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Coming Events...
The Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock will be holding auditions for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by appointment on Saturday, Jan. 28 from noon to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 29 from noon to 5 p.m. Actors needed are four women, ages 18- 50 and 12 men, ages 18 to 70. Actors will be asked to read from the script; sides are available on the website, www.dietrichtheater.com. Please call 570- 996-1511 for an audition appointment. the show will be March 21- 25.
The Big Game Sunday Chicken Barbecue, sponsored by the Herrick Township Vol. Fire Co. is taking orders for barbecue to be held on Sunday, Feb. 5. The cost is $5 per half and can be picked up at the hall at 11 a.m. The barbecue will be pre-orders only, and can be ordered through any firemen or by calling Jason at 570-744-1504 or Glenn at 746-3957 by Jan. 27. R3- 2c/S4c
Benefit for Hollie Brooks on Sunday, Jan. 29, 1 p.m. at Black Walnut American Legion. Live auction, food available and live music. To donate, call Amanda at 570-335-6305.
Peoples State Bank Relay for Life team is sponsoring a Quilt Raffle. Tickets are on sale now at the bank on Rt. 6, Wyalusing and the quilt is on display there as well.
A benefit will be held for Justin Owen, who is recovering from an accident when a faulty firework blew up in his face causing severe damage to his left eye in Jan. 2012. He will be making many trips to a Rochester hospital throughout his recovery process. A spaghetti dinner will be held on Feb. 26 at the Laceyville Fire Hall from noon to 8 p.m. There will also be a bake sale, basket raffle and Chinese Auction.
Stop in to Peoples State Bank, Rt. 6, Wyalusing, and make a donation to the Sean Allen Family Fire Fund. The family lost their home and belongings in a fire on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Monthly Breakfast at the Herrickville Fire Hall on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. All you can eat: pancakes, ham, sausage, eggs, coffee, orange juice and real maple syrup. Adults, $7; children to 12 years, $3; preschool, free. Benefit: Herrick Twp. Vol. Fire Co. - Dept. 4.
The monthly Sunday Vesper Service will be held on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, corner of Church and Chestnut Streets, Montrose. A simple meal will be served in the Parish House following the ecumenical services. Everyone welcome.
Wyalusing Adult School classes begin Feb. 1. Schedules available at area libraries, Wyalusing Chamber of Commerce, restaurants and other businesses. The schedule can be accessed online at wyalusingrams.com. Call Mary Beth Voda, 570-746-1522 or Kelly Bradley at 746-3815. Registration forms can be dropped off at the Wyalusing Chamber of commerce or the Wyalusing Public Library. The bread baking class, taught by Valeria Hill is limited to six people and will be held at the home of Mary Beth Voda on Saturday, Feb. 18 from 1 to 5 p.m. Cost is $30 and will include demonstrations, bread baking, all ingredients, recipes and sourdough starter. Participants do not need to bring anything and all will go home with bread. Call Mary Beth for directions. The poker for women and men classes will be held four Tuesdays, Feb. 14 through March 6 at the Wyalusing Hotel from 6 to 8 p.m.
The Road to Recovery program provides transportation for cancer patients to and from their lifesaving cancer treatments. An upcoming Road to Recovery training will be held on Jan. 27 from 10 a.m. to noon in Conference Room A, Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Interested volunteers can call Liz Emerick at 570-326-4149 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
The Magic Years Parenting Class for babies and toddlers will be held eight Wednesday mornings, beginning Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Susquehanna Co. Office Building, 81 Public Ave., Montrose. The class is free. Registration is required. Call the Penn State Extension Office at 570-278-1158 or email susquehannaext @psu.edu.
Knights of Columbus Ham Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 28 from 4 to 7 p.m., St. Basil's Hall, Dushore. Baked ham, scalloped potatoes, string beans cole slaw, applesauce, dinner roll, homemade dessert, coffee, tea, milk and water. Adults, $8; children, 12 to 5, $3.50; under 5, free. Proceeds benefit local activites. Sponsored by K of C, Dushore, Wyalusing and Mildred Council 12406.
Andy Boardman will perform at the Sullivan Terrace on Monday, Jan. 30 at noon. February's performers include Kathy Blair from LeRaysville on Feb. 5 and Yvonne Robinson from Wyalusing on Feb. 24 at 2:30 p.m. Sullivan Terrace is located at 135 N. German St. (Rt. 220), Dushore. Please call if you need directions, 570- 928-8997.
Open auditions for the Winding River Players' two 2012 Spring shows will be held on Thursday, Jan. 26 at The Black Box Theatre, 415 Main St., Towanda from 6 to 8 p.m. Roles are available for men and women of all ages. There is no need for advanced preparation. Questions, contact Julie at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For Your Information
To report animal abuse in Bradford County call (570) 888- 4763. You may also report stray or running dogs to the Bradford County Dog Warden by calling (570) 265-8191.
Quilt Show rescheduled. Get ready, plan ahead and join in. The Endless Mountains Quilt Guild quilt show, canceled due to the flood in 2011, is rescheduled to take place on Sept. 22-23 in Athens. Quilters of all levels are invited to display their quilts. You do not need to be a guild member. There is no fee to enter. Young quilters are encouraged to enter as well. More details and registrations forms are found at www.emqg.org or by calling 570-744-2718.
Meeting Notices
S.O.S. Al-Anon — Family Group will meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hopkins Street, Sayre.
Recovery House Meetings — AA Group of Towanda meets Mon.-Fri., noon; Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. NA meetings are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Speaker meeting every first Sunday, 8 p.m. All meetings at 205 Main St., Towanda (please use rear, lower entrance).
Compassionate Friends — of the Endless Mountains will hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Endless Health Community Center, Montrose. TCF is open to all families who have lost a child from any cause at any age. There are no membership dues or fees of any kind. For more information, call 965-0901 (evenings) or 278-1658 or e-mail email@example.com.
S.O.S. Al-Anon — Family Group will meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hopkins Street, Sayre.
Caregivers' Support Group sponsored by the Law Office of Leslie Wizelman and the B/S/S/T Area Agency on Aging meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Library at Memorial Hospital Personal Care Home in Towanda. Caregivers and family members of long term care facility residents are welcome. For information, call Bob Bachisin at the Law Office of Leslie Wizelman at (570) 746-3844.
Twelve Steps on the Way, a Christian recovery group, will meet at the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church on Mondays at 7 p.m. Use door in the rear of the church.
Al-Anon meetings are held every Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Holy Name of Mary Parish Center, S. Main St., Montrose.
Lupus Foundation of Pennsylvania — Monthly support group meeting; first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Tunkhannock Public Library, W. Tioga Street. For more information, visit www.lupuspa.org or call 1-888-99LUPUS.
Diabetes Support Group - meeting the first Thursday of every month at the Guthrie Clinic office in Towanda beginning at 5:30 p.m. There is no charge and all diabetics and family members are welcome. For more information, call Dawn at Guthrie Clinic at 570- 265-6165 during regular business hours.
TOPS PA #1134 — Laceyville, meets each Tuesday evening at the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville. Weigh-ins from 5:15 to 6 p.m., meeting from 6-7 p.m. For more information, call 965-2493 or 869-1834. Tollfree 1-800-932-8677.
AA Meeting — Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the basement of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
MOPS — Mothers of Preschoolers meet every first and third Wed. of the month from 9 to 11 a.m., September through May. Meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church, 5 Court St., Towanda. All mothers of preschoolers are welcome. Child care is provided for children, ages infant through five years old. For more information, contact the church at 570-265-5575.
Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Weigh Station Café at 7:30 a.m. in Towanda. They find ways to help the children in the community. Contact Eileen Sheets at 570-265- 2350 for more information.
Addictions to Victory. Faithbased support for addictions. Program will be held the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at New Generation Church, Milan, 570-888- 1967.
Bradford County Cancer Support Group meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at Memorial Hospital in Conference Room A, beginning at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 1-888-227-5445, Option 3.
Wyalusing Youth Football and Cheerleading, Inc. (WYF&C, Inc.) board will meet on Monday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. at the Wyalusing American Legion.
FWM Baseball signups will begin this weekend at the FWM fire hall in Mehoopany on Saturday, Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. The following weekend will be available for signups on Saturday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Feb. 5, 1 to 3 p.m.
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TMSCA students from Sweetwater Middle School recently traveled to San Antonio for the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association State Competition. They competed in Math, Science, Calculator, and Number Sense. There were over 500 students from around the state that competed. While the team did well in Math, Number Sense, and Calculator, in Science they excelled as a team and individuals. The team consisting of Daniel Pena, John Clift, Kilanie Arpin, Chance Saunders, Lizzie Gray, and Marc Butler received 8th place out of 21 teams. Daniel Pena received 8th place overall in the 7th grade division for Science. Chance Saunders received 17th place overall in the 8th grade division.
The coaches, Larry Hopple, Dan Huskerson, and Carola Martin, wish to thank members of the community that supported TMSCA in the State event: Lions Club, Sweetwater Jaycees, Ludlum Measurements, and Sweetwater Middle School. These funds allowed the students to experience an educational and fun trip. Sweetwater Middle School and the sponsors are so proud of all the students that particpated this past year. -- Carola Martin

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|The Art of Image Making
|The progressive scan CCD sensor at the heart of the HDW-F900R marks a significant advance in Sony HAD CCD technology. It is a development that now makes possible image capture over a range of frame rates, and ensures that their quality is at the highest possible level. This progressive scan CCD sensor provides a sensitivity of f10 at 2,000 lux (at 59.94i) providing subjectively noise and grain-free pictures. At 24 fps, with a 1/48-second shutter speed (equivalent to a 180º film camera shutter setting), the exposure index of the HDW-F900R is approximately equivalent to 300 ISO*. It allows the acquisition of gain-free imagery in deeply shadowed areas of a scene. Superb CCD highlight-handling greatly extends the Exposure Latitude of the camera allowing directors the dramatic freedom to shoot and capture extreme highlights in otherwise low-key scenes.
|The Mastery of Signal Processing
|Picture Tonal Reproduction is substantially enriched by the adoption of an advanced CCD with a wide dynamic range and a 12-bit A/D converter that is then followed by powerful, high-speed, Advanced Digital Signal Processing (ADSP). ADSP allows the active manipulation of many picture parameters to expand the use of in-camera effects.
|New Ergonomics
|As part of Sony's continuous efforts to make the design of our camcorders to be user-friendly and practical, stylish and appealing, The design of the new HDW-F900R has been greatly refined to increase the comfort and versatility. One of the most significant features in the HDW-F900R design is the camcorder's compact size - the length of the camera body is 20% shorter compared to the previous model. In addition to its compact size, the HDW-F900R provides HD-SDI output directly from the camera body, moving from analog outputs of the preceding model. The more compact nature of the camcorder makes it extremely easy and flexible to use when shooting in space-constrained locations, such as in a car. The HDW-F900R is also extremely lightweight - 2.6 kg lighter than the previous model. Even with the viewfinder, battery, cassette, microphone, and a small variable or fixed-focal length lens, the total weight is only approximately 5.4 kg (12 lb). The streamlined design inherits the superb weight distribution and balance from the previous model, yet provides much higher mobility, making the camcorder particularly suitable for hand-held shots. It also sits comfortably on the shoulder and can be carried with minimum fatigue. The HDW-F900R incorporates a B-4 lens mount that facilitates quick lens replacement, which is also reinforced to support heavy lenses. All switches, meters, and indicators are positioned in the most logical places for optimum functionality and ease of use. It can be readily mounted on a Steadicam™ or mounted on a tripod, geared-head, or motion-control system. This compact and lightweight camera opens new possibilities for creative camera work, while delivering uncompromising picture quality.
|Internal Light System
|A two-pin socket provides up to 50 watts of power from the attached lithium-ion battery. This can be used to power a variety of ancillary devices, including a front-light that can be mounted on the upper part of the handle. The power can be switched on and off manually or, when in Auto mode, it can be set to be synchronized with the operation of the Record button.
|Cassette loading
|The cassette loading is fast, simple, and reliable. It takes less than 5 seconds* for cassette change.
|Optical Filter Wheels
|For the optical picture treatment, two independent filter wheels (each with four filter positions) are provided, one with for Neutral Density (ND) and one with Color Correction (CC) filters are installed.
|Extended Clear Scan
|The Extended Clear Scan function is particularly useful when shooting scenes that contain computer or TV screens as it minimize the horizontal bars that can appear. The ECS shutter speed is continuously variable. When the camera is operated at 24P with a 1/48-second shutter speed, it exactly emulates the motion blur of a film camera operating at 24 fps with a 180º shutter.
|Safety Zone Marker
|To allow for individual production requirements, the HDW-F900R provides a Safety Zone Marker user adjustable for any aspect ratio
|Balanced Audio Inputs
|The HDW-F900R is equipped with a range of balanced audio interfaces; an analog 5-pin XLR connector for stereo audio output, two 3-pin XLR connectors with selectable MIC/Line level input, and the front microphone input. The two 3-pin XLR connectors can also be switched to accept four channels of AES/EBU digital audio input, establishing a highly functional digital EFP audio system using the Sony DMX-P01 Digital Portable Mixer.
|Dual HD-SDI Outputs
|In response to the strong requirements for convenient and high-quality on-set monitoring, two HD-SDI outputs have been incorporated into the HDW-F900R camera body as standard. This is a great enhancement to the previous model, which offered HD-SDI output only through the use of an external camera adaptor.
|Recording on HDCAM SR
|The HDW-F950R can feed camera output signals via its HD-SDI connector for recording on external VTRs such as Sony SRW-1 HDCAM-SR portable recorders.
|LCD Status Panel and Diagnostic System
|All the main operational controls and switches are located on the left-hand side of the camcorder. The LCD panel is on the same side, and shows a wide range of status and diagnostic displays such as Tape Remaining, Battery Level, Audio Levels, etc.
|Assignable Function Buttons
|You can assign Viewfinder Return, Record, and other functions to this switch.
|Electronic Shutter
|The electronic shutter helps in capturing clear images of fast-moving objects by selectively minimizing motion blur.
|Adjustable Shoulder Pad
|The position of the shoulder pad on the HDW-F900R can be easily adjusted - both forwards and backwards - without using a screwdriver. This ensures the operator can always attain a comfortable and well-balanced camera position, even when docked with a range of lenses.
|Mic Volume Protection
|A protection cover located under the volume knob of the front microphone is provided to prevent operators from accidentally changing the volume.
|Contrast Range
|The HDW-F900R can handle a very impressive contrast range. For the most challenging of light settings and associated scene conditions, several useful operational features are available that allow image optimization in real-time to help capture the desired mood of a shot. The first of these important functions is RGB Gamma Balance. By changing gamma balance it is possible to change the color balance of the mid-tones without affecting black and white balance. The second feature, Black Gamma allows fine adjustment of tonal reproduction in the shadows (black) to be made. This can help to bring out details from the dark parts of the picture without affecting mid-tones and with the absolute black level remaining unchanged. It is particularly helpful for dark scenes when the black has to stay black, but there is a requirement to pull out more details. The range of creative possibilities offered by modifying RGB Gamma Balance and changing Black Gamma is quite inspiring and, when mastered by a cinematographer, offers a great advantage in achieving a desired 'look'.
|Extended Gamma Features
|Hyper Gamma//User Gamma Flexibility
|The HDW-F900R produces pictures with astonishing color reproduction accuracy. Its Multi Matrix function also offers unique possibilities for creative intervention by allowing selective color enhancement or alteration. Multi Matrix allows a particular color to be selected and its hue changed over a range of approximately 20 degrees. The level of saturation can also be modified. This permits some very interesting "in camera" effects - similar to the secondary color correction normally reserved for post production special effects work - and is performed at the full bit depth.
|Picture Sharpness
|The HDW-F900R produces extremely delicate pictures with fine detail. The CCDs, each with 2.2 million pixels, faithfully capture images with natural sharpness. The HDW-F900R also incorporates some new and innovative image enhancement functions, allowing very precise control of the way the picture texture and edges are represented. The first of these new features is Soft Focus. The Soft Focus adjustment is particularly convenient for those who find conventional digital images to be too sharp and allows cinematic pictures to be created. In concert with optical filtration, this additional digital filtration can add a new creative extension to the treatment of image softness - and it can be optimized in real-time on the shoot. The second feature, Adaptive Detail Control (also known as Knee Aperture), allows the image detail enhancement in the highlight areas to look more natural. The third featureis Skin Tone Detail. This controls the detail level of objects with specific color tonality. It is particularly useful when shooting talents with the intent to creatively alter and soften the texture of their facial appearance while the remainder of the scene retains its full crispness. Within selected areas, details can be enhanced as well as softened. This can be a powerful imaging tool not available in film shooting. Three sets of such correction parameters can be applied simultaneously.
|Picture Stability
|By its very nature any digital or video camera delivers rock steady pictures. The HDW-F900R is no exception. The picture stability is particularly relevant for productions incorporating multi-layered compositing special effects. Image weave, compounded by noise, is the enemy of all compression algorithms. The emergence of highly compressed MPEG-based delivery systems, including DVD and digital transmission using multiple GOPs (Group of Pictures) calls for a high level of picture stability to maintain picture quality - and digital acquisition is a major boon.
|Because of the very good signal to noise ratio performance, the HDW-F900R delivers subjectively noiseless and grain-free pictures having the finest, most delicate and almost transparent texture. This can exploit the use of subtle cosmetics on the human face, as well as superb reproduction of fine-textured materials. This is extremely beneficial in commercial production. It is also particularly useful when working on productions that require multi-layering and blue-screen effects. The separation between useful information and unwanted grain or noise is straightforward and delivers accurate and spectacular results.
|Stop Motion and Time Lapse
|With the HKDW-703 Picture Cache Board equipped, the HDW-F900R offers a frame-by-frame recording capability that provides stop-motion and time-lapse modes of operation in-camera. This offers new and innovative creative opportunities in both animation and model shooting. *The tape requires to be pre-striped on its LTC (at the desired frame/field rate) by the HDW-F900R that will be used in the actual shooting.
|Down Converter Board
|The HKDW-702 Down Converter Board* provides down-converted standard-definition (SD) output from the 1080/59.94i or 1080/50i HD signal with four-channel embedded audio. This makes it possible to monitor recording on-set using a conventional SD-based monitor. SD-SDI or analog composite can be selected via the camcorder's set-up menu.
|Picture Cache Board
|The HKDW-703 Picture Cache Board, which was originally developed for the HDW-750 series camcorders, is now compatible with the HDW-F900R. It provides up to eight seconds of loop recording using solid state memory. Thus, when the REC start button is pressed, everything that happened up to eight seconds before that moment can be recorded to tape. In addition, time-lapse and frame-by-frame recording capabilities, known as the interval recording function, can be provided by this option board.
|2-3 Pulldown Converter Board
|the HKDW-902R* is also available, which down-converts 1080/23.98P HD signals to SD signals via 2-3 pull-down circuitry. Thus, it allows on-set SD monitoring of 1080/23.98P signals on a conventional NTSC monitor. This board also enables SD output to the camcorder's viewfinder or a monitor connected to the camcorder during 23.98P recording. With this function, users can check images on the viewfinder or monitor without the flickers that usually occur from 23.98P recording. For the down-converted SD signal, SD-SDI or analog composite can be selected via the camcorder's set-up menu.
|Slow Shutter/Image Inverter Board
|The HKDW-905R Slow Shutter and Image Inverter Board** powerfully enhances the operational and creative versatility of the HDW-F900R camcorder. With the HKDW-905R equipped, the camcorder can slow its shutter speed down to a 64-frame period*. During such a long frame period, electrical charges accumulate on the CCDs, dramatically increasing sensitivity. This helps camera operators to shoot in extremely dark environments. In addition, because more picture blur occurs when shutter speed is reduced, the HKDW-905R allows operators to produce creative pictures when shooting moving objects, through the intentional use of blurred images. The image-inversion function of the HKDW-905R board also allows the use of a variety of image-inverting lenses, the Anamorphic Lens Adaptor, and cinema lenses with 2/3-inch adaptors. *The slow-shutter function and the image-inversion function cannot be used simultaneously. The shutter speed can be adjusted to a 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, 16-, 32-, or 64-frame period.
|Approx. 5.4 kg (12 lb. 2 oz) with microphone, HDVF-20A viewfinder, BCT-40HD cassette and BP-GL95 Battery
|Power Requirements
|Power Consumption
|38 W (With 12 V power supply, REC mode, with HDVF-20A)
|Operating Temperature
|0 to +40 °C (+32 to +104 °F)
|Storage Temperature
|-20 to +60 °C (-4 to +140 °F)
|25% to 85% (relative humidity)
|Continuous Operating Time
|Approx. 110 min w/BP-GL95 battery
|Video Recording Format
|HDCAM 1080/59.94i / 29.97P / 50i / 25P / 24P / 23.98P
|Audio Recording
|Linear PCM (2ch, 16-bit, 48-kHz)
|Recording Media
|BCT-6HD/12HD/22HD/32HD/40HD, 1/2-inch HDCAM Cassette
|Recording Frame Rate NTSC model
|HDCAM 1080/59.94i/29.97P/24P/23.98P
|Recording Frame Rate PAL model
|HDCAM 1080/ 50i / 25P
|Recording/Playback time
|40 min. with BCT-40HD (59.94i Mode)
48 min. with BCT-40HD (50i/25P Mode, 25P: HDW-650P only)
50 min. with BCT-40HD (23.98PsF Mode, HDW-650F only)
|Genlock In
|BNC x1, 1.0 Vp-p, 75 ?
|BNC x1, 0.5 to 18 Vp-p, 10 k?
|Audio In
|XLR-3-pin type (Female), -60 dBu/-50 dBu /-40 dBu/+4 dBu
|AES/EBU Input
|XLR-3-pin type (Female), AES/EBU
|MIC In
|XLR-5-pin type (Female), -60 dBu/-50 dBu /-40 dBu LPF 14 kHz: -8 dB
|Test Out
|BNC x 1, 1.0 Vp-p, 75 ?, unbalanced
|SDI Out
|BNC (2), 0.8 Vp-p, unbalanced
|Composite Video Out
|HKDW-702 Down converter board * Provides the F900R with down-converted Standard Definition output
* The output is available in SD-SDI or analog composite
|Component Out
|S-Video Out
|Audio Out
|XLR-5-pin type (Male), 0 dBm
|TC Out
|BNC x 1, 1.0 Vp-p, 75 ?
|Mini-jack, 8 ?, - ? to –18 dBs variable
|Monitor Speaker
|DC In
|XLR 4-pin (male) x 1, 11 to 17 V
|DC Out
|4-pin (Female) 11 to 17 V DC, Max. 100 mA
|Lens Conector
|2-pin, female (Anton Bauer Ultralight) system, power Consumption 50W@12V
|Camera Adaptor
|Memory Stick
|MSH-32 (32 MB) MSH-64 (64 MB) MSH-128 (128 MB) (Max)
|Gigabit Ethernet
|Frequency Response
|20 Hz to 20 kHz, +0.5 dB/-0.8 dB
|Dynamic Range
|More than 85 dB (Emphasis ON)
|0.08 % Max.
|-70 dB
|Wow & Flutter
|Below measurable limit
|Pickup Device
|3-chip 2/3-type FIT CCD
|Effective Picture Elements
|1920(H) x 1080(V)
|Optical System
|F1.4 prism
|Built-In Optical Filters
1: Clear, 2: 1/4ND, 3: 1/16ND, 4: 1/64ND
|Enhanced Clear Scan ECS
|(at 1080/24P mode) 1/32, 1/48, 1/50, 1/60, 1/96, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 (s)
|Slow & Quick Motion Function
|Sensitivity (2000 lx, 89.9% reflectance)
|F 10 @ 24 fps, with a 1/48-second shutter speed
|Gain Selection
|Turbo Gain +42 dB 36,30,24,18,12,9,6,3,0,-3dB
|Smear Level
|-135 dB (Y-typical)
|S/N Ratio
|54 dB (Y-typical)
|0.02% or less for entire screen area (excluding distortion due to lens)
|Modulation Depth
|Built-In LCD Monitor
|Lens Mount
|Special bayonet mount
|Zoom Ratio Selectable
|depends on optional lens used
|Focal Length
|depends on optional lens used
|depends on optional lens used
|Maximum Relative Aperture
|depends on optional lens used
|depends on optional lens used
|Image Stabilizer
|depends on optional lens used
|Filter Thread
|depends on optional lens used
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Georgetown Watchman (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 23, 1867
Description: Weekly newspaper from Georgetown, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: March 23, 1867
Creator: Henderson, W. H. & Makemson, W. K.
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RSL attempts to build momentum against Revs
Foxborough, MA – Real Salt Lake returns to the road on Wednesday after a three-game homestand to face the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium.
Salt Lake's 2-0 win over Vancouver on Saturday gave the club its second win in the three-match home stretch, and it has given the club something to build on with three successive away contests coming up.
"I think we take a lot [from this game]. I want us to be miserable when we lose, and we should be happy when we win," Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis said. "We should feel good about it - not too good about it - but we should feel good about it, at least for overnight. We wake up tomorrow, and we focus on the next game. For me, it was very good, but we need to build off of it - there's still room for improvement, and we're going to need improvement if we're going to get results in the next two matches on the road."
Salt Lake's road trip will see the club visit New England Wednesday before traveling to Montreal on Saturday, but RSL will do so with a bit of momentum after a nice win against the Whitecaps.
With just one win in four games ahead of the Vancouver match, the game was being viewed as a bit of a must-win for RSL, which came away with three points.
"I honestly feel like we say that all the time, but that is with good reason," RSL defender Chris Wingert said when asked about the importance of the Vancouver win. "I feel like every week is a big week, especially at this point where things can change so much. Not only in the standings, but also in terms of momentum and moving forward. This win did mean a lot to us."
New England is also coming off of a positive result, despite picking up just one point in a 0-0 draw at Portland last Thursday.
The Revs once more had trouble generating a sustained attack, but the play of goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth helped New England to a point as the netminder produced a nine-save performance.
Shuttleworth's team has been held without a goal in five of its last seven matches, but he feels the next six games will be important, since five of those matches will come at home.
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Author Notes: This pie is inspired by the recipe Delicious Apple Pie from the Blue Ribbon Pies cookbook, published by Consumers Union, edited by Maria Polushkin Robbins - my all-time favorite pie recipe. I read about the apple layering technique in The Flavor Bible, so every bite of this pie has different textures and flavors of apples. My pie dough is adapted from the recipe for Flaky Pie Dough in the cookbook Baking with Julia by Dorie Greenspan. You'll have enough dough for 2 pies. And one of my favorite movies is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, hence the title. - mrslarkin —mrslarkin
Food52 Review: I had so much fun making this aptly named pie! While I was intimidated about making my own pie crust, it came together easily and was flaky, buttery and delicious. (Thanks to Merrill, Amanda and Dorie for the pie-rolling-out tutorials!) I loved layering the different apples, and you could really taste and the layers as you cut through the pie. I will definitely use that technique in the future. My husband and I both loved the pie. It is truly scrumptious and I'm pleased to recommend it as an Editors' Pick. – drbabs —The Editors
Serves: 8
Pie dough (makes enough for two double-crust pies)
grams unbleached all-purpose flour (I use King Arthur; about 5 cups)
2 1/2
teaspoons kosher salt
ounces very cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
ounces very cold vegetable shortening, cut into chunks
About 1/2 cup ice water
Pie (makes one 9" double-crust pie)
chilled pie dough disks, or 1 unbaked 9" pie shell with top crust
cup granulated sugar, plus extra for decorating, if desired
cup flour
teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
teaspoon ground cinnamon
cups Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin
cups Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin
cups Macintosh apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin
wedges of fresh lemon
tablespoons unsalted butter
tablespoons cream or milk
Pie dough (makes enough for two double-crust pies)
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, place flour and salt and blend on low speed.
- Add the butter and mix on low speed until the flour looks crumbly.
- Add the chunks of shortening and continue to mix on low speed. When clumps begin forming, and the dough holds together when you press some between your fingers, slowly pour the water in while the mixer is on low speed. Mix just until incorporated.
- Flour a work area and turn the dough out. Gather it into a ball. Cut it into 4 equal parts. Weigh them out to get even pieces, if you have a kitchen scale.
- Gently form each piece into a flat round disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least two hours. Dough can be kept in the refrigerator for 5 days, or frozen for one month. Store in zipper freezer bags.
Pie (makes one 9" double-crust pie)
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Mix together the dry ingredients.
- Place Granny Smith apple slices in bowl, squeeze a wedge of lemon juice over and toss. In another bowl, place Golden Delicious apples, lemon juice and toss. And in a third bowl, place Macintosh, lemon juice and toss. Evenly distribute sugar mixture over apples in three separate bowls. Mix.
- If making the dough yourself, roll out one round of dough on a lightly floured surface into a circle about 11 inches across. Place crust into a 9-inch pie pan with 1-inch high sides.
- Roll another round of dough into a circle about 10 inches across.
- With a knife or scissors, cut excess dough from bottom layer, keeping about a ½ inch overhang. Set aside scraps.
- Starting with the Granny Smith slices, place them in one layer into the bottom crust. Next, layer the Golden Delicious slices over. And lastly, layer the Macintosh slices over. Dot with butter.
- Cover with top crust. Tuck overhang of top crust under the bottom crust edge. Flute edges with fingers, or however you like. Vent top.
- Gather any leftover dough scraps, flatten out dough and cut out a few leaf shapes with a knife. With the point of a knife, gently make vein indentations like on a real leaf.
- Brush top crust with cream. Gently press on leaves and brush them with cream. Sprinkle sugar over the whole pie, if desired. Place pie on a parchment-lined sheet pan.
- Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until juices bubble through vents. Check the pie after 20 minutes, and if you see the edges burning, take two long strips of aluminum foil and wrap edges of pie loosely.
- Let the pie cool on a rack for about a half an hour before cutting into it.
- This recipe is a Wildcard Contest Winner!
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Fair Food
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Autumn Pie
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For around $30k, you cannot beat the performance. I agree the shifter is ****ty, as is the Cadillacs, but when has gm had a good shifter before? The next cars out within the next 5 years maybe, but not up until this point.
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A lot of folks wonder how they can get a photo of their Mustang in this magazine. A surprising number ask us this question without even sending a photo of said car. It's tough to make a decision without seeing a car. In this case, the car was secondary, but there were definitely pictures.
Chouteau, Oklahoma's Shannon Castillo has dreamed of getting his car in the mag and he eventually succeeded after the car had long left his ownership.
"...I've had Mustangs my whole life till now, as my family comes first," Shannon explained. "I've had a '79, a '91, and a '93 that were drag cars. Mod motors are just too expensive, so high 13s was the best I ran."
To get his '00 GT on this page, Shannon enlisted the help of model Svetlana Savina, a lovely 26-year-old from Oklahoma. With her assistance, Shannon's '00 GT took the big win in BOTM poll on our Facebook page. We don't know much about Svetlana, but we do know that Shannon's pal Keven Camp shot these great photos of her with the GT at Frailey's Recycling in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The car in question featured a 75mm throttle body, a cold-air intake, underdrive pulleys, a cowl-induction hood, and more.
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OLAB Students Negotiate with Wabash Alumniby Wade Coggeshall, Journal Review • July 13, 2006 Share:
Negotiation is an art form. A group of 55 high school students — from around Indiana and even from Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oklahoma — learned that first-hand during mock labor negotiations Wednesday in the Wabash College Fine Arts Center.
The students are participating in the college's Opportunities to Learn About Business (OLAB) program. Since 1973, Wabash has offered individual $1,000 scholarships for high-schoolers to spend a week on campus immersed in the study of business.
The program consists of intense, 16-hour days. OLAB packs a semester's worth of business courses into one week. The pupils are separated into groups, where they start their own companies and develop and market a product. Exercises include making commercials for your product and giving speeches to "shareholders." The groups are graded on a points system, with winners announced at Saturday's commencement.
Bert Barreto, a professor of economics at Wabash, has been heading OLAB since 1993. "The real key to this program is its ingenious design," he says. "The students are working hard and learning things because they're playing a game. I'm amazed every year at how hard they work because of the competition of the game."
OLAB's signature event is the labor negotiations the groups engage in. Playing the part of union representatives are Wabash alumni and other volunteers who serve as lawyers, bankers and economics teachers in real life. They have a breadth of business knowledge. And they aren't afraid to use it.
You may not be able to tell by his colorful bow tie, but Jon Pactor is "The Hammer" among the union reps. A 1971 Wabash graduate, the lawyer by trade has been helping OLAB for years by holding nothing back.
"I don't know if I'm tougher than the others," he says with a smile, "but if you don't make them work, they won't learn. That's the essence of this. There's a lot to be learned, and it's not just the business aspect of it."
Pactor's sinister method of bargaining is to soften his subjects by getting to know them before peppering them with questions and pitting groups against each other. The game is set up where a union head oscillates between two companies, mediating with both for close to two hours.
"Do we have a deal? We should," Pactor says to one of his companies upon returning to the table. "I hope you're more professional than the other group," he says to another. He jumps on one student for using soft language and not stating his case. "You keep telling us what you can't do," he says. "Tell us what you can do."
At one point he asks the unfortunate soul chosen to represent his group what his title is. "Negotiator," the student says, sounding a little unsure. "Negotiator!" Pactor retorts. "May be former negotiator when we get back."
This year Tim Oliver (with Pactor, above left) is serving as Pactor's partner in crime. A 1991 Wabash graduate, he was a star player on the Little Giant football team. Now a high-powered banker in Indianapolis, he's as imposing in a suit and tie as he was on the football field.
At one point, he and Pactor backed one group against the wall on the solvency of their company. By the time they leave, the students are bewildered.
"We're not bankrupt," one says. "He's just throwing a bunch of fantasy words at us. We've got to be calm and cool." His reassurance doesn't quell everyone's anxiety.
"Why'd we have to get the bow tie guy," the group's spokesperson says resignedly.
"Right after, a lot of the students will tell me, 'Wow, that was scary,'" Barreto says. "But a day or even an hour later, they'll tell me they loved it. They have to think on their feet and respond quickly. It's another brilliant component to the game. Some are upset afterwards. But at the end of the week, it's usually one of the most highly-rated aspects of the program."
"It's been pretty exciting," participant Jacob German (left), a North Montgomery student, says of the week so far. "There's not much time to rest. The spectrum is large. We're taking in a lot in a short amount of time."
His group was one of Pactor's verbal punching bags.
"It's pretty intense," German says of the negotiations. "It'll be interesting to see how we step up to what he brings to the table. It's going to be tough to bring him to our side."
There have been numerous times in the past decade when OLAB almost ended due to lack of funding. Wabash relies on contributions from local businesses and civic organizations to keep it alive. The college intends to keep the program where students, regardless of socio-economic status, can participate without having to pay.
Terri Gadd, president of Crawfordsville's Kiwanis Club, visited OLAB in action for the first time on Wednesday. This is the second year Kiwanis provided a $500 scholarship to the program. She's confident the money helps fund a worthy cause.
"I'm so impressed with (the students') abilities and what they know to ask" she says while observing one group discuss opening a daycare center for its employees. "Their knowledge of what to negotiate is on an adult level. It's a very good program."
Photo above right: Rick Cavanaugh was one of several Wabash alumni involved in OLAB labor negotiations.
This article originally appeared in the Crawfordsville Journal Review.


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If you want an outstanding history of early motorcycle racing in America, you can spend the next few days with Pioneers of American Motorcycle Racing: Exclusive internet publication about the men who built and rode the first American racing motorcycles between 1900 – 1933, by Daniel K. Statnekov (including a chapter on Shrimp Burns).
If you actually want to see board trackers in action, you'll have a hard time finding that anywhere. Footage of any early racing is scarce, and I can count the number of films I've seen on one hand. So it's exciting to find not only a new one, but five-and-a-half minutes as good as Beverly Hills Board Track Racing (1921), digitized by National Film Preservation Foundation.
It's hard to believe people did this, not just a little bit, but for decades. They're fast by any standards, but 100-plus on wood must have been the thrill of a lifetime. Indeed, for Shrimp Burns, Indian Powerplus rider and subject of the Indian-produced film, it really was.
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"Murderdromes"—that was the nickname given to the motordromes used in the early days of motorcycle racing. These circular wooden tracks, surfaced with two-by-fours, were modeled after the courses used for bicycle racing but with steeper banking, which enabled riders to maintain speed as they took the curves. Unfortunately, the banking—as much as 60 degrees—made for not only higher speeds but also for more deadly accidents. Because the grandstands were sometimes located above the uppermost edge of the track, even spectators were not immune to danger.
Indian Motocycle Company, the sponsor of this film, was a pioneer in the development of the motorcycle. The company was founded in 1901 by George Hendee, America's first national cycling champion, and Oscar Hedstrom, a watchmaker who in his spare time built standard and motorized bicycles. Built for speed, motorcycles were tested on the race track. In addition to manufacturing quality motorcycles for the general public, Indian invested heavily in specialized racing models, which not only served as prototypes for the next generation of consumer models but also, through the many records set and championships won by the company-sponsored racers, helped sell the Indian brand.
Beverly Hills Board Track Racing presents the highlights of one such competition that took place on April 24, 1921, at the Beverly Hills Speedway in Los Angeles, California. Although created at the time to promote Indian bikes, the film survives today as an important document for the history of motorcycle racing. Not only does it capture the short-lived Beverly Hills Speedway (1920–24), hyped as the world's greatest speedway at the time of its construction, it also affords a glimpse of the charismatic Albert "Shrimp" Burns, one of the top dirt and board track racers of the time. In this particular event, he set a new speed record—102.5 miles per hour—for a stock motorcycle in competition. And this occurred after Burns had crashed in a previous race earlier that day and unexpectedly returned from the hospital in bandages to compete in the final race with a borrowed bike!
On the face of it, Beverly Hills Board Track Racing is a simple sports newsfilm bringing the excitement of motorcycle racing to moviegoers, but the intertitles—although mimicking the style of a sports announcer—leave no doubt of its promotional purpose. The viewer is constantly reminded that it's not the daredevil rider alone who wins the race, but the man with the best bike: " 'Shrimp' Burns and Indian take the lead as usual!"; "Burns and Powerplus step out in front!"; "Burns and Powerplus Indian Win!"
Watching the film today, it's not the final close-up of the Powerplus engine ("the supreme Stock Motorcycle Engine of the World!") that lingers with the viewer but the bandaged Burns, posing on his bike, smiling to the camera. While the "Shrimp" looks for all the world like nothing could stop him, just four months later the 22-year-old daredevil of board track racing would lose his life on a track in Toledo, Ohio. We are fortunate, at least, that his moving image lives on in this precious film preserved by the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum.
About the Preservation
The single surviving 35mm nitrate print ofBeverly Hills Board Track Racing, donated by the son of a former Indian Motorcycle dealer, was preserved by the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in 2002, with a grant of contributed services from the National Film Preservation Foundation. The film preservation work was donated by Cinetech and the video reference copy created through a gift of Erickson Archival Telecine.
In short, it's terrifying.
For more daily prewar bike stuff, see The Vinagent; I like Board Track Racing on Film:
The Board Track motorcycle race course was a peculiarly American institution. The first banked wooden racing tracks (Velodromes) were used for bicycle racing in Europe and America over 110 years ago, and in fact, such tracks still exist for bicycle sport. Motorcycles were initially used as pacing machines to get the bicycles up to speed…
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New Aerospace Center on Campus
By John Gagnon | Published
Michigan Technological University, which has been establishing a highly regarded academic program in space technology, now boasts a new center focused on satellites. The Michigan/Air Force Center of Excellence in Electronic Propulsion will focus on satellite thrusters. It has received $1 million in funding for five years.
The aerospace center is housed in Michigan Tech's Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics. "This is a major accomplishment," said William Predebon, chair of mechanical engineering. "It puts us on the national map."
Six universities comprise the center: Michigan Tech, the University of Michigan (which administers the program), Penn State, the University of Washington, the University of California Los Angeles and Colorado State University.
Lyon (Brad) King, associate professor of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics, was instrumental in attracting the funding for the center from the Air Force Research Lab and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. King says that the Air Force, not NASA, is the nation's largest supporter of university research in space propulsion. "They're number one," he notes, "in both investment dollars and the number of devices they launch and use."
King will oversee work on plasma space propulsion systems—thrusters that maintain an orbit or move satellites from one orbit to another. Currently, 250 of the 3,000 space craft in orbit use some type of plasma thruster.
Satellites can be mighty or tiny--the size of a school bus or the size of a cell phone. Likewise, thrusters range from rockets to devices that are the size of a thumb. In his work, King will address thrusters on both the "mega" and "nano"scale.
Traditional thrusters burn fuel as a propellant. Plasma thrusters use solar arrays to generate electric and magnetic forces that propel ionized gases. Plasma thrusters are 10 to 100 times more efficient than chemical thrusters.
Tech's new center has two charges:
• research that advances the science
• and application that improves the technology
"The Air Force is letting us work on high-risk, high-payoff technology," King explains. "High risk means that some promising ideas may turn out not to be technically feasible after we examine them more closely. The high payoff is that we might make revolutionary advances to the state of the art. They understand that to make the great breakthroughs, we may have to kiss some frogs and go down some dead ends. They are giving us the academic and creative freedom to do that. Some ideas won't pan out. Hopefully, we'll have stories that start out as napkin sketches and become successes that attract further funding."
All of the universities in the center operate independently but will engage in some collaboration. For example, UM has developed a thruster, and Michigan Tech will develop new laser diagnostics to make measurements inside the thruster—all with an eye to understanding how thrusters work and how they might work better.
The Air Force support is what King calls "long-term funding." He says that getting five years of funding is virtually unheard-of when it comes to university research, which typically attracts support for one to three years. The Air Force's long-term commitment, he says, will facilitate "ambitious and sustained projects."
King anticipates involving Tech faculty from other disciplines. The center also will support three PhD students.
King earned his doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan. He started Tech's aerospace program when he joined the faculty in 2000. Initially, he and his students only worked on thrusters. He ramped up the effort to craft whole satellites. He advises the Aerospace Enterprise and has spearheaded the building of a prize-winning nanosatellite for a competition also sponsored by the Air Force.
King says that Tech's aerospace program, including its world-class labs, helped attract the funding for the propulsion initiative. Tech's history and reputation for hands-on projects, particularly its Enterprise Program, also helped. "Our students don't just write papers and computer programs. They know how to turn wrenches and build things. That's been deeply ingrained in the University culture for years," King points out,
One side benefit of Enterprise has been collaboration among diverse disciplines. "That's hard to do at other universities but standard at Tech," says King.
The new aerospace research center puts Tech high on the radar of leaders in the aerospace field. "That kind of visibility can only lead to more projects," King predicts.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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I remember shortly after the movie Coraline came out, I saw a video on how all of her clothes were knitted. I had never heard of miniature knitting until then.
I knew then that one day I would try it. I had no idea what kind of needles to buy and even where to find them, and the idea quickly got lost.
A couple weekends ago, I attended the Black Sheep Gathering and found some needles for sale! I remembered I had wanted to try it and snatched up these needles. Size 7/0- .65mm!! I used 3 strands of DMC 6 strand embroidery floss. I wanted to knit something very simple. A square. But I also wanted it to have a bold color contrast. The Swiss flag seemed perfect.
Miniature knitting is crazy. My fingers felt HUGE and I felt like I was going to snap the needles. However, I definitely plan to do this again and with something a bit more complicated. A hat? A sock? We'll see. Stay tuned.
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June 13, 2012
HSI Promotes "Meatless Monday" at United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
As evidence mounts about the need for greater environmental protections, it is clear that one of the most significant causes of global environmental harm is the production of more than 67 billion land animals for food each year. As preparatory meetings for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, begin this week in Rio de Janeiro, Humane Society International is attending to promote "Meatless Monday."
A popular international movement that began in 2003 in the United States at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, "Meatless Monday" participants cut out meat one day a week for human health and the health of the planet. Given Rio+20's focus on a green economy in the context of sustainable development, as well as the agenda topic on sustainable production and consumption patterns, HSI believes that reducing meat consumption should be part of the conversation.
"Whether the focus of Rio+20's participating organizations is farm animal welfare, climate change, forests, public health, environmental pollution, or sustainable agriculture, Meatless Monday supports their mission," said Guilherme Carvalho, HSI's campaign manager in Brazil. "It is a movement that everyone can support."
Backed by advocacy campaigns in more than 20 countries, including Brazil, Meatless Monday also reduces animal suffering. It is supported by scientific authorities, including the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri, and a number of celebrities, including former Beatle Paul McCartney, North American TV show host Oprah Winfrey, and the musician and former Brazilian Minister of the Environment, Gilberto Gil.
- Animal agriculture is responsible for nearly one-fifth of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and is recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.
- Pasture expansion for farm animals is a key driver of deforestation, especially in Latin America.
- Worldwide, more land is used to raise and feed farm animals than for any other purpose. More than 97 percent of soymeal and 60 percent of the barley and corn produced globally are fed to farm animals.
- Intensive animal agriculture not only harms the environment, but also causes animal suffering.
- Meat-free food options help to improve overall health. Many chronic diseases can be prevented, treated and, in some cases, even reversed with a plant-based diet.
- Each one of us can lessen our environmental footprint by reducing our consumption of meat, egg, and milk products.
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Read about eating for the environment
Explore the HSI Guide to Meat-Free Meals for delicious vegetarian recipes
Humane Society International and its partner organizations together constitute one of the world's largest animal protection organizations—backed by 11 million people. For nearly 20 years, HSI has been fighting for the protection of all animals through advocacy, education, and hands-on programs. Celebrating animals and confronting cruelty worldwide—On the Web at hsi.org.


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Rubicon Software necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 279 diseños de 66 diseñadores freelance.
iAccel is a suite of Productivity Tools for Professional Services and Project Based Organisations.
The solution will be available for trial and purchase at http://www.iAccel.com - so there's a website to design as well in the near future!
Built on the Microsoft platform, iAccel combines best of breed functionality for E-mail Management, Document Management and Time Management into a solution available on-premise and in the cloud.
We are launching later this year and require a logo to base a corporate ID on. This will be rolled out across internet, social networking, print and other formats.
Integrating with Microsoft Outlook, iAccel provides one-click filing of sent and received e-mails and their attachments into Microsoft SharePoint. It can also monitor how users spend their time and analyses this to help each user become optimally productive.
By combining productivity tools for storing and searching for emails as well as innovative time recording and analysis techniques, iAccel is the perfect add-on for knowledge workers within professional services organisations such as lawyers, accountants and consultants.
Built by Rubicon Software Group plc (http://www.rubiconsoftware.com), an experienced and successful Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, iAccel is targeting all business users of Microsoft Office so the icon should co-ordinate with Microsoft branding and Rubicon's branding.
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COMPTON, Calif. — Director Layon Gray and the cast of his hit Broadway play "Black Angels Over Tuskegee" will tour Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum (TAM) and its Tuskegee Airmen Learning Center June 4 at 4 p.m. Several area Tuskegee Airmen, who serve as mentors at TAM, are expected to attend.
TAM is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit that was originally established in dedication to the Tuskegee Airmen using the power of aeronautics to empower youths' dreams with afterschool educational, career development, and mentoring resources
TAM has been able to give youth in Compton and the greater Los Angeles area the academic and motivational support they need to graduate high school, go to college, give back to their communities, and become future leaders and innovators in science, technology, engineering and math.
TAM provides education outreach through its fixed-wing flight school, community-wide events, Positive Vibrations helicopter demonstrations, and its Tuskegee Airmen Museum, which also serves as a field trip destination.
Black Angels Over Tuskegee is a story told in a narrative of six men embarking upon a journey to become pilots in the United States Army Air Forces. The play explores their collective struggle with Jim Crow, challenging their intelligence, patriotism, brotherhood and dreams of an inclusive and fair society.
Winner of the 2009 NAACP Award for best ensemble and 2009 Hollywood Artistic Director Achievement Ward for Best Play, the production has received rave reviews from top critics including The New York Times who describe the performance as "Uplifting and inspirational" and "Tough to resist!"
The play makes its return to Los Angeles for one night only, Saturday, June 8 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre.
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This story of families fleeing to preserve their lives and their faith is happening again today as Christians are forced to flee Iraq. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick tells moving stories of his visits with Iraqi refugee families in the Middle East. With Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, he led a delegation from Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the International Catholic Migration Commission (their trip report is available at the Migration and Refugee Services Web site, www.usccb.org/mrs). As Cardinal McCarrick recounts: "Imagine you are a Christian family living in the Dora neighborhood outside of Baghdad. In the middle of the night there is pounding on your door. You are visited by armed gangs of Islamic extremists who threaten you and your family. You are told you have three options: give up your faith and convert to Islam, die or leave your homes, businesses, possessions and communities behind and flee. There is no doubt that you will be killed if you do not comply. Many have already been killed by similar death squads, and the Iraqi government seems unable or unwilling to protect you. Who among us would choose not to renounce our faith under such death threats? Yet these Christians do not renounce the faith. They do not convert. They choose to flee, to lose everything they own and risk their lives rather than lose their faith. These are the true modern-day martyrs."
These Christians have been at home in Iraq for centuries. But of the 2,000 Christian families that once lived in the neighborhood of Dora alone, perhaps fewer than 300 remain. More than two million Iraqis have fled the country. Another two million have fled their homes but remain inside Iraq, unable to cross an international border. The Iraqi exodus now totals more than 15 percent of the population. Minority communities, like the Iraqi Christians, are particularly hard hit. More than 1.5 million Christians lived in Iraq prior to the war. Fewer than 500,000 remain.
The two million Iraqis displaced within the country continue to fear daily violence. But the two million Iraqi refugees outside the country also live in permanent insecurity. Fleeing to Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, they are not allowed to hold jobs, send their children to school or access health care. Fearing arrest and deportation, they often live in hiding, continually indoors to avoid hostile authorities. Without work they cannot pay rent, and most live in overcrowded conditions in poor housing, fearful of eviction. Host countries may have begrudgingly allowed temporary entry to refugees, but they do not want Iraqis to feel welcome or settle permanently in their countries. Host governments fear they cannot support the cost of vulnerable refugee populations, and they cannot risk the increased ethnic and religious conflicts that the quickly changing demographics may entail. They do not want the Iraqis to become the new Palestinians, refugees who stay permanently because they can never go back.
Returning home or settling permanently in the countries to which they have fled are not options for most Iraqi refugees. That leaves resettlement in a third country, like the United States, as the only choice. The bishops note that the tens of thousands of Iraqis who are working or have worked with the U.S. government and contractors are particularly at risk.
The United States has a generous record of refugee resettlement. In 1975 130,000 Vietnamese were airlifted directly to the United States; over time more than 760,000 Vietnamese refugees were admitted, and hundreds of thousands more from the rest of Indochina. Catholic parishes and dioceses sponsored many of these refugee families. We took responsibility for the fate of the refugees our actions helped create. Then-Secretary of State Cyrus Vance explained the United States' moral obligation to welcome refugees: "We are a nation of refugees. Most of us can trace our presence here to the turmoil or oppression of another time and another place. Our nation has been immeasurably enriched by this continuing process. We will not turn our backs on our traditions. We must meet the commitments we have made to other nations and to those who are suffering. In doing so, we will also be renewing our commitments to our ideals." In the current Iraq war, the U.S. administration has amnesia about who caused the plight of more than two million Iraqi refugees. We face moral responsibilities to resettle more than the paltry 12,000 refugees the Bush administration has pledged to admit in the future. Our Catholic communities are again needed to help sponsor and resettle refugee families, to be ambassadors for Christ as the Ash Wednesday readings instruct. Will we welcome these modern day Holy Families?


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Many pulp and comic strip characters had their own radio shows during the golden age of radio. In connection with my Pulp Heroes and Comic Strip pages, I'm making available some of my favorite Old Time Radio (OTR) programs that I've stored on my web site in MP3 format.
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Currently, I've posted episodes of Bringing Up Father, The Green Lama, The Lone Ranger, Tailspin Tommy, the Lux Radio version of King Solomon's Mines, and the entire 26-episode run of The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon from 1935. In order to access the files you'll need an MP3 player. If you don't have an MP3 player, you can download one free from Nullsoft Winamp.
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- Do the following:
- (a)Tell how the Scout Movement began and point out on a map at least 30 countries which have Scouting.
- (b) Describe or demonstrate at least three ways in which Scouts or Explorers of most countries can recognize one another.
- Do the following:
- (a) Tell briefly how modern transportation and communication have "shrunk" the world during the past 100 years and have made nations more dependent upon one another.
- (b) Tell how natural resources, commerce, and trade affect a nation's economy and relationship among nations.
- (c) Find and list at least eight different everyday articles that were imported or made from different material imported from other parts of the world. Identify the counties from which these come.
- Do the following:
- (a) Describe the form and structure of government of one nation on each continent.
- (b) Review the story of at least three national heroes of other lands.
- Tell the purpose and functions of at least two international organizations of which the United States is a member (such as the Postal Union, Organization of American States, International Red Cross, United Nations, the International Court of Justice).
- Carry on a simple understandable conversation with another person in a modern foreign language for at least 5 minutes and translate at least 200 words of simple text in that language. (Note: A Boy Scout or Explorer is entitled to wear the Interpreter's badge for completing this requirement).
- Prove by deed that you belong to a world brotherhood by doing TWO of the following four deeds:
- (a) Hike or camp with boys from another country.
- (b) Make friends with new arrivals from abroad.
- (c) Help organize and conduct a World Friendship Fund campaign in your unit.
- (d) Help an organization which promotes world brotherhood, such as foreign missions and the International Junior Red Cross.
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tac89611 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Logo design for software company convering corporations to Google Apps.
Salvair is an off-shoot of salvara, the Italian word for "salvation." The co-founders of the company started Salvair to offer software products (modules) and services to help existing companies (from Procter & Gamble and GE-sized) down to smaller companies, to save money by switching to Google Apps.
I would like the logo to be something that incorporates faith in some way, but not so much that is is a cross or other overtly Christian symbol.
Since this is called Cloud Computing it can have something to do with the sky, clouds, or anything else that comes to mind in this vein.
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- Item 1...I'm open to many different styles and types. I think the design must instill confidence and show a professional appearance. I'd like something sharp and edgy, but really it comes down to overall sight appeal.
- Item 1...I don't want something that looks collegiate or social or non-corporate; meaning the web site and other corporate materials will be aimed at corporate people. We may sell to consumers at some point, but right now are focused on corporate America.
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Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars + More Set to Perform at 2013 Billboard Music Awards
If you had plans for May 19, do yourself a favor and cancel them immediately. Oh, you're getting married? Not anymore! Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars and Miguel will all perform at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.
Seeing as Billboard measures the selling power of music's biggest acts, it makes total sense that four of pop's biggest stars are on the bill to perform. But no Justin Timberlake? C'mon! He had the best selling album of 2013 to date!
Prince will also perform during the award show, in addition to being honored with the Billboard Icon Award, so make sure to set those DVRs because we all know the Purple One delivers unreal performances. We'd love to see Bruno or Miguel sync up with Prince on this performance, but that man can surely rock the house on his own.
Justin, Taylor, Bruno and Miguel are also all up for the Milestone Award along with Pitbull and the Band Perry. So, what is this newfangled honor? Fans can vote for their favorite star online and then enter a contest to present this award at the show with Cee Lo Green. A trip to Vegas and getting on national TV? Where do we sign... err... we mean vote?!
This is shaping up to be a can't-miss award show!
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The gusty winds and high waters spawned by hurricanes aren't just threats to coastal residents.
Because of the storms' far-reaching impact, emergency officials across the state and nationwide are stressing preparedness for everyone as we enter the 2012 hurricane season.
Police are on the hunt for whoever shot a Lancaster man in the hand Tuesday night, May 29.
Several officers were called to the emergency room at Springs Memorial Hospital shortly before 10 p.m. about a man who was being treated for a gunshot wound, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
A dispatcher informed officers the shooting might have happened during an attempted robbery in the New Town area.
There are 197 names on the war memorial at Lancaster's Memorial Park and it's important to recall what all of them did.
Killed in action, these 197 paid the ultimate price to preserve America's freedom, said Ernest Stroud, legislative chairman of the S.C. Disabled American Veterans and chaplain of American Legion Post 31.
KERSHAW – For those who love skateboarding, the town of Kershaw could one day serve as your favorite in-county destination.
Beverly Timmons of the Kershaw Community Park Council (KCPC) gave a presentation to Town Council at its May 21 meeting about bringing a skatepark to the town.
Timmons said the company Skatewave has offered the KCPC about $98,000 worth of ramps and other equipment that would allow a skatepark to be built, possibly in Stevens Park.
A Lancaster man died following a motorcycle accident Saturday, May 26, that may have been caused by a medical emergency.
Meanwhile, the man's family is dealing with his death by remembering his love of life.
S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Billy Elder said Richard "Ricky" Wayne Baker, 57, of 2760 Pink Plyler Road, Lancaster, was driving his 2002 Harley Davidson south on Cedar Creek Road (S.C. 97) when he ran off the left side of the highway about 3.5 miles south of Green Road.
PAGELAND – State Rep. Ted M. Vick, 39, of Chesterfield was arrested in the early hours of Thursday, May 24, in Columbia. Vick was arrested for speeding, driving under the influence and unlawful carrying of a pistol.
Firefighters tackled three blazes throughout the county during the Memorial Day weekend, two of which may be suspicious.
The first fire happened at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 25, at a singlewide mobile home in the 1700 block of Dan Funderburk Road.
Lancaster County Fire Marshal Stephen Blackwelder said the Rich Hill Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire after a neighbor called it in.
"A neighbor through the woods called us because they heard something popping and cracking," Blackwelder said.
ROCK HILL – Hours after a Charlotte man was shot to death outside a Rock Hill nightclub, local authorities arrested a Lancaster man in connection with the murder.
Jacques "Joc" Larrell Waiters, 23, 1514 Charlotte Highway, was arrested Saturday, May 26, by Lancaster County sheriff's deputies on a Rock Hill murder warrant, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report.
KERSHAW – Through the hammers, nails and roof shingles, area teens will soon pick up some valuable lessons that should extend way beyond home repairs.
The Youth Serve summer program in Kershaw is gearing up for its 18th year. The teen-service initiative allows youth ages 13 to 18 to perform community service while engaging in mentorship and fellowship.
Rising insurance costs, extra county personnel and an updated E-911 system weighed heavily on the minds of county officials as Lancaster County Council took its first look at the county's budget Monday night, May 21.
Council voted 6-0 to approve first reading of the county's budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2013. Councilman Larry McCullough was not at the meeting.
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Internet Rages over PayPal Ruining Poor Kids' Christmas
Take a much-loathed corporation, add poor kids, Christmas, and a popular blog, and you've got the recipe for a perfect Internet Shit Storm. Paypal is being blasted for "stealing" money raised for Christmas presents for poor kids.
The popular Etsy gag blog,Regretsy, did a very nice thing and launched a charity drive for poor kids, getting users to donate money to buy over 200 kids Christmas presents. They raised thousands of dollars, but say they made one small mistake: Using the a "Donate" button provided by Paypal to solicit donaaaaaaations instead of a "Buy" button.
Now Paypal claims they can't process the payments because Regretsy is a for-profit corporation and the "Donate," button is for non-profits. Regretsy called out PayPal in a couple blog posts has been forced to manually refund all its readers' donations, PayPal keeps the transaction fee, poor kids are bereft, and the internet is raging.
And it is it raging. Crusading nerds have voted the story to the front page of Reddit and Hacker News. Every tech blog has weighed in with their own Grinch reference. People are canceling their accounts!
Some have pointed out, pretty convincingly, actually, that PayPal maybe be trying to cut down on legitimate legal exposure. Charity law is complex, and third-party donations are a tricky thing, ripe with scammers. But, still, it seems PayPal could work out an arrangement with a long-standing customer that would at least refund their users' transaction fees.
PayPal hasn't received such hate since it cut off payments to Wikileaks last year. But that was just a dumb news organization. These are kids! And Christmas. PayPal may not be long for this world. The only people who win in this situation is Regretsy, which has gained an enormous burst of publicity no amount of hassle could outweigh.
Update: Christmas is saved! PayPal says they made a mistake, has unfrozen Regretsy's donations and is making a donation as an apology.


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Elmore James is a giant of the blues. His work as a songwriter, singer and guitarist put him near the top of the short list of greats. The songs he wrote and revived— "Dust My Broom", "Cry For Me Baby" and "Rollin' and Tumblin'" —are revered as blues standards.
He was a great singer, his vocals packed with urgency, emotion and not a little pathos. His searing, distorted electric guitar was revolutionary for the day, setting the tone for the rock revolution that followed. He recorded "The Sky Is Crying" in 1959, and it would go on to become another classic of the blues.
Apparently, no film or video exists of Elmore James performing.
Though Elmore James is considered the "King of the Slide Guitar", his influence reached to non-slide players as well. What's interesting about "The Sky Is Crying" is that it became a signature tune for two other notable non-slide guitarists, Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Albert King is an originator of many of the guitar phrases that are required learning for any student of the blues. One reason he never sounded like anyone else is that he played left-handed, turning the guitar upside-down without re-stringing it. This gave him a unique sound – where other guitarists pushed to bend notes, he would pull. With a career that spanned 40 years, he would be a huge influence on rockers like Gary Moore and Eric Clapton. King recorded "The Sky Is Crying" many times, the version here is from 1969.
Stevie Ray Vaughan almost single-handedly brought blues to the mainstream in the 1980's and 90's with over a dozen Billboard singles and four Grammy awards. He was an astute student of the blues and built his vocal and guitar sounds around many of the Texas players he grew up with, like W.C. Clark and Larry Davis. An undeniable influence was Albert King—especially his crisp staccato and elegant phrasing. Stevie Ray recorded "The Sky Is Crying" in 1985, but it wasn't released until 1991, a year after he died.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King did a wonderful recording session together in 1983, which was also filmed. Here they are blazing through "The Sky Is Crying":
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Michael Schoener, a 40-year-old Dedham police officer, has been charged with helping abduct an Avon man by providing law enforcement tools and information to three men previously charged in the case, including a convicted felon.
AVON – The last time David Robertson saw his son, he was being driven away from his home by two men with guns and badges.
James Robertson, 37, a father of two young children, was abducted from his parent's home in Avon on New Year's Day by men claiming to be constables. He has not been seen since, and court documents show his case is being investigated as a homicide.
On Wednesday, David Robertson learned that one man accused of participating in the kidnapping is a police officer.
Michael Schoener, a 40-year-old Dedham officer, has been charged with helping abduct Robertson by providing law enforcement tools and information to three men previously charged in the case, including a convicted felon.
David Robertson said he was not surprised when the grand jury indictment came down against Schoener, who he said was rumored to be involved since early this year.
"There's good and bad everywhere," Robertson said. "There's a lot of good cops. He's just a scumbag."
Schoener is accused of providing his Dedham Police Department-issued badge, handcuffs and empty holster to the "mastermind of the kidnapping," James Feeney, a 44-year-old Dedham man with an extensive criminal record.
Schoener pleaded innocent Wednesday to being an accessory before the fact of kidnapping, Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey said in a statement. Schoener was held on $5,000 cash bail and required to wear a GPS monitoring device and submit to random alcohol and drug testing.
A warrant was issued Wednesday for Schoener's arrest based on the indictment, Dedham Police Chief Michael D'Entremont said in a statement, adding that Schoener has been placed on leave from the department.
"There are ongoing criminal and internal investigations underway," D'Entremont said. "No further information on this matter will be made available at this time."
Robertson, a welder by trade, was confronted outside his home Jan. 1, 2014, by men brandishing a document claiming to show that Robertson, on probation at the time, needed to accompany them for a probation-related urine test.
His body has yet to be found, Robertson's father said.
David Robertson said Wednesday's arraignment of Schoener – the fourth arraignment he has attended since May – does not provide him any relief.
"Resolution will be when we get my son home," he said. "We have a lot of faith in the district attorney's office and in the police."
In addition to Feeney, two other local men have been charged with kidnapping Robertson.
Scott W. Morrison, 46, of Norfolk, and Alfred Ricci, 45, of Canton were arrested in May and are each being held on $200,000 cash bail. Attempts last month by both men to reduce their bail or post collateral to meet bail failed.
In June, Feeney was also charged with kidnapping Robertson and is being held on $500,000 cash bail.
For the first time Wednesday, prosecutors said Feeney was at the center of the crime. Schoener, the Dedham police officer, also provided Feeney with Robertson's photograph and board of probation record, according to the DA.
Before his current incarceration, Feeney lived at an apartment complex near Legacy Place in Dedham. He was released from state prison in 2004 after serving 10 years.
Feeney was arrested most recently in February, when police executing a search warrant at his apartment found a shotgun, two 9mm pistols, a .25-caliber handgun with a loaded magazine and two 50-round boxes of ammunition.
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August 10, 2010
It was hot and humid, but everyone was smiling as the groups returned to the clubhouse.
The Chicago golf outing drew about 20% more golfers than last year and all attendees were treated to a lot of sunshine and a course in great shape.
Three teams tied for low score, but the accountants took over and the winners, based upon their scores on certain holes, were: Nathan Dinger '05, Kyle West '05, Mike Ruffing '05, and Eric Elman '90.
After golf and a great dinner, President Pat White updated the group on the latest developments at Wabash including the recent Annual Giving report, the new freshman class, and the latest on the athletic fields construction.
Many thanks to Eric Schoettle '93 and Greg Jania '93 for setting up another great Chicago golf outing.
Top - Sam Borrelli lines up a birdie putt as Bob Cassady '12 and his father Tom look on.
Right - President Pat White talks to the group.
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Apple will soon allow its FaceTime chat to be used over cellular networks instead of just Wi-Fi. But analysts caution these video calls could eat up some users' monthly data allotments in under two hours.
The tweak to Facetime was announced Monday along with a slew of other hardware and software updates. FaceTime works much like Skype – except both parties need an iPhone, iPad, or Mac to chat. But those with the base data plans should use the technology sparingly, analyst Jeff Kagan says. "If you use FaceTime on the wireless network, you better keep a close eye on your data plan," he says.
In fact, users with a 250 megabyte data plan could max out their data plan in just 90 minutes using FaceTime, says Todd Day, senior industry analyst in the mobile and wireless division at Frost and Sullivan. Each minute of FaceTime chat can use as much as 2.7 mb of data, he says.
Voice calls are on the decline, experts say, and video chat provides a lucrative way for carriers to compensate for that. The average length of a local call has fallen more than 50% over the last decade to around 1.8 minutes, according CTIA-The Wireless Association, and a third of Americans said they'd rather text than call, according to a study by Pew Research Center. Analysis by Cisco Systems estimates that video – chat and downloads – will account for 60% of total network traffic by the end of 2012.
Cellular FaceTime will help push up monthly bills and "throttle" or reduce the data speed for those with unlimited data, says Scott Sutherland, a senior analyst at Wedbush Securities. "New products like these will likely drive additional mobile data usage," he says. The temptation to use FaceTime on the go will also be greater when Apple unveils the iPhone 5 later this year, which is expected to support high-speed "4G LTE" networks, he says.
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Meanwhile, carriers are eliminating unlimited data plans. AT&T and Verizon stopped offering the option for new customers last year and will move existing customers with unlimited data to usage-based billing when they renew their contracts. On Tuesday, Verizon offered a new data plan to cover 10 devices under one wireless contract for $50 a month – for one gigabyte of data. "If customers are using Wireless FaceTime, they need to have one of the larger plans," Kagan says.
There are some exceptions: Sprint Mobile USA will offer the 16-gigabyte version of the latest iPhone with unlimited data from June 29. However, the carrier will sell it for $649, the same price as Apple. A spokeswoman for Sprint says there are no plans to move to tiered data plans for Smartphones. (Apple did not respond to requests for comment.) Kagan says carriers will start running out of wireless spectrum data next year. "All this wireless data is amazing, but there is a price to pay," he says.


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Saturday, 8 September 2012
Recording Dad's story for posterity
My Dad has decided to write a book about his life. I am very encouraging of this plan, as you can imagine, and I told him I would help him to organise the material for him. He has had an interesting life, in Fiji and Australia, and has mixed with a lot of interesting people in both countries.
At first I think he thought that he had to sit down and write the whole thing from beginning to end, ready to be published. He got up one morning and said he had been thinking about how to start it. He wanted to start with the funeral of his late wife, my step-mother, and then go back to the beginning, a time-honoured structure which is none the worse for having been used before.
Write first, rearrange later
I suggested to him that he didn't have to write it from beginning to end in one go, but should just write episodes as he thought of them. If he remembered something that happened when he was a boy he should write that bit down, and so on. I would then help him to put it all together afterwards; we could rearrange the bits into suitable chapters, and so on. He seemed greatly relieved.
Once the decision to write a book has been made many peopple think that the process is to sit down and write it all at once, from beginning to end. Perhaps fiction is written that way, but factual accounts need not be. A lot of editing and rearranging is usually done on the material before it is ready for publication. He went back to Fiji and no more was said.
Talking instead of writing
Then he rang me and reminded me of our conversation in which he had said he would write a bit each day, every morning. I don't remember him saying anything so detailed but I was pleased that he still wanted to go ahead and was committed to that extent.
His idea was that he would prefer to talk into a tape recorder. Every morning he could lie in bed and tape his memories, and then label and send me the tapes. I suggested that tape recorders might be rather thin on the ground these days, and he reminded me of his almost-total inability to deal with technology. I said I would look into something for him to record his stories, and send it to him. Although this would mean more work for me I don't mind.
To have his voice recorded for posterity would be just as valuable as having his stories written down. I'm sure I can get help with the transcribing from other family members. Well, I hope I can.
Recording devices
So I needed to find something that he can manage and that I can play back. He was imagining a little tape recorder like you see in old movies, with little cassette tapes. Even if I could find such a thing, I'd need two so I could play them back.
These days most options are digital, and there is no way that I can see him downloading files to his computer and emailing them to me. He only uses a computer to read the news on a couple of websites, and email is beyond him, despite some lessons from me and others.
I bought a little voice recorder that I could download the file to my computer whenever I see him. I had been going to buy two so that I could send the other one off with him while I took the one he'd just used, but I thought I'd wait and see how he went with the first one.
Plan B
I don't think he's ever taken it out of the box.
So what I do now is sit him down at the dining table and tell him I'm going to record his story. I ask him questions and I record the whole thing on my phone. Smartphones these days have such excellent recording abilities.
He gets tired easily so I have to be careful. Short, frequent conversations are best. I've already learned much about his father and grandparents that I didn't know before.
We haven't really resolved the issue of giving him something to record his story on every day, but he hasn't mentioned it lately and realistically I don't think it was ever going to happen.
Posted by Carole Riley at 12:08 am
Labels: oral history, writing
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- Anonymous4 December 2012 at 12:56 am
Great ideas presented in a funny and very "true to life" manner. Wouldn't it be so much easier if we could just wave a wand over tyem and extract the good stories. Hahaha. Keep going!
Kassie aka "Mom"
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