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Monday, April 9, 2012

30 Days of Photographs II - Day 9

Something I Hate

Don't you hate it when this happens?  You are able to get about three decent sized pieces of foil when you finally notice the top of the roll has been crushed and which you know will result in all further pieces to become smaller and smaller, eventually shrinking into useless triangles of shiny wrap.  But as naive determined as you probably are, you believe you might get one more - just one more - piece that will sufficiently cover that unused half of the onion you needed for dinner.  Yet it backfires on you and you end up with a piece so small that it's not even worthy of rabbit ears.

So, do you end up tossing the roll away?  Oh, no!  You hate to be wasteful and you think to yourself that the foil may come in handy one day, say for some future art project you probably won't start let alone finish, or maybe use some of it to bridge the electrical contacts in that kitchen appliance that isn't working properly.  It might even be useful for Christmas Tree decorations in place of the icicles you will probably forget to buy.

Who knows?

I think I'll go now and finish that tinfoil hat I was working on.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

The Depth of Human Evil

Film: The Look of Silence
Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on The Nook.

The Act of Killing was a documentary that I found extremely difficult to watch. That was certainly the intent of the filmmakers. Knowing that The Look of Silence covers much the same territory made this a film that I wasn’t excited to watch. This is not because the first film is bad or poorly made, but because it is a difficult film to watch. It’s hard to see men who conducted and orchestrated the murders of thousands and thousands of people not only discuss these crimes, but speak of them with pride. The Look of Silence goes further than the first film in that it’s far more confrontational and far more personal.

Essentially, we are visiting a lot of the same people who planned and executed the military coup in Indonesia, people who are still in power in many cases and continue to think of themselves as heroes routing out communists. As I say, this is much more personal, though, because here we’re going to follow the journey of one man (someone roughly my age) confronting the men who admit to having killed his brother.

The man in question is anonymous in the film to protect his identity, but the IMDB page lists him as Adi Rukun. He’s a brave man. During the course of the film, he gets close to the various perpetrators of the atrocities in Indonesia by giving eye exams to the men in question. While he checks their eyes, he asks them about the revolution in the mid-1960s and probes as much as he can for answers. That he is accused of being a communist (all of the killings were done under the pretense of the victims being communists) does not dissuade him from asking further. That the people he is question likely have the power to silence him doesn’t deter him, either. That one of the men responsible is his own uncle, and thus the uncle of his slaughtered brother Ramli makes all of these even more horrifying.

Now, I like horror movies as much or more than the next person, and probably more than the next person. Part of the reason for that is that I know it’s all staged and fake. Sure, some of it is truly horrifying, but it’s still movie magic and stagecraft. This isn’t. This is really people talking about hacking people apart with machetes, removing heads and carrying them around to frighten people, an slitting throats, catching the blood in glasses, and drinking it in the belief that doing so will keep them from going crazy.

Much of the power of The Look of Silence comes specifically from the fact that most of the families of the killers know nothing about what their fathers/husbands/uncles/grandfathers did during the mass slaughter of a million people. In many cases, these conversations are the first they knew of their relatives’ participation in the killings. Adi Rukun’s mother, for instance, was unaware that her brother oversaw the incarceration of her murdered son or that he was likely the person who loaded her son onto a truck to be killed.

What makes the film truly horrifying, though, is the complete lack of remorse. In virtually every case, the interviewee talks about the importance of what they did and how they have no regrets regarding the murder of an estimated one million people. The minute that Rukun tells them that his brother was one of those killed, and that his brother was specifically killed in a truly horrifying manner, they back off. They deny memory of the event even when they are shown literal footage of them talking about the events. It is as ive the thought of regret only really happens the moment they realize that the people they killed were actually people with lives and families who loved them.

The Look of Silence is clearly not an easy film to watch, and it’s not supposed to be one. There is a sense of seeing something along the lines of Shoah here, although the testimony that happens comes not from the survivors among the victims, but from those who did the actual killing. It is a look into the depths of depravity the human mind can descend into, and a reminder that those depths may in fact be bottomless.

As with The Act of Killing, this is not a film I’d want to watch again. I think it’s likely that the earlier film was removed from the book to make room for this one, and I’m not sure that’s the right choice, even if I understand it. On the other hand, watching this much footage of people boasting about their own atrocities is not an experience I’d like to have a second time.

Why to watch The Look of Silence: We need to be reminded of the evil that human beings are capable of.
Why not to watch: It's nightmare-inducing ugly.

  1. You may remember how I raved about The Act of Killing. When I heard there was a sequel (and it had been added to the 1001 List), I requested it from the library pretty quickly because I really waned to see it.

    As expected, it's another powerful examination of guilt and culpability and the banality of evil in Indonesia.

    I think I still prefer the first one, just for those moments where somebody among the killers has a moment where they realize what they have done. Like that moment where the one guy is saying "Should we be talking about this? It might make us look bad" and the others are looking at him like he's crazy. Or that moment at the end where the killer has a few tears in his eyes as he realizes that "they were communists" doesn't even begin to justify the slaughter even if it was true.

    One thing that would have helped The Look of Silence is a little more info on Ramli, the slaughtered brother. What was he like? Why was he picked up by the citizen murderers? Was he an activist? Did somebody have a personal grudge against him? Was he just swept up in the patriotic fervor by a bunch of murderers who wanted to brag about how patriotic they were because they killed a large number of atheist communists who had sex with each other's wives?

    It was something I was curious about that was never addressed. I think it would have added to the impact of the film.

    1. When I look back at the two films, I find that I'm a lot more affected by The Act of Killing than I am The Look of Silence. Your comments on the mystery that is Ramli are a big part of that. We don't really know who he is or was, and a part of that might well be that our protagonist here never knew him, either. There is much less of a connection here, and for me, the only way to really break down evil and show just how terrible it is is to show the personal side of it.

      The old saying is that one death is a tragedy and a million deaths is a statistic. That's true when you really know the one person who has died. Since we never really know Ramli, it's difficult to move his death high on the tragedy scale. It's terrible, certainly. It's monstrous, absolutely. But he's someone none of us get to know, and so the emotional connection beyond fear, horror, and disgust is missing.


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    I have Canada PR since October 2006. In October this year I will complete 3 years since landing in Canada. The rule to maintain PR is that one should live in Canada for at least 2 years in a 5 year period. Since I have not lived in Canada more that a couple of weeks since landing, will I be allowed to move to Canada after completing 3 years outside Canada or will I be sent back from the border? Has anyone moved to Canada after living outside for more than 3 years since landing? Please advise.

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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Day 18

Post sauna/alcohol intake weigh-in: 138.6. I have the worse dehydration headache ever.

BF: Glass of OJ, Snack: 120 calories or so of pistachios, Lunch: 150 calories of chicken, hot sauce, 140 calorie WW ice cream, bite size piece of chocolate, Snack: 1 servings of potato chips (140 calories) 10 grapes, 5 strawberries, Dinner: full bowl of bean stew, 3 slices of rye bread (from the end of the loaf so smaller pieces) with smart balance spread. I think I probably had about 1400 calories today. My fiance makes this awesome bean stew that is super is made with a bunch of beans and veggies and no oil is used to make it. The only bad part about it is some thin slices of lean turkey kielbasa and dumplings. Sometimes we use pasta instead of the dumplings. He blends some of the beans and veggies so the soup ends up having a thick tecture. It is really filling and loaded with protein.

I did 2.3 miles of cardio outside around 3pm. I walked 0.2, ran 1.4 straight, then walked 0.7.

Before dinner, around 7, I did a small heart pumping workout. 20 quick squats, 5 push-ups, 20 squats, 10 push-ups, 20 side lunges, 10 push-ups and 20 tricep dips. Followed by leg lifts and 100 crunches. I wish I had gone to the gym today becuase it is closed on Sundays. So tomorrow I can't. I will probably do The Shred tomorrow. We'll see. I am scared to step on the scale tomorrow because I am SO full from dinner right now.

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This is the most unnecessary, yet strangely cool, highlight that I've possibly ever seen.

There are things that don't resonate with females or generally move men up in life.  Being able to burp the alphabet.  Being "sick" in Call of Duty.  Completing a ridiculous behind-the-back touchdown pass in a flag football game.  All of these things are cool on the surface, but that's about it.

When I first saw this behind-the-back highlight, the first words out of my mouth were, "What the hell?"  Literally, that's what I said out loud.  The way this quarterback contorts his body and heaves the ball down field is crazy.  The play is so uncommon that it seems like this QB is an extra in Alien vs. Predator or something.  It was like watching Brian Cady (producer on 104.5 The Team) do a Dominique Wilkins windmill dunk.

This simply a crazy play, but  I don't know what it really accomplishes though.  Good for you, guy.  You made a crazy play in a flag football game.  That's like an adult beating a 6th grader in a pickup game of hoops.  Show him what he's won; nothing.  Hooray!

Brian Noe is the Brand Manager at 104.5 The Team, ESPN Radio in Albany, NY.  Brian also hosts “The Noe Show” each weekday from 1-3pm ET on WTMM.


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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Firewood Manger

Holy Smokes! I can't believe it's been nearly a year since I've touched this blog. I'm surprised I remembered my password to access it. It's not that I've been lazy. Really. Just nothing blog-worthy. However, with the cool rain quickly approaching, I got busy with a little project of building a roof to keep my firewood dry. I also like the cedar shake look - like a cabin in the woods.

Here's the shelter in progressive assembly. It took about four hours and weighed a ton. I don't expect my fence to hold more than a month.

1916home said...

I cant believe Ive been waiting a year to read something new! :)

Hope to see some more blog posts. We can together learn by all of our combined efforts on each other homes when we post new stuff!

goddessof4 said...

I need one of those!!!! I am tired of going outside and getting wet firewood!!! LOL!!!! Great to see you back!!!!

Monica said...

This is the good blog with good images and good details. Please keep on posting the more stuff. I will like to hear more from you.

Joe said...

Thanks to all of you for your nice messages!


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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

I did this. Blame me.

"It all goes back to Friday, March 7th when sleazy club owner Simon Hammerstein, headband-wearing scenester Arden Wohl, gay party boy Derek Blasberg, heiress Amanda Hearst, and gala staple Claire Bernard turned up at the New York Stock Exchange to ring the closing bell."
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So to explain what I'm talking about: I used to plan the Winter Dance at the American Museum of Natural History. As a publicity move I basically badgered the NYSE to allow them to ring the closing bell on a date close to the event (March 13). This is the result. Wow.

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La La Land (DVD) – Movie Review
Follow Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Damien Chazelle
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Having won six Oscars, among many other prizes, La La Land is probably one of those films that everybody wants to see at one point, if only to see if it was worth the hype. We must admit we were quite curious ourselves thinking ‘we’ll believe it when we see it’. We were pleasantly surprised, we must say, and we’ll tell you why in a minute.

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Mia Dolan (Emma Stone) is an aspiring actress in Los Angeles, but currently works in a coffee shop in a movie lot to be able to pay the bills. She came to L.A. to chase her dream, and is not planning to give up any time soon. Her last audition went very poorly though, and thus her friends decide to take her out to party the disappointment away. Meanwhile, Sebastian Wilder (Ryan Gosling) tries to make a living for himself as a pianist in a restaurant. There, he only gets to play stupid, simple songs, but what he really wants is to open a jazz club and let people discover the beautiful sound of jazz music. Currently, Mia and Sebastian are both just trying to make ends meet.

Even though they’ve met each other before briefly, it takes quite some time before the two really start noticing each other. At a party, he’s in the band, while she’s one of the guests, and in the end, they leave the party together. From then on, Sebastian and Mia start to spend more and more time together, her showing him around the movie lot where she works, and him telling her about his passion for jazz. Eventually, they move in together, and all goes well. When Sebastian is offered a steady income as a pianist in a former classmate’s fusion group, things start to go well, at first glance. Mia’s career is still going nowhere though, and she’s afraid that Sebastian will throw away his dream of opening a jazz club of his own if he takes Keith’s (John Legend) offer. The first cracks appear in their relationship, and only time can tell what the future will bring.

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A Hollywood romance, complete with dance and music and old school decors, that’s how you could describe La La Land. Nonetheless, it’s much more than that. It’s a story about chasing your dream, while also chasing love, about building a future. At times, the film is quite funny and light, but there are equally as many darker scenes, where real life seems to kick back in, making the movie quite interesting to watch. While the film is definitely a musical, we didn’t get the feeling that the music and dancing really took over, they were implemented in the story quite well, which made sure that the story never really stopped when the music kicked in. The filmography made for some stunning moments during the film, the scene at the Griffith Observatory probably being the most enchanting.

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling prove to be a very convincible onscreen couple once again. They both have their fair share of songs to perform, and while they certainly don’t sound perfect, they do have something fresh and innocent over them, which actually sounds quite nice. One minor remark is that, especially in the beginning, the songs are obviously dubbed, which took away from the otherwise fun melodies. This did get better further in the film though. Emma Stone was definitely capable of performing the far from easy role of Mia Dolan. Ryan Gosling was very convincible as well, not only in his acting and singing, but also his piano playing. He still has some hidden talents, it seems.

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On this DVD release, you’ll get about fifteen minutes worth of extras, apart from the audio commentaries of director Damien Chazelle and composer Justin Hurwitz. ‘La La Land’s love letter to Los Angeles’ will tell you a bit more about how L.A. is shown in the film, not only the city itself, but also the dreams that people who move there try to chase. Another bonus feature focuses more on Ryan and Emma as a couple in the film. Lastly, you can also enjoy a song selection.

You’ve probably heard it a million times before, but La La Land really is a film worth watching. Nodding to the old Hollywood movie musicals, La La Land shows a modern, yet universal story about love and ambition, and Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling prove that they have way more up their sleeve than just acting. Take it or leave it, we loved this film a lot.

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Linda Ikeji Clears The Air On Her issue with Wizkid; why I took the case to the police –

I’m sure many of you have read that the police is now involved in my issue with Wizkid. Yes, I reported his public threat to me two Sundays ago to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police and I want to explain why I did it! Please pay attention and keep an open mind.

I’ve read a lot online from people saying I don’t like Wizkid. Even Wizkid himself thinks I don’t like him. Why he or anyone would think so is puzzling to me to be honest. Apart from his achievements after he started insulting me online a few weeks ago…everything else, every success Wizkid has recorded in the last 3/4 years is on LIB. All the awards, all the record breaking feats, his sold out concerts, his foreign magazine features, and collaborations, everything that has built him up to the young man he is today is on LIB. Please verify! Search my blog. Please continue…

I was a huge Wizkid fan. The only song I danced harder to than his ‘Dance For Me’ track was Fuse ODG’s ‘Antenna and Kiss Daniel & DJ Shabzy’s Raba. So, no, I had no dislike for Wizkid. But about a year ago, I noticed his indirect snide remarks at me…and when some other music star beefed with me, Wizkid showed his support and made disrespectful comments. That was when I noticed he had issues with me… but that didn’t stop me from writing about him and celebrating him.

Now to the issue at hand. When I reported that he was served quit notice at his Lekki home, I stated fact and I didn’t write it out of malice. It’s not everyday you get exclusive stories…and I’m sure any other blogger who got the story first would also have published it. So, there was no beef, I was just doing my job. A day or so after I wrote this story, Wizkid went on my instagram page to call me names and lied that I slept with some director of his…which I have said before is 1000% lies! But the insult and lies is not why the police is now involved.

Here’s the thing; You can insult me, insult my family, call me any names you like, even lie that I slept with your forefathers…but don’t threaten me. If you threaten me, I will act!

I read people online saying that I reported to the police because I am scared of Wizkid. No, my darlings, I am not afraid of Wizkid. Though I do not take his threats lightly. I went to the authorities for two reasons…and please young boys of our generation, pay attention to what I am about to write below.

You see, violence against women and threat of violence against women is not okay. Threatening harm to someone in a public space is a criminal act in every country of the world, including Nigeria. I bet some of you didn’t know that, yeah? You can not publicly threaten someone with harm. You will only get away with it if your victim doesn’t report to the authorities. If they do, you will have a case with the police and I promise you, the police take these things seriously.

I reported this case to the authorities because I want our young men to know this is not okay. You should not raise your hands on a woman. You shouldn’t even threaten to raise your hands on a woman. Wizkid wrote that he would send his 16 year old cousin to beat the shit out of me. Letting Wizkid get away with it is basically telling our young men that this is okay…and it’s not!

After Wizkid made the threat to me, I saw a lot of teen boys hailing and applauding him. To them, this was okay. If their idol can threaten a woman with harm, and use derogatory words, they also can do it…and that’s how the circle of abuse of women continues. Women being called ‘smelly pussy’ trended online for a day or two! Little boys were happy to use the words. Sad!

It is appalling to me that anyone, especially women, would cheer Wizkid on. When he wrote RIP Linda, I saw a few young girls write same, laughing. This is not a laughing matter. It doesn’t matter whether you like me or not! This is not about Linda Ikeji. This is about abuse of women which has eaten deep into our society, so deep that it has now been accepted as normal. Men do it all the time and get away with it. So many women are battered by their husbands and they refuse to speak up because of the stigma. They refuse to seek help because they are afraid of what people will say. I am sorry, I am not one of those women. I refuse to be victimized. And as long as I have my voice and my platform, I will speak up.

We women have to come together to lend a strong voice to the plight of women in our continent. When we see a woman being physically and mentally abused, let’s act. Let’s speak up. Let’s not laugh and say she deserves it. If we continue to keep quiet, the circle of abuse will continue. And one day, You, yes You, will find yourself in the receiving end of a thundering slap, followed by heavy blows. If not you, then maybe your daughter? Let’s condemn violence and threat of violence against women! This is not acceptable!

Young men like Wizkid, a father of two young boys himself, should never advocate violence against women. One day, he will have a daughter, how would he feel if another male threatens to put hands on her or even calls her a hoe?

I can’t count how many times Wizkid called me a hoe in his rant against me. That’s what boys do. When they get into a fight with a woman, they try to slut-shame her. Smelly pussy, hoe, ashawo etc. You call a woman, who gave another young woman, whose real name she doesn’t even know N500,000 just because she said she would rather work by carrying cement than prostitute herself (yes, Blessing Nicholas got N500k from me), that’s the person you call a hoe? When your mind is so warped you can’t differentiate between a woman and a hoe, then this is what happens. Except you drive to Sanusi Fanfuwa at 2am to pick up a prostitute, who proudly describes herself as one, then you shouldn’t call any woman a hoe.

Even Tupac who was a well known thug could differentiate between the types of women he dealt with. When asked in an interview why he called women bitches, he said people shouldn’t confuse things, that he wouldn’t address a mother or a sister the way he would address a bitch, that the bitches were the ones he dealt with in the clubs who behaved like one. He reiterated that he respected women!

In more civilized countries, Wizkid would have lost his endorsements and spent the next year or so apologizing and being in the fore-front of promoting anti-violence crusades against women. It took Chris Brown years to get back on his feet after his assault on a woman. Up till today, he doesn’t have any major endorsements and some countries still deny him entrance into their country i.e Australia for something he did 7 years ago. Yes, violence against women is serious!

And there’s the case of incitement. When you have power and influence, you have to be careful what you say in public. Because you have such power, something you say can influence your followers. A fan can commit acts that even you may not support or might not even condone. But because it came out of your mouth, they think you mean it. So it is irresponsible to say things that might be inciteful. In Law, you can be held responsible when people act based on what you said in public. Tupac was charged to court and indicted after some thugs killed a police officer. The thugs went to court and mentioned that their idol encouraged violence against LA police officers in a song where he said ‘Drop a cop’. So, we folks with some measure of influence should be more careful with our utterances. People are watching and listening!

The second reason I filed a police report is to encourage other women in similar situations to do same. My dear ladies, if a man threatens to puts hands on you, and you feel the threat is real, report to the authorities. Don’t wait until he does it. What if you don’t survive it? If he’s picked up and may be charged to court (yes, you can be charged to court for making threats…it’s a misdemeanor with a prison sentence), then he will think twice before making threats against you in the future or any other woman for that matter.

I went as far as I did for me and for other women. This is to pass a strong message to our young men that these kinds of behaviour towards women will not be tolerated. Should not be tolerated. If you assault or even threaten to assault a woman, the law will come after you if she chooses not to be silent. Women, don’t be silent. Let’s break the circle. For your sake, for my sake, for the sake of our daughters, grand daughters, great grand daughters and all other women that will follow them.

And that’s really all I have to say in the matter. Thank you guys for reading

And to Wizkid fans, please be rest assured that I wish him all the best in life. He will continue to grow from strength to strength (as long as he doesn’t endorse violence against women) and his light will never diminish. God brought him to this level and will continue to keep him. I have nothing but love for his craft and hope that one day, we will put this behind us.
God bless him, me, you and everyone else in the world

Oh and by the way, I’m starting my vlog series soon. #excited!

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Mother seeks closure on anniversary of son's murder in West Oak Lane

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Crimefighters: David McFarlin: Rick Williams reports on Action News at 11 p.m., January 13, 2018 (WPVI)

This weekend marks the anniversary of a tragic loss for one West Oak Lane family.

Nineteen-year-old David McFarlin had a bright future.

"He had just graduated and he was enrolled in college courses. He was working two jobs, he was delivering pizzas and working for PetSmart," Marlene Jones, McFarlin's mother, said. "He was a quiet guy, never had any trouble with him."

Unfortunately, McFarlin's life was cut short on Thursday, January 12, 2017.

It was just after 8 p.m. and McFarlin was leaving his girlfriend's house along the 2400 block of 76th Avenue in Philadelphia's West Oak Lane section. His mother, who lives on the same block, had just returned home from work.

She said, "It was warm and there was a lot of people outside."

Jones knew something was wrong when her son's girlfriend came banging on her door.

"She says, 'David got shot, David got shot.' So we ran down the street," Jones said.

McFarlin had been shot ten times.

"He's lying there lifeless, no life in him whatsoever. You could just tell that he was gone," Jones said.

He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The City of Philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 in reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible.

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Here are 25 "Did you knows?" about the TV show 'Friends.' Like difference in salary of the cast members from season one and the final season.

Also, did you know that the show originally was going to focus on just four characters: Monica, Ross, Rachel, and Joey? Phoebe and Chandler were going to be supporting characters. How about that in the early stages of development, the writers considered making Chandler gay.

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Demi Lovato arguably has the best set of pipes in the entire Disney alumni set, and she showed them off in a big way. The 'X Factor' judge and hair color chameleon performed three tracks in an acoustic set for the Grammys Headquarters, and she showed that she doesn't need big bands, dancers or background singers to sound fantastic.

Rocking a black blazer, black top, black pants and her new blue hair -- which is now more of a teal -- Lovato delivered the big vocal guns.

In 'Skyscraper,' Lovato's vocal acrobatics and strength earned her rousing applause for what's become her signature ballad. She belted the moving tune beautifully, overcoming the injustices that the poor sound quality of the above video doled out.

She shines even brighter in 'Nightingale,' where she emotes even more truly than before. (Maybe that's because she's said more than once that she's tired of singing the songs from 'Unbroken!')

Lovato closed out her set on an uptempo note, performing a rousing rendition of 'Neon Lights.' Though it's tough to imagine the EDM-inspired song in an acoustic setting, she makes it work -- and she makes it look effortless.

Watch Demi Lovato Perform 'Nightingale'

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From Raritan to Brigantine and Atlantic City to Asbury Park it's a festive mood as listeners to the Townsquare Media New Jersey stations will gather in anticipation of shining flashlights at 6:30 p.m. in a Moment of Light to show the world that while our recovery continues we are indeed stronger than the storm.

6:27 p.m. - Big Joe Henry calls it "surreal" to be in Asbury Park a year after the storm and says the "spirit lives on" as recovery continues.

6:19 p.m. -

6:18 p.m. - NJ 101.5's Dan Specht says many people in Keansburg are walking up to each other and hugging each other as they arrive for the event.

6:12 p.m. - NJ 101.5's  Ray Handel says there is a lot of hope in the crowd of several hundred at Sayreville.

5:50 p.m. - Townsquare's Tom Dunphy estimates around 1,000 people on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach/ "What we've got to work on is our housing," said Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Vinny Barrella. "That's still lagging far behind and it's not acceptable."

5:45 p.m.- Townsquare Media's Ilya Hemlin reports a couple hundred people already gathered in Seaside Heights. One person whose house was destroyed by Sandy made it a point to come out "because he was part of it" a year ago when Sandy made landfall in Brigantine around 7:00 p.m. on October 29, 2012.

5:40 p.m. - WOBM's Justin Louis describes a "Big crowd with a great atmosphere" at Mike's ABG in South Seaside Park.

Stations have set up on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach, in front of Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, on the Music Pier in Ocean City and at Lucy the Elephant in Margate.

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

More 9 and Chani on the twin bed

As it's Snuggle Sunday, I thought I'd post a few more pics from the other night. See where they are sleeping? Absolutely no room for me on that pillow at all.

This just gave me warm fuzzies.

Last night, I moved Chani from her spot by the pillow and put her right next to 9. He started to clean her up and I got video on my new phone (I got a Droid by Motorola!!! I'm such a geek :P) I'm still figuring out how to offload stuff from my phone onto my computer. Once I do, I'll post that video. More warm fuzzies shall abound!

  1. Very sweet! Don't you just hate to move thme eo make room for yourself?

  2. Oh, yay! Can't wait to see the clip! I applaud your geekiness!

    Looks like you're just going to have to get a bigger bed, Marlene!

  3. That is beautiful.. Makes you all warm and fuzzy.. Hugs GJ x

  4. I was just about to write about the nestling, nuzzling sweetness of your babies, when I read that you had gotten a Droid! I ordered one today. Is it wonderful?

  5. Ducky, I love my Droid! I am having issues getting the video off of it, mostly because I don't really want to upload it to Youtube and I'm having issues with the Bluetooth. But other than that, yes, I love my Droid!

  6. Warm fuzzies for everyone!
    Thank you for your offer to send us the Siena drawing. We absolutely want it!!! Mom will mail you today.
    Noselicks and purrs, Chilli


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Thursday, 5 June 2014

Today's Review: Kettle Chips: Jalapeño Chilli Salsa

I've reviewed a couple of limited edition Kettle Chips flavours before, and have very much enjoyed them. So I was pleased to find another flavour that I haven't tried today, in the form of these jalapeño chilli salsa crisps. Would it be a hat trick of awesome flavours?

You may know that I love my spicy food, but obviously jalapeños aren't the hottest of chillies out there, so I wasn't expecting to singe my tastebuds with these. What I found inside were some Kettle Chips pretty generously coated in flavouring, giving them a lovely dark colour. There's certainly a lot of flavour packed into the bag, and while they're certainly not very spicy, the flavours all work extremely well. The jalapeño gives a lovely mellow spice, a warm tingly feeling that spread across my tongue, while the salsa is certainly noticeable in the form of a great saucy texture. Basically, they taste just like the flavour name implies, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed them despite their quite subdues spiciness. This flavour is another great effort by Kettle Chips, and I'm certainly looking forward to their next limited edition flavour.

My rating: 5/5

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  1. These look like a really nice flavour. Will definitely be giving these a try


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Oct 27, 2009

First steps

I've long been a fan of Danny Gregory, and was aware that he started a sort of 'support group' (though it would be better to think of it as an 'inspiration group'!) of art enthusiasts called 'Everyday Matters'. I wasn't quite sure what to start drawing, until I found their list of 'Challenges' - things to draw when you can't think of anything else! It's an excellent list!

Here is the first drawing - '13 - Draw your telephone'

That got the ball rolling, so this morning I drew this candlestick.

Here's a quote from Danny that has always stuck with me:

We don't live in a box. We live on a ball, always revolving, always changing, moving ahead, never in the same place for more than a moment. That's the nature of the universe. That's the true nature of man. And that, my label hungry friends, is what Art is all about. --Danny Gregory

  1. Your art is an inspiration. Doing it! is such a great lesson to me.

  2. You definitely can draw. Please keep on doing it. You have a talent and not to do it will deprive us all.

  3. I agree - please keep drawing. It's a healthy habit, and seeing your work nourishes us all!

  4. Yes, draw and share. And don't forget to visit and comment! Your sketches are very well done.

  5. I love that quote too. Welcome to EDM! Your drawings are wonderful and I look forward to seeing many more :-)

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On 19 April, 2017 by the initiative of Access to Information (a2i) Programme of prime Minister’s Office, the project called ‘Age verification and marriage registration through mobile apps’ was inaugurated through video conferencing. The aim of the project is to prevent child marriage through using this apps.

The project was inaugurated by Meher Afroz Chumki MP, the State Minister of Ministry of Women and Children Affairs through video conferencing in Gazipur; Kabir Bin Anwar, Director-General (Administration) of Prime Minister’s Office and Project Director of a2i Programme and Khan Mohammad Abdul Mannan Inspector General of Registration were present as  special guest in this opening ceremony.

The Deputy Commissioner of Kurigram district delivered the welcome speech at the beginning of the ceremony. After this, a brief introduction about the innovative initiative was given by Md. Abdul Wares Ansari, Assistant Commissioner of Kurigram district. The state minister delivered her speech in this ceremony and stated that, ‘the prevention of child marriage will be helpful for reducing violence against women in the country; we hope, completely the Child marriage will be stopped by 2018’’.

Later, a video was shown on this subject. At the end of the video, the chief guest gave his speech and announced the inauguration of the program in the digital system. At the end, special guests were delivered the speech.

Under this project, the registered online birth and death registration authorities, national identity card authorities, the religious leaders who are registered with the marriage registrar and engaged the marriage ceremonies (Maulvi, Muazzin, Priest, Priest, etc.) will be able to play a vital role to prevent child marriage through verifying the age.

When registering each marriage, the marriage registrar must verify the age of bridegroom by dialing a USSD code (* 16100 #) with her mobile phone or by sending SMS to 16100. Registration of marriage will be completed if the age appropriate. After registering the marriage registrar, the system will receive a 12 digit ID number which will be registered as the registration number of the corresponding marriage register (Balaam book). In this process, the information regarding the registration of marriage registration through mobile phone SMS is sent to one of both bride and groom members. If the efforts taken locally to prevent child marriage fails, its remedies and irregularities in registering marriage on mobile are required calling the National Helpline (109) free from any mobile.

Director General of Governance Innovation Unit, Md Abdul Halim, Director General of Women’s Affairs, Shahin Ahmed Chowdhury, Director General of Women’s Affairs, and Project Director of Multi-sectroal Program, Dr. Md. Abul Hossain and Women and Children Affairs Ministry and senior officials of the Department of Women Affairs, Inspector of the Department of Registration, SM Saidur Rahman, Kurigram District Registrar, Women Affairs Officer, Kurigram District Officer; Country Director of Plan International Bangladesh, the officials of Save the Children, officials of Prime Minister’s Office and a2i program and media representatives were also present on the occasion.

It is noted that, making people’s services easier, ensuring service for all, helping government, private and individual innovation efforts to improve the quality of public services, to ensure the normal and self-reliant lifestyle of the disabled people and to develop innovative skills in the existing small and medium enterprises “Service Innovation Fund” is done. The fund, consisting of the Bangladesh Government, UNDP and USAID, is being run through a2i Programme implemented in the Prime Minister’s Office. Under this, a total of 133 projects have been awarded in 8 rounds. Meanwhile, verification of age verification and marriage registration was made by mobile phone service provider of Service Innovation Fund, conducted by Kurigram Deputy Commissioner’s Office.


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Affordable & Low Income Housing

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There are several options available to you in northeast Indiana, including Public Housing, Housing Choice Vouchers (also known as Subsidized or Section 8 Housing), and Tax Credit or Section 42 Housing. Each program has different requirements, so we have listed some basic information below. Apartment Association member properties that participate in each program are included in these downloadable lists for Section 42-applicable and subsidized housing. For additional details or specific questions, you would need to call the participating apartment community directly.

  • Privately owned subsidized housing - HUD helps apartment owners offer reduced rents to low-income renters at their property. For more information and to apply, contact the management office. Click here to see a list of subsidized housing communities in Fort Wayne.
  • Public Housing - Affordable apartments for low-income families, the elderly and persons with disabilities managed by the local housing agency.
  • Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) - Find your own place and use the voucher to pay for all or part of the rent. To apply for a voucher, contact your local public housing agency.
  • Privately owned tax credit or Section 42 housing – Developers use tax credits to build apartment communities and agree to offer affordable rents for a period of 15 to 30 years depending on the property. For more information and to apply, contact the management office.

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What is Public Housing?
Public housing was established to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Public housing comes in all sizes and types, from scattered single family houses to highrise apartments for elderly families. Local housing agencies (HAs) manage the housing for low-income residents at rents they can afford. HUD furnishes technical and professional assistance in planning, developing and managing these communities. Your rent, which is referred to as the Total Tenant Payment (TTP) in this program, would be based on your family's anticipated gross annual income less deductions, if any. Annual income is the anticipated total income from all sources received from the family head and spouse, and each additional member of the family 18 years of age or older.

What are Housing Choice Vouchers?
The housing choice voucher program is the federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Since housing assistance is provided on behalf of the family or individual, participants are able to find their own housing, including single-family homes, townhouses and apartments. Housing choice vouchers are administered locally by public housing agencies (PHAs). Those issued a housing voucher are responsible for finding a suitable housing unit of their choice where the owner agrees to rent under the program. Rental units must meet minimum standards of health and safety, as determined by the PHA. A housing subsidy is paid to the landlord directly by the PHA on behalf of the participant family. The participant then pays the difference between the actual rent charged by the landlord and the amount subsidized by the program.

What are Section 42 ~ Tax Credit Properties?
The Rental Housing Tax Credit (RHTC) is a tax incentive program established under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code to provide an incentive to developers to provide affordable rental housing. These federal income tax credits offset the building acquisition, new construction, and/or substantial rehabilitation costs for rental housing developments. Rental Housing Tax Credits (RHTCs) are allocated to for-profit and not-for-profit developers of affordable rental housing. In exchange for the financing provided through the tax credit, developers agree to keep rents affordable for a period between 15 and 30 years. Units financed with RHTCs must be rented to persons at or below 60% of the area median income. RHTC rental properties are privately owned and managed. For specific information on the tax credit program and eligibility requirements to live at a property that has tax credits, you must call the specific property that you are interested in. Click here to see Section 42 communities in Fort Wayne.

~ Information above on each program was digested from the website

~ The local housing authority for Fort Wayne that administers the Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher program is the Fort Wayne Housing Authority. For eligibility requirements go to or contact your local housing authority.

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7315 Hanna St., PO Box 13489, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46869-3489
(260) 267-9300

For all housing authorities in Indiana.

Apartment owner/managers can request FREE Fair Housing Posters to hang in their offices by calling HUD at (800) 767-7468 or call the AAFW Office at (260) 482-2916.

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Friday, November 6, 2015

New Website and Blog at

Hello to anyone that still looks at this blog or stumbles upon it.  I have not been updating this page for quite some time because I have been constructing a new website, which I have just launched at

This new site contains a blog so I will update it regularly in place of this blog!

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

That would be alright, I suppose . . . .

yeh yeh. everyone's seen this cartoon before, but that doesn't stop it being great. it was even used by a gang of squaresville poets advertising a gig at the poetry caff a few years back, but they substituted 'poets' for 'weirdos'. totally superfluous - all real poets are weirdos. everyone knows that.

by the way, everyone should get a copy of estaphin's brilliant DCLP, from Veer Books . if anything could be called 'conceptual poetry' its this / but instead of being a simple poeticisation of our alienation, or a macho display of pseudo-newness / its a superb collage of language, nastily joyous & righteously exasperated, about cottaging and surveillance, using mainly found material & stuff from chatrooms etc. there's a good bit when the authorities at Canary Wharf (London's premier symbol of the occult power of capital) find out whats going on in their toilets: "men are using public toilets at the heart of the estate for homosexual sex . . . right under the noses of some of the world's most powerful companies", goes the headline. yeh, thats what 'powerful companies' are for.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Commons 37 - 41

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there will be no violence here,
it is perhaps where that thing,
queen elizabeth,
was practicing her derivative magic,
burning like a city, a heretic
or a child, insisting softly
on a private & particular sky,
a credit reference, for example,
spotted with Hackney Road,
the dreadful cries of murdered men,
inside poetry,
composed exclusively
for entirely official numbers.

But for now lets have some
gratuitous cartoon violence
among the zombies, fingers &
eyes, you can’t have em
- stop -
- he was a -
- bang -
- ringing -
how old are you,
my sweet preposterone,
a heyena in a pretty frock,
resident in Hackney,
which you do not believe in,
sharpening your love like flint.

Last night I lay
in darkened walls -
I sucked his -
I used to whip him
with a turquoise chain
he was a big freak
o enchanting fucking
trickling inside woolworths
its cosmetic flash:
o false egyptians
& english sweethearts,
trapped in un-meaning,
would too eat blood
my lily-white hands

Anyway, back in the
police computer
they are making metonyms,
ambitious ones
intersected by pretty towns
& strings of words
but we are mouths
stitched into the language
that resting place
for exhausted shoppers
for used opinions
call it the graveyard
o computer

Those who believe
they know how to read
are easily intimidated
I mean right now.
But who is speaking here,
such archaic pleasantry
& insolent noise making
is mere freakish difficulty:
history is those who sit
inside their prepared vocab,
the comfortable ones,
the executioner, especially,
never utters an articulate sound,
quietly gets on with his work.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Openned - coming up

This is gonna be a good one. We got a bunch of equipment, wires, machines . . . .


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It's a fairytale come true: we're so excited to announce the Once Upon a Time Season 5 premiere date is Sunday, September 27 8/7c! That's right, Emma Swan, Snow White, Prince Charming, the Evil Queen, Hook, Rumplestiltskin and all the other resident fairy tale characters are coming back as they cope with Emma’s new role as the dark one and they begin the search for Merlin.  What's next for our favorite residents of Storybrooke? Can’t wait until September 27th? Watch the first two minutes of the Once Upon a Time Season 5 premiere here! Still not over the Season 4 finale? Re-watch the most shocking moments from the finale below.

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An Alternate World

A Boy in the Hood

Finding Emma

Hook’s Sacrifice

Action Moms

Regina the Savior

Darkness Rising

 Tune in to the Once Upon a Time Season 5 Premiere SUNDAY SEPT 27 8|7c.

The Author Writes a New Book for Gold|The Author begins to write "Heroes and Villains."|The Author begins to write "Heroes and Villains," a new book for Mr. Gold. Will Rumplestilskin cost the heroes their happy endings? From Once Upon a Time season 4 episode 21, "Mother."

Check out previous Magical Moments from Season 4 of Once Upon a Time:

Sympathy for the De Vil

Heart of Gold

Best Laid Plans

Poor Unfortunate Soul

Enter the Dragon

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Heroes and Villains

Shattered Sight

Smash the Mirror, Part 2

Smash the Mirror. Part 1

The Snow Queen

Family Business

Breaking Glass

The Apprentice

Rocky Road

White Out

Season 4 Premiere "A Tale of Two Sisters"

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It is with deep sadness that we inform the alumni about the sad demise of Shahid Nazir Gondal of 30th Entry. Dr Shahid was in his clinic in Mandi Bahauddin when armed assailants entered the clinic in an apparent attempt to kidnap his father. The scuffle that ensued ended up in Dr Shahid being shot who later succumbed due to critical injuries.

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Looking for Beads at Midnight?

Well, I've been there several times myself...a couple of times while working on my book and also the day before teaching a project.

Just in case you didn't know this, Cousin Corporation has beads at Walmart AND now they are in Meijer stores! Love it!

I've bought beads in the middle of the night at Meijer before so I'm excited to see their new products on the wall.

I also wanted to share this cool bracelet project that Cousin created with the products at Meijer.

Hello, this is so appealing to me and totally shouting my name. (Could be the dangles!)

I love the fact that very few products were used to create what looks like a very intricate bracelet. NICE!

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Thursday, 1 August 2013

Kose Softymo Deep Cleansing Oil

(Unfortunately photos in this post were lost due to The Great Deletion of 2014. Some efforts to re-do photos will be made but not all posts will be redone.)

After finishing up the DHC Deep Cleansing Oil, I was on the lookout for a cheaper option and found this at the beauty section of T&T.

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This product uses orange and rice bran oil to deep clean the face. If you aren't familiar with cleansing oils, these types of products help remove makeup and emulsify when mixed with water. Ideally they should wash off without leaving a residue but different brands have different abilities to do so.

When I first used this, I was totally in love with its orange-zesty scent. It really perked me up in the shower. This did remove all my face make up but I found it was oilier than the DHC oil even though it was less viscous. It didn't emulsify as well and as I continued through the bottle I felt like it worked less well at rinsing off.

Somehow I managed to get water into the bottle which resulted in a cloudiness in the liquid.  I'm not too impressed with this since I never dunked the bottle into water so I'm not sure how the water got in. This may have made it work less well. As I continued to go through the bottle I noticed that my skin didn't really feel clean and that my pores were getting more clogged. After a month or so I really wanted to be done with it!

The price of this product is really quite affordable. I think I got it for ~$8 which is amazing compared to the ~$30-$40 of higher brands like Shu Uemura and DHC but I won't be returning to this just because of the thick not clean feeling it gave to my face.

Have you tried cleansing oils? Has one really stood out for you?

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Monday, 15 June 2015

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There have been many times when my opinion of a product has changed. One example is my opinion on the original Baby Lips. In my intial review, I wasn't blown away and in general I still don't think they're that moisturizing, but over time, I saw the benefit of having a tinted lip balm that had SPF in it. Maybelline just came out with the Baby Lips Moisturizing Gloss* ($6CDN, 5.5ml) and I've changed my mind a few times with these while I was playing around with them.

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The Baby Lip Glosses are supposed to be completely non-sticky, to give a sheer tint of color, and are enriched with caring oils and Vitamin E. These smooth, moisturize and soften the lips for 4 hours and come in three glossy finishes. I tested out some colors in their cream and jelly finish.

If you're looking for a tint and color, you really are not going to find that here and this made me, intially, not a complete fan, When they say sheer, they really meant it and most of the shades I got ended up looking the same on my lips. The creams give off a milkines which the jellies do not but I wouldn't be too picky about which color you end up choosing.

These definitely moisturized my lips. They really were non sticky and they reminded me of the Clarins Lip Comfort Oil but in a much less vicious consistency. They have a great fruit scent and hydrated my lips for a decent amount of time.

I would honestly classify these in a lip care category rather than as a color cosmetic. Their main benefit is their hydrating nature and non-stickiness, not the color tint. If you are solely looking for something to take care of your lips, these are pretty good but I wish the price wasn't so high since it doesn't look like you get that much product. If you are looking for a color cosmetic that's hydrating you may want to consider other glosses with more pigmentation.

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Images of 911 twin tower memorial lights

Last night the memorial lights representing the Twin Towers on 911 were lit from sunset to sunrise. This year my son, Daniel, and I went downtown to where the lights were located to photograph them up close from underneath. This proximity gave the beams more definition.

Up close you can see the individual beams from the spot lights that make up the shape of the twin towers. This image was taken within a 15 minute period after sunset so there is still some definition in the sky, which was misty last night.
Photographed just 10 minutes later that the top photo, the sky in this one is already going very dark. There is really only a 15 minute envelope after sunset within which to capture detail in the twilight sky.

We moved further away to capture this vista of Trinity Church with the beams behind it.

Moving even further uptown we finished with this scene of the new World Trade Center and the beams.

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

My Fuji X-E1 thinks its a Hasselblad

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 After playing with the new 27mm Fuji pancake lens for awhile, I changed the camera to record RAW + jpg in black & white mode. I find myself creating more abstract images this way, and it reminds me of when I used my Hasselblad 500C. Loved that camera and the square format. Now I have it again with the X-E1.

Here are a few shots I did over the past few days. Many of them are complete abstractions. Others border on abstraction, and some are just straight. I used to see and create differently with the Hasselblad and find myself doing the same thing with the Fuji.

Blur shot of the city at night

The nice thing about shooting in both RAW and jpg is that I still have the full RAW information if I want to change my mind and go back to color.

Abstract lights out of focus.

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Friday, January 3, 2014

Winter birds with the Sony A7r with 135mm Leica APO-Telyt lens

The temperature was 10° when I left the house early this morning to run some tests on the Sony A7r camera with Leica lenses. A light snow was still falling and I headed over to Union Square Park. There I found numerous birds in the low trees searching for food. Their feathers were all puffed up to keep them warm. It also made them look like feather balls with a small heads. They were perched on branches deep within the smaller trees, but the white snow and sky helped to outline them.

I had the Leica 135mm APO-Teleyt-M mounted on the Sony A7r via a Metabones adapter.  The maximum aperture of the APO-Telyt-M is f/3.4, which I selected to give me the shallowest depth of field that would isolate the birds sharply against the out-of-focus tree branches. With the Leica lens this is a manual focus situation, of course, and I relied on the focus peaking feature of the A7r to outline the birds in red when they snapped into focus.

Here are a few samples, all shot manual focus with a wide open lens:

A House Sparrow, one of the more common birds in the city.
A White-Throated Sparrow looking like a little fur ball.
I actually like the shots best when there are a lot of branches so the bird blends into them, as this puffed-up White-Throated Sparrow did, even with his color.

  1. nive pictures, BUt: are you shure it's 135mm lens? Isn't it the APO Telyt 3.4/180mm?

    Arno Nühm

  2. It is definitely the 135mm APO-Telyt-M lens f/3.4. It is the only one I own for the M Leica. I should have put the "-M" after the name. There is an APO-Telyt-R f/3.4 that was for the R Leica. I just added the clarification in the text. Thanks.

  3. The results look promissing. I'm looking forward to get a Leica APO Telyt R 3.4/180mm for my Fuji X-E2. As far as I remember the Leica APO Telyt R 3.4/180mm was the only lens that ever reached the "10.0" test result of the German magazine "Fotomagazin" in the 1990s.

    Arno Nühm

  4. I am thinking about getting this lens for my A7r, but I have one burning question. How bad is the CA along contrasty edges? Specifically, is it all removed by checking the CA box in ACR, or must one also use defringing?

    Some background. I have used this lens on M9 and Nex 7, and loved it, but sold it along with all my Leica gear last year. I now have a Leica 90mm Macro Elmar M F4, and love it on my A7r. It does have some CA at contrasty edges, but that is all removed by the ACR checkbox. I also just got a new old stock Pentax SMC 135mm F3.5 lens for my A7r, and it preforms pretty well. Sharp, but not quite as sharp as my 90mm (which is not quite as sharp as my Nikon 70-200mm F4), but the Pentax has just a little too much CA. Defringing is required to remove all the CA, but this has other side effects that I often hate. Hence my question.

    Your help with this would be greatly appreciated!

  5. Paul, the Leica APO-Telyt 135mm lens is really superb a pretty much as good as it gets for controlling aberrations. The fringing is not that bad on telephotos like this anyway, and easily removed in Post-processing. I use Adobe Bridge and use the defringe removal sliders under "Lens Corrections/Color".

    My full review of the Leica M lenses on the Sony A7r will be posted later this week. I'll have more to say about it then. I can say that of all the Leica lenses I used on the A7r, the 135mm delivered the best results. Stay tuned. - t

    1. Tom, Thanks for your quick reply. I use ACR not Bridge, but defringe in ACR will neutralize borders of blue everywhere in a picture, not just where the CA is. So, if you have say a blue door in the photo, and use a purple defringe of say 3, there will be a fairly wide band of gray at the edges of the door, where blue has been removed. Ugh! That's why the "Remove CA" checkbox above the defringe sliders in ACR is so much preferred.

  6. The 180mm Apo-Telyt R is a superb lens, but it, at least mine, seems not to focus close enough for birds to fill the picture. Is this something others have experienced, or is it just me? I am using it with the Fuji XE-2 with a Metabone adapter.


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Monday, May 23, 2016

Why the Insect Brain is So Incredible - Anna Stöckl

The human brain is one of the most sophisticated organs in the world, a supercomputer made of billions of neurons that control all of our senses, thoughts, and actions. But there was something Charles Darwin found even more impressive: the brain of an ant, which he called “one of the most marvelous atoms of matter in the world.” Anna Stöckl takes us inside the tiny but mighty insect brain.

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

It's a Girl!!

Yes, I've been a bit busy around here with our little girl coming almost 2 weeks early! It's been so long since I've been on here, blogger didn't want to let me in.

We'd like to introduce you to our daughter, Lydia Faith.

She arrived April 23 (the day before parents guessed she'd be an Easter baby) at 10:29 am. She was 7 lbs 9 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. I will be posting her birth story as soon as I can...including how they almost sent me home, and she was born a mere 3 hours later!

I am still so surprised (but at the same time not) that she's here already! And, I'm still surprised she's a she! More on that later! For now, I need to get back to my 2 kids! :)

Nicole said...

Congratulations!! She is so beautiful!

Andrea said...

She is beautiful! Can't wait to read the birth story :) I LOVE reading birth stories :)

Nicole said...

Hmmm... I left a comment the other day but it's gone:( Anyways...

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Big Brother

Dear Stephen,

How did you grow into my 2 year old boy right before my eyes? Yesterday, you were playing in the little pool at Grandma and Grandpa's house, and I was telling Grandma how you have grown so tall and stretched out. You're no longer my baby Stevie. You're my little boy Stevie.

You have been quite the big brother to your new little sister too. When Lydia was born, that was the first time we spent nights away from each other. And really, that was the first time we spent days away from each other too. You don't nap well other places, so I was worried it was going to be a rough weekend while we were at the hospital. You surprised us though...and thrilled us. You still didn't nap super well, but you did sleep quite well at night in a new place at Grandma and Grandpa's. Grandpa said you woke up and fussed a bit the first night. He told you to lay down and go to sleep. You did! When you visited us in the hospital, you were a bit unsure of the place. (I think you get that from your Dad...hehe) You really didn't want to stay long. It was a bit bittersweet for me. I missed you and wanted to be with you, but I was so relieved you were always ready to leave with Grandpa and Grandma with barely a wave goodbye! I know, they are so much fun! You always have such a great time with them. You didn't have many thoughts about your baby sister when you saw her the first time. You let out a few "words", touched her for a second, and then turned your attention to the umbrella stroller Grandma brought you in.

We gave you a book of different trucks, boats, trains, planes, etc. You sat up with me on the bed and looked at the book. That was exciting until you noticed the iv in my arm and tried to pull it out...while I was looking at your book. You also wanted to press the buttons on that monitor too! Yup, we think you're a toddler boy!

You came again the next day, Easter Sunday. I think you were even more less than thrilled to be there that day. You and Daddy took a "man walk" together. Hand in hand, you walked to the freezer to get some special ice cream. Daddy said you talked the whole way (in your own language of course). You shared that chocolate goodness together back at the room.

The day we came home from the hospital, we went to Grandma and Grandpa's to pick you up. You, Nathanael, and Rachael were waiting for us outside with balloons! (And oh you love balloons.)

You were wearing your beloved green boots!

You certainly have a way of always making me smile...and chuckle, you cutie!

On our ride home, you didn't give your sister much of a glance. (Now that I'm thinking of it, you did give her one glance. Sort of, "Who are you?" And that was it.) And that first week or so, that was how it was. You just accepted her.

As the days passed though, you wanted to get more involved. And if she cried, you wailed along with her. Thinking the pacifier would cure any cries, you would try to help by giving her one. If one worked, for sure 2 would work better.

The pacifiers were also pretty funny to stick on your fingers. And, I'll be sure to share this with your future wife: You were interested in the whole nursing deal with this baby sister of yours. You would often lift up your shirt and inspect what was under there. (You did this a lot through the day...even at church.) I thought for sure you were going to try to nurse her one day. Didn't happen. You were also very interested in the pump, and any time I would pump, you wanted to sit on my lap and play with the dials. I didn't encourage that. (I can hear you now, all grown...gross, maybe, but as a toddler, quite hysterical) You would take spare parts that were drying on the counter and put them under your shirt...making us both laugh out loud!

You often go over to your sister and give me a panic because you appear to be trying to pick her up. However, those are your loving hugs. You like to sit next to her on the floor and touch her feet and her hands. Those are so funny to you. In your own way, I'm quite convinced you say, "Lyddie." When we first brought her home and she would cry and you would become so concerned, we would say, "Tell her, 'it's ok, Lyddie.'" Now, when she cries (and you don't), you melt my heart and say, "It's ok. It's ok." And she just loves you. She lights up when she sees you, and you love it when I say, "Stevie, she's looking at you! She's saying, 'Hi, big brother!'" Lydia is going to learn from you, Stevie. We hope she picks up on your joy and reflects it too.

At Lydia's first Dr's appointment, just a couple of days old, you stood right by her carseat with one hand on the handle, gently rocking her. You watched as others walked by with pride and a protective spirit. You never let go of her seat. Dad and I were so proud of you. We hope you continue to love your sister, that you two grow in friendship, and that you will continue to seek to protect her (even though we think she'll be a tough cookie hanging around you). You might not be the baby of the family and an only child anymore, but you will always be my only Stephen, my little Stevie and my big Stevie (and I'm sure, eventually, Steve.) You're becoming quite the little man already, and what a privilege and responsibility it is for me to be a part of that growing and training process. I'm so thankful to have these little boy years with you...even moreso now that I see glimpses of who you'll be when you're grown. I love you so much, Stevie.

Love always,

1 comment:

Drea said...

I love the name Lydia :)


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Friday, August 6, 2010

Closing Weekend - Critically Speaking.

The second weekend of my show begins now. And to be quite honest, I'm not really excited to perform. Could be because it is a different experience not to be doing a show with all of my best friends. Could be because no one I really want to perform for is coming. But doesnt that go against the point? Shouldnt I want to be performing because acting alone makes me happy?

Click: Our Review.

But come on. I'm a pro (so i tell myself). Put it all aside and be GERTRUDE. Gertrude needs to get to the freaking ball.

New lesson - Perform every show like there is a critic front row.

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