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Buyer's Guide - Mid-Range, October 2004
by Jarred Walton on October 21, 2004 11:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Choosing a Platform
The core of any computer begins with the choice of a motherboard. The motherboard will determine what type of RAM, CPU, graphics, and other accessories can be used, so we need to take a look at the bigger picture before we get down to the selections. What we want is the best performance for every task, but unfortunately, there is no universal choice. The overall performance competition between platforms is often a draw, depending on the application used. That said, we have done our best to analyze the relative performance for several categories of use and come up with our platform selections.For most tasks, AMD currently holds the lead - whether you want a budget CPU like the Sempron-754 3100+ or the all out speed of the Athlon FX, AMD leads Intel in pricing and performance. Unfortunately, there is one drawback with AMD right now, and that is the lack of shipping motherboards with support for PCI Express graphics cards. This muddies the water somewhat, and we'll address this more in the graphics card selections. That is really more of a concern for those interested in gaming, however. Software development has been an area that AMD configurations have dominated ever since Intel introduced the Pentium 4, and that has not changed. The shorter pipelines and lower latencies of AMD CPUs help them out a lot in compiling, not to mention the "free" support for 64-bit computing for those willing to use Linux or the Beta XP-64 OS. Content creation remains a strong point for Intel, which means that it is basically a draw with AMD. If you do a lot of audio or video editing, and depending on the choice of application, Intel's Pentium 4 can still come out on top.
One rather gray area for debate is the multitasking performance of the platforms. Raw benchmarks do not always reflect the actual user perception. A typical benchmark will max out the processor usage for the duration of the benchmark and then report a final value, whereas most users pause frequently during their use of a computer. What we really tend to notice is when we actually have to wait on the computer. For example, if you are encoding MP3s or a video in the background while you surf the web, you will find that web pages tend to load slower than normal. That is to be expected, but how does something like Intel's HyperThreading affect performance? Our feeling is that HyperThreading helps to alleviate the perception of slowdowns in multitasking, while it may not actually improve benchmark performance. Remember that numbers do not always tell the whole story, and we'll leave it at that.
Let us reiterate that both AMD and Intel make very good processors that provide ample performance for all but the most demanding of users. The lead is often less than 10% in most applications, and you would be hard pressed to tell the difference in day-to-day use. If you have strong feelings one way or the other in the AMD vs. Intel processor debates, you could really choose either one and go away happy. We are providing baseline recommendations, but we leave the actual building and tweaking up to you.
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filterxg - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - link
I think this type of article is great. I may be in the market in the next 2 months and am reading up. Considering waiting until 64-bit XP comes out. But my Athlon 850 is on its last legs, and no news from Microsoft is bad news for me. Reply -
JarredWalton - Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - link
I know what you mean on the tech support side. Problem is, even if I told my mom or whomever to buy a Dell, I *know* that I would end up doing the support. My mom wouldn't even know what the hell to say to a Dell support person. I laugh just thinking about it. (Yeah, I built her a PC so that she can get email. Now I get questions asking me why Juno doesn't work and sometimes crashes. Ugh.)
Also, for those that were wondering about the choice of DVD+R, you can now see where I got the information for the NEC 3500A:
I had the Pioneer in originally, and Kris let me know in advance that the NEC was slightly preferred. Both are good drives, though, so it's not a decisive win in all areas. (Not like anyone is going to see the comment other than HH, but oh well.) Reply -
hh - Monday, November 01, 2004 - link
> HH - Hobbyist DIY vs. "regular" DIY? I don't
> even know that I gave it that much thought.
It is merely something to consider.
>I actually find it fun to build new PCs.
Glad you enjoy it. My interest is to get on with it to using the PC, not the screwdriver-turning.
I'll still DIY if the cost savings potential is big enough to motivate...the problem is that that bar gets raised progressively higher as I have less free time. If the OEM price premium is less than 10-20%, I'll pay it in a heartbeat.
(Of course, this assumes ojbectively equal products, so we're back to system benchmarks questions).
>Having done plenty of support at companies that
>use Dell and other large OEM PCs, I wouldn't
>recommend them to an individual.
I know and undertand the frustration here. But we've already agreed that DIY's are not for the non-savvy PC user; my mother-in-law is a prime example...she's on dialup but can't figure out how to have the antivirus app do its updates.
>For businesses that can pay the extra $$$ for
>the support contracts, sure, go for it, but
>individual users? I just don't see OEMs as
>providing enough *quality* support to warrant
>my recommendation. YMMV.
The only thing worse than the OEM's are the "Armchair Expert" helpers. Based on their "expert" advice, Mom-in-Law just paid for a hard drive replacement to fix a spyware infection problem.
The frustrating part is that we both know that this failure mode is going to occur again. I'm tempted to convert her over to Apple to stop it, but that would cause a Family fight, especially since Sis-in-law doesn't want to have to admit that the spyware infections are being caused by her kids surfing on their Grandma's PC...
Pass me that bottle of Scotch, would you? :-)
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JarredWalton - Friday, October 29, 2004 - link
HH - Hobbyist DIY vs. "regular" DIY? I don't even know that I gave it that much thought. I know that I personally would never go out and buy an OEM desktop system, but I'm probably far from your typical PC user. I actually find it fun to build new PCs. Having done plenty of support at companies that use Dell and other large OEM PCs, I wouldn't recommend them to an individual. For businesses that can pay the extra $$$ for the support contracts, sure, go for it, but individual users? I just don't see OEMs as providing enough *quality* support to warrant my recommendation. YMMV.
BBurk: To get a "quiet" setup, the Antec 3700BQE is a great start. If you really want quiet, add in a Zalman CNPS7000A/B heatsink and fan, as it is again nearly silent. You could replace the PSU with one of the fanless Thermaltake or Antec models - only 350W, but that should suffice, I think. Both Seagate and Samsung make near-silent hard drives, although the latest WD, Maxtor and Hitachi really aren't any worse, I don't think. I just say avoid WD Caviar with non-FDB bearings. Also, if possible, look for a motherboard that doen't use a fan on the northbridge, and if you don't need the graphics power, get a graphics card that uses only a heatsink as well. That would make a system virtually silent, at the cost of some performance (especially on the graphics card). Reply -
hh - Thursday, October 28, 2004 - link
>Actually, HH, shipping *was* included...
Sorry, I missed that detail.
> What you don't get are several upgrades that
> most hobbyists would like.
On the contrary. What you apparently missed is that I had very explictly and specifically differentiated DIY'er types upfront and was not talking about the classical hobbiest.
Instead, I was talking about DIY'ers who do it because of the cost savings, and who generally doesn't care a lick about possible future upgrades: they care about are today vs. OEM and usually not much else.
> The case/PSU and motherboard are proprietary
> designs, so if one of those items fails after
> the warranty expires...
A valid if generally negligible risk, due to the classical "Bathtub" shaped reliability curve for electronics. Yes, some OEM's have real garbage, but let's also not overhype this objective risk.
> I realize not everyone can build their own PC,
> but most Anandtech readers are more than
> capable of doing so.
Anotehr truism, but simply not a particularly relevant point to my arguement.
> That's who we target with our Guides.
Are you targeting hobbiest DIY'ers, or all DIY'ers?
I'd say you're really only doing the former.
FWIW, it appears to me that you've essentially assumed that just because one can DIY that one will always DIY. That can be a bad assumption. IMO, this is possibly why some posters asked about benchmark tests, and why I suggested also including OEM systems in such a comparison too, as I was following the classical business case of a "Make or Buy" decision.
Please understand that I'm not Anti-DIY or Pro-OEM: I'm agnostic. Our differences are likely because my criteria for when my time investment in a DIY is justified is different than what yours is, and the net result is that I don't automatically reject all OEM's without even a glance.
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BBurk - Thursday, October 28, 2004 - link
What reccomendations of changes would you make for a very quiet/silent system? thanks Reply -
JarredWalton - Monday, October 25, 2004 - link
Actually, HH, shipping *was* included (and added about $50 to the total). That's shipping to the continental US, of course, so if you live somewhere else it would be different.
I put together a Gateway system with a P4 530 and X300SE, 1GB of RAM, 19" monitor, and 2.1 speakers. Including OS and MS Works (which OEM costs $71) we get a total price - shipped with 1 year warranty - of $1364. Adding Works and XP Home to the P4 system in this guide costs $1385. For all intents and purposes, then, it's a tie in price.
If you only want a basic system, then, Gateway would be fine. What you don't get are several upgrades that most hobbyists would like. Better graphics, better speakers, better monitor, better case, better motherboard, etc. Gateway will give decent parts in each category, but the emphasis will be on cutting costs.
The case/PSU and motherboard are proprietary designs, so if one of those items fails after the warranty expires, your only choice is to either buy an expensive replacement from Gateway, or else buy a new case, PSU, and motherboard. Proprietary designs are a really bad thing, people. I would spend more money at a local computer shop for a "generic" PC rather than buy a Dell or Gateway or other OEM.
My rate for building a PC and installing the OS is $100, which is pretty typical. That amounts to about $25 an hour. If I wanted to cut $100 out of the system cost by going with cheaper components in every area, I could certainly do so, but then reliability is compromised.
I realize not everyone can build their own PC, but most Anandtech readers are more than capable of doing so. That's who we target with our Guides. Some people think that OEM systems are more reliable due to their warranties and such, but that's not the case in my experience. I would say 90% of the PCs people ask me to help fix are OEM designs. Maybe that's because the non-OEM systems are built by people that can manage on their own, or maybe it's because the parts don't fail as often. I know what I think, but you're entitled to your opinion.
The only caveat is that I won't build a PC for someone that knows nothing about computers. I can't provide 24/7 tech support. OEMs do give you that, although the quality of the provided support is questionable. :) Reply -
hh - Monday, October 25, 2004 - link
#40/Jarred Walton
> #34 brings up an interesting argument.
Thanks for the compliment.
> If you actually went out and bought the same hardware that goes into [an OEM], the price would be a lot lower than what is listed here...The price of OEM systems appears attractive, but in the end you get what you pay for.
I agree, but offer an alternative perspective. In my view, the're two very common shortcomings in the DIY-vs-OEM arguements.
The first is trying to decide/define equivalency. Its too easy to get lost down in the weeds (specific components, etc) and essentially ignore system performance.
For example, I can put together a "kinda looks equivalent" Gateway for $1319 or buy the one DIY and add the OS for $1304 - - - a whopping $15 cost savings for skipping the OEM's assembly, warranty and copy of MS-Works software. The catch here is that the OEM's probably doesn't benchmark at 100% of the DIY, but how close is good enough? 99%? 95%? 90%? 80%?
There is no simple, cut and dry answer to this question: its a personal opinion based on what significance rankings and (cash) value you want to put on the differences between the two contenders.
The second shortcoming is in how we choose to count our costs. For example, this article ignored shipping costs, probably because we all know that they'll be different for all of us.
But in the similar fashion, we also commonly ignore how much our labor is worth when we do a DIY assembly. And we can argue that we do this because we'll all put different values on how much our time is worth.
But the real bottom line is that our free time is never worth nothing, despite the fact that we invariably choose to ignore it in the cost of doing a DIY PC build, which results in faulty accounting for how much we're really saving.
FWIW, if anyone really wants to claim that their free time really is worth zero dollars, I have a lot of chores for you to come over and do at my house...heck, I'll even pay a whole $5/hour :-) Funny thing is that I don't ever get any takers at this hourly rate...it seems that everyone knows that their time is worth more than this, and yet never includes it in their DIY budget. Hmmm. :-)
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TrogdorJW - Monday, October 25, 2004 - link
#45: XP Home will actually work with up to two CPUs, I believe. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, I *think* that MS actually recognizes HyperThreading at a low level and only counts it as one CPU even though it show up as two. Anyone out there able to confirm that for sure? Reply -
slashbinslashbash - Sunday, October 24, 2004 - link
2 things:
1) XP Home still isn't SMP-enabled, right? Therefore shouldn't the recommendation be XP Pro if you get an Intel (Hyperthreaded) setup?
2) Gamers (and others griping about the 9600Pro in this guide) should look to the Overclocking Buyer's Guide released about a month ago. That guide included a 6800GT in a system costing $1113 (without monitor/keyboard/mouse/etc). Downgrading to a 9800Pro would leave the system comparably priced to the systems in this Midrange guide. Also, the case/PSU in that guide was pretty expensive as well. Reply


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I haven't eaten any cum but I have put my cum up my ass. I used two fingers n put in it felt good actually. Would like to try it again just haven't been alone
Well, aside from jerking off more, the only way I can think of offhand involves other guys. Dunno if you're into that or not.
My present lover, is a cum slut (her words). I didnt know some women were so fascinated by it. She loves it when I cum on her belly, or I let her milk my balls.
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6stringking, it's not all that bad. I also never dared to taste my own, until i got my present gf. She lives quite far away and we often cybersex. And she loves to see me lick my own cum. So i tried, and its not all that bad
There's ways around that which could make it even more exciting, but it requires a bit of acrobatics and such. Probably more work than most would be willing to do to get around the sudden lack of urge to taste your own.
I had a feeling eventually someone would bite and ask. Basically you're going to have to be fit enough to not have a big belly in the way (like I do now, but didn't then). You'll be on your back, really mostly on your shoulders/neck. You'll need something above you to put your feet firmly against. Once in the right position you should pretty much be looking straight at your own cock only a foot or 2 away from your face. Set your feet/legs wide enough apart that you can stroke mostly unimpeded (you aren't going to have as much freedom as if laying on your back since you'll likely be in a slightly curled position). Now masturbate and when you come, it'll mostly be right into your own open mouth, so you'll still be caught up in the excitement and bliss of orgasm when you taste it, rather than post orgasm when it's no longer appealing. Here is a quick image of what it probably looked like when I did it (MS Paint line art):
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- 'The Africans began to see themselves not as Hausas, Igbos, or Yorubas, but as Nigerians in a common struggle against their colonial rulers.'
- 'Ethnic competition among its major ethnic groups, namely, Hausas, Ibos, and Yorubas, as well as between the major groups and the increasingly restive minorities, remain intractable problems.'
2mass noun The Chadic language of the Hausa, spoken by some 30 million people, mainly in Nigeria and Niger, and used as a lingua franca in parts of West Africa.
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Relating to the Hausa or their language.
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I think this is Marie Irene Meyers (b. 10 Jun 1916 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, d. July 23, 2004) who married Riley Merritt on 29 Apr 1939.
Riley's obituary is posted here:
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Heavy alcohol use damages your short- and long-term memory. In this article we will address two types of memory:

Retrospective memory, that is the learning, retention, and retrieval of previously presented materials.

Prospective memory is your day-to-day memory function, specifically, remembering to do things at some future point in time, and everyday memory, remembering to complete daily activities.

Prospective Memory Basics

Impairment to your prospective memory includes things, such as:

forgetting to send your daughter her birthday card on time

forgetting what you're about to say in the middle of a sentence

telling a friend a story you've already told them

forgetting where regularly used household items are kept

Obviously, we all forget things from time to time, however, heavy drinkers make noticeably more of these mistakes than non-drinkers and people who don't drink regularly.

The Dose-Dependant Effect of Alcohol on Prospective Memory

There is a dose-dependent effect of alcohol use on day-to-day memory function, according to results of a study published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.

Researchers collected data from 763 participants (465 female, 298 males) and assessed memory using two self-report questionnaires: the Prospective Memory Questionnaire (PMQ), and the Everyday Memory Questionnaire (EMQ).

The data show a typical heavy user of alcohol reported over 30 percent more memory-related problems than someone who reportedly did not drink, and almost 25 percent more problems than those who stated they drank only small amounts of alcohol.

More specifically, those participants who reported higher levels of alcohol consumption were more likely to:

miss appointments

forget birthdays

pay bills on time

Deficits in prospective memory included issues with recalling whether they had completed a task, such as locking the car or switching off the stove or forgetting where they put things.

Memory Loss Occurs within "Healthy" Drinking Guidelines

The researchers of the aforementioned study also found a significant increase in reported memory problems even if participants followed "healthy" drinking guidelines. These participants claimed to drink between 10 and 25 units each week, which is within the limits suggested by U.K. government.

Why Does Alcohol Use Causes Memory Loss?

Alcohol does indeed affect memory. It hinders the ability of your brain to transfer information from prospective memory to long-term storage. This affects both short- and long-term memory because you simply can't remember things you don't want to forget, such as appointments for work and birthdays. Frequently, you can notice these cognitive difficulties while the person is intoxicated.

If you are a chronic heavy drinker, you can damage a brain structure called the hippocampus. It is critical to memory and learning, and heavy drinking can cause it to shrink.

Overcome Prospective Memory Impairment with Future Event Stimulation

Future event simulation (FES) might be helpful to improve your prospective memory if you have problematic drinking patterns, according to a study of 19 heavy drinkers published in Psychopharmacology.

FES is a memory technique involving strategies such as making linked and indexed lists.

The results show FES helped participants remember event-based tasks, but not time-based tasks. The control group did, however, show improvement on time-based tasks after FES.

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Ling, et al. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research: Effects of alcohol on subjective ratings of prospective and everyday memory deficits. (2003).

Platt, et al. Psychopharmacology: Prospective memory impairments in heavy social drinkers are partially overcome by future event simulation. (2016)

Science Daily: Heavy, Chronic Drinking Can Cause Significant Hippicapal Tissue Loss


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35 is fine If I were going to try and run a 100k is 7 pace - I would be doing the 31+ mile runs @ 8 pace - Not race pace.
35 is fine
If I were going to try and run a 100k is 7 pace - I would be doing the 31+ mile runs @ 8 pace - Not race pace.
So I realized I have an 8K race that day... I'm not looking to run a PR; just an organized tempo run.
I was thinking 15 mile slow warm-up + 5mi race + then run 15 more miles slow. Good way to get hurt or a good workout!?!
I do not mix the 2
Retired 1/1/13 ... Tired of being broken and fat ... Hit 296# Memorial Day 2016 - New goal = To be able to enjoy running 4-5 hours through the woods again by Fall 2016. April 2017 ... Shit it is almost April !
Last weekend was a good run considering I only took a sip of water at mile 20 on a humid day. My body was pissed off at me after the run, so I I drank 64oz of fluids and took an ice bath. The next day I felt 100%.
I had a very enjoyable 40 mile long run yesterday. Very relaxing morning to take in nature. DoppleBock thanks for the advice, I would have never attempted a 40 mile long run without your advice. Watching the sunrise at mile 10:
That was a monster run! Nice pace for 40 miles!
I agree - nice pace.
Now to recover from it and enjoy the boost on race day!
Riggs - Make sure you let the RD know what type of pace you plan on running. I would hate for you to blow by the drop bag area and they are not there yet.
They have some pics of the course now and it looks like you have a couple of water crossings also.
Have a great race!


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Sunday, November 27, 2011
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It is sad when a big old tree has to come down but sometimes when they are too close to houses it has to happen. My father had a 50 year old Spruce in his yard that I warned him about. I said it would probably come crashing through the new big bay windows of his living room extension. He ignored me and luckily when that nor'easter came through it fell the other way and ended up in the driveway.
Anyway interesting that you got to document the process of the oak being removed and hopefully you will have an arborist come look at your trees and remove any potentially dangerous branches before they land on you!Hi Kaveh,
I think suburbia is filled with forest trees planted too close to homes. Norway spruces, in particular, seem to be very popular for the yard. I'm glad to hear the tree in your father's tree didn't hit the house.
Fortunately, my oak trees are not close to the house. I am having an arborist come this winter to limb up the oaks in my garden, mostly for aesthetic reasons. I am trying to create more light and space for the trees and shrubs which I have planted beneath my oak trees.Hi Joe,
Which part is insane?
The arborists had determined that the tree was no longer safe. From my point of view, as much as I loved that tree (it was my favorite in Peterborough), it would probably be best to take it down. If I were their neighbor, I would have been very nervous about leaving it. That last length of trunk weighed 5 tons!
We would all be well-advised to pay attention the the mature size of a trees when choosing a tree for a small lot, or any situation for that matter. It is "right plant in the right place," just on a grander scale. It would save a lot of heartbreak in the end.
I guess I would call myself a selective and discriminating tree hugger. I wont hug just any tree. Sadly, sometimes we need give a beloved tree a big hug before saying good-bye.Yes, Faisal, that was a magnificent tree. It is very common, here in the East coast of the US, to have trees in suburban lots grow to be quite large specimens. It is unfortunate that smaller trees (there are so many good choices) that are the right scale, were not selected in the first place.
The owners are planning to leave the stump for now and have no plans to replace the oak tree. They also removed about 6 white pines trees from the property and are looking for ideas for their replacements. That could be a nice opportunity to add several small ornamental trees that are a better scale for the lot.Sorry. I must have missed the part of your post where you said the tree was no longer determined to be safe. If the tree was diseased, then I can see where felling it would be justified. However, here in New England, if we cut down every tree that dropped a branch during its lifetime, or because we thought it MIGHT fall on a house at some point, our townscapes would look very different. And, I see that happening all the time; where perfectly healthy trees are toppled to quiet the fears of some insurance company. Or, because people don't want to invest the time and money to take care of them. I do appreciate your point about selecting the right tree for the right spot. On the other hand, we didn't get gorgeous streets with names like Elm Boulevard or Maple Avenue because they were lined with dwarf crabapples. There are times when living among great beauty involves a little risk.
ReplyDeleteMichael, It is like losing an old friend. I still having gotten used to the appearance of the house without it. It still feels very strange.
I agree, big trees are wonderful in a lot of urban places. Thoughtful tree selection is still very important. We have planted many disease resistant elms in Peterborough and one by one they are dying. I think Elm tree nostalgia has caused us to put all our eggs in a basket with a hole in it die to . It is probably a good idea to give some other species a try.Thanks, Roger. I often think of what events that tree had lived through. It was a sapling during The Civil War, here in the United States. My house had not been built yet. Many births and many deaths have happened while it lived on this street dispersing hundreds and hundreds of acorns. Thanks for your thoughtful comment.
ReplyDeleteI have come to the determination that sometimes these trees just have to go. We have an enormous Swamp Maple (Acer rubrum) in our front yard that I feel is a ticking time bomb but can't muster enough gumption to take it down. I hope they pick out another species that can live there within the limits of their property.


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I love the pic of you and your husband "Together". You make a very sweet family.
I have that same shirt. You're so cool!
Your family has such special moments captured in time from your beautiful pics. Your boys will be able to look back and truly appreciate how much their parents love them.
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I love the pictures! my boys love to play with daddy- Warms my heart to see families being FAMILIES!
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Love those moments, perfectly captured.
I stumbled upon you, your site & blog. I love to find other creative moms who have a business but also love being a mom. It's such a balancing act but at the end of the day I am a mom first and I really try to enjoy the small things, especially playing at the beach(one of my fav things). It looks like you do too! Your designs are beautiful and so is your family!
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So simple, yet so brief…and perfect!!! Gonna have to get down to the beach more now that I live 2 miles from it.
love the pics. A reminder that I love my brother! What a great dad.
haha! Sooo cute. I hope you're enjoying your weekend! Saw Marijke yesterday… missing you! Talk to you soon. xoxo
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So cute! I wish that we lived closer to the ocean! Looks like you had so much fun! 🙂
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- My marmalade baby Marley taught some fool human before me to let him drink out of faucets instead of bowls like proper cats so whenever he hears water running in the house, he comes running and hops up on the counter begging for water. This is proving to be a very difficult habit to break...
- I probably will never have a quiet moment alone in the bathroom ever again as both Tuscany and Marley have separation anxiety and feel they must supervise all operations in said bathroom...
- Owning one cat is like owning an elephant; owning two cats is like owning the whole damn herd!
- A herd of elephants will likely run you over if you don't get out of the way...
- All it takes to lift my spirits is a torrential downpour. I hope it pours buckets whilst I am on Thanksgiving break...
- Although my break is ostensibly for relaxing, I have a ton of things to do and I hope I can be at least moderately productive in the coming week...
- Last Minute Lesson: I'd forgotten how tiny new humans can be. I got to meet my nephew yesterday, just a mere 12 hours after he made his grand entrance onto the planet...welcome sweet baby boy!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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What I Learned
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Miss Frankenstein
This piece is 9 by 12 inches in real life so there's a tiny bit of clipping going on in the scan but I think you get the idea. It might not be finished so I am letting it percolate in my brain awhile before I call it good. (I think it might need some text.) These are pretty fun to do desite some tediousness. I'm trying to decide if I want the top coat to be beeswax or simply a high gloss varnish. I'm also going to play around with a more deliberate layout of the pieces, different "mosaic" materials other than photocopies of old journal pages and pondering the use of 3-D embellishments like keys, washers, rhinestones and so on. My studio is filled to bursting with whatnots and whatits and I'd love to have a series that starts to make use of all that I've collected. When I'm working, however, I tend to get stuck on a look and fail to stray much from the formula, even if that formula was created in the first couple of pieces. I need more of a mad scientist mentality when it comes to my art. I have all sorts of wild ideas but stop short of bringing them to life. A fear of failure definitely comes into play but wow! Soooo time to get over that! I need to learn to throw the switch and see what happens! Sounds like a good resolution for the new year...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Rain Came Down...
...and with the downpour, my spirits rose. There's something about the relentless patter of rain that I find deeply comforting and inspiring. Maybe it is a sort of white noise for my soul, drowning out all the hectic thoughts and doubts. As the kitties stretched their toes before the heater, worn out from their usual morning play session, I settled into the studio, excited for the first time in days by a torrent of new ideas. Of course, I should've been working on canvases for the December show but I felt that while the inspiration was flowing, I should follow it wherever it led. What resulted was a series of small collaged canvases (5 inches square) on which I applied some of the journaling techniques I've been playing with lately. I am excited by this concept and feel that the roots for a new show (or at least new work) have been planted. I'm still very much in the experimental stage, trying to find my way through a wilderness of possibilities. However, somehow I am confident that the path lies ahead. I pop open a virtual umbrella and skip through the rain, delighting in the ideas falling from my brain.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
For me, 2009 hasn't been a bad year...not spectacular but not bad either. However, I am really looking forward to the turning of an old year into new and the fresh start it represents. In fact, I sort of wish we could just skip right past the intervening holidays and get down to the business of ringing in the new year. Over time, New Year's Eve has become one of my favorite days; I love the concept of resolutions and take the making and keeping of resolutions quite seriously. That feeling of renewal is something I start craving right about now. The approaching holidays feel oppressive rather than joyous. It is a mindset I am trying to shake. Maybe things will lighten up on Friday as Thanksgiving break starts and I'll be able to relax for a few days straight. That should definitely help. It will also feel good to hang my last art show of the year on December third; I'm ready to move on to new explorations and themes. This feeling of restlessness is almost overwhelming. It flutters around in my tummy and rattles my brain. I tell myself to breathe, to take each day one at a time but I am ever so impatient. Each week feels impossibly long and every weekend unbelieveably short. Yes, I am definitely ready for a break...
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Seeing & Searching
Well, I've decided to publish through the weekend to make up for some of the days I missed during the week. In accordance with "Art Every Day Month," I've been doing a little bit of art each day no matter how I feel or how busy I am; I just don't always have time or energy left over for blogging. But when I fail to blog, I miss you, dear readers, and your witty, funny, supportive commentary and so Lost Coast Post is going to try and resume a regular publishing schedule in spite of the chaos that has swirled in with the autumn winds.
As you can see from the above journal page, I continue to shamelessly indulge my Zettiology passion. The incomparable Bea of Dog in the Hole Studio suggested a Zetti alter-ego as a vehicle for riding this wave of Teesha Moore-inspired art and I just think that is a fabulous idea. I am currently auditioning characters in my brain and we'll see who comes out on top. I want to be able to pursue my joy for Zetti without guilt over neglecting the other art styles and mediums I also love. Of course the guilt is all self-manufactured but there nonetheless and I find that it is putting a damper on the merry-making. And I feel like there is lots of merry-making to be done. The world of Zetti is seemingly infinite, bounded only by the limits of imagination, and I want to spend plenty of time skipping through it, no matter what the art pundits say about imitation and originality. Surely something that makes my heart sing can't be all bad.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Meet Marley
This seemingly laidback and lengthy fellow is definitely responsible for a good deal of my recent weariness as a human being. He is also the reason that there will be no Christmas tree (aka "giant kitty toy") this year at Hand & Soul Studios (unless I am suddenly afflicted with brain fever). Please welcome Marley, the newest (and last) addition to the family. Marley is a freakishly large eight-month old bundle of insane energy that has quite literally turned our household upside-down. I never really appreciated how sedate and sweet Miss Tuscany was until I introduced dear Marley into the mix. And what an introduction it was. At first, Tuscany hissed and growled and spit for all she was worth, puffing herself up to three times her normal size just to let the interloper know who was boss. The two cats hunched their backs and inflated their tails, scuttling around each other like furry, furious crabs. Three days later, they are chasing each other throughout the house like hormone-crazed teenagers. Both are "fixed" so no fear there but that doesn't seem to put a damper on the love affair. My son and I are on the sidelines, cleaning up after the feline hurricane. We may need to be rescued from these rescue animals. But as wild as they are, when they are "off" (and recharging), Tuscany and Marley are curled up in their respective spaces, looking adorable as ever. And in those quiet times, I catch my breath and remind myself that it will eventually settle down. I remember that they give as much as they take most days and that life would definitely be emptier without them.
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
What I Learned This Week
- Some weeks there doesn't seem much to glean as it is all about survival to the weekend...and then to the next weekend and so forth and so on...
- I was weary of the holiday season starting back in August; this may be a Scrooge year...
- The monkeys and squirrels seem particularly sensitive to my weariness and feed off it like vultures...
- Thanksgiving week will be a welcome respite...
- My obsession with Teesha Moore continues unabated and I will let it run its course to see where it may lead no matter how much self-doubt trails along behind...
- My doodling skills are quite rusty...
- There are a lot of supplies and skills that I've left to rust and I really feel that I must do something about that...
- Once my favorite place to haunt, I realized that I now hate scrapbook stores and all the neat, predetermined looks they advertise as "must-haves." Fine art stores are much more supportive of real soul expression...
- My soul is in serious need of authentic expression. I feel some humdinger New Year's resolutions forming in my head...
What I Learned
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Marching Forward Through Doubt
These last few days have been a strange mix of excitement and ennui as I try to find some balance between doing and being. Tis the season for such feelings I suppose. Even if I'm not directly involved in the holiday chaos, I can feel it in the air and it is sucking the life right out of me. I'm definitely looking forward to Thanksgiving break. I've been keeping up with AEDM for the most part, working on journal page construction or the journaling itself. In her videos, Teesha explains that she completes all the artwork in advance of the writing and then sits down later to add her thoughts. Thus, the images don't always relate directly to the journaling and I'm finding that hard as I tend to use the imagery to inspire and support what I have to say. I'm also struggling deeply with working in this style; it feels oddly comforting and foreign at the same time. I'm wondering how I can make this my own. Perhaps I can't. Maybe I just need to balance this sort of work with continued work in all my other journals. Art journaling is supposed to be for one's own soul alone; what it looks like isn't all that important as long as the process of building the pages supports the expression of internal dialogue. And I adore this process of collaging, character construction, doodling, and lettering. As I relax into page construction, my brain relaxes as well and the words begin to flow. That what's most important. I just need to keep that in mind if I begin to doubt myself.
creative musings,
creative workings,
Saturday, November 7, 2009
What I Learned This Week
- Sometimes a week is clearly defined by one, simple overriding principle: "What was I thinking??!?"
- Attempting two shadow puppet, ad-libbed productions of The Wizard of Oz in three weeks' time definitely rates several "What was I thinking??!?" moments...maybe a lifetime's worth...
- Attempting said production with 45 middle school monkeys with rather sketchy memories of the Judy Garland classic is even crazier...
- "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is hilarious when sung by a middle school boy who doesn't know the lyrics...
- When allowing students to improvise, be prepared say "Keep it appropriate" about a billion times.
- Ghetto scarecrows, zombie tin men and cross-dressing lions may show up during improvisation...stay calm...
- Post-teaching beverages should have an alcoholic content of some kind...sigh!
What I Learned
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Happy Is As Happy Does
It is day 5 of Art Every Day Month and I'm cruisin' right along. In between four loads of laundry and a kitchen full of dirty dishes, I am doing some journaling on Zetti pages that I've completed otherwise. These pages have been so much fun to do but I have to keep reminding myself not to over-contemplate things and just clip, glue, go! The borders seem to come together in a jiffy but constructing the characters is a much more tedious process. So much material to choose from...so many options...so much digging around in the stash for the perfect image. I guess that the more I do it, the faster I'll get but for now it seems to take forever for a character to form.
According to the weatherman, there's a big rainstorm is rolling in off the Pacific and I hope that's the case as I adore the sound of rain. I sleep better, I work better, I feel better when a little bit of precipitation falls down around me and I can stay inside with some coffee, a good movie, and uninterrupted art time. Sigh! That sounds absolutely delicious!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Happiness is a Warm Journal
Wow! Welcome to Wednesday! The week is almost halfway over and not a peep from me since last Friday! Those of you who care may ask yourselves "Now what has that girl gone and gotten herself into?" "What is shakin' over at Lost Coast Post?" Well, this year's Art Every Day Month started out with a bang on Sunday, November 1 and thanks to Miz Teesha Moore, Hand and Soul Studios has been rockin' and rollin' ever since. As you may know (the art journaling world seems sort of abuzz about it), Teesha has posted a series of videos over at her blog and on YouTube showing how she journals step-by-step. FOR FREE! Talk about a gift! As a long time fan, I am thrilled to pieces and am completely enthralled with journaling all over again! Do these pages I've been creating follow and mimic Teesha's stuff? Yup. Am I worried about not having my own voice or look? Nope. Do I care? Nope. Not one teeny tiny bit. 'Cause I'm having so much fun! I figure Teesha isn't worried all that much about it either. I have about 12 journals in varying stages of completition (besides the one above) and those journals are very much "me." Hell, I think that even my "a la Teesha" pages are "me" as my eyes, brain and hands assembled them. My heart gets poured out onto the pages. I'm not out to teach a class in the techniques I pick up from Teesha nor do I plan to sell my work. I plan to play my brains out. I want to slip into some sort of collage trance with bits of paper softly drifting down down around me, remnants of a paper clipping blizzard. I plan to lose all my pens a thousand times in the disaster I now call my studio table. I intend to find them again and doodle, doodle, doodle until my fingers stiffen around the barrels like claws. Then I'll take my paint-splashed self and collaspe, exhausted, wrapped in the sheer bliss that follows a fabulously frantic day of art-making. And then I plan on doing it all again tomorrow...
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The show is an intelligent addition to the Fox lineup, with both the broad canvas of "The Wire" and the street procedural of "NYPD Blue" in its DNA.
The action is fast, and I was pleased to find that scenes play out unpredictably. I do look forward to less explaining, though, and more insights.
The Chicago Code provides superior cop drama thanks to its cast--starting with Brotherhood's Jason Clarke and Friday Night Lights' Matt Lauria as tough street police--and its creator (Shawn Ryan, who gave us The Shield).
This is a very smart, well-produced, great-looking cop show, one that does familiar things but does them in interesting ways.
Throw in Wysocki's rookie niece, some intra-force rivalry, those great Chicago locations and a Polish sausage or two, and you have a show that breaks the network code, and that alone is worth watching.
This cop series immediately delivers intense, richly interwoven drama that sets it apart both from other recent new shows and from well-established standard police "procedurals."
The locales are great, the plots are interesting and the acting for the most part is good--although they should have cast actors who don't look like lingerie models.
Monday's pilot can't quite close the sale, but there's promise here. The Chicago Code deserves another look.
As police superintendent Teresa Colvin, Jennifer Beals gives a revelatory, no-nonsense performance that should make Tom Selleck's mustache bristle with envy....This should be lots of fun. [7 Feb 2011, p.39]
What Code is is a show that's not afraid to be just a little bigger than life, if only to guarantee that after a long day in the real world, those of us who like our TV cops at least as interesting as our TV criminals will want to come along for the ride.
It may not be The Shield (what is?), and it isn't up to the standard of TV's other corruption-in-Chicago show, The Good Wife, currently the best drama on network TV. But after you get by the initial S.O.S. of the first episode, The Chicago Code may be better than the other police commissioner show, and at least as worthy to add to your weekly TV appointment lineup.
Smart and well-acted with clearly defined heroes and villains--all painted in varying shades of gray--this Chicago-set show feels familiar and new at the same time.
Code is not a game-changer in a genre that likely won't be changed again for some time, but judging by the first three episodes it's already gripping television and Fox has found a competitive new drama.
The new cop drama The Chicago Code resembles its lead characters: It's focused, determined and ambitious--and sometimes it tries to do too much. Still, the handsome Code succeeds far more often than it strikes out.
Bribes, kickbacks, suspiciously well-compensated construction companies, organized-crime alliances--this is the stockpot in which the series stirs its wooden spoon. For the most part the flavors blend well.
It has some voice and verve, but it's definitely no Shield yet--either in content or innovation--and like a new rookie on patrol, I'm putting it on probationary status for now.
Tension runs high throughout this densely layered story, which is well worth your time. Hope all the Super Bowl exposure pays off for this one.
What we have so far is a sturdy cops/crooks/corruption series that falls short of The Shield but is certainly capable of someday earning its own stripes.
It's a complex story, which may be why Ryan relies in part on an intrusive monologue-narration device to guide us. Still, the intrusions only momentarily interrupt the fast-moving plot, which twists agreeably without losing sight of its moral ambiguities.
[Jason Clarke's Jarek Wysocki's] a rich, unpredictable character, and easily the best thing Code has going for it--like the show, just messy enough to be interesting.
The show is point-blank, but somewhat brilliantly so.
It's extremely well cast, uses its Windy City locations beautifully and has an energy that grabs you pretty much from the first scene. Monday nights are really, really crowded, but you need to make room for this show.
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An interesting example of scholars in different fields using the same specialized terms to mean entirely different things:
Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach
MARTHA C. NUSSBAUMIn this powerful critique, Martha Nussbaum argues that our dominant theories of [economic] development have given us policies that ignore our most basic human needs for dignity and self-respect. For the past twenty-five years, Nussbaum has been working on an alternate model to assess human development: the Capabilities Approach. She and her colleagues begin with the simplest of questions: What is each person actually able to do and to be? What real opportunities are available to them?
Creating Capabilities . . . affords anyone interested in issues of human development a wonderfully lucid account of the structure and practical implications of an alternate model. It demonstrates a path to justice for both humans and nonhumans, weighs its relevance against other philosophical stances, and reveals the value of its universal guidelines even as it acknowledges cultural difference. In our era of unjustifiable inequity, Nussbaum shows how — by attending to the narratives of individuals and grasping the daily impact of policy — we can enable people everywhere to live full and creative lives.
One reviewer suggests the term "capabilitarianism" to describe this approach. Will we soon see management journal special issues on capabilitarianism and dynamic capabilitarianism? Felin and Foss critiques on the lack of microfoundations in capabilitarianism? Calls to join capabilitarianism and transaction costarianism?
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This approch to development has been around for a long time, and originated with Amartya Sen, not Nussbaum.
My (no doubt idiosyncratic) take on this is that Sen created the idea to square the circle between classical liberal rights (which appealed to him) and strongly interventionist and redistributive policies (which appealed to Sen a little and appeal to most development types a lot). It has since been taken over by the "economic rights" crowd, who hold that people in desperately poor and corrupt societies have a "right" to Swedish-style welfare-state policies. They would do well to think about capabilities in the Nelson and Winter sense, especially with repsect to the capabilities of governments to alter (for good or ill) the "capabilities" of the poor..
People who want to have Scandanavian-style welfare states need to pay attention to the cultural features of the Scandanavian nations that have enabled the system to survive so far. Especially the bourgeoise virtues (and the willingness to enforce them by compulsory education or work on the dole). Take them out of the mix and see how things go!
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- Pituitary Gland Disorders
- Overview of the Pituitary Gland
- Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Empty Sella Syndrome
- Enlargement of the Pituitary Gland
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- Gigantism and Acromegaly
- Hypopituitarism
(See also Overview of the Pituitary Gland.)
Galactorrhea is the production of breast milk in men or in women who are not breastfeeding.
The most common cause of galactorrhea is a tumor in the pituitary gland.
Galactorrhea can cause unexpected milk production and infertility in both men and women.
The diagnosis is based on measuring the blood levels of the hormone prolactin.
Imaging tests may be done to look for a cause.
When drugs alone do not stop prolactin production or shrink the tumor, surgery and sometimes radiation therapy may be done.
In both sexes, the most common cause of galactorrhea is a prolactin-secreting tumor (prolactinoma) in the pituitary gland. Prolactin is a hormone that stimulates the breasts to produce milk.
Prolactinomas usually are very small when first diagnosed. They tend to be larger in men than in women, probably because they come to attention later. Tumors just above the pituitary gland that do not produce prolactin can increase prolactin secretion if they compress the stalk of the pituitary gland. Compressing the stalk can prevent the hormone dopaminefrom reaching the pituitary gland, where it normally acts to decreaseprolactin production.
Overproduction of prolactin and the development of galactorrhea may also be induced by drugs, including phenothiazines, certain drugs given for high blood pressure (especially methyldopa), opioids, and birth control pills, and by certain disorders outside the pituitary. Such disorders include an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism), chronic kidney disease, liver disease, and certain lung cancers.
Although unexpected breast milk production may be the only symptom of a prolactinoma, many women also stop menstruating (amenorrhea) or have less frequent menstrual periods. Women with prolactinomas often have low levels of estrogen, which can lead to vaginal dryness, and thus discomfort during sexual intercourse. About two thirds of men with prolactinomas lose interest in sex (reduced libido) and have erectile dysfunction. A high prolactin level can cause infertility in both men and women.
When a prolactinoma is large, it may press on the nerves of the brain that are located just above the pituitary gland, causing the person to have headaches or to become blind in specific visual fields.
The diagnosis is usually suspected in women when menstrual periods are reduced or absent or when breast milk is unexpectedly produced. It is also suspected in men with reduced libido and decreased levels of testosterone in the blood who are producing breast milk.
It is confirmed by finding a high level of prolactin in the blood. Computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is done to search for a prolactinoma or other tumor near the pituitary. If no tumor is detected and there is no other apparent cause of the high prolactin level (such as a drug), a pituitary tumor is still the most likely cause, particularly in women. In this case, the tumor is probably too small to be seen on the scan.
If a prolactinoma is large on imaging studies, an ophthalmologist tests the person's visual fields for possible effects on vision.
Drugs can be given that mimic dopamine, the chemical in the brain that blocks prolactin production. They include bromocriptine and cabergoline. These drugs are taken by mouth and are effective only as long as they are used. They seldom result in cure of the tumor.
In most people, these drugs lower prolactin levels enough to restore menstrual periods, stop galactorrhea (in women and men), and increase estrogen levels in women and testosterone levels in men. The drugs are often able to restore fertility. They also usually shrink the tumor and decrease any vision problems.
Surgery is also effective for treating small prolactinomas but is not usually used first because drug treatment is safe, effective, and easy to use.
When a person's prolactin levels are not extraordinarily high and CT or MRI shows only a small prolactinoma or none at all, a doctor may not recommend treatment. This recommendation is probably appropriate in women who are not having problems getting pregnant as a result of the high prolactin level, whose menstrual periods remain regular, and who are not troubled by galactorrhea, and in men whose testosterone level is not low. Low estrogen levels usually accompany amenorrhea and increase the risk of osteoporosis in women. Low testosterone levels increase the risk of osteoporosis in men.
To overcome the effects of low estrogen levels caused by a prolactinoma, estrogen or oral contraceptives that contain estrogen may be given to women with small prolactinomas who do not want to become pregnant. Although estrogen treatment has not been shown to stimulate the growth of small prolactinomas, most experts recommend CT or MRI every year for at least 2 years to be sure the tumor is not enlarging substantially.
Doctors generally treat people who have larger tumors with drugs similar to dopamine(dopamine agonists), for example, bromocriptine or cabergoline, or with surgery. If drugs reduce the prolactin levels and symptoms disappear, surgery may not be necessary. These drugs are generally safe, but formation of excess connective tissue (fibrosis) in heart valves and leakage of blood across the valves have been reported recently when they were used to treat Parkinson disease in much higher doses than they are used to treat increased prolactin levels. Even when surgery is necessary, dopamine agonists may be given to help shrink the tumor before surgery. They are often given after surgery, because a large prolactin-secreting tumor is unlikely to be cured with surgery. Occasionally, prolactinomas shrink and secrete less prolactin so the dopamine agonists can be stopped without the prolactin level rising again. Being able to stop taking dopamine agonists is more common in people with small tumors and in women after pregnancy.
Radiation therapy is sometimes needed, as for other pituitary tumors, when the tumor does not respond to medical or surgical treatment.
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- Pituitary Gland Disorders
- Overview of the Pituitary Gland
- Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Empty Sella Syndrome
- Enlargement of the Pituitary Gland
- Galactorrhea
- Gigantism and Acromegaly
- Hypopituitarism
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This is one of my favourites this year.
Big sister trying to get her little brother to be quiet at the start of the ceremony.
Gillian Cross Photography
Monday, 25 June 2012
St Mary's church, Horton, Northumberland
St Mary the Virgin, on Horton Road is a beautiful church surrounded by countryside. Behind it, you can see right across to Blyth. The history of the original church goes back to 1147.
The bride and groom only wanted photographs at the church so I met up with the groom and their son before the ceremony.
The girls arrived, all looking lovely. Once we were in the ceremony, big sister was trying to get little brother under control.
The couple had mentioned they liked the East window from the outside of the church so I made sure to capture it in all it's stained-glass glory as well.
The window looks pretty good from the outside as well!
Looking across to Blyth.
Posing by the beautiful door.
Although I was only required for the minimum two and a half hours, there's still time to capture some details.
A request from the groom, to photograph the font, sundial and the mosaic.
I was trying to get a shot of the bride and groom looking at each other across the lovely doorway but their son wanted to stand with them. "It's okay, we've got kids, what can you do?" said the bride. So I turned it into a game of peek-a-boo.
I still managed to get my shot of the couple as well!
Thank you for looking.
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Friday, 22 June 2012
Photo Friday #22
I love the colours shining through in this stained-glass window.
Gillian Cross Photography
Monday, 18 June 2012
Embleton Hall Wedding, Northumberland
When I got this booking for a wedding at Embleton Hall, Northumberland, I was so excited. Even more than I usually am at being invited to photograph a couple's special day. Why? Because Embleton Hall is where I got married. I knew that the couple would have a wonderful day and I felt privileged that I was going to be photographing it for them.
Embleton Hall is a small country house hotel in Longframlington where you can hold your intimate wedding.
One gorgeous bridesmaid, the daughter of the bride.
One nervous bride being escorted by her Aunt.
I just love the expression on the bride's face when she sees her groom.
Welcome drinks in the library after, then a quick hop outside for some photos in the beautiful grounds.
The groom liked this tree, so I thought I'd get an arty shot looking through the leaves. He also didn't like having his photograph taken which is why I focused on the leaves!
The last photos were on the steps heading back inside because although it was May, it was also cold. And being originally from the Bahamas, the bride was very cold!
I took the opportunity to photograph the gorgeous favours that the bride had collected from antique shops. Vintage crockery with jelly beans and tea bags inside. I could've photographed all of them but thought that would've been a bit over the top. Here are two instead.
Onto the speeches which were emotional as usual.
As I was leaving, I spotted these horseshoes lined up on a ledge on the end of a building. Good luck to the happy couple!
Thank you for looking.
Gillian Cross Photography
Friday, 15 June 2012
Photo Friday #21
I love the expressions when the speeches are being done!
Gillian Cross Photography
Monday, 11 June 2012
Wedding at St Mary's, Horton Road
North East photographer, Gillian Cross, has just had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Nicola and Maurice at St Mary's church, Horton Road, Northumberland.
More images to follow
Gillian Cross Photography
Friday, 8 June 2012
Photo Friday #20
I love this idea. The walls in the function room of the Great North Museum are just plain white. This couple decided to project images of their villages onto the walls. The bride is from England and the groom from Scotland. They had another projection at the other end, of Switzerland which is where they live now.
You could have anything you liked projected onto the wall. Maybe a giant sized photo of the two of you!
Gillian Cross Photography
Monday, 4 June 2012
Great North Museum Wedding
North East wedding photographer Gillian Cross, has just had the pleasure of photographing the marriage of Natalie and Andrew at The Great North Museum, Newcastle.
Can anyone guess what the shadow is on the wall?
Gillian Cross Photography
Friday, 1 June 2012
Photo Friday #19
This is a favour from the last wedding I photographed. The bride trawled antiques shops for months before the wedding to collect vintage china for every guest. I photographed two different types but was very tempted to photograph them all! They all had jelly beans and tea bags in them. What a lovely idea.
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"Who doesn't love a bad girl?" Bill Arney—the "Voice of Noir"—asked his Thursday night Noir City audience, "even when there's a hell of a price to pay? Have you really lived if you haven't lost your heart, your mind and your pocketbook to a bad girl?"
When Eddie Muller asked Miss Noir City Audra Wolfmann if she had a definition for "bad girl", Audra arched her eyebrow and retorted, "Men! You can't live with them and you can't skin them and make expensive handbags."
Muller was thrilled to introduce Hugo Haas' The Other Woman (1954) because of its pristine 35mm print, courtesy of Schawn Belston and 20th Century Fox. Belston wasn't even sure if the print had ever been through a projector. As fortunate as that was for Noir City, it reflected sadly, if indirectly, on the troubles Hugo Haas had with distribution. "Bad Girls" night at Noir City has, in recent years, become Hugo Haas night. Haas, in effect, made a career out of bad girl movies. He was a poor man's Orson Welles; a Czechoslovakian émigré who came to the United States, primarily as an actor who had a great theatrical background in Czechoslovakia, but who soon discovered when he came to Hollywood that the way to make it was to control his own product, so he would produce, write, direct and star in his own movies. "He made the same movie over and over and over," Muller joked. "They were all derivations of The Blue Angel in some way, in which a middle-aged Czechoslovakian émigré was tortured and browbeaten by some buxom, blonde bombshell. Not a bad way to make a living, I suppose. As long as he didn't spend too much money, they let him keep making the same movie."
Obviously, in the 1950s, Haas was relegated to the scrap heap—he was tasteless and no good—but, actually, his films have a lot of merit to them. They are a subset of noir and, thereby, have achieved status as a fascinating footnote in film history. The Other Woman is of particular interest because—not only was it perfect for "Bad Girls" night—but, it could easily have been slotted as the bookend to Sunset Blvd. on Noir City's program of Showbiz Noir. The Other Woman is about a director courting deals in Hollywood and the tragedy of his own making in many ways.
Of related interest is the off-the-presses publication of the fifth edition of the Noir City Annual, wherein Milan Hain has contributed a sympathetic profile of Hugo Haas. There is enthusiasm in (the former) Czechoslovakia regarding Hugo Haas being rediscovered in the U.S. and his films resurrected, primarily through Noir City festivals. This has led to a renewed appreciation of his work in his homeland. In his essay, Hain argues eloquently: "Haas was always working in the interstices between Czechoslovakia and the USA; between the center (as actor in the 1940s) and the edges of the Hollywood film industry (as producer/director in the 1950s); between dependence (on distributors and audiences) and independence; between entertainment and serious art; between fiction and autobiography; between ambition and reality. Those hybrid qualities made his work obscure and easy to dismiss. A reexamination of his work reveals, however, that these very qualities are what make Haas' films rich, interesting, and worthy of our attention as objects of both entertainment and serious study. While he is clearly not Fritz Lang or Billy Wilder, Hugo Haas was much more than a B-movie hack. In his haunted, often shambling way, he is proof that at least a portion of the auteur theory is a valid lens for examining film production." (Noir City Annual, 2013:104)
As for The Other Woman, Hain writes: "The Other Woman is Haas' most ambitious film, with many themes and motifs mirroring his own career: life in exile characterized by disillusionment and entrapment, loss of one's identity and social status, hopeless struggle with the Hollywood machinery, and the impossibility of fully realizing one's artistic visions." (Noir City Annual, 2013:101)
Cleo Moore has, perhaps, never looked so delectably curvaceous in outfits that emphasize her hourglass figure, captured affectionately by cinematographer Eddie Fitzgerald. Readers of The Evening Class might recall my earlier appreciation of "The Queen of the B-Movie Bad Girls" from Noir City 8, accompanied by a magazine rack gallery, and her swimsuit collection. Recently, watching Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) bid for the role of Marilyn Monroe in the T.V. series Smash, it occurred to me she would be perfectly cast in a biopic on Cleo Moore. I can dream, can't I?


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The Oasis of the Seas — which rises about 20 stories high — passed below the Great Belt Fixed Link with a slim margin as it left the Baltic Sea on its maiden voyage to Florida.
Bridge operators said that even after lowering its telescopic smokestacks the giant ship had less than a 2-foot (half-meter) gap.
Hundreds of people gathered on beaches at both ends of the bridge, waiting for hours to watch the brightly lit behemoth sail by shortly after midnight (7 p.m. EDT).
"It was fantastic to see it glide under the bridge. Boy, it was big," said Kurt Hal, 56.
Company officials are banking that its novelty will help guarantee its success. Five times larger than the Titanic, the $1.5 billion ship has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a small golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. It has 2,700 cabins and can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members.
Accommodations include loft cabins, with floor-to-ceiling windows, and 1,600-square-foot luxury suites with balconies overlooking the sea or promenades.
The liner also has four swimming pools, volleyball and basketball courts, and a youth zone with theme parks and nurseries for children.
Oasis of the Sea, nearly 40 percent larger than the industry's next-biggest ship, was conceived years before the economic downturn caused desperate cruise lines to slash prices to fill vacant berths.
It was built by STX Finland for Royal Caribbean International and left the shipyard in Finland on Friday. Officials hadn't expected any problems in passing the Great Belt bridge, but traffic was stopped for about 15 minutes as a precaution when the ship approached, Danish navy spokesman Joergen Brand said.
Aboard the Oasis of the Seas, project manager Toivo Ilvonen of STX Finland confirmed that the ship had passed under the bridge without any incidents.
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The enormous ship features various "neighborhoods" — parks, squares and arenas with special themes. One of them will be a tropical environment, including palm trees and vines among the total 12,000 plants on board. They will be planted after the ship arrives in Fort Lauderdale.
In the stern, a 750-seat outdoor theater — modeled on an ancient Greek amphitheater — doubles as a swimming pool by day and an ocean front theater by night. The pool has a diving tower with spring boards and two 33-foot (10-meter) high-dive platforms. An indoor theater seats 1,300 guests.
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Sacra Pagina is a series of commentaries by an international team of Catholic scholars on New Testament books and is intended for a broad audience, ranging from biblical professionals to religious educators. The purpos e of the series is to provide a critical analysis [of New Testament texts] without any loss of sensitivity to religious meaning. This volume on the Gospel of Mark, while it might have been organized in a more helpful way, is largely successful in fulfilling its purpose for its intended audience. The authors, both long-time scholars of Mark, begin by noting that their commentary will be intratextual and intertext ual. In practice, intertextua l means that the authors pay attention to the relationship between Mark and the Old Testament, noting to a lesser extent the ways early Jewish literature and archaeology impinge upon Mark s text. In a mildly confusing fashion, the authors write that for them intratextual means that they want to interpret Mark as Ma rk by Mark. This appears to mean that they pay attention to the story Mark tells, as well as to particular Markan themes, according to the practice of formalist narrative criticism. While the authors create the impression that this dual commitment to intratextuality and intertextuality will result in a different sort of reading from that found in other commentaries, what readers of the book actually get is a straightforwardly historical-critical commentary on Mark by two scholars who know the scholarly literature well, love the Gospel of Mark, and are committed to the church. [Full Review]
One of several new commentaries on Mark to hit the shelves recently, this book by respected scholars Donahue and Harrington intends to highlight Mark s literar y and theological traits. Ultimately, the authors produce a thoroughly informative but fairly conventional reading of Mark s n arrative. Donahue and Harrington begin with a statement of their interpretive approach (more on that below), followed by a lengthy overview of methodological developments in biblical studies from the late nineteenth century to the present, with particular attention to Markan scholarship (2 22). Surprisingly, the authors offer little discussion of their major theoretical terms intertextuality and intratextuality, nor do they mention the usual suspects associated with theories of intertextuality (Kristeva; Barthes; Derrida). The introduction takes up familiar themes in Markan scholarship genre, Sitz im Leben, Christology, discipleship, and eschatology but also discusses Ma rk s use of the Old Testament and relationship to Judaism (34 37) as well as noting similarities between Mark s Gospel and Pauline letters (38 41). In a nod to church tradition, the authors situate Mark s community in Rome, while acknowledging and critiquing recent studies that locate Mark in Galilee or Syria (41 46). [Full Review]
The biblical commentary, as it evolved in the twentieth century, was largely a historical-critical enterprise. The major methodological approaches employed (e.g., Religionsgeschichte, text criticism, source criticism, form criticism, redaction criticism) variously analyzed the historical influences and stages through which the text had passed to reach its final form. Increasingly detailed studies plumbed the vertical dimensions of the text. Some, such as Joseph Fitzmyer s Commentary on Romans (Anchor, 1993), included the history of interpretation of selected pericopes in their purview, and increasingly social-scientific criticism was blended into the mix. Yet the concerns of the new literary criticism that began to be articulated in New Testament studies in the late 1970s, picking up increasing mass and momentum in the 1980s and 1990s, made little impact upon the genre. In commentaries on the Gospels, the narrative dimensions of the received text (e.g., its story, plot, characterization) were simply not a primary locus of interpretive interest. The appearance of Donahue and Harrington s Mark commentary in the Sacra Pagina series signals a significant change in this regard. [Full Review]