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Girls just want to have fun before the wedding! Especially when their lives will change forever after she says "I Do". A bachelorette party is the ultimate way to allow the bride-to-be to wind down and let loose a bit before one of the most monumental days of her life. She deserves a little fun while in the midst of all that wedding planning! So why not eternally seal your role as best friend forever with throwing her an awesome beach bachelorette party? With the beach as your adult playground, you can definitely get really creative with how you choose to make it a girl's night to remember!
Where to, my dear?
Why the beach, of course! Unlike other bachelorette parties, you don't have to wreck your brain too much over the best venue that you think everyone would like because well, who doesn't like beaches! If your bestie-bride-to-be is already having her wedding on the beach, this makes your planning a whole lot easier! Since she has probably already divulged all the juicy details to you about the location of her wedding, use that as an opportunity to give her a relaxing sneak peek of how blissful her big day will be soon after. With candles, drinks, music, plenty of pillows and crisp ocean air, she won't be able to resist letting her hair down! Not sure if you can secure the beach in time? No worries! The same effect can be done at a fabulous pool of our choosing. To make the party even more fun, you may want to think about extending the festivities for a whole weekend filled with spa treatments and more!
Altogether, Now!
A bachelorette party just isn't a bachelorette party without the infamous and sassy collective attire. For the theme attire of her beach bachelorette party, try to come up with something that the other girls would also love to keep as a keepsake to remember as the years go by. To keep it nautical-themed in a cute way, getting some sailor hats would be a great touch! If you're wanting for everyone to look a little more fabulous, getting customized straw hats in different colors would be help keep everyone cool. Pairing these beach-themed ideas with traditional bachelorette ensembles, like personalized shirts or bags, frilly boas and a little costume jewelry, will make for some great pictures!
You are cordially invited…
Now that you have your venue and bachelorette wear picked out, it's time to make a list of all the girls attending so that you send out an extra special invitation. With these types of things, you can always add a more personal touch by creating the invitations on your own from scratch. Thanks to today's technology, you can also send out a fancy invitation electronically. However, if you don't have a lot of time and still value the sentimental value of sending out an invitation that can also become another keepsake for scrapbook memories, there are many beach styles to choose from. Whether you're going for a vintage or trendy theme, be sure that the invitations are worth saving!
Sip & Bite!
Let's backtrack to more details about your beach venue for the party. Since all the girls will be having fun running along the beach, playing hilarious bachelorette games and having juicy girl talk, you want to make sure that everyone can indulge in some great drinks and food to keep spirits high. For the drinks, you can get as fruity as you want to, simply because you'll be in a tropical paradise! Why not? Getting a good idea on what drinks everyone would like and making a list ahead of time will help prevent any alcoholic goodness from going to waste. Some great drinks and shots to try would be Chocolate Martinis, Bahama Mamas, Sex on the Beach, Buttery Nipples, Lemon Drops and an array of jello shots!
For food, you want to keep it light but fulfilling. After all, you don't want all of the girls including the bride having a hard time fitting into their dresses! You also want to make sure the girls have something else to put on their bellies will all those yummy drinks. Finger foods like spinach and feta stuffed mushrooms, personal gourmet pizzas, and canapés are great to start with. But you can't forget dessert! Chocolate-covered fruits and flavorful cupcakes would finish off everything nicely.
Last But Not Least!
You may have the attire picked out for the bridal party, but the bride herself needs something a little more glamorous to make her feel like the belle of the ball. Since it's all about her, you can go all out! Prepare some fun wedding accessories for the future bride to wear so that everyone will know it is her special night. Providing her with a unique bachelorette sash, cute bikini wedding sash and a sparkling tiara will do the trick for sure!
Hangover Part 4: Girl's Style..The Day After!
After all of the drinks have been drunk, all the songs have been danced to and the food has been eaten, everyone including you is going to be pooped! While planning for the bachelorette party itself, you also want to plan for the inevitable crash that will happen afterwards. Be sure to already have a place for everyone to crash, such as a hotel room near the beach, so that safety is always practiced.


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I ordered a Mag grey TCH base model on July 3rd. Put down my deposit but my dealer says he does not think it will be here before Sept. 30th. When should he be providing order status updates ie: when the order was placed, when it goes in to production, etc... Just curious cause reading some of the posts it sounds like people are geeting their alot quicker than 12 weeks. Thanks0
consumer46 Posts: 17The following is a brief summary of my buying experience (March - June) of a silver -- fully loaded -- (Nav, Moonroof, Leather, Comfort and Convenience Package and mats ) Camry Hybrid.
I had the opportunity to visit ten dealerships in three states (GA, AZ, and MD) plus have internet discussions with dealerships in MI, Il, and VA. The approaches, comments, and levels of service varied widely.
I placed orders at three dealerships. Two required a deposit of $500 (and did not process) and one of $1000 (and did process). One order was placed in March and two in early April.
My local dealership (Sandy Springs Toyota) in Atlanta (from whom I had purchased 4 Toyotas in the last 4 years) was not interested in talking. As I later learned, four dealerships (Marietta, Atlanta, Toyota Mall of GA, and Sandy Springs) in Atlanta all had the similar approaches! "We will sell our cars for the maximum possible." A loaded TCH was offered at anywhere from $1000 - $5000 above MSRP --not to mentioned the extras (most of little to no value) that came from their distributor in Florida.
In Phoenix, I visited Wright Toyota. Though polite, the offer --MSRP + $3,500. The "closer", who offered the deal, looked and acted like a "closer". The salesman must have been the good cop and the "closer" the bad cop. Later the I was told by the salesman, let him "the closer" talk -- but don't budge -- he'll become more reasonable in time.
In MD I dealt with two dealerships. Darcars of Silver Spring offered a fully loaded TCH (in April) for MSRP + $100 + $19 (temp tags to get me back to Ga) Tax and title would be paid by me when I return to GA. When the car arrived, I would fly to BWI. They would pick me up, and I would drive home. Down payment $1000 (which they took and processed). Bottom line -- no car ever appeared. It was to come in and be delivered in early June. As I was about to depart for MD, they called and said something happened to the car -- would I like to re-order. I said, "No, please refund my money." The next day (after figuring how to get to MD again) I called about the car. I was told it had been sold and was gone. After repeated calls and almost two weeks -- my $1000 was returned!!!!
In March (after reading about the dealership in this forum) I ordered (over the internet) a silver -- fully loaded TCH -- from Fitzmall in Gaithersburg. The agreed price (in March) was MSRP + $19. (Deposit of $500 - which was never processed). At the time of my order, I was told to expect the car in the July to August time frame (They already had a list of 23 people wanting a TCH). Further, if you find a better deal in the meantime or someone else can come up with a car sooner -- feel free to take it. Your deposit will be refunded.
Shortly after the debacle at Darcars, I heard from Fitzmall. The car I wanted was "in bound" -- soon to arrive in New Jersey. We settled on a delivery date.
On 16 June, the salesman (super guy) delivered my car at Reagan National Airport in DC. We spent 15 minutes in seats in front of the Delta ticket counter -- completed all paperwork. Then we walked out to the parking garage -- looked over the car for another 15 minutes (yes, my salesman covered everything that needed to be done). He handed me all the paperwork and the FOB for the car. Then he handed me the parking ticket and $5 to depart. I paid MSRP + $19. That was it. When I returned to GA, I paid the fees for GA sales tax and tags.
Lessons Learned:
1. Do your homework! It pays off!!!
2. There are good dealers and sales persons. (Fitzmall and a person at Sandy Springs who did try to get the right price for me)
3. Look at the "out the door price". Doc fees and special add-on fees (premiums) is where dealers can turn what appears to be a good deal into a terrible one.
4. Refuse to pay huge mark -ups. If everyone refuses, dealers will have to keep the cars on their lots forever or lower the price. In the end the customer does have the final say.
5. FITZMALL of Gaithersburg is the "gold standard" for dealerships. If you can get there to buy a car -- Go. The internet process is refined and the service is excellent.
6. Even if you can't get to Fitzmall --check out their prices. They are a good reference for anyone buying a Toyota. You may be able to use their price points as a good bargaining tool. Remember -- "it's the "out the door" price that counts.
As for my TCH -- GREAT. Gas mileage in Atlanta (35-36) and on the highway (38 - 40).
Fitzmall did a great job on prep. The ride from DC to Atlanta was a real pleasure. My TCH replaced a 2005 Lexus ES330 -- which I sold myself in 3 days. I could not be happier.
The blue glow of excellence is tough to beat!!!!!
One final thought -- someone may ask, "Why buy a Toyota in the Southeast US?" One advantage of buying in the SE is that you can "special order" a car with features somewhat out of the norm -- within reason. For example, a TCH with Nav without moonroof. Sandy Springs Toyota in Atlanta does a pretty good job of this and is quite helpful. Be prepared to wait 90 to 120 days -- particularly if the car comes from Japan. If the car is manufactured in the US times are much shorter (30 - 45 days -- depending on the features ordered)0
joew123 Posts: 1I bought a 2006 Sienna LE from Elgin Toyota 3 months ago my brother bought a 2006 Corolla S from them and my sister bought a 2006 Highlander from them. All happy with our purchases. We were so happy with our van we decided to replace our old car with a Prius, we ran into the same thing 1795.00 over MSRP for a protection package that the car didn't have put on yet. There was a car coming in the following week with the options we wanted and was told the same 1795.00 would apply to that car also!
They said (that's the price for hybrids.) We went to Elmhurst Toyota and saw our first Camry Hybrid say no more, we bought from Elmhurst, and will recomend them to everyone from now on. I am still very upset about this and can't wait for the next toyota survey to arrive. My mom is shopping now I've steered her away from the Pirates!0
keithet Posts: 5I ordered one through www.cars4u.com
Guy by the name of Barry Thomas. I live in Ottawa and he made a trip to meet me half way in Kingston to look at mt Accord trade. He will also save me a trip to tortonto to pick it up. Also in Kingston. Good price and easy to deal with. Tell him Keith turner recommended him. Won't help me since I already have a deal but he seems straight and has satisfied me with our dealings.0
Well my dealer called Friday August 4th, gave me the vehicle inquiry report number for the car I ordered. He said the car will be here in Illinois in about 35 days. I did not get the status but I would assume "A"/ We will see what happens. I really want to get it before Sept 30th to get the full tax benefit, My luck tho I will sign the papers on Oct.1st.0
Sooo, what was the sale price before TTL that you paid for your 2007 TCH? Is it loaded (including Moon roof, Navigation, etc)?0
Is $30,000 before TTL a fair price for ordering a 2007 Toyota Camry HV (Hybrid Vehicle) with the below options???:
CQ (Convenience Pkg)
SR (Moon Roof)
CF (Carpet Mats and Trunk Mats)
MG3 (Color-keyed Mud Guards)
NV (Navigation System)
LA (Seat Trim Leather Surfaced)
WL (Wheel Locks)
I have to wait though 3-4 months, since it will be built and shipped from JAPAN...0
sounds like about a $638 discount from MSRP. MSRP without wheel locks, but with everything else you mentioned should be 30589, so I estimated $49 for locks. That seems to be about the biggest discount on a "loaded" (NAV, leather, Moonroof) TCH I have seen here.
I paid MSRP of $30,784, for mine, no wheel locks, but it has body side moldings. ($199) (Also got $1,000 more for my trade than I was told to expect in the "Real World Trade-in-Values" forum.)
Good luck and hope the wait isn't too tough!0
Ok, according to KBB the MSRP is 30,827.00 before TTL. Below is the break-down before Tax for the deal...:
Sale price: $30,000
Tag/License: $74.00
Doc. Fee: $99.00
Not sure about KBB's MSRP...0
ah! I missed that you said mud guards.
BM:(Body moldings)195
Delivery 580
Total 30,7840
spiff72 Posts: 179Actually, $30,589 is the MSRP for everything except the wheel locks and the mud guards.0
Cool! Sounds like a nice discount. What color are you getting? I have Desert Sand.0
Right on the target...:
Total: $30827.000
Ohhh,yes, it will be a "2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid Magnetic Gray Metallic/Ash Leather" beauty and is worth waiting the 4 months...0
Ok, I think I got a good feeling deal, just placed an order ($500 refundable) and here is my OTD $30,500 price (including 3% tax and TTL) for an out of state deal via fitzmall that it will take up to 4 months to get the 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid Magnetic Gray Metallic/Ash Leather loaded with the following options:
CQ (Convenience Pkg)
SR (Moon Roof)
CF (Carpet Mats and Trunk Mats)
MG3 (Color-keyed Mud Guards)
NV (Navigation System)
LA (Seat Trim Leather Surfaced)
WL (Wheel Locks)
... I hope the transaction in 4 months or so goes as smooth as it was via phone and email to close the deal... can't wait, but patience pays off... always do your homework...0
Sounds great! Good shopping.
How far do you have to go to pick up the car?0
Cool! Of course, you will most likely not be eligible for the whole fed tax credit in 4 months, but you aleady probably kno wthat. Some folks aren't eligible anyway due to other financial issues, and still bought the Camry Hybrid.....
I'm sure the deal will go smoothly, from what I hear of others buying at Fitz...0
I will sell or trade in my 2006 4Runner LTD V8 4WD as it is an excellent SUV but getting 13-17 MPG in city not too happy. I know about the tax credit... at least I will get 50% of it.0
It is north of me in MD and it is about less than 5 hours, not too bad... The sales person told me people are travelling to fitzmall from west 20+ hours to get their Toyotas...0
I will sell or trade in my 2006 4Runner LTD V8 4WD as it is an excellent SUV but getting 13-17 MPG in city not too happy.
Try an experiment! I have a 4Runner as well as a TCH. I have been averaging 15.5 mpg. This week on fill up (I do often) I decided to drive it like my TCH. I have about 100 miles on the tank and am averaging 20.6 mpg.0
I have tried all kinds of experiments, but the fact remains no more than 16-17 MPG in city... it sounds like you might have the V6 engine. Besides the reason of MPG, the main one is to save the environment from extreme daily pollution. My contribution might be very minor, but you never know if others will join as the Hybrid vehicles become more available...0
Nope, V8
I keep it as a low milage vehicle to pull my tractor and trailer. Most of my miles will be with the TCH0
Found on internet at Fitzmall (MD):
2007 Camry Hybrid fully loaded: Nav,SR,LA,CQ
Immediate delivery (will pick up Monday) in time for $2,600 IRS credit.
Wow didn't think It was possible since I was calling every dealer in CA, NV and TX.
Yes! And the most un-believable... got the car at $669 DISCOUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Out the door (I will pay FL tax): $29,920 (msrp:30,589)
plus $19 for out of state tag.
Note: NOOOOOO dealer DOC fee!
Go to www.fitzmall.com and ask for Hank.0
terry92270 Posts: 1,247Hot damn!
That is fantastic. Congratulations!0
Super! better than the whining about prices from would be buyers from their local dealers.0
Called the "Fitz" -- car is waiting --
Lucky, I guess -- almost gave up on the Hybrid -- All dealers in FL, CA, TX & NV told me 2-3-4 mos wait in line for a 'loaded' TCH. Sales guy said I called 10 mins after it was posted. I repeat: I got it 669 under MSRP -- and yes the odo reads 3 miles.
I'm on my 2nd glass of Cabernet -- toasting good luck.0
jb_turner Posts: 702You only got a $669 discount?0
flopshot Posts: 14Lucky, lucky you. I also bought a "cancelled" TCH, but my dealer offered me no such discount. I couldn't find a TCH within several hundred miles of me with the color/options I wanted, but lo-and-behold, when I called this dealer, he said that a pre-ordered TCH exactly the way I wanted it (plus VIP security) just got cancelled by the customer, and the car was being dropped off that day. However, the TCH's are in such high demand in CA that he could have sold it within hours, so I really had no choice but to pay MSRP. I went and picked up the car that day.0
Quite happy with $699 discount on loaded car. Haven't heard too many other better deals.
Certainly not in FL0
Well I picked up my Mag Grey Base TCH today. Ordered July 3rd. Dealer called and sent me the inquiry report several weeks ago saying the car I ordered would be here on such and such date. They called two weeks early and said my vehicle had come in early. Needless to say when I went to pick it up the exterior color was right but interior wrong. Checked the inquiry and that was the same vehicle number. OOPS, got the wrong one, your order wont be for several more months, blah....blah....blah. I took the car the next day after cooling down cause I need a car and could not wait any more.
Regardless I am very happy with the car its just the ordering process and arrogance of dealers who dont have to work to sell a car cause they have people waiting in the wings. That take it or leave it attitude. Just remember Toyota dealers, what goes around eventually comes around.0
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Welcome to another blog hop from The Stamp Review Crew. This week we're featuring the very popular Watercolor Wings stamp set. Along with many other stampers, this set was one of my 'must have' sets from the moment I saw it. You'll find a lot of inspiration on today's blog hop but I'd be very surprised if there is a similar post to mine out there. That's right, I'm taking you beyond the usual comfort zone of papercraft so hang on to your hat!
Many crafty types dabble in more than one hobby and I am no exception. Several years ago I took a few months' course in cake decorating and ever since, I've created the odd special occasion cake. This week I've been making a wedding cake for my sister-in-law's sister, or my husband's brother's wife's sister for those who want the detail. I'll be blogging pics of the cake in a day or two so check back to see or sign up to my blog if you don't want to miss it. It got me thinking about using stamps for more than their intended purpose.
I had the idea to use Watercolour Wings to stamp on fondant icing. I thought the butterflies would particularly lend themselves to cupcake decorations. So once the cake was done and dusted, I decided to give my idea a go.
After a bit of trial and error with regards to how dry the icing should be, I achieved some pretty butterflies.
Step 1. Roll out your fondant until it is quite thin. Bear in mind that the thinner you go, the more elegant they will look but the more fragile they will be.
Step 2. Let the fondant dry until it is quite firm.
Step 3. Choose your desired food dye colours. You'll want to dilute the base colour with water as there are three layers to the Watercolour Wings butterflies. Paint your stamp with a paintbrush and diluted food dye and stamp. Next use a little more intense colour for the second layer and then the undiluted colour for the top layer of stamps.
Note: In our house we only use Hopper Natural Colours. There's no way I let nasty lab chemical colours near the mouths of my babes. This is my passionate (can you tell?) personal preference but you can use any food dye.
Step 4. Let your fondant dry out a little again.
Step 5. Grab your Bold Butterfly framelits and cut out your fondant butterfly with your Big Shot. Yep indeedy, you can use your Big Shot to cut icing! You could protect your icing with wax paper but I just used the framelit by itself and it worked fine.
Step 6. If your fondant is still pliable, you can fold up the wings to the desired shape and leave it to dry thoroughly on some foam (or anything that will keep it in the desired shape whilst it dries out).
Here's my first attempt. Not bad. Love pink!
I decided I wanted to try mixing up the colours a bit. Fortunately food dye is just like regular ink. You can mix and match and create new colours all you like. I decided to mix some pink and yellow for a peach colour for my next base. Then I added a layer of pink around the edges and finally dark yellow spots and centre on the top.
It went well… until I broke off a wing 😦 Not to worry I thought. Originally my plan was to use buttercream icing and just stick the wings into the soft icing but I changed my mind. Inspired by the butterfly body in the stamp set, I molded my own little body out of some black fondant I used on the wedding cake. I also remembered that I had some black stamen somewhere around so they came in handy for the antennae. Perfect. I love when accidents turn out to be happy accidents.
I love how this little guy turned out even better than the first one.
I hope I've inspired the creator in you to have a go at stamping on fondant. You should be able to get fondant in the baking aisle of your local grocery store. If not, a specialised cake decorating supplies store will have it by the truck load.
Now hop along to the amazing Heidi Baks. She has more inspiration for you!
If you need to backtrack, click here to visit the fabulous Nancy Smith, or click here to return to The Stamp Review Crew home for a full list of participants.
EDIT: When photopolymer stamps were first released, Stampin' Up! stated that they were made from FDA approved, food grade material. I've since seen some information that questions this statement so until I can find a definitive answer, it's probably best to treat your butterfly as purely decoration and remove before eating.
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Four Games? What About 52!
The writer of Press The Buttons really presses the right buttons. Up until this day I would have completely gone through life with the following NES cartridge burned out of exsistance in my memory. But that is no longer the case. Today, I remember Action 52 and can finally bury the memories of the boy who so desperatly wanted to understand why he couldn't do good in more then half the games found the extravagant 52-in-1 cartridge. Apperantly it wasn't because I was bad at the games, but because the games were bad.
I think I actually tried playing all 52 games in said piece of plastic and silicon, but that would be a lie. I do actually remember at least 2 or 3 of them freezing the NES. That's right. Like the thing your Windows OS does sometimes. So thats only 48 games left. But that number really doesn't describe exactly how many actual different games existed in this piece of plastic. That number is closer to perhaps 12. But what about the other 36? Just rehashes really. Instead of this weird sprite with blue that has to move left and right, you're a black sprite that moves left and right. And talk about weird backgrounds - what's with the faces?
Now, I can't remember exactly how much my parents found this piece of plastic for, but I sure hope they didn't pay what was apperantly the starting MSRP of $200?! And while it is interesting to see how many other crappy endevours the creators of this cartridge were up to, it's definately a good thing nothing came of them. I wonder were we can find the people that have tried and failed so miserably these days. Perhaps they stayed cleared of the Videogame business.
Personally, I don't think the Cheetahmen would have been able go against another memorable 80's/90's comic/videogame/cartoon mutant animal super group: TMNT!
The Cheetahmen Ran Off….
March 14, 2006 10:17 PM Nintendo


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|Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen
Municipal office in Havelock
|Coordinates: 44°34′N 77°54′W / 44.567°N 77.900°WCoordinates: 44°34′N 77°54′W / 44.567°N 77.900°W
|• Type
|• Mayor
|Jim Martin [1]
|• Deputy Mayor
|David Gerow [1]
|• Prov. riding
|• Federal riding
|• Land
|543.59 km2 (209.88 sq mi)
|• Total
|• Density
|8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
|Time zone
|• Summer (DST)
|Postal Code
|Area code(s)
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen is a township in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in Peterborough County. It was formed on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of Belmont and Methuen Township with the Village of Havelock.
The region's colonial history began with an influx of settlers after Belmont and Methuen Township was surveyed in 1823. The community of Havelock, which was named after British general Sir Henry Havelock, was incorporated as an independent village in 1892.[3]
Early settlers built their homes in an area of dense forests, numerous lakes and rivers within the rocky Canadian Shield. They survived by means of fishing, logging and farming.
By 1869, Blairton was a Village with a population of 500 in the Township of Belmont County. The village was in the immediate vicinity of the richest iron mines in the Dominion and miners and laborers were in great demand. The village was a Station of the Cobourg Peterboro and Marmora Railroad. The land in the vicinity was almost all taken up. There were stages to Norwood and Marmora.[4]
Later in the nineteenth century and continuing to the present, mining became an important economic activity. Early businesses in Havelock included a post office, store, bakery, a blacksmith and a millinery and were located south of the current village on high ground at the intersection of County Road 30 and Old Norwood Road. In 1881, the Canadian Pacific Railway surveyed a right-of-way through the area north of Havelock and a year later laid rails and surveyed and filled the swampy land to make room for a larger village.[3] The current village of Havelock was developed on the filled land by the tracks north of the former village site and was incorporated in 1892. In the fall of 1884, the first full passenger train stopped at Havelock, from Toronto on its way to Smith's Falls. Havelock was an important freight depot from the 1880s to the 1960s. The railway is now run by Canadian Pacific as Kawartha Lakes Railway and its activity today consists of transporting nepheline syenite and crushed basalt rock from two mines north of Havelock operated by Unimin.[3] In 1998, the village of Havelock was amalgamated with the township of Belmont-Methuen to form the current township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen.
Historic School[edit]
The old school, a two story building now known as the Hilltop Apartments, stands at the Northwest corner of Oak Street and Mathison Street, Havelock. In 1890 to 1963 Havelock area students attended this school which in 1937 was renamed Havelock High School. In 1952 Havelock High School students were transferred to the new Norwood District High School in the neighbouring town of Norwood, Ontario. In 1963 Havelock Public School students were transferred to the new Havelock Public School, east of the Havelock Community Centre. In 1963 the school building was sold and converted to apartments.[3] In September, 2005 the Havelock High School Reunion Committee placed in front of the apartments a commemorative plaque bolted to a large red granite stone from a local quarry.
Railway Station[edit]
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) station on Ottawa Street (Hwy #7) in Havelock was built in 1929.[3] It was designated in 1991 as a Heritage Railway Station by the Historic Sights and Monuments Board, Parks Canada. In 2004 the Station was purchased and renovated to accommodate restaurants. [3]
Local Government[edit]
The town's council includes a Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and three Councillors elected on the basis of one per ward, who is elected to join the mayor at meetings of Peterborough County Council. The members of council elected in 2018 are:[5]
Mayor: Jim Martin
Deputy Mayor: David Gerow
- At Large: Hart Webb
- Township Ward: Larry Ellis
- Village Ward: Barry Pomeroy
The township comprises the communities of Ashby Mill, Blairton (ghost town), Blairton Station, Blue Mountain, Chase Corners, Cordova Mines, Freeman Corners, Jack Lake, Havelock, Kasshabog Lake, MacDonald Bay, Nephton (ghost town), Oak Lake, Preneveau, Rockdale, Round Lake, Rush Point and Vansickle.
Havelock is the site of an annual country music festival, the Havelock Country Jamboree, in August.
|Canada census – Havelock-Belmont-Methuen community profile
|4523 (-2.5% from 2006)
|4637 (3.5% from 2001)
|Land area:
|543.59 km2 (209.88 sq mi)
|526.02 km2 (203.10 sq mi)
|Population density:
|8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
|8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
|Median age:
|Total private dwellings:
|Median household income:
|References: 2011[2] 2006[6] earlier[7]
Mother tongue:[8]
- English as first language: 92.0%
- French as first language: 1.1%
- English and French as first language: 1.1%
- Other as first language: 5.8%
Population trend:[9]
- Population in 2011: 4523
- Population in 2006: 4637
- Population in 2001: 4479
- Population total in 1996: 4327
- Havelock (village): 1352
- Belmont and Methuen (township): 2975
- Population in 1991:
- Havelock (village): 1376
- Belmont and Methuen (township): 2697
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "2018 Official Election Results". Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ a b c "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
- ^ a b c d e f Hunter, Harold R. (1993). Havelock Through the Years to Centennial. Belleville, Ontario: Mika Pub. Co. p. 148. ISBN 0-921341-46-6.
- ^ The province of Ontario gazetteer and directory. H. McEvoy Editor and Compiler, Toronto : Robertson & Cook, Publishers, 1869
- ^ "2018 Official Election Results". hbmtwp.ca/. October 22, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- ^ Statistics Canada 2006 Census - Havelock-Belmont-Methuen community profile
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census


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I'm here finally!
Ok, First up, right off the bat the Audi setup is eye catching. All Bright white cars and the R8 5.2 FSi. Also from Audi is the R10 TDI displayed behind glass. Next I'm headed over to Smart and Mercedes, I'll keep you posted on how those are! Check Back Soon!
The Mercedes site was full of sedans and the prized McLaren, which the kept well behind glass, sadly. Smart had a very informative booth that was very approachable with questions. Smart also displayed a plug-in electric vehicle, which seems to be big hit, telling by the crowd of people surrounding it. I passed through the Ford, Lincoln and Honda lines and I did not see too much other than a concept Lincoln sedan with a Euro inspired interior, and a variety of hybrid Fords. Ford did have an all black Bullitt Mustang with "simulated" brushed steel dash panels, a true hot rod!. I have some great photos I will share tomorrow, but as for now on to GM, Chrysler, and Dodge!.
GM brought the full house and took a pretty big chunk of the showroom floor. The GM section has slightly partitioned off from the others and it really gave me a sense of being at a GM only show while I was in there. They had several of their new models out on rotating display with speakers giving presentations on them every few minutes. Chevy really showed up big at the Auto Show, with additions to their lineup and improvements to the old standbys, they really did make a full effort to display their "greener" side.Chevy brought out models like the Chevy Beat, a small sub-compact and the Chevy Cruze, a standard mid size.
GM had out several Hybrids including Sierra, Yukon and Escalade. Hummer also had their New H3T on display. Pontiac also showed off their new G8 GXP, a sport inspired Sedan. Chevy also had on a large display for its Volt, plug in electric car. The Volt can go 40 miles on a single battery charge and then swtich over to a 4 cyl electric generator, extending it's range. A single charge can be done in about 8hrs on a 110v outlet and only 3hrs on 220v outlet. The Volt seemed to be a crowd favorate and many people stood to hear the whole presentation and ask questions.
After Leaving GM, I walked straight into heaven….I mean the Chrysler Dodge Jeep display. They had a simple setup, but had a massive amount of square footage. It looked like they really wanted people to be able to have plenty of space to check out every single model on the floor. There was no big fancy display(most of the Automakers display were more informative than flashy, information seemed to be the common theme throughout) they just let the cars do the talking and let everyone get hands on with them even the Viper. Dodge had the Circuit and the new ENVI hybrid series on display.
More to come……..check back soon……..


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{one} happy Friday and happy Halloween! We don't have any big plans for the night besides handing out candy to all of the kids :)
{two} just a friendly reminder that you have one more week to sign up for the Christmas blog swap. If you want to join, please leave a comment on this post :) Pass it on if you have a friend who might want to join as well.
{three} baby girl has been hanging out on my side near my ribs for the passed day and it is not comfortable! I keep trying to get her to move away and no luck so far.
{four} my mom had made these pumpkin cookies when we were in Ontario, and I had to make them last night. So not healthy, but oh so good!
{five} have a great weekend everyone!


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By Lis Edwards
It's a sensitive moment, handing over your manuscript –your baby- to someone else to read and criticise. Having to send it to mentor Patti Miller a month before I met her was also traumatic: what if she thought it was a load of rubbish? I spent many hours in that month before we met wondering if Patti had read my work in progress and what she thought of it.
I was one of three Central West Writers chosen to be given a mentorship by Patti, who lives in the Blue Mountains. The idea was for Patti, a published writer and professional editor and tutor, to help us lick our manuscripts into shape and overcome any structural problems.
Patti first of all met each of us individually to give us her assessment of our work. She had read each manuscript twice and written down her thoughts about it. In that first couple of hours I realised that Patti was an astute person who understood exactly what I was trying to do, despite the rather obscure nature of my story. She was non-judgemental, understood what my
strengths and weaknesses were and and talked me through the problem of trying to fit together the disparate elements of the story. What we came up with was a workable plan that filled me with unbridled enthusiasm. Here was someone I could confidently share my precious work with in the knowledge that she understood my deep need to write it, even if I didn't really know myself where this came from.
On the second day, Patti talked with all three of us, giving us writing exercises as well as having group discussions on our respective manuscripts. This was also helpful as we all had opinions on how each other's work could develop and improve.
After perseverance and a lot of thought, I think I am on the right track. I hope so because Patti is doing a follow up day with us later in the year and we have to send our revised work to her a month ahead.


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Aurora-winning poet Helen Marshall is an author, editor, and self-proclaimed bibliophile.
Her poetry and fiction have been published in The Chiaroscuro, Paper Crow, Abyss & Apex, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet and Tor.com. She recently released a collection of poems entitled Skeleton Leaves from Kelp Queen Press and her collection of short stories Hair Side, Flesh Side was released from ChiZine Publications in 2012.
Currently, she is pursuing a Ph. D in medieval studies at the University of Toronto, for which she spends a great deal of her time staring at fourteenth-century manuscripts. Unwisely. When you look into a book, who knows what might be looking back.
I recently asked Helen to write about where horror is headed as a genre, she kindly obliged. Please welcome her to the blog!
What Does Magic Realism Have to Offer Horror?
-By Helen Marshall
When originally tapped to write a blog post on new directions in horror, I felt a little bit underqualified. The horror I read, I absolutely adore: but if horror is, to borrow from Kim Newman, the art of going too far, then there's such a swath of great horror writing that sits just outside my threshold. I was a big scaredy cat as a kid. I'm still a big scaredy cat. But I also like how horror writing gives us the license to go too far. To push at the boundaries. And so, in some ways, this is me trying to work out what my writing has to do with horror, and in other ways, this is me trying to work out how horror works…
But there's been a recent movement—more a ripple than a movement, really—in the horror genre that's got me excited. I noticed it first when editing Robert Shearman's collection, Remember Why You Fear Me—well, first I say in a loose sense: I think people who read Shearman's work know that he's doing something a little bit different than everyone else, something blackly funny and scary at the same time. The story that comes to mind is his very twisted "Granny's Grinning" about a kid who gets a zombie suit for Christmas. But the feeling struck again when I opened Karen Tidbeck's very excellent collection Jagannath to find a story about a man who falls in love with a zeppelin. There's something strange going on in these stories. There's something strange going on and it's working.
What's interesting about these stories is neither one of them quite follows the rules for horror but still manage to achieve a similar effect.
So how does horror work? As Douglas Winter says—and has been echoed as a rallying cry for modern horror writers—horror isn't a genre so much as it is an emotion. But I would argue there is a kind of underlying mechanic to the way that emotion works in fiction, and realism is in some way the key to it. Horror works most profoundly at the moment in which the reader identifies with the character in jeopardy, when the jeopardy becomes a shared experience and when the jeopardy transfers—for just a second—to the reader. To get that emotional punch, that psychic linking, the world has to feel real. Chuck Palahniuk tells a story about how medieval craftsmen making stained glass had to pay extra attention to the simple things in their work—the fold of robes, the curl of hair, the kinds of flowers at the feet. Why? Because if they could get those right—those basic, ordinary, quotidian details—then the saints and monsters would come alive for the peasants in the church. The fantastic would be drawn into the world of the real.
But in both Shearman and Tidbeck's story, something else is happening. And that something is drawn from absurdist or magic realist fiction: here, they both present the "strange"—their rupture from reality—upfront: they normalize it. They don't explain it. It simply…is.
"Sarah didn't want the zombie, and she didn't know anyone else who did. Apart from Graham, of course, but he was only four, he wanted everything; his Christmas list to Santa had run to so many sheets of paper that Daddy had said that Santa would need to take out a second mortgage on his igloo to get that lot, and everyone had laughed, even though Graham didn't know what an igloo was, and Sarah was pretty sure that Santa didn't live in an igloo anyway."
The prose immediately disarms the reader. It subverts expectations. "Yeah," it seems to say, "you thought this was going to be scary? You thought this was horror, hey? It's not."
So you drop your guard. You give in to the gimmicky, jokey tone of the piece. You accept the logic of a world that allows little girls to put on zombie suits and transform themselves utterly.
But "Granny's Grinning" (spoiler alert!) is playing a game. What promises to be a story about zombies shifts to a family drama. It's about Christmas! It's about preparing the house to be just right for Granny (Granny whose husband just died, Granny who holds the purse strings in her withered, little hands). You come to forget the zombies, because everyone else has forgotten them…but then Sarah puts on the suit. And it's not a normal zombie suit. There's a glint of recognition in Granny's eye. It is just any old zombie. It's Grandpa. And then that glint of recognition becomes something more. Something terrible.
The story delivers its chilling and very sinister conclusion at the moment when the central oddness—the zombie suit; the funny little gimmick that the reader has come to ignore—gets twisted around on itself. The reader who, thus far, has been encouraged to laugh at Sarah struggling with her clumsy, decomposing body at the dinner table, suddenly has to confront how they have been made to be complicit, how they too have tacitly agreed to serve Sarah's zombie body up to Granny…
And that's where the horror lies. Not just in what happens to Sarah, but in what the reader has allowed to happen to Sarah. Just by laughing. Just by accepting the rules of the world that author has created.
Karin Tidbeck plays a similar sort of game in her short story "Beatrice"—here, the physician Franz Hiller falls desperately in love with a display zeppelin at a fair in Berlin, but when he finds his darling Beatrice cannot be purchased, he makes do with a replacement. He houses "Beatrice II" in a warehouse he shares with Anna (Anna too has suffered a similar misfortune in falling in love with a steam engine). The story is delightfully charming in its absurdity. And you come to care for Franz Hiller. You come to love him as he struggles to woo his new, surprisingly taciturn bride. Because he knows, deep down, that this second zeppelin isn't Beatrice, but he can pretend she's Beatrice, he can call her Beatrice, and he can hope, oh, he can hope that maybe the one will be so very like the other…
And that's where Tidbeck gets you. Because suddenly you're willing to give Franz Hiller the licence to play out his little self-deception. And it's only when Tidbeck turns the tables, when Beatrice II comes to speak for herself and rail against the slavery—the false marriage—that she's been forced into, that we see the dark flipside of the world we've allowed ourselves to be lulled into accepting. And while Tidbeck doesn't linger long in the horror of the moment, it carries a heck of a wallop. Because suddenly the position of the reader has shifted. It isn't a love story. It's a story about captivity and subjugation.
One of the interesting things Tzvetan Todorov said in The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre was that in fantasy (and horror by extension) the fantastic element can never be reduced entirely to metaphor or allegory. Certainly, the fantastic often shares elements with allegory—writers as diverse as C. S. Lewis come to mind, and Tolkien, and even Stephen King—but it's always doing something else as well. The encounter with the fantastic takes place at the level of the literal.
Magic realism, on the other hand, moves much closer to the symbolic. It plays with metafiction. It disorients. It offers a kind of reticence in which the author deliberately withholds explanations about the mechanics of the fantastic in order to open up a space where the reader is never quite sure of the rules of the game. The literal can become the metaphorical. The literal can breakdown without the story breaking down.
I love that. That's the kind of chicanery I love pulling in my own writing.
In my collection, Hair Side, Flesh Side, I wrote a story called "Blessed" (which you can read here) in which a seven-year-old girl is given the body of St. Lucia of Syracuse by her dad, only to discover that her mum now feels the need to up the ante, so to speak, by dredging the Seine for the ashes of Joan of Arc. It's a story that plays the same game as "Granny's Grinning" and "Beatrice". It works because if the story can get you to laugh at Joan of Arc lighting herself on fire in order to reprimand a little girl for misbehaving in the second act, then when the little girl suddenly starts behaving like a saint—a genuine saint, the kind willing to mutilate herself to show her devotion—it turns the tables on you.
All writing is a kind of magic trick, really: you show the reader a handkerchief, and then you set-up a distraction while you transform it into a bouquet of flowers. But the intersection of horror and magic realism heightens that effect precisely because it allows the author to go too far—to explode the world they've created, to break the rules it seems to run by. Magic realism delights in tricking you. In shifting the ground beneath your feet. And horror, well, horror is the thing that happens once you realize you've been tricked, that you wanted to be tricked all along. And that's what I love in good fiction—that play with the illusion of realism that still manages to snag a piece of you and twist.


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Where Do I Start? (Part 1)
January 22, 2015
"15 and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:15-17
Part One: When?
The first step to developing a personal habit of daily Bible reading is to decide if you are a morning person or a night person. You probably already know which one you are. If not, consider:
- If going to bed before midnight seems early, you are a night person.
- If getting sleepy during supper is the norm, you are a morning person.
- If waking up at 7 am feels like you have slept the day away, you are morning person.
- If waking up at 7 am feels like the middle of the night, you are a night person.
- If you eat breakfast when most people are eating lunch, you are a night person.
- If you crave a mid-morning snack when most people are having breakfast, you are a morning person.
- If Daylight Savings never stresses you out because you are usually awake when the time changes, you are a night person.
- If you panic the night of Daylight Savings, you are probably a morning person.
- If you love a fresh cup of coffee before everyone wakes up, you are a morning person.
- If you love hot tea after the Late-Late Show, you are a night person.
You get the idea. You are (probably) either a night person or a morning person. It is important to identify which you claim to be because that time period is when you want to start your time with God. When it comes to reading the Bible, you want it to be during the time you are most alert. Where your mind can be most "in tune" with what God is saying from His Word.
I don't think one is "more holy or sacred" than the other. Jesus practiced both. There were times when He got up early to be with God (Mark 1:35). There were times when He prayed all night (Luke 6:12). Similarly, the psalmist spent time with God in both the morning (Psalm 59:16) and the evening (Psalm 141:2).
So what about you? When are you most alert? When is your mind fully awake?


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Another clutch of books - I'm reading a lot more this year, I think due to the Kindle - so much easier to read and knit on the train!
I shall wear midnight, by Terry Pratchett [audiobook]. Read by Stephen Briggs. Oxford: ISIS, 2010.
The fourth and last of the Tiffany Aching series; Tiffany's enemy this time is the Cunning Man, a creature who takes over human bodies to pursue witches. Meanwhile Roland, Tiffany's former beau, is marrying another girl. The Nac Mac Feegles add their usual comic interest, and as ever Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg provide a source of wisdom and weirdness. A very good finale to the series.
Executive power, by Vince Flynn. New York: Pocket, 2004.
The next in the Mitch Rapp series, set in the Middle East and among the upper echelons of the CIA. One of the things I like about Flynn is that the narration shifts ever so slightly depending on the point of view of the character being described; so while you're reading the Israeli's point of view you understand it entirely; and then you move to a Palestinian character with an opposite opinion and that's perfectly comprehensible too. However, there's still a sense that the US actually understands what's going on and knows best, which is less attractive. This thriller rattles along, albeit somewhat shapelessly. My only real criticism of it is that he's turning Anna Reilly, Mitch's wife, into a bit of a shrew, which is a shame.
Defending evil, by Charles Shea. Kindle edition.
Travis Knight and his partner Ray are up-and-coming lawyers in Atlanta, Georgia; and none too scrupulous about the clients they take on. When they take on the case of a former schoolfriend, and famous quarterback, accused of murdering his wife, they find out very quickly that the man is guilty. Then the threats begin... This is tightly written and plotted, and has a twist about two-thirds of the way through which is surprising but not entirely unexpected.
It's your time you're wasting: a teacher's tales of classroom hell, by Frank Chalk. [S.l.]: Monday Books, 2011. Kindle edition.
The title says it all; this is a collection of blog posts about life in what Alastair Campbell once described as "bog-standard comprehensives". The author is the same age as me, and seems to have gone to a similar (quite good) comprehensive school. Some of the anecdotes here are hilarious, some are just sad, and some made me quite fearful about the future. Throughout, though, there's a battered sense of compassion for the kids, whether they're there to learn or not.
The hanging shed, by Gordon Ferris. [S.l.]: Corvus, 2011. Kindle edition.
Douglas Brodie has drifted since being demobbed in 1945; he's making a desultory effort to be a freelance crime reporter in London, having left the police to join the Army in 1939. Out of the blue he receives a phone call from a former schoolfriend, Hugh Donovan, who has been condemned to death for raping and murdering a young boy. Brodie returns to his native Glasgow at Donovan's request. All the evidence points to Donovan's guilt, but he's convinced he's innocent, and Brodie reluctantly starts to dig into the case with the help of Donovan's barrister Sam Campbell. This book is as interesting for the period details - it has some elements of John Buchan or Dornford Yates, but written with today's frankness of gruesome details. I've downloaded another couple of Ferris's books on the basis of this.


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The man from Sligo was already in his 29th year when he joined the club from Glenavon in 1950 ("I lied about my age!" he told me) but he went on to make 254 appearances for the Hoops.
He won one championship medal and twice collected both the Scottish Cup and the League Cup. Nicknamed the Iron Man for his strength and bravery, in the days before substitutes he once played the final 20 minutes of a match against Hearts with his arm in a sling after breaking his collar bone. ("It wasn't as if it was a broken leg," he said).
His greatest contribution, however, came during his time as No 2 to Jock Stein from 1965-76, during which time he was responsible for signing players like Tommy Gemmell, Kenny Dalglish, Lou Macari, Davie Hay and George Connelly, while helping Stein guide Celtic to nine successive titles and, famously, the European Cup in 1967.
After leaving Celtic he briefly managed Dumbarton and, in 1980, he attempted to entice Johan Cruyff ("I've spoken to the boy!") to Boghead with a £2,000 weekly wage.
"Despite the fact he was getting on in years, he still had a really sharp brain and a sharp wit," said Lennon.
"He was always very fit looking and kept himself immaculately dressed. It's just a great loss for us because he's an icon and very, very popular with everyone around the club.
"I was pretty sad to hear the news this morning. He will be sorely missed and my thoughts go out to his family. It was fantastic to be with him as he unfurled the flag at the start of the season.
"Sean was an icon and I couldn't think of anyone better to do it for us. The last time I saw him I did the [125th] anniversary photograph and he was still in great form then.
"He had a good innings but I'm very sorry he's passed away. It's just a sad day for the club. Sean was a long-time servant and a great servant for the club. He was a real gentleman."


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This is a bit of a rant I had recently, and one I've had over the years in various capacities… It's probably the single issue I'm most close-minded about. I hate that I'm so close-minded about anything, but if there's something to be close-minded about, I guess this is decently innocuous.
It starts with a rant about poetry. I cannot stand e. e. cummings. His total disregard for the standards of the English language itself denigrate the communicative purposes of the written word. But he isn't even close to the worst offender in poetry, not in my mind.
Back when I was a freshman in college, I took a class called "Arts in Tuscaloosa." It was an honors class that was supposed to cover my fine arts credit. We met twice a week, once in small groups of 10 or so, and once with the entire class of 50 to 100 kids. My roommate was in the large class with me. That class was very fond of modern art. We had to, as assignments, go and experience art, food, culture in different ways and turn in responses. Those responses could be written, but they had some really ridiculous requirement banning the use of adjectives, I believe, in those responses. They could also be creative. I went for creative and sketched. I'm not the best sketch artist, but I tried. I put effort into it, was clearly creative… still couldn't get above a B- for my work. Meanwhile, my roommate decided to see how little effort he could put into a response. We saw a dance show together, "Dance! Alabama" in fall of 2006. He went to PowerPoint and created a slide with a light to dark blue gradient, the words "Dance! Alabama 2006" aligned right at the top, and three crappy ClipArt dancers at the bottom. He got an A+, and I refused to return to the class ever again.
Not so great for my grades, perhaps, but whatever. That class annoyed the crap out of me.
As you might guess, they were quite fond of modern art and modern poetry in there. In our large class lectures, we would listen to a guest speaker each week. The only one I remember was Hank Lazer. I remember because I hated his poetry. He told us in the class that, basically, poetry could be just random words you find on the street amalgamated together. As an example, he had a "poem" that had a random paragraph from the Alabama Code of Law every other stanza.
I hated that poetry and I hated the assertion that random words thrown haphazardly onto paper, words not even necessarily your own, could create poetry. That's not poetry, that's a word collage, and not even a well done one, not with his descriptions. He didn't talk about why you used the random words, he talked like you just throw your hand into the hat and pull out something random.
Beyond poetry, modern art annoys me further still. Look at this thing about a piece called "Three Blank Canvases." Just three canvases, painted white. Or three canvases with what looks like sections of a science textbook printed on them. If these things are defined as art, how does art have meaning and worth? Is this blog I'm writing art? Is a photograph I take of my cluttered work desk art? And what about performance art? If someone burns all their possessions on a street corner, is that art or someone that needs new stuff/therapy? Is it only art if we just call it art? Where's the line drawn? If a guy rapes a woman in public, but calls it performance art, is it? What if it's consensual sex, is it art then? Is self-immolation art if that's what someone calls it?
Part of the problem is that art loses the artist's meaning in the eyes of the viewer. The audience determines something's artistic value and meaning. So, some people can find things beautiful and perhaps even "artistic" where I might rant and rail against it. But I think there needs to be a line, parameters drawn. You can find it beautiful or thought-provoking, but that doesn't mean it's art. Sitting at the piano doing nothing for four minutes and 33 seconds isn't music, John Cage, it's just silence and laziness. I swear, if anyone "performs" that piece near me, I'm jumping on stage to do my own song and dance, and they can't stop me because I'm part of the "ambient noise" then.
It's frustrating to me to think of the great artists like Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt… I think of writers like William Shakespeare and Robert Browning and Edgar Allen Poe and Sylvia Plath and William Wordsworth… Musicians like Beethoven and Mozart and Bach… Many of these people, these artists, had struggles. Van Gogh suffered from depression that led to his suicide. Plath had the same problem. Michelangelo nearly went blind painting the Sistine Chapel. Mozart had various problems, some of which likely stemmed from his being bandied about at such a young age. Beethoven was deaf.
I'm not saying personal struggle is necessary for artists, but these artists struggled in their own lives and in their works. It took effort, caused pain, took time. Their art had purpose and true devotion poured in, whether you enjoy the final product or not. And that's something I just don't see too often with modern art. I know I'm a bit of a heretic among my artistic and culture-loving friends for saying this, but there is so much in modern art that just doesn't seem like art to me. Maybe Plato was right and there is an objective form for beauty or art. Or maybe I'm just narrow-minded. After all, many of the artists I named were branded heretical for pushing the bounds in their days, going largely unnoticed or deemed unworthy to be considered artists.
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Sunday is St. Patrick's Day. If there is anything you should know about St.Patrick's Day, it's that it IS my favourite holiday... EVER! I'm not really sure how that got to be but I remember as a kid my mom would always get excited about St. Patrick's Day, we'd dress in green, and I'd wear a big shamrock pin and... yeah, so it probably originated there, haha! I so look forward to this holiday as it's just about green (Pantone colour of the year anyone?), fun, beer, and the odd Irish jig.
|Last year: leaving for Montreal
The past couple of years I've gone away for St. Patrick's Day: Boston two years ago (amazing and my favourite) and Montreal last year. This year I am also going away, but to Niagara Falls! As a Patty's Day destination it doesn't really make A LOT of sense, but that's neither here nor there. Last summer my roommate won a trip for two to Niagara Falls and (due in part to its impending expiry) we decided to use it now! The trip includes a business class (read: free drinks) round trip train fare and 2 night stay in a two-room deluxe suite at the Fallsview Hilton Hotel! What?! Yup! So we are heading down the morning of St. Pats and going to the nearest Irish Pub the second we arrive (I Googled it, there is one). Last year apparently the Falls were green and I would love it if they were this year too! Our second night I think we'll tour around a bit as we both haven't been there in years, and go out for a nice dinner. Very much looking forward to it!
May you all have a safe and fun St. Patrick's Day! *Insert Wee Irish Jig Here*
|The Falls on St. Patrick's Day 2012
|St. Patrick's Day in Boston 2011


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April 2010 Plant Profile: Epimedium
It has taken me almost three years to get the chance to feature one of my most favorite of all blooming shade perennials and with a wide assortment of them beginning to hit their peak, I will discuss the entire genus. Known as" Barrenwort" to some, "Fairy Wings" to others and "Horny Goat Weed" to herbalist, I am talking about the enchanting Epimedium.
"Eppies", as I often call them amongst fellow plant geeks, have long been known as a tried-and-true perennial for dry shade. Typically planted under trees in a woodland setting, we have a wide assortment of various species and selected cultivars that thrive in various conditions just to demonstrate how adaptive they can really be in many landscape settings here in the Pacific Northwest. With many recent introductions from China finding their way into the market, many unusual forms and hybrids are beginning to turn up.
Within the Soest Garden, we have about 10 different species and named cultivars on display. Most of them are evergreen and reside underneath a large red oak tree and a handful are deciduous that have evident buds ready to spring into full bloom in the month of April.
Every landscape deserves an Epimedium. You really can't ask for a more elegant, tough and reliable perennial.
- Common Name: Barrenwort, Fairy Wings
- Location: Soest Garden Beds 2, 6, 7 and the dry shade bed under the large red oak. Two species in the Fragrance Garden (thought no Epimedium is fragrant, unfortunately)
- Family: Berberidaceae
- Origin: Asian and Eastern European species and some of garden origin
- Height: 6-12″
- Spread: Can form tight clumps after several years
- Bloom Time: Usually mid-late March onto April and sometimes into May.
- Bloom Type/Color: Various
- Exposure: Part-Full Shade
- Water/Soil: Well drained, moderately moist. Asian species and their hybrids tend to prefer more water.


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Any Gan Farmers In New York State?
Learn how to obtain ant colonies for your formicariums or sell your ant colonies locally in a legal and ecologically-friendly manner through the GAN Project.
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Any Gan Farmers In New York State?
I haven't had much luck catching queens. Either I miss them or the queens I catch are not fertile. Which has led me in the search to by queens and or colonies that may be just starting out. Is there any GAN Farmers in Central New York that have queens for sale?
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Just check the GAN page. It has a list of all farmers, their stock, and their prices. http://www.AntsCanada.com/queen-ants-for-sale/
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See the problem is that I have checked and have seen that there are farmers in New York selling queens and have filled out the needed sheet but have not gotten any word back. So I figured posting here would help gain some attention from those in my area who have to many queens or the GAN farmers in my state that are selling.
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The print is titled The Dachshund. Appendix 4: Sleep Study and it was drawn by (no surprises) a Dachshund-owning artist named Kimmy Hogan.
Kimmy, who is based in Australia, based the sketches on her own miniature dachshund, Rio.
Kimmy also has an Etsy shop, but she's on maternity leave at the moment. But you can still catch her at her beautiful blog, Whitewiththree.blogspot.co.uk. As I'm on a bit of a houseplants tip right now, I particularly enjoyed her inspiring latest post, on that very topic.
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More Advanced Sentence Analysis....
I don't know if anyone else here got this problem - but I am struggling a lot with the analysis of more advanced sentences.
Up to Intermediate Sentence Analysis is quite frequent - and once in a while this subject is addressed in UI as well. But often I struggle with the more advanced sentences in the upper levels. Especially in Media, where more tricky sentence compositions are rather rule than exception and often go beyond simple grammar rules (or at least stretching them to their limits). Although I usually get the gist of it, details and nuances easily get obscured.
Anyone else would appreciate detailed and professional sentence analysis for Media style "trick sentences" (= the real stuff)? Probably not in a "regular" lesson but in a different format? Maybe a series of "Intro lessons" for Media.
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A passionate cook and foodie, I love spending time in my kitchen..... Listed here are a series of my tried and tested recipes learnt from family and elsewhere. They are very easy to do and simple with ingredients readily available at any kitchen......
Friday, 8 May 2015
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Loved reading about such sweet childhood memory of yours.. Love the dal poori.. delicious!!ReplyDelete
Subha thanks so much ...meri rasoi....your rasoi is very attractive tooReplyDelete
Your daal poori dragged me to your post, Soma! Love to try this recipe soon! and loved reading beautiful story attached to it!ReplyDelete
it dragged me too :) I'm feeling so connected now. thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
Soma, your narration has taken me to my childhood where my grandma used to make Alu paratha for us with mint rainta, almost everyday. Total indulgence for us.ReplyDelete
This poori is called dal kachori in our region and was a rare affair since its heavy and all. But whenevr we had it, it was amazingReplies
Thanks a big bunch...Delete
Who doesn't like spiced potato. Mine all time favorite:)ReplyDeleteReplies
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Your post made me nostalgic,my mother used to make thisReplyDelete
Ani Paul thank you so much...ReplyDelete


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Emanuel Rejects Trial for Memos' Authors
Monday, April 20, 2009
The Obama administration opposes any effort to prosecute those in the Justice Department who drafted legal memos authorizing harsh interrogations at secret CIA prisons, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said yesterday.
Some analysts and lawmakers have called for investigations and possible prosecution of those involved because they say four of the memos, disclosed last week by President Obama, illegally authorized torture. Emanuel's dismissal of the idea went beyond Obama's pledge not to prosecute CIA officers who acted on the Justice Department's legal advice.
"It's not a time to use our energy and our time in looking back" out of "any sense of anger and retribution," Emanuel said on ABC's "This Week." His remarks reflect the White House's effort to claim a middle ground after the release of the memos, which had been top secret, angered backers of the Bush administration's interrogation policy.
Emanuel disputed an assertion by Michael V. Hayden, the former CIA and National Security Agency director, that releasing the highly detailed accounts of the CIA's practices will help terrorists resist questioning in the future. Emanuel said the techniques were already known because of unofficial leaks, particularly in a lengthy report by the Red Cross summarizing how CIA detainees described their treatment.
Emanuel also echoed Obama's statement last week that the interrogation techniques had sullied the U.S. image abroad, instead of making the country safer. Senior adviser David Axelrod, appearing on CBS's "Face the Nation," noted that Obama had banned further use of these techniques anyway, so "there was no legal rationale for keeping them classified."
"It's one of the key tools al-Qaeda has used for recruitment," he said.
Hayden, appearing on "Fox News Sunday," said he was one of four former CIA directors who had contacted White House Counsel Gregory B. Craig and National Security Adviser James L. Jones to stop the disclosures, which were also opposed by Leon Panetta, the agency's head.
Hayden acknowledged past leaks but said that those were different from "going out there and defining in an absolutely clear way what the [interrogation] limits are." He also complained that "there will be more revelations. There will be more commissions. There will be more investigations," which he said will unsettle CIA officers.
But Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), a member of the armed services and homeland security committees, said on the same program that she thinks releasing the memos helped remove a "recruitment tool" for terrorists. She said that "there probably needs to be more questions asked of the lawyers who gave this advice" and described as "scary" Bush's appointing one of them, former assistant attorney general Jay S. Bybee, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.


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The Osmo Words box contains 26 red and 26 blue English alphabet tiles (all uppercase) for a total of 52 tiles.
In the Fall of 2017, the Words tiles will transition to upper case on one side and lower case on the other. And these new upper/lowercase tiles will be available for sale for educators as a stand-alone product, for those who wish to replace their uppercase tiles.


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Ford Focus RS Is Going To Be Subaru WRX's Killer
There has never been anything that would have us dislike the Subaru WRX, because there really is none. The Subaru WRX has done great since it first arrived on the market, however it is now beginning to drop behind and we believe that one vehicle that may take over from it is the Ford Focus RS.
The Subaru WRX has an engine of 2 litres along with the manual gearbox which comes with 6 speeds, delivering 268 horses. The Ford Focus RS should be coming to the roads in the US soon and when it does it should offer up an engine that is better and this in turn should offer more horsepower.
We are expecting the engine to come in the form of the 2.3 litre EcoBoost in the Ford Focus RS and it was the same that was seen in the Ford Mustang. However the engine in the RS is going to be boosted and it has been said that it may be about 345 horse power.
The engine in the Ford Focus RS will have been given a boost and we are expecting it to be able to travel from standing still to 62mph in 4.7 seconds, with top speed of 165mph. Thanks to the Drift mode the vehicle is going to be able to offer the owner a driving experience that is much better.
When the Ford Focus RS does arrive in the US the price tag may be in the region of around $36, 605 but we are going to have to wait to see if it can beat the Subaru WRX or not. When they do come together head to head, you'll know where to get the updates; stay tuned.


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Steve's Digicams - Breaking News - Panasonic 09/12/2008 Press Releases
Press Release - September 12, 2008
PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-G1: WORLD'S SMALLEST AND LIGHTEST DIGITAL INTERCHANGEABLE LENS CAMERAWorld's First Micro Four Thirds System Camera Features Portability, Ease-of-Use and Colorful Blue and Red Models For Personalized Style and Active Lifestyles
Secaucus, NJ (September 12, 2008) - Panasonic today announced the world's first Micro Four Thirds system camera, the LUMIX DMC-G1, the world's smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera, weighing in at approximately 385 grams (0.85 lbs). Based on the new Micro Four Thirds System standard, the LUMIX G1 eliminates the internal mirror structure that defines digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras, thus reducing the size and weight by nearly half. With the mirror-less system, the G1's flange back, which is the distance between the mount and the image sensor, has been reduced from 40 mm - as specified in the Four Thirds System - to approximately 20 mm.
The new Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G1 will enhance the advanced photo quality and flexibility made possible by the Four ThirdsTM System, and with its innovative design, consumers will appreciate the portability of a smaller camera body and lenses. The G1 will be available in mid-November as a kit with the new LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm/F3.5- 5.6 ASPH/MEGA O.I.S lens. Also available in November, and announced today, is the LUMIX G VARIO 45-200mm/F4.0-5.6/MEGA O.I.S.lens.
"With the LUMIX G1, we are filling a void that has existed for a long time in the digital camera market because consumers wanted the power of an SLR, but previous models were bulky and inconvenient," said David Briganti, National Marketing Manager, Imaging, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company. "The LUMIX G answers this challenge as consumers can benefit from the flexibility of changing lenses; a quick Auto Focus; and a sensor that produces high-quality photos. By packing all those powerful assets into an extremely compact body with easy-to-use features familiar to point-and-shoot users, we are excited about G, as it brings new possibilities to the consumer."
The LUMIX G1 is also the world's first interchangeable lens camera that will come with color variety - with availability in black, blue and red models - allowing consumers to personalize their style through color, something very popular with point-and-shoot camera models.
For current Four Thirds users with a collection of lenses, an optional mount adapter will allow Four Thirds lenses to be compatible with the LUMIX G1.*** Also, today, with the introduction of the Micro Four Thirds System, Panasonic is announcing a wide-variety of accessories including: External Flash DMW-FL220(GN22); PL Filter: DMW-LPL52; Mount Adapter: DMW-MA1; Battery Pack: DMW-BLB13; DC Cable: DMW-DCC3; Soft Case: DMW-CG1; Soft Bag: DMW-BAG1; Shoulder Strap (Stylish) DMW-SSTG1-A/C/R; Shoulder Strap (Woven) DMW-SSTG2-W; Shoulder Strap (Leather) DMW-SSTG3-T.
The G1 is also compatible with current accessories: External Flash: DMW- FL360(GN36)/DMW-FL500(GN50); ND Filter: DMW-LND52; MC Protector: DMW- LMC52; Remote Shutter: DMW-RSL1; HDMI mini Cable: RP-CDHM15(1.5m), RP- CDHM30(3.0m).
The G1's compact size can also be attributed to its electronic full-time Live View Finder, as opposed to a conventional optical viewfinder. The electronic Live View Finder, with an impressive and high-resolution 1,440,000-dot equivalent, allows the user to shoot the exact image the camera sees while also displaying information about the camera's settings through the view finder. The G1 also features a clever built-in eye sensor, so the camera can detect when the user is nearing the view finder and automatically switches off the LCD, thus conserving battery life. Furthermore, the Live View Finder has a large 1.4x (0.7x on a 35mm equivalent) magnification and when using the G1 in manual focus mode, the frame in the view finder or LCD will enlarge by 5x or 10x (can adjust using the dial).
The Live View Finder and the bright 460,000-dot resolution, 3.0-inch LCD provide a 100% field of view, letting the user adjust settings before taking a shot, which is a great learning tool for consumers beginning to use manual controls as they can visually confirm the effects of changed settings. The LCD can also swivel 180 degrees horizontally and 270 degrees vertically, giving the consumer flexibility to take high and low-angle shots, and its Auto Power technology will automatically boost brightness by as much as 40% depending on the shooting condition so it remains visible in all lighting environments.
The G1 introduces a new Contrast AF (Auto Focus) function that is not only accurate and easy to use, but also very fast. Users can choose from a wide-range of AF modes, including multiple-area AF with up to 23 focus areas, 1-area AF with a selectable focus area, Face Detection, and AF Tracking. In the 1-area AF mode, the AF frame size can be changed by simply turning a dial. The G1 also has a Quick AF function that begins focusing as soon as the user aims the camera - no need to wait to press the shutter button halfway. This provides quicker focusing that can help capture the subject before the crucial moment passes.
Users familiar with point-and-shoot digital cameras, and new to the world of advanced interchangeable lens cameras, will benefit from Panasonic's Intelligent Auto (iA) mode. When in iA mode, the G1 will detect the shooting condition and automatically adjust for the ultimate shooting results. Panasonic's iA includes the following intuitive technologies.
About Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company
Based in Secaucus, N.J., Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company is a Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (NYSE: MC) and the hub of Panasonic's U.S. marketing, sales, service and R&D operations. In its commitment to provide consumers with extensive imaging resources, Panasonic LUMIX established the Digital Photo Academy, a series of nationwide workshops designed to instruct consumers how to optimize the features on their digital cameras and produce high-quality photos. Panasonic is honored to support OUR PLACE - The World's Heritage, a project that will create the world's largest photographic collection of UNESCO World Heritage sites, with acclaimed photographers exclusively using LUMIX digital cameras to capture all images. Information about Panasonic LUMIX digital still cameras and its affiliated programs is available at www.panasonic.com/dsc.
Lumix DMC-G1 Specifications
|Camera Type
|Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera
|Camera Effective Pixels
|12.1 Mega Pixels
|Optical Image Stabilizer
Intelligent ISO Control
Face Detection
Intelligent Scene Selector
Light Detection
AF Tracking
|Image Sensor
|13.1 Total Mega Pixels
Live MOS Sensor
Primary Color Filter
|Image Sensor Size
|17.3 x 13.0mm
|Dust Reduction System
|Supersonic wave filter
|Focal Length
|f=14mm to 45mm (35mm film camera equivalent 28mm to 90mm)
|Lens Construction
|12 elements in 9 groups (1 Aspherical lens)
|Aperture Type
|7 diaphragm blades / Circular aperture diaphragm
|Aperture Range
|F3.5 (Wide) - F5.6 (Tele)
Minimum Aperture F22
|Micro Four Thirds mount
|Closest Focusing Distance
|0.30m at all focal lengths
|Maximum Magnification
|Approx. 0.17x / 0.34x (35mm film camera equivalent)
|Diagonal Angle of View
|Filter Size
|52mm / 2.05 in
|Max. Diameter
|60mm / 2.36 in
|Overall Length (Lens only)
|Approx. 60mm / 2.36 in (from the tip of the lens to the base side of the lens mount)
|Weight (Lens only)
|Approx. 195g / 6.88oz
|Type: Contrast AF system
Mode: AFs/AFc/MF
AF Detective Range: EV 0-18 (ISO100)
AF mode: Face detection
AF Tracking/23-area-focusing/1-area-focusing
|AF/AE Lock
|Yes (AF/AE LOCK button or Shutter button halfway pressed in AFs mode)
|AF Assist Lamp
|ISO Sensitivity
|Auto / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 / Intelligent ISO
|White Balance
|Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Shade / Halogen / Flash / White Set 1,2 / Color temperature setting
|White Balance Adjustment
|Blue/Amber Bias
Magenta/Green Bias
|Color Temperature Setting
|2500-10000K in 100K
|White Balance Bracket
|3 exposures in blue/amber axis or in magenta/green axis
|Program AE
Aperture Priority AE
Shutter Priority AE, Manual
|Exposure Compensation
|1/3 EV Step, ± 2 EV
|Auto Bracketing (AE)
|3,5,7 frame, in 1/3 or 2/3 EV Step, ±2 EV
|Light Metering System
|144-zone multi-pattern sensing system
|Light Metering
|Intelligent Multiple / Center-weighted / Spot
|Metering Range
|EV 0-18 (F2.0 lens, ISO 100)
|Scene Modes
|SCN (Sunset / Party / Baby 1, 2 / Pet)
|Advanced Scene Mode
|Portrait mode: Normal, Soft Skin, Outdoor, Indoor, Creative
Scenery mode: Normal, Nature, Architecture, Creative
Sports mode: Normal, Outdoor, Indoor, Creative
Night Portrait: Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Illuminations, Creative
|Shutter Speed/Shutter System
|Type: Focal-plane shutter, Speed: 1/4000 ~ 60 and Bulb (up to approx. 4 minutes), Remote control with bulb function by DMW-RSL1 (Optional)
|Self Timer
|2 seconds / 10 seconds / 10 seconds / 3 images
|Recording Format
|Still Image: JPEG(Design rule for Camera File system, based on Exif 2.21 standard), RAW, DPOF corresponding image with audio: JPEG (Design rule for Camera File system, based on Exif 2.21 standard)+ QuickTime
Motion picture: QuickTime Motion JPEG
|Image Quality
|Fine / Standard / RAW / RAW+Standard JPEG / RAW+Fine JPEG
|Color Space
|sRGB, Adobe RGB
|RECORDING IMAGE SIZE (Pixels)
|4:3 Aspect Ratio (Still Image)
|4000 x 3000 pixels
2816 x 2112 pixels
2048 x 1536 pixels
|3:2 Aspect Ratio (Still Image)
|4000 x 2672 pixels
2816 x 1880 pixels,
2048 x 1360 pixels
|16:9 Aspect Ratio (Still Image)
|4000 x 2248 pixels
2816 x 1584 pixels
1920 x 1080 pixels
|Burst Shooting Mode
|7 pics(when there are RAW file with the particular speed)
Unlimited consecutive shooting (when no RAW file) (depending on memory card size, batt. power, pic size, & compression)
For 3 frames/sec (High speed) or 2 frames/sec (Low speed)
|Protection: Single / Multi or Cancel
Erase: Single / Multi / All / Except FAVORITE
|Built-in Flash Type/Mode
|Type: TTL Built-in-Flash, GN11 (ISO100,m), Built-in Pop-up
Mode: Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Forced On/Red-eye Reduction, Slow Sync., Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off
|X-Sync Speed
|Less than 1/160 second
|Flash Synchronization
|1st. Curtain Sync. , 2nd Curtain Sync.
|External Flash
|Hot shoe (TTL Auto with FL360/FL500/FL220 (Optional))
|Live View Finder(1,440,000 dots equiv)
Magnification: Approx. 1.4x/0.7x(35mm film camera equiv) w/50mm lens at infinity; -1.0 m-1
Field of view: approx. 100%
Eye point: approx. 17.5mm
Diopiter Adjust: -4.0 ~ +4.0 [m-1]
|LCD Monitor
|Free-angle 3.0" Low temperature Polycrystalline TFT LCD (460K dots)
3:2 Aspect/Wide viewing angle
Field of view: approx. 100%
|Live View
|Digital zoom: 2x, 4x
Extra optical zoom: Max. 2x (Not effective with full pixel recording. Magnification ratio depends on the recording pixels.)
Other functions: Highlight Display, Guide Lines (3 patterns), Real-time Histogram
|Film Mode
|Standard, Dynamic, Natural, Smooth, Vibrant, Nostalgic, WB/Standard, WB/Dynamic, WB/Smooth, My Film1, MyFilm2, Multi Film
|Playback Mode
|Single/12/30-thumbnail display
Calendar display
Zoomed playback
Image rotation(except RAW)
Slide show
Playback fav pictures
Resizing(selectable number of pixels)
Aspect conversion
DPOF print setting
|OSD Language
|English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Russian, Chinese(Traditional), Chinese(Simplified), Netherlandic, Thai, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese, Arabic, Persian, Japanese, Swedish, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish
|Recording Media
|SD Memory Card
SDHC Memory Card
Multimedia Card
|Digital: USB 2.0 (High Speed)
Digital Video: MiniHDMI TypeC (1.3b corresponding)
Analog Video: NTSC/PAL Composite (switched by menu)
|Direct Print
|PictBridge Print size, Layout, Date setting is selectable
|Power Supply
|Li-ion Battery Pack (7.2V, 1250mAh)(Included)
Battery Charger/AC Adaptor (Input: 110-240V AC) (Optional DC cable (DMW-DCC3) is required)
|Battery Life
|Up to 330 images (LCD), up to 350 images (LVF) (CIPA Standard with with LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH./MEGA O.I.S.)*
|Included Software
|PHOTOfunSTUDIO -viewer- 2.1 E, SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0 SE, USB Driver
|Standard Accessories
|Battery Charger/AC Adapter, Battery Pack, Body Cap, Video Cable, USB Connection Cable, AC Cable, Shoulder Strap, CD-ROM
|Dimensions (H x W x D)
|3.29'' x 4.88'' x 1.78''
|0.85 lbs