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Feb. 13--NORMAN -- As lawmakers work on the state budget, lives and livelihoods hang in the balance.
Outpatient services cost less than keeping people in prison or other institutions, but outpatient services are often the first to go during budget cuts, mental health professionals said at a recent meeting of the Cleveland County Mental Health Task Force.
"We have seen that the system is fragile," said Transition House Executive Director Bonnie Peruttzi, task force chairperson. "Now we are seeing the crumbling of the system."
In Cleveland County, 13,475 people received mental health services funded by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service in Fiscal Year 2017, down from 15,450 the previous fiscal year. With drops in funding, that number could decrease again.
Peruttzi said Transition House -- which provides a supervised, transitional living apartment program, counseling and outpatient services -- gets about 65 percent of its funding from ODMHSAS. The rest of the funding comes from private donations and United Way.
If funding is cut, Transition House could lose its transitional living program and would lose all outpatient services, she said.
At the Center for Children and Families Inc., CEO Brandon Brooks said mental health services are key for many of their clients.
"We provide counseling for children up to age 17," Brooks said. "We've had to make some significant cuts in some other areas. That has definitely created some financial strain. There is anxiety amongst our clients."
Statewide, 101,426 women and 95,843 men received ODMSAS funded services in FY 2017. Peruttzi fears cutting services to a segment of that population could have tragic results.
"People get blamed when things go bad," Peruttzi said. "A couple of weeks ago, we saw a prime example with people wanting to point fingers at the police and the hospital."
Peruttzi referred to the death of jail inmate Marconia Kessee, whose family said he had mental health issues and should have been taken to a mental health facility, not jail.
Peruttzi said the elimination of beds and staffing often results in people who need mental health treatment sitting in prison or released into the community, and the state's unstable funding stream makes it hard for agencies to recruit and retain quality staff.
When older children and teens don't get the help they need, they find alternative ways of managing those issues like acting out or substance abuse, Brooks said.
"Last fall, they were talking about all of the outpatient services, which is the first line," said Cathy Liedy of Red River Youth Academy. "Otherwise, people end up in the hospital or inpatient [mental health services] which is more expensive."
Red River took a cut in the reimbursement rate for Medicaid services, and she's keeping an eye on legislature.
"Our staff have shown a lot of anxiety that their jobs may not be there," she said.
Peruttzi said there is an economic bottom line that affects how the outside world sees Norman and the state.
"The face of Norman is impacted when there's a mental health crisis," she said. "We forget that we employ people. We shop in this town. We go to restaurants in this town. People are leaving the mental health sector."
Peruttzi said you know it's bad when people leave mental health jobs to go to work as educators in Oklahoma.
"Mental health makes less than many teachers with masters degrees," she said. "People in our profession do deserve compensation."
Johnny Johnson of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority said many counties throughout the state are short on nurses. The medical and mental health industry has growth potential and is important to the economy, he said.
"We pay a lot into the community, and it's my opinion that we have to communicate that health care in the state is a big business, and it does pay a lot in tax revenue," Johnson said.
Peruttzi said having people in the community who aren't stable is a safety issue, but without funding and without the ability to pay trained professionals, the problem will likely get worse before it gets better.
"What engineer would work for substandard pay? What surgeon would work for less than $30,000 a year?" Peruttzi said. "This is where our voice really has to be raised. We want to be adequately compensated."
Without funding, often the choice is sacrificing lives, especially if people who need long term treatment and have co-occurring disorders don't get the help they need, she said. In many cases, people who need mental health services end up in jail or prison where the services they need are underfunded or nonexistent.
While the Cleveland County jail has recently expanded the mental health services offered through its medical provider Turnkey Health, more is needed.
"I wish we had an unlimited budget and could have someone here all the time," Chief Deputy Jacob Wheeler said.
A psychiatric provider comes by the jail regularly and meets with inmates, putting a high priority on people who are suicidal or who have ongoing mental health needs.
"When Sheriff Gibson took over, he made it a big emphasis on mental health, and we were happy to see that," said Trent Smith of Turnkey. "We increased our hours without increasing any cost on the contract."
Previously, Turnkey had provided 8 to 10 mental health hours a week with counselors and that was increased to 14 to 16 hours. Turnkey also added two to three hours a week with a mental health clinical provider who works on medication management and deals with more acute cases.
"Anything we can, we refer out to community programs," Smith said. Because turnover is quick in county jails, those referrals give people help when they leave jail.
Peruttzi said a cure for what ails patients may not be possible, but they can improve the likelihood of survival.
"They need wrap around support," Peruttzi said. "The majority of the people that we serve have substantive childhood trauma."
Brooks said CCFI is bringing some complex trauma training to Norman in March. Traumatic experiences in childhood affect neurobiology, social, emotional and brain development, learning and relationships across a person's lifespan, he said.
"We have to continue to be in the public's face and humanize the issue," Brooks said. "This is not about numbers, this is about human faces. Mental illness, emotional illness and substance abuse are issues that can affect all of us."
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BATAVIA – Fermilab has begun the search for someone to fill the top spot at the particle physics laboratory.
Thursday, Pier Oddone, director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, announced he will retire July 1.
Oddone had served in that post since 2005.
"Eight years is a good long time to serve in a job like this," Oddone said. "It's time for the next generation to take over."
Oddone's tenure was marked by scientific successes amid financial difficulties.
Fermilab scientists claimed major advances in particle physics, including leading the search for the recently discovered Higgs boson and launching projects to study neutrinos, dark matter and high-energy cosmic particles.
Oddone's tenure also marked a time of transition at Fermilab as the lab shut down its Tevatron collider, partnered with the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, and shifted local scientific efforts to other pursuits.
And Oddone also presided over staff cuts and other cost-cutting measures in response to decreased federal funding for Fermilab.
"Things have been topsy-turvy, certainly," he said. "But I believe we have gotten things back on a more stable track. I think the lab is strong and will do very well."
Oddone said he intends to relocate to California, where he owns and operates a vineyard. He wants to pursue several ventures he has been postponing, including writing.
In a statement released Thursday, Fermilab said a committee will conduct "an international search" for Oddone's successor.
Oddone's leadership was recognized by those in leadership positions at Fermilab.
"Pier's leadership has ensured that Fermilab remains the centerpiece of particle physics research in the United States, and that the laboratory's facilities and resources are focused on groundbreaking discoveries," said Robert Zimmer, president of the University of Chicago and chairman of the Fermi Research Alliance board of directors, in a statement.
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield, who represents Kane County in Congress, also praised Oddone in a statement.
"Pier has been an extraordinary leader for Fermilab," Hultgren said. "When incredible discoveries are made ... we have to recognize that those discoveries are made possible by people like him and places like Fermilab."


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European women writers in history
Their position in the literary field
Entering some of them into the literary canon?
>> In the context of the HERA Travelling TexTs project, an exhibition was prepared which took place in the Museum of Dutch Literature (The Hague). Entitled "Because I had something to say", it will be shown in Haarlem (Noord-Hollands Archief) in February-March 2016. <<
>> We are now approaching the moment in which the NEWW Women Writers Virtual Research Environment will be opened: HERA TTT and other colleagues have been testing the new features. See how it will present itself from now on. (Home page and Instructions still to be adapted). <<
>> Interesting occasion perhaps for a new NEWWsletter ? <<
>> See here the last one <<
>> Recently published: first volume of series "Women Writers in History" <<
>> Visit also NEWW on Facebook <<
This website addresses students, researchers and others interested in women's writing. It presents and invites research on women's writing (before 1900) made possible by the database WomenWriters. Aim of this database is to contain and present source material allowing to study the position women authors occupied in the literary field of their days.
The present website intends also to inform about this international collaboration and to provide preliminary results of research in this domain - as examples for students and for those willing to participate in the NEWW network, created within the project
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President Barack Obama: Enemy of Israel
I think it's pretty clear that hewing the Likud line is not what's best for either the United States or for Israel. Both parties should be acting in their own best interests, and forge a coalition that supports each other rather than marching lockstep with whatever Israel wants.
The next four years are going to be really turbulent for Israel. They're going to be challenging. The CIA and Israel are no doubt in a covert operation to neuter Iran's ambitions. Israel is also struggling with how to resolve the crisis of Palestinian autonomy.
Under the past four years, it has genuinely seemed like Israel's course of action is to try to rope the US into a series of overt attacks on Iran while totally discarding the two-state solution in a nationwide lurch towards apartheid of the Palestinian people.
With Obama's victory over a 2012 GOP platform with called for unconditional support for everything Israel does, a narrow victory for the Likud in 2013, the US pulling its focus away from the Middle East as oil independence grows and our wars come to an end, and of course now a Defense department which will be run by people who openly, frequently disagree with Israel, the American tether Israel has relied on is now tightening, and it seems Israel will have to at least crawl back to the mainstream.
I don't know if the two-state solution lives anymore, I really don't. But an apartheid of the Palestinian people and a war with Iran just became dramatically less likely.
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February 18th, 2013 10:59 AM ET
(CNN) When President Barack Obama visits Israel next month, he'll be awarded the Presidential Medal of Distinction, Israeli President Shimon Peres' office announced Monday.
Obama, the first sitting U.S. president to receive the recognition, will be awarded the medal for making "a unique and significant contribution to strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens," according to a release announcing the news.
He'll receive the award at a dinner at Peres' residence in Jerusalem, slated to be attended by senior figures from Israeli public life and the Obama administration. The award is given to "private" individuals and organizations that have made "outstanding contributions to bettering the world."
Previous winners of the award include former Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, the Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Attorney Uri Slonim, and Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.
It's not the first time the two presidents have exchanged awards. Obama bestowed Peres the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, last year at the White House. Twelve others also received the award in 2012.
The Medal of Distinction comes as Obama makes his first trip to Israel as presidenta trip expected to receive wide attention in light of the Obama administration's at-times turbulent relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Despite getting off to a rocky start with Netanyahu by pushing for a comprehensive freeze of Israeli settlements, Obama's vocal support for Netanyahu through the November crisis with Gaza and U.S. financial support for the "Iron Dome" anti-missile program, could pave the road for greater trust in the relationship, and more flexibility from Netanyahu when it comes to the disputed Iranian nuclear program.
And in his State of the Union address last week, Obama said when he travels to the Middle East, he'll deliver a message signaling that the U.S. will "stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace."
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Lawmakers welcome Obama's 'new emphasis' on Middle East
By Julian Pecquet
Lawmakers are applauding what they see as President Obama's "new emphasis" on the Middle East in his second term after Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed this week that he would be headed there ahead of the president's trip in March.
The twin visits are a tacit acknowledgment that the troubled region's problems — the civil war in Syria, Iran's nuclear ambitions and the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process — continue to dominate U.S. foreign policy. Lawmakers say the timing, coming after elections in both the United States and Israel, is ripe for Obama and his top diplomat to visit both Israel and her neighbors and set the tone for the next four years.
"If this signifies a new emphasis on the region. I think it's a good thing for the country," said Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
"We have to be careful in our haste to finally wash our hands of all these wars [in Iraq and Afghanistan] that we continue to be focused on [in] the region," he said. "So I think the emphasis on the Middle East will have to be there. It's the core of where Islamic terrorism comes from. We obviously have a stake in that. Israel is our staunch ally. We have a stake in her well-being, and we also want to make sure that Iran is not a nuclear power."
The trips represent somewhat of a break from the first term's much-vaunted "pivot to Asia."
Hillary Clinton went on a weeklong tour of Asia for her first trip abroad as secretary of State "to convey that America's relationships across the Pacific are indispensable to addressing the challenges and seizing the opportunities of the 21st century," she said at the time.
But Kerry is expected to travel to Israel, the West Bank and several more Middle Eastern and European nations later this month. Obama, for his part, is making his first trip as president to Israel and also visiting the West Bank and Jordan in March.
"Whatever we do in [Asia] should not come, and I hope will not come, at the expense of relationships in Europe or the Mideast or elsewhere," Kerry said during his confirmation hearing. "It can't."
Kerry made his goals clear from the get-go, calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas the weekend before he started his new job.
"The secretary underscored his personal commitment and that of President Obama to support Israel's security and to pursue a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said about the calls.
And at a press conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh this past week, Kerry said working with U.S. allies to find a way to get President Bashar Assad to step down in Syria would be a main goal of his trip.
"When we finalize the components of my trip and you're aware of what I'm doing," Kerry told reporters, "I think one of my purposes will be to try to see what can be done with respect to [Assad's] calculation [that he can stay in power] and how we might be able to affect it."
Rep. Gerry Connelly (D-Va.), the No. 2 Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Middle East subcommittee, said the trip comes at a "very logical point in time."
"The president is freshly reelected, convincingly. The Israelis have had their elections. And I think it's a useful time to sit down together and reassess where we are in the Middle East peace process and where we are on the Iranian nuclear challenge," he said.
He added that for those who had doubts about the president's commitment to Middle East issues, this "clears it up."
"Especially when it comes to a presidential trip, you invest time where there's opportunity and where there are challenges that have to be addressed," Connelly said. "I think there's a recognition that both of those are in play."
However, the White House has sought to temper any expectations of a breakthrough in peace talks.
"We have here obviously a second term for the president, a new administration and a new government in Israel, and that's an opportune time for a visit like this that is not focused on specific Middle East peace process proposals," spokesman Jay Carney said last week.
"I'm sure that any time the president and prime minister have a discussion — and certainly any time the president has a discussion with leaders of the Palestinian Authority — that those issues are raised. But that is not the purpose of this visit."
Engel said that was the right approach.
"We should be prodding the Palestinians to sit down and talk without preconditions, and if that happens then we can try to facilitate talks," Engel said. "But I'm not for pressuring either side into what they should negotiate."
He said Obama is unlikely to want to spend too much political capital up front "because so many people have done that before and they've gotten burned."
The White House is simultaneously refocusing its attention on trans-Atlantic ties with the start of negotiations on a Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union (EU). Obama announced the start of the talks during his State of the Union address, after the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that he touted in his first term took longer than expected.
"The rebalancing [towards Asia] that President Obama is engaged in does not and will not come at the expense of any relationship in Europe whatsoever," Kerry told reporters before meeting Thursday with European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton. "In fact, we want more engagement with Europe, and we think Europe can be more of a partner in those efforts, which is one of the reasons that President Obama is so firmly committed, as he said in the State of the Union message, to a trade and investment partnership initiative with Europe."
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the Ways and Means Trade subcommittee in the last Congress, said the push for an EU trade pact represents an acknowledgment by Obama that the shift toward Asia hasn't been as smooth as he'd hoped.
"There are a lot of us who think it won't be easy to solve the Asia problems, and not as quickly as [Obama had] thought; he thought he was going to have [the TPP] done by the election," McDermott said. "I think it's reassessing how much you can get done. So let's move forward on a couple of things, not put all our eggs in one basket."
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"Lawmakers" and they quote Engel, Connolly, and McDermott. Three of the most virulent, incompetent and useless back bench party hacks of either party in either chamber. I guess, as a technical matter, they qualify as lawmakers but a more accurate description would have been Democrat Loyalists.
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Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival is poised to become the new annual kickoff to Rochester's rich festival season.
Imagine RIT, which will take place from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3, on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus, is designed to demonstrate what can be accomplished when, as RIT President Bill Destler likes to say, "the right and left brain collide."
More than 400 interactive exhibits and displays will be featured in various locations across campus. Topics include new ideas for products and services, the creative arts, research and design projects and unique performing arts productions.
"The festival's mission goes beyond showcasing the thriving RIT campus. We see it as a call to national service," Destler says. "Innovation is one of our country's last competitive advantages. Young Americans walk to the beat of their own drummer, and their desire to be different is an innate American characteristic. Channeling that passion in constructive ways will foster the United States' leadership in technical innovation and creative ideas for new products and services."
PAETEC will serve as the premier sponsor of the inaugural event.
"There's a reason we look to RIT for potential employees, and that is the ability these graduates have to approach problems from many angles, and to not be afraid to try something new," says Robert Moore, Jr., chief information officer for PAETEC. "We are proud to support Imagine RIT, and want the community to experience the innovation and creativity found on this campus."
The Imagine RIT experience will be divided into 10 themes, as festival-goers will be asked to Imagine…
There will also be the traditional festival fare: food, rides, music, inflatable activities and fun.
Since taking over as president last year, Destler has championed what he calls RIT's "unfair advantage"—its unique combination of programs in the arts and sciences, coupled with the diversity offered by the presence of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
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Along with PAETEC, other major sponsors for the festival include Toyota (Welcome Center sponsor), Xerox (Wow! Center sponsor) and New York State Sen. Jim Alesi (patron sponsor). To see a full list of all the sponsors, visit www.rit.edu/imagine/sponsors.html.
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Okay my other one got deleted so I decided to make it again.
So remember kids, all Bleach readers unite here! This is your only sanctuary from all the other boardies.
Anyway this series is awesome in case you haven't read it. Before it was your typical monster of the week which was fine with me, but now the true beef of the story is starting to unfold. It's a really great read and I can't wait for the next chapter.
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Yeap, very good series.
The only thing that bothers me is how it borrows ideas from other shonen series. The story started out with a pinch of YYH in it, Ichigo's battle costume resembles Inuyasha's (right down to the sword), and now Chad has Kazuma's Shell Bullet.
I wouldn't be too surprised if someone picks up Mido Ban's Jagan eye, or Luffy's Gomu Gomu ability.
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Yeah, I'm following TW's releases of this too, and it's indeed a pretty good manga, one of the better ongoing shounen manga right now IMO.
From what I heard though things get pretty wild later on so I hope we get to see it soon...
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Bleach is great! It may be a little typical at times, but there are some really likeable characters in amongst the shonen-ish storyline. (I fancy myself as a little bit of a Rukia worshipper). I feel it would make a fantastic anime, definitely on my to-buy list.
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Bleach seems like a nice manga and I can't wait to see how it will develop in the future. I hope they will be able to pull out an interesting main storyline soon as I don't want it to transform into a "hollow of the week" kind of serie.
Otherwise, the art is nice and I like the charachters that have been presented so far and the general "mood" of the world.
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I just read the first manga thing. I don't know if it was the first volume or what. But I really like this. I hope it stays this good. I just finished the part where the girl gave him half, well maybe more than half of her power to make him a shinigami. So he now has a lot of power. Seems pretty tight. Great twist on the Sixth Sense thing.
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Has anyone read Zombie Powder before?
Its a 4 volume manga done by Kubo Taito before he when on to Bleach. I personnally think its better than Bleach. The characters are much cooler and I thought the series has lots of potential.
Sadly the series ended abruptly at 4 books. I had hoped that he will continue with it, but he went on to Bleach shortly.
I recommend you guys to read the series if you can find them.
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Scientific name: Coenonympha pamphilus
Small, yellow-orange, flies close to the ground. Perches with its wings closed.
The Small Heath is an inconspicuous butterfly that flies only in sunshine and rarely settles more than a metre above the ground. Its wings are always kept closed when at rest. Underside of forewing has eyespot at tip. Hindwing banded with brown, grey and cream. The number of broods and the flight periods are variable and adults may be seen continuously from late April to September on some sites in southern England.
This relatively widespread butterfly can occupy a range of habitat types and, although its range has changed little, many colonies have disappeared in recent decades. Widespread in Britain and Ireland.
Size and Family
- Family: Browns
- Size: Small
- Wing Span Range (male to female): 34-38mm
Conservation Status
- Butterfly Conservation priority: High
- Section 41 species of principal importance under the NERC Act in England
- Section 42 species of principal importance under the NERC Act in Wales
- Northern Ireland Priority Species
- UK BAP status: Priority Species (research only)
- European status: Not threatened
Caterpillar Foodplants
Fine grasses, especially fescues (Festuca spp.), meadow-grasses (Poa spp.), and bents (Agrostis spp.).
Occurs on grassland where there are fine grasses, especially in dry, well-drained situations where the sward is short and sparse. Typical habitats include; heathland, downland and coastal dunes, but it is also found on road verges, moorland and in woodland rides.
- Countries: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
- Found throughout Britain and Ireland
- Distribution Trend Since 1970's = -29%


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Batik Vogue 8723
Added Jan 26, 2013
by marnieann
Bungendore, Aust...
Having seen quite a few lovely versions of this pattern already, I was inspired to give it a go. It comes together very easily and the fit is pretty much perfect without any changes. I think, as others have mentioned, the bust sizing has a lot to do with how easy it is to get the fit right. I did however have trouble understanding the instructions for putting the zip and lining in all together and still have no idea how to do this properly. I have never made a fully lined dress before but I sort of winged it in the end and got there. I have come across techniques that involve finishing the whole dress and lining whilst leaving the side seams to the very end. I might try this next time.
There is actually still about 4cm of room at the waist but it makes it more comfy and I'm not so worried about popping stitches every time I pick up my kids.
The fabric is a stiff, fairly thick traditional Balinese Batik. A friend goes surfing in Bali a lot and brought it back for me. The lining is black cotton voile.
I heeded the advice of others regarding the large amount of fabric required to be gathered at the waist, and went straight to pleats. There was no way I could have gathered that amount and thickness of fabric anyway.
I tried using a normal zip (rather than an invisible one) and had some success but it is still visible in parts.
I had to finish this dress (put in the zip, sew in the lining, finish the hems and attach the straps) by hand as we moved states over Christmas and New Years and my machine went (and still is) in storage.
I miss my machine.
But I'm very happy with my new dress.
Material Notes
Brown and black traditional Batik cotton. It feels a little like a starched quilting cotton. Lining is black cotton voile.
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Feb 5, 2013, 07.11 PMby rosarini
Wonderful.To reduce the gathering you could pleat it then cut away excess on the inside sorry it's hard to explain but research it or pop down to Tassie & I will show you.I think your sewing is fantastic….happy sewing
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Feb 6, 2013, 01.54 PMby marnieann
Aha, I know what you mean – good tip! But maybe I do still need a quick little trip to Tassie (I do so love it there) anyway….
Feb 3, 2013, 02.21 PMby chula123
the fabric is beautiful and perfect for this pattern. Georgeous ! And you cat is cute too :-))
Feb 1, 2013, 09.00 AMby Misstristras
It's a really pretty dress! nice fabric for that style, great election. love it!
Jan 29, 2013, 05.15 PMby Lee Avant
I'm buying this pattern and I'm making it immediately! I love this! You look great.
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Feb 1, 2013, 03.34 PMby marnieann
Go forth and make! Oh and I think from memory the straps were marked the wrong way round on the pattern…but it's pretty obvious once you are there that the angle is wrong and you need to switch the way they go on. x
Jan 28, 2013, 03.51 AMby kisses
Cute dress and the fabric is beautiful
Jan 27, 2013, 10.54 AMby Lauren9
I really like this dress and it looks so nice on you. Cute cat too :)
Jan 27, 2013, 08.46 AMby cathysews
This looks great on you….lovely dress
Jan 26, 2013, 10.41 PMby schnui
I love your new dress and especially the Batik fabric. It is such good quality fabric that you will get sick of this dress long before it will ever wear out. But I doubt you will get tired of this dress as it is such a classic style. Batik fabric is perfect for hot and humid weather, hence making it a favourite for me living in QLD. The remnants make really good table napkins which is something I like to do each time I use Batik. I hope you will be reunited with your machine soon.
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Jan 27, 2013, 12.47 AMby marnieann
At first the Batik was something I never considered for a dress (or any clothing for that matter). I guess it started out more like a pattern test / muslin. But once it started taking shape, I knew I loved it and it's weight makes it great to sew with. Next surfing trip and T'Bone has an order to get me more! Thanks for your comment.
Jan 26, 2013, 06.23 PMby Inga 888
great dress, looks fab on you :)
Jan 26, 2013, 04.52 PMby Mary Athey
This is simply gorgeous on you and.your cats adorable. The fabrics stunning. I just love this.x
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Jan 27, 2013, 12.51 AMby marnieann
Ah yes my lovely old puss. He's 20 years young!
Jan 27, 2013, 01.40 AMby Mary Athey
Ahhhh I have one at 17 x
Jan 26, 2013, 03.31 PMby neveenkarnes
Love love love this dress!!! You look beautiful. Great job!!
Jan 26, 2013, 03.03 PMby marnieann
Thanks ladies! It's always such a morale booster when others (and particularly fellow sewists) say nice things. xx
Jan 26, 2013, 02.57 PMby chillwear
Adorable!. I have this pattern and I really want to make it now :-)
Jan 26, 2013, 02.35 PMby ink
Stunning on you. Gorgeous fit and fabric, so so beautiful!
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Many of the people in our family line share a great heritage of being some of the earliest settlers of New England, primarily of Newbury, MA and other towns in Essex County; Kittery and Elliot, ME; Burke, NY.
Kittery, ME – Plantation of Piscataqua. The territory of the Berwicks was set off in 1713 and Eliot in 1810. The first settlement was at Kittery Point about 1623.
Eliot, ME – The area was settled around 1632 and named Sturgeon Creek, and was considered the north parish of Kittery.
Founding Settlers: Nicholas Frost, wife Bertha Cadwalla, daughter Anne and son Maj. Charles Frost.
Nicholas Frost settled at Sturgeon Creek about 1636. He filled various offices of the town and died in 1663 at age 74. Of his many decendants, several were eminent in their generation.
1784 Map for Context
Newbury, MA – Originally, Quasca Cunquen, then Newebery. Each of the first settlers was granted a house lot of at least four acres, with a suitable quantity of salt and fresh meadow. Each of the eighteen principal pioneer settlers was granted also an additional twelve acres.
Founding Settlers:
Rev. James Noyes, wife Anne, his brother Rev. Nicholas Noyes, his mothers cousin Rev. Thomas Parker (responsible for the migration and founding of Newbury)
Tristram Coffin, wife Dionis Stevens
Hon. William Fiske
Richard Currier of Salisbury & Amesbury "planter" & "millwright." One of the most prominent men in the new town.
Rowley, MA –
John Boynton, William Boynton
Joseph Jewett, Maxemilian Jewett
Nantucket, MA –
Tristram Coffin went from Salisbury, Haverill, Newbury, and back to Salisbury before jointly purchasing the island of Nantucket. He was a most influential settler and the first chief magistrate of Nantucket.
Peterborough, NH – William Mitchell is listed as one of the first settlers. (not sure if this is our Mitchell)
Hudson, NH – Nottingham West, John Mitchell was an original setter. His occupation was Sheep herdsman, husbandman. He died in 1739 not long after the town was begun, leaving his widow, Jannet, and six children.
Burke, NY –
Sources: First Settlers and Their Land Grants
A Genealogical Record of New England First Settlers


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Writers who create something rare -- a story with great, original characters that movie stars will cut their price to play -- have a real value," says Mandate production chief Nathan Kahane. "But that value doesn't get unlocked in the studio system. If writers are willing to share our risk, then we're willing to give them a lot of control and share in the profits too."(link via Cinematech)
THIS kind of entrepreneurial formula couldn't have existed in the era when the studios had a stranglehold on every facet of the business, notably talent, money and distribution. But those days are gone. The stars became free agents long ago. In the last few years, with billions of private-equity dollars flooding the business, the studios have lost their lock on financing too.
All that's left is marketing and distribution. It's hard to equal the way studios launch their summer popcorn extravaganzas with a $40-million marketing blitz. But as more entertainment migrates to the Internet, where distribution is basically free to anyone with a computer, the studios will lose that monopoly as well.
"The world is about to change," Frank says. "Anyone with an Apple computer can make a movie now -- it's never been a more democratic medium. The studios should be very afraid. Once the independent financiers start going directly to writers, things could change really fast.
Monday, November 26, 2007
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- Mitch K said...
Indie films are getting more publicity, respect, and distribution than ever -- and it just keeps growing! Most major studios also have separate divisions for funding and/or distributing independent films. With this kind of support and without such a stranglehold by the big studios, filmmakers are making some very good true-to-life films (something that definitely lacks in the mainstream 'genre' oriented film industry).
Frank's right about technology, too! It's easy for anyone to make a film. Look at that ol' YouTube thing. Sure, there's not a lot of craft on there, but people who can entertain get a lot of hits. Audiences have so much more access and choice and variety than ever. When things are cost-effective, who can beat it? Certainly not filmmakers, and certainly not audiences.
For anyone making any kind of film, all they need to do is slap it on the internet and then they'll end up with the widest distribution available. It's amazing that some people have found a way to make money off of offering something for 'free'.
Sorry, I got off topic. I'll end this by saying that 'Indie' is most definitely on the fast track.
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Longview – Today Representative David Simpson (R-Longview) announced his enthusiastic support of Senator Ken Paxton, the conservative candidate for Texas Attorney General.
"For our next Attorney General, we need the type of thoughtful, steady leadership that Ken Paxton has consistently demonstrated during his time in the Legislature. Ken understands the legitimate, but limited, role of government and will fight for justice for all. While serving with Ken in the Legislature, I saw him take principled stands time and time again. I am grateful to stand with Ken Paxton in the fight to restrict Washington's overreach and defend the liberties of every Texan," said Simpson Thursday.
Simpson continued, "Unlike many politicians who find their direction using a political wind vane, Paxton finds his direction by the 'true north' of limited government and liberty. Having worked with him in the Legislature, I can say that in this race Ken Paxton aligns best with the strong conservative, liberty-minded values of District 7."
In response, Paxton said, "Rep. Simpson is known as a man of integrity who stands by his principles and defends the values of his district. He has been a leader in the fight to restrict intrusive government in Austin and I am proud to have him on my team as we fight to defend Texas against the intrusions of Washington and the Obama Administration."
In the Primary, Senator Paxton led the field with double digits, coming within 6 points of winning outright. Despite being outspent more than 2-to-1, Paxton's grassroots support across the state has placed him in a leadership position in the race. Additionally, Senator Paxton won 19 of the top 20 counties in Texas, and won 51 of the top 75 counties representing approximately 85% of the GOP vote.
Paxton has been endorsed by 76 current and former State Republican Executive Committee Members, 5 current and former National Republican Executive Committee Members, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Texas Right to Life, Young Conservatives of Texas, Concerned Women of America LAC, Texas Home School Coalition PAC, 26 State Representatives, Senators Donna Campbell and Brian Birdwell, over 100 Tea Party leaders and activists, and many prominent conservative grassroots and Republican leaders across the state.
Simpson was originally elected in 2010, running on a platform of upholding his oath to the Constitution and defending our East Texas conservative values. House District 7 is comprised of Gregg and Upshur Counties.


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East Carolina head baseball coach Billy Godwin stopped by The Chelsea, a downtown New Bern restaurant, Thursday to speak to members of the Craven/Pamlico Chapter of the Pirate Club.
East Carolina head baseball coach Billy Godwin stopped by The Chelsea, a downtown New Bern restaurant, Thursday to speak to members of the Craven/Pamlico Chapter of the Pirate Club.
Godwin discussed the upcoming season and fielded questions from the boosters at an afternoon luncheon.
Roughly 30 Pirate Club members were in attendance and plates were $15 per person.
Godwin, and ECU associate head coach and pitching coach Dan Roszel, spoke to the crowd.
�I love coming to New Bern,� Godwin beamed.
�I go to a lot of places and there is always a positive energy here and a lot of people that love ECU baseball and ECU athletics in general.�
The Pirates have been up-and-down over the past several years in football and basketball, but the baseball program has been a constant.
�Our team is not just our players and coaches,� Godwin said.
�It includes trainers, boosters, fans, etc. It is huge to us that we have all of the support here in Eastern North Carolina.�
The Pirates officially begin practice at Next Level baseball training facility in Greenville.
Godwin said he feels that this year�s rendition of the purple and gold may in fact be the deepest team he has ever had in Greenville, and that the fan base and boosters have a lot to be excited about.
Craven/Pamlico Chapter president Butch Ricks, who helped organize the event elaborated on how grateful he was to have Godwin speak to the club.
�I�m just happy that Coach Godwin is still here in Greenville with us,� Ricks said.
�He�s stayed committed to the school and we are thrilled to have him and his staff here with baseball season getting ready to start.�
Ricks also has a Pirate Armada planned for April, which is the club�s spring gathering and has golf tournament in June at The Emerald in honor of Roger Thrift.
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Historical Standard: ASTM A36/A36M-03 Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
SUPERSEDED (see Active link, below)
1. Scope
1.1 This specification covers carbon steel shapes, plates, and bars of structural quality for use in riveted, bolted, or welded construction of bridges and buildings, and for general structural purposes.
1.2 Supplementary requirements are provided for use where additional testing or additional restrictions are required by the purchaser. Such requirements apply only when specified in the purchase order.
1.3 When the steel is to be welded, a welding procedure suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service is to be utilized. See Appendix X3 of Specification A 6/A 6M for information on weldability.
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to be used independently of the other, without combining values in any way.
1.5 The text of this specification contains notes or footnotes, or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain any mandatory requirements.
1.6 For structural products produced from coil and furnished without heat treatment or with stress relieving only, the additional requirements, including additional testing requirements and the reporting of additional test results, of A 6/A 6M apply.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
A6/A6M Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
A27/A27M Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon, for General Application
A307 Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts, Studs, and Threaded Rod 60 000 PSI Tensile Strength
A325 Specification for Structural Bolts, Steel, Heat Treated, 120/105 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength
A325M Specification for Structural Bolts, Steel, Heat Treated 830 MPa Minimum Tensile Strength (Metric)
A500 Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel Structural Tubing in Rounds and Shapes
A501 Specification for Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel Structural Tubing
A502 Specification for Rivets, Steel, Structural
A563 Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
A563M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts (Metric)
A668/A668M Specification for Steel Forgings, Carbon and Alloy, for General Industrial Use
A1011/A1011M Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Hot-Rolled, Carbon, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy, High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, and Ultra-High Strength
A1018/A1018M Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Heavy-Thickness Coils, Hot-Rolled, Carbon, Commercial, Drawing, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy, High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, and Ultra-High Strength
F568M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Externally Threaded Metric Fasteners (Metric)
F1554 Specification for Anchor Bolts, Steel, 36, 55, and 105-ksi Yield Strength
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Sylvia Plath: "Fever 103º"
Sylvia Plath begins her poem "Fever 103" with a one-word question: "Pure?" as if from the middle of an unheard conversation. She asks impatiently, "What does it mean?" and then plunges in, conjuring up the heat of a high fever:
The tongues of hell
Are dull, dull as the triple
Tongues of dull, fat Cerberus
Who wheezes at the gate. Incapable
Of licking clean
The aguey tendon, the sin, the sin.
The tinder cries.
The indelible smell
Of a snuffed candle!
In a few bold strokes, Plath uses repetition's incantatory effect to undercut our assumptions about purity. When she writes "tongues of hell," we think of the shapes of flames and purification by fire. Instead, Plath gives us dog slobber: "dull, dull as the triple // Tongues of dull, fat Cerberus." Her emphatic twist on the Cerberus myth renders the terrifying three-headed hound of hell into a plainly pathetic old dog who's "wheezing" and sluggish, "Incapable / Of licking clean // The aguey tendon." (I must pause here, at "aguey," to admire how the old-fashioned word onomatopoetically expresses the pulled-taffy feeling of a high fever.)
When Plath repeats "the sin, the sin," it conjures all kinds, exponentially multiplying sin itself. The repetition amplifies what comes after it. "Sin" morphs sonically into "tinder," which, with its soft "ind" sound, both recalls "tendon" and prefigures "indelible." The pleasure of rhyme heightens the dead black fiery-waxy scent and sonic satisfaction of "a snuffed candle." It also offers a meager sort of exhausted relief after the terror of crying tinder. If Plath is creating the sense of a fever burning away the soul's impurities, then she is also creating the sense of a soul so completely composed of impurities that this fever threatens to burn it entirely out.
The poem continues:
Love, love, the low smokes roll
From me like Isadora's scarves, I'm in a fright
One scarf will catch and anchor in the wheel,
Such yellow sullen smokes
Make their own element. They will not rise,
But trundle round the globe
When Plath writes "Love, love, the low smokes roll," notice how "love" becomes "low" becomes "smokes" becomes "roll"—and how all those round "O" sounds recall and amplify the "ull's" and "ell's" in the preceding stanzas, embodying the smoke and giving it weight. Instead of a puff of smoke—or smoke as anything insubstantial and easily waved away—here smoke is deadly and heavy, originating and emanating from herself. It "will not rise" and dissipate. It menaces and threatens the entire planet,
Choking the aged and the meek,
The weak
Hothouse baby in its crib,
The ghastly orchid
Hanging its hanging garden in the air.
The imagery here is lacerating. With an effortless transposition of adjectives, ("hothouse" for baby and "ghastly" for orchid), Plath nails the sweaty, sleepless (and verboten) repulsion that this new mother feels for her infant: How horrible babies are! And beautiful! The nightmarish imagery morphs: smoke to scarf to knot to noose, infant to orchid to a jungly overgrown garden. The poem is a fever-smear, a dreamy nightmare, fully infecting us—half by image and half by sound.
By the flash-light of her fevered vision, Plath leads us into an apocalyptic wasteland. Then, like a hypnotist, she brings us back from it by repeating the words that induced the state. When she reprises "The sin. The sin," the phrase beats twice on a muffled drum. It's an almost-ending; after the transmogrifications of fever, we return (for a second) to the regular world. We pause, take a breath, and—begin again:
Darling, all night
I have been flickering, off, on, off, on.
In this "flickering," we see faint flashes of dim light and we hear tiny electrical noises. We take a gulp of ordinary air—before the next line sucks us right back down into the delirium-dream, where fabric becomes flesh, and "The sheets grow heavy as a lecher's kiss." Plath's tone is fussy, irritable, sick of being sick:
Three days. Three nights.
Lemon water, chicken
Water, water make me retch.
Plath is loud now, and large, unconfused by delirium. "I am too pure for you or anyone," she says, referring back to the poem's first question. She is now the master of her feverish animal, all-powerful and entirely autonomous, self-made, and self-regenerating: She is a light-source ("I am a lantern") and a planet ("My head a moon / Of"—paper covers rock!—"Of Japanese paper.") The poem builds to an elated sense of momentum here, achieved through the repetitive effect of these declarations of self. This piling-up of insistent "I am's" continues with an almost childlike sense of amazed accomplishment, declaring, "All by myself I am a huge camellia."
Without any help, she's made herself into a flower—a flower with a face, pulsing with light: "Glowing and coming and going, flush on flush." At this point Plath pushes up and past her own immense illuminated image, giving us the sense of an actual, wobbly lift-off:
I think I am going up,
I think I may rise——
The beads of hot metal fly, and I love, I
Solid becomes liquid and liquid becomes gas. The I-sound in "fly" compounds the I-sound in "rise"—and "I love, I" (I love myself!!!).
Am a pure acetylene
By the poem's finish, Plath is the self-made Virgin Herself—made of acetylene, no less—a colorless, flammable gas capable (unlike slobbery Cerberus) of cutting through even metal. She is "attended" (like a queen, like an invalid) not by nurses or subjects or servants, but "by roses, // By kisses, by cherubim, / By whatever these pink things mean!" Fever spots? Freckles? Flowers? Angels? It doesn't matter.
Here, in the poem's last five lines, the fever's laser-point becomes a spray. The knife-blade doesn't dull, but begins to disintegrate. Those "pink things" might mean anything except the other: "Not you, nor him // Nor him, nor him"—lines that resurrect, echo, and link "him" to "The sin. The sin." One by one, she numbers her discarded "selves dissolving, old whore petticoats." She is ascending whole to heaven now — freed from the constraints of gravity and identity, the fires of her own creative momentum incinerating any last tether she has to the earth.
The poem's last word, the capital-P "Paradise," is almost as abstract in meaning as the poem's first word, "Pure." In this way, Plath pairs the two and leads us on a passage from one to the other, connecting the dots. But does "purity" lead to "paradise"? The structure of the poem seems to suggest that, but we cannot help but suspect that at this point Plath's tone is ironic—the stock image of the Virgin ascending to heaven cannot help but look overwrought.
She is almost out of sight, almost out of earshot—and then, in the very last line, even the sound-play disintegrates. The sound of "paradise" first faintly recalls and then quickly forgets its rhyme-relation to the words "fly" and "rise," which came on so strongly a now-distant ten lines before it. This effect is more than powerful—it sounds like what it says: it demonstrates a dissolve. Plath does not finish the poem by solving it, but dis-solves it—the poem, herself, the concept of "sin," the construct of identity, the question of purity. Though she may have asked what purity means at the beginning of the poem, in the end she's freed herself from the restriction of a definitive answer. Her fever is a fire that feeds itself—a self-fulfilling, self-sustaining, more than slightly frightening metaphor for her own generative genius—one kind of pure paradise.
Kary Wayson was born in Hanover, New Hampshire and grew up in Oregon, New York, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. Her first book, American Husband (2009), was published by the Ohio State University Press. Her poems have been published widely, and in The Best American Poetry 2007 and in the 2010 Pushcart...


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can someone plzz tell me how to take apart a long nosed lighter and use the sparker on it..i have an old one that works i just need to know how to get to it and how to assemble it without tearing it all up...thanxx
hammer it, just DONT HAMMER THE GAS CONTAINER
usally break off the neck should do the trick depending on the lighter
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Usually there are a few points that connect the 2 halves of the main body, I usually jam a knife in the seam and move it through the seem and saw through those points, starting at the bottom. Depending on the lighter, their may be 2 wires coming out of the main body. You can remove the gas container and dispose of it, also, you can take the safety off, (the part on top) also. On one of my cannons I removed the safeties and gas and put it back together, then strapped it onto my cannon and used the trigger mechanism that it has to trigger the piezo, the 2 wires that were in the lighter just went to my spark screws. My first cannon was a cool bazooka style.
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yeah i just put it on my mini and it works great but real hard to get a good mixture..it fired once and the cap came back and hit me in the stomach and made a good sized welt
haha that same exact thing happened to me a long time ago with my mini. hurts pretty bad for a bottle cap.
yepp. im just glad it didnt get my face..
i think ive worn the clicker out so im going to go buy a new one tomorrow..im using a pill bottle that is kinda flimsy so the spark screws that i have set up dont stay in place and they spread apart so im going to have to find a new chamber
slip the collar at the base of the neck off with a knife and the screw and the halves should seperate like butter
I have found some are glued, others are screwed together and the screws are hidden under the stickers. The metal "nose" part usually will slide off, sometimes requireing a little persuasion with a flathead screwdriver.
What brand are you disassebling? I have a bunch in my basement that I could mess with if it is one of those brands.
i dont know why i posted this here..sorry...i got it apart and on my mini and its fine..thanx guys..
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Mobile app to access Wetpixel forum
Posted 26 January 2011 - 11:35 AM
I was wondering if you've considered making Wetpixel forum compatible with one of the mobile applications, which would allow easy access from our beloved mobile phones (iPhones, Androïde phones...)?
For example, Tapatalk (http://www.tapatalk.com/) looks like a nice solution.
It would not only benefit big travellers, but any member who enjoys browsing when time permits but computers are far.
What do you think?
Posted 09 April 2011 - 10:51 PM
Posted 21 April 2011 - 09:11 AM
1) Is there a standard forum app that the WetPixel owners would just have to setup with that app, or is custom app development required
2) What is the cost for a pre-made app (license) or to custom development
I'd imagine it's just the cost that is an issue. The two main operating systems would be Android and iPhone. Android is obviously cheaper to develop for.
Posted 21 April 2011 - 06:13 PM
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 06:51 AM
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Posted 01 June 2011 - 03:53 AM
I'll have a look at tapatalk. Unfortunately right now they're down due to the Amazon EC2 outage.
Website up again!
So the application exists already, but I believe indeed that some development might be needed on the Forum side, to comply with the App requirements.
I've used it quite a bit to talk on YorkshireDivers forum, and it's really, really cool.
If our beloved Wetpixel could become compatible one day... well, maybe be I'd have no more social life
Posted 08 June 2011 - 04:40 AM
I use it for a few other forum like The Deco Stop, Rebreather World, etc... works a treat for consuming/posting to forums whilst travelling to/from work.
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Posted 08 June 2011 - 04:48 AM
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Posted 11 May 2012 - 02:26 AM
There's no change. The current version of the forum software is not compatible with tapatalk. And there is no timeframe for updating the software. If the software gets updated, im sure everyone will know
I'm not asking tapatalk nor a dedicated smartphone app... but at least a mobile theme!
Browsing the forums on a phone it's really a bad experience in 2012. I saw that Invision IP.Board has a mobile theme. Is there any chance to update the board version?
I remember the board update was the reason to not add another subforum for mirrorless camera.
Any news on this?
Thank you in advance
Posted 11 May 2012 - 08:06 AM
There is also the Lite theme available to Team Wetpixel.
There used to be the Tree view .. which I think is Linear+ now in the drop down options .. that used to make things easier on a phone.
Anyway there are options, and there maybe more. All have been here for quite a while I believe.
Also does this work? http://www.invisionp...uite/mobile.php
The forums suggest an android app has been in the works for 2 years. Nothing yet.
But I did find this http://community.inv...-mobile-device/
I have no idea if either of those last things work with Wetpixel.
Posted 11 May 2012 - 12:20 PM
There is a Lofi Version .. which I think is available to everyone http://wetpixel.com/...sion/index.php/
Hi Giles,
The lowfi version could be clearer on the phone but here the key point it's that a user should see a plain version through his pc/tablet and a lofi version while on the phone.
When I receive a mail alert there is no link on a lofi version but only something like: http://wetpixel.com/...view=getnewpost
So it means that you have to load all the page with tons of advertising, images.. and then maybe be able to reach the lofi link at the page bottom.
There is also the Lite theme available to Team Wetpixel. [vimeo]1413500[/vimeo] There used to be the Tree view .. which I think is Linear+ now in the drop down options .. that used to make things easier on a phone.
I'm not a Team Wetpixel member, what does it means? I tried the linear+ version but i did not notice anything different on my iphone and sony ericsson.
Also does this work? http://www.invisionp...uite/mobile.php
Maybe. It depends on the board version you have. It does exactly what I wrote at the beginning.
Having an Android/Iphone app it's another step. Not necessary at all if the board is capable to recognize a mobile client from http headers and switch the session to a "one column mobile theme". All the current CMS have this features as default.
Anyway I see that the ip.board version you have it's quite old so the real problem it's the update. Also the web design is a little bit old fashioned
It's a shame that a so large community is left with a product not on top of the situation.
Edited by M43user, 11 May 2012 - 12:20 PM.
Posted 11 May 2012 - 01:03 PM
We are planning an update to Wetpixel soon.
When this takes place, we will try to incorporate the feature requests above.
In point of fact, the new site is written, but moving the data from the existing forums to a new design is not so simple! Please continue to bear with us.
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The spring sports season got off to a rocky start as several area scrimmages and games were cancelled or postponed due to the cold weather and forecasts anticipating snow Wednesday night.
Triton's softball opener with Churubusco was called, as was the Bremen softball scrimmage with Penn.
Today's originally-scheduled Bremen boys track meet with Concord was cancelled, while the Lady Lions' softball opener with Mishawaka Marian has been postponed from Friday to April 20 at 10 a.m., and the BHS girls track meet at Warsaw Friday was cancelled.
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