights that get hot? Lights that require low-power? Lights to obtain flat images for my color-grading purpose? ...
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #9 on:
August 12, 2012, 06:54:16 PM »
Well gripped reflectors are IMO critical for shooting on a budget.
Video lighting.
It is all horrible, over priced and unwieldy if you are used to running around with a couple of QFlashes like I am.
Ive bought it all and like none of it!
Led is generally just a bit weird in colour, but a very good solution if you do not have access to power,
you get most lumens per watt which is what you need on batteries
But Leds are big packed down compared to a DEDO DL4 and a lasto shoot through, with led you dont get lumens per dollar or lumens per meter cubed and if you are after a soft source you do not get much light area per $
Fluro seems, I dunno, too heavy and big, the color is OK - my main problem with my flouro light is it is too big (even in my van)
I dont think you get many lumens per KG or Cubic Cm
and you dont get a large light area per $
But its cool (wont fry you or the talent or burn the place down)
Tungsten, its hot and its yellow, and draws current, and non dimmable in general
Not sold? neither was I
Well I had some Arri 800 lights and got rid of them.. error .. ended up buying again
Now tungsten wins like this..
with CT blue the colour is the best for skin, you can take the CTblue off and balance in a yellow environment like a conference hall
The lights pack down small, you get Lumens per Meter Cubed and Lumens per KG
You also get lumens per dollar - tungsten is cheap
Go get some redreads, and some shoot through scrims and get used to burning your hands!
This packs down small, is cheap and lightweight and has a large surface area, a total winner if you are on mains voltage..
My keylight..
BTW I have not mentioned HMI lighting, starts at about $3k per fixture.. out of my range
Last Edit: August 12, 2012, 07:00:36 PM by Morgan_Moore
Sam Morgan Moore Cornwall
www.sammorganmoore.com -photography
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #10 on:
August 12, 2012, 07:12:23 PM »
Another thought is quantity of lights..
You might do a shot running from room A to room B (unlike stills!)
in this case 3 redheads ($1k) or a nice Kino ($1k)..
well you can see that you can light 2 or three spaces if you have to with a three head kit..
in general Id say Led is OK for the one man interview (but I still prefer 2 dedolights and a lastolight)
Fluro is OK for an interview, nicer light than LED and good in small rooms due to heat
as soon as you get into a bigger or multiple space Tungsten starts to come together..
Sam Morgan Moore Cornwall
www.sammorganmoore.com -photography
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #11 on:
August 12, 2012, 10:41:13 PM »
My god...
Mr. Morgan Moore, I must say that I should deeply study lighting matter. Do you advice me to buy some handbook about lighting for digital cinema? Does it exist something like that? Because I know nothing about kelvin, perceived watts, tungsten vs led, etc.
And again I'm not sure if I really need lights or reflectors for the kind of filming I have in mind.
Please, look at these 6 screenshots:
. In which one you can say that artificial lights are used? Or lights + reflectors? Or only reflectors? Or nothing at all, but natural sunlight?
For example: the last two seem to be deeply post-graded and distorted, but the original takes seem totally natural, isn't it?
So, to replicate this kind of takes, which "minimal" (and agile) kit you recommend?
Thanks really so much!
Last Edit: August 12, 2012, 10:51:46 PM by adrjork
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Reply #12 on:
August 13, 2012, 01:37:26 AM »
honestly that lot all looks to be natural light or light we cannot afford (big lights outside replicating daylight)
no books, go shoot
Last Edit: August 13, 2012, 01:41:21 AM by Morgan_Moore
Sam Morgan Moore Cornwall
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Bern Caughey
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #13 on:
August 13, 2012, 11:42:29 AM »
Convincingly simulating natural light is one of the more difficult tasks in photography, & while the fundamentals of lighting are the same for stills, & motion, the needs, & tools, can be very different. I'm a huge fan of natural light, but maintaining continuity generally means having tools to emulate, or supplement, it.
Stills photographers have a go it alone mentality, whereas motion is generally much more collaborative. There's much to be praised about the first approach, however I suggest you embrace the latter. Most DP's have big holes in the schedule, & a good one could bring a lot of value to your project. Consider yourself the Director, & let the DP fulfill your vision. This doesn't mean you can't operate the camera, some Directors do, though usually not for the entire project, but your focus should be on the actors' performance, & the story.
When choosing a camera there's a lot to be factored. As you hope to utilize natural light, high ISO, & DR, would be among my first considerations for this project. And while a 5D3 has great high ISO, it requires stopping down a whole stop more than S35, & two stops more than m4/3, to maintain the same DOF.
422 is better than 420, but not a deal killer. You'd see a bigger leap using a 10-bit or better, over any 8-bit camera, but these don't come cheap (F3 with Recorder, Scarlet, etc.) unless your willing to use a much smaller format.
And once you've choosen a camera the question becomes how are you going to support it. Anyone experienced in this field will tell you not to cheap out on the sticks, & more importantly, the fluid head. You first need to know how much your camera will weigh, then choose the appropriate head, with some overhead factored in so it's not straining.
Due to their flat mount I have numerous Manfrotto heads for use on Sliders, monopods, or such, & for awhile used a 504HD on sticks, but have moved onto Satchler as my primary head. This has made a huge difference in my operating as I can much better stick the end of moves.
Next up is how are you going to monitor. While a lupe over your camera's LCD is alright for some simple work, it's not great on sticks, or when reviewing footage with the team. You'd be better served by an external monitor, or even an EVF.
Tungsten is the gold standard in artificial light, & the most affordable, but often not practical due to heat, efficiency, & CT. If your filming nudes in winter they'd be a good choice, & in many of your examples I'd CTO the windows instead of gelling the tungstens, however in my daily work I'm much more likely to use daylight sources (Kino, & HMI).
LEDs are indispensable for some work, & there are some remarkably bright units coming to market, but color reproduction is not their strength. If absolute color is not important, or your using them just as a catchlight, then they can be useful, but unless your building a large array I don't see them as that useful for this project.
If you interested in the color issues read the Solid State Lighting Project, & be sure to view the tests. These are a great solution for insomnia.
Solid State Lighting Project
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #14 on:
August 13, 2012, 08:14:33 PM »
Well guys, I'm so happy with all your answers! Thanks!
About the monitor: I've read that outdoor - with sunlight - the lcd monitors have some issue to be visible, and on the other hand an EVF - if continuously used - could damage the eyes (same thing for the loupe). So my question is: why don't use an angle finder mounted directly on the camera's viewfinder? It's cheap and doesn't occupy the lcd monitor. Could it be a good solution?
About the fluid head: the weight is an important parameter for me, for this reason I've asked the question about the mattebox: without mattebox, the camera + a follow-focus + a lens + round filters can't weigh more than 3,5 Kg, that means that I can continue to use my old and tiny 128RC-headed Manfrotto tripod (that declares 4 Kg load capacity). With a mattebox I have to buy something stronger (so, money again). Anyway I have to be sure about a thing: Mr. Morgan_Moore says:
Quote from: Morgan_Moore on August 12, 2012, 02:29:48 AM
FILTERS vs MATTEBOX: If you have a selection of lenses with different diameters you can soon get in a tangle with round filters and spend a lot of money and lose time on set
Time on set is all in movie making
That's right, but let's say that I have time, and I'm just worried about lenses life, so my question is: could mounting-unmounting filters directly on the lenses all the days damage the lenses? Or not? Longer life of lenses with mattebox? Or it's the same?
About the camera: I agree with Mr. Bern Caughey (thx for your reply) when he points the difference between 8bits vs 10bits, but actually doesn't exist a 10bit camera under 10K $! FS700 perhaps only after the promised 4K upgrade, but it will require a Gemini 4:4:4 to record the uncompressed 4:4:4 10bits signal, so 8000 (FS700) + 9000 (Gemini) to obtain a damn big format for the happiness of my external storage! Well at that point a Scarlet and Redcode seem a cheaper solution
! Only Blackmagic Cinema Camera seemed the huge solution with its 12bits CinemaPNG format, but its sensor is so cropped (no wide angle) and so clumsy in low-light that the whole camera seems nonsense. Well, FS100 seems a good 8bits solution but it costs 5500 + 1000 for the Atomos Ninja2 (to capture 4:2:2 ProRes, avoiding tha AVCHD). Now, Mr. Morgan_Moore, you advice me FS100 and GH2, but it seems to me that there is a big difference between the sensor size of the two cameras! Is in your opinion the video produced by FS100 and GH2 comparable? When you advice to me these two cameras, do you imply something like the Ninja2 or not?
Thanks to everybody!
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #15 on:
August 13, 2012, 08:38:11 PM »
When recording motion the mirror is up and therefore the pentaprism in the dark
Film people like the glass finder, but unless you got £120k you aint having one
Viewing your image. there are two choices, either someone is pulling focus using witness marks (pre planned and mesured ) or someone is focussing off a digital screen
Now, most EVFs are 480 px, so with a 1080 camera you are seeing one pixel in four.. how are you supposed to focus I have no idea
There is one high res evf from alphatronic or similar name
So lets say you do want to focus off the screen then you need higher res,
ShallHDDp6 and TVLogic are the mintors on a budget that offer 720 (still not 1080 but beggars cannot be choosers)
As for viewing in the sun (in fact almost all outside) you need a sunshade
This is what sold the SmallHD to me the very nice sunshade
BTW the communication between the monitor and the camera body is crucial, the mini HMDI on DSLRs sucks, the large and better positioned Big hdmi on the FS100 is better, much better, ideally you want SDI which is only on more expensive cameras F3 etc
Daylight monitors do exsist with high 'nit' value and special coatings on the glass
Transvideo is the brand and.. they cost big bucks .. $2k for a 3 inch 280px
Sam Morgan Moore Cornwall
www.sammorganmoore.com -photography
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #16 on:
August 13, 2012, 08:52:01 PM »
You will note every post I mention the FS100, - I own a 5d2 and had a 7d too and have a D3 for stills and an H1
I can promise that DSLR is a total pain for motion..
HDMI lead falling out
no sound solution
Hdmi lead falling out
Did I mention the HDMI lead?
I did not buy the FS because I had some desire to spank cash, but because of my total frustration with DSLR motion shooting
at the other end Ive just bought a sonynex5n, which seems about as good as a 5d for motion and cost the same price as a serious coffee
Last Edit: August 13, 2012, 08:53:39 PM by Morgan_Moore
Sam Morgan Moore Cornwall
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
Reply #17 on:
August 15, 2012, 10:54:37 AM »
I don't understand... What about DSLR's HDMI lead?
So, if I correctly understand, the DSLR strategy for video is: video-mode; focusing with the pentaprism during pause; marking the follow-focus; then recording (only LCD + focus-marks)? Is it so?
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August 15, 2012, 11:08:09 AM »
DSLR use mini hdmi coming out of the side of the camera this would go to a monitor (screen) or EVF (small screen)
If you knock this the connection breaks and the camera stop recording losing the shot
The positioning means you knock it all the time
some people zacuto, smallHD sell a widget to help this
There are various ways to focus.
Before you roll you get very good 1:1 zoom in on the rear screen or monitore
You can check and roll for a static shot
For a moving shot you can mark the lens or white ring on the follow focus and pull focus to marks during the shot
If you are using calibrated cine lenses the mesures on the side of the lens will match the distance - such lenses and calibration costs ££££$$$$
Or you can try and judge focus from the screen, either on the screen on the back at about 480px 1/4 what you are recording
Or using (via the HDMI lead) a monitor of higher resolution like the SmallHD dp6 which is 720p
The 5dmk2 only puts out 480pixels of info - so however good your screen you are judging from minimal data, the 5dmk2 also goes dark for two seconds before recording!
Cameras like the EX1 and FS100 you can focus check (onboard screen only) while rolling, but the centre area only which is not much use for some shots composed off centre
Focusing on the moving subject is still in its infancy for narrow DOF cameras..
Sam Morgan Moore Cornwall
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Re: Camera equipment and HD filming for newbie
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August 15, 2012, 11:11:27 AM »
The FS100 has a kit lens with auto focus, not a pleasant lens, 18-200 3.5-5.6 with a horrible plastic feel
It can hold focus on an acvancing subject very very well in the right conditions..
Sam Morgan Moore Cornwall
www.sammorganmoore.com -photography
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Junk Bonanza Part One
52 comments:
- Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co. said...
Looks like such fun!
- September 20, 2010 at 7:18 PM
- Anne - Fiona and Twig said...
What fun, Tracey!
I'm loving all the junk, of course, but my fave pic is the one with all you beautiful gals, so many of which I consider friends.
Have a wonderful week!
- September 20, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Anne Marie said...
wow! Traci and Jenn looks fantastic in that photo!! i so missed you guys...
p.s. love the large cuff on your jeans -
do you ever take a bad picture??
- September 20, 2010 at 7:40 PM
- Robin Thomas said...
Gosh, I went to Junk Bonanza from the Creative Connection. I wish we would have crossed paths. I loved this market!
- September 20, 2010 at 7:45 PM
- Laurie said...
Looks like you had a great time with your friends and junkin' to boot!
- September 20, 2010 at 7:46 PM
- Brynwood Needleworks said...
Hi Tracey:
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- September 20, 2010 at 7:52 PM
- Laura @ 52 FLEA said...
Too much fun!!!!
OOoooh...so wish I was with you girls...
It looks as if you all had a wonderful time with all the junk goodness! :)
- September 20, 2010 at 7:53 PM
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Hey sweet friend!
Loved seeing you
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Of course, yours are
xx Suzanne
- September 20, 2010 at 8:24 PM
- traci said...
you are good, girlfriend. great shots. i needed to see them today and relive our wonderful weekend. thanks for all the laughter and great girlfriend time!!! xo!!
- September 20, 2010 at 8:24 PM
- very merry vintage style said...
Oh, man I wish I would have gone. Next year!
- September 20, 2010 at 8:42 PM
- Our really empty nest said...
$14 for that scale, it so would have gone home with me, cant wait to see the rest of the pics!! Thanks for sharing, sue
- September 20, 2010 at 8:45 PM
- Our really empty nest said...
oh oh, and that giant S for Sue and my husband Scott, darn where is this show?? LOL Sue
- September 20, 2010 at 8:47 PM
- trash talk said...
Wonderful photos...the smiles say it all! Love the clock faces. Speaking of time...I think I'm more than just a little bit jealous of the time you got to spend with Amy!
- September 20, 2010 at 8:48 PM
- koralee said...
Guess what...finally I can say...I was there!!!! I was at the creative connection event and zipped over to it for a few hours. It was amazing. xoxox
- September 20, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- Linda said...
Wonderful photos! I'm SO glad I was able to meet you!!
- September 20, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- Farmgirl Paints said...
Oh yippee...my face on YOUR blog. I love it. That was so much fun. Can we do it again:)?? Can't wait to see the rest of your shots. I really blew it when it came to getting any good ones of the market. They were horrible!
- September 20, 2010 at 9:24 PM
- Country Dreaming said...
Looks like you had a great time!
Good looking goodies too.
- September 20, 2010 at 9:30 PM
- Margo said...
It was so fun to meet you and Traci & Jen, what a fun group of gals you are.
Hope to see you again soon.
Can't wait to see more of your pics.
- September 20, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- Allison said...
It looks like a lot of fun was had by all of you! I wish we had something like this where I live. I see several things in your photos that I would have loved to buy. I adore that little white tulle dress. Great photos, Tracey!
- September 20, 2010 at 10:43 PM
- Lynnette Kraft said...
Oh fun! Hey, can I have your camera? What lens is that?
I love that last picture!
I'm new to your blog but I absolutely LOVE it!
Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground
- September 21, 2010 at 12:10 AM
- The Pink Poodle said...
Hi tracey...Boy it looks fabulous & you girls must have had a great time..
I hear you met Tamarah from oz!!
she is talking about some of us blogging aussies making the trip next year...WOO HOO!!~~
cannot wait to see more pics...
xx andrea
- September 21, 2010 at 12:12 AM
- Draffin Bears said...
Hi Tracey,
All you girls must have had the best of times and it was great to see your lovely photographs.
Look forward to seeing more.
All the treasures you have shown are wonderful.
Happy week
- September 21, 2010 at 12:15 AM
- * French Farmhouse 425 * said...
~*~*I LOVE those buckets with the numbers!! And those clocks!!! Thanks for sharing Tracey~*~* Rachel :)
- September 21, 2010 at 12:38 AM
- Servies en Brocante said...
Waauw, i love all the junk you show us!! Where did you go? I wanne go to!! haha
Nice week!
- September 21, 2010 at 3:21 AM
- Myszka said...
Lucky you! I wish I was there...
- September 21, 2010 at 3:38 AM
- Barbara said...
Looks like you had fun, Tracey! I LOVE junk like this!!! I would have loved going with you and seeing possibilities through your talented eyes, but will have to make do with your blog photos!
- September 21, 2010 at 4:20 AM
- Jill said...
What fun the junk looks amazing i would love to have been there.
- September 21, 2010 at 5:22 AM
- paige said...
ya'll are so cute!!
- September 21, 2010 at 5:42 AM
- A Cottage Muse said...
Nothing better than junkin' with great friends!
- September 21, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Mette said...
What a great place! It sure looks like you had fun!
- September 21, 2010 at 7:22 AM
- Sandi said...
Looks like you had a wonderful time! Love all your photos too. You captured the items beautifully.
Happy day!
- September 21, 2010 at 7:56 AM
- Jboo said...
How cool!! Looks like so much fun!
- September 21, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- Chrissy said...
Morning sunshine...wow what I would not give for a day of shopping there..love those sap tins and clock faces...Shannon got her parcel yesterday so I am headed up there tonight to re-do her dining room,she says getting a parcel from you is like Christmas cause you make everything so beautiiful,could not agree more! Enjoy your day,talk soon!x0
- September 21, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Stephanie @ La Dolce Vita said...
I am so jealous! All that fun and Traci too!?!
- September 21, 2010 at 9:22 AM
- Anita said...
oh..dear...God. The big round clock face- table size...well, you know I love those. Next year, I MUST find a way to set up again. This darn job. ( Ok, I love the job, but I NEEDED last week off...
Have fun in London.
- September 21, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Leah C said...
Oh what fabulous fun you must have had!! I've never been to Junk Bonanza{maybe someday}; but I am loving all the pictures:)
- September 21, 2010 at 9:37 AM
- Cindy said...
Looks like you had a ton of fun and found a ton of wonderful treasures. I hope you were able to snag some of them!
Hugs, Cindy
- September 21, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Gretchen said...
So great to have met you Tracey at the Blogging Party. I'm glad the three of you had so much fun. It was a great event this year, and hopefully next year will even be better, so spread the word in your area. Ki has really done a lot of work to get this show where it is at. So much fun to meet you all.
- September 21, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- La said...
Looks like a great time! I look forward to Part 2. La
- September 21, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- It's me said...
Looks like a lot of fun !!!....hugs from me....
- September 21, 2010 at 11:03 AM
- Andrea - Faded Plains said...
It looks like such fun...can't wait to see more...and to see what you brought home.
- September 21, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- tara said...
yeah so much fun!! love the first and last photos! well and of course all the junk, now what did you buy?
- September 21, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- Vintage Amethyst said...
OH goodness what wonderful photos, how lovely.
- September 21, 2010 at 4:23 PM
- Urban Farmgirl said...
Beautiful photos, as always Tracey! Can't wait to see what else you have to show us!
Have a safe trip to London!
- September 21, 2010 at 6:10 PM
- hometown girl said...
i'm drooling already! sounds like a blast! have a good week and i'll be back to see more :) susan
- September 21, 2010 at 6:33 PM
- Sarah said...
Tracey, what fun! Round Top is next week, so all the TX fans will be enjoying the miles and miles of great finds thers. ~ Sarah
- September 21, 2010 at 8:11 PM
- Elyse said...
hi tracey,
looks like an amazing time!!! i'm sure there were many, many GASPs!
thank you for sharing
- September 21, 2010 at 8:36 PM
- Jeanneoli said...
I love all of your photos and I am so glad you guys had so much fun. You guys are the CUTEST!!!
- September 21, 2010 at 9:11 PM
- Tracy is ... Loving Pretty Things said...
love it, Trace!
Looks like you had such a great time!!! How could you not - with the fabulous girls you were with AND the amazing junk to look at!!
- September 22, 2010 at 1:19 PM
- Lettered Cottage said...
LOVE your pics!
Wish we could've met. :-(
Maybe next year!
- September 23, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Hi, my friend would love to know where she can get some cones of twine? We love your blog. Kathy
- October 21, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Lionessak said...
OMG!! That looks like junk heaven~Amazing! I wouldn't know what to pick, I'd just take everything!
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Rainforest Alliance Gives Stamp of Sustainable Approval to Costa Rica's Rainforest Adventures
Feb. 29, 2012, San Jose, Costa Rica – Two of the ecotourism parks of Rainforest Adventures, Costa Rica Pacific and Costa Rica Atlantic, got top marks from Rainforest Alliance, undergoing verification and receiving the highest rating possible.
"This is a significant achievement for all of us here at Rainforest Adventures in Costa Rica," said Eugenia Solano, General Manager. "Since 1994, the year in which we opened our first park at Costa Rica Atlantic, we've worked hard to protect our at-risk rainforests. And by providing our guests with safe, sustainable and fun rainforest-based activities, like riding an aerial tram through a wildlife-filled canopy or joining an expert naturalist for a jungle hike, we're helping to shape a new generation of rainforest-lovers – ensuring that our forests stand for many years to come."
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Rainforest Alliance's standard for tourism operations has been recognized by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, an organization that fosters worldwide sustainable tourism by adopting universal principles; compiling, adapting and creating tools and training needed to engage in sustainable tourism practices; and increasing the demand for sustainable tourism products and services.
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Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The spirochete is transmitted to humans through the bite of Ixodes species ticks. Endemic areas for Lyme disease in the United States (US) correspond with the distribution of 2 tick species, Ixodes dammini (Northeastern and upper Midwestern US) and Ixodes pacificus (West Coast US). In Europe, Ixodes ricinus transmits the spirochete.
Lyme disease exhibits a variety of symptoms that may be confused with immune and inflammatory disorders. Inflammation around the tick bite causes skin lesions. Erythema chronicum migrans (ECM), a unique expanding skin lesion with central clearing that results in a ring-like appearance, is the first stage of the disease. Any of the following clinical manifestations may be present in patients with Lyme disease: arthritis, neurological or cardiac disease, or skin lesions. Neurologic and cardiac symptoms may appear with stage 2 and arthritic symptoms with stage 3 of Lyme disease. In some cases, a definitive distinction between stages is not always seen. Further, secondary symptoms may occur even though the patient does not recall having a tick bite or a rash.
According to the manufacturer's package insert, early antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease can resolve clinical symptoms and prevent progression of the disease to later stages. However, the early administration of antibiotics may suppress the antibody response to levels that are undetectable by current laboratory tests.(4)
The Second National Conference on the Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease (1994) recommended that laboratories use a 2-test approach for the serologic diagnosis of Lyme disease. Accordingly, specimens are first tested by the more sensitive EIA. An immunoblot assay is used to supplement positive or equivocal Lyme (EIA). An immunoblot identifies the specific proteins to which the patient's antibodies bind. Although there are no proteins that specifically diagnose Borrelia burgdorferi infection, the number of proteins recognized in the immunoblot assay is correlated with diagnosis.
Culture or PCR of skin biopsies obtained near the margins of ECM are frequently positive. In late (chronic) stages of the disease, serology is often positive and the diagnostic method of choice. PCR testing also may be of use in these late stages if performed on synovial fluid or cerebrospinal fluid.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Diagnosing Lyme disease
IgM assay is useful for confirming stage 1 (acute) Lyme disease.
IgG assay is useful for confirming stage 2 and stage 3 Lyme disease.
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
IgM antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi may be detectable within 1 to 2 weeks following the tick bite; they usually peak during the third to sixth week after disease onset, and then demonstrate a gradual decline over a period of months. IgM antibody may persist for months even though antimicrobial agents are given. The IgM assay is more likely to be useful during early disease, and should only be tested during the first 4 to 6 weeks after disease onset.
Negative specimens typically demonstrate antibodies to less than 2 of the 3 significant Borrelia burgdorferi proteins. Additional specimens should be submitted in 2 to 3 weeks if Borrelia burgdorferi exposure has not been ruled out.
Individuals who have recently seroconverted due to infection with Borrelia burgdorferi may display incomplete banding patterns, but may develop increased reactivity (both in band intensity and number) when followed for a period of 4 to 6 months.
Serum IgG is detected as early as 2 weeks after onset of disease. Significant concentrations of antibody and immunoblot banding patterns for Borrelia burgdorferi can be found years after onset.
Normal specimens and false-positive EIA specimens generally have antibodies to 4 or fewer proteins. Except for early patients, antibodies from patients with Lyme disease generally bind to 5 or more proteins.
For persons who have received recombinant OspA vaccine and who are not infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, an intense band representing antibody to the OspA protein (band 30) should be visible on the immunoblot.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
The immunoblot should not be used as a screening assay. In addition, immunoblot may be negative in specimens that are weakly-positive by EIA, or in patients with early Lyme disease.
Test results should be used in conjunction with clinical evaluation and information related to tick exposure.
A negative test result does not necessarily rule out current or recent infection. The specimen may have been drawn before demonstrable antibody developed. Patients with early disease often have serum antibody titers below the diagnostic threshold for several weeks following disease onset.
Test results from immunosuppressed patients and pregnant women may be difficult to interpret.
Positive test results may not be valid in persons who have received blood or blood product transfusions within the past several months.
Antibiotic therapy administered early in the first-stage of disease may suppress the antibody response to the point that diagnostic threshold levels are never attained.
False-positive reactions may occur with patients with other spirochetal diseases (syphilis, yaws, pinta, relapsing fever, or leptospirosis), influenza, autoimmune disorders, multiple sclerosis, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
IgG: negative
IgM: negative
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Dressler F, Whalen JA, Reinhardt BN, Steere AC: Western blotting in the serodiagnosis of Lyme disease. J Infect Dis 1993;167(2):392-400
2. Brown SL, Hansen SL, Langone JJ: Role of serology in the diagnosis of Lyme disease. JAMA 1999;282:62-66
3. Anonymous: Lyme disease-United States, 1995. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1996;June 14;45(23):481-484
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News about Lincoln Center for The Performing Arts, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
May. 25, 2015
Recent tax filings reveal that former Lincoln Center president Reynold Levy received increased bonus of $600,000 in 2013, his last year with organization, in appreciation of his performance on the job. MORE
Apr. 16, 2015
Reynold Levy, former president of Lincoln Center, tells story of how Lincoln Center's $1.2 billion renovation was achieved in his book They Told Me Not to Take That Job: Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics, and the Transformation of Lincoln Center; also specifically names people he thinks are responsible for hardships of various New York cultural institutions. MORE
Mar. 24, 2015
ABC News icon Barbara Walters played crucial go-between who helped forge relationship between West Coast entertainment mogul David Geffen and Lincoln Center chairwoman Kathrine G Farley that resulted in Geffen's $100 million donation toward renovating Avery Fisher Hall in exchange for naming rights; question remains as to whether Geffen's gift, which amounts to only 20 percent of projected renovation cost, is enough to justify naming rights in perpetuity. MORE
Mar. 5, 2015
Entertainment mogul David Geffen will donate $100 million to help fund renovation of Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, home of New York Philharmonic; after lengthy naming rights battle with Fisher family, concert building will be renamed David Geffen Hall in September 2015, with plans to start construction in 2019; gift highlights Geffen's entryway into small list of elite donors that support New York City's greatest cultural institutions. MORE
Mar. 1, 2015
Lincoln Center's Great Voices on Film series will include 2010 Vienna State Opera production of Handel's Alcina. MORE
Feb. 26, 2015
Photographs document Lincoln Center's final year as home of New York Fashion Week. MORE
Feb. 5, 2015
Flurry of cross-institutional collaboration at Lincoln Center marks stark departure from days in which New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera and New York City Ballet competed fiercely over resources and audiences; striking example of trend will be Philharmonic's full staging of several operas. MORE
Jan. 15, 2015
Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic announce partnership to mount several fully staged opera productions; officials from both institutions express hope that partnership will help smooth way for planned renovation of Avery Fisher Hall, the Philharmonic's home. MORE
Nov. 28, 2014
Agreement on part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts to pay Avery Fisher's descendants $15 million for permission to expunge his name from Philharmonic Hall is reminder that naming rights agreement granted in perpetuity do not, despite labeling, necessarily last forever. MORE
Nov. 14, 2014
Lincoln Center, home of New York Philharmonic, is paying family of Avery Fisher $15 million for permission to relinquish their name on Avery Fisher Hall, and lure a large donor with promise of renovating and renaming the orchestra's home; unusual agreement speaks to draw of naming opportunities as staple tool for arts organizations. MORE
Oct. 10, 2014
Thirty-six solar panels are installed on the roof of the Rose Building in Manhattan, representing another step in the Lincoln Center's campaign to go green. MORE
Sep. 9, 2014
New York Philharmonic is planning campaign to raise cash to fund long-delayed renovation of Avery Fisher Hall, now slated for 2019, and double its endowment. MORE
Sep. 4, 2014
Lincoln Center, initially hailed as new and more polished home to New York Fashion Week, has lost its luster for some, leading to nostalgia for former Bryant Park location. MORE
Jul. 28, 2014
Anthony Tommasini reviews Sila: The Breath of the World, new work by John Luther Adams commissioned jointly for the Mostly Mozart Festival and the Out of Doors series premiering at Lincoln Center's Hearst Plaza. MORE
Jul. 7, 2014
Five regular participants in Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing outdoor dance festival describe their attraction to dance and their choice of footwear. MORE
Feb. 8, 2014
Zachary Woolfe observes that performances in Art Song on Film, four-part video series at Lincoln Center celebrating lieder music, suggest that lieder recitals demand a public construction of self. MORE
Jan. 3, 2014
Karen Rosenberg reviews outdoor sculpture installation by Aaron Curry at Josie Roberston Plaza at Lincoln Center. MORE
Oct. 25, 2013
The box office at the David Rubenstein Atrium will sell discount tickets to a week's worth of events at New York City Center, the 92nd Street Y, Merkin Concert Hall and Miller Theater. MORE
Aug. 4, 2013
Composer David Lang's the whisper opera, having its New York premiere at Lincoln Center, is based on truths and confessions culled from the Web; aims to address opera's uneasy relationship with technology. MORE
Aug. 3, 2013
City Room blog; officials of Lincoln Center surprise the one-millionth person to cross the threshold at center's David Rubenstein Atrium; it is another moment in the unlikely transformation of the atrium, public space that was once the dank lobby of a nearby apartment building; redesign of space under grant from Rubenstein included features like media wall and 42-foot-wide video screen. MORE
Jul. 6, 2013
Midsummer Night Swing, which Lincoln Center planned as one-summer event, is now an institution in its 25th year; New Yorkers fell in love with music, dancing and outdoor vibe. MORE
May. 21, 2013
The suit says that Damrosch Park is being improperly used for commercial purposes, limiting public access. MORE
May. 16, 2013
Jed Bernstein, theater producer who led Broadway's trade group, is named president of Lincoln Center; much of his job will be to court donors in order to raise nearly half of the performing arts center's $118 million budget every year. MORE
May. 11, 2013
Stephen Holden reviews performance by Broadway singer Audra McDonald at Avery Fisher Hall as part of Lincoln Center's spring gala. MORE
May. 10, 2013
The Lincoln Center spring gala raises $9.4 million, a record for the organization. MORE
May. 6, 2013
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Jun. 22, 2012
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Feb. 15, 2012
Group of residents living near Manhattan's Lincoln Center, along with nonprofit group NYC Park Advocates, send a 'cease and desist' letter to city officials and to Lincoln Center demanding the termination of special events at Damrosch Park, situated on the center's campus; residents argue that a full calendar of events like New York Fashion Week has made the space off-limits to the public nearly 10 months of the year and demand that it be returned to its proper use as a city park. MORE
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Nov. 13, 2011
Rafael Vinoly, architect who designed Jazz at Lincoln Center, describes his typical Sunday routine. MORE
Oct. 31, 2011
Lincoln Center is scheduled to formally announce 2012 season of its American Songbook concert series, a typically eclectic lineup that is to feature several Tony Award winners and a group of celebrated pop composers. MORE
Oct. 27, 2011
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Apr. 29, 2011
Lincoln Center officials are expected to sign a three-year agreement to advise a Chinese state-owned company on cultural programming for its proposed arts complex in Tianjin, China. MORE
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That's the only possible way to describe last weekend for me, as I spent all day, every day at the Coed State Track Meet.
And if you followed my Twitter feed Thursday through Saturday, you knew it was exactly that — nonstop.
I apologize if I flooded your Twitter timeline on those days, but at least I filled it with the accomplishments of some great student athletes in our area.
While our area didn't have any state champions this year, there were still plenty of noteworthy performances.
Among some of the highlights was Mount Ayr senior Braydee Poore earning his third gold or silver medal in the high jump, Creston sophomore Jay Wolfe placing in the 800 meter run for the second straight year, Creston senior Briar Evans breaking a school record in the 400 meter hurdles and the Mount Ayr boys breaking three school records.
Creston sophomore Maria Mostek broke a school record in the 1,500 meter run and senior teammate Brianna Maitlen earned her fourth career state meet medal in the long jump competition. East Union broke a school record in the shuttle hurdle relay.
And then there was Murray junior Kate Patton, who seemed to be just about the only person in the stadium who was busier than I was, competing in all four of her events in just a three hour span on Thursday.
Between the Creston coverage area and the Osceola coverage area, there were 74 entries that I was following. That's in addition to the golf, soccer and tennis competitions CNA sports writer Larry Peterson covered those days.
It made for a hectic weekend, as there were several times I was running all over the place trying to get photos of everyone.
I'm sure if there had been a live video feed following me all day, you'd have seen me running around like a dog trying to figure out where the smell of bacon is coming from, as I was trying to cover as much ground and get to as many events as I could.
I think every area student-athlete who competed at the Coed State Track Meet should be very proud of what he or she accomplished. Every one of them represented southwest Iowa well on the track and with class off the track.
Even with the crazy weather situation teams endured throughout the season, performances were still outstanding.
Creston girls head coach Clay Arnold made the point that since the southern teams only got a few meets in during the season and the northern teams barely got any meets in during the season, no one peaked early ahead of the state meet.
And spectators certainly saw that on display as a number of state meet records and all-time bests were set at the meet.
In the Class 3A and Class 4A boys 1,600 meter runs — back-to-back races on the meet schedule — the state meet record was set in the Class 3A boys race by Boone's Chandler Austin and then Dowling Catholic's Jason Thomas followed up that performance by running the state's all-time best time in the event.
If you took a soda bottle, shook it violently for a couple of minutes and then took the cap off, allowing all of the soda and fizz to come rushing out, that's kind of what the state meet was like.
Since no one peaked early because of the weather, like Arnold said, there was just so much pressure built up, ready to relieve itself. And that pressure relieved itself in the form of school, meet and state records.
"I hear voices in my head / they counsel me / they understand / they talk to me."
When the song started up and those lyrics blasted through the soundsystem Sunday night at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, it was one of the loudest moments I've been a part of in my life.
The reason — "The Viper" Randy Orton was making his entrance in front of the hometown crowd at the WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view event, about to take on Big Show in an "Extreme Rules Match."
As if three straight days of nonstop track and field action wasn't enough for me, Bryant McCabe and I packed up the car and drove to St. Louis Sunday morning to take in the first pay-per-view event since April's WrestleMania.
It was Bryant's first time at a WWE event and my third time going. But it was my first time witnessing Orton, one of my favorite WWE superstars and one of Bryant's favorite WWE superstars, perform as a "face," or a good guy, in front of his hometown crowd of St. Louis.
And the crowd absolutely blew the roof off the building when he entered. The crowd ate up everything he did. And after he delivered a pair of RKOs to Big Show and defeated the 7-foot-tall, 400-pound monster, the building erupted again.
Orton took a few extra moments to soak in the love the crowd was giving him. How cool it must have been to be in his shoes at that moment.
Taking in a WWE live event is certainly an experience. The production quality and entertainment is top-notch and is unlike anything else.
And even though everyone in the crowd had his or her own favorite superstars and may have been rooting against the superstar the person next to him or her was rooting for, everyone came together for the three-hour show and had a good time.
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In this first-person article, Rev. Randall Roda, a United Methodist pastor, shares his experiences with mental illness and offers suggestions for clergy and faith communities on how to recognize and respond to mental illness when it strikes those in ministry.
"In 2005, I was forced to leave active ministry after being diagnosed with major depressive disorder so severe, that I twice tried to take my own life.
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This month, the 15th annual National Observance of Children's Sabbaths will take place in congregations across the country. Most will occur this weekend.
Sponsored by the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) and endorsed by over 200 religious bodies, this interfaith effort seeks to celebrate children and lift up their needs in worship and action.
This year, the focus is on the unmet health and mental health needs of children.
"I can only imagine the anguish the parents of our nation's nine million uninsured children feel under the unrelieved, daily weight of worry," writes Marian Wright Edelman, CDF's president and founder in a recent op-ed in Frost Illustrated. "Lack of, inadequate, and costly health and mental health coverage are problems that cut across every race, region, and income as middle class and poor parents alike struggle to afford health insurance."
Edelman says that she hopes this event will unite and amplify the voice of the faith community in a call for comprehensive health and mental health care for all children, which is CDF's top action priority for 2007.
"It is simply time to say no more," she writes. "There is no reason on God's good earth to allow any child of God to be denied the health and mental health care they need now to survive, thrive, and live the lives for which they were created."
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The George Washington Institute on Spirituality and Health (GWish), a program of George Washington University in Washington, DC, is set to offer a new online graduate certificate program in spirituality and health.
This 15-credit-hour graduate certificate program will focus on providing practical knowledge and skills to enable physicians and other healthcare practitioners to integrate spirituality and health into their professional practice.
The first course, called "Philosophical, Theoretical, Ethical, and Empirical Basis of Spirituality in Healthcare," will be offered online beginning January 2007.
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Spread the word on the "Pink Gun Law" petition
Actually it's not my idea. But I find it brilliant:
and I can't put it into better words than the petitioners of this petition, open for signing until Feb 28:
Require that all Civilian Firearms be Painted Pink
Regulation of specific types of guns may be well- intentioned, but until we confront the underlying psychological and social issues that feed the violence, these laws will have little effect. The fact is that in America, guns have become potent cultural symbols of machismo, masculinity and power.
Therefore, we propose that every civilian firearm in America be painted a shade of bright pink over no less than 90% of their exposed surface areas.
We believe this simple act will fundamentally change the dynamic of American gun culture while still passing Constitutional scrutiny. All will be free to legally buy guns-just so long as they are Fabulous.
please discuss here, sign there...
Feb 10 2013: At this point I think any and all ideas should be considered to somehow make a change in the culture of America that feeds gun violence. Your suggestion is constitutional and would hopefully make some of the "cowboys" out there think twice about carrying around a gun.
Gail .
Feb 7 2013: I see the problem with guns as being culturally systemic. When the commonly held worldview changes to something less destructive, the topic of guns, which is now a distraction, will have entirely different content.Feb 7 2013: Guns represent protection to me, not as you put it:
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" guns have become potent cultural symbols of machismo, masculinity and power."
They represent that there still is a modicum of freedom from tyranny in the country.
But only a modicum. When freedoms are gone, I will make sure my gun isn't.
That isn't being "macho", "masculine" or "power for the sake of power".
It is being smart, rational, sober, serious and not lying to myself about what is going on.
Do not speak for me.
You do not speak for me.
Feb 7 2013: As I said, pink guns support the second amendment, which essentially is what you're talking about: the right to bear guns. To protect you and to prevent tyranny.
Or would you say that a gun, once painted pink, will no longer protect you?
For the case that freedoms are gone, and a tyranny is in place, freedom of speech is gone, freedom of education is gone and freedom of religion is gone, I'm pretty sure The Underground (TM) won't care about gun laws (anymore).
So the key question in the America of today is not tyranny, it's protection.
And the question is: will a pink gun protect you?
Linda Taylor
Feb 6 2013: OK, the fact that I have always wanted a pink AR-15 this sounds like fun to me!
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The precedence is already set. Many ranges will paint their practice guns a specific color so instructors and staff know when a weapon is not of their issue. In closed ranges, specific permission must be obtained to bring in a weapon that is not issued by the range and typically the guns in those ranges are also painted. So if all legal issue guns were painted pink, law enforcement would know which ones were not legal. At least until the bad guys buy some pink spray paint...
Maybe some fragrance scented gunpowder?? Vanilla?? Lavender?? Hmmmm
Feb 6 2013: a pink AR-15 like this one :) ?
You're describing an interesting use of color in ranges.
I'm not sure that was what the petitioners had in mind though. I think it's not about making illegal guns 'visible'. I think it was about some attitude around weapons.
Weapons should be a sports utility, and a last resort tool in self defense and protection. Neither of these uses needs a marked status symbol, symbolizing power, control, superiority. Those who abuse weapons brag about with them.
Now. Rambo with this one: http://www.andreahasler.com/ongoing/untitled
Shooting ranges and hunting and biathlon work great with pink guns. Self defence, too. Bragging? Identify yourself with that pink monster? Less so, that's the plan :)
Feb 6 2013: That's the one! I want the Hello Kitty issued AR! I have shoes and a bag to match :)
The Rambo is a little too Dolly Parton for me but it would work in certain situations. But the bling would hurt my hand after an afternoon at the range.
I doubt simple color will change bad guy attitude. Interesting Idea but I really doubt it. I think the pink stereotype will change before bad guys wont use guns.
Real working guns are not pretty. Real people who work with guns don't brag about them. (Maybe about themselves but it is never the gun that is important.)
Feb 6 2013: That's exactly the point: Real people who work with guns don't brag about them!
People who *work* with guns exist in any country. They most of the time really are careful with the gun, with access to it, they know how harmful it can be. They usually are responsible gun owners. To them, the color doesn't matter. It's a tool, for a purpose.
The core idea is the others: Will weapons loose appeal to them, if they loose the martial appearance?Feb 7 2013: Considering obesity kills far more people per week then those killed by guns per year, you should be trying to have ugly green dye added to all sugars and fats.
(Actually it is my idea, But I find it in no way to be brilliant or to be taken seriously) ;)
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Feb 8 2013: LOL should you change your mind let me know :)
I see just be one little glitch in the comparison:
A guy with an obesity problem on the street is sad but it's his problem.
A guy with a gun problem on the street is a threat to you, to me, to all of us.Feb 6 2013: can i have purple gun please?Feb 6 2013: This is the kind of thinking that might actually lead to progress. The problem in the USA is the culture which leads to the behavior, not the guns, which are just tools. Pink guns might change the culture. I think this is worth a try.Feb 6 2013: It's clever, but could backfire. It could just "re-brand" the color pink as being "bad-ass".Feb 6 2013: It's an interesting idea, but pink handguns aren't any safer: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013302040072.
Feb 6 2013: Ouch. Indeed, they are still weapons. Which preserves the Second Amendment, which makes the Pink Gun Law constitutional.
I'm not sure whether in a very sad way, this horrible incident might even support the point: Will those with little self esteem regard pink guns as something for kids, not for "grownups"? And thus have less interest in this kind of "toys"? And find less lethal toys as appropriate way to express "greatness"?Feb 7 2013: Alan, I was thinking more about this horrible incident.
I think the problem there was that the gun was in reach of children. It had little to nothing to do with the color of the gun. An unsecured, real weapon must not be in reach of children, ever.
So I'd be interested in your opinion whether an obligatory pink look has the potential to make guns less attractive to "the right people", i.e. those who don't handle them appropriately?
Feb 7 2013: I think the color of the gun made it more attractive to the kids, but no gun--regardless of color or any other feature-- should ever be where children can get it.
I'm not sure a desperate criminal would worry too much about what his gun looked like. For most everyone else, there should be no objections to pink guns..Feb 6 2013: Wow...fascinating.....lol
And....with some gold stars and bleeping buttons.
All those in favor, say "Aye".
Aye..! :)
(although thinking of the way people have treated guns kind of makes me sick about painting guns with pink color...)Feb 6 2013: cute :)Feb 6 2013: it would be really interesting to see what happened...but I don't think it would ever happen, just as most men wouldn't have their Ferrari etc etc painted pink.
and what about a soft 'baby' pink rather than a bright pink?
babies are very vulnerable, and dependent...
Feb 6 2013: A google image search for both "pink ferrari" and "pink gun" is quite revealing :)
I agree with you that the tone of pink (or other colors of a floral, light, friendly palette) merits discussion. I'd allow floral patterns of a certain predefined palette. That would also give sports guns something fashionable. Not only for the women in biathlon.
Biathlon is about the mix of intense high pulse skiing and calm low pulse shooting that makes the very special challenge of this sport. The color of the device really doesn't matter.
Or Hunting. Hunters I know tell me it's about the quiet, the waiting, and then later about the great taste. It's not about bragging about the cool gun. So as long as the color of the gun does not give the hunter away, who cares about the color?
Contrast that with guns owned to mark strength. The Godfather screwing a pink silencer onto a pink pistol? Nah.
So for that area it's a change.
And looking at the google image result for pink guns, I fear the palette and the rules need to be tightly controlled. It _is_ possible to have aggressive looking pink guns :D


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George Mason University, along with several other state schools offering law degrees, has not been able to buck a national trend of the double-digit drops in student applications.
"It's the economy," said George Mason's Law school Dean, Daniel Polsby. "The whole industry is seeing the same thing... It's been declining since 2010.
"There are two theories out there. One is [there has been] a dramatic change in the legal profession, which doesn't need as many lawyers. The second is the economy."
Polsby said if the economy is the reason, law school application numbers might rebound as the economic decline is seen as temporary.
As of March 22, nearly 50,000 would-be law students have submitted 342,993 applications. The total number of applicants is down 17 percent, while the total number of applications is down 21 percent compared to 2012, according to the Law School Admissions Council. A recent New York Times article reported U.S. law schools are facing a 30-year lull in applications, which may be the result of increases in tuition rates, rising student debt levels and a declining job market.
From 2009 to 2012, George Mason's School of Law saw a 16.28 percent decline in applications. At the same time, however, the grade point averages of students accepted into Mason's law school has continued to increase with the median GPA of applicants at 3.47 in 2009 and 3.72 in 2012. Similarly, Mason has issued acceptance letters to about 1,300 students the last two years. Because many law schools set their application deadlines in March, complete data for this year's applications is not yet available. However, Mason school officials said the decline could be more than twice as high (approaching 50 percent) as seen in previous years.
Of the impacts a smaller pool of applicants could have on Mason's School of Law, Polsby said, "The law program will be smaller than it has been in the past. In some ways, that might be helpful to the students... But we're not changing our standards. We're not changing anything we do."
Not all Virginia schools have seen a downward trend in applicants. Both the College of William and Mary's and the University of Virginia's law programs saw an increase in applicants during the past few years.
"I am pleased that we can report a 4 percent increase in applications as of March 26," William & Mary's Associate Dean for Admission Faye Shealy said. "I think our applicants are seeking quality legal education that can best prepare them for careers as lawyers in the public and private sectors."
Shealy did not comment on why William & Mary was out performing its in-state neighbors. Many of the nation's top ranked law schools also enjoyed increases in application numbers.
Of the schools ranked in the top five of U.S. News and World Report's annual "2014 Best Law Schools" list, all reported a significant and steady increase in applications except for Yale University (ranked No. 1) and Stanford University (tied for No. 2 with Harvard University), which saw declines in application numbers in 2010. Columbia University and the University of Chicago rounded out the top five law schools, having tied for the fourth-place ranking.
"What we saw at the tail end of the housing bubble [was] applications increased substantially," said University of Virginia Law School Dean Paul G. Mahoney. "That continued to increase until [2010], which was the peak...That's not an unusual pattern in a recession. It's hard to see whether we're on a normal path now or not."
University of Virginia tied for seventh with University of Pennsylvania in the ranking and was the highest ranked Virginia school.
Like George Mason's Law School dean, Mahoney said it is difficult to forecast the impact of unsteady application numbers on the students and law program. Both program leaders said they are aiming for stability.
Some law school leaders, however, are predicting declines in enrollment and even school closures occurring around the corner.
University of Chicago Law Professor Brian Leiter operates a blog, "Brian Leiter's Law School Reports," which includes entries tracking exponential increases in law student debt and the low-application epidemic. Among Leiter's observations and predictions is that as many as 10 law schools could close during the next ten years, and classroom sizes will shrink. Northwestern's School of Law announced in March plans to reduce its student size by 10 percent.


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