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To make sure a patient's scan was accurate, CT technologist Anand Patel routinely takes a second look at the images he's produced. It was this attention to detail that helped save a patient from a potentially disastrous misdiagnosis a while back.
A young man in his 20s or 30s had come to the emergency room with some sort of neurological event. Patel took images, which were read and interpreted by the on-duty radiologist as normal. Because he feels he learns from reviewing CT scans with the radiologist's report, Patel took another look. When he did, he noticed something that he felt warranted a second exam.
Patel spoke to the ER doctor who had ordered the images, and the doctor then consulted with the radiologist. "They did an MRI, and the patient was having a stroke," Patel says. "Radiologists are human and mistakes can happen. It's always good to have a second pair of eyes." Patel tries to approach this type of situation with a nonthreatening mindset, along the lines of "Can you make sure I'm wrong?"
"The radiologist was appreciative," he says. "Ultimately, patient care is why we are in this business."
Patel, who has a bachelor's degree in radiography from the University of Oklahoma, has been working for Parham Doctors' Hospital since 2009, when he moved to Richmond. He became interested in the medical field when he was in elementary school and was intrigued by pictures of X-rays and MRIs in books.
What he enjoys most about his job is the patient interaction. "I see everything from pediatrics to geriatrics," he says.
"I walk my patients through the process.
I explain the procedure and try to let them know why the exam was ordered. I try to calm them down and answer any questions they have. I get great joy when the patient is satisfied."
Nurse practitioner Shelley Woodley a former co-worker describes Patel as a true patient advocate. "He gets along with people very well," she says. "And he's respectful to his colleagues. He's always willing to assist."
She worked with Patel before she went to Bon Secours Surgical Dermatology Center and was impressed with his work ethic. "He's very efficient, and that means a lot in the ER," she says. "There was very rarely a backlog waiting when he was the primary technologist working. He handles volume very well."
Patel sees himself as part of the ER team, working with patients, physicians, nurses, radiologists and other staff. "You need to have a good rapport with all of the staff," he says. "That's how it works. If you try to go it alone, it won't be a pleasant experience. We are part of the health-care team for the patient. If you work with everyone around you, you have a good outcome."
Sometimes he will have a patient ask him if he likes his work. He'll start with a joke. "It pays the bills," he says, laughing. "Then I tell him I enjoy it. There is never a day that I don't want to come in to work."


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UTI Mutual Fund is trying to mobilise money from liquid funds to monthly income plans by offering attractive gifts to distributors
UTI Mutual Fund is giving an upfront commission of 1.1% under its monthly income scheme (MIS), UTI Advantage Plan, for distributors to switch fund money from liquid funds to MIS schemes. Apart from a good brokerage, UTI MF is also offering attractive prizes to distributors including a trip to Tashkent.
"MIS plans have exit load of 1%, so asset management companies (AMCs) are able to give the same to distributors. Liquid funds are not very attractive for AMCs. Customers are asked to invest in liquid schemes first, then they are asked to switch to MIS plans for a long-term investment perspective," said a distributor.
Industry sources say that the prizes include sports bicycles, and trips to various pilgrimage spots. Distributors who are able to mobilise more than Rs75 lakh stand to win a Volkswagen Polo through a lucky draw offer.
Besides, distributors mobilising 20 applications and more for a minimum of Rs3 lakh get a 'Cricket India lookalike jersey' with their names printed on it. The offer lasts until 31 March 2010 and the prizes will be announced after 17 May 2010.
"MIP schemes have more avenues of charging money than liquid funds," said an independent financial advisor (IFA). Liquid funds charge an annual management fee of up to 0.70% that is lower than MIS schemes.
Monthly income schemes have a time horizon of six months to one year wherein a major portion of the fund is invested in debt instruments while liquid funds have a short term lock-in period of 7-10 days having a maturity period between three to six months. In case of liquid funds, the minimum investment amount ranges from Rs25,000 to Rs1 lakh. UTI MIS Advantage Plan had a corpus of Rs265.57 crore as on 28 February 2010. It has posted a return of 10.76% since its inception in December 2003.
Five members of a BPL family, including the spouse, are covered under the scheme. They can avail the benefits of 740 in-hospitalisation procedures
Altogether, 14.47 lakh below poverty line (BPL) families or about 47 lakh people in Maharashtra have been given biometric smart cards under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), which has been rolled out in 28 districts, a senior official has said.
The state government has rolled out the scheme in 28 districts and enrolled 14.47 lakh BPL families to whom the biometric smart cards have been given, principal secretary, labour, Kavita Gupta told PTI in Mumbai on Wednesday.
RSBY provides for health insurance cover of up to Rs30,000 for hospitalisation procedures to BPL families. The scheme is being funded with 25% share of the state government and 75% by the Union government.
The individual makes a contribution of Rs30 and this individual contribution has been included in the design of the scheme in order to give ownership of the scheme to the BPL participants, Ms Gupta said.
"Five members of the family, including the spouse, are covered under the scheme. They can avail the benefit of 740 in-hospitalisation procedures under the RSBY," said Ms Gupta, who has received an award from the Union ministry of labour for "outstanding contribution in individual capacity" for implementing the RSBY scheme.
The scheme has taken a special view of women as it is compulsory for the family to include the spouse, which ensures the wife is not neglected. Maternity benefits are covered under the scheme, she said.
Even if persons given biometric cards migrate to other states where RSBY is being implemented, they can avail benefits of the scheme from empanelled hospitals in those states, Ms Gupta said.
"Being a cashless insurance scheme, the smart card given to the enrolled BPL families acts like a debit card worth Rs30,000 on which the enrolled BPL families and their members can take benefit of 740 in-hospitalisation procedures in the empanelled hospitals, across the country," she said.
Five insurance companies are implementing this scheme in Maharashtra and have empanelled around 700 private hospitals.
This means that BPL persons are no longer restricted only to government hospitals for free treatment but can also approach these private hospitals and be treated free of cost.
The state labour department is the nodal agency for implementation of the scheme in Maharashtra, Ms Gupta said.
Capital Foods claims to have grown 30% over the last six months in its revenues from the sale of food items after it ran an advertising campaign on Facebook, a social media network
The growing reach of popular social networking websites such as Facebook has been effectively used by fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) player Capital Foods to push up its noodles and soup sales over the last six months, reports PTI.
The company, which is an emerging player in the country's consumer market, has seen a 30% growth over the last six months in its revenues from the sale of food items after it ran an advertising campaign on Facebook, Capital Foods' chairman and managing director Ajay Gupta said.
"Advertisement campaigns in social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are the new marketing strategies these days. We have seen a 30% rise in our revenues in the last six months after we launched the campaign for our Ching's Noodles and soups on Facebook," Mr Gupta told PTI.
The Mumbai-based company, which clocked a turnover of Rs210 crore in the last financial year, expects to achieve a total turnover of Rs300 crore in the current fiscal from its operations in both domestic and foreign markets, Mr Gupta said.
The company, which makes instant noodles, soups and sauces under Ching's Secret, and 'Smith and Jones' brands, has targeted a monthly sales growth of 5% through its campaigns in Facebook and Twitter, he said.
"We have crossed one lakh followers on Facebook. Other leading FMCG brands have failed even to touch 30,000 so far," Mr Gupta said, adding that Ching's Secret's Facebook community is part of its advertisement strategy to make the brand popular globally.
The company is eyeing a 20% share of the Rs1,000-crore packaged noodles segment in the domestic market over the next two years on the back of online advertising campaigns.
"We are using social media for crowd sourcing and to track what are the next flavours to launch. This is a fundamental and paradigm shift in the marketing philosophy," he said.
Over the past 10 months, Capital Food's instant noodles category has grown by 75% to Rs44 crore and is set to achieve a 20% market share over the next two years, he said.
The company has four manufacturing units across the country and has a total employee strength of around 1,100.

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Roots fans rejoice: Brandi Carlile, Daily & Vincent and The Brother Brothers have been added to MerleFest 2019!
The three artists joined an already-stacked lineup for the four-day festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina April 25 – 28, 2019. Wynonna & the Big Noise, Keb' Mo', the Earls of Leicester, Sam Bush, Tyler Childers and Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Air Force are among the other performers.
Brandi Carlile is currently celebrating multiple GRAMMY nominations for her single "The Joke" and breakthrough album, By The Way, I Forgive You which debuted earlier this year at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart, Rock Albums chart and Americana/Folk Albums chart.
Dailey & Vincent are GRAMMY-award winners and Grand Ole Opry Members, five-time GRAMMY award winners individually, three-time GRAMMY award nominees collectively. Now on Season 3 of their nationally broadcast television series, The Dailey & Vincent Show on RFD-TV, Dailey & Vincent bring their music to a national audience on a weekly basis. Their most recent live CD, Dailey & Vincent ALIVE, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Bluegrass charts and remained at the top position for over 15 weeks. Dailey & Vincent will appear on Thursday at MerleFest.
The Brother Brothers are Adam and David Moss, identical twins carrying on the folk tradition for a new generation. They use minimal instrumentation, heartfelt lyricism, and harmonies while drawing on the energy and creativity of Brooklyn, New York for their full-length debut album, Some People I Know.
If you're looking for a taste of MerleFest while making your 2019 travel plans, check out this 2018 recap!
"For over 30 years, one of the major factors that has built and sustained MerleFest has been the quality of the artists and performances that our guests see over the four day festival," says festival director Ted Hagaman. "People truly feel that the festival is a great value and that is why music fans and families return year after year. We feel that the 2019 lineup again reflects the diversity and quality of performers and we look forward to another successful festival in April."
Launched in 1988, MerleFest was created in memory of guitarist Eddy Merle Watson. Genres played run the gamut with traditional, roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region, including country, bluegrass, folk, gospel, blues, Americana, classic rock and more.
Artists will perform on 13 stages throughout the festival. MerleFest has become the primary fundraiser for the WCC Foundation, funding scholarships, capital projects and other educational needs.
In addition to the above mentioned artists, the following artists will be at MerleFest 2019:
– American Aquarium
– Andy May
– Ana Egge & The Sentimentals
– Banknotes
– Bob Hill
– Cane Mill Road
– Carol Rifkin
– Carolina Blue
– Catfish Keith
– Charles Welch
– David LaMotte
– Dirk Powell Band
– Donna the Buffalo
– Driftwood
– Elephant Sessions
– Elizabeth Cook
– Ellis Dyson & The Shambles
– Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys
– Happy Traum
– Irish Mythen
– Jack Lawrence
– Jeff Little Trio
– Jess Morgan
– Jim Avett
– Jim Lauderdale
– Joe Smothers
– Jontavious Willis and Andrew Alli
– Junior Brown
– Junior Sisk
– Larry Stephenson Band
– Laura Boosinger
– Lindi Ortega
– Mark Bumgarner
– Mark & Maggie O'Connor
– Maybe April
– Michaela Anne
– Mile Twelve
– Mitch Greenhill and String Madness
– Molly Tuttle
– Nixon, Blevins, & Gage
– Pete & Joan Wernick and FLEXIGRASS
– Presley Barker
– Professor Whizzpop!
– Radney Foster
– Roy Book Binder
– Salt & Light
– Scythian, Shane Hennessy
– Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers
– Steve Poltz
– T Michael Coleman
– The Black Lillies
– The Gibson Brothers
– The Harris Brothers
– The InterACTive Theatre of Jeff
– The Kruger Brothers
– The Local Boys
– The Trailblazers
– The Waybacks
– Todd Albright
– Tom Feldmann
– Tony Williamson
– Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
– Wayne Henderson
– Webb Wilder
– Yarn
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Beerhouse is a Micropub, based in Market Harborough. We have one room for you all to sit in & drink the great beer we select for you. As a freehouse, we're not tied to any breweries and as such we can bring you the best beer on offer be it in cask, keg, bottle or canned. The Micropub part means we do not have TV's or recorded music playing in the background, we subscribe to the belief that a great pub promotes conversation, dabbles in pub snacks & serves great drinks by knowledgeable staff. All our staff have achieved the Cicerone Beer Server Award.
We're not just beer! We serve ciders and perry, wine and a host of soft drinks.
Dogs are made most welcome.
Beerhouse is pleased to be part of Taste Harborough as we keep a local presence on our stock list. Wines are from Duncan Murray Wine Merchants on Adam and Eve Street. We source Cider from Charnwood, Saxby's & Bottle Kicking. There are some great breweries in our area, with Market Harborough & Tres Bien based just over the road, Langtons, Hart Family Brewers, Nobby's, Framework & Anstey Ales all within easy reach. There are lots to shout about & showcase 🙂
We have lots of fun things going on too, such as a Monday Night Quiz; First Thursday of the Month Acoustic Night; Second Wednesday of the Month Book Club & Last Wednesday of the Month Bring Your Own Vinyl Night (Crate Diggers).
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Let Me Ask You a Question – 12/6/18
On a scale of 1-10, how healthy are you with 10 being perfect health? Is it important to you to get as close as you can to a 10, to be as healthy as you possibly can?
Let Me Ask You a Question – 12/5/18
If you were going to volunteer your time to an organization, what type of cause(s) would you support?
Let Me Ask You a Question – 12/4/18
If you were to give a deserving needy person $10, how do you think that would make them feel?
How to Gain Free Publicity for Your Page: Reblogging
Today as is my usual routine on Meet and Greet weekends, I will be reblogging posts. Please leave the link to your post in the comments and I will review for family-friendly content and then reblog.
If you leave a link please reblog this post as a "thank you" to Dream Big. It is appreciated!
Hope everyone has a great Friday.
Allow Today To Be That Day
Reminds me of Buddhist monk carrying the woman across the river. Great post. We carry so much junk around with us.
Do you carry yesterday into today? I believe one main reason we have difficult, damaged relationships is because we carry the past into the present. Instead of approaching someone with today, we approach them with our feelings and thoughts from yesterday, last week, last year or another time that doesn't serve any of us well at all.
Here's an example. Yesterday, I told Chase to go straight to biology and put his vocabulary words in his backpack so he could study for his test. When I picked him up at the end of the day, he didn't have the list. I approached him with the angry expectation that he wouldn't have it and our interaction yesterday fell short of being something positive. Was that fair to him? Was it beneficial for me to drag the morning into the afternoon?
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How to Gain Free Exposure for Your Blog: Reblogging
Today as is my usual routine on Meet and Greet weekends, I will be reblogging posts. Please leave the link to your post in the comments and I will review for family-friendly content and then reblog.
If you leave a link please reblog this post as a "thank you" to Dream Big. It is appreciated!
Hope everyone has a great Friday.
A Small Gesture Goes A Long Way
I am in favor of giving of yourself in any and every form. Check this out…
They say that there is nothing better than to give to someone and never expect anything in return. I can assure you that the sentiment is entirely true. One of the things I love about volunteering is the ability to come into people's lives and be remembered for spreading joy. To be a messenger of happiness is an amazing responsibility and honor. I am blessed to work with other like-minded individuals who seek a life filled with helping others and making even the smallest difference in someone's life. Though I am a full-time wish granter, I wanted to do something else, something more, before I turned 30.
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Richard Branson on the Value of Volunteering
I would consider Richard Branson to be an innovator in business and philanthropy. I have written about how Branson started Virgin Airlines and was drawn to this article as soon as I saw the title.
Great Grandmother Drives Across Her County To Help Feed 200 Children – Daily!
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Some people complain, some people talk and some people do. This is a story of a doer.
Millions of children around the world grow hungrier every day. And the United States is no different.
According to the Department of Agriculture (USDA), 15.8 million children under the age of 18 live in households across the 50 states where they are unable to consistently access enough nutritious food necessary for a healthy life.
So when we discovered a great grandmother from Washington state who is trying to lower those numbers, we just had to share her story.
Phyllis Shaughnessy lives in the Gray's Harbor school district, which is a run-down town with low income families and no available work nearby for the people who desperately need it. And the children are the ones who end up suffering the most.
During the school year, the township's children are fed through the school's lunch program. But when summer arrives, that lunch aid comes to a grinding halt.
So when Shaughnessy learned…
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We meet on Tuesdays and Saturdays each week. Members are encouraged to drive their street rods. Guests are invited to attend by invitation from a Donut Gang member. We spend about one hour sharing information and having breakfast together.
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Insects and other foods the trout should be eating:
1. Little BWOs
2. Green Sedges (Caddisflies)
3. Cinnamon Caddis (Mostly Abrams Creek)
4. Light Cahills
5. Little Yellow Stoneflies (Yellow Sally)
6. Sulphurs
7. Slate Drakes
8. Golden Stoneflies
9. Little Green Stoneflies
Most available/ Other types of food:
10. Sculpin, Minnows (Streamers)
11. Inch Worm (moth larva)
12. Beetles
13. Grasshoppers
14. Ants
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Fly Selection.
The large streams exiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park all have a population of
smallmouth bass. In the same streams outside of the park you will find larger smallmouth
bass. Some of the streams have excellent populations of large smallmouth bass. One that's
for the most part completely overlooked is the Little Pigeon River. The Little Pigeon, as well
as the Pigeon River joining it in Sevierville, both have good populations of smallmouth bass.
It flows into the French Broad River below Douglas Lake which also has a good population of
smallmouth as well as the lake itself.
The above streams are just one example of some of the excellent smallmouth bass fishing in
the general vicinity of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I can be fishing for smallmouth
within 5 minutes of the house and I do that frequently. I never go anywhere without a fly rod
in the vehicle because at least one stays in it at all times.
I sometimes fish while Angie shops for groceries. I've caught a fewl nice smallies, mostly
small but up to two pounds, behind Food World in Pigeon Forge. I've caught some very nice
ones across the highway from Walmart in Sevierville. It's almost shocking at the numbers of
large smallmouth bass within the city limits of Sevierville. I'm referring to smallmouth weighing
four and five pounds.
Due to the huge numbers of shopping malls, stores and traffic along the main drag from
Seviervile to the Spur the smallmouth fishing is completely overlooked by most anglers.
There's actually a few miles of stream you can fish and except for the noise, you would
probably not notice your were surrounded by thousands of tourist.
There are multiple miles of beautiful, secluded smallmouth bass water near the Smokies
that's just the opposite of what I just described on both the North Carolina and Tennessee
sides of the park.
In my opinion, it's the excellent trout fishing within the park that
conceals the fact the surrounding areas have smallmouth bass fishing that's as
good as it gets anywhere in the nation
. Most all of the emphasis has been placed on the
trout fishing. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. I personally do that exact same
thing. I'm just saying that doing so hides or conceals the fact that both eastern Tennessee
and western North Carolina have great smallmouth bass fishing.
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Easy ways to solve the paper jam issue of HP printer
Nowadays, technologies are making our life easy and also help us to save our time. We can do anything or everything in a flick of a second. Previously, we write on the papers with pens. But now we have to type and we can get the print out with the help of printers. It also helps us in saving our time. But, these technical things also have to face many types of technical issues. Paper jam in the printers is also one of those technical issues. The printer is an essential part of the offices and it is very frustrating when a document we cannot get in time because of this paper jam problem. When a printer gives you this problem, instead of saving your time, it becomes the cause of your time waste. HP printer also sometime may give you this paper jam problem. For repairs, we can take the help of the third parties which will offer you HP printer support over the phone. You can call them and they will explain what to do with the printer.
What is paper jam issue of HP printer?
Paper jam issue is a common problem of HP printer. In this problem, when you are printing a document in your HP printer, your paper may get stuck in the inkjet of the printers. This may result in a jam and your printer will deliver you a wrinkled, smudged paper. Sometimes, the printer may stop working and you have to pull out the stuck paper. In simple words, this problem is known as the paper jam issue of a printer.
The causes of paper jam
The paper jam of a printer happens because of various reasons. Some of those we discuss in this blog.
- The wrong way of loading paper is the main cause of this paper jam problem of HP printer. While printing, when you are loading a paper in the input tray, it can create lots of problems and paper jam is one of those. Then, if you are loading a paper by folding or fraying, it also can cause the paper jam issue in the printer. Thirdly, if you overload the paper then also paper can be jammed in the printer because the rollers of the printer are designed for a limited quantity of papers. The quality of papers also matters in this case as the wrong paper quality paper also may jam in the printer.
- Rollers in the printer play an important role while printing. Rollers pull out the sheets from the input tray and then we get our documents. When those rollers become damage, then also the papers jam in the printer.
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Grab your brackets because March Madness is officially upon us. Now through April 8th, the NCAA Division 1 tournament is happening all across the country – ending with the championship game in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Because we've got a lot of basketball to watch, we'll need food and beer to wash it down. Regardless of if your team is in the running, or out in the first round, head downtown for your own March Madness celebration!
Nason's Beer Hall
Located inside the exclusive Pendry Hotel, Nason's Beer Hall is trendy enough for the bandwagoners but has enough TVs for the die-hards. Join Nason's for Brackets & Brew, their homage to March Madness. With 24 taps and 23 tv's, this new beer hall will start filling up quick. Grab a snack, share a dish or eat dinner with your friends- Nason's has dining options for every kind of appetite. Start your meal by sharing the Totchos, tater tots topped with pork shoulder, beer cheese sauce, pickled serrano, bacon, and crema. Moving on to the Single or Double Dog, a beef hot dog topped with kimchi, kewpie mayo, green onion, potato bun, with a choice of fries or BBQ chips. We'd call this menu traditional American, with a twist.
El Chingon
Few places can walk the line between bar and restaurant the way El Chingon does. This spot likes to party, but it shouldn't discount their fantastic food. Through March Madness, El Chingon will be serving themed "package meals" to celebrate basketballs biggest month. The Sweet Sixteen includes your choice of two tacos with a well cocktail or draft beer for $15, the Elite Eight comes with a bucket of five beers, a flight of tacos, and choice of Bad Ass Fries or Nachos Libres, priced at $50; and the Final Four includes a flight of shots, a flight of margaritas and a flight of tacos for $75. If you're not bringing the whole team, try their Bad Ass Bowl (above) and one of their famous Watermelon Margaritas.
10 Barrel Brewing
Maker's Quarter
The up and coming Makers Quarter area of Downtown is becoming home to trendy bars and restaurants – one of them being 10 Barrel Brewing. Sit on the rooftop overlooking downtown or head inside to watch the game at our only brewery on the list. Our favorite thing on the 10 Barrel menu is their Jalapeno Popper Burger, made with a chuck and Wagyu beef patty, fried jalapeño, cream cheese, jalapeño aioli, ranch, bacon, tomato, lettuce, red onion, pickle, and served on an O'Brien's bakery jalapeño cheddar bun. If you need something a little lighter, their beer battered Fish Tacos are hard to beat. Because everyone loves a pick-up game, 10 Barrel will be giving you one shot at the hoop. If you make it, you'll get a free pint of the beer of your choosing!
It's hard to call Werewolf just one thing. It's a bottomless mimosas brunch spot, a karaoke bar, a late night food spot- in summation, it's a great time with even better food. Often overlooked for the flashier restaurants in Gaslamp, Werewolf has all you need to celebrate March Madness. Come in for brunch before the game, to try their famous Breakfast Balls (pictured above), hushpuppies soaked in country gravy, topped with bacon bits. After 3 pm, the menu changes making room for an array of burgers, tacos, and sandwiches while you watch your team. We highly recommend the Pho King Amazing sandwich, made with honey sriracha glazed pork belly, pickled carrots, cucumbers, habanero dill pickles, cilantro, dojo sauce, served on a fresh baked roll with fries. Stay late for their nightly karaoke which starts at 9 pm!
We hope you'll fill your March Madness with a few of these spots! And if you leave room for dessert, our Downtown Walking Tour is the best way to end the season.


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Butter Making
游览历史村的露天博物馆,典型的情形是我们的教育员工在大门口跟学生们打招呼,他们的装束像是Howick早期定居点的人。在参加上午的活动之前,学生们可以用一小段时间享用上午茶。我们有22种教育活动来展现维多利亚时代新西兰生活的方方面面。每一种活动中我们都能为学生提供与其学习领域最为相关的内容。然后他们暂停,享用午餐,之后分组探索历史村。学生须自带午餐。学校集体游请勿捎带学龄前儿童。活动的各项细节请参阅活动一栏内容。请从以下套票中选择:全天游学 上午10点至下午2点;半天游学 上午10点至中午12点。请参看以下的价位选择:
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- 遮住一半小腿的连衣裙(并非盖住全腿)。
- 裙子和罩衫都可以。
- 可以穿衬裙和灯笼长裤。
- 可以穿围裙或围兜。
- 长统袜或较长的袜子。
- 靴子或鞋子。
- 斗篷或披巾(方形布料、按对角线对折,比如童毯或桌布),系在身前,或者用不贵重的胸针别起来。不戴帽子,也可戴无边帽或遮阳草帽。
- 戴无边帽或遮阳草帽,戴手套,穿长统袜、皮鞋或靴子。
- 宽下摆鲜艳长连衣裙或宽下摆长裙配罩衫,外罩大披肩(方形布料,折成三角形)。
- 素色的夹克或披肩。
- 长裤(牛仔裤、灯芯绒裤、棉斜纹布),可选有背带的。
- 着长袖衬衫,戴围巾或软领结(衬衫塞进裤子或罩在裤外,裤子系皮带)。
- 可选择穿马甲、靴子或系鞋带的鞋子。
- 戴帽子。
- 身穿普通领子立起的白衬衫,身前系一段领巾或小围巾。
- 皮鞋或靴子,外加套彩色背心的西装,戴大礼帽或毡帽。
- 浅色裤子、黑色夹克和背心,戴大礼帽或毡帽,或者长裤、背带或背心,戴草帽或便帽。
要前往教育处,请不要从历史村和咖啡馆主门进入。沿着Bell Road往里走,有一个公交车站牌,在那里教育员会招呼您。Bell Road尽头的Pakuranga橄榄球俱乐部停车场里有一个公车掉头区。
Butter Making
Students take turns to churn cream into butter and can then taste the butter on crackers. During the activity the children observe the process of butter-making and learn about its importance to 19th century families - a far cry from getting the margarine pot out of the fridge. The remainder of the butter is sent back to the school with the teacher. If the children are lucky, the teacher may do some baking!
Clever Communication
Code cracking - step back in time to pre-internet encryption, when spies communicated in secret languages to foil the enemy, using only symbols and patterns. See if you can crack the code! Students investigate the ways we used to communicate in the past — pigeon post, morse code, pen and ink— in a time without digital devices. Braille was invented in the 19th century and this activity students will be studying how to use it to compose their own personal message. Suitable for Year 3 and above.
Using replica clothing, students become acquainted with the changing fashions of Victorian times. Some of the students are dressed Victorian style to demonstrate the practicalities of 19th century fashion items. Girls - would you like to wear a corset? The boys model a selection of menswear ensuring the appropriate etiquette is always maintained. Extra dress-up options are offered for the longer session.
Digging up the Past
An opportunity for students to participate in their own mini archaeological dig. Students use special equipment to dig for a variety of artefacts which are buried in sand-filled boxes. All findings are recorded by students in their own booklets. Students learn archaeology tells us of our past and learn the importance of archaeology to a place like the Howick Historical Village. An educational and enjoyable treasure-hunt!
Helpful Herbs
Fill your trug with herbs from our garden. What were they used for in Victorian times? Are they still used now? Are they crushed, boiled, or applied unchanged? Discover all this and more.
This activity is only available during spring and summer time throughout the year.
Jolly Trolleys
Students from year 4 upwards
It's a race! Work as a team to assemble a trolley in the time given. A wonderful technology-based activity where children cooperate to find the best and quickest method of construction. Using a picture as a guide with the nuts, bolts, pins, wheels and axles supplied, the trolley is assembled!
Nursery Rhymes
It is amazing how few Nursery Rhymes today's children know. We offer a selection of Nursery Rhymes popular in the 19th Century for children to sing along and to do the actions. The history of some of these rhymes is fascinating and we give a brief background and then launch into hand-clapping games such as Mulberry Bush and Oranges and Lemons and perhaps a march to the Grand Old Duke of York. This activity is more suitable for Years 0 to 3 or 4 but can be readily adapted to older classes.
Outdoor Games
It's amazing today that some children have never walked on stilts, thrown a quoit or played with a skipping rope! For this dry weather activity, students get the chance to learn how to play with a wide range of Victorian outdoor toys such as log-walkers, diabolos, hoops and skimmers, and graces while at the same time learning about the way in which toys were made and leisure time utilised in the 1800s.
Parlour Games
Wonderful indoor entertainment which is extremely suitable if the weather is doubtful or the area of study is 'leisure time'. Traditional parlour games of the mid to late 1800's are chosen to suit all age groups and to enable all the children to participate for all of the time. Often the venue is our authentic Parlour in Puhinui Homestead and a good time is guaranteed for all.
Rag Rug Making
A relaxing and therapeutic activity which gives students the chance to start making their own mini rag rug on hessian. A question and answer session encourages the students to consider the reasons behind rag rug making and the origin of the resources used. This sociable activity is enjoyed by students of all ages, both girls and boys.
Raupo Hut Model Making
Students from Year 5 upward have the opportunity to start building their own miniature Raupo Huts. Goups of students in work cooperatively on different aspects of the construction e.g. roof, raupo bundles for the walls, framework and rope tying. We have Raupo Whares in the Village for students to inspect. Instructions for each part of the building process are given. Depending on the speed of work and efficiency of building techniques, students may also use their imaginations to furnish the huts. This technology -based activity relies on problem-solving abilities to achieve a satisfactory outcome. The huts are taken back to school to complete as desired.
School Lesson
Once you enter our authentic Victorian classroom you step back in time to 1850 and participate in a school lesson which was typical of that time. Children are expected to be on their best behaviour and woe betides those with dirty hands or fingernails! The lesson includes handwriting (slates for years 0-4, pen & ink for years 5 and above), arithmetic and spelling, with a good dose of discipline and 1850's social comment thrown in!
Spot the Difference
Children love a treasure hunt and this is one with a difference! 20th or 21st Century items have been craftily hidden in some of our buildings. Its a race to see which group can identify all 12 items and get back to the starting line first. No running allowed! The items are more obvious for our younger visitors but much more challenging for the older ones, to encourage investigation into what discoveries initiated inventions and when and how things developed.
Indoor Toys
This activity is every child's dream - to be surrounded by wonderful toys and to be able to play with them all. Students are encouraged to think about the differences between their toys and those from the 19th Century. Questions are posed about the physics and technology involved with the making and operation of the toys, appropriate to the children's age-group. They are shown a variety of authentic and replica toys and then it is time to explore and have fun.
Unpack the trunk
Watch enthralled as items are removed from a typical Fencible trunk. This activity is hands-on. Children can light the fire, revive it with bellows, mash potatoes, prepare a meal, or do the ironing, etc, etc! A wonderful way to learn about the uses of Victorian household items and the differences between original Victorian appliances and those used in the 21st Century.
Year 6 and above
After viewing some genuine Victorian Women's garments displayed by our costume expert in her pristine white gloves, GIRLS (only) design and create their own Victorian jacket out of paper using illustrations and a bit of expert advice from the Educators. This is a fun, challenging activity, combining the History of Fashion with Fabric Technology. One girl per group models the creation and the best outfit is assessed by popular vote.
We are delighted to allow students to do the village washing 1850's style! Children learn about washing in Victorian times and get to use scrubbing boards, dollies and blue-bags to wash and rinse their laundry. They have to fetch the water from the well using our coopered buckets and a yoke! Clothes are hung on the line to dry using wonderful old wooden pegs and we demonstrate the different irons in use.
This activity is only available during spring and summer time throughout the year, prepare to get a little wet!
Reservation Request for Schools
Please note: If organising visits on multiple dates, please complete a separate enquiry form for each day.
General Charges
- Cancellation less than a week before the visit will incur a cancellation fee of $100.00. Students must bring their own lunch. Please do not bring preschoolers on school trips.
- Payment can be made on the day by cheque, direct debit or you can chose to be invoiced. Cheques should be made out to: The Howick & Districts Historical Society Inc.
- A minimum $200 per visit will be charged.


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State Secretary Andris Pelšs expresses support for priorities of Finnish EU Council Presidency
On 6 June 2019, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Andris Pelšs, and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Matti Anttonen, met for political consultations in Helsinki.
Andris Pelšs expressed satisfaction with the traditionally close relations between Latvia and Finland, based on constructive cooperation in the most diverse areas and at various levels. "We are interested in taking forward our excellent partnership in various EU and regional cooperation formats and developing important infrastructure projects, such as, for instance, Rail Baltica. We share a common wish to strengthen the region's security. Both Latvia and Finland demonstrate resilience in countering hybrid threat and cyber-attacks and in the fight against disinformation," the State Secretary emphasised.
"We welcome the priorities set by the Finnish Presidency. EU growth, security and climate, alongside the issues of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework and migration have a high priority and are also important to Latvia," Andris Pelšs noted.
During the consultations, the partners discussed a broad range of topics concerning international cooperation, including the transatlantic cooperation, relationship with Russia and China, and other issues.
On 6-7 June in Helsinki, State Secretary Pelšs took part in an informal meeting for State Secretaries from the Foreign Ministries of the EU Member States. At the event, the new Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pekka Haavisto, introduced his counterparts from EU Member States to Finland's priorities for its Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The meetings of State Secretaries from EU Ministries of Foreign Affairs are held twice a year, and they are organised by the incoming EU Presidency ahead of the new presidency term. Finland is assuming Presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 July 2019.
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3 women, colourful fabric, and eager students produced some new skirts and excited young people! Carmen, Wendy and Gail helped teach some basic sewing skills as the students learned how to make a simple "A line" skirt!
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The Self Esteem Class
One of our team members taught a fun class about self esteem. The children and youth had the chance to hear a story that emphasized how everyone is unique and has something special about them. Then students had a chance to receive a journal to make goals on new skills things they would like to learn, and create a piece of artwork that represented themselves.
Drip Irrigation Team
Drip irrigation slowly waters individual plants all day long from a water source. Gravity feeds the water through the hoses to individual plants. The barrel holding the water needs only be filled once a day, and then waters each plant during the day.
The farmers, gardeners, and families who received these systems were thrilled with the prospect of reduced time, effort and water needed to help their gardens produce!
The Health Class
But if you stopped in-between and washed your hands, then the germs pieces you had collected were all given away. The object of the game was to get to the end with NO germ pieces. The kids really enjoyed this!
The Film Crew
This group was honoured to have with us a filming crew to record some of our activities and document what Canadian Humanitarian does. It is our hope that the finished product will be on TV at some time in the spring in 2014. When we hear firm dates, we will be sure to let you know.
We so enjoyed having Rick and Kevin as part of our group. When they were not filming, they pitched in to help wherever they could!
The Medical Team
October's group had 5 doctors, 2 nurses, and 1 pharmacist in our midst. We completed medicals on the children at Gindo, on children of the Kirkos center, on children at the Kality Center, and on some of the children who needed follow up at the Guelele center.
The Fitness Team
Off we go again!
What do you get when you take 25 total strangers who are doctors, nurses, teachers, agronomists, economists or financial experts and put them together for 15 days? The October 2013 expedition to Ethiopia!
It is always amazing to watch strangers become friends, as they work together to serve others.
Check out our other blog posts to find out about all the wonderful work our expedition teams worked on:
The Sewing Team
The Drip Irrigation Team
The Medical Team
The Fitness Team
Self Esteem Class
The Health Class
Home Visits
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' By The old Moulmein Pagoda, looki' lazy at the sea,
There's a Burma girl a – settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm – trees, and the temple – bells they seay:
'Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!'
Everything started with my husband's suggestion: ' We could visit Burma this year…'. Without thinking, Mandalay was on the list. On the top. Is it that Rudyard Kipling's Mandalay is the city that evokes the Burma of romantic imagination? May be. The colonial, mysterious royal capital of old Burma. Perhaps. Yet, there is a fact that not everyone is familiar with: Mandalay, although the last, is not Burma's only former royal capital. Nor it is the oldest. Nor the longest-serving…But we did know that. Decision made.
Close to Mandalay, so close that we could say absorbed into its suburbs, are no less than three more ancient royal capitals : Sagain, Ava and Amanapura, which ruled Burma for a total of nearly 500 years, if we put all them together, to Mandalay's 26. Yes, this is what numbers and history say.
Burma's history is a story of city states of diverse ethnic origins trying to coexist in the same territory. And to rule it. It wasn't easy as it is not easy even nowadays. Long before Burma were part of British India, different principalities meant different kingdoms. Different royal capitals, different seats of power.
When the Bagan Kingdom fall, Burma was divided into several small states that, successively, disputed the honour of ruling the territory. It was in this scenario that the Shans, in Upper Burma, established sovereignty over a kingdom around Ava, but one that wouldn't be the last one.There would be more. One after the other. All of them with their own capital city, not so far one from the other. And, as history shows, those cities would be the last four Royal capitals in Burma. And we would visit them. The four of them: Sagain, Ava, Amanarapura and Mandalay, the last one. Then, we would go to Bagan, the Majestic ancient capital. Great.
We had a plan, a good one. During six days we would track Burma's history going back in time. Following the Irrawaddy River. After having been touring a wet Mandalay for the first two days, it was time for the other capitals. We would start visiting Ava, the furthest city to the west, at only 28 km, then Sagain followed by Amanarapura. What means that in those 28 kilometres are seated the last four royal capitals of the last four kingdoms of Upper Burma. The following day, early in the morning, a boat would take us to Bagan, the fifth, but the first in time, of the Burma's last five Royal capitals. Yes, it was good.
That was our plan which was great but a short lived one. Wisely, our driver suggested to visit Mingun city directly after Sagain, instead of extending our visit in Amanarapura. 'Mingun is too close for skipping it'… 'Mingun is not on our list.'…' May be it wasn't a royal capital Madam , but for us was important and has very nice religious buildings. We will get at U Bein bridge in time to see the sunset, not worry…' With that argument, he convinced us. We agreed. It was impressive. Now, we are grateful for having followed his advise.
We stayed six days in Burma, nowadays Myanmar. We visited six cities, five royal capitals among them. We navigated the Irrawaddy River, as Rudyard Kipling's soldier has done before us, only in the opposite direction. We went back in time following Burma's history and stories. Could we have asked for more?
Mandalay, Burma's last Royal capital , but first in our itinerary…
…After having been touring a wet Mandalay for the first two days, it was time for the other capitals. We would start visiting Ava, the furthest city to the west, at only 28 km, followed by Sagain and Amanarapura. What means that in those 28 kilometres are seated the last four royal capitals of the last four kingdoms of Upper Burma: Ava, Sagain, Amanarapura and Mandalay…
After Ava, we went to Sagain…
Thanks to our driver's suggestion, we visited Mingun city. Just incredible.
We Arrived in time for enjoying a fantastic sunset over the U Bein bridge at Amanarapura. One thing is to read about it. Another completely different, is to see it, to be there. Just extraordinary…
…The following day, early in the morning, a boat would take us to Bagan, the fifth, but the first in time, of Burma's last five Royal capitals. The Majestic capital.The jewel. A gift…


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Fried, Oskar
Born Aug. 10, 1871, in Berlin; died July 4, 1941, in Moscow. German conductor and composer.
Fried, who studied composition with E. Humperdinck, conducted concerts in many German cities, in various European countries, and in America; in 1905 he conducted in Russia. In 1904 he became conductor of the Society of Music Lovers and of the Stern Choral Society, both in Berlin.
Fried was the first foreign conductor to appear in Soviet Russia. In 1922 he met V. I. Lenin; this encounter had a decisive influence on Fried's life and career. In 1931 and 1932 he gave a series of concerts in Moscow devoted to the works of Beethoven. He moved to Moscow in 1934 and eventually became a Soviet citizen. Fried was conductor of the Radiokomitet Orchestra.
REFERENCESAl'shvang, A. "O. Frid." Sovetskaia muzyka, 1941, no. 2.
Kolisher, G. "On byl pervym: K 90-letiiu so dnia rozhdeniia O. Frida." Muzykal'naia zhizn', 1960, no. 16.


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The challenge of measuring poverty and inequality: a comparative analysis of the main indicators
AbstractThis paper presents a review of the main available indicators to measure poverty and income inequality, examining their properties and suitability for different types of economic analyses, and providing real-world data to illustrate how they work. Although some of these metrics –such as the Gini coefficient– are most frequently used for this purpose, it is crucially important for researchers and policy-makers to take into account alternative methods that can offer complementary information in order to better understand these issues at all levels.
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Despite visibility, trans individuals remain unequal
The LGBTQ community has overcome many feats within the last year, most notably the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage following a Supreme Court decision in June. Though the legal rights of gay and lesbian citizens have been expanding in the United States, the fight for equality is far from over for the transgender community both nationwide and here at USC.
With the tremendous amount of coverage transgender activists have garnered this year, the trans movement has finally secured its placement in mainstream media. On July 15, TLC premiered the new reality series I Am Jazz, detailing the daily life of transgender teenager Jazz Jennings. Less than two weeks later, E! network debuted I Am Cait, a reality series documenting the gender transition of Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner. The premiere followed Jenner's widely publicized Vanity Fair cover in June.
Even so, compared to the support that the gay and lesbian communities have received, many of us often forget about the 'T' in LGBTQ. And though the public seems to have become more tolerant of trans issues, transgender individuals deserve more than blind tolerance. The needs of all trans people must be provided before equality is met. Though Jenner's Vanity Fair cover was met with overwhelming praise, the majority of comments were directed toward her "beauty" and physical appearance — as Jon Stewart stated on The Daily Show in regard to the public's reaction: "Welcome to being a woman in America." At the risk of belittling Jenner's valor, it must be noted that Jenner represents a small portion of the transgender community; Jenner's financial privilege allowed her to acquire the expensive medical treatment necessary for transitioning, a luxury that many transgender citizens do not have.
Applauding Jenner's "beauty" without first acknowledging her needs propagates the message that we only accept and validate our transgender citizens when they appeal to our society's beauty binaries. Many transgender celebrities and allies have spoken out in regard to this stigma.
"There are many trans folks because of genetics and/or lack of material access who will never be able to embody these standards," said Laverne Cox, actress and transgender advocate, in response to Jenner's Vanity Fair cover. "More importantly, many trans folks don't want to embody them, and we shouldn't have to be seen as ourselves and respected as ourselves."
John Oliver devoted a segment on his show Last Week Tonight to transgender rights, arguing that we glorify transgender individuals on their "bravery" while simultaneously ignoring their demands. Indeed, we have established an unjust dichotomy between providing moral support and rejecting their needs when it makes us uncomfortable. No two trans people or experiences are the same, just as no two cisgender — people whose gender identity agrees with their assigned sex at birth — individuals are. If you're unsure of what a trans person needs, ask — individually and respectfully.
Though some businesses and organizations are just now beginning to demonstrate their support for the trans movement, USC has already done a fair job in considering its transgender students — though there is definitely room for improvement. The university's LGBT Resource Center has done tremendous work providing for trans students. The USC Student Health Insurance Plan incorporates transgender medical needs under its coverage, which includes "clinician visits, medication, surgeries, diagnostic testing for pre-op and more."
In addition, the University has established trans-friendly housing, including the Rainbow Floor in Century 2 Apartments, as well as single-residence housing, and has mapped all the gender-neutral restrooms on campus. However, though these on-campus offices serve our transgender students, the administration itself does almost nothing to advocate or promote LGBTQ rights. Evan Pensis, a senior majoring in piano performance and linguistics, expressed his disapproval regarding the administration's lack of involvement in LGBTQ issues.
"Professional organizations for trans people have low to no visibility on campus," Pensis said. "The representation of trans in USC advertising and marketing is nonexistent."
Pensis, who is also involved with RISE Alliance and the Office for Wellness and Health Promotion on campus, challenges the administration to speak up on trans rights.
"I urge USC and President Nikias to position themselves differently…To define leadership not in what's been done before for trans and queer students, but to demonstrate leadership that respects and supports our LGBTQ students and allies."
USC is notorious for its inconsistency regarding LGBTQ activism. It took five years and many legal battles for USC's first Gay Student Union to be recognized as an official student organization in 1975. With the new school year upon us, it is imperative to stand together and demand that the administration speak out on these matters. President Nikias and the Board of Trustees must break the silence regarding trans-related issues. USC should vocalize support for the trans community and ensure that their comfort and safety are being met. Not all students wish to be confined to the gender binaries the school unconsciously places on campus. Trojans are not just "men" and "women"; we represent a wider span of individuality that should be acknowledged and celebrated.


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Full Frame Lens Recommendations for Nikon Cameras: What We Shoot.
Time to choose some lenses for your full-frame sensor digital camera? Don't know where to start? Here are some of the lenses we like to shoot underwater, categorized by type.
In this article we will cover various lenses for Nikon FX cameras. FX refers to the size of the digital image sensor. Its dimensions are about those of the 35mm film format (36mm x 24mm).
- Macro Lenses
- Long Macro Lenses
- Other Macro Lenses
- Mid Range Lenses
- Wide Angle Zoom Lenses
- Fisheye Lenses
Macro Lenses:
Ideally a macro lens should be able to reproduce subjects as much as life size on the camera sensor (fill the frame with 1.3" subject on full frame camera) and be able to grab hard-to-get shots of elusive creatures like anthias and damsel fish. Macro is pretty unforgiving when it comes to sharp focus with the relatively shallower depth of field that is found on full frame cameras, so choosing the right glass is essential.
#1 Nikon AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
This is our absolute favorite macro lens for full frame Nikon shooters. Fast AF, extremely sharp and nice bokeh are all a nice step up from the older Nikon 105 f/2.8 D. Crop sensor shooters who embraced the Nikon Micro Nikkor 60mm will feel at home with the 105mm on a full frame, as the field of view will be similar. The 105 makes a fine small fish portrait lens on a full frame camera and gives some reasonable reach on shy macro subjects. The 105 has a minimum close focus that can also benefit from external close focus wet-lenses for "super macro" (greater than 1:1 reproduction). More...
Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED
The Nikon 60 is a superb, easy to use lens that covers a nice intermediate fish portrait range as well as close focus macro capability. For larger critters like frogfish and stargazers, this is a great choice. Because maximum reproduction is closer than we normally shoot – almost on the port glass – this isn't the best macro lens for full frame cameras. More...
Nikon Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D
The predecessor to the 105VR is still enjoyed by some who like it's slower, more progressive AF and might not feel the upgrade to the new 105 VR is worth it.
Long Macro Lenses:
Because a full frame camera has a larger angle of view at any given focal length than a crop sensor camera, there may be situations where a longer focal length is desirable – garden eels and shrimp gobies are common examples. These long macro options will generally require more patience in use and may not suit every photographer.
#1 Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro
This Sigma is not a light lens, but does offer excellent auto-focus and image quality in this focal length. The 15" minimum focus distance is a bit long for some macro work, but a high quality close focus lens (like the Canon 500D) installed on the filter threads can help reduce this and improve reproduction ratio (although the lens will no longer focus past about three feet – not a big limitation for most macro/portrait use). In the right macro environment this lens can be a lot of fun as a stealth lens reaching subjects normally too shy to photograph well. More...
Sigma 150mm lens
AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4D IF-ED
At 200mm and 19" minimum focus distance (from the sensor) this lens is probably pushing what is practical, but with the right configuration it can produce impressive results.
Kenko 1.4X Teleplus Pro 300 DGX for Nikon and Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E II (1.7x)
When used with a high quality macro lens like the Nikon 105VR these type of teleconverters maintain autofocus and can provide a relatively inexpensive increase in focal length and an increase in maximum reproduction ratio. This comes at a slight loss in image quality and light gathering ability, but generally provides acceptable macro results. More...
Nikon 105 VR with 1.7x Teleconverter
Macro Lenses:
Nikon Micro-Nikkor 70-180mm f/4.5-5.6 D AF ED
A discontinued, but much loved (by some) macro zoom - full frame short macro to long macro in one lens.
Tokina 100mm f/2.8 AT-X M100 AF Pro D
An affordable 1:1 macro option.
Mid Range Lenses:
This is the most challenging range for Nikon Full Frame shooters to select a good lens underwater. Fortunately it is also probably the least useful range for underwater shooting.
Nikon Micro-Nikkor 70-180mm f/4.5-5.6 D AF ED
This lens, mentioned above, is certainly still a good choice here.
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8
A nice lens topside, but not very close focusing and requires a +2 diopter for use in a dome. More...
Wide Angle Zooms:
These are the go-to lenses for larger wild animal encounters where we aren't likely to get right next to the subject. Sharks that aren't baited in, turtles, rays, dolphins and other cetaceans are prime examples. Schooling fish and reef "vignettes" with models are also typical uses. On a trip to the Galapagos, Cocos, or Socorro (known big animal locations), we will typically shoot this category of lens 75% of the time or more.
Nikon 16-35mm f/4G ED VR II AF-S IF SWM
The 16-35mm is the sharpest, best performing rectilinear wide angle lens for underwater use on a Nikon full frame camera that we have tested. It is a surprisingly good value. Any lens in this category benefits from the largest high quality dome you can employ (230mm / 9" is optimal). This is a fairly close focusing lens and generally doesn't need a close up diopter in a large dome that is properly positioned. More...
Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
This excellent topside zoom is an older design than the Nikon 16-35mm and not as close focusing. It still does a respectable job in a large dome with a minimum of a +2 diopter to assist in corner sharpness.
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S
The 14-24mm is Nikon's finest wide angle zoom for topside, but does suffer the same edge/corner softness that all super-wide rectilinear lenses display to varying degrees underwater – even in a large dome. This will be most noticed in the 14mm -17mm focal range. More...
Fisheye Lens:
Fisheye lenses have long been one of our favorite underwater tools. They take some discipline to master – always get closer and keep your lighting and extremities out of the frame – but the rewards can be substantial. Fisheye lenses work extremely well in a compact port with edge to edge sharpness and often are capable of focusing nearly to the port surface. This allows for amazingly creative close-focus wide angle photo opportunities along with traditional super wide photography techniques. Because of the close proximity of the photographer to his or her subject, the water clarity often appears much better than it really is.
#1 Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye
The Sigma is a high quality, close focusing contemporary fisheye that has gained a reputation for image quality with underwater photographers. It doesn't fit in the smallest 100mm/4" domes, but works well in everything from a 4.33" dome and larger. Close focus wide angle capabilities are excellent with 180 degree diagonal FOV. The lens is also a staple for reef scenics and large animal encounters. More...
#2 Nikon 16mm F/2.8D AF Fisheye Nikkor Lens
This older Nikon lens design is plenty sharp, but is not as close focusing as the newer fisheye designs like the Sigma so it is not suitable for use in mini-domes. Those photographers that already own the lens might consider using it in a larger 8-9" dome. More...
#3 Tokina AF 10-17mm for 3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 DX/FX
Yes – this is a DX lens! But this modern Tokina actually does quite well across the 15mm-17mm focal length range on a full frame camera. There is an "FX - Hoodless" version of this lens that is exactly the same optics with the lens hood removed. This allows a slightly wider zoom range without vignetting. The Tokina works well in a 100mm mini-dome or larger port. More...


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Coiled tight around her beating heart
she ventures forward.
With the weight of all heavy on her back
she scribes the world in silver.
Coiled tight around her beating heart
she ventures forward.
With the weight of all heavy on her back
she scribes the world in silver.
Yesterday I had a beautiful Christmas revelation.
I was beating myself up because even after all the Landmark, the nonviolent communication and the transpersonal philosophy, I was still experiencing some hurt over a little comment made by my mother.
For Christ's sake – how pathetic – and when will I finally be enlightened!
I then imagined myself surrounded by the Xmas chaos, in the midst of screaming kids, barking dogs, people complaining about kids, dogs, and people complaining about kids and dogs. And people complaining about people complaining about kids and dogs. And there is me in the midst of it all – serene, calm, totally at peace with the world – present, but not engaging in all this icky messiness.
And I just started to laugh. I mean, as if.
I just had to stop writing and laugh again: Ho ho ho!
And then I thought We are spiritual being having the human experience. And I actually got it. I am just having the human experience. And just like a Contiki tour, this experience will include joy and pain, satisfaction – and so many regrets. Ho ho!
I am going to feel feelings – all the bloody time! I am going to try and grasp onto some of the fun feelings and give myself a bloody great rope burn even though I know better!
That's what humans do!
I am going to run away from pain, even though I know that pain cannot be run from and that I am running in circles and will eventually trip over the pain and stub my toe and really have something to cry about.
Sometimes, being human hurts.
And sometimes I will cry. Sometimes I will curse. Sometimes I will blame others for my predicaments. And then I will get exasperated with myself for not being more enlightened. And then I will remember all over again, and I will laugh. Ho ho!
What a ride!
Ho ho ho – Merry Bloody Xmas!!
a bird in flight that leaves no trace –
the touch of knowing does not grab,
but leaves things as they are
traceless bird –
to know you,
& leave you as you are
"Like a bird in flight that leaves no trace, the touch of knowing does not grab but leaves things as they are." (p 14.).
Puhakka, Kaisa. (2000). An invitation to authentic knowing. In Tobin Hart, Peter L Nelson & Kaisa Puhakka (Eds.), Transpersonal knowing: Exploring the horizon of consciousness. (pp. 11-31). New York: NY. State University of New York Press.
the ocean – here
a response to Haiku Horizon's prompt – Ocean
and with total respect to and in awe of Toni Child's Where's the Ocean?
… for being able to appreciate the wonder and mystery of the universe in the face of a dandelion.
the old ones
sing of
long ago
now –
as the
ash and
embers of our
thread their
way to
sky and
now –
I am
earthbound and of the
the old ones
now –
In 2008 I attended a Women's conference. The keynote and many activities were provided by the elders and supporters of the Kapululangu Aboriginal Women's Law and Culture Centre. One evening some of us had paint up and danced a traditional dance. Then the elders sang around the campfire and we watched the ash and embers rise into the sky to join the stars.
(trænsˈpɜr sə nl)
1. extending beyond or transcending the personal.
My hand is stiff and clammy from gripping the phone. I take a deep breath & I wonder, 'what is like to be her?'
2. being or involving an altered state of consciousness.
That afternoon, sitting on the front step beside an empty tab of Panadeine Forte & the dregs of a beer I feel the gut punch of her rage, loneliness, & fear. From miles & years away I hear her voice, quiet and calm like I have never known her to be: I do the best I can Rowy. That's all I can do.
transpersonal. (2010). Random House Kernerman Webster's College dictionary. Retrieved from https://www.thefreedictionary.com/transpersonal
at the
heart of our
solar system, a
yellow dwarf star, a
hot ball of
glowing gases
holds the
solar system
together –
everything from the
biggest planets to the
smallest particles of debris in
the sun
orbits the
center of the
milky way galaxy,
bringing the
comets and
other objects
connections and
the sun and
drive our
ocean currents,
radiation belts and
the sun
life on earth possible,
providing the
warmth and
energy that
forms the
basis of many
food chains
the sun and the
rest of the
solar system
formed from a
giant, rotating cloud of
gas and
dust, a
solar nebula about
our sun accounts for
99.8% of the
mass of the
entire solar system
the sun will
run out of
the sun
starts to die, it
will swell so
big that it
will engulf
mercury and venus and
maybe even
found poem from beautiful original material retrieved from the NASA website in 2017. NASA. Sun: In depth. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/sun/indepth
through closed lids:
molten gold –
bouncing off Melinda J. Irvine's sunlight
We are walking in the forest. It is cold and softly raining, but we are well dressed for the weather and the dense canopy above reduces that gentle rain to a fine mist. I am feeling happy and carefree, I want to skip and jump. You seem contemplative, quiet. After a few minutes we settle together into a calm and companionable silence.
The path ahead diverts around the buttress roots of one ancient tree. We stop at this giant, and I step over the buttress and lean in, pressing my palms against the damp bark. The bark is rough to touch. Close up I can see the rain seeping down the channels in the rough bark, to be delivered gently to the soil and the roots below. Standing here, I imagine those roots reaching down and down into the earth. The roots hold the tree to the earth, and in the process hold the soil to the hillside. The roots of this tree and the forest around it support the tree, support the earth, support you and me.
Deep underground, the roots of this tree also take nutrients from the soil. These nutrients are pulled upwards. They are pulled to the very top of the tree by the evaporation of water from the leaves. The tree is selecting elements from the soil and using them to build more tree. But the roots of this tree are also communicating with other trees nearby, sharing nutrients and chemical messages in a two-way collaborative network. This tree and the trees nearby are not just building themselves. They are building the forest. My palms are on the tree, touching the rough bark. But my mind is down with the roots and wonders whether 'tree' is just a human construct and there is only forest.
I turn my face to you. You are leaning backwards on the part of the forest we call 'this tree.' Your eyes are closed and you are smiling a gentle smile. Your warm breath makes a little mist as the moisture condenses in the cold air.
You and I, we are both breathing. We breathe in. We smell the damp and the earth and the forest. To me, the air smells green. To you, the air smells clean. We breathe in the air and take the oxygen that the forest has released in the process of photosynthesis. We breathe out. The forest breathes our breath and in the process of photosynthesis it takes the carbon and creates more of itself. Some of this carbon is shared from tree to tree via the roots. The carbon that started in our bodies will nurture the entire forest.
We breathe the forest. The forest breathes we.
My palms are on the tree, I am breathing in my body but my mind is far above and below with the exchange of carbon and oxygen and I wonder whether 'you' and 'I' are just human constructs and there is only forest.
There is only forest.
We, the forest.


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This last week I got the call that our soundboard in our choir practice room took a fiery and smokey trip to heaven and is not working! Turns out that the ac power fuse blew which was then replaced. Once powered on again, sparks, smoke and flames incued.
The board is a Soundcraft Spirit M12 which is a 16 channel board. The power supply was pretty easy to get to after removing 8 screws and disconnecting two wiring harnesses.
I shot the following photos of the power supply which has some pretty good damage. R24 burned a hole through the PCB board. The R27, R35, R36, R45, R47 resistors blackened the board as well as cracked from the heat. L2 boiled the casing and windings. Lastly the filter capacitor 100uF 400V has a hole in the side of it.
I called the Soundcraft USA parts department and they had a power supply module on hand for $137. So that is being shipped to the church and will be replaced and back in service about 1-2 weeks after the incident. It will be interesting to see what revisions they have made on the power supply board in resent years.
Not too shabby of a repair. Pretty simple really. The benefit of this mishap is that I will probably mount this mixer in a portable rack. Along with adding a few amps, wireless mic and a few eq's will make a portable system for the church to be able to use whenever they need it. Which is something that the facility currently does not have.


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The weekend cannot come soon enough! I feel like I've been super stressed and I just need to take a few breaths to calm myself down. Yesterday was especially horrific — my online English class just started, but I got an awesome Secret Valentine surprise that cheered me up! (I'll post about that later when I can put pictures up).
In the meantime, some exciting happenings in the blog world: Meghann is having a giveaway for an awesome sports bra, with a very cool little pocket! It looks very neat. She also raised $1320 dollars in her Blogging Bake Sale!! I will be making Julie some delicious toffee tonight! 🙂
Hope everyone is having a happy humpday and is getting through the week in one piece! I have no class tonight, so I'm really going to try to get caught up on my household to-do list and reading for class.


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Movie Reivew: A Touch of EvilBy Vladimir V. Zelevinsky
Staff Reporter
Directed by Orson Welles
Written by Orson Welles, based on the novel by Whit Masterson
With Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles
In 1957, Orson Welles finished filming his last American film, a lurid and misanthropical thriller, Touch of Evil. Upon the completion of filming, Universal Studios immediately fired Welles (who was initially invited to direct only because of star Charlton Heston's insistence), and completely butchered the movie by breaking up extraordinary long shots, cutting scenes and introducing new ones, and so on. Welles, outraged, wrote a 58-page memo to the studio, detailing his vision for the film; this memo was ignored - but not lost. Forty years later, the trio of producer Rick Schmidlin, film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, and film/sound editor Walter Murch (Oscar Winner for The English Patient) got access to the original footage and re-did the film according to Welles' memo. What emerges is a picture whose impact and influence can hardly be underestimated. Touch of Evil is not as much of a visual show-off as Citizen Kane, Welles' first film, but it has a more emotional - and more bleak - impact.
The film opens with one of the great cinematic moments. The single shot starts with a closeup of a hand setting a timer on a bomb (an attention-grabber if I ever saw one), and proceeds to show the shadowy figure putting the bomb in the path of a car. The car drives off and the camera pulls back to follow the complex trail of the car across the small city (spanning the U.S.Mexico border). The car swerves to avoid a herd of goats, honks at pedestrians, drives next to a walking newlywed couple, Mike and Susan Vargas (played by Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh), crosses the border, and leaves the frame, leaving Mike and Susan talking. Their conversation - and the opening shot - ends with a kiss and an explosion.
What follows is not so much an investigation of the crime (it eventually turns into a McGuffin) as a very creepy thriller, pitting two policemen - Vargas and American Hank Quinlan (Welles himself) - against each other. The plot swerves like the car in the opening scene as loyalties are betrayed and innocent people are terrorized, all of which Welles stages with his trademark mise-en-scene, with the textures, shapes, and spatial compositions being as important as the plot. The streets are littered with newspapers flying in the wind; the huge oil derricks ominously move in the background; stretches of desert seem to be infinite. The most imposing presence is Welles himself, looking grotesquely obese (made up and padded to look extra fat), mumbling and unshaven. He is by far the most interesting character in the film (Susan is more or less an object and Mike is too generic to hold much interest, although, admittedly, Heston manages to make the audience forget his ridiculous casting as a Mexican).
For a classic black-and-while movie, Touch of Evil is surprisingly intense: There is a long sequence where Susan is terrorized in an abandoned motel, and there's a gruesome murder of a supporting character later on, which can really rattle one's nerves. Suspense is maintained almost until the end - the finale, regrettably, suffers from somewhat far-fetched plotting, but this is compensated by the out-of-this-world visuals (the final sequence is kind of a parallel chase, which slowly moves from the town, with its well-lit and regular landscape, to the world of distorted shapes, ominous industrial structures, and liberally strewn garbage).
Of course, now it's clear how truly influential Touch of Evil is. The whole hotel sequence (with none other than Janet Leigh playing a woman in peril!) feels like a first draft of Psycho. Welles' portrayal of Quinlan as a man of inseparably intertwined law-obedience and depravity feels like a precursor of more than just Reservoir Dogs. And the labyrinthine plot, where alliances and loyalties are constantly traded for ulterior purposes, clearly had some influence on L.A. Confidential.


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