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Previews from Day 6 – The Beach Highway

Cloudy again, but no rain on day 6.

Warning: The jpegs in this post is taken straight out of the camera and adjusted in Ps Express on my tablet. All pictures are taken with my Fujifilm X-T2 and my XF18-135mm lens with the Velvia film simulation.

The last day of my vacation was cloudy, but dry. So I decided to take a final “photoshoot” on the beach. As one of the few beaches in Denmark, it is allowed to drive on the beach. You can do it all year, but unless you have a real 4WD, you may get stuck in the wet sand for a long time. Even on days with ice on the beach, I saw off-roaders drive on the beach. But not today, where the wet sand had ‘quicksand’-like consistency.

If you dare, you can descent the ramp down to the beach by car
Beach Highway. Call 112 for emergency.
The wind and waves creates organic foam at the shore. The foam looks like small icebergs
Seagulls and sanderlings in neat lines.
Roots are exposed, as the soil erodes
Bunker from World War 2 has slipped down to beach as the foundation disappeared
An organic American football
The remains of a pinetree

Plastic fantastic

After three days with temperatures above zero degrees Celsius, most of the ice and snow was gone from the beach. Without snow, all the plastic waste along the shore showed up. Although plastic is colorful, it is dispiriting to see the amount of waste left for generations.

Plastic fantastic, NOT!
Plastic waste everywhere
A lot of plastic waste piling up for the next generations
This is not a contemporary art installation, but pieces of nets, platic ropes and organic material intertwined

Hidden treasures in the sand

Without any good motives for landscape photography, I started to look down and find the details in the sand, everybody normally just passes by. The XF18-135 is not a macro-lens, but it suffices to get shells and other sea life with its context in upright position. And with the cloudy, foggy conditions, no shadows or harsh light destroys the scene…

Shell with golden stripes
Assembly 1
A small seaweed in the sand with animal shape

Assembly 2
Colorful bubbles around a shell

As an enthusiastic amateur photographer, I spend most of my spare time finding the next photo opportunity. I favor landscape photography and portraiture, and challenge myself with street.

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Discovering The Best Antivirus Software For You

Antivirus software refers to computer programs or tools that are used for identifying, blocking, and removing malicious applications such as computer viruses and malwares from the system. They have become essential tools for any computer user in today’s world of constant threat from virus attacks, spywares, system hijackers, etc.

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When the antivirus identifies a virus that matches any code or definition in its database, it will alert the user, and the user has the option of repairing, quarantining, deleting or analyzing the infected file. If the virus cannot be removed from the infected file, it is usually set to quarantine. However, users also have the option of immediately deleting the file thereby eliminating any further threats, or before the virus can execute itself. The infected file can also be sent to the software company for analysis and inclusion in the database, or if the antivirus has the feature, the user can analyze the infected file by self.

Since new viruses are created everyday, the virus database of the antivirus has to be updated continually. Almost all database updates are free and they can be scheduled or done manually.

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There is no attempt to identify known viruses here like in the dictionary approach. Every activity and behavior in the system is monitored here by the antivirus. Therefore, this approach may protect from new viruses which has not yet been identified out of suspicion. However, this approach has mostly been abandoned by many antivirus companies because of its tendency to sound too many false positives. And today, there are so many non-malicious programs which can modify other executable files in disregard to the false positive issue. So this technique has become almost obsolete.

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Brazil To Meet Scotland On March 27

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The Brazilian FA has announced an international friendly against Scotland on March 27.
The Brazilian Football Association (CFB) has announced that the Selecao will take on Scotland in an international friendly on March 27. The match will be played at the Emirates Stadium in London, the home of Arsenal.

Both sides haven't locked horns since they met at the 1998 World Cup in France. Scotland caused Brazil all kinds of trouble 13 years back, but an own goal from Tom Boyd eventually helped the South Americans to a 2-1 win.

Scotland impressed in an international friendly against Northern Ireland earlier this month when they recorded a 3-0 win.

Brazil on the other hand put in a rather disappointing performance against France in their last game and had to settle for a 1-0 loss in Paris.


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  Heavenly Father, Thy cosmic life and I are one. Thou art the ocean, I am the wave; we are one. I demand my divine birthright, intuitively realizing that all wisdom and power already exist in my soul. God is just behind my reason, today and every day, and is guiding me to do the right thing always. God is the indwelling Self of man and the sole Life of the whole universe. I am submerge in eternal light. It permeates every particle of my being. I am living in that light.  Read more [...]


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US Comedy Contest 2018

  1. I am competing in the 2018 US Comedy Contest in Hollywood, CA on February 5th, 2018 at 8pm @ Sal’s Comedy Hole on Melrose Ave.  Come out and support my Ballz Out Comedy along with some really talented comedians. It should be a great night of belly laughs in Hollywood as we compete for some great prizes!

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I am performing at the World Series of Comedy 2017

Come join me for some more Ballz Out Rock comedy at the World Series of Comedy tonight September 12, 2017 at 11:00pm @ the El Cortez Casino in DTLV. It will be an incredible show with a lot of great comics from all over the US and Canada. I have free tickets so please come out and join us where you are sure to break a rib from nonstop laughter! Contact me to reserve your free ticket!
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Rock Easter Egg Basket

Here I am, Ballz Out Rock putting all my eggs in one basket.  We had a sold out show in the Yoo Hoo Room at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, CA on Tuesday March 22, 2016.  We had a great lineup of some really great comics.

Rock Handing Out Easter Eggs

Here I am handing out some Easter Eggs and Cream Filled Eggs to members of a very uncomfortable audience.  I asked them if some of them liked “nuts in their chocolate”?.  A few really liked my cream filled eggs.  Another Ballz Out Rock Comedy Show starring Ballz Out Rock.

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Welcome To Ballz Out Rock’s website.  I want to be a voice for men who have been pussy-whipped, marginalized and emasculated by a society that has ceased to value the male of the human species.  We need to take our balls back men.

Where are your balls right now, men?  In your wife’s purse? Under your girlfriend’s heel?  You need to walk up to her, standing tall, chest out, assert your masculinity and say “I’m taking my balls back, I am Man hear me roar!”


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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Five Days Older

I got to my work desk early yesterday morning and out of nowhere a flood of tears came. I had just said goodbye to my long time high school friend and a five-day vacation getaway. I haven't quite figured out why it hit me so hard but I was definitely not ready to be sitting at work. Luckily, I went to work a half hour early so I could adjust my otherwise vacationing mind to the fact that I was back at what my husband calls "the law factory".
Vacation was good for me. My high school friends and I had planned this trip months ago. There wasn't much for me to do except write it on the calendar. Brenda took care of the hotel reservations (I had forgotten she had a travel agency business in her past life). All I had to do was scoop up our other friend, Kathy, from the airport and drive us to Spokane for three nights of our 2nd Annual Great Girlfriend Getaway.
In my life experience, it's not easy to find good fellow travelers but these two friends are above and beyond good travel mates. Three days together could wear on some people but it didn't with us. We talked, ate great food, shared recipes, revisited the old days, kicked our feet up, laughed out loud and saw a bit of Spokane.
Above all that, I learned that Brenda writes an email to her mother every single day. I marveled at this and thought about it a lot. In a world that seems so instant and fleeting, I'll bet she and her mom have racked up hundreds of emails back and forth that will remain forever. As a writer, I freaking love that. Brenda talked about a road trip she is taking with her recently retired husband across the U.S. to see family on the east coast. I am so envious.
Kathy and I got to spend an extra two special days together at my house. We brought home a pile of tomatoes and butternut squash from Brenda's garden. One of my favorite moments from the weekend will forever be spending time in my kitchen, making a new recipe for squash alfredo with my good friend. We also whipped up a batch of homemade spaghetti sauce with Brenda's recipe .... a first for both of us. It turned out great.  Kathy recently retired. She is enjoying her newfound freedom and it shows. Both these friends are paving the way for me for when it's my turn to turn in my work badge. Love that!
Me? I'm coming down from cloud nine this morning as I write this. I'll truly look forward to the next adventures with these fine friends. There is a lot of life left in all of us to live. I look forward to seeing them again ... sooner rather than later ... to see what they've filled their days with.  Living forward.
In the end, we are all five days older. Isn't it a wonderful thing when you get to sometimes be on the path with people you love?
love, susan

Manito Gardens in Spokane, WA

Conservatory at Manito Gardens

Riverfront Park in Spokane, WA

Apple Store in downtown Spokane

Oil & Vinegar store at downtown mall Spokane

Riverfront Park, Spokane

Chinese Lantern Festival, Spokane

Saw an owl mid-day at McNary Wildlife Refuge
on a walk with Kathy

  1. What an awesome adventure and a great time of year for it. I love that Brenda writes her mom daily. Kelsi calls me every day or we Facetime ( I love technology). I would love to try a butternut squash alfredo!!! That sounds AMAZING! MIss and love you.

    1. Hi Shari! There were so many moments in this trip that I didn't write about. It was a very needed mini-vacation. I've been writing to my kids ever since I got back and amazing dialog is happening. I do love that. Love you girlfriend!

  2. What beautiful photos and heartfelt post (as always)! My husband writes to our two adult children every day. I'm the writer, yet he's the one writing to them. But I'm glad he's consistently keeping in touch with them because I have difficulty in doing *anything* on a daily basis except eat and sleep (and use the bathroom, but let's not go down that road, haha).

    BTW, I am mesmerized by your night shots. I struggle with night photography... I can't seem to get it... yet.

    1. I have engaged my son and daughter-in-law and my step daughter in almost daily contact by email. I'm a little amazed by it with everyone's busy lives. My step daughter says she looks forward to my emails when she takes a break at her job. I've learned more about our kids in the last month of emails than I have over several years. And, I have something to look at later.

      Those night shots are part of my practice, practice, practice mode. I believe I took my ISO up to 3200 and shutter speed down to about 1/15 or 1/20. The lower shutter speeds means I have to hold very still. Night time shots are not my favorite. I prefer late afternoon but my last mini shoot I had to use my flash and I was amazed by the great result. I prefer to not use a flash in people's faces but the dark of winter is forcing me to try new things. I have a shoot tonight after work and you can bet I'll have my flash turned on it. Darkness, ugh! Thanks for dropping in, Trudy!

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Northumbria – Bring Down The SkyUsing only bass, guitar and slew of effects, Dorian Williamson and Jim Field‘s second release as Northumbria starts as it intends to finish, declaring at the outset that it is time to soar and glide. It seems to be just about fuzz o’clock as far as the guitar is concerned, and while the bass is set to Northumbrian winter time, its low-end rumbles are equally content to give direction to the pedals which set its deep heart a-coruscating.

Textural more than tuneful for the most part, Bring Down The Sky sets out to cover its allotted ground with a comprehensive blanket of sound, sweeping across the frequency spectrum with an implacable determination to fill space and overcome time. While the bright chimes and searing, controlled feedback from the guitar is frequently piercing in the penetration it achieves, the bass really needs a good set of speakers and a decent amount of volume to appreciate its depth and resonance. Playing this album on laptop speakers from low-resolution MP3s is not going to do it any favours, for example; and so many subtleties could be lost without nudging the levels just that little bit higher, even on headphones.

While the outlook may be rather bleak in many ways, the results are more often reflective and uplifting. It’s worth recalling that the word ‘doom’ derives from ‘fate,’ to which end there is not so much a feeling of gloom or melancholy here as a powerful sense of yearning, even wonder, expressed by Williamson and Field through the slow-burning interplay of the two guitars and their modifying devices.

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Ancient Civilizations

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May 10,2012, 10:05 AM - 11:00 AM @ Everett Middle School
Dear 826 Valencia tutors,

Thank you very much for donating your time to helping my students work on their writing skills.  For their end of the year project, my students are researching a particular aspect of an ancient civilization we have studied:  China, Greece, Rome, Egypt (Hebrews), and India.   Students have been primarily working on their reading skills this year along with focusing on writing responses to literature.  As a result, this is the first research report that they are completing as middle schoolers; they could certainly use extra guidance as they progress through the writing process.

Currently, they are busy reading about their civilizations and identifying a focus for their reports as they work in groups of 1 to 3 students.  When the tutors work with the students, they will have already gathered evidence and information about their topic.  For the May 9th and 10th class periods, the students will be working on taking their evidence and organizing it into a five paragraph rough draft.

My students are familiar with the idea of introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions.  They also know that when you state larger ideas, you should expand on them with evidence and elaborations.

This year, we have been color coding our sentence types, with green being the main idea/topic sentence, yellow being the bigger ideas, and red being the details/evidence/elaborations.  While they are comfortable identifying these different paragraph parts, many of them still struggle with giving relevant details and making their main ideas clear. This year we have worked a lot on sentence structure, so it would be great to work with the students on mixing up their sentence types to make it more interesting for the reader: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.

By the end of May 10th, it would be great to have them well on their way to completing their rough drafts.  On the 14th, the focus will be on revising their essays again for organization, clarity, and sentence variety. On the 17th, the focus will be on editing for punctuation, capitalization, and other conventions.  Thank you for any time that you are able to donate!

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Alderman King is passionate about empowering children to insure future excellence, and she believes that quality education is not only essential for success, but also that combining with co-curricular activities will be key to preventing young minds from becoming prey to negative influences within many neighborhoods. Consequently, a high quality education for all students is imperative and non-negotiable.

As a Chemistry teacher and administrator at the Latin School of Chicago, Alderman King helped to recruit one of the most diverse freshmen classes in the school’s history. Because she believed in equal access for all students to premier education, she worked tirelessly alongside other volunteers and staff to create the Ariel Community Academy, a public school in North Kenwood-Oakland. There she could see first-hand, how a strong school supports development of young minds and instills hope among those generations, in addition to serving as a hub for the community.

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Saturday, June 25, 2011

New Project

Blogger has had its way with the photo order. Rrrr.

I recently found a booklet (given to me) and loved the quilt on the cover. After studying it I engineered the pattern. Using my accuquilt go cutter I cut the star points and assembled them. The corner stone pieces of the star block came from the already assembled bag. So sewing the block is FAST. For the snow ball block I cut 9.5 inch squares. From another bag of already cut triangles I added the color corners.

The bags of prepared units are one of my ways to process scraps of fabric. I never tire of working with scraps.

I've got more blocks to make and am already thinking of how I want the border to look.

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  1. What a fun quilt...and so smart of you to use your go cutter....wonderful job!

  2. I really like this one! It's got a really pretty flow with wonderful open spaces, and your scraps are assembling gorgeously.

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Monday, 17 September 2012

The Disturbing Display of the Ethnographic Exhibits

                                 In 1803, for reasons we don’t need to look into today, Napoleon Bonaparte negotiated the sale of French held territory in America to the US Government, the so-called Louisiana Purchase.

Brochure for the World's Fair 1904

The centenary celebrations were, in fact, held in 1904, at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (colloquially known as the St Louis World’s Fair), the largest fair of its kind ever held. The Fair opened on April 30th 1904; 62 foreign nations were represented, together with 43 of the then 45 states of America, and was visited by over 19 million people.

Map of St Louis 1904 - site of World's Fair at top middle

The 1904 Olympics games, originally planned for Chicago, were moved to St Louis when the organisers threatened to stage their own games in competition to the official games. On the massive site (1,200 acres) were agricultural, trade and scientific exhibitions, presenting the intellectual and technological progress of Western Civilization to date.

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As part of the illustration of this ‘progress’ there were exhibits showing the inferiority of other, more ‘primitive’ cultures from around the world, not least the newly acquired territories of Guam, Puerto Rica and the Philippines, as America was keen to demonstrate the beneficial and ‘civilizing’ effects of its influence in these areas.

The Palace of Liberal Arts compared to ...

... Philippine's Thatched hut at the World's Fair

The Philippines exhibit was intended to show the stark contrast of the ‘backward’ culture to that of modern America. The Philippine Reservation covered 40 acres and was peopled with 1,000 ‘natives’ in a variety of villages, but the majority of ethnological exhibits were held on ‘The Pike’ – a ‘Polyglot thoroughfare of the world … a galaxy of forty stupendous amusements extend[ing] a distance of one and one-half miles.’

Attractions at The Pike

Here visitors could enjoy the Tyrolean Alps (with alpine villages, a 1,500 seat restaurant and Prussian and Bavarian bands), an Irish Village (with sixty ‘Sober Dublin Musicians’, jaunting carts and Blarney Castle), Paris (All the elements of gay Paris) or the Streets of Seville (A Gypsy lane in Barcelona).

Paris on The Pike

Now all this sounds rather like one of our living history museums, with colourful folk in period costume going about their exotic businesses, which, of course, it was but there was a much darker side to some of the exhibits. In a bid to exhibit the variety of humanity, the head of anthropology at the Fair, W J McGee, sent out agents to find examples of people ‘  ranging from smallest pygmies to the most gigantic peoples, from the darkest blacks to the dominant whites.’

African exhibits at the World's Fair

One of these agents was the missionary and businessman Samuel Phillips Verner, who was contracted to bring back pygmies from Africa. In the Belgian Congo, Verner rescued a Mbuti tribesman called Ota Benga from slave traders and with his help persuaded four male Batwa and five Bakuba, together with other ‘red’ Africans, to return to St Louis.

Bakuba warriors

The Force Publique militia of King Leopold II had slaughtered Ota Benga’s wife and children, and he feared that cannibals would eat him if he remained in Africa, so he was happy to accompany Verner to America. The Africans arrived after the start of the Fair (Verner, who was ill with malaria, was not with them), and were an immediate sensation, with Benga in particular capturing the public’s imagination. At four feet eleven inches tall and with his filed teeth, he was described in the press as ‘… the only living cannibal in America’, and was pleased to pose for photographs at five cents a time.

Ota Benga

The pygmies developed a taste for cigars, which they bought with the money they earned from the photographs, but this behaviour infuriated McGee, who felt that it undermined their ‘authenticity’. His intention had been to show how modern humans had evolved from primitive peoples, and how a line could be drawn from black tribesmen, through other brown, red and yellow men, reaching a zenith with the white man. Such theories were very popular at the start of the 20th century, particularly in America, and were a confused amalgam of social, cultural and biological evolutionary theories, unilinealism, progressivism, eugenics and unmitigated racism.

Mysterious Asia (!) at the World's Fair

Attempts to justify this madness under the mantle of respectable scientific theory resulted in mish-mash of uninformed misinterpretation, unintentional misunderstanding and deliberate misrepresentation parading itself as a rational justification for the subjugation of native populations, the colonisation of their lands and the imperialistic expansionism of Western nations. The ‘Human Zoo’ was one aspect of this attempt, as ‘primitive’ races were exhibited for the vicarious amusement of the masses, all the while being described as being of ethnographic or anthropological value.

'Cliff Dwellers' at the World's Fair

After the Fair in St Louis ended, Verner accompanied Benga back to the Congo, where he re-married (although his new wife died later from a snakebite) and lived with the Batwa although he never felt truly accepted by them. When Verner returned to the US, Benga went with him and after some negotiations, he took up residence at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Here he fell under the influence of William Hornaday, the director of the zoo, and Madison Grant, a racial anthropologist and eugenicist (Grant later wrote The Passing of the Great Race, a work that Adolf Hitler called his favourite book), and was exhibited in the monkey house at the zoo, sharing a cage with an orang-utan, in an attempt to demonstrate the similarities between ‘primitive’ races and apes.

Ota Benga

A number of African-American clergymen protested at the treatment of Benga and after two days the exhibitions ended and Benga eventually passed into the custody of Rev James Gordon. Gordon arranged a place in the Howard Coloured Orphan Asylum for Benga, from where he passed into the care of the McCray family in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he began to learn English and had his teeth capped. He gave up his elementary education when he started work in a tobacco factory, and started to save money for his fare back to Africa but his plans were frustrated by travel restrictions imposed at the outbreak of the First World War. On March 20th 1916, Ota Benga built a ceremonial fire, removed the caps from his teeth and shot himself through the heart with a stolen pistol.

He was buried in an unmarked grave.

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Postby rseaville on Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:33 pm

I know it's very short notice.
Going to Cown on Sunday.
Mate at work has just got a Pajero and he can't wait to get some mud onto it's white paintwork.
So if anyone want's to join us we will be at Cown 09:30 Sunday morning.
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Postby Bad Dragon on Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:58 am

Hello folks,

At this moment we are planning a big trip in the Dutch/German border area.
Which isnt a very hard Greenlaning event, but it gives you a very nice otherview of the Netherlands and Germany. Driving across the area where in past days smugglers had their doing, and borders still were there, it is a good place to drive.
The event is with Easter and goes from Friday afternoon till Monday afternoon.

Three musicians from Wales, the Glaaswalkers, are coming over to join us and enlight our evenings during BBQ and talks.

We are doing this in a small group, but there are still some places vacant.

Here some links to more info.

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There is a max of 7 cars plus one day joiners of 2.

If you like to come, just contact me.

There are no costs for the organisation, just your camping, food, drinks and such.

Pictures of last year are found here
We would like to have one or two cars from the UK.

Greetings from Robert

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

I went and rediscovered INXS. I used to LOVE this group, then Michael hanged himself and it put a damper on my interest. I even went so far as to SELL all my INXS CDs! Well, now I've repurchased all of them (at a fraction of their original cost I might add), and am enjoying them all over again.

I even purchased the revamped INXS CD called "Switch". While no where near their best CD ("Kick"). It is no where near their worst ("INXS"), either.

Wonder if they'll do another one. In the meantime, I'm enjoying it all over again. My favorite INXS song? Hands down it is "I Send a Message" from "The Swing"...

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Thursday, 11 March 2010

Don't go forgetting those Mothers Day cards...

..Or leave them to the very last moment like I have!  Here I am again making excuses for not having handmade cards all ready for occassions that I know are going to happen.  It's amazing once you work in the craft industry you get less time to craft..It's just not right!!

Anyway here is a picture of the cards that I have thrown (!) together for my Mom and Ian's Mom this afternoon...

I've used images from Dreams Come True CD for the papers and the Digi stamps for the toppers.  Now off you go and get your cards made or gloat that you had yours done ages ago!!

Speak again soon.
Anice xx

  1. Here I am gloating! Posted mine yesterday evening!!
    These are great hun, especially since they are ?thrown? together!
    Teri xx

  2. These cards are great! I love the embossing. Thos digi images are fab, I made a set of notecards with them, it was much quicker than stamping and much less messy! I am going to gloat now as I did make my Mother's day cards last weekend using your CD :-) I have entered them into the Get Funky Challenge too :-)

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Furmint: The Grape with Momentum

FurmintUSA Continues to Attain Recognition for Dry Furmint Wines in the U.S. Market

(Budapest, Hungary) July 31, 2017 – Tokaji wine has long enjoyed a high-class reputation (King Louis XIV called it “the wine of kings and the king of wines”). Now dry versions, moderately priced, aromatic, and complex, have positively captured the imagination and palates of American wine drinkers.

Two years ago, FurmintUSA began captivating the U.S. market with a campaign to promote Hungarian wines made from the indigenous dry Furmint grape. FurmintUSA’s success draws well-deserved attention both nationally and internationally to this important Tokaj grape variety. Upholding their momentum, the Hungarian government fortuitously declared 2017 the Year of Furmint.

“Our goal is to constantly spellbind U.S. wine consumers with specialties from Hungary, the home of the world’s first closed wine appellation on record: Tokaj, 1737. We strongly believe that Hungarian wine – and Furmint in particular – is on track to becoming a key participant in the U.S. wine market,” says László Bálint dip. WSET, director of operations at FurmintUSA.

Over the past two years Hungarian winemakers, under the FurmintUSA marketing initiative, have hosted more than 70 tastings in over nine states. FurmintUSA wines have also consistently achieved high recognition in wine competitions and scoring publications. Earlier this year, winemakers completed their latest round of bi-coastal promotional roadshows on the East Coast (New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia), and on the West Coast (California). A new shipment arrived on the West Coast in July 2017, and dry Furmint wines are now widely available in nine U.S. states.

Excitement for dry Furmint wines escalated throughout 2016. FurmintUSA held tastings in March and August at the Hungarian consulates in San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles. Wine presentations were held in April at Cal Poly Pomona, Napa Valley Wine Academy, and San Francisco Wine School, introducing dry Furmint wines to VIPs, sommeliers and wine students. This success followed awards FurmintUSA garnered in 2016 at the Sunset International Wine Competition in May, with Best of Class and Gold medal for Barta 2013 Furmint Szamorodni Oreg Kiraly Dulo, and a Gold medal for Béres 2011 Dry Furmint, Lőcse. Wines from seven other wineries in the portfolio won eight Bronze medals.

In July 2016, attendees at the Aspen Food & Wine Classic, and the TEXSOM conference in August, had the opportunity to taste the wines for the first time. In October, FurmintUSA hosted a trade visit to the Tokaji region of Hungary. Then at the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival in November, festival-goers experienced the different styles and varied flavors of the dry Furmint wines. In November, at the 2016 SommCon San Diego, Master Sommelier Tim Gaiser introduced dry Furmint during a master class on “Hungarian Furmint: Ancient Grape, Modern Wines.”

This year FurmintUSA continued its successful momentum by winning numerous awards at the TEXSOM International Wine Awards. Holdvölgy 2013 Vision won the “Judges’ Selection Hungarian Wine” and a Gold medal. Silver medals were awarded to Barta 2013 Öreg Király Furmint and Kvaszinger 2013 Estate Furmint. Additionally, five Bronze medals were awarded to Gróf Degenfeld 2015 Dry Furmint, Gróf Degenfeld 2015 Zomborka Furmint, Erzsébet Pince 2012 Estate Furmint, Majoros Deák 2013 Furmint, and St. Donat 2015 Márga Furmint.

In April 2017, winemakers Dávid Regéczy-Béres (Béres Winery), Sándor Zsurki (Gróf Degenfeld Winery) joined Balazs Humayer at the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) 74th Annual Convention & Exposition in Orlando, Florida. Together the group had an opportunity to meet with potential distributors and key accounts, and to showcase a selection of wines from the FurmintUSA portfolio.

Wine Enthusiast’s May 2017 issue gave FurmintUSA’s wines significant recognition with scores up to 93 points. Béres 2007 Aszú Puttonyos garnered 93 points, Barta 2013 Öreg Király Dulo Mád Furmint scored 91 points, and three other wineries scored 90 points (Béres 2015 Lőcse Vineyard Estate Bottled Dry Selection Furmint; Gróf Degenfeld 2015 Zomborka Furmint; and Kvaszinger 2015 Hatalos Furmint).

Most recently, FurmintUSA’s Barta Winery won the Best Furmint Award, Double Gold medal with 95 points for their 2015 Furmint, Király, Oreg, Dulo Mad at the 2017 San Francisco International Wine Competition. Somlói Vándor 2015 Furmint, Grófi dűlő Nagy-Somló also won a Double Gold medal, with 94 points. Six other wineries in the FurmintUSA portfolio won three Gold medals [Erzsébet 2015 Furmint Estate, Pince Zafír (92 points); Kvaszinger 2015 Furmint, Hatalos (91 points); Béres 2015 Furmint, Lőcse (90 points)], and six Silver medals (St. Donát 2015 Furmint, Márga, Balatonfüred-Csopak; Béres 2016 Furmint Estate; Gróf Degenfeld 2015 Furmint, Zomborka; Gróf Degenfeld 2015 Furmint; Slopes Winery 2015 Dry Furmint; and Serpens 2016 White Blend Dry).

In recognition of the growing popularity of Furmint, four FurmintUSA wines have been selected for presentation at the prestigious TEXSOM Conference on August 12 -14. Somlói Vándor 2015 Furmint, Erzsébet Cellar 2015 Estate Furmint, Kvaszinger 2015 Hatalos Furmint 2015, and Holdvölgy 2013 Vision will be poured at seminars led by distinguished Master Sommeliers and Masters of Wine from around the country.

FurmintUSA’s portfolio of wines is available through MHW Ltd. (, in New York they are distributed through Palinkerie Fine Hungarian Imports (, in D.C., Maryland and Virginia are distributed through Georgian Wine House (

California distribution for five wineries in the FurmintUSA portfolio, Béres, Grof Degenfeld, Erzsébet, Majoros and Szent Donát, is through San Francisco-based Swirl Wine Brokers ( FurmintUSA wines are now available through distribution in Oklahoma from Thirst Wine Merchants (


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MHC Releases Extreme Hybrid Soft Synth For Windows

MHC has released Extreme, a hybrid synthesizer which plays a combination of waveforms/samples, to deliver “distorted, big, punchy, noisy and wicked” sounds.

â€¢ 1024 presets (if all expansion soundpacks are installed)
â€¢ Crossfading and layered effects
â€¢ Effects: distortion, filter banks, a resonator, flanger, sub oscillation, amp modulation, pitch shift, and more
â€¢ All knobs can be mapped to MIDI controllers with a simple “learn” function
â€¢ Ensemble with adjustable amount and mix. Stereo delays
â€¢ Full polyphony. Only your CPU sets the limit or you may set a fixed voice limit
â€¢ Version 1.0 has been released as a VSTi for Windows.

MHC’s Extreme is available now as a Windows VSTi plug-in for $139. The company is developing an iAudioUnit plug-in for Mac OS X (Universal Binary). The optional soundpacks are available for $39 (including all three soundpacks). A demo version is also available. More information on MHC Extreme .

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Monday, 7 November 2016

Changes are a Foot.

Autumn is well and truly here.

Autumn and the forthcoming run up to my favourite time of year

 i e Christmas has raised my spirits.

After suffering a spell of artists block (the equivelant to writers block)

I have been spur'd on to make those changes I have mentioned in previous posts.

I have changed my profile name from Fuzzie Fingers to Carol Rigby and changed my profile picture.

This is due to the fact that this blog title does not reflect the work I am creating now so I have created

 a new blog with the title Pencil, Pastel and Paint.

 I know this will result in problems connecting with some blogger friends but will do my best to

give out as much info as possible to guide you in the right direction if you wish to continue to follow

 my art.

As well as a new blog I have also ventured onto Facebook and now have a Facebook page also

named Pencil, Pastel and Paint.

If you are on Facebook I would love it if you would connect with me by  'Liking' my page

I am in the process of getting to grips with the workings of Facebook and hope to be able to put a

 badge up on my blogs to link to my Facebook page when I learn how.

Wish me Luck.

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Playing Catch Up

It's been a while since I was last here.

While I have been away I have not been spending a lot of time on my art.

Life sometimes get's in the way as we all know.

However I do have some things to share.

Firstly, my completed canvas from my last post.

acrylics & oil pastel on canvas

I decided to paint her dress in acrylic and oil pastel rather than collage although the neckline is made

 up of my hand painted papers.

I also made a little colouring book for my daughter.

She is in her 30's but still a little girl at heart which is reflected in the glitzy cover.

During my 'time out' I spent a few days in Dumfries & Galloway in Scotland.

I love this photo I captured of birds outside the cottage window.

We had a lovely few days there.

I hope to have some more things to share soon.

Sunday, 11 September 2016

A Sneak Peak

This morning I picked up a box canvas that I started a while ago and put aside.

I wanted to make her face very pale but I kept looking at it and decided that she needed some colour to her skin tone.

She is in oil pastel and this is the biggest work in pastel that I have done to date measuring
 30cm x 40cm

I am itching to get out my papers and do her dress in collage but I'm not sure whether it will work.

 Or another idea is to do a coloured  acrylic glaze and scratch a pattern into it which is a technique I have done in the past on a couple of my smaller pieces.

Saturday, 3 September 2016

Take Two

This is a follow up post to yesterday.

Notice anything different ?

She was too young for grey hair.

Friday, 2 September 2016

Just stopped by to share my latest page in my Moleskine Sketchbook.

Still working to improve my coloured pencil technique.

I also wanted to share this pic I took of a beautiful Sunflower that brightened up my living room this week.

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely weekend where ever you are.

Monday, 22 August 2016

All set up.

Here is my desk. All set up with my sets of watercolour pencils.

I have been studying some coloured pencil techniques on youtube and to get some practice in I thought I would try my hand at an animal portrait and took a look on google images and decided on a Jack Russell.

This is the first time I have attempted an animal portrait but I am quite pleased how it turned out.

I used a water brush to activate the first layer of watercolour pencil then left subsequent layers dry and used a 5B pencil and a paper stump to shade the body.

I hope to keep improving my shading skills with more practice but I have already picked up a lot of tips from watching some very talented coloured pencil artists on-line.

Tuesday, 16 August 2016

New Pencils

I have been watching a lot of reviews on coloured pencils recently and wanted to try out these Derwent pencils.

Derwent Drawing pencils are a coloured pencils with a thicker core and are a really soft creamy pencil.

They come in 24 beautifully subtle colours.

I used a combination of these and my other pencils for this colored pencil drawing.

Then I went crazy and did another oil pastel drawing in my moleskine sketchbook.

Not that much attention to detail on her dress but that was just the mood I was in. Lol!

And I don't know why she has a fish on her head !!!

Tuesday, 9 August 2016

Another Pencil Drawing

I have just finished another page in my Moleskine sketchbook.

Monday, 8 August 2016

Lesson Learned

I made a real 'school girl' error while doing my latest coloured pencil portrait. I merrily coloured her hair black and picked up some residue pencil on my hand and then rested it in the middle of her cheek. I tried to rectify it but not very successfully.

  coloured pencil on cotton rag handmade paper

I have been reading and watching a lot of coloured pencil reviews lately and I am thinking of possibly getting some other brands of coloured pencils to add to my collection. I am looking at the Faber Castell Polyhromos which are oil based pencils as apposed to the wax based pencils I have and also the Derwent Drawing Pencils which are thicker coloured pencils in lovely subtle colours.  First I think I will try out some singles to see if I like them before investing in a set. I will post my thoughts on them some time in the future.

Over the weekend I went to an Antiques and Collectors Fair and came across some great finds.

A couple of pieces of vintage papers and a wooden cotton reel. I bought the cotton reel with the idea of making a spool book. Something I saw on Pinterest.

I also found something I have wanted for a while now. I have been wanting a Russian doll but not a new one.  I wanted one like I used to have as a child and I found one and it was complete with all the sizes right down to tiniest one you've ever seen.

So I was very pleased with myself.

Monday, 1 August 2016

Handmade Stamps

Today I made a couple of stamps from some Fun Foam.

I tried them out on some painted papers I had on my work desk.

I thought this one looked a bit plain so I added some holes with my awl. I would be interested to know what you think. Better with or without ?

The designs were inspired by seed pods. I would like to try and create some more detailed stamps but will have to get some new blades for my craft knife. I have been considering having a go at carving stamps but I am hesitating investing in stamp carving supplies in fear of dipping my fingers in  too many pies.

Thanks for visiting.

Sunday, 31 July 2016

Early Start

I was determined to get started early today in my art room and I actually managed to complete a couple of projects. One of them was an idea that has been bouncing around my head for a while now.

I emigrated to Australia with my family in the 60's and lived there for three and a half years. Today kids (boys mostly) collect and swap football cards. But during my childhood in Australia we used to collect picture cards the size of playing cards. Some of them were blank on one side with a picture on and some of them were actual playing cards that had nice pictures on the back.

After seeing artists altering playing cards on-line I had the idea of making my own picture playing cards to collect  and today I did my first one,

This card was inspired by the photo of my morning cereal that I published on my blog the other day.

I then played around with some acrylic paint and some Brusho

As I sat looking at them I started thinking of the very talented artist
 Carla Sonheim's  Imaginary Creatures and found a couple of my own.

In case you can't quite make this last one out it's a little 'mouse like' creature with orange ears.

Something a little different from me but it was fun to do.

Before I go I wanted to share some photos I took of a Buddleja  that I found growing on our drive, There are a lot of bushes full of them around at this time of year but one little seed must have took root in our drive and there it was all alone and a little bedraggled so I picked it and brought it in. Unfortunately even though it was in water it didn't take long before it started to whither. But not before I took some pictures of it against some of my painted papers.

I hope you enjoyed taking a peek at what I have been up to and I hope you all had a creative weekend.

Thursday, 28 July 2016

Hello?.......... there anybody there?

For a long time now I have been feeling like I need a change. So I put out the feeler's a couple of posts ago to see  if making  some changes like re-naming this blog (If you can do such a thing) or create a replacement blog would I be losing out by doing so?  Would I be losing a sizable following or connections I had built up with fellow bloggers who know me as Fuzzie Fingers?

I had help from a friend setting up this blog and when I was asked on the spot for a title. I came up with Fuzzie Fingers because I had just discovered wet felting and it referred to handling the merino wool with wet hands.

At the time I did not think of it as a 'brand' for the sake of a better word. For a while now I have wanted to branch out and promote my art on a Facebook page and even possibly try my hand at having an etsy shop but the name Fuzzie Fingers is holding me back because it does not reflect the art I do now.

I have some blog friends who don't visit every post but have visited here since my early days and one dear blog friend who visits here and comments on all my posts.  I can let these friends know of my changes so as not to loose contact with them as I value their visits and comments greatly,

 So maybe it wouldn't be that difficult to make the change after all........

.............something to think about.

Wednesday, 27 July 2016

A Nice Start to the Day

Look what I found in my breakfast cereal this morning.

A tiny dried strawberry heart.

( the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way)

A lovely way to start the day.
I love serendipity.

Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Sunday, 24 July 2016

Mark Making

A morning of mark making and the best time I've had in my art room for a long time.
This is the busiest my desk has looked for a long time.

I am still keeping things neutral.

Some isolated close ups.

I collected some grasses to use in my mono-printing yesterday but it didn't turn out too well. But they were great dipped in black paint for mark making.

Even on tea bags

Here is a tiny clue on another way I collect useful mark making tools.

I have recently come across the work of Leslie Avon Miller. You can see her beautiful art on her blog Textures Shapes and Color. Her work is so inspirational to me and she includes quotes and poetry in her posts all in all I find it a beautiful calm place to visit. I spent some time this morning looking back at her previous posts and it definitely set me up for a productive morning in my art room.

If you visit here I hope you like what you see and if so please let me know your thoughts. I often wonder if people visit but prefer to not leave comments. I am so grateful to my blog friends that regularly visit here but I would love to know if there are others looking at what I do.

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"We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened. Jim he allowed they was made, but I allowed they happened; I judged it would have took too long to make so many. Jim said the moon could a laid them; well, that looked kind of reasonable, so I didn't say nothing against it, because I've seen a frog lay most as many, so of course it could be done." - from the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

§ Contents

  1.   You Should Know — Star Terminology & Information
            In This Section You Should Know — Definitions from the Astronomical Science of Stars
  2.   Stars — Introduction
            A Jeweled Pair — Albireo A & B
  3.   The Stellar Classification of Stars
            The H-R Diagram — O, B, A, F, G, K, and M
  4.   History of the H-R Diagram
            Amateur Astronomer: Ejnar Hertzsprung — Influential Astronomer: Henry Norris Russell
  5.   History of the H-R Diagram...continued
            Amateur Astronomer: Ejnar Hertzsprung — Influential Astronomer: Henry Norris Russell
  6.   Evolution within an Evolving Universe
            Evolution of the Universe & Universal Evolution — Stellar Evolution
  7.   Spectral Classification of Stars
            Star HD 66171 — Spectral Classification, Counting Photons
  8.    The Luminosity Class
            Luminosity class, A Star's Radius & Temperature — Apparent Magnitude
  9.    Sources & Further Study
            Additional Resources
  10.   Star Types
            Introduction to Star Types — Most of the Older Pages Displayed, Revisions in Progress

5. History of the H-R Diagram...continued

"Sharp-witted and animated by nervous energy, he became one of the most powerful voices in twentieth-century American astronomy, wielding that influence in calculated ways to redefine an entire science. He, more than any American of his generation, worked to turn an observation-centered discipline into a theory-driven pursuit centered on physics." — Princeton University Press, 2009
Henry Norris Russell
Dean of American Astronomers

Henry Norris RussellSir George DarwinBorn in Oyster Bay, New York, Henry Norris Russell began his academic studies in astronomy at Princeton University where he obtained his B.A. in 1897 and his doctorate degree in 1899 while working under the contemporary astronomer Charles A. Young who had encouraged Russell to think of the universe in evolutionary terms, to view it as a developing and continuing cycle of stellar life and death, looking further ahead, beyond any single cause for it's existence. In 1902, Russell travelled to Cambridge, England to study and from 1903 to 1905, worked at the Cambridge Observatory with Arthur Robert Hinks ( senior assistant there from 1903-1913 ) as a research assistant of the Carnegie Institution, coming under the influence of Sir George Darwin ( image right ) whose ideas and work had been at the heart of Young's eariler encouragment of Russell.   fn1

Returning to Princeton in 1905, he was appointed an instructor in astronomy by Woodrow Wilson and in November of 1908 he married Lucy May Cole whom had four children. Their youngest child, daughter Margaret, eventually married the astronomer Frank K. Edmondson in the 1930's. Meanwhile, Russell was appointed as an assistant professor in 1908, attained a full professorship in 1911 and was appointed as a research professor in 1927, a position he maintained till 1947. He was also the director of the Princeton University Observatory from 1912 to 1947. Called the "Dean of American Astronomers" by many and known also as the "General" by colleagues Henry Norris Russell died in Princeton, New Jersey in 1957 at the age of 79. Image of Henry Norris Russell courtesy of the AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, W. F. Meggers Collection   [14]

Prior to Hertzsprung and Russell, there existed a previous method of stellar classification called the "Secchi classes" ( Secchi, 1863—67 ) which was a method that grouped stellar spectra into four classes, depending on the absorption lines seen. However, this was superseded by the Harvard classification scheme in the late 1890s, and later improved upon by the H-R diagram in 1911-13 and the Yerkes spectral classification of 1943. Since that time, the only major revision to these diagrams were an extended spectral listing for newly discovered types of stars, a result of 20th century technological advancements.   [15]

Russell's DiagramDuring the same period that Hertzprung was developing his chart, Henry Russell, working at Princeton University with a large amount of star data, independently come to the same conclusion as Hertzsprung and in 1913 published his own star spectra & magnitude diagram. On Russell's chart, shown at right, he listed the spectral types along the top and the absolute magnitudes on the left-hand side and what he found was that in a diagram of a stars' luminosity versus it's temperature, you get a nearly straight line, with the most luminous stars being the hottest and the least luminous, the coolest; the area on the chart where the largest group of stars fell along this line is called the main sequence. The development of the H—R diagram became a very powerful tool for astronomers as the grouping of a universe worth of stars into a managable scheme of classification was all but impossible due to sheer weight of numbers alone.

This was all fine and well, but as more and more groups of stars were placed on the chart, something else developed which was also inherent to the use of the H-R diagram. A small percentage of the stars in the chart began falling outside the main sequence. These were the stars that, as a result of the nature of their stellar evoluntion, were both very luminous yet much cooler, called Red Giants, like the star Betelgeuse, or those that conversely, proved to be really hot yet very dim, called White Dwarfs, like the star IK Pegasi B. These exceptions, like the white dwarf types, led astronomers over the years to develope general theories and conclusions, especially regarding the universe and it's age. Using an analogy, Terry D. Oswalt, professor of physics and space sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology noted:

"Think of a cup of coffee. When first poured, it is very hot, but as time goes on the temperature falls. If you know how fast a cup of coffee cools, you can measure its present temperature and determine how long it has been since it was poured. The color of a White Dwarf is easy to measure, and it directly tells us its temperature. The redder it is, the cooler it is--therefore the older it is."

"Curiously, we find no White Dwarfs cooler than about 4,000 Kelvins. It takes a White Dwarf about 10 billion years to cool to this temperature. So we conclude that even the first generation of stars in our galaxy, whose remnants are now White Dwarfs, have not had a chance to cool below 4,000 Kelvins. By that reckoning, the galaxy, and hence the whole universe, must be at least 10 billion years old."   [16]

Eduacation and the H—R Diagram
image for link Since it's always helpful to get some hands on practice, try clicking on the image at left. This link opens in a separate window at the University of British Columbia where they have created an HR Diagram Simulator which allows you to place 1, 10 or 100 stars on the main sequence, allowing you to compare their evolution off the main sequence either in steps or as a movie. You will also find below, three more sites with simulators demostrating the use of the H-R Diagram. All are interactive and teach a diffrerent aspect of star plotting, the results which vary according to each simulator's goal. The simulator at the University of New Mexico is extremely well done, both visually and educationally, and is part of a larger lab program.

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From left to right are 1) Stellar Evolution and the H-R- Diagram — from The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2) Astronomy Lab 101L, an education lab series applet from the University of New Mexico's Department of Physics & Astronomy and 3) University of Durham, United Kingdom, an applet that visualizes a star's life cycle by following the evolution of the star's Age, Luminosity, Radius and Effective Temperature using a single plotting track.

6. Evolution within an Evolving Universe

As is the case with many things in life, the words and terms we use can be more confusing than the science behind them. The world of astronomy — or 'Universe of' — is no exception, e.g., the name "Brown dwarfs" given to those wonderful orange-red colored stars or the terms Pre-planetary and Proto-planetary. In writing this section, a need to explain some differences in terminology arose which I set out here but briefly.

Universal Evolution
artSeveral browser searches later and the difference was crystal clear — that was, of course, after realizing the initial mistake in the order of the words submitted for the search engine to query. Says Wikipedia, Universal evolution is a theory of evolution formulated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Julian Huxley that describes the gradual development of the Universe from subatomic particles to human society, considered by Teilhard as the last stage.

Evolution of the Universe
sn1604Evolution of the Universe is ( generally speaking ) scientists peering into and surveying the universe, analyzing and exploring the workings of outer space, imaging the mulitutde of galaxies, taking spectrum of stars, researching the composition of stellar gases, matter, planets and yes, even the life and material which form this world we call Earth; it is the theory of how the universe itself came to be. Current scientific thinking has put forward three relevant theories in explaining the origin and evolution of the universe. Without delving into those at the moment, they are:

  • The Big Bang Theory
  • The Steady State Theory
  • The Pulsating Theory
For a short review of each see: Evolution of Universe
Stellar Evolution
art"The Main Sequence is the location in the HR diagram
for stars in the first phase of their evolution, when they are fusing hydrogen in their cores."

Stellar Evolutionary Tracks in the HR Diagram, Dr. Christopher Palma
Stellar evolution is the process by which a star undergoes a sequence of radical changes during its lifetime. Depending on the mass of the star, this lifetime ranges from a few million years (for the most massive) to trillions of years (for the less massive), considerably more than the age of the universe. The image at left represents the stellar evolution of our own star, the sun.

Stellar evolution is not studied by observing the life of a single star: most stellar changes occur too slowly to be detected, even over many centuries. Instead, astrophysicists come to understand how stars evolve by observing numerous stars, each at a different point in its life, and by simulating stellar structure with computer models. Reference and image credit Stellar Evolution Wikipedia.

Stars, Near and Far
In the following sections, we will follow the beginning and end of a star's life, a journey across a billion or more years; a journey of complex and diverse variety, whose very numbers stagger the imagination. You will learn that the makeup of some stars are a result of their birth, some a product of their age, while others are the results of their physical makeup. Some are amazing in and of themselves and others due to the way they affect their stellar surroundings, even to the universe itself! Some have remained elusive while others have only recently been shown to exist. Some stars are stillborn while others end their lives in a mighty crescendo heard and seen across the universe, throwing out the stellar matter that comprises the very ingredients that make up our universe, galaxy, world and even ourselves.

surface of the sunsupernova 1997ffStars can be as near to us our own sun, a mere eight light-minutes away, a distance of about 93 million miles, or as far off as SN1997ff, a star that went supernova 11 billion light-years from Earth. At left is a close up of the surface of our own sun and it's solar flux tubes. It is one of the highest resolution images so far taken of the sun's surface. Image Credit: SST, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, LMSAL, as seen at the APOD website.

Seen at right and photographed about eight days after it exploded, Supernova 1997ff was discovered by astronomers comparing the northern Hubble Deep Field, a 10-day observation of a tiny region of sky first explored by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, the area receiving a follow-up observation in 1997. Image Credit: Adam Riess, STScI, NASA, NERSC, LBL Reference Source: SAO/NASA ADS Astronomy Query Form website and the Sol Station website.

Before we dicuss star types, it would be helpful to look at the process involved in obtaining the information needed when we determine the Spectral Classification of a star, as this will tell us much of what we need to know about each star type we review.

7. Spectral Classification of Stars

Alpha Centauri and the Southern Cross  the HUT telescope
In order to determine a star's spectral classification we'll have to first choose a star or group of stars to survey and then request the services of a telescope equipped with a photon-counting spectrograph like the one shown above right, a diagram of the NASA-funded Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope. This particular telescope was sent aboard the space shuttle on two separate missions, in 1990 and 1995 (named ASTRO-1 & ASTRO-2 respectively) and was just one of three telescopes which comprised the Astro Observatory missions. This spectrograph is of the "Rowland circle" variety, named after the famous Hopkins physicist Henry Rowland and was used to obtain spectra data along the region of the far-UV spectrum. Image left: Alpha Centauri and the Southern Cross from the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere.

Star HD 66171Now we'll need a star which to point our telescope at in order to collect a sample of it's light.Spectrum BarSpectrum, Graph Therefore, we'll use the star HD 66171, located at Ra: 08 08 10.5429 Dec: +71 55 27.950, as our example. Once the telescope is set, the viewing mirror focused at these coordinates, light from the star is collected in the form of photons and when enough have been sampled the completed data is sent and analyzed via a computer. The results are commonly displayed in one of two formats - a line graph of dips and spikes or a color spectrum image showing bands of light and dark absorption lines in either black and white or color, seen above right.

A Little Light Science
An Atom When we collect star light in order to study the results in the form of a "spectrum" what we are doing is looking at the very particles or atoms that make up the light wave itself. These light waves are actually waves of energy travelling through space at 186,000 miles per second. They are composed of atoms that contain electrons that have a natural orbit around the atom's nucleus. If the atom is energized it moves this electron to a higher orbit and whenever an electron that is in a higher-than-normal orbit falls back to its normal orbit it emits a photon or a small amount of energy with very specific characteristics - the photon has a frequency, or color, that exactly matches the distance the electron falls.

A SpectrumAbsorption is one way an electron can move (or jump) out of and back to it's normal orbit. How this works is simple - if we take the gas Helium and pass light through it on one side, some of the electrons within the atoms of light will move out of their natural orbits, a result of the interaction with the atoms of Helium. As the light is reemitted the electrons return to their natural state. When we measure this emitted light from the gas we will notice that there is less light within a certain wavelength, equating to that of Helium, than in the other wavelengths. When astronomers employ this method in their research, the resulting visual data, collected from the photons of light, is called an absorption spectrum. It is from this that one can determine the Composition, Temperature, Speed of approach, recession and other characteristics of a star.

A Color SpectrumAt left is an example of the visible light spectrum ( the range of light within the electromagnetic radiation spectrum that we can see ), arranged in order of the wavelengths of each color, with Violet at 380-450 nm (380-450 Trillion Hz) to Red, at 620-750 nm (620-750 Trillion Hz) with the edges of the visible light spectrum blending into the ultraviolet or infrared levels of radiation.

Our Spectral Classification
With this information in hand we can now begin the process of finding the spectral class of our star, from the previously obtained spectrographic data, by looking at the dark bands called Absorption Lines in a photo-spectrum image or the "dips" and "spikes" in a graph-plotted format (see below) and comparing these to the spectrum of known types; a process also known as spectrometry. In the image below we can see that HD 66171 has a similar spectral line to a type G0 V star. Remember, G is the Star's main spectral class on the H-R diagram which means this star falls, like our sun, along the main sequence line on the H-R diagram.   fn2

Plot of Star SpectrumNow that we have determined our star's main spectral class, we can next look at it's temperature. First, we should know that O stars are the hottest, with temperatures over 30,000 Kelvin and M stars are the coolest, with temperatures under 3500 Kelvin. G stars, like our Sun, run in the range 5000-6000 Kelvin. In stellar classification there's a range of temperatures for each of the spectral classes and they are subdivided from hottest to coldest using the numerals 0-9. Thus, a G0 star is hotter than than a G2 star, and a G5 star is hotter than a G9 star. The next step is to establish our star's temperature and though our classification section is based on templates of already established spectral types, it is helpful to understand how this is accomplished. Note: 1 degree Kelvin equals exactly 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit.

There are two methods we can use to ascertain a star's (surface) temperature:

1) By measuring its color using three filters that transmit light in three different wavelength ranges, then taking the ratio of the intensity of the light that gets through, for example, the shortest wavelength filter to the intensity of the light that gets throught the medium wavelength filter.

2) The other method is to look closely at the spectral lines in detail as these will indicate both something about a star's composition and more significantly, about it's temperature.

In the first instance, the color emitted by a star is not sensitive to it's phyiscal makeup but it is sensitive to the temperature of the star. This is based on what is called blackbody radiation and in the stellar classification scheme the amount of radiation and it's distribution as a function of wavelength depends on the temperature of the star. This means that the hotter the star the more radiation and the shorter the (color) wavelength and so it goes that astronomers can measure the surface temperature of a star by measuring it's color.

In the second instance above, we can examine, in detail, the spectral lines like those in our spectra of star HD 66171. This method is based on how the atoms within elements behave under varying ranges of temperature and what effect this has on the lines of absorption. Let's say, for example, atoms in a made-up element called Allegorium ionize at extreme temperatures and so have a different energy level than the atoms of neutral Allegorium. When we view the spectral data of a very hot star we see no absorption lines for neutral Allegorium atoms. On the other hand, when Allegorium is present on a cooler star it remains in it's ground state. When the spectral data of our cooler star is viewed we see the Allegorium shift from it's ground state to a higher (excited) state but we do not observe the absorption lines indicating shifts from one higher state to another.   fn3

Graph Plot of Star SpectrumBar Plot of Star Spectrum

By comparing the spectral data we obtained for our star with that of stars in the G_V type category, we find a match for HD 66171 - a type G2 V. Shown above are the graph plot and photo spectrum identfying the classification type of our star. The red vertical line in the image is part of the software program used for this demostration. It is used to isolate the areas of absorption which in turn defines the element which is apparent in the spectral data. In this case the postion of the line at this measured point indicates the presence of Ca (II) or Calcium, an element seen strongest amongst type G8-K2 stars.

It should be noted that both neutral hydrogen and ionized calcium have lines very near 3970. If this line and the calcium line at 3933 are about the same strength, you can assume that the line at 3969-70 is from calcium. If the line at 3933 is much weaker, then you can assume that the line at 3969-70 is from hydrogen.

In our next section, we'll finish are topic on the spectral classification of stars with a review of the Luminosity Classification. The section then concludes with a review of actual spectral examples from surveys conducted on stars and other stellar objects.

I wish to acknowledge the fine efforts of the physics staff at Gettysburg College who have written a variety of educational astronomy software packages and to whom credit for the above images of the spectural "photo" and "graph" charts must go. Project CLEA is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation under the Division of Undergraduate Education in the program of Course and Curriculum Development, and by Gettysburg College. The intention of Project CLEA is to produce innovative teaching tools and other materials for use in an educational environment and to make this material available to astronomy educators.

1.  Charles A. Young noted that the work of Sir George Darwin had "opened a new field of research" for astronomers, leading to a new method of organizing it's resultant data. Under this new thought regarding "universal evolution", 19th and early 20th century astronomers began to develope the concept of a continuous cycle of life and death within the cosmos and applied this thinking to the stellar evolution of stars. While the theories of evolution under the title "Darwinism" may have been the earlier protege of this thinking, the concept itself took on it's own form and theories at this point, brought on by Sir George Darwin and directly and indirectly continued in the work of astronomers like Charles A. Young, Norman Lockyer, George Ellery Hale, Henry Norris Russell and finally, gaining it's greatest proponent in the form of Harvard College Observatory director Harlow Shapley. It is to these early astronomers, whom "appropriated Darwinism as a symbol and as an organizing principle" that we owe our current scientific thought regarding the theories and ideas of stellar evolution. See the essay Evolution A Starry Archetype by Dr. David DeVorkin. Published by the The National Science Foundation website, Mar 09, 2009

2.  "The absorption features present in stellar spectra allow us to divide stars into several spectral types depending on the temperature of the star. The scheme in use today is the Harvard spectral classification scheme which was developed at Harvard college observatory in the late 1800s, and refined to its present incarnation by Annie Jump Cannon for publication in 1924." Reference source: COSMOS - The SAO Encyclopedia of Astronomy Swinburne University of Technology.

3.  Atoms are neutral when they contain the same number of protons as electrons. Ionization is the physical process of converting an atom or molecule into an ion by adding or removing charged particles such as electrons or other ions. See Williams College for a study exercise entitled "Emission Lines and Central Star Temperature".


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Sunday, October 23, 2016

I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hillls

Psalms 121:1-3 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
This weekend we spent time enjoying God's glorious creation in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The leaves were just beginning to change until the chill of last night brought colors to view this morning. I intended to write about the trip and the things it meant to me, but before I got home there was news of the loss of a family member. I needed to tend to family first, so I thought I would just share pictures with you this week and hope you might vicariously enjoy relaxing in the mountains, finding strength and hope in God when you lift your eyes to the Creator of all things good and beautiful.

Blessings for your week,

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I love this site. Before, we would have to scavenge youtube or other streaming sites for bits n pieces of this great series, but now it's all in one place.

youtube use to have links for the subbed version of the health presentations where the cast would go research a health topic then have to present it to the rest of the group. it was pretty funny but it has long been removed from all streaming media sites.

this is the episode: http://www.veoh.com/collection/macmahoman-gcg/watch/v14943764WnJkAZ7C

That one is not subbed though. i remember clearly there was a subbed one as i watched it before long time ago on youtube. Thanks!
I just watched this with no sub on YT, and yeah, this is one of the earliest Gaki episode to be subbed but I don't think anyone had ever backed it up before YT took it down years ago.
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Leadership Team/Department Heads Meeting Minutes – May 16, 2013

Leadership Team/Department Heads Meeting

May 16, 2013

  • Need to be quantifiable to put into Data Director
  • Done – Math, English, Spanish (need rubric), French (need rubric), Health, Social Studies (will get from Lisa)
  • Marcus will search emails again for other departments

Department BSC

  • Thanks to Special Education, Social Studies, English, World Language, and Science for getting us rough drafts!
  • The BSC is a living document
  • Send us what you have right now
  • We will set up individual meetings next week to review each BSC and work to refine

CPT Calendar

  • When do grades get put into Data Director at the end of the school year (especially with our incoming 9th grade class)
  • Faculty Meetings, Grading Periods, SchoolLoop CPT Time
  • School Events added in…discussion about Winter Assembly, are we going to cancel some assemblies events?  desire to re-think some of this

Whole School PD/CPT needs next year:

  • Restorative Justice/Practices: what it looks like, definition (could be in a Faculty Meeting)
  • Inclusive Practices
  • 0.8/ELD working together
  • Compensation Time for Back to School Night
  • Tier 1 Interventions for students with IEPs (August PD)
  • CPS/Mandated Reporter/Crisis
  • Emergency Procedures
  • New Counseling Loads: define and explain, perhaps use HR more to do counseling needs/issues
  • Teacher Appreciation Lunch
  • CELDT scores and review/lesson (Bilingual Reclassification)
  • IEPs at a glance PD/review within departments
  • Transgender Youth Training (Kitchell and Wellness)
  • Cultural/Linguistically Relevant Pedagogy

  • Why are teachers doubling up?  Makes more sense and actually creates less work esp for the Special Ed teachers.
  • What about GenEd teachers missing Department time? Can be combined, depends on the needs…
  • Are SpEd teachers in multiple departments?  No, as much as possible.
  • GenEd teachers might need to think a bit in advance


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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Game time decisions

Pregame notes were distributed in the press box at Bobby Dodd Stadium and JSU's injury update took up the bulk of the early notices.

It previously was reported receiver James Wilkerson and running back Tremayne Coger would be out of the game for injuries. Anthony Jones will start in place of Wilkerson, with John Houston Whiddon as the backup. Daniel Jackson, last year's leading rusher, will start in place of Coger, with Drec Lindley as the backup.

Not altogether surprising department, left guard Matt Washington will not start and fullback Ronald Murray is out. Freshman Matt Jones will start in Washington's place, but Washington is listed as the backup. Alphonso Freeney will start in Murray's place. Calvin Middleton is the backup fullback.

Gavin Hallford seemed to be kicking well enough the ball in pregame despite being hampered by a groin injury in camp that limited his ability to scrimmage. Look for Hallford to handle the placements tonight, but punter Zach Walden will do the kickoffs and freshman Al Chamazad might even be called into action.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

What are they waiting for?

What is the Jacksonville State basketball program waiting for? School to start? New athletics director Oval Jaynes to officially take over (he's already said to have had meetings with some coaches)? Midnight Madness?

It's been months since James Green has been named the program's head coach, and you know the staff has been working, but there's been no formal word on signees, a schedule, a contract.

So much time has passed since the hiring announcement that they've already killed any initial excitement toward the program and with the football opener Thursday night interest now will be cursory at best.

There have been snippets of info, like the four major-college guarantee games the Gamecocks are expected to play (UAB, Iowa State, South Carolina and UMass), but whenever it does come out, this will be the latest their complete schedule has ever been released.

When inquiries about Green's contract has been made, high ranking university officials have said at various times (a) it would be available in the library when completed, (b) was expected to be available the Tuesday after the last board of trustees meeting, (c) is still in draft form. The only new contracts in the library file are those of soccer coach Julie Davis and women's basketball coach Becky Geyer.

As for the signees, there was a mid-summer announcement about the transfer of Nebraska's Jay-R Strowbridge, but he won't be available to play until 2009-2010. The roster on the website does list four new names -- freshman guard John Barnes of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; freshman forward Brandon Crawford of Montgomery; early signee Stephen Hall, a freshman forward from Birmingham; and Geddes Robinson, a redshirt freshman forward from the Bronx.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Davis: No disappointments

The JSU women's soccer team just finished an evening's outing against Mexico's Under-20 Women's National Team.

The Gamecocks lost the exhibition 5-1, falling behind 5-0 before scoring with less than 15 minutes to play.

Despite the final score, JSU coach Julie Davis and her players found a number of things to be positive about. For one, the game drew an estimated crowd of 500, and Davis was pleased with the "wonderful" atmosphere.

The Gamecocks played their advanced visitors even for 35 minutes. And, perhaps most important of all, their youthful roster of 10 newcomers and 15 freshmen and sophomores gained valuable experience.

"We had a huge freshman class come in and we got them experience," senior goal keeper Kate Kelly said. "This was a once-in-a-lifetime (experience); they got all their nerves out of this game.

"To play an international match, really, and have freshmen who have never played at this level come in, that's the most important thing, the exposure we got and the experience those freshmen got.

"For those freshmen to get this under their belt, we're going to go into every game saying, 'Well, look what we did against Mexico.'"

There was a negative side to the evening, though. The Gamecocks lost junior defenders Trista Munster and Amber DeLaney to knee and leg injuries and it may not be until later in the week before they discover the extent of the injuries.

"That really hurt us," Davis said. "Now that's going to really test some of our other newcomers who didn't get as much playing time, to train them with some pressure to have to step up because there's a potential possibility those injuries might be extended."


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