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MR. MUHANNAD HAIMOUR (Executive Director, American-Arab Chamber of Commerce): Good afternoon again. I hope you're enjoying your meal. Welcome again.
His Royal Highness has requested that you please fill out response cards that are on your table and chamber staff will collect those after. If you could please take a moment to fill the response card, we will have a question-and-answer session at the end of our program, and if you could please fill out any questions that you may have at the cards on your table, we will collect those and answer the question.
We are going to do this again and welcome our chairman, Ahmad Chebbani.
MR. AHMAD CHEBBANI (Chairman, American-Arab Chamber of Commerce): Again, good afternoon. It is my pleasure to welcome and introduce His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America. A skilled diplomat, Prince Turki has a long history of maintaining good relationships between Washington and Riyadh. In 1973, Prince Turki was appointed an advisor to the Royal Court. From 1977 to 2001 he served as a Director General of the General Intelligence Directorate, the kingdom's main foreign intelligence service.
In 2002, he was appointed Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz. During his time, he successful served a difficult course as envoy to London in the period following after September 11, and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. In addition, it is diplomatic relationships. Prince Turki is known for his commitment – (inaudible) – excellence.
His Highness is one of the founders of the King Faisal Foundation and is a chairman of the King Faisal Center of Research and Islamic Studies, the group founded in 1983 to promote and expand the dialogue within Islam and between Islam and Christian and Jewish groups.
He is the chairman of the board of the Prince Charles Visual Islamic and Traditional Art Center, as well as the co-chair of the C100 Group which is affiliated with the World Economic Forum since 2003. Born in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, the Prince was educated at Princeton, Cambridge, and Georgetown. He is the brother of Foreign Minister [Prince Saud Al-Faisal] and son of the late King Faisal.
Please, my friends, join me in welcoming and honoring His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal of Saudi.
HRH PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL (Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America): Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you.
(In Arabic.) Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. My friend, Ahmad Chebbani, thank you as well.
I appreciate the invitation by the American-Arab Chamber of Commerce and the Detroit and Dearborn Chambers of Commerce to speak here today. It is a pleasure to be here in Dearborn, where the largest Arab-American and Islamic populations are in the United States, although His Excellency Sher Kazwini (ph) tells me otherwise; that perhaps there are more in California, but that is between you guys to fix. (Laughter)
I am encouraged by the community you have built here, one that clearly provides so much support for Saudi-U.S. relations. Again, thank you. I am also encouraged by the presence of Saudi students in the audience. I see several tables filled by the distinctive headscarf – (in Arabic) – and I welcome them.
I am sure many of you have questions that you would like to ask, so I will keep my remarks brief and give you an overview of where Saudi Arabia is today.
Currently, relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States are strong. We have certainly had our ups and downs, but right now our government-to-government relations are better perhaps than they have been before. The leaders of our nations have clear common goals concerning the war on terrorism, issues facing the Middle East, and the global economy.
While there is always work to be done on this high level, such positive cooperation has provided me with the opportunity to focus on meeting with and engaging with the American people. During the last few months that is what I have been doing. I have been traveling throughout the United States talking with Americans. I have been listening to their questions and their concerns. And I have been working to address the perceptions and misperceptions that are out there about Saudi Arabia.
I am glad to say that I have been received warmly everywhere I have visited thus far, from Texas to Arizona, Massachusetts, Georgia, New York, and most recently California and Washington State. During these travels, I have also been talking with business and community leaders like you. Ladies and gentlemen, King Abdullah believes that fostering strong business ties between Saudi Arabia and the United States is critical to our relationship.
Long before an official alliance existed between our two countries and our two governments, some 70 years ago, it was the Saudi and American people who, with a handshake, launched business ventures, established partnerships, and formed friendships. Since then, our deepest relationships have grown from trade and commerce, and this has helped our nations when we have gone through rough times. Our common business interests support our common values and our common goals.
Currently, Saudi Arabia is taking major steps to promote greater trade and business between our nations for this very reason. As you know, the most significant step we have taken is joining the World Trade Organization last December. I can tell you all of the particulars of what we as a country have done to accomplish this, but the simple fact is when Saudi Arabia became a WTO member, it committed itself to a safe, secure, and transparent foreign trade environment.
We've also agreed to join several additional initiatives to lower tariffs and other trade barriers for telecommunication services, pharmaceuticals, civilian aircraft and parts, chemicals, and information technology. As the largest economy in the Middle East, and one of the fastest growing in the world, we have opened the doors to a great opportunity.
Saudi Arabia is growing, and we need the expertise of companies like these represented here today to make our country and economy stronger. Twenty years ago, we were still building the basic infrastructure to enable our country to operate – that is roads, schools, hospitals, et cetera. Today, we are building communications and observation satellites and launching them into space. Six of them, in fact, will be sent up this year. Our aim is high, and we hope new investment will connect us on entirely new levels to the world around us.
Today there are investment opportunities worth over $600 billion available in Saudi Arabia in the next 15 years in a number of fields, including expanding the natural gas industry, growing information technology, developing the mining and tourism sectors, and further privatizing state-owned corporations, including the airlines.
We are also making major investments in technology and economic infrastructure. Last December, we broke ground on the King Abdullah Economic City, a more than $26-billion mega-project on the Red Sea. The city will feature one of the largest deepwater ports in the world for freighters moving between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. It will also contain a "financial island" that will be home to the assets and funds of the world's biggest financial institutions including banks, investment houses, and insurance companies. You can think of it as a Manhattan on the Red Sea dedicated to finance, technology, and education.
This is an exciting time in the Kingdom, and the Saudi people are gearing up for these opportunities. You can see this in the performance of the Saudi stock market. Some say the economic up-turn is a result of oil prices, but I view our current performance as an affirmation of our citizens' confidence in the system. Over time it will run through its cycle as it has in recent weeks, but we have laid prudent groundwork.
Our progress, ladies and gentlemen, is not a result of throwing money at our problems. We didn't just make up a spending list. Ours have been systematic programs created to facilitate considerable investment opportunities for both overseas investors and the Saudi private sector. Many people understand this, and the market reflects it.
I extend to you an invitation to visit Saudi Arabia and see for yourselves the development that is taking place. Such visits have been made easier by recently enacted initiatives regarding business visa regulations. The new law allows owners, investors, board chairmen, and directors of foreign companies to obtain visas without invitation. And as you can see, the kingdom is making every effort to foster an environment friendly to business and to foreign participation.
I thank you for listening, ladies and gentlemen. And now, I would be glad to answer any questions you may have. Thank you.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN (Vice-Chairman, American-Arab Chamber of Commerce): Excuse me, I'll be moderating. Can everybody hear me? I would like to, before we take the question and answers, there is cards on your table. If you would please write down your questions and chamber staff will come by and pick them up, and we'll start the – but before we start the question-and-answer, I would like to call Ms. Jill Murphy up to the stage who will be representing Governor Granholm.
MS. JILL MURPHY: Governor Granholm is so sorry that she is unable to greet you in person today. She asked me to convey her best wishes, her best wishes of all of Michigan, to give you a small token of our appreciation for Saudi Arabia's friendship.
PRINCE TURKI: Thank you. Thank you very much.
MS. MURPHY: Thank you very much.
PRINCE TURKI: Thank you. And please convey my gratitude to the governor.
MS. MURPHY: Certainly.
PRINCE TURKI: Thank you.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: I would like to invite Mr. Joe Beydoun representing Mayor Michael Guido from the City of Dearborn.
MR. JOE BEYDOUN: I do have a brief comment, if I may, Your Royal Highness. On behalf of all of these people here and 100,000 people, and especially on behalf of Mayor Michael Guido who couldn't be here with us today to a prior commitment would like to present you with the key to our city and to our hearts.
PRINCE TURKI: Thank you very much. Thank you. Please thank the mayor for me. Thank you, sir.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: Please fill out your question cards and staff will come by and pick them up and bring them up. But it's the moderator's prerogative to usually ask the first question.
And Your Royal Highness, my question is, several weeks ago, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt made comments questioning the patriotism of the Shiites in the Arab world. And I was wondering if you might address that issue as well as the sectarian violence that is happening in Iraq today.
PRINCE TURKI: Let me just start by saying that as I address the press reports of the president's statements, he has continued to try to mitigate the initial impression that came out of those statements. And the last statement that he issued, he said that – explained that he had absolutely no doubt in the patriotism or the good will of the people of the Shia sect within the Arab world. That is as far as President Mubarak is concerned.
And, again, in the Kingdom of course we have a sizeable community of Shia brethren who live in the Kingdom and have historically. And they are equally of the opportunity that has been afforded to all Saudi citizens in developing the kingdom in various aspects. And as Sher Kazwini was telling me just before coming up here, he has received various calls from Saudi students who follow the Shia sect who have been sent on scholarship to your country here along with your federal Saudis, both male and female. So as far as the Kingdom is concerned, there is no issue of difference between Shia and – now, we are all Muslims.
The Muslim faith is an inclusive faith; it is not an exclusive faith. And that is how hopefully we will practice it everywhere, whether in Saudi Arabia or in Iran or in Iraq or in other places. There is no room today for sectarian difference, whether in our part of the world or anywhere else. I think we should all consider ourselves as human beings, and as such our responsibility to safeguard the planet that we live on, which has been entrusted to us by those like me who believe in God by God that we should take care of that issue and work together instead of separately.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: We have a question here: "What steps is the Kingdom taking to improve women's rights in Saudi Arabia?"
PRINCE TURKI: I think there have been steps, and this gives me opportunity to mention a few of them. First of all, let us put it this way, Islam does not distinguish between men and women, either in the obligation that men and women have to God or in God's munificence and beneficence towards men and women. They are equally obliged to him and equally responsive to his generosity and his benefits.
Social custom, whether in Saudi Arabia or in other countries impinges on these egalitarian view of religions in general and Islam in particular; and if I may remind my friends here in the audience that it took more than 150 years in your experience as a country before women finally had the right to vote. And as I understand it even today, in terms of equal pay there is a big discussion going on between men and women on that.
We are a very relatively young country in Saudi Arabia. Our aspirations are great and our ambitions are boundless to achieve the kind of equality not just for men and women but even for all members of the society in the direction and the rule of Islam. And so if there are lacks in our practice as human beings, not just to women but to whoever it is that may be involved in that, that is due to our human nature rather than to the aspirations and ideal that we believe in.
In terms of education, women now outnumber men in college graduates in Saudi Arabia, and we have a student population from pre-school to the university of nearly 5.-some million students. In terms of accomplishment in academic standards, women far out-perform their male counterparts in the Kingdom. All job opportunities are open to women in any field. And the most prized woman in Saudi Arabia today is a woman with a job because she brings an income to the family, her siblings look up to her as a model, and equally importantly, she is sought after by suitors who would like to marry her because she has a job. (Laughter.)
And this has not always been the case in Saudi Arabia. Twenty years ago, for example, the head of a household in Saudi Arabia, usually a man, would have thought that it was shameful for him to allow his wife or his daughter or his sister to go out and seek a job. And this was not just in Saudi Arabia. I think in many parts of the world, this was the – (inaudible).
But today, because of social and economic changes, women with a job have become much more common and are much more freer to do that. And that has taken place, ladies and gentlemen, not because of any religious fatwa or because of any government decree but from within the society itself. And that is how we would like to pursue our progress and our evolution in Saudi Arabia, that it must come from within the society.
There have been experiments in other countries where social customs and modes and regulations have been imposed from the top, generally with very terrible results: disruptions in society, in some cases revolutions, in other cases continued disharmony and social fracture. We want the development in the Kingdom to occur from within and to be acceptable to all sides. Have we achieved our ultimate goals in that aspect? No, we haven't. We have some way to go. But I think we are heading in the right direction. And I think our women also have a responsibility in that, that they must take the bull by the horn, as it were, and carry this responsibility themselves. And more and more we are seeing Saudi women coming forward and challenging the social customs that have kept them behind.
And let's face it, ladies and gentleman, women everywhere have had a bad lot, not just in Saudi Arabia. And men in general, including myself, must admit that they have a misogynistic bit of their makeup that makes them in many cases try to keep down women. But you can bet your life that the Saudi women are coming to the fore and, Saudi women, beware of that. (Laughter, applause.)
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: Your Royal Highness, you described Iraq in an article as a mess. If you were advising the president today on what the U.S. should do in Iraq or how can we – or what the Arab countries should do or what the Iraqis should do, what would your comments be on that?
PRINCE TURKI: First of all, it's not just me who is saying that. (Laughter.) And we are hearing that from Iraqis themselves. Those who are living in Iraq are complaining about the situation. Secondly, I would not presume to advise the president on what to do. He is in a much better place to figure out what is best for your country.
I will tell you what we are doing in cooperation with the United States. Since the toppling of Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia has come forward with an aid program for the Iraqi people, whether it was in hospital services or in financial support, or in other political and social developments. Because of the lack of security in Iraq, our humanitarian efforts in Iraq have been curtailed. We can't send our people in Iraq for fear of their being kidnapped of ransomed or get into trouble, so that part of our support has been put back in abeyance.
But on other issues, we have been politically active in trying to promote among all Iraqi factions the need for them to stick together, and to think of themselves first as Iraqis and second as Shi'as and Kurds, Turkmen, or whatever. Those of you here who are from Iraqi origin I think can know better than I do that in terms of sectarian differences that they cut across all lines in Iraq. You have families with Shia fathers and Sunni mothers and mixed offspring. You have whole tribal configurations with one part of the tribe being Shia and the other part being Sunni. Even among the Kurds you have Shi'a and Sunni. And in other parts of Iraq, the issue of sectarian interaction is more in the practice that the issue of sectarian difference and separation.
So what we have been urging on Iraqi politicians is that they must come together and put their house in order. Last November in Cairo, in the Arab League headquarters, a meeting took place between all of the Iraqi factions: Sunni, Shia, Kurd, Turkmen, Christians, Jews, you name it; they were represented there. And it was at the instigation of Saudi Arabia that they came together and achieved for the first time since the toppling of Saddam Hussein a consensus on where they wanted to go.
Following from that step the elections for a parliament took place last December, and we and you and others, including the Iraqis, and importantly the Iraqis have definitely chosen a parliament that one can call legitimate and representative of the Iraqi people because all factions participated, and more than 70 percent of the Iraqi electorate actually voted in that election. So you have a legislative body in Iraq that is truly legitimate and representative. And now it is up to the politicians that all sides in Iraq to come together and form the truly legitimate and representative government from this parliament. And they have to realize that the political haggling and bickering and give and take may be acceptable in more normal circumstances where it would be part and parcel of forming a government in any country.
But in Iraq because of the lack of security and because of the lawlessness and because of the insurgency that has taken place and because of the terrorism that takes place there, it is vitally important on these political leaders to get over their differences and come together. And we have been encouraging them to do that.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: Thank you. As we continue, I just want everybody to please fill out your response forms. His Royal Highness does actually read these. So fill them out and we will collect them after the question and answer.
PRINCE TURKI: Not only do we read them in the embassy but also we try to answer them.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: One of the several questions pertain to Iran, its nuclear development, its consequences on the region, and U.S. actions that might – that the U.S. might take pertaining to Iran's nuclear program.
PRINCE TURKI: Our position on that issue is that the Middle East should be rid of all weapons of mass destruction, not just nuclear. You have chemical and biological. (Applause.) And we have been calling that for the last 20 years or so. We have been telling our Iranian neighbors to join us in that call instead of going towards development – if they are going towards development of nuclear weapons. We think that there should be a level playing field in that area in the Middle East. You cannot ask one country not to go that route and allow another country to do that and – (applause) – store nuclear weapons.
So our position is that the whole area should be rid of these weapons of mass destruction. We are concerned of course about any potential for military conflict. King Abdullah has declared many times in public speeches and in interviews and even in meetings with leaders of countries that war destroys; military conflict destroys; and there has been enough destruction and hardship in our part of the world without adding to it, whether it is in Iran or in Iraq or in Palestine or wherever it may be.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: Thank you. We would turn our attention a little bit to the Palestinian situation. As you are aware, the U.S. government pushed for democracy in the region, and the Palestinians had one of the freest elected democracies in the Arab world. Yet according to many in our government they chose the wrong leader. Can you address that issue on the Hamas government, the peace process and the U.S. response to working with Hamas and what we see right now as an effort to undermine a legitimately elected government?
PRINCE TURKI: The Kingdom has taken the position in public that the elections in Palestine, as you said, are legitimate and free, and the results of the elections should be accepted by everybody. But we have also called on the leadership in Palestine, including Hamas, to adhere to the commitments of the Palestinian Authority.
The elections that took place took place within the framework of the establishment of the Palestinian authority, and hence for any government to come and deny Palestinian Authority commitments, that would be going against the very process of election with that framework and the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority would be undermined. So this is what we have called on Hamas to do.
We are going to continue supporting the Palestinian people without any hesitation and without any infringements or any lackings. There are various methods to do that and we have been doing them from the very beginning when the Palestinian Authority was established. We do not support any specific party or group. In the past we did not support FATAH nor are we now going to support Hamas.
What we are going to do is continue to give our aid to the Palestinian Authority through the various mechanisms and means that have been in existence since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, including the United Nations special fund for Palestine, the Arab League Fund for Palestine, the World Bank Fund for Palestine, the IMF fund for Palestine, the Red Cross/Red Crescent support for Palestine.
All of these international organizations have been contributing to the welfare of the Palestinian people and we are going to do them. And as you said, Johnny (?), it is not right to deny the Palestinians their conclusion that this is the leadership that they want. I think our part of the world requires more talk and engagement with each other rather than less. So this is what we call upon all of our friends to do in Palestine.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: Thank you. I am going to ask the last question, but before I do that, I would like to just once again to remind everybody to fill these out. And too, I would like all of the students to stand up and be recognized and thank them for coming. All of the students from Wayne State, Oakland University – (applause). Thank you.
And one more item, would you please after the last question stay seated until His Royal Highness and the people who accompany him leave the ballroom, we would appreciate it.
The last question – you know, there are so many problems in the Arab world and in the Middle East, Your Royal Highness, and the last but not least is Lebanon. Saudi Arabia has been actively engaged in trying to resolve the diplomatic crisis in that troubled country and also tried to bring – find a solution to the relationship with Syria and also advancing the International Tribunal for the assassination of – the martyr, Rafic Hariri. Could you please give us your take on Lebanon, where it is today, and what you see the future for Lebanon?
PRINCE TURKI: I have had the privilege before coming yesterday to Dearborn to visit with the Lebanese prime minister who was in Washington. And I can tell you and repeat to you what he said to me. He said that Lebanon seeks to have the best of relations with her neighbor Syria, and that there is absolutely no intention on the part of Lebanon, either to undermine or to bring harm to her sister country in Syria. And therefore, that is what we are encouraging from Saudi Arabia.
We believe that the negotiations that are taking place within Lebanon now between Lebanese factions on what future Lebanon will be like is what is required. As I told you before, talk is what is more required now rather than conflict. And we think all factions in Lebanon now are participating in this effort to bring Lebanon out of its problem.
We are continuing to support United Nations efforts to reach a conclusion and a closure to the case of the martyrdom of Rafic Hariri. We think those responsible should be brought to justice no matter who they are. And we are continuing to support the United Nations in that effort.
Our relationship with Syria is above all and we have nothing to hide there. We think Syria is a sister country that must be kept within the Arab fold and we'll continually talk to them about how we view the situation in Lebanon. We have continued to support the Lebanese position that the application of the United Nations resolution, vis-à-vis Lebanon should be adhered to by all parties, and that is something for the Lebanese people to keep in mind and for all of Lebanon's neighbors to keep in mind. So this is where we stand on Lebanon.
If we are asked by the Lebanese people to engage and support and enter into any set of equations that will help the Lebanese get out of their problem, we will not hesitate to do that. And as you know, we played a very important role in bringing the Lebanese leadership together in – (inaudible) – nearly 16 or 17 years ago that brought together the end of the civil war. So we were continuing to play whatever role the Lebanese want of us.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: Your Royal Highness, thank you very much for joining us in Dearborn today.
PRINCE TURKI: Thank you.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: We are honored to have you.
PRINCE TURKI: Thank you.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: And thank you, everyone, for joining us too.
PRINCE TURKI: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. It's very good to be here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: You know, ladies and gentleman – oh, they took it off already. I don't mind.
(Confers off side.)
MR. NASSER BEYDOUN: If we can ask you to please remain seated for just a moment --


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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql-9.1:
postgresql-client-9.1 (9.1.7-0ubuntu12.04) breaks postgresql-9.1 (<< 9.1.7-0ubuntu12.04) and is installed.
Version of postgresql-9.1 to be configured is 9.1.6-1~precise2.
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No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
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sorghum flour as a substitute for rice flour
Posted by Reviewer2662161 on Apr 11, 2009
Sorghum flour is an exact 1-to-1 replacement for rice flour in my gluten-free baking without the grit. Sugar cookies turned out very well. I just made a cake using the sorghum so I don't know how it turned out yet.
Great for rolls
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Used this to make dinner rolls along with almond flour and coconut flour and they were delicious!
Gluten-free staple
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This sorghum flour makes gluten-free blends taste amazing (especially with a little coconut flour mixed in). I would like to use it more often, but for economists like me, the price is prohibitive, since you have to use so much of it at a time. I would like to find a good source of the whole grains and grind them myself.
My new flour!
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The sweet taste of sorghum makes it perfect to use in pancakes. Some eggs, a banana - and you have a superb breakfast pancake! The banana makes the pancake more juicy. They may be made without any fat or moist but gets a litle dry. Good price from a good company.
GF baking
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Great help in gluten free baking. I have never tried sorghum before.
Good Quality
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Good Quality and Taste, packaging was also good, as well as shipping.
Works in glutenfree baking
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Seems that this works well in glutenfree baking. Only asking, is it possible to get this flour whole grain flour instead of white flour?
Interesting flour
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This flour comes with a unique flavour, but you will need xanthan gum if you would like your baked products to hold better.
Good for inflamatory conditions
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I have mast cell activation issues and a big inflamatory condition and this flour does not trigger any inflamatory response at all. I like it ! And the taste is quite good.
Good value and easy to use
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Has not used it a lot yet, but was recomended the product so I guess it´s OK.


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Department of Public Safety Trooper David Hendry said Tuesday that the pilot was alone on board.
The victim's name wasn't immediately released.
The Federal Aviation Administration said searchers found the Cessna 421 wreckage Monday night in a field near Wells, about 140 miles northeast of Houston.
The plane was en route from West Houston Airport to Tulsa Riverside Airport when contact was lost around 9:30 p.m. Monday.
Officials believe the pilot was trying to avoid bad weather near Cherokee County when the plane went off radar.
Records show the plane is registered to H-S Air LP in Broken Arrow, Okla.
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FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said Tuesday that the wreckage is badly burned and officials weren't sure at first how many people might have been aboard.
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Fifth-grade art teacher in Waco, Texas
Renaissance Man might be an apt description for Garrett Hines ('06). He has earned an interdisciplinary degree in education and history, certification to teach K-12 art, is a triathlete and a professional artist who had his first gallery opening this fall.
And the audience who benefits daily from his talents is a group of fifth-graders at Woodgate Intermediate School in Midway ISD, Waco, where he teaches the finer points of appreciating art.
Discovered calling
I believe when your heart burns for something, that is God telling us and guiding us toward a path he laid out for us.
Teaching was not something Garrett Hines expected to do. He remembers his senior year of high school thinking he would never set foot in a school again. However, when he arrived at ACU, he had several opportunities to connect with youth through camps, tutoring and church. These experiences began to change his mind.
The more time he spent with children, the more he enjoyed working with them. "There were a lot of jobs I was good at like sales and marketing," says Hines. "But teaching became something my heart was deeply passionate about."
During his college years not only did Hines discover his love for children, but he also came to realize that he wanted art to be part of his career. After earning his bachelor's degree from ACU in 2006, he came back in the summer of 2007 to complete his teaching certificate in K-12 Art Education.
Now an art teacher at Woodridge Intermediate, he has been able to fuse his passions.
"Art is not just about pencils and paint, but it's about learning how to be observant people and appreciative of the beauty that surrounds us," Hines says. "I try to teach my kids more than just how to draw; I try to teach kids how to appreciate the wonders and majesty existing just outside the window."
Hines is also working with his principal to create the first-ever Woodridge Intermediate Running Club for fifth- and sixth-graders, adding another of his interests to the mix. He has competed in five triathlons (four sprints and one Olympic distance) and hopes to pass on what he has learned about exercise and nutrition to these students.
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Not every student will grow up to love art, but my hope is that when they leave my class at the end of the year, they will at least have an appreciation for it, and most importantly they will have had a lasting experience in my classroom.
Hines found at ACU a place where he was comfortable discovering his path. "It took a while, but I finally realized that I am a unique creation woven together by God," Hines says. "I wasted so much of my life trying to be what I thought others wanted me to be, I finally realized that I am God's creation and I need to be me. ACU was a place where I felt confident in being myself."
He still maintains a relationship with several of his professors and enjoys talking with them when he has questions or just to share about life and teaching. "What still amazes me today is the fact that I can sit down right now and email (assistant professor of art) Dan McGregor and ask him about mediums and how to teach them to kids, and he will email me back," Hines says.
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Mischievous Elf
Make a cute little bookshelf elf.
Level: Easy
Time involved: Half to one hour
- Four green chenille pipe cleaners
- Two 1 x 1 inch wood flower pots
- One bead head
- Eight 1/2 x 1/2 inch wooden spools
- Eight green wooden beads
Form a loop at the top of two pipe cleaners by twisting the ends together. Thread the pipe cleaners with the loop on top through the bottom of one wooden flowerpot and then through the bead head. The wooden pot will form a hat on the head. Thread a green bead onto the pipe cleaners to form a neck.
Twist a second pipe cleaner around the two pipe cleaners below the bead to form two arms. Thread a small spool, a bead, and another small spool onto each arm. Twist the remainder of the pipe cleaner to form hands that will hold the spools and beads in place.
Thread the two pipe-cleaner legs through a wooden pot that is upside down to form the body. Thread a large wooden bead onto the pipe cleaners to sit inside the pot. Separate the pipe cleaner legs and thread a bead, a small spool, another bead, and another small spool onto the individual pipe cleaners to form the legs. Twist the ends of the pipe cleaners into a boot shape as shown.
Form another green pipe cleaner into a four-leaf clover with a 3-inch stem. Thread the stem into the spool at the end of one of the arms to make the leprechaun hold the shamrock.
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The drawdown in Afghanistan has soldiers in at least one province adjusting to new breakfast policies, and it's forced the Pentagon to work to set the record straight regarding suggestions that budget cuts have left troops deployed overseas without their morning meal.
A chain email has been circulating online, claiming that "elected officials believe that our military who are deployed overseas don't have a need for breakfast anymore."
The rumor-busting website Snopes.com picked up the chain email, as well as statements from soldiers stationed in Afghanistan and their relatives. The site noted the email was "partly true."
According to the Pentagon, all the troops are getting breakfast, just maybe not the one they've been used to.
The Defense Department took to Twitter to clarify that some troops in Afghanistan's Paktika province are receiving Meals, Ready to Eat instead of hot breakfasts as U.S. forces prepared to pull out next year.
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Tim Tebow had his first training-camp practice with the New England Patriots on Friday but didn't particularly impress with his arm—although that may not matter. Tebow, who took some snaps at quarterback as Tom Brady's backup, turned heads by lining up to catch passes in some drills. He caught three passes in all, but took multiple turns as a pass-catcher. Patriots coach Bill Belichick declined to discuss specific plans for Tebow, stating that he'll put Tebow in the best position to help the team.
After practice, Tebow spoke briefly about former college teammate Aaron Hernandez, who has been charged with the murder of an acquaintance. Tebow called the situation "heartbreaking and sad" but reiterated that, like all Patriots players, he has been instructed not to talk about it.
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The Pac-12 Conference will limit its football teams to two full-contact practices per week, becoming the first major-college football conference with such a limit. The rule change comes amid rising concern about the long-term toll of concussions on player health. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said that conference coaches support the new regulation, which he said balances safety with elite training standards. The NCAA allows five full-contact practices per week.
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The article analyzes FDI inflows into Baltic countries using a gravity approach. The results of the empirical estimation allow us to explain how difference in corporate taxation between countries, geographical and cultural distance, institutions such as regulations and the size of the economy as well as its economic development affect FDI inflows into the Baltic countries. The influence of corporate taxation on FDI flows, expressed as corporate tax rate differences between investor and host countries is statistically significant. Larger geographical distance between the countries reduces FDI flows, and institutional variables such as the economic freedom index have significant impact and affect positively FDI into the Baltics. Finally, the size of economy, measured by GDP, impacts positively the FDI flows into Baltic countries.
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Suppose $S$ and $S'$ are two compact Riemann surfaces of genus $g$. Does there exist a sequence of genera $g_i \to \infty$ and covers $S_i, S_{i}'$ of $S,S'$, both of genus $g_i$, such that $d(S_i,S_{i}')\to 0$? Here $d$ a "natural" distance function on Teichmuller space, of which I suppose there are many, but for definiteness let's take it to be induced by the Teichmuller metric.
This question was asked to me by Rick Kenyon last year, and some brief thought on it got me nowhere.


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To mark the occasion, I would like to direct your attention to a very special event for dedicated panoramic photographers at the Photokina in Cologne.
The IVRPA holds a one day conference in Cologne University of Applied Sciences for Design, the day before the Photokina starts.
Speakers include Henry Stuart from London, (who has captured this year for Getty, the London Olympics in interactive panoramic images as well as in gigapixel images) and Jens Radü, head of iPad editors at German magazine DER SPIEGEL, with a lecture on multimedia storytelling.
But that's not enough. We will, for example, also hear a talk from Sergey Semenov, member of the unrivaled www.airpano.com team plus we will get a talk and demonstration from Ignacio Ferando Margelí on his experience with 360 video and the 360Rig from Joergen Geerds.
The complete conference program can be found here: www.koeln2012.org
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To be honest, the participation in the conference and the tutorials require a membership in the IVRPA, but since this is not tied to any conditions, and with $ 50 U.S. ridiculously low priced, the events are open to anyone who wants to support our cause.
Those who are not able to join the conference are cordially invited to visit our booth C008 during the fair in Hall 4.1
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Dublin Mini Maker Faire
By Ultan O'Broin Oracle UX-Oracle Paas4SaaS-Oracle on Jul 15, 2012
Volunteered at the first Dublin Mini Maker Faire held in Trinity College Dublin (TCD).
A great fun and free platform for ideation, innovation, inspiration, and learning for creatives, hackers, hobbyists, innovators, techies, thinkers, and generally makers of all ages and types.
I was blown away by the energy of the participants and volunteers, reminding me of the mega Maker Faire in San Mateo earlier this year. I guess five thousand plus (but don't take my word for "Garda estimate") eager kids and adults turned up at stands and sessions on the TCD Physics Lawn and in the Science Gallery. Kudos to the Dublin Mini Maker folks and the Science Gallery magic makers. All the more astounding as three weeks ago I didn't even know about the event, they managed to make the sun come out too!
After a bit of pre-event online video content curation, on the day I had one of the volunteer assignments of helping signage the event around the college and channelling folks to the right end of the campus, reminding me of working in TCD ENTS crews at the Trinity Ball years ago. A lot of fun, when done with volunteering I went to fetch my young son and show him around what all the makers were up to.
We were especially engaged by the 3D printers, the Fuinneamh ("energy" in Irish) big drum, Kinect2Scratch software interaction (reminded me of the Java Zone at the San Mateo Maker Faire), the Underwater ROV, PCB layout sessions and the Scalexercise.
Oracle didn't have an official presence at the Dublin event this time, but I would love to get something going there if (if? when) it happens again, something interactive, and for kids, for sure.
From a learning perspective, I was there not only a maker wanting to help out but to observe and learn more about how we might organize smaller, more nimble innovation and dev jam events aimed at makers of apps of all sorts on all devices, how such communities work, what motivates attendees, and to build some new local relationships local for future events. Definitely worthwhile!
Stay tuned. Many thanks to the Dublin Mini Maker and Science Gallery peeps for bringing this one to life for so many people.
On to the Manchester Mini Maker Faire in two weeks time...


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I'm trying to find list of best cars for drifting (cheep and with left wheel), Can anyone please suggest me some cars?
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I thinks it's related on your motivation and why you want car for drifting.
For me the best solution is Nissan Silvia S15, it's powerful and flexible car. Adding some suspensions and other parts will allow you to win any race you want. If you are good racer.
BMW M3 (E46) is good one too. But remember, at first learn to leave your not such a powerful car at the ground and then think about Silvia or E36. Good luck.
I think this is top 10, if ignore the left whell
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Nice Exfoliant, Doesn't do much for KP
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Comments about Resist Skin Revealing 10% AHA Lotion - 7 oz:
I use this on my arms and chest for exfoliation and repair of sun damage, and I think for that purpose it works really well. I have KP on my upper arms and it calms the redness and softens my skin but the bumps don't really go away. So it HELPS but it doesn't work as well as something like AmLactin (which I stopped using because of the smell).. This product however is MUCH more pleasant to use! I use this treatment first and follow with the clinical body butter and my skin is noticeably softer almost overnight. I'm going to try the Salicylic acid body treatment to compare, but if the AHA works well for your skin, this is a nice product.
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Nice but has not done anything to my dry skin
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10% AHA is supposed to work for dry skin and improves it moister level even when the product is not in use. But so far the skin on my neck, arms and leg is still dry and the horizontal lines on my neck are still there. I had those lines since I was probably 15. Tiny skin colored bumps are there too.I know researches say AHA encourages collagen production so it should be good for the neck especially.The good things about it: it has 10% glycolic acid, the texture is silky and nice and it has no scent.The not so great things: it contains silicones. I would definitely give this product a two year chance.
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Excellent lotion for face too!
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This is an excellent AHA lotion that I use on my face, neck & chest daily, as well as on my body every few days. I use it on drier areas of my body like my elbows and feet, and on the backs of my arms when I get little bumps there. I do wish it came in a much larger size because then I would probably use it all over my body daily. I just can't afford to use it as a daily body lotion on my single mom budget, but as a face/neck & chest lotion, it's a real bargain!! The ingredients are great and I love the results. Fine lines & wrinkles, sun damage, and overall skin clarity have dramatically improved since I've began using this lotion and other PC products. My skin is very well adjusted to higher levels of AHA's, BHA's and retinol, so I've never had any bad reaction using this on my facial skin. PC products are amazing, and they're pretty much all I use now. My skin has never looked better! I also use a few Olay products that are rated highly on Beautypedia. I really appreciate the Beautypedia and Paula's Choice site because I'm now extremely knowledgeable about ingredients in skincare. Anyway, this is a fabulous product and it's certainly not just for the body! It does have a slightly unpleasant smell because it's acidic and there is no added fragrance, but it's not very noticeable and dissipates quickly.
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I thought I would try this product again after using the PC 2% Beta-Hydroxy Acid formula for years. I think the AHA works very well and it definitely made a difference on smoothing my skin, but I still prefer the 2% BHA Body Treatment for my Keratosis Pilaris. There's just something about the PC 2% BHA that does a better job exfoliating while calming my skin and preventing breakouts. However, I give this product 5 stars as it's still a brilliant formula!!!
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I'm currently learning Bach's Bourree, although I'm into second part of it, I have troubles getting the timing correct. Usually it follows a 3 bar flow (except few places, where it really speeds up), but then when I listened to the performances by John Williams and Goran Sollscher, they do slow it up and speed it wherever necessary. Is it possible to learn these via online tutorials or does these minor issues can be corrected only by a teacher at hand sitting beside or any other way ?
I assume you mean rubato. It's more a feel thing that can't be taught without sounding artificial. It's something you must develop from listening to others using it and feeling the music. There are certain common things such as slowing down near a cadence and speeding up on a climax... usually called accelerando's and ritardando's.
The idea of rubato is basically to make the music sing. A singer never sings perfectly in time and the melody is here and there but the singer, if singing with accompaniment, must be in strict time(assuming the accompaniment is) in some average sense(else he will get out of time). A piano piece is similar. You have the melody, the singer, and the chords(the accompaniment). The chords keep strict time and the melody should weave in and out(but like it is being sung). It is very subtle though and can be very bad if not done with taste/musicality.
This isn't to say you have to strictly do this but I believe Chopin taught it that way and he was suppose to have been the master of rubato. Maybe the way to think about it is that if you play it too perfect in time it will sound robotic(like "midi"). But it should be natural so it doesn't feel jerky. It's also going to depend on the context. Some melodic notes are going to naturally want to fall on the beat and some are going to be ok slightly after and some slightly before to make them work best. The same notes may change the way they work in a different song in the same key.
All this stuff can't really be taught and this is what makes some people better than others. They have some innate understanding or just the way they practiced that make them play the way they do. There are some people with poor time but sound better than some with perfect time(many more factors are involved than time in making something sound good).
In any case I think you should be able to play it in perfect time before you start trying to play around with it. When you learn to make a connection with the music you'll naturally start adding these timing inflections to express the feeling you are expressing. If you try to force it then it will sound unnatural and unmusical.
I agree with AbstractDissonance, that this cannot be completely taught. However, this book does a good job of describing it and how to approach it.
Learning the Classic Guitar Part 3 Book/CD Set by Aaron Shearer
It also has a great section on how to prepare for a performance. It makes a few references to Part 1 and 2, but if you are already learning Bach you probably have the knowledge you need to skip 1 and 2.


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It is a journey to move from victim to survivor, and former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has traveled the road with dignity and grace.
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced Friday that Giffords will receive this year's John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™. The honor recognizes "the political, personal, and physical courage she has demonstrated in her fearless public advocacy for policy reforms aimed at reducing gun violence," the foundation said in a news release.
"Gabby Giffords has inspired the world with her bravery and her dedication to making change through the political process," said Caroline Kennedy, President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. "Instead of retreating following the tragic shooting that ended her Congressional career, she has recommitted herself to fighting for a more peaceful society free from hate and violence. She is a true Profile in Courage."
The beginning of the second part of Caroline Kennedy's quote is what I admire about Giffords actions in the wake of the tragedy - a tragedy that claimed the lives of six people, including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl Jan. 8, 2011. "Instead of retreating."
You may agree or disagree with the political positions Giffords and her husband are taking these days. You may feel that what happened to her is a reason to loosen restrictions on weapons rather than tighten them, as she feels. But at least she is not retreating. At least she is not allowing herself to be imprisoned by fear. At least she is seizing back control from a person who momentarily took it from her by taking a stand. At least she is showing the world that, while she was a victim, she has survived.
You can become a victim through no fault of your own. But you can pick yourself up and use it as motivation to move forward, even if it's for no one other than yourself. It is by no means easy and it will take some longer than others. People will take many different paths in making the journey. But, by that measure, to me, Giffords is a survivor.


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So I have some variables $\,x_{1},\, x_{2},\, \nu\, =\, 12.654,\, 13.487,\, 0\,$ and the following function:
$\dfrac{(x_{1}\cdot(-BesselK(\nu,x_{1}\cdot125))\cdot BesselI(\nu,x_{2}\cdot125))-(x_{2}\cdot BesselK(\nu+1,x_{1}\cdot 125)\cdot BesselI(\nu+1,x_{2}\cdot 125))}{\dfrac{-1}{125\cdot x_{1}}}$
What's my problem? Well even though the final output is a reasonable number, the output of the Bessel functions are either super-huge or super-small and the calculation requires quad-precision (which is very sluggish). I need to scale down the value going into the Bessel function but I need to be able to get the end result to be the same as if I used quad-precision.
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For as long as I can remember, I've always used the IP 22.214.171.124 when testing network connectivity using ping. What is significant about this IP, and when did this practice start?
I ping it because it has always been up, and is easy to remember when DNS isn't working. But you might want to read this for more information: http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/famous-dns-server/.
Hey everybody... it's me, Dan. I'm the guy who made this claim, and I'm here to talk more about it. Here's the long, drawn-out version of what happened.
I was managing a NOC for a fixed-data wireless company in Florida at the time- fuzion (gofuzion.com - I could write a book about that place). I had a few guys working with me that were relatively new to the networking world. Heck, at that time, so was I, only having a few years of skin in the game.
Because of the novice-level skills brought to bear, I had guys who couldn't pull up a website on their own workstation and would freak out that the 'Internet was down'. Honestly, it was pretty pathetic. One kneejerk reaction everyone had was to ping yahoo.com. That's nice, but involves DNS resolution, so it's prone to failure. They, of course, couldn't remember the IP address to Yahoo, and Google wasn't up (to any real degree) at that point, so what was a simple IP address that everyone could remember that would be up and work reliably and consistently? Remember, this is many years ago, when carrier stability was a sales point, not a forgone conclusion.
I had, at that time, recently put together our WUG (version 3 I think, yay!) map together and wanted some outside hosts for checking. I wanted a pure-ip address that was easy to recognize as well. I putzed around and pinged simple addresses... 188.8.131.52, 126.96.36.199, and so on. I thought about a conversation I had with my boss earlier in the day (a truly gifted man by the name of Robert Campbell), who related back the resiliency of the PSTN. It hit me... telephone service had 411 for information. 188.8.131.52 ... just one more digit and boom goes the dynamite... and it PINGS!. I put it in my WUG map and forgot about it for a week or two.
I go back to review my map and this host has never gone down. I was too lazy previously to see who it belonged to, but now my curiosity was piqued. How stupid did I feel? It was a DNS server for GTE. Of course it was bound to be up most of the time. Back on the floor of the NOC, guys were still being dumb (this, for some, never changed. I'm sure all here can relate. We had a term for them pulled from the Denver office... "tits on a bull". But I digress.) They'd freak out when they or a client would have connectivity problems... and from there I told them, "Ping 220.127.116.11 . It will always work if your connection to the general Internet works. It's like 411 for the Internet." I know, super-cheesy. But I learned that super-cheese worked in tense situations, not just with nachos.
It worked. Guys stopped trying to ping DNS names or remembering their home cable/dsl address that would likely change anyway. They could just remember this simple address.
One day, I suppose they turned off ICMP- it stopped working. Guys in the NOC weren't crying, but they definitely had their panties in a twist. "220.127.116.11" was given in frustration by moi, which also coincidentally was the secondary to 220.127.116.11 (I think, could be wrong), and was responding to ICMP. It stuck. It spread. That's how it goes sometimes.
On the phone I heard these guys telling clients to ping 126.96.36.199 to test connectivity. I heard them on the phone with vendors testing with the address. What made me smile one day a couple years later was a frantic front-line DSL phone tech walking me through my home connectivity outage. "Ping 18.104.22.168" she quipped. Did I feel a little warm inside? You betcha.
So that's it. Did I invent it? For me in my little world, yes. Could someone else have already (or somewhat simultaneously) done it, like the radio or flight or any other actually important thing that has some actual impact in our lives? I hope this puts an end to the rumors. (reposted on mywebsite)
Via Dan Farrell (dannosite.com) @ http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/169983-46-what
I generally use 220.127.116.11 which is a public google dns server, even better to remember but not as old as 126.96.36.199, details HERE
If I have DNS resolution, I always ping Google.com since their DNS entries will send me to something near me that is responsive and it's extremely unlikely that it will be blocked. Even 188.8.131.52 stands a chance at being blocked if I walk into a client's office that had a hardcore admin who explicitly blocked some well known public services in the name of security or passive aggressive tendencies.
If I don't have DNS resolution, I tend to ping 18.104.22.168 or 18.104.22.168 (and hope there was no previously entrenched hardcore admin who blocked those at the gateway). Those are OpenDNS's two IP addresses. Not the easiest to remember, however they're worth remembering (since I use OpenDNS on everything that resolves internet names) so once you've memorized them it's a simple act of mind-muscle memory to type it.
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Maybe I'm over thinking this, but I think evaluative is the best being that it would give you the "best" balance of light across the scene. Is it dependent on the scene/mood at the time like a shingle shot? Should I not worry about it because of the multiple exposures? So my main question is, what's the best metering method (evaluative, partial, center) for an HDR shot?
The metering mode is largely irrelevant when preparing a multi-exposure HDR as no single image will be correctly exposed, so you're only trying to get the centre image in the ballpark so that you don't waste exposures at either end. Unless you're really skilled at judging the dynamic range of a scene (remember the brain compresses dynamic range to fool you), you'll likely have to tweak the number of exposures or the gap between each exposure in to make sure you have the full range captured so you can dial in the correct exposure compensation at this point.
I find whenever I'm shooting a situation where I have the opportunity to review and adjust exposure you want a metering mode that is not sensitive to slight changes in composition, settings like spot metering are bad as if you move the spot slightly after setting exposure compensation the measured exposure could shift, undoing your correction.
I spot meter the brightest and darkest parts of the scene so I can
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If you're a Hilltopper fan,your biggest complaint about this season may have been finding a parking space before the game.
Western students say they go through that frustration everyday.
"I think it's really hard for people who drive here everyday because I hear them complain about getting here an hour early sometimes," said junior Angela Stubbs.
WKU officials heard from students during a forum today to address potential solutions to the university's parking problems.
Even with the completion of this new parking structure, the school will still be 1,000 parking spaces short of what it needs to accommodate faculty and students.
"There's a certain expectation that when I get there I'll be able to have a parking space where I'm going. And the laws of physics don't allow the number of people right now theatre on campus to park where they wanna park," says Dr. Jennifer Tougas, WKU's parking administrator.
The school is looking at a couple of short-term solutions that would include incentives for parking during off-hours and busing in from satellite parking lots.
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