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Up in the Air Full Theatrical Trailer
Posted on Thursday, October 1st, 2009 by Russ Fischer
I have not seen Jason Reitman's new film Up in the Air. I know it is getting raves left and right; it went over like gangbusters at Telluride (Peter's review) and Toronto. Each bit of footage we've been given has shaped my understanding of the film, and each clip makes me a bit more interested to see what is really inside what Reitman has called perhaps the most personal film he'll ever make.
The full theatrical trailer is now online, and it nicely bridges the gap between the first standalone romcom-style clip and the heady, emotional teaser we premiered early last month.
This trailer is a good sales pitch. It begins with a tune that sounds bouncy and upbeat but has a darker underside (Iggy Pop's 'The Passenger') and a conversational introduction to Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) who, in his own words, is lent out to "cowards who don't have the courage to sack their own employees." Bingham sails blithely through life ("I'm like my mother; I stereotype. It's faster.") with no emotional attachments. If you thought the teaser didn't tell enough of what the film is about, this is the clip for you. But even without having seen the film I know there's a lot that isn't here, too, and that the movie is more than the slightly more worldly than average romantic tale some might assume. As trailers go, this is some pretty good work.
One note: Up in the Air had been planned for December 4, then pulled back to a limited November 13 and wide November 25 release, based upon the film's very good festival reception. But Clooney's other big fall film, The Men Who Stare at Goats, is planned for November 6. So Paramount has pushed Reitman's film back to a limited release on December 4, going wide December 25 (And keep in mind that Clooney is also 'in' Fantastic Mr. Fox, which goes wide on November 25. The guy owns a whole month this fall.)
Apple has the trailer; you can see it there in lovely HD.
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Fancy making your own keg but just can't be bothered to learn how to do it from scratch? Don't give up on the idea so easily, because you can just go the 'instant' route by opting to get one of these do-it-yourself beer brewing kits instead.
I mean, we do it with juices. So why not come up with the same concept for beer? That's what Pat's Backcountry Beverages is planning to do very, very soon. They've basically developed a powdered beer concentrate that'll let people mix up their own brews anytime, anywhere. Just pour the mix into their special carbonating bottle, and your 'microbrew' quality beer will be ready in a jiffy.
For the love of booze and everything alcoholic, we scoured the web for more DIY instant beer kits that makes boozing up a whole lot easier. Check the gallery out and who knows? You might end up getting one of these booze kits to take along with you the next time you go camping or something.
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Previously there was a very popular Instructable on making your own "Solar MintyBoost" – before you needed to get parts from various places, now you can get them all in one spot – at the Adafruit shop!
So – if you want to make solar MintyBoost, here's how —
Pick up a USB/Solar LiIon/LiPoly charger and Lithium Ion Polymer Battery – 1200mAh. A 1200mAh lipoly will provide as much overall power (~4.5 Wh) as 2 rechargable AA's.
Choose from either a 1W or 2W solar panel. Either will work, if you are using the smaller panel, we suggest removing R4 and replacing it with a 6.8K (or so) resistor which will keep the lipoly charger from trying to draw too much current from the panel.
Next up, you'll need a mini-B USB cable to sacrifice. Use the one in the shop or find one in your room.
Follow the tutorial on our site for how to splice the solar panel into the USB cable.
Finally, a MintyBoost will give you a USB 5V output! Connect the other side of the JST cable from the LiPo charger into the input of the MintyBoost.
Put the panel out in the sun and watch for the charging light to go on. then when the battery is charged up, the DONE led will be lit.
You can put all this in our new Altoids mint-sized tin!
Note: While it may most devices, this will mostly likely not work consistently with the iPhone 3Gs and/or the iPhone 4. We will have a new MintyBoost and MintyBoost "rechargeable" soon, if you need to support those two devices specifically hold off until you see these new versions of our kits on our site.
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I have one of your two-watt panels.
What I want is a solar panel that is 3.5"x2", the size of an Altoids tin.
Or maybe a 5"x6" tin to fit the panel. But that would be a lot of mints to eat…
(by the way, your captcha always rejects my first answer. On the second try, I just noticed that the color code changed when I started to move the slider. I'm using Firefox)
Sweet! I put up a link on the instructable tools and materials page.
Ok, so I'm still learning, and all these resistor properties are making my head spin here.
I plan on making this entire kit from the solar panel to the minty boost but I'm going to use the smaller solar panel so I can keep it all compact.
What I need to know is what do you mean by "removing R4 and replacing it with a 6.8K (or so) resistor"? Do you mean the R4 resistor from the mint boost kit? Or do you have to build the LiPol charger and replace an R4 position resistor?
Not to show my infancy in electronics. A 6.8K resistor would be one with a banding of Blue, Gray, Red, and the last one will either be yellow(5%),silver(10%),or gold (20%)tolerance, or a 6,800 ohm resistor (+/- tolerance). Is that correct?
Oh, and what is the "or so" about? -
what type of devices can I charge with this? what about a digital camera or gps?
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I just want to say how much I love your captcha.
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Don't you think that the minty boost risk to over drain the battery?
Minty boost works with very low voltage wich is way less than the lower voltage limit of lithium batteries.
regards -
Most Li-poly batteries have a built-in circuit to prevent over charging and over discharging 😉
anyone know if this works with iPhone 3Gs or 4?
Is there away to charge the battery pack from house power? I do a good deal of hiking and would like to be able to leave with the battery fully charged and then charge it from the solar panel when needed. THanks for you help!
Another quick question. Have you tried any of the flexible/rollable solar panels with this?
Will this work with an iPhone4 if you have the v4 MintyBoost to recharge? There is a disclaimer at the bottom of the description that states:"Note: While it may most devices, this will mostly likely not work consistently with the iPhone 3Gs and/or the iPhone 4. We will have a new MintyBoost and MintyBoost "rechargeable" soon, if you need to support those two devices specifically hold off until you see these new versions of our kits on our site."
Is this true or is this just old and the v3 addresses this issue?
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The Filters have been sold. PAR BCST-HPF BCB High Pass Filter + homebrew Low Pass Filter In the process of deactivating my shack and lab, I have for sale a PAR BCST-HPF filter in mint condition. This is a very high performance Broadcast band rejection filter useful for eliminating BCB interference from the amateur bands. Sophisticated 7 pole elliptical design with very sharp cutoff and rejection from 40 to 80 dB across the BCB. 50 ohm impedance. Fully shielded 2.5 x 2.25 inch enclosure with female BNC connectors. Switch for bypassing filter if desired. High quality design and construction by Dale W4OP, using toroidial inductors and poly capacitors. Includes original datasheet with plot of actual filter performance. I am also including a homebrew Low Pass filter. This filter has a cutoff of 1.5 MHz and is useful for eliminating HF interference for BCB or lower reception or for elimination of BCB receiver local oscillator injection into the antenna system. The actual filter is a Coilcraft P7LP-155L, which is constructed on a ceramic substrate with SMT capacitors and inductors. It is a 50 ohm 7 pole design with rejection of about 60 dB. Ive enclosed it in a fully shielded Pomona box with female BNC connectors. These are both low power receive-only type filters. New low price is $59 including USPS Priority Mail shipping to your USA address. PayPal only, please. Contact me directly via email if interested: email@example.com 73 Craig AC0DS


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Friday, September 10, 2010
Samuel Arnold, a Conspirator
Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Samuel Arnold, a conspirator, Alexander Gardner, April 1865.
Samuel Bland Arnold (September 6, 1834 – September 21, 1906) was involved in the plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
Arnold was sentenced to life in prison at Fort Jefferson, in 1869 he was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson. After Samuel Arnold
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Associate ProfessorPharmacology and NeurosciencePh.D., 1997 - Oregon Health & Science UniversitySouth Plains Alcohol & Addiction Research Centerhttps://www.ttuhsc.edu/centers/spaarc/Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Healthhttp://www.ttuhsc.edu/laurawbushinstitute/Office: 5C105Phone: 806-743-2425, ext. 257Lab: 5C195Lab Phone: ext. 241FAX: 806-743-2744E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism:
The Bergeson lab uses a combination of behavioral, biochemical, molecular and pharmacological approaches to study the genetics of predisposition, and the molecular neurobiology of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Through our use of microarray and bioinformatics technology, global transcriptional analyses of several genetic mouse models of alcohol drinking and dependence have uncovered new genes and biological pathways not previously known to be involved in alcohol-related behaviors and responses. We have also recently shown that chromatin remodeling and miRNA expression play a role in the differential transcriptional response to alcohol drinking seen between adolescent and adult mice. The current goals of the lab focus on: 1) alcohol-induced mRNA and miRNA transcriptome changes, 2) epigenetic consequences of alcohol drinking, 3) the B2m proteome and its role in predisposition, 4) age-specific differences in alcohol mediated molecular neuroadaptation, 5) sexual dimorphic responses to alcohol, and in general, 6) the genetics of alcoholism. Trainees have an opportunity to gain experience in a broad repertoire of laboratory technology.
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Mothers and babies shot down by Australian Policeman
When we speak of law and order, we accept that society needs it to function in a civilised manner. When traveling as a tourist to a foreign country, we put our safety in the hands of those paid to protect us and keep us free from harm. Imagine then, when a senior Queensland police officer goes on the rampage over a weekend, in the company of a young teenager, killing kangaroos, a protected native species, he is reprimanded with an Infringement Notice (as good as a slap on the wrist). Hard to imagine? Not so!
In December 2011 this incident actually happened in Queensland in Australia. About 20 kangaroos, classified as "protected" in Australia, were shot, some at point blank range, their bodies just left as they fell for locals to find whilst out for their Sunday morning exercise.
In this mob, there would have been at least 20 baby kangaroos. You can imagine the scene as these terrified babies saw their parents shot in front of them and then had to face the killer staring into the barrel of his gun, before having their tiny little lives blown apart. It is reported that only one young baby survived this bloodbath, but injured, was taken to a wildlife rescue 'carer'.
What of the Police officer you may ask? Well therein lies the problem!
If this had been a member of the public they would have been arrested and be facing trial with a very heavy fine, but not so if you are a Policeman in Queensland. SHAME!
This officer committed crimes under the LAW in Australia which is there to supposedly protect native wildlife from such ruthless attacks.
It seems however, that he only received an infringement notice.
We want Europe and the rest of the world to know what goes on in Australia to its protected native species and how little the animal welfare laws protect the very animals these laws were first written and set up, to safe guard.
Please sign our petition and send this our letter to those listed and help us to rectify this blatant 'cover-up.'
Thank you for your support. We need your signature on this petition which we will send to Tourist Agencies around the world and to all who are thinking of going to Australia. To all those who firmly believe that the policeman and teenager should be punished severely, your signature is needed so we can make sure justice is served.
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The Rocketboys
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2. All The Western Winds
3. Brothers
4. Time Is A Devil
5. Bloodless
6. Carry Me
7. Someday Soon
8. The Best
On their recent recordings "20,000 Ghosts" and "Wellwisher," The Rocketboys perfectly married themes of unity and brotherhood with rich, soaring rock, lifting the band to national critical acclaim. The band supported its releases with lengthy tours and multiple festival appearances. Almost inevitably though the rigors of the road took their toll, eventually rupturing the band's momentum in the winter of 2010-11. Three members of the sextet of college friends from Abilene, Texas left to focus on other endeavors, and the split nearly ended the band.
The resulting hiatus did have its upside, allowing front-man Brandon Kinder a window both to release a solo EP (under the name "The Wealthy West") and to pen the theme song for The Discovery Channel's new hit show "Bering Sea Gold." However, in the end, the three remaining members (Kinder, keyboardist Justin Wiseman, and bassist Josh Campbell) agreed they weren't at peace letting their collaborative venture cease to exist.
The initial hurdles of rebuilding, though difficult and disheartening, began to give way to new-found inspiration. Though the song-writing process drastically changed as a result of the reduced lineup, with less proverbial "cooks in the kitchen," a more broad, dynamic range of ideas and visions than ever fermented and flourished. The end result and forthcoming album is Build Anyway. Recorded in their home studio and mixed by CJ Eiriksson (U2, Live, Phish), the album chronicles the emotions through the brokenness in abandonment to the search for peace and closure, both personally and musically.
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We hear that In-N-Out is a very popular burger-slinging establishment. We'll take its fans at their word, because we don't believe in leaving the East Coast. What we do know is that the combination of tasty burgers and car culture leads to such long drive-thru lines that you can see them from space. [More]
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Science Confirms In-N-Out Burger Is The Best And McDonald's The Worst
Almost a year ago, our survey-loving siblings at Consumer Reports asked several thousand readers to rate burgers from 18 burger chains and to no one's surprise, McDonald's came in dead last. Not satisfied with merely finding the best and worst beef-on-a-bun, CR decided to go for the super-sized option, rating 53 restaurants in five categories to find which ones provide the best food, service and value to customers.
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In the current issue of Consumer Reports, our science-minded siblings asked readers to rate the burgers at 18 different restaurant chains on a scale of 1-10.
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Paddock, Harry 1870 � 1961 Papers, 1870 -1930
Page address: http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc157.htmlMinnesota State University, Mankato,
Memorial Library, Southern Minnesota Historical Center
Paddock, Harry (1870 - 1961). Papers, 1870 - 1930
SMHC Manuscript Collection 157
Paddock, Harry (1870 - 1961). Papers, 1870 -1930. SMHC Manuscript Collection 157. 1 Holinger Box, .43 Cubic Feet.
This collection consists mainly of the correspondence of Mr. Harry Paddock, a lawyer and land speculator who spent most of his life in Mankato. The collection contains his personal and business correspondence from 1890 to 1930. Two of the main topics are the selling of lumber from Mr. Paddock's lands and land speculation near Walker, Minnesota, an area that was being considered for the site of a sanitarium. Also included are some miscellaneous business receipts, transcripts of court decisions, and two ledger books.
Biographical Note:
Harry Paddock was born in 1870, in Mankato, Minnesota, to Mr. and Mrs. Zachary Paddock. His father was a contractor, grain dealer, and the owner of a grocery store in Mankato. Harry worked as an attorney in the Mankato area for many years. He moved to Walker, Minnesota in 1907, where he continued to practice law. Paddock also speculated in lands throughout Minnesota and North Dakota. Harry Paddock died in November of 1961.
Biographical information found in Mankato Free Press, 28 November 1961.
Scope and Content:
This collection is primarily focused on the business dealings of Harry Paddock. The bulk of the collection is his letters, which mostly deal with land speculations in Minnesota and North Dakota. One topic that can be found in several letters is land speculation near Walker, Minnesota. This area was being considered for the site of a sanitarium, and Mr. Paddock was involved in attempted land sales to the organizers of the proposed facility. Another area of focus in the letters is lumber sales. Paddock owned lands in Northern Minnesota from which he would sell timber. A number of letters in this collection are concerned with the sale or transportation of lumber. Also included in the collection are Mr. Paddock's personal letters. These are both to and from his mother; niece, Mrs. Eva Chaplain of Mankato; and his nephew, Eugene Paddock.
There is one file of miscellaneous items. This includes Paddock's receipts from business transactions, transcripts of court decisions, and various personal receipts. Two ledgers are also contained in the collection, but have not been attributed to a specific business. They are not labeled, but appear to be from a real estate firm and a furniture store.
There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property and libel laws as they apply
Collection Citation:
Paddock, Harry (1870 - 1961). Papers, 1870 - 1930. SMHC Manuscript Collection 157, Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Tom Volk donated this collection in November 1974 and February 1975.
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This collection was processed in April of 1975.
Finding aid revised by Robert Russell August 2000.
Related Collections:
Paddock, Zach (1824 - 1895) Ledger, 1872. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1201. Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
LCSH Subject Headings:
Paddock, Harry.
Business - Mankato, 1870 - 1925.
Mankato (Minn.)
Walker (Minn.)
Lumber trade
Land speculation
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The famed developmental psychologist, Jean Piaget, believed that in the formation of children's morals no outside influence is greater than that of the family. Through punishment, reinforcement and both direct and indirect teaching, families instill morals in children, and help them to develop beliefs that reflect the values of their culture. Although families' contributions to children's moral development is broad, there are particular ways in which morals are most effectively conveyed and learned.
The notion of what is fair is one of the central moral lessons that children learn in the family context. Families set boundaries on the distribution of resources, such as food and living spaces, and allow members different privileges based on age, gender and employment. The way in which a family determines what is fair affects children's development of ideas about rights and entitlements, and also influences their notions of sharing, reciprocity and respect.
Families establish rules for right and wrong behavior, which are maintained through positive reinforcement and punishment. Positive reinforcement is the reward for good behavior, and helps children learn that certain actions are encouraged above others. Punishment, by contrast, helps to deter children from engaging in bad behaviors, and from an early age helps children to understand that actions have consequences. Dr. Jean Piaget describes that through their exposure to rewards and punishment, children develop an internal system of justice that they use assess the world and their immediate environs. This internal system additionally helps children to make decisions about how to act, as they begin to consider the outcomes of their own behavior.
Social Roles
In the family environment, children come to consider their actions not only in terms of justice, but also in terms of emotional needs. Clinical psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg is famous for his elaboration of children's moral development. He maintains that children learn the value of social support from their families, and develop motivations based on kindness, generosity and empathy, rather than on only personal needs and desires. Kohlberg additionally explains that by learning to care for the interests and well-being of their family, children develop concern for society as a whole.
Personal Balance
Through understanding principles of fairness, justice and social responsibilities, children learn to find a balance between their own needs and wants and the interests of the greater social environment. In their 1998 article on moral development, professors Arthur Mones and Erinn Haswell describe that children are brought into a "family culture" that emphasizes finding moderation between the individual and a greater sense of connectedness. By placing limits on their own individual desires, children benefit from a greater sense of love, security and shared identity. At the same time, this connectedness helps children to refine their own moral system by providing them with a reference for understanding right and wrong.


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Garza Theatre
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This small theater was boarded up and hidden away for many years. It was uncovered and partially renovated for live plays. It had a very successful run for several years thanks to the very talented Jane Prince Jones of KLLL radio and Prince-Jones Travel in Lubbock.
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The town's web site says that the Garza was previously called the Palace Theatre. It also says that it was renamed the Garza when renovated as a live venue in 1986, but Boxoffice mentions the Garza Theatre in Post at least as early as 1943.
The earliest mention of the Palace I've found in the trades is in Motion Picture Times of August 25, 1928, though the house apparently opened in 1916.
Boxoffice of March 26, 1936, said that the Palace at Post had been taken over by the Griffith circuit. By 1943 the Garza Theatre at Post is mentioned as being operated by Westex Theatres, a Griffith subsidiary.
I can't find the name Palace mentioned after 1936, nor anything about any other theaters operating at Post before the Garza is mentioned in 1943, so the renaming must have taken place between those years.
The town's web site says that the theater closed as a movie house in 1955, and was then boarded up for almost three decades after being damaged by a fire in 1957.
The Garza theater has been closed by the City of Post. They say the theater building is structural unsafe. Don't know if it will reopen due to the cost of repair. Please change the Garza to closed.
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Throughout my journey to impoverished countries all over the world, one trait has reigned true: warmth. No matter what stressful situation or unknown location we find ourselves in, there is always a good person we meet among the madness. Good people are everywhere, even in the darkest, most forbidden war-torn corners of earth. These good people are responsible for uplifting others and guaranteeing people like you are aware of the problems that many face, everyday.
When I was first offered the opportunity to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia I was really unaware of those problems and issues that plagued the city and the country as a whole. On the minimal available information I had been given, it was tough to wrap my head around what we would be doing or why we would be there. There is so little awareness and so little knowledge that I was forced to dive deeper and I only scratched the surface of what I would eventually come to find.
It all started with my friend Coury Deeb of Nadus Films and the "Give A Story" grant project. We give a grant to those world-wide foundations that need it most. The grant provides the opportunity to document, capture and provide the right tools, so these initiatives can raise awareness and gain traction for further funding. Our project in Ethiopia focused on the foundation "Youth Impact" which provides shelter, food and a solid path for homeless children located in the city of Addis Ababa.
Due to famine and communist civil war, nearly 60% of Ethiopia, Africa is under the age of 18 and of that demographic nearly 100,000 children are completely homeless and suffer from tremendous injustice. Poverty, addiction, prostitution and disease. Some children, just 6 years of age roaming the streets of the city. There is an extreme lack of leadership, parents and grandparents. It is a country of youth. Unfortunately, much of the world is ignorant to this injustice and only a brave few have taken the step to witness the problem then follow up with action. Before I even stepped off the plane, I knew it would be an experience, but I was unaware of the impact it would actually have.
While preparing for this project, everything suddenly changed. Although, Ethiopia is well-traveled by tourism, it's also a country that is weary of exploitation. Just days before our date of departure, we hit a speed bump and had to re-think our strategy for both entering the country and the equipment we would haul. Our usual gear list consists of cameras, lenses, tripods, grip equipment, lighting, stands, sliders, and stabilizers. We had to break it down to something with a smaller footprint and less conspicuous. We had to play the tourist and travel completely under the radar, which isn't easy for a professional production crew. Luckily, thanks to the efficiency of LensRentals, we were able to grab the right lightweight and mobile tools for the job on top of a stripped down version of our normal equipment list.
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I am often asked by my clients on my travel photography tours whether a tripod is necessary. My answer? Always. Many cameras now boast very acceptable noise management, but that doesn't mean using a high ISO won't be a compromise to the quality of a lower ISO. When you want to make your best landscapes or travel scenes, a tripod is still the best way to go. Tripods force you to work more slowly, and because of that, you tend to be more careful with your composition and focus. They also allow you to create more depth-of-field by using a smaller aperture and allow you to incorporate motion in your still image, such as in a waterfall or stream, without pushing the ISO way up.
1. Capture Moments A tripod allows you to set up, compose, and be ready for the moment when it occurs. With this bear family, I was observing them eating and loved how she would swoop her paw around a wad of grass. I got ready for that moment, but I also wanted the young cub that was visible to have a mouthful of grass. Being on the tripod allowed me to watch both actions and time it when they were both right.
2. Think About Panoramas We are used to seeing the width equivalent to what you'd see through a 40mm lens, more or less, so when you can create wider formats, such as panoramas, it's exciting and a fresh way for the eye to view a scene. I feel they add something to each travel journey I make, as well as when doing my landscape photography. While it's amazing what you can do with hand-held exposures due to sophisticated software for stitching, I have found that I often drift downhill to the right when I move my camera to capture my series for a panorama. I try to compensate for that, but it's still risky. When the stitching is done, I sometimes find I clipped off the mountaintop or steeple because I drifted too much! So I use the tripod in most cases now. I don't use all the fancy nodal sliders and leveler heads, but with a little patience to level the tripod head, and a few practice 'swings' to see how it looks, I can get great results. The results are consistently more successful using my tripod.
3. Photograph at Dawn or SunsetNothing adds more mood to a scene like an image made in the golden or 'blue' hour, when the twilight or sunset sky balances with the city lights in your exposure. When I travel, I always plan to be out for early morning light and sunset/twilight where I know I can capture the mood of a place. When your friends are inside eating dinner, you need to be out making pictures!
This type of photograph requires a slow shutter speed, one below what most vibration control mechanisms can manage, even with a wider angle lens. So this is another time when a tripod is essential for me. This dusk view over the city of Havana, Cuba was made from the 17th floor of a hotel that I chose for the location. Maybe I could have used the balcony railing and done a shorter exposure by raising the ISO high, but I chose my tripod for more stability, as I was at f16 for 20 seconds.
I also look for rooftop restaurants and bars, or church bell towers, etc, to capture an aerial-like view of a city or village. These pictures add a unique way to share the place visited. In Sevilla, a modern sculpture was erected in a square that gives visitors an elevated view of the city. The sculpture itself is very unique, and at dusk, it was lit and in balance with the twilight sky around it. This exposure was just 7 seconds at f16, but long enough to run the risk of vibrations from people walking all over this structure! I had to time it when I thought no one would start up or down the steps.
I love to work with mixtures of ambient light over flash when working inside. This young monk was praying below a reclining Buddha statue, and the candlelight was spectacular on the whole scene. Thankfully, I was allowed to use my tripod inside the small stupa. It was a very narrow space, so I couldn't spread my tripod legs out completely, but even partially spread, it gave me enough stability to get the shot. The exposure was .8 sec at f10, and he did a great job of holding very still for the photo!
As a landscape photographer, I can't live without the stable platform of a tripod. Too many pictures I create are with small aperture for great depth of field, or in the low light of sunrise or sunset. I also like to incorporate the suggestion of motion in my still images, such as with moving water. The photo of Yosemite Falls was made one special night when it was clear and a full moon was rising over the cliffs. The exposure was about 6 minutes, and being set on the tripod, I could use my remote release to make the photo.
The sunburst inside Hickman Arch in Capitol Reef required three exposures for an HDR process. To make certain I had the starburst align properly, I had to use the tripod. It was a challenge because the sun moves faster than you think when you try to capture a sliver of it along an edge like this stone arch. Yet with continuous frame setting on the camera, I captured them quickly enough that it worked.
I love intimate details, and while I used to just bend over to try and get parallel to scenes like this leaf on drying mud, I learned my lesson when too often, one section of the scene would be 'soft', outside the depth of field. To render this scene completely sharp, I needed f16 and that put my shutter at ? second, so a tripod was required.
Can you tell I'm a tripod lover? You bet! I can't do my job as an artist without one for certain types of photography. Candid moments, street photography, flying birds – all of those work better without being on a tripod, but for landscapes, intimate details, macro, slow-moving wildlife, perching birds, travel scenes at dusk, interiors, and more, it's a valuable tool for me. When I travel, I just make sure to have a light but sturdy tripod that is packable, to guarantee I'll always have it with me.
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Just the name evokes a curiosity but also lets you know that this place demands respect.
Death Valley didn't just get its name by accident and many people have not made it out of this incredible place alive as the temperatures have been recorded as the hottest on earth throughout history. The landscape is as diverse as anywhere on earth with Badwater being the lowest place on earth with salt patterns in geodesic dome formations that make you feel like you've landed on the moon. Standing above Zabriskie Point, and gazing upon the almost surreal rock formations that I have never seen anywhere else on earth is definitely a photographer's dream. The infamous Racetrack, one of the flattest places on earth where large rocks seem to move invisibly and create their own tracks, never stops intriguing every single visitor.
Death Valley is a photographer's paradise and one of my favorite places on earth as the possibilities for unique and powerful images never gets old. But after many trips and countless workshops to this unique National Park, I would have to say my heart really belongs to the mesmerizing Mesquite Sand Dunes located near Stovepipe Wells. Once you gaze upon these picturesque sand dunes the first time, you can't help but want to run out and start clicking the camera. But you first need to know a few things about these beautiful dunes and the best way to capture them. Being prepared is absolutely key and with a little knowledge and the right gear, your chances of hitting a home run will be much better!
First, for everyone, bringing enough water is absolutely quintessential. Although the dunes appear close to the road, they are at least a 20 to 30 minute hike in and sometimes the heat can be brutal and having enough water is an absolute necessity! Then it's the time of day. Sunrise and sunset are pretty much the only times that you're going to be able to capture these amazing dunes with all their grandeur because the shadows will be giving the dunes the drama that is needed and during the day, without shadows, you won't get the best shots. As far as camera gear, wide angle and telephoto are equally important as the images you will capture from each perspective are incredibly different. I have even shot from the side of the road way off into the dunes with my 500 mm lens, as the compression is incredible and so dynamic but any lens will pretty much get you something good. And I would never photograph the dunes without a good tripod as you really need to set up and compose each image with precision and the benefits of a tripod are enormous. I can fine tune my vision and then lock it down to get just what I want and the sand dunes are no different than anywhere else that I photograph on earth as my tripod goes with me everywhere!
For photographers, a trip to Death Valley will almost guarantee you the unique perspective of this incredible planet. Just remember to respect the weather but also bring the right camera gear and of course have water with you all the time! This is without a doubt one of my favorite places on earth to photograph.
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The worldwide tiger population has decreased 97% in the last 50 years.
Today, we only have about 3,200 left of all nine subspecies of Panthera Tigris – the tiger. Once one could find tigers from Turkey in the West of Eurasia to Russia in the East.
However, today they can only be found in a few countries in Asia.
With this in mind, I decided to follow my friend Rajat Singh to India to get more information and see these wonderful animals.
I traveled to Barrackpore in West Bengal, probably one of the best bird parks in the world and a place I strongly plan to visit again.
It is magical.
It was also here I spent a great deal of time (and much to my delight) taking photos of monkeys.
I love photographing them because they have so many expressions and do so many funny things.
I use the Benro Travel Angel II Tripod which is so very light and easy to bring with you when traveling.
Knowing that I can also make it in to a monopod is important, as I use that feature often during my wildlife photography.
After taking many photographs, I continued on my way to Ranthambhore National Park.
Ranthambhore NP (RNP) is 400km2, but they are planning to increase it to 1500km2. For me, this is very good news. They report that there are now 52 tigers in RNP. The word Tiger comes from the word "tigri" that means arrow and means that Tigers are like arrows – fast and quiet.
RNP is very beautiful and has much prey in it for predatory animals such as tigers.
My first tour of the park gave me access to photograph four leopards. They say that for every 100 tigers you see, you will see one leopard so I figured that I am now I entitled to see for 400 tigers! (grin)
On the very next trip, I did encounter a tiger.
I had extremely good luck to be accompanied by a very experienced ranger that had a fantastic feeling for where the tiger was going to be found. Lucky me!
T24 was a massive and very impressive tiger.
Following T24 and my guide around resulted in a lot of walking in a beautifully-lit forest, going into a cave and to swim, and more.
What else can one ask for?
When traveling around in a jeep, I tend to use a GH2 and monopod or the single leg from my Travel Angel II converted to monopod.
If you, like me, are impressed by tigers, I strongly suggest that you make a trip to India; it will be worth every minute.
Seeing a tiger in the wild is an amazing feeling.
I hope our children also will be able to see them in the future so let's try to help keep the tigers alive and healthy.
Jeff McCrum works in New York with frequent travels to Maine and anywhere the skies get dark. A space junkie from a kid he loves the quiet of the night's long hours and any opportunity to watch the skies.
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"The tripod is essentially a simple device, but if poorly designed or constructed, it can cause inferior image quality and endless frustration." - Ansel Adams
As a long-time tripod advocate I have spent innumerable hours trying to convince people that a well-built tripod would be the best thing for improving their photography. Tripods provide a stable base for the photographer to explore any exposure times longer than 1/60th of a second. They allow you to create time-lapse movies. They let you be in the photo. Quite simply, they become someone else so you don't have to hold your camera all the time.
But I hear the same complaints: "Too big." "Too heavy." "Too expensive." "Too impatient." Too much work, in other words. I also hear the collaborating complaints: "My shots are too blurry." "My shots are too dark." "I wanted more depth of field." "Why can't I get star trails?"
Night photography requires a stable connection to the Earth. The planet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour while orbiting the sun at another 67,000 miles an hour, but it's the best solid point of reference most of us have. Any long exposure aimed at the sky for five minutes will show the viewer how much it's all moving around up there, and the firmer your camera can be the better your star trails will look.
When I accidentally busted my specialized tripod legs with expensive ballhead, I was convinced I'd never find another set of legs that would fold down to 18", extend comfortably to my eye level, and be less than eight pounds. I spend a week every summer trekking across Maine's Monhegan Island. Between scouting out night shots, running around with the kids, and eventually going out to await moonrise or lightpaint nature along a rough trail it seems like I walk the length of the island at least three or four times, which starts to add up if you count the thousand vertical feet. Bigger tripods have a tendency to snag on the narrow trails and when scrambling up cliffs in the middle of the night any extra weight can really be felt when you have another mile to go to get home.
The carbon fiber C2682TV2 has significantly changed how I am able to shoot. Lighter, faster, stable, and with a load of improvements over my aluminum legs and previous ballhead. My previous legs were less than 18", but that required removing the head every time I wanted to get to that length. The Benro legs cleverly swing up along the center column for an overall length slightly longer than 18" but certainly able ot get stowed away in any standard airplane carry-on. My camera is over my head at full extension with the column, but I try to avoid using it when possible. Even so the head is smartly positioned at slightly more than 54 inches when just using the legs, just slightly below eye level for all 5 foot 7 of me.
Weighing in less than a half-gallon of milk (four pounds) is certainly appreciated at all times of the day. If you're worried about this being too light for your gear, rest assured the tripod can hold 40 pounds steady and the hook at the bottom of the center column can hold your gear bag for extra stability (just be sure it's touching the ground, putting a pendulum at the bottom of the camera is definitely to be avoided). The head has a bubble level to confirm the camera is level before snapping in the Arca-Swiss plate. I find myself appreciating the simplicity of the locking release knob when I use it, a half rotation allows the plate to slide for adjustment but in order to fully remove the camera you just pull back on the knob and unscrews fully. It's very easy one-handed and because it happens every time I tighten the camera down means I never forget the lock.
There are a passel of additional reasons that I've fallen for this tripod: The fact one of the legs unscrews to use as a monopod so I don't need to bring along another piece of gear, the included spike feet, the second quick-release plate, the well-engineered head with adjustable drag, the shoulder bag, the sealed leg adjustments, but if I had known that a tripod with miniscule weight and tiny size were available years ago I would have happily replaced my tripod long before I needed to.
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If I've ever really needed a sturdy and super portable tripod, I've often turned to Gorillapods. But they can't do everything necessarily. But upon a recent visit to the MAC Group facilities, I stumbled upon a super affordable way to turn nearly anything into a stable shooting surface on the cheap.
This ballhead is a single action version–which means that with a twist of that knob you see there the entire head will essentially be able to move about. But if you're taking a single shot that doesn't require you to pan, or if you're shooting a timelapse, this is really all you need.
This ballhead is built pretty darn well for its affordable price. Fair warning though: hold onto your camera when you loosen that knob.
Kupo makes grip gear and some really sturdy stands. And the Convi Clamp is no exception. Even though it is built for the studio, its one heck of a clamp and quite literally the backbone behind this entire hack.
It clamps down onto nearly any surface and if your surface is flatter than what you see in the photo above, then you can insert a little flattener piece.
To keep it clamped in place, you'll need to crank it. Think about a vice grip–that's pretty much what this is!
Let's see here: The Kupo Convo Clamp: $24 + Benro BH0 Ballhead: $47 = $71.00 + tax.
Edit: Also add in this threaded mounting plate and that tacks on another $15.
Not too shabby, huh? Note that this isn't meant to replace a full tripod, but is instead meant as a quick hack that is super portable and efficient.
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Scientific Name: | Paracheirodon innesi | |
Other Names: | Neon Tetra | |
Family: | Characins | |
Origin: | South America Jungle Stream | |
Adult Size: | 1-1.5 inches (4 cm) | |
Social: | Peaceful | |
Lifespan: | up to 10 years | |
Tank Level: | mid- bottom dweller | |
Minimum Tank Size: | 10 gallons | |
Diet: | Omnivore | |
Breeding: | Egg layer | |
Care: | easy-medium | |
Ideal pH: | 5.8-7.5 | |
Temperature: | 74-79 F (23-26 C) | |
Tank setup: | Neons are best kept in a densely planted tank with subdued light and an ideal temperature of 68-74°F to resemble their native Amazon environment. | |
Sexing: | Males slimmer, females have a deeper body. | |
| Description:The neon tetra is light in colour. Starting at about the center of the body, there is a wide bright Red band extending to the start of the Caudal fin. Above this is a Blue band with a green sheen that runs from the upper part of the eye to the Adipose fin. The upper-side is Olive Green and the underside is Silver in color. The Anal fin is milky white to transparent. Habitat/Care:This is an excellent community fish and does very well in large groups. In fact, this fish should only be kept in shoals, or groups of 5 or more fish. Mixing with other fishes:Most bigger fish (even peaceful ones) see neon tetras as delicious food. As such, it is not recommended that it be put in a tank with bigger fish. Fish that mix well with neon tetra in an aquarium are other types of tetras, such as the rummy-nose tetra, cardinal tetra, and glowlight tetra, and other community fish that live well in an ideal Tetra water condition. Diet:Neon Tetras are omnivores and will accept most flake foods, but should also have some small foods such as brine shrimp, daphnia, freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex, and micro pellet food to supplement their diet. Mid-level feeders, they are best kept in schools of five to eight or more, for the "shoaling" effect when they move around the tank. Their colour and the iridescent stripe may become dim at night, and can be virtually invisible after a period of darkness. |
Breeding:To breed Neon Tetras, place a pair of the species in a breeding tank without any light, and gradually increase the lighting until spawning occurs. Other inducers include mosquito larvae and a hardness of less than 4 degrees. Because the adults will often eat newly-hatched fry, it is best to remove them as soon as they eggs have been laid. Eggs will hatch within 30 hours of the laying. Disease:Neon Tetra Disease -Caused by the sporozoan, Pleistophora hyphessobryconis, the disease is known for its rapid and high mortality rate among neons. To date there is no known cure, the only 'treatment' being the immediate removal of diseased fish to preserve the remaining fish. The disease cycle begins when parasitic spores enter the fish after it consumes infected material, such as the bodies of dead fish, or live food such as tubifex, which may serve as intermediate hosts. Once in the intestinal tract, the newly hatched embryos burrow through the intestinal wall and produce cysts within the muscle tissue. Muscles bearing the cysts begin to die, and the necrotic tissue becomes pale, eventually turning white in color. Symptoms:
Treatment: None, separate or kill diseased fish. There is no known cure. To ensure all fish are not lost, remove diseased fish from the tank. Prevention: |
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Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Luxembourg
June 3, 2010
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case. The staff report (use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this pdf file) for the 2010 Article IV Consultation with Luxembourg is also available.
June 3, 2010
On May 28, 2010, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Luxembourg.1
The global financial crisis posed a severe shock to Luxembourg's exceptionally open economy and internationally-integrated financial center. Private investment plummeted and consumption weakened in the face of slowing employment growth. At the height of the financial turmoil, the investment fund industry endured large redemptions, two systemically important banks were bailed out, and three smaller Icelandic banks failed. As a result, Luxembourg's economy contracted by 3½ percent in 2009, its worst performance in 30 years.
Still, a prompt and aggressive policy response safeguarded financial stability and mitigated adverse economic effects. The authorities' decisive action in tackling troubled banks, combined with increases in deposit guarantees and substantial emergency liquidity provided by the European Central Bank (ECB), helped ameliorate financial contagion and restore market confidence. In addition, Luxembourg's enviable position of public finances at the outset of the crisis provided the space to provide fiscal support to the economy, boost social transfers, and protect household income.
Systemic financial stability risks have receded in line with international developments, but growth will remain below its pre-crisis pace in 2010–11. Economic activity rebounded in the second half of 2009 led by the manufacturing and financial sectors, and labor markets showed initial signs of stabilizing. Net inflows to the investment fund industry resumed in the second quarter of 2009 with assets rebounding to close to their pre-crisis highs. Emergency liquidity provision has continued unwinding in an orderly manner and no bank failures occurred in 2009. The global financial crisis, nonetheless, is likely to have lasting effects on Luxembourg's economy. Growth is predicted to reach about 3 percent in 2010, reflecting improving conditions in global financial markets and trading partners as well as sustained fiscal stimulus. Inflation is expected to remain subdued.
Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors noted that Luxembourg, with its open economy and large internationally-integrated financial sector, experienced a severe shock from the global financial crisis. They commended the authorities' prompt and forceful policy response, which safeguarded the financial sector. At the same time, Luxembourg's strong fiscal position provided room for fiscal policy to support the economy and protect household incomes. While the economy has stabilized and growth has resumed, the balance of risks remains on the downside. Directors encouraged the authorities to address the vulnerabilities exposed by the crisis.
Directors welcomed the strengthening of banking supervision and increasing emphasis on the quality of banks' risk management practices. They recommended a sharper focus on liquidity and credit risks arising from banks' sizable and concentrated exposures to their foreign parent groups. They highlighted the importance of ensuring that locally-incorporated subsidiaries maintain adequate capital and liquidity buffers. Directors welcomed the joint collaboration between the central bank and the banking supervisor in assessing and monitoring liquidity risks, and encouraged the authorities to establish a formal agreement to support this undertaking.
In light of the prevalence of foreign subsidiaries in Luxembourg's banking system, Directors encouraged the authorities to remain actively engaged in EU initiatives on the design of formal mechanisms for cross-border bank resolution and burden sharing. They recognized that long-standing collaboration between local and home country supervisors facilitated the response to the crisis, and recommended further enhancing this collaboration. Directors looked forward to timely implementation of the FATF recommendations.
While agreeing that fiscal support continues to be appropriate in 2010, Directors advised the authorities to start consolidation in 2011 and target a balance by 2014 as planned. They welcomed the announced consolidation measures for 2011–12 as broadly appropriate. A few Directors considered that additional adjustment might be needed to achieve fiscal balance. With the need to center consolidation on current expenditure, a medium-term fiscal framework would be important to facilitate expenditure review and prioritization. Directors emphasized that the sustainability of public finances will require substantive pension reform, including a gradual increase in the effective and statutory retirement age and aligning benefits and contributions.
Directors considered that Luxembourg's economic resilience will depend on continued efforts to boost competitiveness and foster economic diversification. They welcomed the authorities' intention to revise the backward-looking wage indexation mechanism, and called for further reforms to eliminate wage-setting rigidities over time. Investment in skills development and in research will be important.
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 1/ | |
Proj. | |||||
Real economy |
(Change in percent, unless otherwise indicated) | ||||
Real GDP |
5.6 | 6.5 | 0 | -3.4 | 3 |
Gross fixed investment |
4.7 | 12.6 | -0.1 | -3.3 | -1.5 |
Unemployment (as percent of the labor force) |
4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
Resident employment (thousands) |
203.1 | 207.7 | 213.3 | 210.5 | 215.3 |
Total employment (thousands) |
319 | 333.2 | 348.7 | 341.8 | 348 |
CPI (harmonized), p.a. |
2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Public finances |
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General government revenues |
39.7 | 39.8 | 40.1 | 41.6 | 37.7 |
General government expenditures |
38.3 | 36.2 | 37.2 | 42.4 | 41.4 |
General government balance |
1.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | -0.7 | -3.7 |
General government gross debt |
6.5 | 6.7 | 13.7 | 16.4 | 19.6 |
Balance of payments |
Current account balance |
10.3 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Balance of trade in goods and services |
38.6 | 44.3 | 40.8 | 39.7 | 33.4 |
Factor income balance |
-25.6 | -30.3 | -30.8 | -31.3 | -23.7 |
Transfer balance |
-2.7 | -4.3 | -4.7 | -2.7 | -4.2 |
Exchange rates |
Member of the euro area | ||||
U.S. dollar per euro |
1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Nominal effective rate (2005=100) |
100.2 | 101.5 | 103 | 103.1 | 102.3 |
Sources: Data provided by the authorities; and IMF staff calculations and projections. |
Luxembourg: Selected Economic Indicators
1 Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. A staff team visits the country, collects economic and financial information, and discusses with officials the country's economic developments and policies. On return to headquarters, the staff prepares a report, which forms the basis for discussion by the Executive Board. At the conclusion of the discussion, the Managing Director, as Chairman of the Board, summarizes the views of Executive Directors, and this summary is transmitted to the country's authorities. An explanation of any qualifiers used in summings up can be found here: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/misc/qualifiers.htm |
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Priority: | critical | Milestone: | V1.2 Questionnaire release |
Component: | WP6 - CMIP5 Questionnaire | Version: | |
Keywords: | Cc: | bryan, charlotte | |
Requirement: | http://metaforclimate.eu/Work-Package-2/Developing-the-CIM/Project-Requirements-summary.htm |
All components that are read in by the mindmaps have a "General Attributes" property. However the "top level" component which is generated by the questionnaire uses "Attributes". Could this be changed to "General Attributes"? This request is partly for consistency but mostly because the CIM2XML translator skips all "General Attributes" and I don't really want to code in two different types of property to skip.
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When you're a shearer and you develop cataracts in both eyes, you have a problem.
Fortunately for Urenui-based shearing legend, Bill Birdsall, those cataracts have surfaced later in life and towards the end of his 50-year career. Now 67, he retired in February.
While he has tried his hand at a range of farming codes including dairying, running dry stock and pigs, Bill has always used his skills as a shearer to underpin the profitability of whatever form of farming he might have been engaged in at the time.
An open-grade shearer with a top tally of 427 adult sheep in a nine hour shearing day, Bill has been a Wools of NZ shearing instructor at both the learner and advanced levels, office-bound organiser of those courses ("I hated this job") and for the last decade, a company representative for Swiss-based Heiniger Shearing Equipment.
While Bill has competed against the best in the business on the competition shearing circuit, including the Golden Shears (Masterton), New Zealand shears (Te Kuiti) and the Taranaki Shears, it has been teaching young people the rudiments of shearing which was his forte and which has given him most satisfaction.
"I love to help the young guys," he says.
"Running learner courses at Ruatoria, not too long after a series of infamous arsons in that remote East Coast settlement, would have been one of my more interesting assignments. I had never previously seen so many full-faced tattoos.
"I went up there originally with Robin Middleton, who was the senior instructor based in Palmerston North. He advised that two other senior shearing instructors were not considered suitable for posting to Ruatoria because they were too regimental.
"He said when I started my learner course, there would be 15 boys start on the Monday, and by Wednesday, probably half of those 15 would be different individuals.
"The trainee shearers sort of made their own rules, but it paid to go with the flow. Those on the course were predominantly Maori. There was a great deal of raw talent - many of these boys were naturally good shearers - but they would probably never shear outside of their own area."
On one occasion, a number of the young men on his learners' course invited Bill to join them for a drink at a local hotel.
"I agreed to have a couple of beers and was walking towards the bar to get a handle, and this full faced tattooed fellow was walking back from the bar towards me.
"I just sort of glanced at him, as you do, and he asked me what I was looking at. I told him that I was just going up to get a beer and it was obvious that he was looking for a scrap. I got my drink, returned to the table, but he walked up beside me and began mouthing off at me.
"Those boys who were on the course, gathered around me and in no uncertain terms told the fellow to bugger off. Within two minutes he was on the floor scrapping with someone else.
"A few of the boys who started off in Ruatoria, later went on to have good careers, but predominantly, they would never leave the area. The way of life up there is pretty laid back.
"Before I went to Ruatoria, I had a lot of preconceived ideas about what it would be like. However, these boys were tremendous and would bend over backwards to help you.
"The Rastafarians, who were blamed for causing most of the trouble, didn't go on the shearing courses."
Bill was based in Palmerston North for four years, and towards the end of his time there, was promoted from senior shearing instructor to "territory manager".
The title sounded more impressive than the reality of the job, for what he effectively became, he says, was an "office boy".
"Provincial instructors would run the shearing courses and we would perhaps help them start and finish these. During this time we started with AgITO. We were not getting funding from the Wool Board then to run the courses.
"To get government funding we had to abide by a lot of rules and would spend many hours down at the head office in Wellington going through these manuals.
"I then went to Taupo for 18 months. My territory went from Taupo to Taranaki and north."
Organising and running courses for those who wanted to learn to shear, was one aspect of Bill's work. Honing the skills of experienced shearers - perfecting techniques and eliminating any faults they might have developed - was the other.
From the shearer's point of view, there was one problem with these advanced courses, however. Not only were the senior shearers required to pay $300 for the three-day course, they stood to forfeit $500 to $600 in lost earnings every day they attended.
He found a way around this by visiting the advanced shearers on the job, in the woolsheds in which they were working.
However good the shearer, he says, no-one shears every sheep perfectly, every time.
Taranaki's Roger Cox, he says, came close, as does Paul Avery (Toko) and David Fagan (Te Kuiti).
"The closest shearer I know to achieve near perfection was Keith Wilson, who was from Thames originally. I had the privilege of shearing with him in Australia.
"He shore 300 merino wethers a day, just strolling in and out of the pen. He has made the finals at the Golden Shears and the New Zealand Championships at Te Kuiti without winning one. He is a shearer with tremendous natural ability.
"When I shore with him, he had shorn 800 lambs in a day on 15 occasions, and you have to be good to do that.
"Shed shearing is totally different to competition shearing and yet to be the top man in any competition you have to be able to do it in the shed day in and day out. That's why Paul Avery (Toko) has always been so good. His quality in the shed is as good as his quality in competition shearing."
Even in a basic skill such as shearing sheep, technology and innovation have a role to play.
The Bowen style of shearing, which revolutionised the shearing industry when Godfrey Bowen set a new world record by shearing 456 adult sheep at Opiki in the Manawatu, in 1953, has been superseded.
The 41 blows it once required to part a sheep from its fleece, has been reduced to around 34 blows, says Bill. But don't take it from that, he says, that the shearer putting in the least number of blows, will win in competition over a shearer adhering to the Bowen style.
"The shearer who has the minimum number of blows is likely to leave the odd ridge, and will lose on the quality of the job," he says.
Towards the end of his time as a company representative with Heiniger, the Swiss-based company shouted Bill and his wife, Julie, a trip to Europe. He loved Switzerland and only wishes he had spent more time there. It's sometimes hard to impress a veteran shearer, however, and Venice didn't get such a good review.
"You don't go to Italy without going to Venice. I'm pleased that I went, but I would never go back again. It looks like the Waitara River in flood."
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In the early '80s, Ms. Ephron turned her attention to film, writing the screenplays for such films as Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986), and When Harry Met Sally (1989). In the early '90s, she tried her hand at directing and producing, in addition to writing, creating films including Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Michael (1996), You've Got Mail (1998), Lucky Numbers (2000) and Bewitched (2005).
Ms. Ephron received Academy Award nominations for best screenplay for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally, and Sleepless in Seattle. When Harry Met Sally received a Golden Globe nomination for best screenplay. The Writers Guild of America honored both When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle with best screenplay nominations.
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NO FAGS: Southern Ireland has just banned smoking from its pubs and clubs, which is causing some odd concern that the new rules might harm indie music in the country. Derek Nally, who books acts for Wheelans and The Village in Dublin, frets that "people go to great lengths to see established acts and won't be put off by the ban, but smokers might think twice about going to see new acts now." Eh? If it was just gigs that were affected, you could perhaps see his point, but since you can't smoke anywhere in Ireland that is termed a "workplace" it's not like Johnny Cigarettes will think "I would have gone to see Liquid Greek tonight, but as I can't flash up a tab in there, I'll go to the pub instead."
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The Buffalo State chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) provides an opportunity for students studying speech-language pathology to expand on their knowledge from the classroom into the community. This organization meets monthly in order to fulfill specific goals, such as discuss graduate school preparation, career development, and volunteer and fundraising efforts.
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The mission of the NSSLHA Chapter of Buffalo State is to increase awareness of students in the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology by providing members with the support and advocacy to succeed while promoting community involvement and leadership development.
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For the first time in the history of CV Weekly, we have commandeered the Leisure section for use solely on video games. E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, was held at the L.A. Convention Center last week and with all the games there, we decided to devote an entire section to it.
Below you will find Ted Ayala's look at Japanese video games, Michael Workman's view on E3 overall and in case you don't want to wait for the games of E3 that aren't out yet, a review of recently released Diablo III.
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This year's E3 had plenty of reveals and excitement for gamers. Companies like Capcom, Sega, Ubisoft and many more unveiled several highly anticipated titles.
The Resident Evil series from Japan has always done well in the U.S., so it was expected that the latest title in the famous franchise is considered by Capcom developers to "deliver the most impressive Resident Evil title ever."
"Resident Evil 6" was the star of Capcom's booth at E3, showing off the tantalizing trailer released back in April. Zombies will be returning along with new enemies called "J'avo." A new key feature that is piquing interest is the ability to "run-and-gun" as previous Resident Evil titles did not include this. Capcom has promised that a playable demo will be available in September.
Sega had announced back in 2008 that Gearbox Software would take the helm for "Aliens: Colonial Marines" and at E3 2012 a playable demo had finally arrived. "Aliens: Colonial Marines" is set after the events of the movie "Alien 3" on LV-426, the same planet on which both "Alien" and "Aliens" films took place.
A team of marines has been dispatched to find out what happened to Ripley, the missing marines, and the ship U.S.S. Salaco. Once there, the new group of marines are attacked by the iconic Alien creatures and must find a way to survive.
A first-person shooter, "Aliens: Colonial Marines" is aiming to be a terrifying and exciting action-heavy game. Gearbox has also announced that the game will be on the Nintendo WiiU sometime in the near future.
The French Canadian developers at Ubisoft Montreal are credited with creating the hugely popular Assassin's Creed series and have finally given a long awaited first look at "Assassin's Creed 3."
Once again, a new protagonist will take center stage. Connor is a half English, half Mohawk Indian who is caught in the middle of the American War of Independence and also the shadowy war between assassins and Templars. New features for ACIII include the ability to jump through treetops as a faster way of traveling, assassinating without breaking a chase and naval combat on the high seas. Also announced at E3 was "Assassin's Creed: Liberation" for the PSVita starring for the first time a female assassin named Aveline de Grandpré. Both games are to be released simultaneously this October.
Though these are some of the biggest titles shown at E3, they are only a fraction of the amazing games industry insiders and casual gamers alike are looking forward to.
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