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European Championships Podium
The recent European Championships held at the Sand-Am-Main track in Germany, saw Darren Bloomfield make it on to the podium in his 1st year with the team, Agama/Beta/Bullitt & Piranha's 1st at a Euros A event.
The small and technical track is always a challenge, but produces incredibly close racing and times, meaning mistakes are punished very heavily. In qualifying apart from the top 6 or so drivers, the rest were so closely matched, that a mistake of 3 or 4 seconds could easily cost you 20 places in the overall round placings.
The track conditions as usual were different from the warm up race, the track taking on a glassy texture on its direct sections that didn't have the traction that was available at the warm up. This caused the drivers plenty of headaches trying to find the right tyres for a given round, with the sun coming in and out changing the track temperature.
Practice showed that the usual suspects were all in contention to be in and around the top of the leader board and Darren was feeling pretty comfortable with his pace compared to the competition.
Fellow Agama drivers Jerome Sartel and Dani Vega were converting to a similar set up to that of Darren, and were finding their feet as they went along, slowly improving.
Qualifying was a bit up and down and it is an indication of how far the Agama programme has come that Darren was actually a little bit disappointed to be only 5th. In clear air and without errors, Darren was quick enough to be 2nd easily, but a few runs where he made an error early in the run and an unfortunate incident in round 4 where his transponder failed to work correctly.
Jerome and Dani were quick at times, especially Dani but they didn't quite string the good runs together to force themselves into the semi finals, Dani just missing out in the 1/4 finals. Bullitt driver Carsten Keller produced an excellent series of qualifying runs to place himself in 8th overall, a fantastic result for the German driver. BETA driver Ari Heinonen from Finland was another driver who was a little unlucky, he had the pace to run right up in the top 10 and even took an excellent 5th in one round of qualifying, but some bad luck with traffic and some small errors prevented him from making taking a direct spot jn the semi finals that his pace deserved.
The finals were got underway and NEMO Racing's Jon Hazlewood was out on Saturday evening after a terrible series of qualifiers and with him paying far more attention to the other drivers cars than his own, he set out just to "try and enjoy driving my car round the track" while the pressure of not having the top guys racing for a while was off. He easily pulled through the 1st and 2nd finals he was involved in and would be out on sunday morning to continue his drive through the finals. Sadly his charge came to a halt when leading his 3rd final with a dead battery, a real shame as his pace and consistency was easily enough to see him progress to the 1/4 finals had all gone well. Oliver Currie taking part in his 1st Euro A Championships bumped up 1 final and was unlucky not to progress again, but he will have learned a lot from the experience.
Unfortunately Jerome Sartel was not able to get himself into a bump up position in his final, and Dani Vega although fast enough and in contention throughout was unable to take a top 4 place at the flag to progress to the semi finals. Heinonen was used a punching bag at the start of his 1/4 final and this put paid to his chances of progressing to the semi finals also. This left Darren to uphold the Agama honour and he was comfortable in his semi final, taking 2nd place early on and keeping it safe and secure all the way to the flag. The pace of this side of the semis was enough to ensure that Darren would line up 2nd on the grid for the main final. Bullitt driver Carsten Keller drove an excellent semi final, running in the top 3 for much of it before a few nerves saw him drop to 5th at the flag, but he safely made his 1st ever European Main Final.
The main final got underway and the early stages saw the lead change between pole man David Ronnefalk, Darren and Renaud Savoya, with Martin Wollanka always in close proximity and keeping himself in the game. About a quarter of the way through the final Darren made a few errors whilst leading and this saw Ronnefalk hit the front and gain a lead he would never lose. Darren battled throughout the remainder of the race with Savoya and Wollanka, the 3 drivers swapping places regularly and with the ebb and flow of fuel stops. A poor ten minute segment left Darren back in 4th and coming under attack from a recovering Robert Batlle. In situations like this Darren usually gets the best out of himself, and this was no different and he knuckled down over the last 5 minutes of the race to secure a hard earned place on the podium. After an excellent performance, Carsten Keller would come home in a fantastic 5th place overall, a sensational result for the young man from Germany.
We must thank all the NEMO and Agama drivers for the efforts during the week, and also JORacing for their fantastic support of the BETA and Bullitt brands during the event….
In a congested period in the calendar, we now dive straight into another BRCA National, followed by the BETA GP over the next couple of weeks.
Dave Duggan
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Nikon 50mm Prime lens (1.4g or 1.8g) to big (tight FOV) for nikon d5200?
Discussion in 'Digital Photography' started by Chuck-Norris, Feb 28, 2013.
thinking of getting the nikkor 50mm prime lens 1.8 or 1.4g.
im concerned because its a crop sensor on my d5200, the FOV will be really big or tight.
i plan on shooting this indoors and outdoors for portrait and group shots .
anyone have experience wit the 50mm?
Do you have a kit zoom lens now? Zoom to 50mm and see what it looks like.
50mm may be tight (narrow field of view) on a crop sensor for indoor group shots unless you are shooting across a large room. It may be fine for outdoor group shots where you have more room to back up.
I'm not a Nikon user, but if you're looking for a "normal" view lens for walk around use, I'd recommend something in the 24-35mm area for an APS-C sized sensor. Most kit zooms have a few different focal lengths on the barrel. Try setting your camera to those focal lengths and see which you prefer. You can also look at the EXIF data from your favorite photos and figure out which focal length you use the most. Hope this helps!
I should add that a lot depends on what type of portrait you are looking to make (i.e., a tightly-cropped head-and-shoulders shot vs. a 3/4 or full-length shot), how big the group is, how tightly they are packed, how big the room is, whether you expect to be up-close and personal or shooting candids from across the room, etc.
I don't mean to suggest that a 50mm would be inappropiate with a crop sensor. I have made some great shots (in my opinion) indoors with a 50mm on a D7000, but there are many situations that call for a wider lens. Conversely, you might find that 50mm does not give you the reach that you want for a tight shot outdoors.
So I think the best approach is to try some test shots at (or near) 50mm (either by zooming your kit lens or by borrowing a 50mm if you can) in order to see what best fits your needs.
Also, I think your D5200 vs. T4i thread mentioned that you already have a 35mm prime. Do you find the 35mm's field of view to be too wide for what you need? If so, then the 50mm might fit the bill. If the 35mm is already just right, then the 50mm may be too tight.
well the reason im loking at the 50 1.4g was to see if i get better depth of field (bokeh) and sharper subjects then the 35mm. i wont lie i am worried the 50mm might be tight on a crop sensor but i wont know for sure until real world use.
Sounds like you struck a good deal selling the 35mm!
I don't claim to be an expert, but be careful not to confuse/conflate depth-of-field, bokeh, and sharpness. You can have a sharp image with or without a shallow depth-of-field, and bokeh generally refers to the quality of the out-of-focus portions of the image (usually the blurred background).
In terms of isolating your subject from the background, there are a number of variables that come into play, including some which are governed or limited by the lens (i.e., focal length, wider aperture, etc.) and some which are not (i.e., the relative distances between the camera, the subject, and the background). As an extreme example, if you photograph a person who is leaning against a wall from across the room, you probably will not be able to blow the background out of focus regardless of what lens you are using.
If your space is limited -- shooting indoors, for example -- and your goal is to isolate your subject, you might prefer to use a wider lens (say, the 35mm) with your subject closer to you in order to allow for room between your subject and the background. If you use a narrower lens (say, the 50mm), you might not have enough room to back up (to account for the narrower field of view), so your subject will need to back up, thus reducing the distance behind them to the background. All else being equal (i.e., shooting at the same aperture), you might find that you are able to "better" isolate your subject under those circumstances with the 35mm.
And as I mentioned before, a lot depends on the type of shot you are looking to make. For what it's worth, I use both the 35mm 1.8G and 50mm 1.8D with my D7000. I tend to use the 35mm more, especially indoors, but that's me. You may find that the 50mm suits your needs better.
The bottom line is that there is no "right" lens for everyone and for every situation.
thanks for the info ! helps alot in understanding this.
also, i know there is a 1.4g of the 50mm nikon as well, is it worth the extra money for that one?
my main goal of getting a 50mm was to get a better quality shot with it then the 35mm but it sounds like thats not necessarily true?
It all depends on what you're really looking to take photos of and/or are you just looking for amazing bokeh (Depth Of Field). This is just a quick note on APS-C sensors and lenses: 50mm on a crop sensor like the D5200 is equivalent to an 75mm on a 35mm Full Frame like the D600/700/800/D3s/D4. It's a 1.5x Crop factor which can come in handy at times as well can be an annoyance at times.
I use both the D3200 (Same sensor as the D5200) and my main unit is the older D700. I use both the 35mm F/1.8 on my D3200 and 50mm F/1.8 on my D700 which makes both lenses equivalent. My main work horse lens is the 24-70 though. I find 50mm on a crop sensor such as the D3000 - D7000 is good for single portraits but not wide enough for anything else like walking around town etc... If Bokeh (Depth of Field) is what you're looking for, any 1.8g Nikon lens is excellent. The cheapest but highly under rated lens is the 35mm F/1.8 DX lens. It's far from being a cheap quality lens but is cheapest in price. If you really want to spend the money on a standard Nikon prime lens, then do a 35mm F/1.4g. This lens will give you creamy bokeh and is the closest standard size to what your eye sees.
So If you were to buy a high quality FX lens such as the 24-70mm F/1.8g and put it on your Nikon D5200, your focal range would be about 35-105mm. 24-70 multiplied by 1.5x. So keep that in mind when making your choices on lenses.
EDIT: I didn't update the page in the last hour so I'm just seeing the posts above. I have to agree with MCH-1138 about the 35 being more used on a crop sensor and that there really is not a "right" lens for everyone and for everything.
In most situations, your aperture is going to change as you manually change your exposure or if you use aperture priority. The lower the aperture number such as F/1.4 or F/1.8 the more the background is blured out of focus. So at F1.4 on a 50mm DX camera, you are only going to have a very small portion of the persons face that is sharp and the rest of the frame is going to start getting blurrier and blurrier as you extend to the corners of your shot. Be careful because it will start to get frustrating when you start wondering why your shots are a bit out of focus on the subject. Aperture F/2.8 is normally where I shoot and go up to about F/8.0. If you're doing an event and taking pictures of groups of people such as 3 friends standing side by side (Typical group shot), F/1.4 will leave the two guys on the side blury and the one in the middle in focus. It wont look right when you upload them to your computer. If i'm doing certain types of product photography or small items such as wedding rings, F/1.4 is perfect. A lot of high end pro's like having the extra stop of light at 1.4 but for the cost difference in the lenses to go from F/1.8 up to F/1.4 is not worth is to most people I know or shoot with.
In summing up, Any F/2.8 or F/1.8 lens is going to give you extremely quality shots. After that, It just comes down to your hand holding abilities and your ability to compose a good shot.
so basically its not all about the lower the aperature the better apparently, whch ive been told wrong about.
so even a 2.8g lens will get as good results basically?
I also came across a 18-200mm nikon VR 3.5g to 5.6g lens. seems great all around lens but im not sure if i would get as sharp or high depth of field with that lens. its a DX lens to which would suite the camera.
haha yeah read it over a few times for sure. The 18-200mm lens is an okay lens but you will be so much more happier with a fixed aperture lens such as the F/2.8, F/1.8, lenses. You'll find with Variable aperture lenses such as the F/3.5 - F/5.6, you'll find when you're at it's longest length, you're aperture will start at F/5.6 and so you're going to have to bump up your ISO or Lower your shutter speed quite a bit because your exposure will be super dark. Indoor, you'll find that your shutter speed will be less than 1/80sec with an ISO of 400-1600 to get a decent shot but you need a steady hand anywhere below 1/60sec. but with a fixed F/2.8 lens, you can have a shutter speed of 1/250th at ISO 400 and have a stable hand held shot with no problems. It makes a big difference. Hope i'm helping and not making it worse for you haha.
I think that is a fair statement. "Better quality shot" can be subjective, and depends on what you are looking for, but I think the answer is "it depends."
Maybe. I have not used the 1.8G or 1.4G, but there are plenty of reviews out there. The 1.4 gives you an extra 2/3-stop in terms of aperture, which may be "worth" it if you need the extra low-light capability. I suspect there are differences in the quality of the bokeh. But does that make the 1.4 worth the extra money? To me, no. I'm fine with a 1.8, but your needs may be different.
Just because a lens has a wider maximum aperture does not necessarily make it "better" for your needs. If you shoot landscapes, for example, a low f-stop may not be important to you. Even if you shoot portraits, you may not want to shoot at the maximum aperture (all else being equal) -- many, if not most, lenses are sharper when stopped down rather than wide open.
Whether a 2.8 lens will be "as good" is somewhat subjective. If you have sufficient light, maybe. If you are shooting natural light in a dark room, however, you might not be able to get the shot you want (all else being equal).
I don't have the 18-200, but there are many reviews and I know people who think it is a great all-around lens. Will it be as sharp as a prime lens? Maybe not, but it may be more practical than carrying around multiple primes. Will it have the narrow depth of field or give you the lower ISO/shutter-speed combination of an f/1.4/1.8/2.8 (or even f/4) lens? Probably not. Does that make it better or worse? It depends on your needs. If you are taking your kid (or niece or nephew) to the zoo for the day, it may be your best choice. If you are shooting portraits indoors, maybe not.
Don't get distracted by the DX designation. In general, that just means that it designed to work on a DX camera rather than a full-frame camera. The focal length is the focal length.
Here's a good explanation of variable aperture lens such as the F/3.5-5.6, verses a fixed aperture like the F/2.8. Jared does a great job in all his tech videos on explaining things and making it fun and not too "techie"
IMHO on a crop sensor, 35mm is much more versatile than the 50. Indoors, in normal sized rooms in a house you'll be stuck doing mainly headshots. You'll also need to stand very far back for group shots.
You need Flash in your browser. If you have it, the above link demonstrates the capability of various lens/body combinations nicely.
I have both a 35mm f/1.8G DX and 50mm f/1.8D, and use them on a D300. I find even the 35mm a little tight when shooting indoors and trying to get more than a few people in the scene. The 50mm is almost impossible to get many people in a scene indoors. It's a good single person portrait lens, somewhat similar to an 85mm on a full frame camera. Both the 35mm and 50mm are good lenses that excel in low light and/or throwing the background out of focus. Both would do fine outdoors as you can "zoom with your feet" a bit more than when indoors.
The 18-200 is a different animal all together. I have a Sigma 18-200 that I use typically on family vacations (Disney World, the beach, cities, etc.). It's a compromise in that it's relatively slow, it has both barrel and pincushion distortion and it's soft around the edges. However, it excels in its versatility.
The real answer is, what are you trying to accomplish with your photography? When I am shooting "purposefully", I use primes or short range zooms (i.e. 24-60, 10-20), or my 70-300 when shooting wildlife, as I want a high quality, sharp, low distorted image with controlled OOF areas - OR - I'm shooting in low light and NEED the f/1.8. When I am out and about and have no idea what I'll encounter, I'll use the 18-200.
oh true, i have the 35mm , i wanted to try the 50mm out in hopes of getting sharper and mroe blurry images as its a bigger lens. i have had some exprience with the 35mm indoors, as u said the biggest concern is if the 50mm will be to tight in situations but i suppose i wont find that out until real world testing. do you find if its worth the extra money for the 1.4g 50mm over the 1.8?
There is a lot of good information here for you. I believe all the current Nikon 1.8g lenses are pretty well regarded. For portrait and group shots, even indoors, I don't think you will get a lot of use out of a 1.4 aperture, the DoF is just too narrow. In a portrait you would end up with sharp eyes but a blurry nose, the DoF is that shallow. I think the D5200 has good enough high ISO performance to allow you to pump the ISO a bit if needed in low light.
One thing that I don't think has been mentioned yet is that focal length and sensor size also effect DoF. It all gets quite complicated and I suggest googleing about this, there are many good explanations on-line.
Don't get too hooked up with sharpness, MTF charts and spec sheets. You really need to think about what kind of photos you want to take and what kind of look you are after. For individual portraits corner to corner sharpness is often not needed as these parts of the frame usually do not contain the subject, conversely, for landscape work, corner to corner sharpness is often crucial. One thing I often think about is that even the cheapest, worst equipment available today is better than the equipment many of the greats ever had, and look at the shots they produced! Composition, framing, exposure, knowing how to post process (with a light touch!) should be much higher priorities than the choice of equipment.
do you find if its worth the extra money for the 1.4g 50mm over the 1.8?
I suspect you will get different answers to this question from different people.
For me, the 50mm 1.8D is adequate. The 50mm 1.8G or 1.4G or 1.4D may (or may not) be a "better" lens in terms of overall sharpness, sharpness in the corners, quality of bokeh at a particular aperture, AF speed, etc., but I find the 50mm 1.8D to be "good enough." I'd prefer to put the difference toward, say another lens, rather than an incremental improvement in some (but probably not all) of these categories.
If you need the extra 2/3-stop to get the shot you want, then the answer may be different.
If this is going to be the only lens you ever buy and use, then maybe you splurge and get the 1.4G. But if getting the 1.8G also allows you to get a different lens (or keep your 35mm), is that "better" for your needs?
This portrait was taken (quickly) using a Nikon D700, 24mm f1.4g at f1.4, and I'm pretty close to the subject. You can clearly see the eyes are sharp with a nice twinkle, but the nose, lips and ears are blurry. Be aware that this focal length distorts features, which is why longer focal lengths are considered better for portraits,. but I think it nicely demonstrates how shallow the DoF is at 1.4.
50mm 1.8 on a DX camera at f/10. Note that this is a really old example, the Series E pancake. Even the midget nifty-fifty is plenty sharp, has good bokeh and a good focal length for portrait work (on a DX camera, at least; I think the crop factor puts it at about 75mm or so). Unless you're working in very dark/fast settings, save your money and get the 1.8.
Good question, and a personal one. I have seen many online fora conversations get quite heated on comparing the merits of say, the 85 f/1.8 vs. the 85 f/1.4 "Cream Machine". I have no personal experience with an f/1.4. I know that FOR ME, my money was better spent on getting both a 50mm f/1.8 and 35mm f/1.8 versus just the 50 f/1.4.
You could get a 50mm f/1.8D (old one with aperture ring) from KEH, a good reputable used equipment dealer, and save a little money that way. If you find you like the focal length, you could sell it back to them, take a bit of a hit, and then go for the f/1.4. However, the 50mm f/1.8D can be found for right around $100 new. The 50mm f/1.4D can be found for $100 more. It's not like buying a 70-200 f/2.8!
You could get a 50mm f/1.8D (old one with aperture ring) from KEH . . . for right around $100 new. The 50mm f/1.4D can be found for $100 more.
But keep in mind that you will have to manual focus with these lenses because the D5200 does not have an autofocus motor. You'll need the 1.8G or 1.4G if you want to autofocus.
Good question, and a personal one. . . . I know that FOR ME, my money was better spent on getting both a 50mm f/1.8 and 35mm f/1.8 versus just the 50 f/1.4.
+1 (again, a personal question, but this is where I came out, as well).
Lots of very good questions and comments here.
Hopefully, I can live up to the standard.
I own the 35mm 1.8G DX and it is a very good lens. That's my personal opinion and I have yet to find a review that disagrees. There are sharper 35mm lenses, but they are 4 or 5 times the cost.
I was recently looking to purchase a 50mm prime. I went with the 1.8D (which can autofocus with my body, but not with the 5200). Several people have compared the 50mm 1.8G to the 50mm 1.4G. Their conclusion was that the 1.4G had some advantages, but the 1.8G could actually provide sharper images than the 1.4 at some apertures.
The man that runs the site is very meticulous and much pickier than I am (I mean that as a compliment). So my attitude is "if it is good enough to make him happy, then I won't be disappointed."
Personally, between the 35mm 1.8G, the 50mm 1.8G and the 50mm 1.4g, I don't think you'll see a much of a difference in image quality. So many other things (lighting, iso, shutter speed, camera vibration, filters, white balance, etc) will have a larger impact on sharpness and bokeh.
Ahhh, thank you so much for pointing that out! I haven't kept up with all the Nikons over the years... I'm focused more on the illusive D400 that may never appear. So, never mind all my prior comments regarding getting the "D" versions.


I find it important to share my experiences with others especially when it pertains to topics that are taboo. I remember a peer posting to Facebook about an actress who had publicly announced that she had eaten her placenta in a smoothie after the birth of her baby. Since as a culture we do not practice or hear about these practices enough, when they're brought up they can be alarming. But the more we hear about things the more familiar they become to us and that's when things start to change. I hope to help bring about positive changes for mothers and babies. That's one of the reasons why I am studying homeopathy. I hope to share the knowledge and benefits I have gained with other mothers and children as soon as I'm done with my courses. And I hope that more mothers are able to receive the benefits of the wonderful birth practices that my baby and I did.
When my daughter was born, we waited until all the blood had drained from the cord into her body giving her as much nourishment and fresh blood from the placenta as possible. This is called delayed cord clamping. After the placenta was birthed it was kept in a metal bowl and put on ice in a cooler where it was transported to the home of my student midwife. She prepared my placenta using an ancient Chinese recipe of healing herbs meant precisely for this purpose. I received immense emotional, spiritual and physical support through the resulting capsules.
This is because after the baby and placenta are born the mother's body undergoes a tremendous fluctuation in hormones. Women go through hormonal fluctuations regularly throughout their lives through menstruation, pregnancy and menopause and once the pregnancy cycle has completed there is a drastic drop in hormones that can lead to all sorts of side effects, most notable and least talked about: post-partum depression. As a person who has felt the pangs of depression before I was more than willing to try an ancient practice that could help me avoid these feelings after my baby was born. Even if my friends or family might think it was weird. That's been one of the best parts about becoming a mother: I've learned to put myself and my baby's needs first without second thought.
In those first few days after the birth, when I felt the most serious dip in hormones, I took three capsules a day with meals. It was such a big transition and I was able to enjoy every sweet, lovely and peaceful moment as our new family rejoiced together. I felt so at ease.
In the weeks that followed I decreased my intake to one capsule per day and kept the remaining precious capsules for a "rainy day." I've taken them from time to time when I've felt low or depleted or like I've just needed a boost. I wish I had one to take every single day. They're truly that amazing!
The wonderful woman who made these capsules for me was also trained in making tinctures so she made me two bottles of an alcohol-based tincture where my placenta had been kept in the alcohol for thirty days. I can keep these for as long as possible–hopefully into my menopausal years when they will help to regulate my hormones, even then! The tincture will also be able to offer hormonal support to my daughter when she begins menstruation, if she so chooses when the time comes.
To me it is like liquid gold. It's the preservation of the miracle that sustained and grew my daughter inside me. It's all the good things that go into the miracle of life. It is the essence of creation in a capsule and in a bottle.


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Porcelain floor tiles tend to set you back greater than ceramic floor tiles, although have basically the same qualities and high qualities. One benefit of porcelain is that scratches and chips on the floor tiles aren't as recognizable.
Rock kitchen floor tiles made from granite are suitable as they do not discolor, in the same way that marble does. Granite is likewise considered an elegant addition to a lot of houses and is prominent due to the different colour patterns.
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Helsinki Committee
Case remanded for retrial for the sixth time
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has been taking an ongoing interest in the trial against Waldemar T. for more than ten years.
The incident took place on 24 October 1995. On this day Paweł P. and his colleagues working at the same car repair garage were celebrating the name day of Rafał S. When they run out of alcohol, Paweł P. and Rafał S. went to a shop at ul. Palisadowa. At the shop a verbal altercation took place between Paweł P. and one of the men standing in front of the establishment. The latter took out a gun and twice shot Paweł P. in the back. Instead of going to hospital, drunk Paweł P. returned to the garage and told the colleagues what had happened. It was some hours later that he was admitted to hospital where he died from internal bleeding.
Investigators needed several months to identify the suspects. They took their interest in Waldemar T. following a testimony given by an anonymous witness. That testimony resulted in a four-and-half-year pre-trial detention imposed against Waldemar T.
The first trial against Waldemar T. was brought to an end in 1998. The Provincial Court in Warsaw found him guilty of murdering Paweł P. and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. The second instance court decided, however, that the Provincial Court misapplied the evidence taken from the anonymous witness, at that time a new evidentiary source only introduced to the Code of the Criminal Procedure. On appeal, the case was remanded for retrial.
During the second trial the Circuit Court admitted the alibi of Waldemar T. and acquitted him. The same judgement was delivered by the Circuit Court in three other trials which followed the Court of Appeal's revocations of its earlier decisions.
In the recent judgement, issued in November, the Court of Appeal in Warsaw once again ordered re-trial. In the verbal justification given for the decision, the Court stressed that despite the fact that so much time passed since the incident, the inadvertences of the first instance court were still blatant.
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Oct 11 Portugal on verge of the semi-finals after inspiring victory over Poland
National Team, Seleção
Portugal played their part in what was an entertaining clash with Poland in the UEFA Nations League, earning a 3-2 victory without captain Cristiano Ronaldo.
The victory sees Portugal extend their lead at the top of the table after beating Italy last month, sitting on six points from two games, 5 points ahead of both Italy and Poland.
It also means that Portugal cannot be relegated from Division A, an outstanding achievement for the Seleção having only reached the halfway point of the campaign. Portugal also know that they will be guaranteed a spot on top of the table without having to kick another ball if Italy and Poland draw next week, which would see them advance to the last four of the inaugural competition.
Portugal were, for the most part, a joy to watch from a Seleção perspective, really showing outstanding flexibility, able to carry out three different gameplans within just one fixture: attacking with fluidity when chasing the game, controlling the game when trying to break the opposition momentum, and defending resiliently when trying to grind out the result. It was an excellent team display from the 20th minute onwards, which can give supporters great confidence that there is a bright future awaiting even when Ronaldo does hang up his boots.
Poland were the side to pull in front though, with Piatek heading home from a corner. But Portugal responded fairly quickly, a glorious forward move rounded off by Andre Silva, who tapped home Pizzi's low cross.
Portugal earned the lead heading into the break when Ruben Neves played a sublime pass over the top of both the Polish defence and midfield to meet the run of Rafa, who rounded the keeper before Glik put the ball into the back of his own net to complete Portugal's first half comeback.
And Portugal showed their impressive attacking ability for their third goal too, turning defence into attack with an excellent counter-attacking move, moving the ball upfield with high intensity and quick passing, before man of the match nominee Willam Carvalho played in Bernardo Silva, who took his time to slot home past Fabianski on the edge of the box.
Portugal controlled the game impressively from then on, dictating the play and forcing Poland to use up their energy to try and win back the ball. But having looked comfortable, some poor defending from Mario Rui and Pepe gave Blaszczykowski the opportunity to smash the ball past Patricio with twelve minutes to go.
It set up a potentially tense end to the game for Portugal, but with Fernando Santos bringing on Danilo Pereira and Renato Sanches to play alongside William Carvalho and Ruben Neves, there was a huge level of physicality and defensive ability in the centre of midfield which proved too tough for Poland.
And it was Portugal that had the two best chances of the game in the final 10 minutes, Renato first coming close having rounded the keeper only to have his shot cleared off the line, while substitute Bruno Fernandes then powered his shot over the bar with the goal unguarded. Ultimately, however, Fernando Santos will be delighted with what he saw from his side, with the side carrying great confidence into their next match - a friendly clash with Scotland next week.
Oct 13 The story of how the fifth biggest stadium in Portugal became the home of a fourth division team's under-19 side
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Friday Fun Facts - 2/21/2014
Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books.
1) This photo shows what homemade hardtack, or ship's biscuit, looks like. (Photo by Jeff Warren, on Flickr.) These hard, unleavened biscuits -- made from flour, water, and salt -- were a staple food aboard sailing ships for centuries, because they could be stored for long periods of time.
Here's a video from Jas. Townsend & Sons -- a company that sells all kinds of 18th-century items -- showing how to make ship's biscuit. (The demonstration starts at about 1:23 into this video.)
"No, they certainly can't eat salt beef," I said firmly. "Nor yet hardtack, though if we soak the biscuit in boiled milk, perhaps we can manage that as they begin to recover. If you knock the weevils out first," I added, as an afterthought.
(From VOYAGER by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 46, "We Meet a Porpoise". Copyright© 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.)
For more information, look here and here. If you want to try this at home, there's a recipe here.
2) What exactly is a "phantom limb"? According to Wikipedia,
A phantom limb is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb (even an organ, like the appendix) is still attached to the body and is moving appropriately with other body parts. Approximately 60 to 80% of individuals with an amputation experience phantom sensations in their amputated limb, and the majority of the sensations are painful.
You may recall that Jamie and Ian talked about it in ECHO, shortly before Ian's death.
"Well, the thing is," Ian said, wiggling his sound foot to and fro, "I can still feel my missing foot. Always have been able to, ever since it went. Not all the time, mind," he added, looking up. "But I do feel it. A verra strange thing. Do ye feel your finger?" he asked curiously, raising his chin at Jamie's right hand.
"Well...aye, I do. Not all the time, but now and then--and the nasty thing is that even though it's gone, it still hurts like damnation, which doesna seem really fair."
He could have bitten his tongue at that, for here Ian was dying, and him complaining that the loss of his finger wasn't fair. Ian wheezed with amusement, though, and leaned back, shaking his head.
"If life was fair, then what?"
(From AN ECHO IN THE BONE by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 81, "Purgatory II". Copyright© 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.)
Here's an article from WebMD with more information on phantom limb pain. Modern treatments include the use of mirrors, and even virtual reality.
When Diana Gabaldon announced the title of AN ECHO IN THE BONE back in 2007, it occurred to me almost at once that this title could refer to the phantom limb effect. It's a very powerful metaphor for grief, loss, and separation. Here's a post on Compuserve from 2009 where I explored that idea in some detail.
3) This is an anteater (suborder Vermilingua). From Wikipedia:
All anteaters have elongated snouts equipped with a thin tongue that can be extended to a length greater than the length of the head; their tube-shaped mouths have lips but no teeth. They use their large, curved foreclaws to tear open ant and termite mounds and for defense, while their dense and long fur protects them from attacks from the insects. All species except the giant anteater have a prehensile tail.
Claire told Jamie about anteaters in VOYAGER:
[Jamie] wrinkled his long nose fastidiously and I laughed.
"You look like an anteater when you do that," I told him.
The attempt to distract him was successful; the wide mouth curved upward slightly.
"Oh, aye? There's a beastie eats ants, is there?" He did his best to respond to the teasing, turning his back on the Barbados docks. He leaned against the rail and smiled down at me. "I shouldna think they'd be verra filling."
"I suppose it must eat a lot of them. They can't be any worse than haggis, after all."
(From VOYAGER by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 53, "Bat Guano". Copyright© 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.)
Here's another look at an anteater. (Photo credit: Olaya Garcia, on Flickr.) According to this site, anteaters can eat up to 30,000 insects a day (!) For more information about anteaters, look here and here.
4) Here's a video of the Corries, singing "My Nut-Brown Maiden". This traditional Scottish folk song is called "Ho rò mo nighean donn bhòidheach" in Gaelic.
"Ho ro," someone behind him said in open approval, "mo nighean donn boidheach!" For one head-spinning instant, [Ian] thought it was his uncle speaking and blinked stupidly, wondering why Uncle Jamie should be making flirtatious remarks to his aunt while she was working--but Auntie Claire wasn't here at all, his slow wits reminded him, so what...
One hand over his eye to keep it from falling out of his head, he turned carefully and saw a man in the opening of the tent.
(From AN ECHO IN THE BONE by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 63, "Separated Forever From My Friends and Kin". Copyright© 2009 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.)
You can see the Rankin Family singing the Gaelic version here. The Gaelic lyrics are here, along with the English translation.
5) This is mountain laurel (scientific name, Kalmia latifolia). (Photo credit: Greer82496, on Flickr.) Bree and Jamie saw flowers like these on one of their first excursions together on Fraser's Ridge:
They hunted up and down the mountainside, laughing as they dodged the bomber assaults of enraged bumblebees, hunting telltale patches of yellow and white. The bees liked the mountain laurel, but too many of those patches were too high to see over, too dense to pass through.
(From DRUMS OF AUTUMN by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 42, "Moonlight". Copyright© 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.)
The plant is naturally found on rocky slopes and mountainous forest areas....The plant often grows in large thickets, covering great areas of forest floor. In North America it can become tree sized on undeveloped mountains of the Carolinas but is a shrub farther north.
Here's another view. (Photo credit: esywlkr, on Flickr.) The mountain laurel is the state flower of Pennsylvania and Connecticut. They're beautiful to look at, but you may be surprised to learn that all parts of the plant are poisonous. For more information about mountain laurel, look here.
I hope you enjoyed these Friday Fun Facts! Look here to see all of my Friday Fun Facts blog posts. And please come back next week for more!
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Susan Van Hoven said...
This is great stuff, I love the background and had a feeling that hardtack was unappetizing stuff. Well, how appetizing can a food called hardtack be?
Catherine MacGregor said...
Moran taing, Karen! By the way, the link you provided to the lyrics for Ho Ro Mo Nighean Donn Bhoideach (celticlyrics.com)is a wonderful site for a lot of reasons. But one is that they always identify cds (usually still available)on which we can hear these glorious songs, and in this case, the cd Seinn O Horo Seinn is a teaching cd. For every song (all traditional), Arthur Cormack and Fiona MacKenzie sing the lyrics slowly and clearly but also speak them so that those of us who are second-language learners can learn to warble a passable version.
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import com.epam.ta.reportportal.entity.widget.WidgetOptions;
import com.epam.ta.reportportal.entity.widget.WidgetState;
import com.epam.ta.reportportal.exception.ReportPortalException;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

import static com.epam.ta.reportportal.core.widget.content.updater.MaterializedWidgetStateUpdater.STATE;

/**
 * @author Ivan Budayeu
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class WidgetStateResolverTest {

	private final WidgetStateResolver widgetStateResolver = new WidgetStateResolver();

	private static Stream<Arguments> provideWidgetOptions() {
		return Arrays.stream(WidgetState.values()).map(state -> Arguments.of(state, getWidgetOptions(STATE, state.getValue())));
	}

	private static WidgetOptions getWidgetOptions(String key, String value) {
		return new WidgetOptions(Map.of(key, value));
	}

	@ParameterizedTest
	@MethodSource("provideWidgetOptions")
	void generate(WidgetState expectedState, WidgetOptions widgetOptions) {
		Assertions.assertEquals(expectedState, widgetStateResolver.resolve(widgetOptions));
	}

	@Test
	void shouldThrowWhenNoState() {
		final ReportPortalException reportPortalException = Assertions.assertThrows(ReportPortalException.class,
				() -> widgetStateResolver.resolve(getWidgetOptions("key", "value"))
		);
		Assertions.assertEquals("Unable to load widget content. Widget proprties contains errors: Widget state not provided", reportPortalException.getMessage());
	}

	@Test
	void shouldThrowWhenInvalidState() {
		final ReportPortalException reportPortalException = Assertions.assertThrows(ReportPortalException.class,
				() -> widgetStateResolver.resolve(getWidgetOptions(STATE, "wrong"))
		);
		Assertions.assertEquals("Unable to load widget content. Widget proprties contains errors: Widget state not provided", reportPortalException.getMessage());
	}

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Earworms of the Week
The Fifth Dimension – "The Age of Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In"
A dear friend of mine on Facebook is counting down to the apocalypse. As part of this countdown, today's post was about the age of Aquarius:
As a Piscean, I was all over the article's suggestion that "...under the Age of Pisces we have seen the Piscean archetypes of sacrifice of the individual ego, universal love and compassion, assimilation, and the more negative projections of illusion, fantasy and delusion".
It didn't end there though.
"As we move from the Piscean age into Aquarius, the awakener, we are being shown that the Emperor doesn't have any clothes, that any unreality upon which we have based our religious foundations will be shattered in the upcoming years. The ideas in The Da Vinci Code have been around for 2000 years, but they are only now erupting into the public awareness. What will this mean for humanity?"
Um. What? Rather than focus on what that poorly written crap by Dan Brown has to do with anything, never mind the future of humanity... instead I'm choosing to dwell on a pleasing mental image of Steve Carrell at the end of the 40 Year Old Virgin, frolicking around a grassy hill burbling about mystic crystal revelations. You should too.
Hear'Say – "Pure and Simple"
We had Myleene Klass in the office at lunchtime the other day. Rather predictably, she was quickly surrounded by overweight male office workers keen to have their photo taken with her or to wave a surprisingly large zoom lens in her face from a distance of about two feet. After observing that she seems to have a very long spine and a bubble head, I grabbed one of the free cupcakes and returned to my desk. In conversation with the youngest member of the team - born in 1992, it seems - it became clear that he had no idea who Myleene was. Hear'Say, it seems are not part of his framework of cultural reference points. He does know who S Club 7 were - because he watched the TV show - but when I was busy teasing him about how he must be all about the Bieb, he told me that the last song he'd listened to on his phone was Bill Withers. Go figure. The kids are alright, eh? (he had no idea how it got on his phone, to be fair... but it was there and he was listening to it and that's the important thing, right? Actually, I was chatting to someone else this week who had no idea who Michael Hutchence was, or who INXS were. Seriously? I know who the Bay City Rollers and Shawaddywaddy were. I don't like their music, but I know who they were. What's wrong with you people? Where's your musical curiosity? You'd rather watch X-Factor?
Will Smith – "Getting Jiggy Wit It"
Coming right on the back of R.Kelly's "Bump n Grind" last week, this was a bit of a bitter pill to follow. I suppose it was inevitable after inadvertently playing matchmaker in the office this morning. I was asked by person a if person b was single. I said I'd ask person c. Person c then immediately spoke to person b and then spent the rest of the day trying to ascertain the identity of person a. Who saw that coming?
Billy Joel – "The Longest Time"
Ah, Billy. It's been too long.
Kings of Leon – "Crawl"
Well, in general I'm a fan of their earlier work, but there's something about the general scuzziness of this record that really appeals. I still love the fact that you can't understand a single thing that Caleb is singing. I like that about them. I imagine his lyrics aren't all that deep and it's better this way. Sex on fire? Really? Is that better or worse than a Pistol of Fire?
Queens of the Stone Age – "Hanging Tree"
Mark Lanegan must gargle whisky and smoke about 1000 a day to sound like this. Whatever works. "Songs for the Deaf" is maybe one of my favourite albums ever. Also still one of my all time top 3 gigs was seeing them when they toured this at Rock City back in the day. It was before they changed the air conditioning and it still used to rain sweat. Good times.
Beck – "Loser"
Manic Street Preachers "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"
Both sounding beautiful on the bontempi organ at this week's Leftlion pub quiz. I have no idea what it means to be walking Las Ramblas but not with real intent. Presumably that means you're not planning on buying a souvenir tea-towel or giving a living statue some money? (ta for that line, LB).
Metallica – "Seek and Destroy"
Searching....SEEK AND DESTROY. When you're driving to work for the last day of another long week, sometimes all you need is a little Metallica to change the mood.
The Walker Brothers - "Make It Easy on Yourself"
Picture the scene: I'm driving home from work listening to my iPod, this song comes on and I'm swept up into a world in which I could be a karaoke God doing my best Scott Walker impersonation. I was so amazing that, when the song finished, I skipped to the start and did the whole thing again. I'm sure any pedestrians I passed on the Embankment were suitably impressed. Next up was "Me and Julio Down by the School Yard". A great song, but not really in my range.
Team America OST – "America - Fuck Yeah!"
In a week where the good, sensible people of the USA re-elected Barack Obama.... is it appropriate that this is what popped into my head when I was watching the president's speech after his victory? There's something about that song that - for me - that entirely captures a certain kind of God-bless-America patriotism. Some of the comments on YouTube are priceless too. Yes, this would make an amazing alternative national anthem... although, dude, you really need to listen to those lyrics more closely.
McDonalds, FUCK YEAH!
Wal-Mart, FUCK YEAH!
The Gap, FUCK YEAH!
Baseball, FUCK YEAH!
NFL, FUCK, YEAH!
Rock and roll, FUCK YEAH!
The Internet, FUCK YEAH!
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hehehe. Books. Seriously good call, the USA. Who knew that women, hispanics and blacks could vote and not just crusty old christian white guys? I bet that never happened under a Republican watch.....
That's it. Have a good weekend, y'all.
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Mark 13 November 2012 at 19:59
If You Tolerate This is a song about fighting in the Spanish Civil War in 1936, inspired by Orwell, and Las Ramblas (being the main thoroughfare in Barcelona) was site of pitched town battles that year.
swisslet 13 November 2012 at 20:17
yeah, I know! I was making a funny! Well, trying to. I love the manics for their lyrics. Not many bands have taken a song about the spanish civil war to the top of the charts. I feel I can say that with some confidence.


The nominees for the fourth edition of the prestigious Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCAs) were revealed on Friday, December 11.
Juliet Asante's Silverain is nominated for Best Movie, Best Writer and Best Movie West Africa.
Actors, Majid Michel and Van Vicker are both nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy.
Shirley Frimpong Manso for Best Director and Best Editor and Nana Mensah for Best Actress Comedy in An African City.


My 11-year-old daughter has been taking 17 units of Lantus at bedtime and is on a sliding scale of NovoLog at meals. She ran out of Lantus before her supplies have come in and has been without it for almost a week. I called her doctor to see if we could get a sample. The pharmacy was out so I was told to check her blood sugars every two hours and to give her NovoLog injections every two hours to help keep her blood sugars down. Is there anything else I can do or should do until we get her back on Lantus?
I'm always a little wary when someone writes that they use a "sliding scale" of rapid-acting insulin, such as NovoLog. I think what you mean is that you have a "formula" or so of sorts that helps you calculate how much insulin to give for meals AND to "correct" for the concurrent glucose that is higher than your target glucose. Assuming this is correct, then the directions your doctor gave you should be adequate until such time that you can obtain your long-acting Lantus insulin.
The lesson here is to be aware of your insulin reserves and not be without! Also, find a 24 hour pharmacy and recognize that you can pay OUT-OF-POCKET for Lantus insulin, as long as you have a prescription. In fact, for Regular and NPH insulin, you don't even need a prescription, as long as you are willing to pay out-of-pocket. You would need to discuss dosing of such insulins with your diabetes team.


Cherry drawers for the coffee table.
Will asked me to help him build an archery target. He was tired of shooting at a half-fallen-apart bale of hay. We went into the workshop, found some old foam insulation blocks, and pine reclaimed from some benches that had been in our sun porch. It was a short project to put together a target and stand, and nice to use some materials that had been sitting around the shop.
I've been pretty good at getting back into the workshop. I have the AC installed – and even though it doesn't completely keep up on a hot and humid day like today, it helps. I'm currently building a case for my new workshop computer. The case will allow me to add filters to keep the dust out of the machine.
Using the Stanley 45 as a plow – cutting a rabbet along the grain on a piece of antique pine.
Today I'm cutting rabbets on the rails of the case to allow me to install the bottom and sides of the case. Normally I would set up the router table and use the router, but I need to go get longer bolts to attach the fence to the new table and I'm lazy. Plus, Izzy has been hanging out in the shop at times (in her pack and play), so I need to find ways to do things without power tools.
Which brings me to the Stanley No. 45 Plane. The plane came in a collection of antiques I got from my dad. It is in pretty good shape, though the cutters need sharpening. Last night I started sharpening the cutters. The cutters are almost at a 30-degree bevel, but not quite and it took me a while to grind the proper bevel. So, after sweating at it for a while, I decided to only grind the 1/2 dado cutter. I'll work on the rest as I need them (and in hindsight, I should have done one of the wider ones).
How did it work? At first use, it works well. I had to make two passes to get the width of the rabbet I wanted (hence, the wish I had sharpened a wider cutter) which made the finished cut a little rougher than I had hoped. Of course I didn't do a good job cleaning up the rabbet either, but no worries – the rabbet will be hidden.
Now back to work – time to clean up the rails and glue up the frame. And maybe later to eBay to browse different cutters for the plane.
As Susanna's due date approaches we are pushing to get the last few projects ready for the nursery. One of the projects that Susanna wanted was a way to display books – an idea taken from a Pinterest idea that re-purposed a wooden spice rack to display books.
I reclaimed some pine that had been used for shelves in Will's old room and built two shelves. The shelves are 18″ long with the back around 6″ tall. I milled the pine to 1/2″ in thickness and cut the parts. The shelves were assembled using glue, screws (for attaching the sides to the back where they wouldn't be seen) and cut nails (where visible).
I finished the first in time for Christmas. Susanna helped me assemble the second one today. They will both be finished with clear shellac. Both took no more than a few hours to complete.
Book display made from pine and finished with clear shellac.
Will and Grandma Mary working on making apple crisp.
We had a busy Saturday. Busy enough we had to split up into two groups.
My mom is visiting for the weekend – a nice way to start off the fall. She arrived on Thursday, and I took Friday off of work. We visited B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill in North Stonington on Friday while the boys were at school and Susanna at work. It was interesting enough that she and Susanna decided to take Will back on Saturday while I was out with Ben.
Of course, the mill was empty on Friday, but the lines were out the door on Saturday. But they only press cider on weekends, so Will, Susanna and my mom got to see it in operation even if they couldn't get into the store with the crowds.
That afternoon, Will decided he wanted to make apple crisp – his favorite dessert right now. My mom found a recipe and helped him make the apple crisp. It was even better than the apple crisp we had bought at the local orchard last month. I'm pretty sure Will will be making another batch (or two) now that he knows what to do (considering he ate half of the apple crisp last night after dinner).
Ben and I headed east for a different sort of adventure. I had signed him up for a woodcarving class for his birthday. It was an introduction to woodcarving at the Rhode Island Woodcarving Retreat (hosted by the Mystic Carvers).
Ben hard at work carving his dog.
It was an amazing experience. We arrived at 8AM and carved until after 3pm (with a few breaks). Ben didn't get bored or frustrated, he just kept working. Even when I was getting tired, he kept going.
The group of novice carvers worked on a carving of a dog using a carving knife. It was a good pace for a start, and the project was complicated enough to challenge us without being too complicated to complete. Of course Ben was one of two people at the whole retreat under the age of 40, and I think the group thought it was nice to see someone young interested in the craft. And everyone was impressed that he was able to concentrate for over 6 hours on carving. I'm impressed that I was able to do the same (I wasn't surprised about Ben – he has always been good at those types of projects – me not so much).
He was invited my many members of the Mystic Carving club to join the club. The club meets once a month and offers novice carving lessons at each club meeting. We will probably go to the next meeting (in two weeks) and see if Ben likes it. He loved the class, so I'm thinking we will have fun at the club.
I guess now Ben needs to get some carving knives. Luckily it is a hobby that doesn't need a lot of tools/equipment to get started. Now I need to spend a day to let my right hand/arm rest from all the work yesterday.
Benjamin's Japanese toolbox completed (minus handles). Made from maple and finished with shellac.
I try to get the boys into the workshop a couple of times a year and build some smaller projects. It seems that it is an easier sell for Ben than for Will. However, Will does get into the projects once we get started (he just gets distracted easily – but who doesn't).
This project was a pair of Japanese toolboxes. The boys picked out lumber earlier this week. Ben picked out a piece of maple, and Will picked out what appears to be pine.
The boxes are constructed with a simple box joint and cut nails. We are finishing them with shellac and wax. We were able to get Ben's box completed today, and hopefully get Will's finished tomorrow.
Joinery detail from Ben's toolbox.
We cut the joints on the table saw. The boys probably could have cut the joints using a hand saw in the pine, but the maple was way too hard to cut by hand. All the pieces were assembled using 2″ cut nails by Tremont Nail Company. I picked up some decorative rose-head nails to add to the character of the box. The battens on the top were nailed and clinched.
The first box turned out pretty nice. Now to find some nice handles to attach to the ends.
This weekend I (quite contrary to my ADHD desires) didn't start any major projects and instead worked on finishing up some smaller ones. I know. Crazy. Finish projects and not start any. What fun is that? But it keeps the wife happy, so that is worth something.
Will's bat house hung on the side of the garage above the loft window.
The boys and I added two more shelves to the lumber rack. We brought all the lumber up that was stored under the barn (and wasn't already on the lumber rack under the barn). That allowed me to clean out a little under the workshop and get the trailer pushed all the way back in.
It was amazing to watch Will and Ben work together to bring up the lumber from under the workshop. Or rather, fail to work together, so each had to drag boards individually. But, I guess that is what brothers are for. Of course I didn't take any pictures of the upgrades/cleaning so you will just have to take my word that I actually did the project. Susanna even helped by labeling the now-somewhat-organized stacks of lumber. In English and Swedish.
Last week Will and his friend, Morgan, painted the two bat houses that they had made with me a couple of weeks ago. Morgan didn't have any exterior paint at her house, so both bat houses were painted with the green trim paint from our house and barn. Yesterday Will and I decided to hang his bat house. Will even helped me drag out the tall ladder and set it up. The bat house is high up on the south face of the garage (above the chicken coop). Now all we can do is wait and see if we get tenants.
Today I decided to make a quick spice rack. We have been keeping our spices on the bottom shelf of one of the kitchen cabinets next to the stove. It was a pain to find spices – they were a disorganized mess and one had to dig around lifting up bottles to find the desired spices. I had a few pieces of good plywood lying around, and all we needed was some steps in the cabinet to allow us to find the spices in the back. It took about an hour to cut the pieces to size and mill some sapele for the front edge of the rack. I couldn't find my wood glue to attach the front edging, so I attached the front with a pair of screws. Anyway, the steps will be hidden underneath the spice bottles when it is filled in. The only reason I chose sapele was that I had two smaller pieces in the workshop and I didn't feel like going out and pulling out something less expensive. And sapele isn't really that expensive anyway.
And tonight, instead of cleaning up the workshop, I decided to write in my blog and push cleaning off for another day.
Spice rack installed. The back step is 4″ deep for larger bottles. The front two are about 2″ deep, with about 2″ in front of the rack for a final row of bottles.
Spice rack complete with spices.


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Olive Films Releases Zapped! on Blu-ray Starring Scott Baio & Willie Aames
Bob Suggs
Published in Blu-ray / DVD
Robert Rosenthal's teen comedy Zapped! (1982) arrives May 24th on Blu-ray for the first time from independent distributors Olive Films.
When a lab accident leaves high school student Barney Springboro (Scott Baio, TV s Happy Days and Charles in Charge) with telekinetic powers, it's a comic free-for-all in Zapped!
Encouraged by his friend, the hormonally minded Peyton Nichols (Willie Aames, TV s Eight is Enough and Charles in Charge) to put his powers to good use, Barney exacts revenge on school bullies, cheats a little at sports and improves his luck with the girls, culminating in a prom scene reminiscent of Carrie ... with laughs. Zapped! co-stars Heather Thomas (TV s The Fall Guy) as Jane, the cold-as-ice high school beauty; Felice Schachter (TV s The Facts of Life) as Bernadette, feminist class president, nerd and the girl of Barney s dreams; and Robert Mandan (TV s Soap) as high school principal Walter J. Coolidge.
The movies throws in a bit of everything: Revenge against bullies, mind-moving powers that make buttons pop open, a spaced out Vulcan and dummy, a team of professional exorcists, and a half naked cast on prom night that pays homage to Carrie (without the blood). Fun times indeed!
Actors: Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Scatman Crothers, Robert Mandan, Heather Thomas
Directors: Robert J. Rosenthal
Format: Widescreen
Rated: R Restricted
Studio: Olive Films
Zapped! is a silly little film with a big heart that delivers exactly what these types of '80s teen comedies are known for -- good laughs and great atmosphere. If you have Zapped! on DVD and are wondering whether you should upgrade, the answer is an easy yes. The film looks quite wonderful in high-definition.
Zapped! came out after the box office success of Porky's (1981), parts of the film were refilmed to increase the amount of nudity and to intentionally earn an R-rating.
The film launched a sequel Zapped Again! (1990), the only cast member from the original movie to return was actress Sue Ane Langdon. This film, however, was a direct-to-video project.
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06.04.18 | One Day Figure Drawing for Animation with Richard Smitheman (The London School of Figure Drawing)
On 5 Mar, 2018
Being able to communicate ideas with emotion and clarity is critical for the animation artist and drawing is one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal to do this. During this one day workshop we'll explore the different aspects of how to communicate our ideas to the audience and give facility to our drawing. Some of the elements we'll look at are…
Gesture: The importance of, and different types of gesture, how to tell a story with our drawings and how aspects like body language and composition play a part in the story telling process.
Developing a solid drawing process: From a gesture through to the final drawing we'll discuss a process to get consistent results when drawing from imagination or from life for Character Design and Animation. This will include looking at design language, transitional forms and foreshortening.
Articulation and Anatomy in Design: Understanding these concepts will help greatly at the Character design stage as we consider the entire process and how our decisions at this stage will effect modelling, rigging and animation.
Drawing from our imagination: Bringing it all together, we'll look at how the principles we've explored can be applied in a practical and systematic way. This course will include drawing time with the model as we explore these ideas.
This course is aimed at graduates and animation professionals who are looking to develop their drawing skills. Participants should have previous life drawing experience.
Richard Smitheman has worked in the film industry for over twenty five years specializing in feature and television production. After his early years working at some of London's top Animation studios Richard relocated to Los Angeles where he worked for studios including DreamWorks, Warner Bros and Disney. His work has bought him all over the world and given him an opportunity to share ideas and teach artists from a diverse range of backgrounds. In an interest to share the knowledge he has gained over the years, in 2017 Richard set up The London School of Figure Drawing in Covent Garden where he teaches Life Drawing & Anatomy and how it applies to Animation, Game Design and Fine Art. See https://londonfiguredrawing.co.uk/ for more information.
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Members: 100 Euro
Non Members: 125 Euro
Please register and pay online here: http://animationskillnet.ie/event-registration/?ee=195
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Embezzlement and other kinds of financial fraud are perhaps the most common kind of employee theft. Small businesses tend to fall prey to this swindle because they don't have the controls in place to prevent it. Use the tips below to help protect your business from unethical staff members.
No single employee should control a financial transaction from beginning to end. The person who writes your checks should never be the person who signs your checks. The person who opens the mail should not also record the receivables and reconcile the accounts. By dividing up responsibilities, you will make it more difficult for a person to steal from you and manipulate your records to cover it up.
This may take some time, but it is generally worth it. Review the checks to make sure they are for people you know. If there's a name you don't recall, go find that person. Keep a weekly count of the number of people on your payroll, and verify that number against the number of checks you have. Make sure that changes can not be made to your company's payroll master file without your approval and signature. Another option: have a separate bank account for payroll, and deposit the exact amount of your payroll in that account; then insist on a prompt monthly reconciliation.
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An employee who is embezzling from you may need to make a continuous effort to conceal this kind of stealing. Many small business owners are surprised to discover employees who appear loyal-they never take vacations and never stay home sick-are actually stealing from them. The reason these people have to be in the office constantly is to cover a complicated paper trail. Insist that employees who perform accounting/bookkeeping take vacation every year. Ideally, this vacation should be at two weeks in length, and occur at month end, when the books are being closed. Use this time to have someone else review your books and look for discrepancies.
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Karissa Miller
About Karissa
Karissa leverages her six years of project management and public health outreach experience to support the Military Health System (MHS) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA) in the development of strategic communications.
Before joining Ward Circle Strategies, Karissa served as the Account Manager for the Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine, where she was responsible for expanding the organization's reach and influence at the State and Federal level through coalition building and a successful campaign on SBIRT for substance use disorder screening.
While working with Montgomery County Medical Society, Karissa managed all communications and publications for the association, as well as external projects and programs aimed at improving quality and access to care.
Karissa holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and history from the University of Oregon, where she was also a founder of the Wayne Morse Center for Law & Politics Scholars program.
Ward Circle Strategies, Senior Associate
Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine, Account Manager
Montgomery County Medical Society, Communications & Program Specialist
University of Oregon Labor Education & Research Center, Program Assistant & Corporate Entity Researcher
Karissa is a chess enthusiast, and she often can be found playing at the Charm City Chess Club in her free time.
She played football on a boys' team for five years and remains a dedicated fan of the Seahawks and UO Ducks to this day.
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