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Day 4 – Arrival in Antarctica
- At February 11, 2014
- By John
- In Antarctica, Travel
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King George Island
Well the time had come to get my baggage down to 20kg. Unfortunately I failed. I just couldn't seem to reach that illusive number, not without ditching a lens or two, my Mad Water dry-bag backpack and seriously start thinking about forgetting spare socks and under wear and even squirting out some toothpaste and shampoo. All was not lost though, as our amiable Antarctica XXI tour guide had let slip the night before that ONLY our check-in baggage would be weighed. Phew! I left the hotel with a check-in bag at 16.7kg, and a carry-on at 8.7kg … well over the limit I'm afraid, but a mere snip compared to some others!
All kitted out in our rubber boots and waterproof trousers, check-in turned out to be a breeze. Shortly after we were heading out on the tarmac to our Antarctic Airways, BAE-146, 4-engine jet; a high-wing aircraft with very short runaway requirements so ideal for our location. The flight, smooth and uneventful, taking just under 2 hours to reach our destination Aeródromo Teniente Marsh, at Frei Base on King George Island. The Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, to give it it's proper name, is the most important Antarctic base for Chile, located on the Fildes Peninsula; an ice-free area sitting above Fildes Bay at the south western tip of King George Island, South Shetland Islands.
Once disembarked into the much colder Antartic air, we had an easy 20 minute walk from the airfield down through the Russian Bellingshausen base to the shoreline of Fildes Bay where our ship, the Ocean Nova, was anchored. There we had 20 minutes or so to explore the shoreline and Trinity Church, a small wooden, Russian Orthodox church, that sits on a hill above the station.
There are no docking facilities at Frei Station so transfer to the Ocean Nova is by Zodiac boats. Our first taste of what was to become a familiar procedure. Soon after we were all safely on-board, and having checked out our cabins, had lunch and attended the obligatory boat drill, we informed that we were setting sail across the Bransfield Stait to mainland Antarctica, heading for Cierva Cove. This was great news. Out Antarctic voyage was underway.
Journey to Antarctica – Day 3
- At February 3, 2014
- By John
- In Antarctica, South America, Travel
- 1
Punta Arenas
Today started with a rather early get-up. 2am to be precise. I'd really struggled to get to sleep so by the time my alarm sounded 2:00 am, I felt like I'd only been asleep for around 20 minutes. Groggy beyond belief. However, after a not-so-warm shower (cold in fact), I was soon dressed, packed and down in the hotel foyer the rest of the tour members, helping myself to some much needed coffee. At around 3:00 am out two coaches were fully loaded and on our way to Santiago airport only for ours having to return briefly to the hotel as one member of our team (who shall remain nameless) realised he forgotten his laptop of all things.
Our flight to Punta Arenas in southern Chile took around 3 hours, and we all soon became aware of the big temperature change from the summer heat of Santiago to the cool and windy 8 degrees presented to us as we border the coaches for our 20 minute journey to our downtown hotel. Fleeces and jackets suitably adorned.
The hotel Rey Don Filipe was pleasant and modern and I was now sharing a room with my future shipmate buddy, Dominic. We had some free time to explore Punta Arenas, before each having to attend a boot fitting to size up the rubber boots we would required for our trip to the Antarctic. A presentation from the Antarctica XXI tour operation team followed a little later which included things like safety and how to dress for the zodiac boats and landings. The each member of our group, suitable adorned with rather large name tags, were asked to stand up and say a little about ourselves and our passion for photography. It was an eclectic mix, with the majority from the USA and Canada, but also a sizeable (and noisy) bunch from Australia, as well as a smattering of Brits, Swiss, Polish, Irish and even someone from Israel. All, I have to say, a pleasant and friendly bunch; rather different from my previous trip!
The day ended with a trip out to one of Punta Arenas premier restaurants set within a delightful old colonial house. Good food and plenty of wine were enjoyed by all during which it was announced the weather for the following day was good and our flight to Antarctica would go ahead in the morning. You could feel the anticipation rising. We were going to Antarctica!
Journey to Antarctica – Day 2
- At January 28, 2014
- By John
- In Antarctica, South America, Travel
- 0
Today we had a chance to relax and explore a little of Santiago whilst the rest of the Antarctica participants arrived from their various destinations. Despite just 3 hours time difference from the UK I felt pretty smashed from the previous days journey and slept through till 5:30 am local time. I chilled out in the morning, chatting with several other members then went for a walk around central Santiago with a few of the other photographers, taking in the relaxed Sunday afternoon atmosphere and a chance to meander the streets and do a little street photograph. Snapshots of my journey. I'm not one for street photography but snapped several of the colourful local people.
In the evening we got to meet the Luminous Landscape crew, Michael Reichmann, Kevin Raber, William Neill and cameraman Chris Sanderson, for drinks and and introductory lecture about our trip. However, an extremely early checkout scheduled for a 3am departure to the airport necessitated an early retirement for me, to try and catch a few our sleep before our 6am flight down to Punta Arenas in southern Chile.
Journey to Antarctica – Day 1
- At January 26, 2014
- By John
- In Antarctica, Travel
- 0
Well this is something new for me. Writing a blog whilst on the plane. I'm not usually one of those who gets a laptop out and works while flying, and in this case I'm travelling without my iPad, but do have my new 11-inch Macbook Air. The Macbook Pro has been swapped for a rather diminutive but extremely lightweight Macbook Air. The reason? Well I'm on my way to Antarctica (currently en route to Santiago), but this time flying from Punta Arenas in Southern Chile to King George Island in the South Shetlands Islands, where I board my ship. I'm restricted to just 20kg on that flight which includes both check-in and hand carry luggage. I've spent the last couple of days swapping in and out gear trying to get the weight down, which hasn't been an easy task, and so far I haven't quite managed it. Luckily we've been told we can leave some stuff at our hotel in Punta Arenas, so my final decisions on what goes can be addressed later.
Later …
Well I'm now at my hotel in Santiago. I've chosen to arrive a day prior to the tour start since I simply don't trust the airlines enough to get you and your baggage to your destination together on time. It seems at least half the participants thought the same, and one at least has arrived without his bags. My BA/Iberia flights were basic but OK; the Madrid to Santiago section a rather tedious 12-1/2 hours, but I did manage to get a few hours sleep. I felt quite rested upon arrival but the feeling of relaxed anticipation was soon dissipated by the experience getting through Santiago's Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport. The queue for immigration in a hot un-aircondition hall was horrendous, and took almost an hour an a half to get to the front of the line. That was followed by utter chaos in the baggage hall. There was no indication what-so-ever of my flight or which baggage carousel to collect it from. I eventually found it buried under several others piled up in a corner. At least it had arrived. An almost equally long queue then followed to get my bags scanned at customs before I finally made it out to the arrivals hall. Quite the worst 2-1/2 hours airport experience I've encountered for many a year.
Luckily I met one of the course instructors, Kevin Raber, just about to get into a taxi, so shared the ride to our hotel in central Santiago. Now rested, showered, and beer in hand, I've had the chance to chat with some of the other people about to share this voyage to Antarctica.
Shooting the Aurora
- At January 19, 2014
- By John
- In Aurora, Iceland, Night Photography
- 4
I've just returned from a fantastic eight day photographic workshop in Iceland where we were blessed with some amazing light, wintery conditions and my first experience of the Aurora Borealis, a.k.a. the Northern Lights. Although I knew there was a chance we could see the Aurora,Read More»
Southern Ethiopia – A Brief Snapshot
The Village of El Kuran
As past readers of my blog may know, my work as a geologist often takes me to some pretty strange locations. This time it was a trip to the Somali Region in southern Ethiopia. Some places I really look forward going to, but this location that wasn't remotely (no pun intended!) on my list. For remote it was indeed. Situated just 55 km north of the nearest town of Dolo Odo on the Somali borderRead More»
10 Changes I'd Make to the 5D Mark-III
- At December 21, 2013
- By John
- In Camera, EOS 5D Mark III, Gear, Uncategorized
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OK, I know the 5D mark-III is a dam fine camera, and for many it may be approaching perfection, but while I love my 5D-III there are still many aspects of the current Canon DSLR design that really infuriate me.Read More»
My LPOTY Rejects
- At October 29, 2013
- By John
- In Competition, UK Landscape
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My Landscape Photographer of the Year (LPOTY) Images
I was persuaded by my friend Doug Chinnery to finally enter some images for the Landscape Photographer of the Year (LPOTY) competition this year, otherwise known as Take-A-View. I've often admired the pictures that end up in the book they publish each year but have never bothered to enter. Like probably every other photographer though, I wouldn't mind seeing one of my own pictures in the book.
Sadly that's not be as all 11 of my entries fell at the first hurdle. Now they have they have announced the winner (and congratulations to Tony Bennett) I though I may as well show which images I entered. They are all images I really like, and of which I'm quite proud of, but obviously not LPOTY material. My favourite is the "After the Winter Storm" on Rannoch Moor depicting a partially frozen Rive Etive leading up to a beautiful snow covered Stob Dearg of Buachaille Etive Mòr. I had high hopes for this image as it's easily the best shot I've taken this year. It may not have found favour with the LPOTY judges but at least it's been a big hit on Flickr. For now that will have to do.
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Return to Antarctica
- At October 26, 2013
- By John
- In Antarctica, Gear
- 1
What Equipment will I take his time?
In late January 2014 I hope to return to Antarctica, this time avoiding the dreaded seasickness of the Drake passage by flying to King George Island from Puntas Arenas in Chile, before boarding the Ocean Nova. So what equipment will I be taking this time and what lessons did I learn from my trip two years ago?
Camera Bodies
The last time I travelled with two 5D mark-II's, having purchased a second body just prior to my departure. Relying on just one body seemed far too risky for a trip of this nature and rumours of some 5D-II's failing on previous trips, falling foul to the damp wet weather, did cause concern about their reliability. Thankfully mine came through in fine fettle despite the exceedingly damp, overcast conditions, but one did succumb in similar conditions in Iceland several months later. I also found two bodies quite advantageous when shooting from the decks of the ship; one kitted out with a longer lens, with the other a wide angle zoom. Having two cameras around ones neck can be a bit of a hassle, so having at least one of the bodies fitted with a sling style strap is almost a pre-requisite so highly recommended.
I had planned to sell the second 5D-II body upon my return to the UK but that never transpired and it was eventually traded in against a brand new 5D-III. The mark-III is a far better performer than the mark-II in terms of focusing, and higher ISO, and has that all important weather sealing, so I'm now contemplating upgrading my remaining 5D-II to the mark-III for my return trip.
I took more lenses than I really needed last time around, but since I may face far stricter weight restrictions this time, I'm planning to cut down next trip. The lenses on my first trip included:
- EF 16-35mm F/2.8 L USM zoom
- EF 24-105mm f/4 IS L zoom
- EF 300mm f/2.8 IS L
- EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L
- TS-E 24mm f/3.5 MII
You may think this a rather odd selection of lenses to bring, but the trip included a few days in Patagonia, for which I'd included the tilt and shift lens. However, there was at least one professional photographer onboard who used a TS-E 24mm whilst in Antarctica. I never did.
I found a lot of the people shooting from the deck of the ship (and some from within the zodiacs) often carried two cameras at once, one equipped with a long zoom and the other with a utility zoom lens. I ended up doing the same and found it very useful whilst especially when cruising. With encouragement from Seth Resnick, one of the workshop instructors, I also rented a EF 300mm f/2.8 lens. This is a super sharp lens, and one of the best in Canons arsenal, but personally I found it a little too heavy and bulky to shoot successfully hand-held, especially from a zodiac, unlike Seth who used his all the time but has much better technique and experience handling this lens. Most of the photography on this trip was hand-held from zodiacs or from the decks of the ship, often in gloomy, dull, overcast weather, so lenses with IS or VR were certainly worth their weight in gold.
Most of my shots were taken with the EF 24-105mm f/4 and the EF 70-300 f/4-5.6L IS USM lenses. The later is a superb, very sharp zoom lens that's very easy to handle, thus I found it far more useful than the EF 300mm f/2.8 so the difference in sharpness shooting hand-held became negligible. The EF 24-105mm f/4 is not the sharpest zoom in the Canon range, and probably the weakest in my lens selection. However the 24-105mm zoom range actually made it probably the most useful and eventually the most used lens when shooting from the zodiacs. I also took a 16-35mm wide angle zoom and a 24mm T&S lens but neither saw much use in Antarctica. Both were used in Patagonia afterwards however. I regret not trying the EF 16-35 mm f/2.8 much from the deck of the ship, as at times we got so close to some huge icebergs that a really wide angle lens would have been the better choice, and other photographers bagged some great shots where I missed out.
For this trip I'm planning on taking the following.
- EF 16-35mm F/2.8 L USM
- EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS
- EF 24-70mm f/4 L IS
- EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L
You'll notice the absence of primes. Shooting hand-held from zodiacs bouncing around in the water really renders any advantages in sharpness from a prime lens almost useless. Unless of course, you have great technique. I'd much rather have IS lenses and the ability to reframe as best as possible. For me the zooms are just more practical on a trip of this nature. Added to my lens selection this time around is the new EF 24-70mm f/4 IS L zoom which out performs my 24-105mm hands down. However, the later is still there for backup. I could have gone for the new 24-70mm f/2.8 which is sharper (not by much), but it lacks the all important IS.
Shooting Techniques
One major regret was that we were given very little guidance from the course instructors on shooting techniques. This was really disappointing as it took me a good couple of days to get reasonably comfortable shooting hand-held from zodiacs. My approach was initially more akin to landscape photography, and my own inability, trying to shoot with apertures of f/11 or smaller to maximise depth of field, when really f/8 was quite sufficient. I also should not have been afraid to have used higher ISO settings either, rather than trying to keep below ISO 400, which unfortunately resulted in many of my earlier attempts lacking in sharpness and so few keepers. In this respect the 5D-III should prove a much more capable camera under these conditions with its far superior high ISO performance and I wouldn't really worry that much shooting from 800-1600 ISO if necessary.
We had pretty overcast weather almost throughout our Antarctic trip but even then you still needed to compensate around +1-1/3 to +1-2/3 stops for all the white snow. Shooting in aperture priority mode seemed the most logical method to adopt and this worked best for me. On the few occasions I used the tripod during onshore landings I may have used manual mode.
There were 73 photographers on our trip, and at times shooting from the decks was more like paparazzi at a film premier, with the sound of shutters rattling off in machine gun like bursts at time. I'm sure some must have shot on auto-drive with their finger continually pressed on the shutter button at times. God knows how many memory cards they must have got through. Unfortunately I too, got pretty wrapped up in this style of shooting at times, thinking it was the thing to do, and I really wish I'd put a bit more thought into my compositions at times, and taken a more time to fully evaluate the scene before me rather than the smash and grab technique favoured by many. This time I'll be far more selective.
Shooting from zodiacs bouncing around in the zodiacs was a steep learning curve and something completely new to me. You'll just have to practice at that, and try and keep the shutter speed high enough. That's why I find IS lenses so invaluable. One thing I will say is that don't be afraid to instruct your helmsman to slow down and make a repeat pass if you don't get the shot. I was just too dam polite to start off with!
I took my Gitzo GT 3541-LX tripod but it didn't use that much use. It was used on some Island landings for landscapes shots, and it was definitely needed as the light was often poor. It wasn't much use in the snow however which is very deep, so if you do plan to use one some snow feet may be a wise investment. Not many of the photographers took tripods but I much prefer to use one when I can. I was tempted to take a light weight tripod or even just a monopod but it was pretty dam windy in places, so a sturdy tripod was perhaps a better choice, but bulky of course. I'm going again in January, this time flying to King George Island and will take a tripod, although I'm going to have much tighter weight restrictions this time.
Surprisingly I saw no monopods used on our trip, but there again they are probably not that advantageous shooting from the deck of a ship, and of no use in the snow (unless with a snow-shoe), but they have got to be better than hand holding, especially if using a heavy long lens. I did actually try using EF 300mm f/2.8 on the tripod from the deck of the ship, occasionally with extenders too. In each case I had the head loosened and used it gimbal-style. I'd seen Art Wolfe do this on Travels To The Edge and it works pretty well providing you're cruising smooth waters. Well worth a try.
I took my rather large Lowepro Pro Trekker 400 AW photo backpack, but this proved too bulky and really too awkward for use in the zodiacs. Eventually I gave up and ended up leaving the backpack on the ship and taking my cameras on the Zodiac in just a simple dry bag. This worked very well, but I generally only ventured out with one camera and perhaps a second lens on these occasions.
I'm going to take my gear down to Antarctica in a Gura Gear Bataflae 26L this time, which is smaller and lighter than my Lowepro Pro Trekker 400 AW. For zodiac use I've ordered a Mad Water Waterproof Sportsman's Backpack. This a not a camera bag, just a fancy but inexpensive roll-top dry bag. I'm looking at putting in some cheap padded camera inserts inside and have seen quite a selection on eBay and Amazon, so I'm going to experiment a little before my departure. I was very tempted by the new Lowepro Dryzone BP 40L backpack, but it looks rather large, is quite expensive and as yet it's not available here in the UK.
Keeping Your Kit Dry
If your going to be photographing from the zodiacs it's inevitable you're going to get your camera and lenses splashed, plus you may encounter precipitation in the form of rain, sleet and snow and all at the same time! Getting your kit in and out of a camera bag in zodiac doesn't really work, especially with 7 or 8 other photographers. You need something quick for rain or snow. A simple inexpensive drybag proved by far the quickest and easiest solution. Mine was a Exped Large (13L) Drybag and it was probably the best purchase I made prior to the trip. Be sure to have at least a couple. It was also suggested I purchase an SLR rain hood, such as the Kata E-702 PL Pro Light Rain Cover, which unfortunately I did. I can't recommend these at all. They are bulky, awfully difficult and time consuming to put on, and make operating your camera terribly difficult, so I'd avoid these like the plague. Far better are the polythene rainsleeves from Optech, which are cheap, see through, and come in packs of two for just over a fiver. If you want something a little more substantial that doesn't take up too much space, then check out the Storm Jackets from Vortex Media. They are rather expensive but are practical and work well. I took one with me but found the Optech covers my preferred choice. Just make sure you have them tied-on when it gets windy.
You're going to need plenty of microfiber lens cloths to wipe the spray from your lenses, but rather than purchasing expensive ones from the camera dealers, I found microfiber camping towels far better. They seem to be pretty much the same material, lint free, and much larger. Take several, as by the end of one zodiac trip they'll probably be wet through so it's best to have some backups. After a while your lens front may cloud up with salt residue, so a lens spray is recommended. I used the ROR Lens & Filter Cleaning Solution which works very well.
Last time around I took my 15-inch MacBook Pro, and backed up all my photographs each evening when on-board ship. I worked on some, but to be truthful I was so knackered each day I left most of my post processing to when I got home. I'd really like to take this again but I'm limited to only 20kg on my flight out from Chile and that includes hand luggage, so I may have to ditch the laptop this time around. If I can't take it, I may just take an iPad instead, and take lots of SD & CF and record on both as a back up. The jury's out on which way to go at present.
Airline Travel
The airlines seem to have become incredibly picky these days with baggage limits, and most now weigh your carry-on baggage at check-in too. This can be really problematic for photographers as our equipment is not only valuable but heavy too, and none of us wish to risk putting anything in the hold unless within something like Pelican hard case. Carry-on limits vary from as low as 6kg to 23kg, but most are around 10-12 kg. Most of us also travel with a laptop too, so with camera bodies, lenses and accessories, that can result in one pretty heavy backpack. On my last trip my backpack weighed around 16 kg (35 lbs). Of course you're never going to get his past check-in if weighed, but there are some workarounds you can try.
My Lowepro Pro Trekker 400 AW photo backpack has a detachable bum-bag (waist-pack) which proved incredibly useful at check-in. It's big enough to hold my 16-35mm, plus my passport and a few other odds and sods. The other trick is to wear a big coat (note: wear not carry), in my case a Begrhaus rainproof jacket, which also has large pockets, big enough to hide two other lenses. Surprisingly most airlines also allow a laptop in a slip case in an addition to your normal one hand-carry item. Thus I removed my laptop too and this never got weighed. My back weight was reduced to around 12kg and all the items were duly returned there once check-in was completed.
Of course all this regulation is complete nonsense on the part of the airlines since you can buy copious amounts of quite heavy, duty free goods when through passport control, and walk straight on the aeroplane. It's really just a ploy to charge you more money, but I can probably envisage the day they will require us to get on the scales at check-in. Until that day arrives these ploys should work.
One other problem people will face traveling down to Ushuaia, is that Aerolíneas Argentinas have a 12kg check-in baggage limit. Luckily this seems to be rarely enforced, and my luggage, which was around 23kg was never even weighed. That aside, it's going to be pot luck as occasionally some traveller will be charged excess. None on our trip were charged.
This trip I'm flying on Aerovias DAP from Puntas Arenas in Chile who operate a strict 20 kg weight allowance, and that includes your hand luggage. This trip is going to be a real challenge weight-wise.
Masters of Vision Exhibition 2013
- At August 17, 2013
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Photography Exhibition at Southwell Minster
Most photographic exhibitions within the UK are generally held within the nation's capital so it comes as a much welcome change to see one housed in the shires, and especially one not far from where I live. Masters of Vision is a landscape photography exhibition currently on show within the beautiful Minster at Southwell in Nottinghamshire. The exhibition features several well know UK landscape photographers, this year headlined by Joe Cornish, and runs for just one month from 27th July to 26th August 2013. Southwell Minster may seem like a odd venue for a photography exhibition, but it has been the setting for 2 previous Masters of Vision exhibitions which featured the works of Charlie Waite in 2009 and David Noton in 2011. So what better way to idle a few hours on a rather damp drizzly Sunday afternoon.


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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1968.
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The origin and development of the prebendal system at St. Paul's, which seems to have been fully established with the thirty prebends before c. 1100, is examined by Miss M. Gibbs, Early Charters of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London (Camden 3rd ser. lviii, 1939) pp. xxi-xxviii, and by C. N. L. Brooke, 'The composition of the chapter of St. Paul's, 1086-1163', Camb. Hist. Jnl. x (1951) 111-32. Professor Brooke establishes the general reliability of two ancient prebendal catalogues, which provide the framework of the lists given below. (fn. 1) For the names of the prebends, see Mrs. Horn's note in Fasti 1300-1541 v (1963) 72.


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Your bread and butter, or the best and most effective strategy for starting and growing a local service based business, is not having a great budget. It isn't getting a great spot in the newspaper, because those results may be short lived.
But rather, it's something that I think we all know intuitively, that social media and the internet is making more apparent now a days. Your bread and butter for a local service based business is…
Community Integration
People are your greatest resource. Your mission, as a new service based startup is to integrate into as many communities as possible. I recently started a computer and iPhone repair company.
The single most effective functional strategy of ours has been to simply talk to as many people as we can, both in social media, and in real life networking, as much as possible. But why does this really work?
How did we go from an unknown to a growing, reputable, well suggested company? What is the juice that makes it all come together?
People have to like you
I see people get on social media, and start "marketing" all of the time. It happens more and more everyday. But what I don't see too often is a marketer who realizes that no one gives a crap about your tweets for business, or your business status updates on Facebook unless they actually like you.
People have to like you, and you have to get them to like you. This means, if you're not inherently so, you have to become a likeable person. This may mean that as a person, you have to make internal, functional (behavioral) changes to align yourself with the results that are available to you.
So does that mean that..
Being effective means changing you?
The short answer is, yes, it does mean that. Too many times, and in too many cookie cutter ideologies, people think that "action" and "strategy" is the answer. I say that this is fundamentally backwards. Here's why.
Yes, action is the answer. Of course strategy is king, but if you're not mentally in the place to create the strategy, or take the action, the best recipe in the world won't help you.
You need to start at the cement foundation of your personality, and change yourself to become more communicative. You must become someone who loves people. You must re-ignite your childlike charisma and become a whole person again.
You can't just keep being conditioned by society to keep your mouth shut, or to not be the awesome crazy eccentric person you innately are. You have to..
Become extremely exciting
People love excitement. If you can take actions and communicate with people in a way that excites them, you'll have fans for days, and customers for months. If you're doing the right things to treat them well, and provide good services, you'll have permanent customers for the life of your business.
Be your crazy self! Go to local networking events. Or, take the strategy I've taken in cutting directly through the fat and finding the gem, and just do what works. Who needs the awkward, 40 people sitting in a room not talking to each other, networking event? Just contact local business owners, and set up a time for…
Business 1 on 1′s
Express that you want to find out how you can refer more people to them. Anyone will love that, and most solopreneurs, and teamed startups understand the power of networking. They'll be into it. Do as much as you can. Meet as many people as possible and whatever you do, don't stop! Just keep plugging away.
So when you have all of these things down, you're exciting, communicative, integrated within local communities and doing a lot of 1 on 1′s, now what do you do?
Rinse and repeat (but leave room for innovation)
Rinse and repeat the same process. Become more exciting! Do more outlandish stuff. Make some cool videos and put them on the web of yourself engaging in work activities.
Do more 1 on 1′s. There are more people to find. Get deeper within your local community with tools like Twitter, and certainly Facebook. Find local bloggers, and interact with them on their blogs daily and keep your progress moving.
But, at the end of the day, or throughout your week, take time to reflect, induce a creative state, and think of more ways to reach people. Strategies are great. There are a thousand of them. But if you can learn how to stimulate your mind and turn it into an idea machine, you can innovatively create new ways to market your business, and grow some more.
Ultimately, your growth is going to depend largely on your connections. Everything has to do with people, and word of mouth is your best friend. Follow these steps, and create some of your own to activate the fire storm of word of mouth waiting for you. It's yours, if you're willing to step up and grab it.


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24 November 2008
Impeccable stupidity
roger sabin
Boosh's Bollo reveals his inner graphic designer
Occasionally, a comedy show will enter the public consciousness to the point where it becomes a 'cultural resource' for people to draw upon. It happened in the 1960s and 70s with Monty Python and it's happened recently with The Mighty Boosh.
20 November 2008
Gimme Shelter
the picture department
Studio8 has a graphic solution to the Christmas charity card problem
In a self-initiated project, Matt Willey from London's Studio8 (see 'Wanted: self-images', Eye no. 66) has given the charity Christmas card some much-needed art direction.
11 November 2008
Type, tart cards, T-shirts and crosses
chris unitt
Plus International Design Exhibition in Birmingham
I'd not seen much promotion around the city for the 'Plus International Design Exhibition', in Birmingham, last week, writes Chris Unitt, but my worries about attendance were unfounded.
4 November 2008
Just like our own dear Queen
the picture department
'White Obama' poster conjures up the spirit of Colors on voting day
Coming into town on a damp Tuesday morning, it was cheering to see a graphic design splash on the front page of free newspaper Metro. Reminded us of our own dear Queen, as envisaged by Colors.
24 October 2008
The hero of Flight 404
Synaesthesia, auto-changers and the final trip: Robert Hodgin at FOTB
Flight 404's Robert Hodgin has worked out the ideal format for his life - as a nicely rendered pie chart, writes John L. Walters. About a third of his time is spent sleeping; another chunk is for eating; and there's a tiny sliver
14 October 2008
Helter Skelter
roger sabin
A bumpy ride with Alan Aldridge:The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
The Design Museum is hosting an Alan Aldridge retrospective, writes Roger Sabin. 'Just go along to the private view,' chirps the editor, 'and blog a few hundred words about your first impressions.' Hmmm.
29 September 2008
Visible absence
eye feature extra
Leo Fitzmaurice and the black hole of shopping . . . in Deptford
British artist Leo Fitzmaurice [whose work you can see right now in Deptford High St., above and bottom] has created an aesthetic of what might be called 'visible absence', writes David Crowley, in the latest issue of Eye.
23 September 2008
How to illustrate
review extra
Martin O'Neill's collages burst out of the Guardian's how-to-write booklets
Guardian (and Observer) readers have been getting a daily dose of Martin O'Neill's collages in the seven-part 'How to write' series of booklets.
22 September 2008
Record design framed
john l. walters
Does 'Spin' reduce graphic design to the level of art on a wall?
The Spin exhibition is small, free, easy to find (if you're in or near London) and won't take up too much of your time, writes John L. Walters.
16 September 2008
The Ed and Geoff show
Review of Two Lines Align
Two Lines Align is the catalogue for the exhibition of that name curated by Michael Worthington for REDCAT in LA.


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Its just eggless and butterless guys, not tasteless!
This is a soft yet heavy cake which also happens to be quite healthy. I made it mildly sweet so my baby could enjoy it to her hearts content. You can always make it sweeter if you like. This cake is particularly nutritious thanks to wheat flour, curds and the goodness of milk cream.
Malai or heavy milk cream is always available in every Indian home. Its like a sheet thats picked up from the surface of milk and can be stored in the freezer for long durations. Its usually later processed to make ghee or butter. However, the quantity of malai you get depends on the fat content of the milk. The milk I used when I was abroad never ever gave me cream 😦 I guess then you need to buy the cream separately (please be careful to not buy the fresh cream instead!).
Eggless and butterless cakes are quite common these days but have you heard of a cake thats flourless? Yes, there happens to be a flourless cake called Sacher Torte which is a Viennese delight. It was created by accident and today is one of the most hit chocolate pastries world wide. I have a recipe of this in my book which I am yet to try out. For now, its the eggless, butterless cake.
Ingredients :
- 1 cup wheat flour
- 1 cup rawa (fine variety)
- 1 cup curd
- 1 cup malai (heavy milk cream)
- 1 cup ground sugar (add more as per your taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
- 2 cups of milk
- Few walnuts and almonds
Procedure :
- Blend all ingredients (except nuts) in a mixie jar.
- Dust finely chopped walnuts and almonds. Mix into batter.
- Grease and dust a cake mold. Pour batter into the mold.
- Bake at 180 Deg C for 45 mins.
Please NOTE :
Since the ingredients used are very dense its essential to prick the center of the cake to check if its done. If the toothpick comes out clean then its ready else put it back into the oven for 10 mins.


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Many are looking for significance in the numbers 11:11 this new year, the year 2011. I wanted to explore some of the thoughts on the subject of 11:11. I find it both fascinating and inspirational, so here we go!
Some believe that 11:11 is a call to all Light workers on the planet. They believe that are people who signed up for a mission when they were on the spirit level and before being incarnated on Earth. The mission, is to hold as much Light as possible, as strongly as possible, on the planet. That the reason it is so difficult to remember our origin, remember that we are all connected, remember who we really are, is because the vibration on this planet has dropped to a very, very low frequency.
Seeing the numbers on digit clocks or watches, can act as an alarm, as if to say "Pay attention!" It can be seen as a trigger to unlock the subconscious mind, our genetic encoded memories, that we are really spirits having a physical experience, not physical beings embarking on a spiritual experience.
There is another thought that 11:11 is believed to be an activator of our DNA. The belief that physical reality is a consciousness program created by digital codes. That numbers and numeric codes, define our existence. That human DNA, our genetic memory, is encoded to be triggered by digital codes at specific times and frequencies. Those codes can awaken the mind to the change and the evolution of consciousness. The most popular code of awakening – the one that most people see – is 11:11. This represents the spiraling twin strands of human DNA coming into consciousness, meaning the activation of DNA.
In Numerology, 11 represents visionary, refinement of ideals, intuition, revelation, artistic and inventive genius, avant-garde, and fame.
11 is a double digit and is therefore considered a Master or Power Number. It is a higher octave of the number two and it carries psychic vibrations and has an equal balance of masculine and feminine properties. Eleven contains many gifts including psychic awareness and a keen sense of sensitivity.
It is also believed that seeing 11:11 frequently creates synchronicities in your life. Those synchronicities are triggers to help you remember that you are but a spark on the physical plane, and that you must remember who you are and evolve back to a higher level of consciousness, Remembering all that you are, and that all of us are connected.
So, this is the year to create clarity, create healing and balance for yourself. Expand your consciousness and manifest faster and with greater comprehension, because you are more aware of the meaning of synchronicities in your life. Be truly that creative, positive, inspirational spark that helps trigger awareness, the feeling of connectedness and love on the planet. Now is the time, there is no other time. Share the light, be the light. Happy New Year!
Peace and of course Love to all!
Veronica Crystal Young
www.tvartscapes.com (Nature's DVD series. Relax Renew, Recharge!)


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Scenario based implementation using CRP Approach - Part 1
A key consideration of choosing enterprise solution packages like Dynamics AX and Dynamics CRM over custom development is to accelerate time-to-value. Organizations are looking for extremely fast concept-to-cash realization cycles which require rapid value driven delivery.
Package solutions offer high percentage of generic industry scenarios out of the box, which can be deployed rapidly to delight customers and realize business value quickly. While more complex and business specific scenarios can get injected later in a phased effort.
Idea in brief: Use Conference Room Pilots (CRP) to model business scenarios starting with 'Out Of the Box' solution and progressively refine scenarios through a series of CRP workshops to gain business SME acceptance. Deploy and release the solution to business in rapid cycles.
Considerations for CRP success:
- Focus on modeling business scenarios rather than individual requirement fit-gap.
- CRP iterations are short sprints demanding business decisions and execution in much shorter cycles than traditionally done.
- CRP workshops bring business, IT and delivery teams in sync with solution. Hence these are best executed by consultants with advance capabilities in business understanding, application knowledge and delivery skills.
- Rapid value driven delivery with tight change control & governance.
Benefits of Scenario driven delivery using Conference Room Pilots:
- Speed and quality – better, faster and cheaper delivery
- Opportunity for innovating, learning and improving in between delivery cycles
- With rapid iterative cycles, IT service providers can move beyond implementation to support users in technology adoption and consuming value from IT investments.
Coming in next blog >> Types of CRPs, Details of each CRP


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Dynamic physics objects in TeapotPhysics.dae always start at the origin because the CreatePhysicsBody act always passes the identity to the physics body description. When changed to kinematic, they are positioned correctly.
Sometimes reproducible.
Happens when one of the robots is shot.
Does not matter if it's a prime robot or not.
int nEmitCount = (int) UNSAFE_GET_VALUE ( float, m_mpData[EMIT_COUNT] );
Create two icons
- a chain or link
- a broken chain/link
POSSIBLE RE-WORKING - Scale for transformation is....clunky...changes too quickly in to small of a mouse movement
-- Up and down arrows with slider that appears after holding the left mouse button 1 second?
- Scale Window Arrow is hard to read
- Lock image is fuzzy
WILL WORK ON THIS - Though there is a Ctrl+Zoom, it will not be obvious to a new user that this is possible to do. Perhaps a visual interactive zoom tool (like google maps?) would be good. In fact, the ctrls for this window should work exactly like google maps.
-left mouse drag pans
-scroll button zooms
-<?> gizmo
New Node Cancel and OK buttons are hard to see. They are below the New Node window and are translucent.
The scene window can be scaled vertically, but one should also be able to scale it norizontally.
In the scene window, one should be able to left click drag on the blue background and have the same effect as scrolling.
After having made changes, clicked on Undo button in upper left.
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Thought y'all might like to know:
An F-4 owned by Norman Blake is available at Greg Boyd's House of Fine Instruments.
A little history-- I purchased this mandolin from Curtis McPeake around 2006. Norman acquired it from me in 2009, and played it often. I re-fretted it to Norman's specifications with .080" x .040" fret wire, and installed maple strips into the last four slots of the fingerboard extension, which is my preferred alternative to grinding the extension down or cutting it off. I believe that the saddle is one I made from Sambar stag horn, which is very similar to elephant ivory in texture and density.
Norman played this instrument frequently for quite a few years. I do not know whether or not he recorded with it. He acquired the instrument after his retirement from touring.
The pickguard on this mandolin is interesting-- it has some green highlights along with the usual tortoise shell colors. I have only seen pickguards with this color scheme on a small handful of other mandolins, all made during the same time period.
Until I saw Greg Boyd's pictures, I had forgotten that this mandolin has a one piece back.
This is a very fine F-4, and I hope it finds a good home. I have no financial interest in the mandolin or any connection with Greg Boyd.


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A few months ago, I filled out and mailed in my application form to become a member of the Wine Century Club. Today is a good day because I received my membership certificate!
Membership in the Wine Century Club is free. If you would like to became a member yourself then all you have to do is fill out the application form, which you can download here. Currently the club has more than 1375 members from all over the world and is headquartered in New York. It was founded in 2005. The Club has twelve chapters (two outside of the US) that regularly meet to try new wines and experience rare, obscure varieties and that is what the Wine Century Club is all about: Consuming and promoting unknown grape varieties.
Currently I am working on becoming a 'Doppel' member. Next to the regular membership there are four more levels: Doppel (200), Treble (300), Quattro (400) and Pentavini (500). Let's take a closer look at some less known varieties that helped me achieve the required 100 tasted grape varieties for my Wine Century Club membership: Albana, Bastardo Negro, Bonarda, Bovale Sardo, Colorino, Dandinella, Erbaluce, Girò, Minnella, Nasco, Negramoll, Pascale, Pignoletto, Pugnitello, Retico, Tintilla & Vespolina.
Why don't you start your own journey? I received my certificate after a little more than three months and don't worry if the Club does not reply to your application.
Now it's time to open a celebration bottle! Salute!


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Matrika Hibiscus
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Hibiscus is a subtly variegated blend of apple blossom, peachy, and coral pinks, it's the lightest color in the Blossom varigradient series. Great stitch definition from nicely twisted plies and a sparkling sheen are what make this yarn so special. Soft, strong and beautiful this yarn is especially well suited for shawls, cowls, or scarves. Matrika project gallery on Ravelry.
80% superwash merino :: 20% silk
400 yds :: 100g
2 ply fingering weight, super twist
gauge 24-26 sts/4" :: needle us 4-6
hand wash in cool water :: lay flat to dry for optimal care of hand knits
Matrika means "mother" in Sanskrit, the word also refers to a group of goddesses who are always gathered together, it is believed the the goddesses originally personified the Seven Sisters.


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It's Welsh Grand National Day and we have a selection for you.
But first a few other bits and pieces to deal with.
There is a nearly half price offer of the Value Backing service at the moment, but there are limited places available.
Last time I looked there were 15 places left – Full Details Click Here
Money Back on Fallers
Coral are running their money back offer on any fallers on UK racing again, if you're betting at £25 or under stakes then it's probably worth betting with Coral as long as the price isn't too far out – Click Here for Coral
Sky Super 6
As well as the £250,000 prize for anybody getting all 6 correct scores there is also a £5,000 consolation prize for the best prediction.
Make your free entry to win a Quarter Million Pounds – Click Here
Football Selections
We had another profit last week from the Taps Best Aways bet when we hit 4 out of 5.
TAPS send their members horse racing bets everyday as well as a number of other football bets on top of the aways that we feature here and there is a totally free 1 month trial of the service for new members – Click Here
Top Rated 'Best 5 Aways'
(Perm any 3 from 5 plus all 5 = 11 bets)
The best overall odds* for the 'Best 5 Aways' are available with…
William Hill
Today's Selection
Coral Welsh Grand National
Chepstow 2.35 Mountainous – each way bet – 16/1 Coral, Bet 365, Paddy Power, Bet Victor


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Today was a good day, and one that I deserve after all that crap at work. What did I do, you ask? Well, with Excedrin still in my system and a horrible migraine trying to rip my skull apart, I ran and ran—and ate a vegetarian burrito after. (laugh)
I covered 3k which is my new longest distance milestone to date. If I wanted to, I could've run another lap at normal pace and without stopping or drinking. But I have to stick to our running plan. I mean, I don't want to overtrain or anything. My cousin and I have another two months before we're ready to finish 5k nonstop. But at this point, I'd be happy to join a 3k race because I'm confident I could run that distance easy. There are two marathons in April that look promising—Earth Run 2012 and NatGeo Earth Day Run—even though I don't believe in causes. (laugh)
And this is the pair of racing shoes I'm planning to get:
If I have time next week, I'll start looking for a place to run in London. After all, Buneebuns has to be in shape for another race event come June.


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Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 201270 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com.
Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1000953.1.
Bug Id
Release Phase
6524949, 6524951, 6524953
StarOffice 7 Software
StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite
StarOffice 8 Software
Date of Workaround Release
Date of Resolved Release
Security Vulnerability in StarOffice/StarSuite URL Handler
1. Impact
A security vulnerability with the way StarOffice/StarSuite 6, 7 and 8 process hyperlinks (URLs) in documents may allow a remote unprivileged user who provides a StarOffice/StarSuite document that is opened by a local user the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running StarOffice/StarSuite.
This issue is also described in the following document:
CVE-2007-0239 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-02392. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
x86 Platform
Linux Platform
Note: StarOffice/StarSuite earlier versions will not be evaluated regarding this issue.
To determine the version of StarOffice installed on a system, the following command can be run (for <program dir>/program/bootstraprc):
% grep Product bootstraprc ProductKey=StarOffice 8 ProductPatch=(Product Update 2)
Or using the GUI, do the following (with StarOffice/StarSuite open):
The version is displayed first in the "about" text.3. Symptoms
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has occurred.4. Workaround
There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution section below.5. Resolution
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
x86 Platform
Linux Platform
This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS" basis. This Sun Alert notification may contain information provided by third parties. The issues described in this Sun Alert notification may or may not impact your system(s). Sun makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to the information contained herein. ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. BY ACCESSING THIS DOCUMENT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SUN SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT ARISE OUT OF YOUR USE OR FAILURE TO USE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. This Sun Alert notification contains Sun proprietary and confidential information. It is being provided to you pursuant to the provisions of your agreement to purchase services from Sun, or, if you do not have such an agreement, the Sun.com Terms of Use. This Sun Alert notification may only be used for the purposes contemplated by these agreements.
Copyright 2000-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Modification History
28-Apr-2008: Updated Resolution section to add link for Security Technical Instruction document
Date: 06-APR-2007
Date: 10-APR-2007
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Printing is either cad cut vinyl (for a single colour) or transfer printed vinyl (coloured designs) which is then applied onto garments using industrial heat presses.
Artwork for printing is dependant on the quality provided by the customer. The better the artwork – the better the result!
Artwork should ideally be emailed as a high resolution jpeg of 300dpi or more, a pdf file, cdr, eps or wmf file.
We do not do screen printing which is a totally different system.
We also personalise mugs with your logo/photograph/text.
Banners can also be supplied printed in full colour.
Please complete the form here and attach your artwork if you have an enquiry.
Unfortunately Word documents are unsuitable as artwork.
*Please be aware that washing/drying instructions will be included with completed orders.


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A reflective day considering key research informed principles that make teaching more effective. Research in education will be explored giving useful insights on how to fully 'tool-up' with an arsenal of evidence informed practice. This unique and unmissable day of CPD promises to be invigorating and inspiring, offering a rich array of ideas to bring back to every classroom, regardless of setting.
Amjad Ali is a teacher, trainer, TEDx, engaging keynote speaker (including CambEdFest18) and Senior Leader. He currently works 4 days a week in a startup secondary school and offers CPD/INSET on his other day. Amjad has spent his teaching career working in challenging, diverse schools. He is a qualified, practising SENCO, completing the National SENCO Award in 2016. Amjad has worked with 1000s of teachers delivering courses to help them become more effective.
WHERE: Trumpington Community College
WHEN: Monday 8th July, 10am-3pm
TO BOOK: email firstname.lastname@example.com


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This clever series of playground equipment appears at an elementary school. Each piece is made of a single folded piece of painted steel. The playground was created by the Kaptein Roodnat design studio.
I love how versatile one length of painted steel can be. The playground ends up looking like a series of thread-like sculptures.
Implications - Playgrounds are perfect places to foster children's creativity, and whimsical playground equipment that doubles as a set of interactive sculptures inspires kids to think outside the proverbial box. By using a single length of painted steel for each piece, the designer cuts down out waste, which reinforces environmentally-friendly themes of sustainability, waste and recycling.
Elementary School Features Continuous Steel 'Thread'
Marissa Brassfield — March 8, 2009 — Art & Design
References: objetgraphik & notcot.org


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What is maturity? People often think it's something that you gain over the years, feeling that if you live long enough, you'll end up a mature person. But it's an achievement, one that not only takes time, of course, but effort and courage as well.
Paul Dunion compares this process of growing up to the cultivation of crops: "Some seed can simply be tossed about and regardless of light, water and nutrients, this seed will prevail and come of age," he says. "The rest of us resemble the seed in need of stewardship, where attention needs to be paid to weeding, watering and enriching the ground that holds us."
If, with much effort, and the help of others, we remain open to the mysteries of life, enriching ourselves with all living has to offer, then we may begin to learn who we were meant to become.


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Aug 26, 2015
With the start of the new NFL season near and dear, Between The Stix has resumed a weekly schedule! On this episode the injury bus stops by and the guys discuss how this affects you and your draft. Bill Cosby reveals his ultimate sleeper list for this season, And How clever is your team name? We want to hear them! All this plus leauge news and stories so Turn up and Tune in for your weekly BTSTIX FIX!


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Faux libertarian Rand Paul just can't help it. Most of his ideas are so off the wall that he has no choice but to make things up to support them. Even when he takes the right position on civil liberties issues, if you listen to him long enough (such as during his filibuster on drones) it becomes apparent that this is a guy who just has no idea what he is talking about. On top of that, despite claims of being a libertarian, Paul supports increased government intrusion into the private lives of individuals when it comes to reproductive rights. He is supporting this with scare stories about eugenics unless conservatives stand up against abortion and stay away from scientific advancements:
Tea party hero Rand Paul warned scientific advancements could lead to eugenics during a Monday visit at Liberty University, looking to boost the political fortunes of fellow Republican Ken Cuccinelli's bid for governor.
During a visit to the Christian school founded by Jerry Falwell, Paul looked to energize conservative supporters by warning that genetic tests could identify those who are predisposed to be short, overweight or less intelligent so that they could be eliminated. With one week remaining before Election Day, Cuccinelli is hoping the joint appearance with the U.S. senator from Kentucky will encourage the far-right flank of his party to abandon third-party libertarian spoiler Robert Sarvis.
"In your lifetime, much of your potential – or lack thereof – can be known simply by swabbing the inside of your cheek," Paul said to a packed sporting arena on Liberty's campus. "Are we prepared to select out the imperfect among us?"
Some states ran eugenics programs that sterilized those considered defective in the 1900s, though all were abandoned by the 1970s after scientists discredited the idea.
Just the fact that he was speaking at the erroneously named Liberty University was a dead giveaway that he would be spouting nonsense such as this. Regardless of where he is, this is his typical tactic. As Paul has stated, misinformation works, and he continues to practice this philosophy


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If you have been paying attention to more recent translations of the Gospel of John, you will have noticed that John 7:53–8:11—the story of the woman caught in adultery of whom Jesus says, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her"—has been getting some interesting treatment by the scholars. The TNIV (Today's New International Version), for example, tells us very forthrightly that our earliest and best manuscripts of the Gospel of John do not include these much beloved and belabored verses. If text determines canon, by which I mean the original inspired text of that gospel is what should be in the canon, then John 7:53–8:11 ought not to be in our Bibles.
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Is Georgia ready to ban abortions?
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In his 2013 Easter epistle, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II called on the Georgian government to adopt anti-abortion legislation. JumpStart Georgia inquired as to how ready Georgia is to ban abortions and care for children who would then become state dependent babies. Based on 2012 abortions, stillbirth, and infant mortality rates, as well as the current state budget for child care, JumpStart Georgia calculated how much it would cost the state to care for all these children. Calculations reflect an extreme case and do not include numerous factors that could affect the number of children needing state or church-funded care.
- Organization: JumpStart Georgia
- Reporter: Tutana Kvaratskhelia, Nino Macharashvili (JumpStart Georgia)
- Designer: Mariam Kobuladze (JumpStart Georgia)
Data Source:
- Interview with Eka Saneblidze, Head of the Guardianship Care and Social Programs Department, Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia
- March 28, 2013 resolution of Georgian government on Social Reabilitation and Children Care 2013 State Program
- Geostat.ge
- Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia (Opendatablog)
- The Social Welfare Department of the Orthodox Church
- civil.ge
- Data Set: Download
- Language: English, ქართული
- Category: Economy / Business, Politics, Society, Gender
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First and foremost, a shout out for John Branlund's new blog: My FDM 1650. John had a broken Stratasys FDM 1650 (as well as an FDM 2000) sitting around and managed to resurrect the 1650 into a working machine (hopefully to be followed by the 2000 at some point). If you're the owner of an old FDM, his blog is an invaluable dive into the inner guts of these machines at a level far deeper than I myself have been brave enough to consider, much less attempt.
After running low on 'real' Stratasys ABS for the FDM 1600 not terribly long after acquiring the machine, I started looking around for alternate suppliers – surely there must be alternatives to paying around $125/lb. for modeling material? I even went so far as to look overseas, and came across Beijing Yinhua Technology Co., Ltd., which has not only FDM feedstock, but also stereolithography resins. I eagerly sent them an email asking for pricing and material specifications, but got no answer. Assuming a language barrier, I enlisted the help of a coworker who speaks Chinese natively, and he helped me compose an email to them in a tongue devoid of a latin character set. This actually yielded a response:
ABS S301, ABS B601 and ABS B203 comparise mainly of pure ABS and other supplementary ingredient. ABS B601 and ABS B203 have melting point at temp. 245℃. ABS S301 has melting point at temp. 235 ℃
FOB Price if ABS S301, ABS B601 and ABS B203 are same: 160 USD/KG
Each cartridge include 2KGs materials
So, about $73/lb. of material. Still way too high in my book (recall that I'm using $10/lb. for Chi Mei PA-747 ABS in 0.070″ filament as a baseline), especially figuring in the potential shipping costs. There were also two names that I came across for Stratasys feedstock and other consumables – Sibco and Bolson. Somehow I also was referred to Argyle Materials as a source, which I contacted. The normal price for a spool of material was $325, but as they were discontinuing the standard ABS material in favor of the ABSmax (said to be equivalent to the Stratasys ABSplus), they'd give me a deal of only $100 each for the last two spools of standard ABS that they had as a closeout price. I pondered this for a week or two, and then finally decided to go for it. I called them up, gave them my credit card information, and then waited. Every day afterward, I expected to see a brown cardboard box on my doorstep when coming home. I kept this up for 2 months, figuring that it must be tied up in customs. Eventually, I realized it just wasn't coming, so I called up Argyle and Kyla was able to provide me with a USPS tracking number that eventually resolved to saying that the package had indeed been delivered, only 3 days after it had been shipped. I brought the tracking number to the post office, asking if there was any manner that they could check into it, but it wasn't hopeful. They gave me the phone number of the main office that I could contact in order to seek 'restitution', but they told me that I was SOL.
Then, when I came home on Tuesday, there was one of those salmon colored 3×5 cards in my mailbox that the postal carrier leaves when a package needs a signature or somesuch. On the card was the very tracking number I had inquired about, and a rather excited note saying "this is the one you're looking for!" Sure enough, I stopped by the post office on my way to work the next day, gave them the card, and they were able to present me with the prodigal package. Major kudos to Kyla @ Argyle for providing me with tracking info, and to my local postal workers who somehow managed to find the missing package.
Before giving the new material a try, though, I had 2 more platform materials to test out with the NIP ABS. Home Depot has both acrylic and styrene sheet available, so I bought a piece of each. I've seen acrylic mentioned in RepRap heated build platform discussions (and some UP! users are now simply spraying clear acrylic on their platforms rather than using the green brush-on paint), so it was worth a shot. Since high impact polystyrene is what the Stratasys breakaway support material consists of, there was a possibility that plain polystyrene would adhere nicely to the hot ABS.
First up was the acrylic:
Adhesion is really good between the ABS and acrylic, but precise Z axis deposition is required. Were I running a single small piece at a time, this would probably be just fine, but trying to maintain the build base level to within a few thousandths of an inch across a 10″x10″ area requires a bit more attention, and I'm not about to go planing down the Garolite sheet when thermal stress might ruin all such work anyhow.
Well, let's see how the polystyrene sheet fares:
You can just barely see the faintest hint of the first layer of the part on the styrene surface to the left of the part itself. It apparently adhered well enough to complete perhaps half the part, and then broke loose. This was the 'anti-glare' side of the styrene sheet, which I figured I'd try first, as the protective plastic film stuck to this side much more than on the glossy side (potentially an indicator of molecular attraction, I thought). Admittedly, I have not yet tried depositing the NIP ABS onto the glossy side, but I'm not expecting much after this.
So much for Chi Mei PA-747 – I was ready to load on some of the Bolson material and see how it extrudes onto the styrene. After loading it into the machine, I extruded a few feet out of the nozzle and checked the die swell. It measured to be around 0.0155″ – not quite the 0.017″ of the Stratasys P400 material, but certainly closer to it than the 0.013″ of the PA-747 ABS from NIP. I was also getting a persistent 'FILAMENT OUT' error on the keypad, which meant that the photoeye wasn't seeing the filament anymore, and the machine assumed that it had run out. Opening up the dry box, I had a look at the photoeye arrangement for the first time, as I hadn't needed to mess with them previously:
Happily, they turned out to be Omron SPY series photoeyes, which I had experience with years ago when I retrofitted various paintball guns with them. Just as in the past when they had difficulty sensing dark shelled paintballs (the photoeye emits IR light and looks for this light reflected from the target object), the black ABS reflects little in that wavelength. Loosening the mounting screws and bringing the photoeye just a little closer to the filament fixed everything (you can see a little bit of red glow from the indicating LED on the nearest photoeye, showing that the photoeye is detecting something).
I made sure to run the nozzle tip right down to the surface of the styrene and ran a 0.007″ slice height part halfway through so I could have a good look at the infill:
Nifty – so how would the Bolson material run on blue painters tape? Even more, is the die swell sufficient to keep the infill from drooping when using a 0.0201″ road width?
Just as with the NIP ABS, the Bolson ABS had good adhesion to the tape, but was readily removed. I'm very happy with the results – for my needs, the Bolson material is as good as the OEM P400 ABS. However, should anyone be considering using the Bolson material in a commercial capacity, consider the decision carefully. I spoke to a Stratasys Dimension user who is part of the RepRap project, and they were less-than-thrilled with the Bolson materials (given that Bolson regards their material to be equal in every way to the OEM material). He noted that IR spectroscopy found that the Bolson material was not identical to Stratasys P400 or P430, had poorer layer-to-layer bonding, did not adhere to the support material as well on larger parts, and simply did not provide full part strength. Given that the Bolson material is still darned expensive (depending where you get it from, it's probably 80% of the price of the OEM ABS), it certainly is not worth using in a professional capacity (especially since use of third party materials is an instant warranty voider). But if you're a crazy hobbyist with an old FDM, have no fear – this stuff is far beyond the plastic welding rod ABS that most RepRappers are using. If you can nab a spool on the cheap, you should have no regrets.
As good a deal as it was, $100 for 2 lbs. of Bolson material is a little more than the price for UP! filament, and five times the price of PA-747 from NIP. There must be a better source. I finally bit the bullet and gave Ashland Distribution a call, as they are a major distributor of not only SABIC ABS, but many other companies and polymer types. After bouncing through various customer service reps, I finally was contacted by a local salesperson who was extremely helpful. Of the 5 grades of SABIC ABS that I was interested in (MG94, MG34LGHF, MG34LG, MG8000SR, and MG47), it turns out that MG94 and MG47 are common 'workhorse' grades of ABS for injection molding, and getting them should be no problem. I'll have to pester him about the other 3, but since MG94 was my primary interest, I'm good for now.
Even better, he was able to get me sample quantity pricing for MG94 and MG47 – a 55lb. sack at the 550lb. price! And to top it all off, he gave me contact information for two different local plastics extruders who would probably be able to run the raw resin into 0.070″ filament for me. I visited both of them on Friday, and after having a look at the material specifications, both said they could handle it. They differ a little in terms of setup and die charges (which will run me a good bit more than the sample resin itself), but at least it's possible. There's one or two other extruders that I need to check with for pricing, I need to see what Ashland has in the way of injection molding grade HIPS, and I need to find a source for wire welding spools (the 2″ hole diameter is just what's needed for the Stratasys).


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