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Another cute Me To You decoration, this time made on the hands and on the toes, too.
For the hands I made white french first and then painted the Me To You heads popping up from the nail.
Finished the nails with Seche Vite top coat.
For the toe nails I used gel polish.
First I applied two coats of Bluesky gel polish 546 and then made the tiny french line using Bluesky gel polish Stripping pen GP1.
Finished with Bluesky gel polish top coat.
Here is one closer look of the toes decoration *_*
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Zende turns down Nicole's invitation.
Instead of taking Nicole's offer to come to lunch with Eric, Maya, Rick, and Brooke to celebrate the surrogacy, Zende chooses to stay behind and relax.
"This is sort of you and your sister's thing," he explains to Nicole. "I'm trying my best to accept it, but I think this is something you should do without me."


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Hud Hud "Hood Hood" Bird in Saudi Arabia
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@ritainalaska Hey Rita, these pictures are from the internet because I wasn't able to get good enough pictures of the birds without them flying away. I have never seen anything like this bird in the states. This bird is like half Zebra, half something else with how it looks. It's really neat to just sit and watch them. They just walk around the yard pecking the ground minding their own business.ReplyDelete
That is a cool looking bird expecially when he fans out his head feathers.ReplyDelete
Here in Italy we have them too, and this bird is called "UPUPA"ReplyDelete
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Nuclear materials flying between UK & US 'totally safe' – MoD
Although the MoD has not given any details about what was carried on the flights, experts believe they contained tritium, plutonium and enriched uranium.
The flights are thought to have taken off and landed at the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
Defence Minister Penny Mordaunt told MPs the exact nature of the materials must be kept secret for "national security" reasons.
Whistleblower spoke to us ahead of #StopTrident and revealed how easy it is to take down Tridenthttps://t.co/proKBZm30d— RT UK (@RTUKnews) February 27, 2016
"In the last five years, 23 flights carrying defense nuclear materials were undertaken," she said in a written answer to a question on the subject.
"All flights were between the UK and the United States on fixed-wing aircraft under the control of UK armed forces." Details of the cargoes were kept secret "as disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice national security," she said.
Last month, journalist Rob Edwards of the Ferret reported that the MoD conducted two emergency exercises in 2011 and 2012 codenamed Astral Bend. They modeled a scenario where planes carrying nuclear materials crashed.
This prompted Scottish National Party (SNP) defense spokesperson Brendan O'Hara MP to submit a question in the House of Commons.
'Education, not destruction' Peace activists, MPs & celebs join Corbyn at anti-Trident march https://t.co/PdTA2Ak6f5pic.twitter.com/xDPEvM2WAP— RT UK (@RTUKnews) February 26, 2016
Edwards' investigation uncovered official assessments that revealed numerous mistakes were made during military and emergency services drills, which would have led to "avoidable deaths."
The MoD took more than two years to disclose reports on a total of three nuclear emergency exercises, despite freedom of information laws requiring the documents to be published within 20 working days.
O'Hara said the revelation prompts further questions about the MoD's nuclear policies.
"This answer is alarming and highlights a practice most of the public are unaware of. The MoD needs to outline what risk and safety assessments they made about these flights and precisely when and what areas of UK airspace were used. I fear the MoD does not have a great track record on transparency when it comes to nuclear issues – and this answer clearly begs more questions," he said.
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Independent nuclear engineer John Large believes the MoD's air transportation of nuclear materials would not meet international safety regulations.
A crash could "contaminate large tracts of land with potential radiological consequences for unprotected members of the public," he said.
UK Nuclear Information Services research manager Peter Burt said the flights raised "serious questions."
"The RAF regularly fly nuclear materials over large urban areas such as Bristol, Cardiff, and Swansea, which raises serious questions about what would happen in the event of an accident involving one of these flights," he said.
The MoD insists the air transports are safe and carried out in accordance with "stringent" regulations.
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I was delighted to read that Cristo Rey Jesuit High School has changed its ban on dreadlocks ("No dread: Private school cuts hair policy," Dec. 2). Our school, Sisters Academy of Baltimore, sends many students to this excellent high school. There, our girls have sharpened their minds, increased their employment potential and paved their paths toward college.
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Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch (1824-1903), whose Christian name was Hendrik Johannes, was born into a family of artists of which he and his cousin Jan (1822-1880) were the main representatives. In order to distinguish him from his cousin, who was almost the same age and painted with a plain technique and brilliant colours above all city landscapes.
Jan Hendrik was also known as "de vrolijke Weiss" (a play on words that means "the cheerful melody"). At the beginning of his career, Weissenbruch received drawing classes from Johannes Low for three years. Later on he was trained by scenery painter Bart van Hove (1790-1880) and attended night classes at the Academy of the Hague.
(Marjan. van Heteren at museothyssen.org)
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His father was an amateur painter and collected work by artists such as Andreas Schelfhout. Schelfhout's influence can be seen in Weissenbruch's early, vast landscapes, painted in precise detail. His magnificent, cloudy skies show his admiration for the seventeenth-century artist Jacob van Ruisdael, whose work he saw at an early age in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
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An impressive portrayal of sky and light was one of Weissenbruch's strongest points. He painted in the open air and let himself be guided as far as possible by nature itself. "What I really want is to get nature itself on the canvas,' Weissenbruch once said.'Sometimes nature can make a real impact. If I can get that same impact later, I can draw and paint what I have seen. I make a sketch with a few charcoal scribbles. At home I conjure it up in paints.'
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During this intermediate period, Weissenbruch went from being a characteristic painter of Dutch Romanticism to one of the best representatives of the Hague School. His lively dune landscapes led to a series of atmospheric impressions of the Dutch polders, in which the artist paid special attention to his representation of the cloudy skies and stretches of water. These beautiful oil and watercolour landscapes were painted, almost without exception, with free and delicate brushstrokes.
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During the 1860s Weissenbruch often worked in the country around Gouda, near Nieuwkoop and Noorden. His touch became freer and he concentrated more on the atmospheric impression of the moment, like other painters of the Hague School. It was not until 1880 that his landscapes gained wider recognition. As well as landscapes, Weissenbruch also painted several interiors, still life and beach and seascapes, in both oils and watercolour.
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A typically Dutch sky with grey-white clouds is the largest and most remarkable feature of this painting (above). Hendrik Weissenbruch was a true sky painter, just like the seventeenth-century landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael. The artist had seen Ruisdael's work as a youngster at the Mauritshuis museum, in his home town of The Hague. Weissenbruch was especially concerned with the accurate portrayal of the (sun) light in the sky. As he himself said: 'Light and sky, that's art! I can never get enough light in my paintings, particularly in the sky. The sky in a painting, that's it. It's a key aspect! Sky and light are magical.'
This landscape depicts the countryside around The Hague, featuring certain specific aspects of the area: the shipping canal, with sailing boats, Laak mill and the tower of Binckhorst castle. On the opposite bank is the towpath. A towpath is a path along the bank of a canal or river along which boats - tow barges - would be pulled by horses. A young boy would often be employed to keep the horse moving. Tow barges were a frequent means of transport from the 1630s until the mid-19th century. Left, in the foreground, is a woman lifting one child and holding another's hand. They are painted rather sketchily, like part of the landscape. The painting appears to be a spontaneous snapshot of a piece of countryside on a blustery day in the summer. However, Weissenbruch painted the scene in his studio, using sketches he had made outdoors before.
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The artists of the Hague School were influenced by the painters of the Barbizon School: painters who sought inspiration directly from nature. Weissenbruch found most of his subjects in the immediate vicinity of The Hague and seldom ventured far from home. Yet, at the age of 76 he decided to travel to Barbizon, at that time the Mecca of modern landscape art. During his stay in France, Weissenbruch painted 'Forest View near Barbizon' (above). The work shows the skill of the painter in capturing and depicting the fall of the light in nature.
An explosion of sunlight in a forest with a glade, color and patches of light playfully dance across the tree trunks and the rocks in the foreground. The foliage and the forest floor have been sketchily depicted using rough brushstrokes. The harmony of brown, green, beige and yellow (ochre) are only briefly interrupted by a seated figure dressed in black in the centre. This forest scene was painted in 1900. It was made in an area near Barbizon, France, in the forest of Fontainebleau. Weissenbruch has signed the painting in the lower left, also stating where and when it was painted.
Weissenbruch enjoyed working outdoors in the countryside. He usually found his subjects in the area around The Hague where he lived, rarely going far from home. The journey to Barbizon must have been a kind of pilgrimage for him, since it was in this area that French painters, in around 1830, had first begun to paint in the open air on a large scale. These 'painters of Barbizon' strove for a natural representation of the landscape, paying particular attention to the mood and the light. "What I really want is to get nature itself on the canvas," Weissenbruch once said. "Sometimes nature can make a real impact. If I can get that same impact later, I can draw and paint what I have seen. I make a sketch with a few charcoal scribbles. At home I conjure it up in paints."
The fall of the light in this forest view near Barbizon is sunny and warm in color. The landscapes Weissenbruch painted in the Netherlands are very different in tone. Though light is still the most important element, it has a different tone and atmosphere. It is the cool light typical of Holland, determined by the water, clouds and sky. There are other ways in which this forest scene is unusual in Weissenbruch's oeuvre. For example, Dutch landscapes generally display more traces of human intervention in nature (houses, mills or boats) and are far more precisely painted. The forest view, with its broad, bold brushstrokes, only shows nature with a single, lonely figure.
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A splendid spring day with the trees in bloom, behind the wall of an urban garden (above)... Is this not the motif that art experts tend to associate with the work of Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch?
Of the works that have survived, the most typical depict atmospheric landscapes of the polders, with their heavy mass of clouds weighing down on the sparkling surface of the water, painted with considerable virtuosity in terms of brushwork, whether it be in watercolours or oils. Although Weissenbruch always placed the emphasis on the landscape-as he himself used to say, in that closed accent typical of the Hague: " ….. Nature. nature is my master" -he also used the picturesque surroundings of his house-workshop at Kazernestraat 112 in the Hague as a source of inspiration. As the artist himself used to say, he liked to take long walks around the Hague and the city's surrounding areas: "When I saw some beautiful corner, a lovely beach, some beautiful canals or a suggestive sky, or when I sat on a dune in order to look at the sea, I became absorbed by the beauty of nature. Sometimes nature made an impression on me, and with this emotion I was able to draw and paint what I was seeing or had seen. I was able to depict it with a few brushstrokes."
The back garden which served as the theme for the above painting, was probably located between the Kazernestraat and the residential villas of Lange Voorhout. The artist painted the garden more than once. In the collection preserved at the Boijmans-Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, we find a vertical version of the left-hand corner of the garden during the first few months of the year. The version preserved at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and a watercolour owned by a private collection, show this garden during a dark autumn day. Back Garden at the Kazernestraat, The Hague, cannot only be distinguished from the other versions due to the weather conditions and the time of year, but also due to the absence of white clothing. Following the example of his 17th century predecessor, Jacob van Ruisdael, Weissenbruch used white clothing as a source of light, in the same way as he used elements such as façades, windmills, sails or water lilies in other works due to their intense whiteness. In the picture we are dealing with here, the white flowers serve as a source of light, although the white blouse of the woman with the parasol stands out, above all, from the dark background.
Weissenbruch's work is difficult to date, given that he tended to work on old projects. Only those paintings and watercolours produced by the artist in his early career are dated, along with those he produced in the years leading up to his death in 1903.
Weissenbruch taught Theophile de Bock (1851-1904), Victor Bauffe (1849-1921) and Jan Heppener (1826-1898).
(Marjan. van Heteren at museothyssen.org)


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Pilot Knob Road Drivers Make Way for Pheasants
Midday traffic on Pilot Knob Road near the Eagan Municipal Center came to a standstill at about 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, June 28, when a baby pheasant darted out in the roadway.
An alert driver stopped quickly after the young bird darted into the southbound lane of the busy road. A large pheasant, presumed to be the chick's mother, quickly ran out after the bird, trying to herd it back to the west side of Pilot Knob. Once the mother ran into the road, a flock of seven more young birds followed.
After the green sedan in the southbound lane closest to the center of the roadway stopped, vehicles in the second southbound lane and a vehicle approaching in the northbound lane also halted. A large garbage truck approaching in the second northbound lane also stopped, creating a corridor for the family of pheasants to cross.
With the entire brood now in the road, the mother hen apparently decided to lead them to the east side of the road, rather than herding them all back to the west.
Traffic backed up slightly, but drivers waited patiently, without honking horns, as the pheasants crossed one of the major thoroughfares through the city.
The mother hen and her brood of chicks made it safely to the other side of the road. After the last chick had jumped onto the sidewalk, traffic resumed.
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A St. Paul man arrested shortly after the June 6 robbery of an Eagan credit union has been charged with bank robbery in federal court and ordered to be held in a federal prison without bail.
Damien James McDonald, 39, of 2204 7th St. W. #2, St. Paul, has been charged with the federal offense of armed bank robbery, according to a federal complaint. McDonald is accused of robbing the Associated Healthcare Credit Union on Yankee Doodle Road on June 6.
McDonald was originally charged in Dakota County with first-degree aggravated robbery. Transferring the case to federal court means McDonald, if convicted, could face enhanced penalties under federal sentencing guidelines.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jon T. Huseby found Thursday the government had established, by clear and convincing evidence, that no condition or combination of conditions would assure the safety of the community if McDonald were released or that releasing McDonald would create a risk he would not return to court.
Part of the reason for the court's decision was McDonald's criminal history, which includes two convictions for armed bank robbery, one conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and a conviction for misdemanor domestic assault.
McDonald was caught by police near his home shortly after the robbery in part because an FBI agent viewing bank surveillance video recognized him from his involvement in previous crimes, according to court records.
Marijuana allegedly found in Eagan hotel raid
A 19-year-old Rosemount man is facing felony charges after police found more than 10 kilograms of drugs during a raid of an Eagan hotel room.
Jazz Mayfield, 19, of 2081 138th St. W., Rosemount, has been summonsed to appear in Dakota County district court Aug. 6 on felony charges of second-degree sale of 10 or more kilograms of marijuana or THC (tetrahydrocannabinois) and third-degree possession of more than 10 kilograms of marijuana, according to court records.
The charges stem from an April 26 search of an Eagan hotel room by the Dakota County Drug Task Force. County drug agents obtained a search warrant for the room at an unnamed hotel. Police allege they could smell "the overwhelming odor of marijuana" outside the hotel room door. Mayfield was the only person inside the room at the time, according to investigators.
Drug Task Force agents searched the room and found four freezer bags containing a green leafy substance, "hundreds" of THC oil pens, more than 20 bottles of THC liquid, vacuum sealers and scales, a medical marijuana card and certificate from California, and receipts documenting travel from California to Minnesota, according to court records.
Police allege the weight of the marijuana and THC liquid found in the hotel room is more than 10 kilograms: 8.4 kilograms of THC oil and liquid, and about 1.8 kilograms of marijuana in leaf form.
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City examines housing price intervention
The Eagan City Council met with its Advisory Planning Commission for a joint session to discuss affordable housing.
The three-hour work session included discussion of a variety of programs, tax incentives, and zoning options aimed at providing lower-priced options in the city, where some of the newest housing includes single-family homes priced at more than $700,000.
The joint session was the first for the planning commission's new chair, Jane Vanderpoel, who once described Eagan as "a little too white and a little too upper-class." One of the planning commission's newest members, Angela Torres, has raised the issue of affordable housing during the commission's meetings.
City council members noted a number of issues surrounding the provision of subsidized housing: increased demand on city services without a corresponding increase in revenue, interference with the private marketplace, and concerns raised by community members.
Council member Paul Bakken urged transparency if the city chooses to subsidize housing. "If we decide as a city it is worth it to take money from taxpayers and put it into subsidized hoursing, we should be doing it directly," Bakken said, rather than using indirect methods such as tax incentives.
Council member Meg Tilley saw potential for conflicting public opinion on the issue. "Do we really want to take this money and do subsidized housing?" she asked. "I like Eagan the way it is. The more wealthy it is, the better."
Woman facing public assistance theft charge
A Burnsville woman is facing a felony charge for wrongfully obtaining public assistance.
Jamie Combs, 27, of 1513 E. Burnsville Pkwy. #318, Burnsville, has been charge with theft, wrongfully obtaining public assistance, according to a Dakota County criminal complaint. Investigators allege Combs wrongfully received nearly $7,500 in child care cash assistance after she failed to report income from a second job between February 2017 and January 2018.
Combs has been summonsed to appear in Dakota County court on Aug. 13.
U.S. Attorney MacDonald takes the oath
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Former Dakota County judge Erica MacDonald has been sworn in as United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota.
"It is truly an honor to return to this office and serve as United States Attorney," said MacDonald, who served as an assistant U.S. Attorney earlier in her career, from 2000 to 2009. "I am looking forward to leading a team of dedicated professionals and working alongside our law enforcement partners in the pursuit of justice on behalf of all Minnesotans."
MacDonald will oversee a staff of 99 employees, including 52 attorneys and 47 support personnel. The office is responsible for prosecuting federal crimes in the district, including crimes related to terrorism, firearms, narcotics, child exploitation, human trafficking, financial fraud, healthcare fraud, and public corruption.
Training camp tickets
The commoners will have their shot at Minnesota Vikings training camp tickets beginning, and probably ending, Monday, June 25. The team will only be releasing about 5,000 tickets for each day, about third the number of admissions during last year's training camp. Only a fraction of those are expected to be available to non-season-ticket holders.
Viking' seasons ticket holders were given first crack at training camp tickets. Only about 1,000 are expected to be available for non-season-ticket holders. The only way to get them is through the Minnesota Vikings phone app, a program that requires users to share data, and shed privacy. More than 100,000 users have downloaded the app, according to its promoter.


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4 comments
- Meg said...
LOL! That's hilarious!
- September 25, 2012 at 10:48 AM
That is precious! About 3 years ago I had an order delivered from QVC, and put the box on the floor. Since that moment, it has been the box our 3 cats sleep in all day. Our cats aren't skinny by any means, and many times there are 2 of them squished in taking a nap. I guess you have to be a cat-person to understand why I wouldn't have just thrown the QVC box away without a thought about it.
- September 25, 2012 at 11:10 AM
- Cheryl @ TFD said...
He looks a bit startled! Cute!
- September 25, 2012 at 1:50 PM
- Staci at Life At Cobble Hill Farm said...
Cheryl - yes, a bit startled is his typical look. :) I think he feels it photographs well because he does it often. Anonymous - yes, I think you do have to be a cat person to understand why all the empty boxes around the house!
- September 25, 2012 at 7:28 PM
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text: On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:35:34PM -0500, Stuart Anderson wrote: > > http://people.nl.linux.org/~hch/cpuinfo/ > > Thanks, this is very helpful. Btw, the number of example is still growing.. > I would prefer to document something that already exists, and not require > that a new feature has to be implemented by everyone. Also, it's slightly > easier for an application to just open a text file instead of having to popen() > a command. The problem is just that current Linux /proc is full of abuse. cpuinfo is one of the very good example why it should NOT be set in stone. Christoph -- Of course it doesn't work. We've performed a software upgrade.


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Loving ones parents is a diktat, which we all grow up with, and I wonder why. Who created this unsaid rule, I wonder. Why is a child expected to love the parents unconditionally, while the expectations should be exactly the reverse.
Recently, while talking to a friend, the conversation led to such thoughts, and she said, the parents have the baby because they want to, and the child owes nothing to them. This refreshed my memories of an old friend, a man who spoke bluntly, but honestly. It was ages back when I was in terrible mental turmoil, and he narrated an incident to me, where tiered of his parents expectations, and demands, he once retorted, in the presence of guests saying,"You enjoyed yourself, and brought me here, so might as well deal with your responsibilities." Back then I was shocked. Now, not so much, in fact I have started to agree with the mindset. Its not that I believe a child needs to hate or disrespect the parents, but I believe the emotions should not be expected from every child irrespective of circumstances, nor is it necessary to blindly love ones parents, no matter what they do. It is infact the parents who want the child and have a child, with the responsibility of bringing him up to the best of their abilities. Whether its a planned child, or an unplanned one, it is definitely not the baby, who needs to come. Sometimes, I believe it is a conspiracy, to make a child believe that parents are always, perfect, so that they can be controlled.
The worst fallout of this blind following, is the lack of improvement. If I have grown up thinking my parents are perfect, I will blindly follow them to create myself as a replica of them, with no scope of growth or development. Sad really. I would love to quote my class twelve class teacher, who put as beautifully as I can ever imagine. She said,
To continue the process of human evolution, one must learn from their parents faults as much as from their qualities. One should love his parents, but must not be blind to them. One should see what their parents are lacking in, and eliminate that from themselves.
This has forever stayed with me. I just love what she said, and I appreciate it even more, having become a parent myself. I would never want my child to blindly believe me, I want him to ask questions, to observe and decide for himself, and most importantly develop a mind independent of either of his parents. I want only to instill in him core values like honesty, integrity, loyalty, kindness, but I want him to interpret life on his own. I want him to be better than his parents, to succeed where we have not, to posses what we lack. How selfish would it be for me as a parent to want my child to not achieve that, not even want to, and just be where the DH or I am, with nothing more. Unfortunately most parents want their children to be exactly like them, following every word they say, and be just like them. If these are averagely decent people, good for the child, else, we just have a species, which has stopped evolving.
It is scary when we look around and find people who are absolute clones of their parents, who believe they are independent thinkers, but are actually like the computers, which are programmed, in this case by the parents, and simply reflect their parents in their every word and act. Everyone picks up certain qualities, beliefs, morals from the people who bring them up, but to never give it any conscious thought, and just maintain that, without ever even realising if that is indeed their own true nature, is that not scary? The human consciousness is then stagnating, with no development, no change. A person who has grown up in a strongly religious family, where other communities are looked at with suspicion, will continue to do so, blindly without ever really understanding why. It is just blindness.
I for one, can never love anyone, except for the BB, based on legal relationships I have with them. I am incapable of that. I care from the core of my existence for people, whom I love, and I love them, because I like them as people, not because they are my sister, brother, cousin, uncle or aunt. My every personal connection is formed with a person, never with a relationship. When I like someone, I am extremely expressive about it. I can say it often enough to tire the person out. My appreciation never ceases to flow, because it is genuine, and my likings only form, because the person has achieved it. But absolutely no respect, emotions or liking can be expected from me for a person who is related to me, just because he is a relative. I have developed the art of maintaining a formal appearance of decency, as every woman needs to after marriage, but respect or love, just cannot happen. The BB is an exception to the rule, because I wanted him, and he is in the world today only because of the GP and I wanting it that way. It is absolutely my responsibility to love him unconditionally, and support him in every possible way to the very best of my ability. And I hope that as he grows, the love will keep growing, because he will grow up to a person who commands my love and respect, and not just as my child, but as a wonderful human being. I want him to love me, for what I am, and not just because I am his mother, I want him to question me, when he does not agree with me, so that I can make him understand the reason for my actions, or understand his point of view, learn and change where needed. I want him to have the space to grow and develop a mind that knows, only what his mind believes is the right thing to do, and not to blindly follow norms.
The second, grouse I have against this rule of blind love for parents, is that if a child feels a natural, instinctive dislike for the parent, he is too scared to express it, just like the fear of expressing homosexuality, no matter what the reasons. Censure and taunts is what he can look forward to. Nobody thinks it is acceptable, we are brainwashed to believe it is evil to dislike parents, and anyone who does that, is evil. So even if a child is being tortured by the parents, he has not a soul to confide to, without fear. If he does express himself, he need to give a million explanations for why. Why not? I ask? Why does one have to love their parents, why can an abused child never say he has been abused, and be understood by people, why do people need to blindly follow their parents and replicate themselves as monsters where applicable. Is it not the parent who wanted the child in the first place, and was it not an absolute responsibility of the parent to provide the best to their child, emotionally and physically?
A child may have grown up in the worst conditions, due to the parents, and yet, due to mental conditioning, he continues to be subservient and dutiful, or needs to be completey blind to his own personal misery. Because of the ingrained
Picture an average girl, in an average, educated, middle class family, growing up. An only child, expressing to the world the true mental liberation of the parents, not obsessed with the a male child. From the day she is born, she is taunted for being dark skinned and ugly, by none other than her own mother. Not a day passes by when she is not chided for her pathetic looks, and how she is such a let down for her peaches 'n cream complexioned mother. This happens so often, that guests visiting the household, feel free to similarly taunt her, even going as far as to say that she looks like the backside of an elephant. She grows up some and fights it out loud, telling the mother in clear tones that it is such a horrible thing to say, because she is growing up in progressive family, a modern one. Asking the mother to stop taunting her for her looks. But within, its a lost cause. She believes herself to be ugly and worthless in every possible way. Twenty years down the line, the mother may turn and say that it was all but a joke, but by then the girl's spirit in gone. Never can she believe she is worth a second glance, or that she possesses even decent looks. Even when someone truly compliments her on her physical appearance, she can never really accept it, because she can never believe she deserves it, in even the minutest possible way. This kind of bad parenting is not outright, nor obvious or apparent, especially when she is being educated in premier institutions of the country, the parents are feeding and clothing her well. Who would dare say the parents are bad? No one, at all.Imagine the strength and courage it then needs, for a girl like that to break out of that cycle, the oppression and step out. But even then it is not easy, because no one really understands her, without her begging them to, with explanations and horrific tales of her scarring childhood.
When a child does give up on his parents, every person who even remotely knows him, will persuade him into believing he is wrong, that parents could not possibly ever be bad and the fault lies with him. Sometimes it does not. It really does not. And at this vulnerable juncture of life, when the person most needs reassurance, it really does not help to doubt him, needing himself to explain himself everywhere, trying to convince himself as much as anyone else, that what he has done is not the wrong thing to do. It is a very tough decision to make, for one, and the vulnerability one feels at that point cannot be explained. One can compare it to a divorce maybe, but it is worse. Because when one gives up on the parents, it is giving up on the secure shelter of life, or atleast the illusion of it. It is not easy. What people need to understand too, is that in the true sense of nature, a child is the weaker, helpless being, and the parents the stronger more powerful one. Nature has given people parental instincts, because the balance needs to remain. But in today's educated and uplifted society, where every natural order and instinct is looked down upon, the parental instinct is gradually dwindling too, leaving a small child in great peril. No one believes that a child is exploited by parents, unless they witness it themselves, it is not considered possible. And the knowledge of this disbelief makes it so much tougher for the child to ever come out, and express his pain and distress. It needs an immensely tough person to be able to first point out what is wrong, accept that it truly is wrong, and then break away. It is not easy either, when every other person who he looks at for some support doubts and judges him at this crucial point.
Why does society question a man who moves away from his parents, not fulfilling his responsibilities towards them, inspite of the fact that the have been hurtful to him forever, have used him for their own selfish motives, and never cared for him. And inspite of all of this, the parents are blindly believed to be good, and the child to be the one who is wrong. The parents will cry hoarse about how they have been abandoned by their child in their old age, and the whole world will sympathise with them, but no one will feel for the man, who was young, and helpless as a child and mistreated by the parents, because it is a given, that parents are good. Why is our view so lopsided, so biased, so pathetically uninformed and narrow minded. It is evil to even utter a bad word about our parents, no matter what they do to us, if we
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Three days of lone parenting, outnumbered parent – child ratio school runs, toddler tantrums, taxi runs to countless clubs. These kids have a better social life than me!
I've done baking, painting, drawing, consoling, story reading, train track playing, tractor spotting and homework helping. Is it only Wednesday, surely it's the weekend by now! Continue reading
I have read the Chronicles of Narnia too many times to count. Memories of autumnal afternoons with my father under the confier trees ploughing through pages of pure magic. However only when reading the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe to my own daughters in recent weeks have I ever read the dedication at the very start, and this is probably where my writing begins again too. Continue reading
My favourite moment of today was hiding in the cupboard under the stairs with my 3 year old, a pile of stinky trainers, coats and some Angelina Ballerina Dolls. Continue reading
Today my husband has given me a 'day off'. Well a day without some of my normal chores anyway and very nice it is too! Instead of the school run this morning I got to get dressed and have breakfast. Instead of the Monday supermarket sweep I got to tile the new shower! Continue reading
…. I can confirm that night one in the new house definitely feels like Home!
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Founding Fathers of Federation
Sir John William Downer (1844-1915)
John Downer was born and educated in Adelaide, where he was admitted to the Bar in 1867. He was a member for Barossa in the South Australian House of Assembly 1878-1901. In that time he held many high ranking positions, including Premier, Attorney General and Treasurer. Downer became Queen's Counsel in 1878 and was knighted in 1887.
An ardent supporter of Federation, Downer represented South Australia at the Federal conventions in 1878 and 1897-1898. He advocated a strong Senate as a guardian of states rights and, as a member of the Constitutional Drafting Committee in 1897, assisting Barton and O'Connor in producing a final draft of the Constitutional Bill.
John Downer was elected to represent South Australia in the Senate at the first Federal election in 1901. He supported the Barton Ministry in the first Parliament and took a particular interest in the establishment of the High Court of Australia.
After his retirement from the Senate in 1903, Downer continued to practice as a lawyer in Adelaide. In 1905 he was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council, and he remained a representative of the Southern Districts in that chamber until his death in 1915. Sir John William Downer was the father of Sir Alexander Downer MP (1910-1981) and grandfather to the current High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Alexander Downer, both of whom were appointed ministers in Federal Liberal Governments.
John William Downer is buried in VLT ED, Path 6 South.
James Henderson Howe (1839-1920)
Scottish born James Howe had a reputation as a hard worker and capable administrator who had a genuine concern for the plight of the poor and the aged. As a member of the finance committee, he persuaded the 1897-98 Federation Convention that the provision of pensions be included in the Constitution as a federal responsibility.
On arrival in South Australia in 1856 he joined the police force and served in many country towns. A competent horseman, he retired from the police to breed Clydesdales. As Mayor of Gawler he promoted the eight-hour day. Howe was elected to the House of Assembly (South Australia) where he effectively represented rural interests for thirty years. His longstanding service earned him the reputation of "Father of the House."
James Henderson Howe is buried in Plot 3031, Path 17 North.
Sir John Hannah Gordon (1850-1923)
Although his father wanted him to go into the church, John Gordon studied law and rose to become a Supreme Court Judge. He was knighted in 1908 for his contributions to the law.
Gordon was Mayor of Strathalbyn, and South Australia's Minister of Education and Attorney General. He supported the view that the Murray River should be fairly shared. During the 1897 Federation Convention debates, he objected to the inclusion of lunacy as a federal responsibility.
He resigned political positions twice; once because unfortunate investments took him close to bankruptcy, and later to defend himself against Kingston's accusation that he had used his position to have his sister promoted at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Hohn Hannah Gordon is buried in Plot 2225, Path 7 North.
Sir Richard Chaffey Baker (1841-1911)
Richard Baker was born in North Adelaide, and educated in England. On his return from England in 1864 he practices as a barrister. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly (1868-1875) and the Legislative Council (1877-1901). In each house he was the first native born member to be elected.
A strong advocate ofd Federation, Baker was an active member of the Federation Conventions of 1891 and 1897-1898.
Baker was elected to the Senate to represent South Australia in 1901 and was the first President of the Senate from 1901 until his retirement due to ill health in 1906.
Baker was knighted in 1895 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1900.
After leaving political life, he concentrated on his various mining and pastoral interests.
Richard Chaffey Baker is buried in Plot 658, Path 9 South.
Sir Josiah Henry Symon (1846-1934)
Josiah Symon was born at Wick, Caithness, Scotland and migrated to South Australia in 1866. He had a distinguished legal career in South Australia, during which he became the colony's leading advocate and head of its most prominent legal firm. He was made Queen's Counsel in 1881. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Assembly 1881-1887.
Symon was leader of the Federation Movement in South Australia. He was President of the South Australian branch of the Australasian Federation League, and played an active role at the Australasian Federation Convention of 1897-1898, where he chaired the Judiciary Committee, and argued in debate for equal representation of the states in the Senate. He was knighted in 1901 for his services to the cause of Federation.
A freetrader, Symon topped the poll for the Senate for South Australia in the first Federal elections. As leader of the Freetraders in the first Senate, he was unofficial Leader of the Opposition in that House until 1904, but was more concerned to facilitate the passage of Foundation legislation than to simply oppose the Government. He was Attorney General in the Reid-McClean government of 1904-1905. Symon was defeated as an independent in the 1913 election after refusing to join the Liberal Union.
After leaving federal politics, Symon continued his legal career in South Australia. Highly respected in political, legal and social circles, he was renowned for his generosity to many worthy causes.
Josiah Henry Simon is buried in Plot 857, Path 7 South.


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Manics these days are a seasoned bunch and old heads and really ought to know better. But let's be honest, nobody has looked after themselves particularly well, so grinding out victories – or even draws – especially in the last minute – has been a hard task. Week on week they have been missing an important ingredient. Goalscorer? Defender? Leader? A pinch of something has been lacking…
For the game against Morley Road (who looked completely different from the Morley Road we played on the first game) Manics welcomed back Matt Tennant up front, who apparently can't handle hangovers. There's your goalscorer. Also back in the fray from a freak broken foot and flu bug came Gary Sarney, your leader, along with a very different looking Gavin Baker. Still got the beard, he's your defender.
So we should be alright then?
They've got ten men!!' And our manager is the ref! Bloody hell, can't lose this!
Blay wins the toss!
In the bag. No way we are losing this!
Go 1-0 down. Doom.
But not for long – Wilson crosses in a delicious fluke over the mascot, I mean the keeper for 1-1. Then, ridiculous corner scenes result in one of the most odd goals in the world from Andy Taylor to put the manics ahead 2-1.
Just as all seemed good, a bounce of mind boggling proportions put Blay into mental turmoil. One of the ginger brethren but fellow opposition capitalised and scored a worldy for the equaliser 2-2.
Half time.
Out the boys came determined to Push It and win the game. Matt T proved that what he lacked in hangover recovery, he made up for in goal poaching.
He made it 3-2 after great work down the right from Taylor. With the Manics finally looking like they can play, another dodgy bounce caught them out. This time Baker got tangled in ball/sun/gravity turmoil and Morley Road's young gloved assassin struck a blow below the body of Bevans. 3-3, and some of the Manics were getting annoyed with oneanother.
Bickering was rife, smiles were rare, negativity was permeating the air around. The players wanted to have a go at the ref, but how could they? They might get subbed! Or worse…
Matt T (Whatta Man, whatta man, whatta man, whatta mighty good man) got the fourth, another poachers effort to put the Manics back in front. But still doom and gloom continued, especially between our two salt and pepper haired midfielders, Chef and Wilson. Chef, still more pepper than salt, was generally moaning a lot, critisizing his teammates in more ways than one and saying how perfect he was. Wilson, more salt than pepper these days, was verbally abusive to chef in the strongest terms, in fact calling him the biggest F**** P**** in the team.
They pushed each other a bit and swore at each other and genetalia was soon whipped out. Awful behaviour from two grown men who ought to know better. Good job their sons weren't around to witness that…Shoop.
Anyway, Manics continued to huff and puff. Some good football was played in patches by both teams and defending became tight in the second half. Manics held on to the lead 4-3 for the final whistle.
Manics Starting XI: Evans Jnr, Blay, Cordial, Baker, Taylor, Evans Snr, Sarney, Wilson, Luck, Tennant, Thapa.
Bench used: Leather, Callaway
Subs not used: Williams, Mussel, Regmi
Refs MoM: Taylor
MoM: Tennant
Bookings: None
Tennant/Evans Snr
Tagged Cat Fight, Christina, Glenda, Matt Tennant, Morley Road, North Camp Manics FC, Simon Blay


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Hands up if you enjoy Nutella.
Now, how many of you stopped buying it when you heard about all the terribly unhealthy ingredients Ferrero was never mentioning on the ingredient list of everyones favorite chocolate hazelnut spread? I for one was shocked! All that hazelnut-chocolaty goodness, and I would never be able to trust it again! But – although I would never personally buy Nutella again (my boyfriend does that for me ;), I'm no hypocrite…) – I never lost faith in Ferrero as a brand. They specialize in all things hazelnut and chocolate, and let's be honest, all these knock-off products, albeit without any of the additives, are nothing compared to the original!
Luckily for me, they are also the proud producers of a Nutella tasting, crispy, creamy chocolate, hazelnut praline combo! Do you follow? I'm talking about Ferrero Rocher ..
These little treats are definitely among some of my favorite treats – right up there with Raffaello (a coconut praline also by Ferrero), peanut butter with chocolate swirls, Froyo and champagne truffles.
But as with all things sweet and tasty, they must be enjoyed in moderation. This term, something you hear every day at any mention of sugar, is annoying, yes, but it's also true…If I were to eat a couple of these pralines every day, I would have to do a whole lot more than I already do, to keep the pounds from creeping up on me.. Whereas if I were to occasionally enjoy
one or two a whole package (I have no control, and no remorse!), I could actually build it in to a healthy lifestyle..
But I'm not one for "occasions" and want to eat something amazing like a Ferrero Rocher more than just once in a Blue Moon. So I'm going against the system; please welcome a healthy (more or less) breakfast/snack/pre-workout option of this creamy, nutty, chocolaty goodness of a praline. Be a good host and enjoy it daily if you like! Have your cake, and eat it too 😉
Ferrero Rocher Oats (serves 1)
- ½ cup regular oats
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder (or chocolate powder for a bit more sweetness)
- 1 teaspoon coconut (ode to Raffaello..works well with chocolate!) (optional!)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- minimum 1 teaspoon Cinnamon sugar or maple syrup or brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Quark or Greek Yoghurt
- 1 tablespoon Cream cheese (creamyyyyy)
- 1 tablespoon Hazelnut butter
- 1/3 cup Soy milk
- Add all ingredients, except for a splash of milk (need for easy stirring) in a mason jar or Tupperware
- Stir well until combined
- Add in rest of milk
- Cover with lid and shake well
- Store in the fridge overnight (or for several hours)
- Enjoy!
I took this with me, and enjoyed it on a long tram ride through the city.. 🙂
With attitude and
picked off nail polish (terrible habit!), Anoushé xoxo
Questions of the day:
Do you like Nutella? If yes, are you hard-core like me, able to eat it pure, or do you have a certain way of eating it yourself? Do you still buy it, despite its bad rep?


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Decline of Maurya empire started after the death of Emperor Ashoka in 232 BC. Seven kings succeeded Ashoka including Dasharatha, Samprati, Shalishuka, Devavarman, Satadhanvan and Brihadratha. The rulers after Ashoka ruled for almost 50 years from 232 BC to 187 BC.
The major factors that led to decline of Mauryan Empire were,
Policy of Ashoka
In his later life Ashoka became a Buddhist and gave up war. He decreased military expenditure and started spending money on public welfare. This kind of expenditure weakened the administrative setup of Maurya.
Weak Rulers
Askoka was followed by very weak rulers who could not stop foreign invasion from Central Asia. They lack the ability to crush various internal dispute. As a result many local kings declared independence.
Division of Empire
Under the rule of Ashoka, Maurya Empire was highly centralized and king was having ultimate authority. Soon after the death of Ashoka, Maurya empire was divided into two major parts. The Eastern part was ruled by Kunala and his son Samprati and the Western part was ruled by Dasratha and his successor till Brihadratha Maurya.
Internal Rebellion
After Ashoka, many small kingdoms within the Maurya Empire revolted. The Andhras (Satavahanas) in the South were the first to start revolting. They were followed by Cholas , Pandya and Cheras. Various kingdoms in present day Afghanistan and eastern Persia also revolted.
Foreign Invasion
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Understanding Lenses: Part II, and is part of a series of lessons about camera lenses. Links to the others are at the bottom of the article.
Before zoom lenses became the norm most cameras came with a 50mm lens as standard. Since then, the humble 50mm prime has fallen somewhat out of favour. Which is a shame, because 50mm prime lenses can give you high quality and versatility at a low price point. On an APS-C camera it's one of my favourite focal lengths. Let's take a look at why.
If you own a kit lens or zoom that covers the 50mm focal length you may be wondering why you would buy a 50mm prime. After all, you already have that focal length covered. The answer is that 50mm lenses have some advantages that kit lenses don't:
50mm lenses are simple beasts from a design point of view. Lens designers figured out a long time ago how to make a good quality 50mm lens, and the result is that the optical performance of even the least expensive 50mm prime outshines many zooms.
I used a Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II lens (Canon's cheapest) on a full-frame camera to take the photo below, my first time using it for photographing architecture, and I was amazed at the detail it captured when I enlarged it to 100%.
50mm lenses are simple. They tend to have six to eight elements inside – zoom lenses may have more than double that. That means manufacturing costs are lower. It is likely that the cheapest lens in your camera manufacturer's range is a 50mm prime. Most 50mm lenses represent excellent value for money.
However, when making a purchase (of any lens, not just a 50mm) it is wise bear in mind that more expensive models of the same lens have better build quality, autofocus performance, weatherproofing and maybe a wider maximum aperture.
Canon, for example, has three 50mm prime lenses (plus a 50mm macro lens) in its current range. You may not notice much difference in image quality between the 50mm f1.8 II and 50mm f1.2L – but you will notice the difference in build quality and autofocus performance. I opted for the middle option and bought the mid-range 50mm f1.4.
For me this is the most exciting aspect of 50mm primes (indeed, any prime lens). If you have a kit lens the long end (around 55mm) has an aperture of f5.6 or thereabouts. A prime 50mm lens has an aperture of f1.8 or wider. That's over three stops. It makes a difference when shooting in low light as you can open up the lens rather than increasing ISO. It also helps you take photos with shallow depth-of-field.
This photo was taken at f1.8 with a 50mm lens:
Once you have a 50mm prime lens the next step is learning to get the best out of it. These are the things that I use my 50mm lens for:
A 50mm lens is a nice walk-around lens to take on a day out. I took these photos with my 50mm f1.4 lens in China. On a full-frame camera it's a convenient focal length for this very casual style of photography. On an APS-C camera it will help you close in on interesting details.
On an APS-C camera a 50mm prime lens effectively becomes a short telephoto lens, ideal for portraits. It works well on a full-frame camera as well, as long as you don't mind a little distortion. The photos below show a couple of portraits taken with an 85mm lens.
You can use a close-up lens or extension tubes with a 50mm lens to take close-up photos. You can also reverse mount it onto another lens to take macro photos (the techniques are covered in detail in the linked articles). This greatly increases the versatility of the lens. If you already own a 50mm lens these are cheaper options than buying a macro lens.
These are the previous articles in the series:
Why your Kit Lens is Better than You Think
7 Ways to Get More Out of a Wide-angle Lens
Why Lens Quality Doesn't Matter Quite as Much as You Think it Does
How a Humble 85mm Lens Became my Favourite
If you liked this article then take a look at my latest eBook, Understanding Lenses: Part II – A guide to Canon normal and telephoto lenses.
I do quite a bit of photography with a Minolta AF 50mm f/1.4 lens on a Sony Alpha DSLR A 560.
What I like best with this lens are its capabilities :
1. Wide Aperture
2. Sharpness
3. Low light capability
4. Life-like verticals and parallels
5. Totally dependable
These qualities make the 50mm lens a 'Great Lens' and totally dependable for photographing any subject .
It is truly the best among the various focal length lenses that I have employed in my photography career of three decades !
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Thanks for this interesting article Andrew.
A couple of days ago I bought a Canon Prime EF 50mm f1.4 USM for my 650D and I am loving the learning curve with this lens (Even if it does have the 1.6x crop factor). I've already taken some lovely shots but still struggle to focus the areas I would like but I imagine the more I use it the better I will become.
After reading this and some of your other posts with regards conversion to Macro Photography, I am thinking of investing in some Close Up Filters / Lenses for some Macro shots - any recommendations in terms of brands as the most common one I've seen are manufactured by Hoya?
(By the way I am living in HK so instantly recognize the Victoria Harbour and the roast duck! I doubt there is a more photogenic modern city than HK but I am sure someone will disagree).
I came to the DPS website because I knew I could find an article on the 50mm. On Monday, Jan.21,2013 I will be volunteering at the Presidential Inauguration in Washington DC. I was told that certain type of cameras with "papparazi" lenses would not be allowed. I do have a nifty 50 that I really appreciate but do not use it often. Thank-you for your article because that is the lens I will be using that day.
So happy to read this article; I absolutely love the 50mm standard lens too. I have been using it 80% of the time on my film camera's (doing press shots, weddings, car reviews) and now I prefer the 25mm pancake on the Olympus line as a standard lens (its extremely small size makes it ideal as walk-around).
What I like the most about the 50mm is that this focal lenght gives a steady, peaceful image. It looks very natural. It is in almost all circumstances the easiest to make compositions. In fact, all you need is a 50mm for everything and a good tele for when you physically can not get close enough - say a 135mm or 180mm.
Give me my 50mm or give me death. Or something like that......
The big advantage of 50mm lens is the aperture for sure. The clarity with prime lenses are awesome. I recently got a 40 mm Pancake lens and I have been having a lot of fun with it. Have a look at it here.
Though the aperture is a bit smaller on this one, I like my 40 mm Pancake lens.
@tod you can have a look at the sample images and have an impression :)
I just got my fifty today! Felt like it was a right of passage as a photographer lol
What are anyone's thought of the canon 40mm pancake ens on an aps-c sensor?
I purchased the 50mm 1.2L about a month ago and I have to say it's taken over as my primary lens. The focal length is great with this lens. I have to be honest though, I rarely use the 1.2 aperture. However, with my experience with other L lenses, I learned over time that the "sweet spot" of L lenses is usually a few stops down from the maximum aperture. With that said, this lens' sweet stop is from about 2.0 to 4.0. Awesome lens!
I am looking for advice on purchasing a lense for my Canon T1i. The main purpose of my camera is taking photos of my sons during their basketball season. This has proved to be difficult with lighting and blurred images. I know it is me and not the camera or lense creating these problems, but if someone could offer advice for an inexpensive lense that may help me out in any way, I would appreciate it greatly!!! This is my older sons senior year and my last chance to capture his passion for the game ( I have accumulated too many less than memorable pictures from past seasons). Again, any advice will be appreciated and please keep in mind a limited budget.
Thanks, Andrew, for another great article about lenses. I love the series. You said one thing here in this one which got me reconsider my set of glass. I am shooting camera with APS-C sensor, and for me buying a "nifty 50" meant getting the closes equivalent. It was 30 mm lens. I realized just now that it was not the best idea, since I was loosing the "normal" view of the 50 mm lens and getting some wide-angle distortion. If I have bought the 50 mm, I would have effectively longer lens, as you said, 85 mm, and much better for portrait.
I also have a 50mm lenses,but is not my favorite, because I am a "nature" man. The quality is exceptioal(zuiko digital 50mm f2)
I love my 50mm lens, for its sharpness!
here's my favourite pic taken with my sony 50mm 1.8:
I fell in love with my Pentacon 50mm f1.8 lens with the very first shot it took.
Though full manual, the old 1960 (?) lens captures amazing photos.
I use a Sigma 50mm f1.4 on my Canon APS-C a lot. It is not very comfortable for walking around, it is a very heavy lens with lots of glass. The Canon F1.8 is much, much lighter, and a lot smaller, so it looks less intimidating.
Having said that though I would not trade in my Sigma. It is a super sharp lens, spot on every time, very fast focussing and on a APS-C camera it has almost no distortion. It is the lens that for me is the least in the way of me and what I see when shooting.
As a walk around lens on APS-C I would recommend the 30mm Sigma. That is the 50mm full frame equivalent. It is a lot smaller, has a bit more distortion, but for its money it is the most fun. You have to get a lot more creative without a zoom and the 30mm is very versatile in a lot of situations.
I have to say that the 50mm is also one of my favourite lenses. I recently traded in the 1.8 for the 1.4. I have to say though that I loved my 1.8 and miss how light it is. It was so affordable and the images were beautiful.
I know the 1.2 is amazing but its weight takes it out of the "walk around" range for me.
I do love my prime lenses and the lack of zoomability makes me a "braver" photographer.
Well, i have only kit lens 18-55mm and 35mm f/1.8g, I use 35mm f/1.8g for everything.. but i find 50mm f/1.8g is a better focal length..
You're almost right with your claims. Frame size does not affect depth of field, but focal length doesn't directly affect it either. Aperture and subject distance are what factor into depth of field
I love my 50mm. It's lightweight, and produces great images. The lack of zoom can help with getting more creative shots too.
I have had my Sigma 50mm f1.4 for about six months and still it surprises me. The image quality is excellent and it is fast becoming my favourite lens.
Yes I agree with Mei, I would love to own the f1,2 version, and I will some day. I love my 50mm lens for taking portraits. I too have noticed the difference in quality but then I suppose unless you're a really top professional photographer taking photos for financial gain, the kit lens is a good enough starting point for a newbie.
My fat Sigma 50mm f1.4 is always in my camera bag, and quite often on the camera too! I'd love to replace my range of zooms with 4 or 5 primes...
I think my next investment will be on a nikkor 50mm I have a few lens in my bag, but not a 50mm.
Since this was an article about 50mm lens, why include portrait photos taken with an 85mm lens???
Really love my nikkor 50mm,this lens enough to cover all my work
I just loved my 50mm lens the moment I bought it. At first I thought I had to move around a lot to compose my picture, but discovered that you'll be more creative this way, rather than being static with the zoom lens.
Many times I feel its the perfect lens which can work in most of the situation, be it Street, Portrait, Macro (with extension rings).. Always carry it when I travel ..
Some of my sample images with 50mm f1.8 Canon:
Thanks Andrew! This is just the knowledge that I did not have.
'I love using my 50 mm 1.8 and won't consider a 35 mm just for FOV.
I got the kit lenses when I bought my camera and then eventually bought a 50mm prime lens. I use it a lot now and have noticed the difference in quality compared to the kit lenses.
I get your point about loving 50's, but I think there is some contradiction when compared on a full frame and an APSC. The field if view is different on each, so if you like a 50mm on an APSC, aren't you really saying you like an 85mm on a full frame?? In answer to Jay - yes a 35mm will give you the same field of view on an APSC, but you won't get much background blur (if any). That's why most people prefer a 50mm on an APSC, the field of view is a little narrow for a walk around, but you can actually blur out backgrounds, which is the feature if this lens most people are aiming for. Frame size does not affect DOF, focal length and apature do.
I have always loved my 50mm f1.8 lens. If I have the money, I hope to be able to own the f1.2L version.
Thank you so much.
On a cropped sensor camera, wouldn't a 35 mm ( or thereabouts) be a better choice as a walk-around lens? If yes (or even if no), how do these wider primes compare to the nifty fifty?
My 50mm 1.4 was on top of my list for a very long time (and I do have other AF-S lenses) BUT recently that position got taken by Nikon 28mm f/1.8 G..... just LOVE it ... sharp quick small
(i'm a Nikon user tho)
Hi Mridula,
Yes, it is Oxford. The name of the building is Radcliffe Camera.
I love the 50 mm lens so much that I not only photograph with it but filmed my Doritos Crash The Super Bowl video on it last year. And guess what? I will use it again.
We have both the canon 50 1.2 and the 1.4 and the 1.2 is my most used lens on wedding day, groom and groomsmen, processional and recessional, cocktail hour shooting and even dancing shots at the reception.
A great article from a great photographer. I love 50mm so much I saved up and went for a f/1.2 but it literally lasted a week. My favourite has to be the 50mm f/1.4 I just couldn't get the 1.2.
Just curious if the first picture is clicked in Oxford UK?


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Dr Sentamu claimed that the clergy risked becoming entangled in internal politics such as the ongoing row over the ordination of homosexual priests.
"The Church has not been very good at clearly spelling out what the message of Jesus is about. We have been indulging into a lot of debates which I do not think really have much to do sometimes with the Christian faith," he told the Today programme.
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I previewed the 2014 Miss World competition, the finale of which will take place on December 14, here, and posted a few photos. Preliminary competitions are already under way; you can read about them, if so inclined, at the Miss World site. The contestants are here, but the photography is so bad–a recurrent problem with the Miss World pageant–that they are hard to evaluate.
Nevertheless, betting odds are starting to take shape. This site has odds from two bookmakers. The current favorite is Miss South Africa, at ridiculously low odds. You can find a photo of her at my earlier post, linked above. Miss Russia, Anastasia Kostenko, is the second most heavily-bet contestant. She is a dancer and says her favorite books include Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard [Technically a play–Ed.], Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero Of Our Time and The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I liked The Idiot a lot when I was her age, too. Given that she is a pageant contestant, it is weirdly difficult to find pictures of her. This one from the Miss World site is as good as it gets, for now:
Actually, come to think of it, it's pretty good.
The third favorite is Miss Netherlands, Tatjana Maul. Miss Maul is a blogger, but don't hold that against her. Her site is called DancyFood and focuses on health etc. She is more of a pro than most of the other contestants, so there is no shortage of pictures of her. I like this one:
The fourth leading favorite is Miss USA, Elizabeth Safrit. Miss Safrit is a news junkie: she is currently working as a lobbyist, although I can't readily find out what firm she is with, and she wants to be a "political broadcaster for a major news network." I'm thinking she would fit in at Fox:
Watch for her soon on the O'Reilly Factor if she doesn't win the pageant.
That is enough for now. Upsets are the rule in beauty pageants, not the exception, so I wouldn't take those betting odds too seriously. There are lots more worthy contestants to preview. Moreover, the climaxes of Miss USA and Miss Universe are almost back to back this year, with Miss Universe in January. So if you like pageant coverage, there should be plenty of it in the weeks to come.
The Miss Universe site is here. One is tempted to say that the Miss Universe field looks a little stronger this year, but that is probably because the photography isn't so wretched. You can't say that Donald Trump never does anything right.


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Meg may appear delicate but the plant is strong and vigorous with leathery, dark green leaves and very healthy. The flowers are produced mainly in clusters throughout the summer and then in masses during the Autumn.
This climbing rose is very adaptable to many locations but looks particularly stunning against a creamy-white wall. Ideal as a pillar rose and the thorns should be a consideration if planting over an archway!
- Open blooms which display crimson stamens
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