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Ilford Witness (1953)
April 7, 2022 April 7, 2022 Photography / Reviews
This is an Ilford Witness, a 35mm rangefinder camera made in 1953 by Peto Scott Electrical Instruments for Ilford of London, England. The Witness was a very ambitious camera, first designed in 1947 by ex employees of Leitz and Zeiss-Ikon. It incorporated a unique hybrid screw/bayonet lens mount, focal plane shutter capable of up to 1/1000 and a combined coincident image rangefinder in a sleek and attractive body. Four years would pass before a working prototype was produced and another two more before the camera went on sale. When it finally did, production delays, poor marketing, and a feature set that was no longer as innovative as when the camera was first designed, doomed it. The Ilford Witness was available only for a short time and less than 350 are thought to have been made.
Lens: 2″ (50.8mm) f/1.9 Dallmeyer Super-Six Anastigmat coated 6-elements
Lens Mount: Ilford Witness Combined Screw/Bayonet
Speeds: T, B, 1 – 1/1000 seconds
Flash Mount: Cold shoe and Adjustable 0-30ms Flash Sync
Weight: unknown
Manual: None
The Voncabbage Collection
In the fall of 2021, I had the opportunity to visit the Voncabbage Collection, one of the largest private collections of cameras in the world. The owner of this collection wishes to remain anonymous, but granted me full access to thousands of rare and unusual cameras, many of which were prototypes, one offs, or rare cameras that many collectors would go their whole lives and never see.
Although I was able to handle and photograph any camera I wanted, when faced with literally thousands of cameras, there's only so much time you can spend with each one. The owner let me photograph anything I wanted, but there wasn't enough time to shoot film in any of them.
This year, I will be sharing some of the photos of cameras I took in a series of Voncabbage Collection reviews, along with whatever I could find about each one.. These reviews will be shorter, and sometimes missing things that I was unable to discover in the short time I handled them, but I'll still do my best to find whatever I can!
Ads like this one for Ilford FP3 film were common in photography magazines in the mid 20th century.
Mention the name "Ilford" to any film photographer today or from the past 100 years and they'll likely tell you about one of the company's excellent black and white films. Emulsions like HP5, FP4, and Delta have lineages that go back nearly a century and along with Kodak, Fuji, and AGFA are one of the most respected makers of photographic film in the world.
What fewer will think of were the company's short lived forays into making cameras. Like most other makers of film, Ilford was a film first company. At various points in their history, whenever a camera was made bearing their name, it was likely sold to help generate more customers for their film. The thought was that the more people who owned an Ilford camera, the more people might buy Ilford film.
Alfred Hugh Harman founded the company that would eventually become Ilford in his home in 1879. Image courtesy, photomemorabilia.co.uk.
The origins of Ilford date back to a studio photographer named Alfred Hugh Harman who in the 1860s specialized in calotypes and other artificial light photography. In 1879 Harman would abandon his studio and started making photographic gelatine plates in the basement of his home. Initially doing all the work himself, Harman eventually hired staff to help him keep up with the demand from the quickly growing photographic industry.
In 1883, Harman expanded to a larger location in East London where he could grow his business. The company operated under the name Britannia Works and in 1891 became a publicly traded company. The company would rename in 1898 as The Britannia Works Limited and once again in 1900 to Ilford Limited, a name taken from the the town the company was located in.
The Ilford Falling Plate Camera was the company's first camera when released in 1902. Image courtesy, photomemorabilia.co.uk.
Shortly after the turn of the century, Ilford's business continued to grow, and in 1902 released it's first camera, the Ilford Falling Plate Camera. This simple device, in the shape of a wooden box, used the company's quarter plates and was advertised as being able to shoot 40 exposures without reloading. The camera came with a variety of lenses made by companies like Ross and Bausch & Lomb.
Over the next couple of decades, Ilford's business continued to prosper. By the start of World War II, the British government declared Ilford to be essential to the war effort, providing necessary aerial reconnaissance supplies. It was classified by the war department as a Scientific Instrument Maker and munitions factory. This allowed the company to receive prioritization of raw materials and other types of economic protection.
With Germany's participation in World War II, photographic cameras and other supplies from Germany came to a screeching halt. Companies from all over the world scrambled to fill the void of Leica cameras and Zeiss lenses that were no longer available.
Around 1947, Ilford took the charge to built England's finest 35mm camera, a model that would compete with or exceed the high quality mark set by cameras like the Ernst Leitz Leica and Zeiss-Ikon Contax. To help them take on such an ambitious project, Ilford hired two former German/Jewish employees of Leitz and Zeiss-Ikon, Robert Siegmund Sternberg and Werner Julius Rothschild.
Both Sternberg and Rothschild started working on a new interchangeable lens 35mm rangefinder camera that would take the best of both the Leica and Contax, and create an entirely new camera from the ground up. Initial development on Ilford's new camera was slow as it would take three years before any prototypes were shown.
Early examples of Ilford Witness prototype cameras and lenses were manufactured by Rothschild's company, Northern Scientific Equipment Ltd as Ilford lacked the equipment to build them. Production of the cameras at NSE was very slow and caused further delays in mass producing the camera. It would take another two and a half years before the first models were available for retail sale in late 1952.
One of the only ads for the Witness shows a price that when converted to modern USD is just under $5000. Image courtesy, photomemorabilia.co.uk.
The ad to the left from April 1953 showed the Ilford Witness for sale with a price of £121.16s.8d, which according to the Bank of England's inflation calculator, compares to about £3625 today. That price, converted to USD compares to just under $5000 today, a monumental price for an all new camera from a company only known for it's film.
In addition to it's high price, in between the time when the camera was first conceived in 1947 to when it was actually available, the camera industry had changed wildly. For starters, the German camera industry had recovered and imports of German cameras were easy to get, but also the dawn of the Japanese camera industry had already started trickling in well built and reasonably priced alternatives, making a premium British camera a tough sell.
The Ilford Advocate was released around the same time as the Witness and was a much simpler and better selling option.
Sales of the Ilford Witness were extremely poor with less than 350 thought to have ever been made. It would seem that the failure of the camera was already apparent to Ilford before it's release as the company had already started investing in much simpler and less expensive cameras like the Ilford Advocate and Envoy box cameras.
Production of the Witness ended in 1953 with remaining inventory sold by local photographic retailers for as low as £80 each.
Disposable Ilford cameras can be purchased today for those looking to get started with black and white film.
Over the next couple of decades, cameras with the Ilford name would continue to be made, but none with anywhere near the quality or features as the Witness. Production of most Ilford cameras was outsourced first to OEM German manufacturers and later Japanese makers. Single use cameras with the Ilford name and loaded with one of the company's current black and white films can still be bought today for slightly more than the price of a single roll of film, making them ideal for those curious about film and wanting to try it for themselves without having to invest in expensive used equipment.
Today, cameras like the Ilford Witness are hard to categorize. Normally I would describe them as highly collectible, but their rarity and extremely high prices make them nearly impossible to find. With prices as high as $15,000 in the used market and less than 350 ever made, only the most deep-pocketed collectors have one, and rarely put them up for sale.
Still, with their gorgeous design, long list of features, and historical significance, if you ever have the opportunity to be in the room with an Ilford Witness, I definitely recommend it as there truly was never another camera made like it.
I saw many cool cameras during my visit to the Von Cabbage Collection. This collection is spread apart in multiple display cabinets located in multiple rooms across a very large house, so upon my arrival, one of the first cameras that jumped out at my from the first cabinet I looked at, was this Ilford Witness. I had read a little about this camera before and knew how rare it was, and upon picking it up, I we well aware of how special of a camera this was.
The Ilford Witness was the product of both Zeiss and Leitz. It is thought that the two men who designed this sought to include what was good about both the Contax and Leica, without copying either. From the Contax, a wide base length coupled coincident image rangefinder, and a bayonet lens mount were used, but from the Leica, a horizontally traveling focal plane shutter with separate slow and fast speed dials, and a M39 screw lens mount….
To remove the bayonet lens, press the release button at the 9 o'clock position around the lens and twist.
Wait a minute, didn't you just say it had a bayonet lens mount? How could it also have an M39 mount?
The Witness has a dual screw and bayonet lens mount that works with both kinds of lenses. Image courtesy, photomemorabilia.co.uk.
The Ilford Witness had what the company called an 'interrupted thread mount' which has the same size and diameter and has the same thread pitch as the M39 Leica Thread except the threads themselves are broken into separate individual bayonets.
Mounting a lens made for the Ilford Witness is done like any bayonet mount, simply align the lens, press it onto the body and give it a quick twist until it locks into position. To remove it, press the tiny release button at the 9 o'clock position around the mount.
The Ilford Witness can mount regular M39 lenses, such as this Voigtländer Nokton.
In order to maintain compatibility with Leica lenses, you could also mount a regular M39 screw mount lens as the Ilford has the same threads for those as well. In the image to the left, you can see how the lens has threads, but broken into distinct pieces, like a bayonet lens would have.
The top plate is quite sleek, with an attractive shutter speed dial and film advance knob.
The top plate of the camera is sleek and cleanly designed. Starting with a standard looking pop up rewind knob on the left, an engraved Witness logo stretches across the top plate with a flush mounted accessory shoe below it. A spring loaded piece of metal maintains a flat appearance when not in use, but when something needs to be attached, retracts into the body.
Continuing with the sleek lines is the round shutter speed dial with options for speeds 1/25 to 1/1000 plus B/T. Slow speeds are selected by setting the dial to the 1-25 position and then changing them using a second dial on the front of the camera.
Next is the cable threaded shutter release and combined film advance knob and exposure counter. The exposure counter counts exposures made and must be manually reset after loading in each new roll of film.
Not much to see on the back of the camera other than the eye piece.
The back of the camera has the round opening for the viewfinder eyepiece, and a sliding switch below the advance knob which controls the direction of the film transport forward (w) or backwards (r).
Flip the camera over and two half circle locking keys are on each side of the baseplate for opening the camera. Flip up and twist both keys 180 degrees and the entire back and bottom comes off.
The film compartment is rather ordinary, but well made with no rough edges.
The Witness film compartment is finely crafted in an ordinary way. All surfaces have a flat black paint that shows little signs of wear. No metal edges are present suggesting some effort was put into making sure nothing could snag or scratch film as it passes through the camera. A painted metal pressure plate is attached to the inside of the door. While not exceptionally big, it feels like a solid piece of metal that will do it's job without issue.
The f/1.9 Dallmeyer Super-Six Anastigmat would have likely performed similarly to an f/2 Summitar or Sonnar lens.
Without a doubt, the most exciting thing about the Witness was it's f/1.9 Dallmeyer lens. Had I been able to shoot the camera, I would have expected to see results at least on par with an f/2 Summitar or f/2 Sonnar. Since the Witness has DNA from both Leitz and Zeiss, this seems like a plausible conclusion.
Since the Witness lens mount is interchangeable with M39 screw mount lenses, even with a dead Witness body, this lens could have been used with an M39 adapter on any modern digital camera.
The last part of the Witness worth mentioning is it's viewfinder. Externally, the base length between both the viewfinder and rangefinder window appears to be the same as the Zeiss-Ikon Contax IIa and IIIa. I didn't have a ruler handy, but looking at the cameras side by side, the distance appears to be the same 73mm, meaning rangefinder accuracy would have been quite good with telephoto lenses.
The viewfinder on this example showed signs of haze and debris, making it's rangefinder patch difficult to see. I did not get a chance to shoot a through the viewfinder image when I was handling the Witness because it was so difficult to see through. The external dimensions of the viewfinder are not the only way it's viewfinder reminds me of the Contax as looking through it seemed very familiar as well. I have no proof of this as I've never seen a Witness with it's top plate removed, but I would be surprised if under there isn't an exact, or at least very similar copy to Zeiss's complex prism design.
Seen from the side, the Witnerss looks like another 35mm rangefinder, which it most certainly is not!
The Ilford Witness is an impressive camera. Not only because of it's looks and features, but that it even exists at all. There's a saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" and after World War II, the good intentions of two very skilled designers got to work on what should have been a game changing camera.
Of course, that's not what happened. If it was easy to design a Leica or Contax killer, then it's likely there would have been more cameras to compete with those models, but of course, there's Leicas and Contaxes, and there's everything else.
The entire process of creating the Witness from start to finish took nearly 7 years and by the time the camera was ready, the world had passed it by.
When it comes to collectable cameras, it doesn't get much more exciting than the Witness. Despite it's troubled history, when I handled the camera, it never felt cheap or suggested it's ultra low production numbers. Although I didn't get a chance to shoot the camera, I felt that had I done so, the experience would have been positive. The camera has excellent ergonomics, all of the necessary controls are exactly where they belong, the viewfinder has DNA from the best cameras of the day, and the lens was made by a company with a great deal of experience.
I doubt I'll ever get a chance to shoot another Ilford Witness, but if I do, of course I'll come back and update this review, but using my imagination, I am quite certain I'll enjoy it!
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http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Ilford_Witness
https://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Witness.html
https://www.macfilos.com/2017/06/13/2017-6-11-ilford-witness-how-bolton-almost-became-the-wetzlar-of-england/
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April 7, 2022 at 10:58 am 10 months ago
I've run across the 'Von Cabbage" name numerous times on Ebay and have rarely been successful in bidding against him,
when it comes to the rarer pieces of interest. Kinda makes sense now!
April 7, 2022 at 2:36 pm 10 months ago
What a fine camera. Marketwise, too much and too late. The top plate profile reminds me of the Vokar 35 rangefinder, circa 1946. Also failed in the market due to its price.
Yeah, I definitely see a Vokar resemblance in the top plate, especially the slightly slanted edges and curved corners! My only regret is not getting a chance to actually shoot this thing!


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I hit this today because I stupidly placed appSettings before the configSections in my app.config file.
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The forthcoming facelifted Porsche Panamera has been spotted winter testing.
Porsche is in the latter stages of developing a series of mid-life revisions for its best-selling Porsche Panamera model. As well as a revised headlight design and new front bumper the Panamera's controversial rear end gets a 'tail lift'.
The new images show the aesthetic revisions to the rear end, including the new light signature of the rear lamp clusters.
The car's rear bumper moulding stands proud of the lower tailgate and the numberplate plinth. The overall effect gives the Panamera a more four-square, planted, stance.
The tweaked Panamera is expected to be unveiled at the Shanghai motor show in April.
At the moment, the big hatchback is Porsche's second biggest-selling model after being overtaken by the Cayenne SUV which, in recent months, accounted for over 50 per cent of all Porsche sales.
Porsche has had to add a third shift at the Leipzig plant that builds the Panamera and Cayenne in order to meet the booming demand.
Theres no denying the Panamera is a brilliant car, i just cant get past the looks though, so hopefully this face lift will make it alot better to look at...well i cant get any worse can it?
Can they make it any uglier? The back end of the current Cayenne suggests yes. Very low expectations for this pugly car!
The major issues with the styling are metal work related on this car, something which no amount of bumper redesigning is going to fix! Hopefully the next generation of this model will be an improvement though.
So, the Range Rover for instance is a Catwalk model in comparison?
If you still think of Russia as being a communist state - do visit us in St. Petersburg, where you will find several Panamera's knocking around amongst AMG's and Vogues sports etc with more Bentley than you can shake a fist at.
Changing the Panamera;s so called "midlife" joke I am sure - is simply a way of getting the well heeled and fashion minded to chuck out their wallets and upgrade to stay ahead of the throng (meaning the likes of you and me). Sadly the motor industry is getting too fashion minded - but I suppose that the massive profits generated keen the bosses in clover!
I feel sick after reading that. They are not even "real" Porsches, ferchristsakes!
It's not conclusive from these shots, but it looks as if the rear now looks more conventional. I'm not sure I'll like that, I like the Panamera as it is, and approve of Porsche doing their own thing. The sales figures seem to support their approach.
I quite like the porsche panamera and the aston martin rapide. I think they are both elegant 4 seater luxury cars. I'm not sure why they get such a slating. For millionaires and billionaires £100k is pocket change. What else are they going to buy ?
No question that the mechanics in this car is, and will be superb, but as for the exterior... ...the only thing that is, and will be good is the badge on the bonnet.
A bumper revision, although quite radical apparently, really isn't going to be enough to remedy the looks of the Panamera. The styling issues are far too deep-rooted for that and go back to the basics of the shape and surfacing. Porsche need to think really hard when they replace this car. Sadly I don't think they will.


The sunny weather comes amid school holidays, and while many people take advantage of an extended break as Easter and Anzac Day public holidays fall in the same week.
Forecast for the long weekend is sunny to partly cloudy. There is a slight chance of showers during weekend, most likely in the evening and some light winds. Slight chance of a thunderstorm on Monday.
Jane Golding from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said most of NSW would enjoy warmer than average temperatures.
"We're looking at daytime temperatures a couple of degrees above average along the coast … so getting into the mid-twenties," she said.
"As you head west into western NSW, particularly down along the Victorian and South Australian borders, temperatures … five or more degrees above average.
But the BOM is also warning of stronger than usual rips along the state's coastline.
Steven Pearce from Surf Life Saving Australia said the bumper holiday weather came off the back of one of the worst summers for drownings.
"We've had 32 people drown on the NSW coastline," he said.
"Our life savers will be out in force … and during the Easter period they do, on average, 300-500 rescues.
The balmy weather means more people will take to the water on their boats and jet skis.
Acting Superintendent Ian Macey said Marine Police will be out in force to make sure they obey alcohol and safety laws.
"The message is clear — if you are out and about on your vessel make sure it is appropriately maintained and seaworthy," he said.
"Make sure you have the appropriate safety equipment.
The BOM expects the warmer weather to continue until May.


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Fear of Trauma, Acehnese Community Refuses Construction of Tampur Hydropower
By : Ahmad Fadli Dan Aldo Bella Putra | Friday, August 31 2018 - 04:00 IWST
Pembangunan mega proyek Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Air (PLTA) Tampur yang telah mendapatkan izin pinjam pakai kawasan di Kabupaten Aceh Tamiang, Gayo Lues, dan Aceh Timur, Provinsi Aceh, bermasalah.
INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - Aceh Tamiang Community, Matsum said he was worried about plans to build a hydroelectric power plant (PLTA) Tampur. The reason is that the Tampur hydropower construction uses a 193.5 meter dam to accommodate Tampur river water, a tributary of the Tamiang River.
The collected water is then diverted through a 190-meter tunnel to the power house turbine below where the water drives the turbine that rotates the generator. After passing through the turbine, the water is diverted back to the river.
"We Tamiang people feel anxious because we were traumatized by the flash flood that hit Aceh Tamiang in 2006. It's not that we are anti-development, it's just not there, there are many other places that can generate electricity without destroying the forests and causing disasters," Matsum said also a member of the community of forest and river guards, in Jakarta, Thursday (08/30/2018).
This power plant with a capacity of 443 Megawatts was carried out by Hong Kong's foreign capital company PT Kamirzu. The construction of a hydropower plant within the Leuser Ecosystem Area (KEL) swallows a substantial investment of Rp. 40.5 trillion where the construction phase is planned to begin in late 2018 to be ready for use in 2025.
Rudi Putra, an Aceh Tamiang resident who is also an environmental activist, said that the land conditions in the Leuser Ecosystem are very unstable. Landslides that affect the age of the dam.
"Every year the hills at Leuser collapsed due to landslides. "High dams are very unsuitable because of unstable soil conditions," explained Rudi, who has worked in the Leuser forest for a dozen years.
Rudi said, based on the monitoring of GIS, the reduction in the area of the Leuser forest cover took place far from residential areas. It took several days to reach that location. "We initially thought, this happened because of illegal activities. To be sure, the team was revealed. When on site, the team found the forest was damaged by landslides. "
Rudi said that the location of the hydropower project was near the fault which was prone to earthquakes. This can also accelerate the age of the dam. "I can't imagine that the dam is broken," he said.
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The solution would be giving relative position to parent element(here "main-item-div") and then giving bottom:0px and absolute position to child element (here "input-group").
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You can see the example in this fiddle
Hope this helps.
Thank you.

A: You can try this CSS for this class 'main_item_div'.
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A: you can do this by css text-overflow: ellipsis;
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VW announces new mobile charging station with 360 kWh battery pack
- Dec. 27th 2018 11:37 am ET
Today, Volkswagen unveiled the first glimpse at its new mobile charging station project: a charging station using a 360 kWh battery pack to power a flexible solution.
The German automaker describes the system:
"The mobile charging stations can be set up at defined points, for example, spread out across a city. The flexible locations can be easily found via the Internet or apps. Each charging station enables DC quick charging with up to 100 kW. In addition to electric cars, e-bikes can also be charged. Up to four vehicles can be charged simultaneously: two with DC and two with AC connections. The total battery storage capacity of up to 360 kWh is sufficient for up to 15 e-vehicles. There is also the possibility of connecting to the power supply directly, allowing the station to be charged with up to 30 kW via alternating current by means of a permanent standard grid connection. This enables charging points for electric vehicles to be set up quickly and simply, without any structural changes or major financial outlay. The battery pack in the charging station can be recharged around the clock thanks to the direct power connection. This time-independent recharging, and therefore buffering of power, also considerably reduces the strain on the power supply at peak periods."
The large "up to 360 kWh" energy storage system is based on the same battery pack found in the MEB platform on which all of Volkswagen's upcoming new electric vehicles are based.
Mark Möller, Head of Technical Development at Volkswagen Group Components, commented on the project:
"Our mobile charging stations offer a further crucial advantage. It is only when an electric car is charged with sustainably generated power that it can claim CO2-neutral mobility. Our charging station is the first to offer the possibility of temporarily storing sustainably generated power."
Volkswagen says that "the first mobile quick charging stations will be set up as early as the first half of 2019 in the company's hometown as part of a pilot project, and will support the expansion of a charging infrastructure in the urban area."
They say that the charging station will also be implemented in other cities and communities over the following year.
Other companies are also working on charging solutions that can be deployed quickly with battery packs.
Volvo recently invested in mobile electric car charging startup FreeWire and NIO is charging vehicles with electric vans equipped with additional battery packs.
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The project aims to research possibilities of efficient data management with regard to high amounts of scientific data emerging from the programs of engineering science at the University of Stuttgart.
EXPERTISE is a European Training Network (ETN) that will contribute to train the next generation of mechanical and computer science engineers. The ultimate research objective of EXPERTISE is to develop advanced tools for the dynamics analysis of large-scale models of turbine components to pave the way towards the virtual testing of the entire machine.
Factories of the Future Resources, Technology, Infrastructure and Services for Simulation and Modeling. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are now discovering the potentials of simulations on supercomputers to enhance their core business and improve their competitiveness. Thus the needs and requirements for HPC centres start to change.
The HiDALGO project focuses on excellence in HPC and Big Data technologies for global challenges in order to establish a sustainable Centre of Excellence for Global Systems Science.
HPC-Europa 3 aims to foster the transnational cooperation between scientists of EU countries (especially junior researchers) who deal with HPC-related topics such as applications, tools, and middleware.
The Mont-Blanc project aims to design a new type of computer architecture capable of setting future HPC standards, built from energy efficient solutions used in embedded and mobile devices.
The project's goal is to investigate how principles of sustainability could be applied to the Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum der Universität Stuttgart (HLRS).
OpenCOVER, the COVISE Virtual Environment Renderer based on OpenSceneGraph is a flexible VR system. It is tightly integrated with the COVISE visualization system, but also serves as the renderer for its data-parallel successor Vistle.
The project aims to address the challenges of energy-efficient parallel infrastructures development based on accelerable heterogeneous hardware such as GPU, CPU, and FPGA in the domains like Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, or High Performance Computing.
The mission of PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) is to enable high impact scientific discovery and engineering research and development across all disciplines to enhance European competitiveness for the benefit of society.
Exploring new methods and technologies to support participatory planning for a sustainable development.
SimTech pushes the frontiers in developing simulation technology for the future. The central challenge is to develop reliable, easy-to-use, cyber-based methodologies and tools from simulation applets to robust error-controlled scientific tools and intelligent simulation frameworks scalable on future hardware architectures.
Simulated Worlds" is a funded project of the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts (Baden-Württemberg). The aim is to bridge the contradiction of visibility and importance in the field of simulations and make them accessible to future generations.
The project TaLPas (Task-basierte Lastverteilung und Auto-Tuning in der Partikelsimulation) targets an auto-tuning, task-based approach to high-performance particle simulations.


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History in California Isn't History in Texas, The New York Times Finds
So Here's To You, Mr. Robinson
Robinson Tejeda will pitch Your Texas Rangers' home opener in a few days. Oh...joy?
Robert Wilonsky | March 26, 2007 | 3:24pm
The Rangers' pitching staff looks decent -- which, putting it in perspective, means it's as good as any time since the late 1990s. Kevin Millwood's a workhorse ace. Vicente Padilla is a bulldog. And newcomer Brandon McCarthy has downright nasty stuff. But if you've got valuable tickets to the April 6 home-opener against the Boston Red Sox -- a historic event that will rechristen Rangers Ballpark in Arlington and kick off The Ron Washington Era -- you'll behold neither of the three. How's this for your grand opening: Robinson Tejeda?
"Unless something, happens he'll be the guy," Washington said as I left spring training in Surprise, Arizona, over the weekend. Sitting at No. 4 in the rotation, it just so happens that Tejeda's turn will come in the Rangers' fourth game, which will be the team's first at home after a three-game set in Anaheim starting a week from today.
So, we ask, can Tejeda handle the pressure of Opening Day?
"With his stuff, he shouldn't be scared of nothing," Washington says. "He should be bubbling with confidence. He's got the stuff to be a No. 1 some day."
I dunno, maybe it's just me, but I feel better about No. 5 starter Kameron Loe than I do Tejeda. Of course, I also thought Sammy Sosa was dead and buried, and just lookie now. And, in case you don't give a damn about baseball yet, McCarthy has struggled this spring, while John Danks, the former top prospect Texas shipped to the White Sox in the trade, has sparkled and has all but secured a spot on Chicago's staff. Wuh-oh. --Richie Whitt
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Scientists call for fuel subsidies ban to protect fish
19 February 2007, at 12:00am
UK - Scientists have called for a worldwide ban on fuel subsidies paid to deep-sea fishing boats that are putting vulnerable species at risk and damaging corals.
Because many types of fish are declining in shallow coastal waters across the world, fishing fleets are increasingly active in deep international waters.
Most of the high seas catch from deeper waters is carried out by bottom trawling which involves dragging massive nets along the sea bed – a practice which can destroy deep-sea corals and sponge beds that have taken centuries or millennia to grow.
Fish such as orange roughy, roundnose grenadiers, black scabbardfish and deep-water sharks live longer and reproduce later than shallow waters species, and so are more vulnerable to steep declines in populations.
Canadian researchers recently produced a report showing much deep sea fishing is only profitable because of subsidies.
Dr Rashid Sumaila and Daniel Pauly from the University of British Columbia calculated that without the £75 million in annual subsidies paid to deep-sea fishing vessels, the industry would lose £25 million per year from the practice.
Half of these payments are in the form of fuel subsidies.
Their report estimated that in the year 2000, the countries that paid out the highest deep-sea fishing fuel subsidies were Japan at £13 million, South Korea at £9 million, Russia with £8 million and Spain on £3.5 million.
Biologists, ecologists and economists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in San Francisco called for action to reduce incentives for fleets to operate in deeper waters.
Source: Telegraph.co.uk


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New points test for skilled visa applications.
The Federal Government has released the new points test for skilled visa applications lodged after July 2011.
Please note the new proposed points test has not been passed by Government as yet, so there could be changes made to the released document before July 2011.
The new pass mark is expected to be 65 points as opposed to the current 120 or 100 for sponsored applicants.
Applicants aged up to 50 are expected to be able to apply for a skilled visa after July 2011.
The new points test is awarding skilled migrants who have tertiary qualifications or completed an apprenticeship and have been working in their chosen occupation.
Full details of the points will be made available in the coming months.
If you lodge a skilled visa application before July 2011, you will be assessed under the current points test.
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Ellie Goulding Discusses Her Battle With Panic Attacks
(Radio.com) Ellie Goulding opened up to Well + Good about her struggle to overcome panic attacks, and how fitness helped her find balance and serenity. At the beginning, it wasn't pretty.
"My new life as a pop star certainly wasn't as glamorous as all my friends from home thought," she said. "Secretly, I was really struggling physically and emotionally."
Goulding describes a kind of imposter syndrome that kept her from feeling confident as a performer. "I think part of what sparked my panic attacks was not feeling confident enough to believe in myself--I was scared I wasn't as good of a singer as everyone thought I was. And as the stakes grew, I was afraid of letting everyone, including myself, down."
Those fears gave way to revelations. "Last year, I was asked to perform at the Grammys--a massive honour but, as you can imagine, pretty nerve-wracking," she recalled. "In the moments before I walked on that stage, I gave myself a good talking-to. I was annoyed for being paralysed with nerves every time I was about to perform on television. I told myself that this was exactly where I was supposed to be and if other people believed in me, I had to start believing in myself." Read more here.
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End-of-half scoring contributions played big role in Texas A&M's 2020 success
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Texas A&M basketball's Wednesday night contest at Vanderbilt postponed
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Tom Hart discusses what's next on Rocky Top following Pruitt's ouster
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Well, we have another coaching search on Rocky Top. Tom Hart of ESPN & the SEC Network joined TexAgs Radio to offer his thoughts on the interesting situation surrounding the Tennessee Volunteers after they axed Jeremy Pruitt yesterday.
Tom Hart highlights the strengths of Nick Saban's Alabama dynasty
7 days ago by Gabe Bock
In a year unlike any other, Alabam once again came out on top as the Crimson Tide showcased what makes Nick Saban's program different from the rest. Alabama and SEC Network play-by-play man Tom Hart takes a look at what has made the Tide so successful under Saban.
Tom Hart discusses the upward trajectory of the Texas A&M program
13 days ago by Ryan Brauninger
Tom hart of ESPN and the SEC Network joined TexAgs Radio on Wednesday to offer a national perspective on the SEC's dominance of Bowl Season and the continued momentum in College Station following the Orange Bowl win over UNC.
TV's Tom Hart analyzes the SEC's most intriguing bowl matchups
22 days ago by Gabe Bock
Bowl season is here, and the Aggies are looking to keep the momentum rolling when they face North Carolina on Saturday. ESPN and SEC Network play-by-play man Tom Hart shares his thoughts on bowl season as a whole and why the Ags are set up for success in Miami.
Tom Hart offers a national perspective on the future of A&M football
Despite an 8-1 record in an unprecedented All-SEC season, Jimbo Fisher and the Aggies were left out of the playoff. Tom Hart of ESPN & the SEC Network joined in-studio to offer his thoughts on A&M's lack of an invite, and how close they are to receiving one.
Tom Hart prepared for college football chaos as Aggies vie for playoff spot
1 mo ago by Gabe Bock
College football is a sport built for utter chaos, and as the end of the 2020 season approaches, the odds of carnage occurring are high. Tom Hart shares his expectations for this weekend and why he thinks Texas A&M will get into the playoff.
Tom Hart discusses Sankey's leadership being critical to SEC's 2020 success
We're finally nearing the close of one of the most interesting, exciting, and weird college football season. Tom Hart of ESPN & the SEC Network joined TexAgs Radio to offer his thoughts on how Greg Sankey's leadership has buoyed the Southeastern Conference.
Tom Hart recaps rivalry weekend across the Southeastern Conference
TV's Tom Hart was back on TexAgs Radio as there was plenty to discuss following rivalry week in the Southeastern Conference. The SEC Network play-by-play man also shared his thoughts on the national media's shredding of Texas A&M this weekend.
Tom Hart discusses possible scenarios facing Texas A&M ahead of first CFP poll
Tomorrow night, the college football playoff committee will release their first ranking of the 2020 season. TV's Tom Hart joined TexAgs Radio to offer his thoughts on where Texas A&M and the other top teams in the SEC could be ranked come Tuesday night.
Tom Hart talks possible Muschamp replacements at South Carolina
2 mo ago by Richard Zane
Tom Hart of ESPN & the SEC Network joined TexAgs Radio to offer his firsthand account of Lane Kiffin's playsheet toss, discuss who is the best replacement for Will Muschamp at South Carolina and why the SEC playing on December 19th is a necessity financially.
Hart: Texas A&M looks elite, but Notre Dame's win hurts Aggies' CFP chances
The Aggies are on quite a run and have emerged as one of the top teams in the nations through six games. ESPN and SEC Network play-by-play man Tom Hart shared his thoughts on Texas A&M but explains why they might be on the outside looking in regarding the playoff.
Tom Hart sees A&M flying under the radar despite being a top-ten team
ESPN and SEC Network play-by-play man Tom Hart joined TexAgs Radio on Monday morning to share his biggest takeaways from the Aggies' showing against Arkansas. Hart also discussed how A&M's goals are still in play halfway through the season.
Tom Hart discusses questionable calls by SEC officials, how they must improve
Auburn has been let off the hook by officiating blunders three times now, and they've only played five games. ESPN and SEC Network play-by-play man Tom Hart joined to explain why it's so frustrating and such a bad look for Southeastern Conference officials.
Tom Hart is impressed with A&M's ability to win games in different ways
ESPN and SEC Network play-by-play man Tom Hart joined TexAgs Radio to share his thoughts on Jimbo Fisher's Aggies through four games in 2020. Hart also discussed what Texas A&M can expect to see from Arkansas following their bye week.
Tom Hart discusses the SEC's offensive explosion in Week Three
Tom Hart of ESPN & the SEC Network joined Monday's edition of TexAgs Radio to offer his thoughts on the offensive explosion across the Southeastern Conference, and what the Aggies can expect from Mike Leach and Mississippi State this coming Saturday.
Hart: A&M's tilt with Florida likely a better litmus test for Fisher's program
While it's upsetting that Texas A&M fell to Alabama by 28 points, maybe the Aggies just aren't there yet. According to ESPN and SEC Network's Tom Hart, perhaps this week's showdown with Florida provides a better litmus test.
SECN's Tom Hart recaps the first weekend of play in the SEC
Following an interesting first week of play around the Southeastern Conference, Tom Hart of ESPN and the SEC Network joined Gabe and Liucci to discuss his top storylines from around the conference in week one.
Tom Hart: It's finally time for football in the Southeastern Conference
He's calling games from his basement instead of in the stadium, but that hasn't stopped Tom Hart from being our favorite play-by-play guy in the business. He joined Liucci & Gabe this morning to discuss while he's excited for opening night in the SEC.
Postcards from Dime Box: Tom Hart reacts to week one in college football
ESPN and SEC Network play-by-play man Tom Hart called a football game in Ames, Iowa from his house on Saturday. Hart discusses a wild first week of major college football as well as Texas A&M wide receiver Jhamon Ausbon's decision to opt out.
The Seven Wonders of the College Football World
If there was a true list of the Seven Wonders of the College Football World, would Texas A&M's 12th Man make the list? Gabe Bock asked a panel of sports media members, and here is their list of college football's wonders.


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The Harry Bosch Novels by Michael Connelly
Harry 'Hieronymous' Bosch is as much his own worst enemy as James Lee Burke's lawman David Robichaux in New Orleans or Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus in Edinburgh, Scotland. He's stubborn, true to his own instincts and often at odds with superiors. Harry pursues cases they consider worthless, is against cover-ups and unwilling to toe the political line. If you enjoy this complex character as much as I do, you can spend a lot of time with him in the eight hundred pages of The Harry Bosch Novels, which include: The Black Echo, The Black Ice and The Concrete Blonde. The author conveys Harry's lifestyle succinctly through his surroundings, showing him awaking from a nightmare fully dressed and slumped in a living room chair ... 'On the table next to the chair were the companions of insomnia: playing cards, magazines, and paperback mystery novels - these only lightly thumbed and then discarded.' His sleep problems are attributed to the fact that you 'can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid'.
The Black Echo takes Harry back into the nightmare country of 'tunnel rats' in Vietnam, when an ex-comrade-in-arms is found dead in a drainpipe. Harry's partner is more interested in his sideline selling real estate than in investigating the death of a junkie, but Harry believes 'There are no coincidences'. His interest is aroused further when he finds out that the man was tortured as well as murdered, and investigation leads to an FBI connection and to partnership with attractive agent Eleanor Wish. Connections to tunneling bank robbers bring Harry (because of his Vietnam background) under suspicion. Lewis and Clarke of Internal Affairs Division are 'sharks circling for the kill'. Harry and Eleanor become lovers as their personal situations grow increasingly dangerous, and the author concludes a long sequence of surprises with an ending worthy of the best of Raymond Chandler.
The Black Ice opens with Harry (on Christmas duty) alone watching a bushfire move up the hillside near his home, his only friend a timid coyote. When a call comes on the scanner and he's told that the 'hats have got it all squared away', Harry digs in his heels and heads to the scene. The corpse turns out to be that of a very ripe, and rumored to be corrupt, narcotics officer. Bosch's sympathy is engaged by the dead cop's schoolteacher wife Sylvia. He tracks down links to a twenty-first century drug named black ice, a body in a dumpster, fruit flies, an IAD investigation and Mexico. As usual, the author delivers an ending that surprises both the detective and his readers ... and Harry is not on his own for New Year's Eve.
The Concrete Blonde opens with a flashback to Harry's shooting of the man he believed to be the Dollmaker, a serial killer who applied makeup to his dead porn actress victims. Four years later while Harry is being tried for use of 'excessive force', a recent victim is found buried under a concrete slab. The detective investigates, while an insider sets up Harry by leaking information to the prosecution lawyer. Civil rights attorney Honey 'Money' Chandler is out to get Harry. She quotes Nietzsche to the jury - 'Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster', reveals to them that Harry's mother was a murdered prostitute, and tells Harry that 'Justice ... is just a concrete blonde.' Despite all this, Bosch rather admires her. As the trial builds to a climax, leads successively pan out and the killer is able to strike again.
These three tales are sequential in time, with common threads running through them of a nonconformist cop obsessed with cases whose victims have something in common with his own dark history - his time in Vietnam, his unhappy childhood and his murdered mother. But, despite everything, Harry has not become a monster, and there is hope in all the blackness, reflected in the ending of the third of his stories. If you've missed this series to date, catch up with three of the best Bosch books in one.


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St. George men arrested on voyeurism, child porn charges
Emily Havens
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The Washington County Sheriff's Office arrested three St. George men following allegations of voyeurism and child pornography being shared online.
CyberTipline, a reporting mechanism for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children whose aim is to investigate child exploitation, filed two open case reports that led to the arrests of Brad Vernon Cahoon, Landon Dale Culver, and Nathaniel Isaiah Tamplin.
Co-defendants Cahoon and Culver were arrested Wednesday after detectives executed search warrants on their home and subscriber information for IP addresses connected to child pornography they had allegedly shared on a social media site. Additionally, officials allegedly found several rifles, suspected marijuana, and drug paraphernalia in the home.
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Cahoon and Culver are both charged with eight counts of possession of a dangerous weapon by a category II person, five counts of voyeurism, one count of paraphernalia and one count of drug possession each.
According to probable cause statements from the WCSO, Officer Wesley LiCalzi received a report filed by Pinterest through CyberTipline on Jan. 27 that alleged one of the site's members with an IP address in the St. George metro area had uploaded an image that contained child pornography. Pinterest allows its users to save and share links or images on specific "boards," which typically organize the user's pins by topic.
The image depicted a young male standing nude in front of a mirror, LiCalzi wrote in the statement, and the boy appears to be around 12- to 14-years-old. The probable cause alleged the image was uploaded by Cahoon and pinned to a board titled, "Gorgeous Boys."
One day after the initial tip from CyberTipline was filed, two additional reports were filed, according to the document.
LiCalzi wrote in the statement that the two additional photos uploaded to Pinterest also included a minor who is approximately 12- to 14-years-old, and the username associated with the account is believed to belong to Culver.
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According to the document, LiCalzi located a vehicle registered to both Cahoon and Culver parked in front of their shared residence. On Feb. 9, a search warrant was drafted and submitted to obtain information on the IP addresses listed in the CyberTipline report, and on Feb. 21, an identical search warrant was approved by 5th District Court Judge John Walton.
WCSO detectives and U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents executed the search warrant and located Cahoon and Culver inside the home. The probable cause alleges both Cahoon and Culver admitted to detectives that they "re-pinned" images on Pinterest on their boards, both saying they thought "the people in the pictures would have to be legal age" since the images were online.
Detectives reviewed computers located inside the residence, on which they uncovered several videos that appeared to be recorded covertly, according to the probable cause.
According to LiCalzi, the videos were recorded in the bathroom, pointed toward the toilet. Culver allegedly told detectives they bought a camera disguised as a phone charger they had both set up in that bathroom to film when they had friends over.
"(Culver) said they both recorded these videos, but it wasn't sexual and was just for 'giggles,'" LiCalzi wrote in the statement. "(Culver) said he had done it a few times, and (Cahoon) had done it more often."
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A glass bong, a plastic bong, a grinder with residue, an ashtray with burnt residue, several bags of suspected marijuana and jars with marijuana reside were also located "in plain sight," according to the statement. LiCalzi reported that investigators found several rifles in a closet and in the master bedroom.
Cahoon and Culver have both posted bail and have since been released from custody.
In a similar but separate case, Tamplin is charged with two counts of exploiting a minor through child pornography and one count of voyeurism. Detectives also received a CyberTipline report alleging child pornography in Tamplin's case. He was arrested Tuesday.
According to the probable cause filed in Tamplin's case, LiCalzi received the CyberTipline report on Dec. 13 from Google, Inc., which alleged a user had uploaded an image of child pornography to his or her Gmail account.
"The image is explicit in nature and was identifiable as pornography involving a child," LiCalzi wrote in the probable cause.
Representatives from Google said the user uploaded or attached the photo to a Gmail message, and it may or may not have been sent to others. Through a search warrant on Tamplin's Gmail account, LiCalzi reviewed emails that were sent and received by the account on Feb. 2, which verified it belonged to Tamplin, the probable cause alleges.
On Tuesday, Walton approved a search warrant on Tamplin's residence, which was conducted by WCSO and agents from DHS. Tamplin was located and interviewed on site.
According to the statement, Tamplin allegedly admitted to downloading the image contained in the CyberTipline report and was able to describe the image. He also allegedly disclosed he had recorded an acquaintance of his when she got out of the shower with his phone, the statement reads. LiCalzi wrote that Tamplin admitted doing this to two separate females he knows, one of whom is under 18-years-old.
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"(Tamplin) started with admitting it had happened once, but eventually admitted it happened a dozen times," the document alleges.
Tamplin has posted bail and been released from custody. He's scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 27. Culver's and Cahoon's initial appearance dates have not yet been determined.
According to court records neither Culver, Cahoon, nor Tamplin have prior criminal history in Washington County.
Follow reporter Emily Havens on Twitter, @EmilyJHavens, and find her on Facebook at facebook.com/emilyjhavens. Call her at 435-674-6214.


MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA FALL PHOTO SAFARI - "TBA" ... "info coming soon"
Michigan's Upper Peninsula offers a beauty and remoteness hard to find now in the lower 48. From the shores of the Great Lakes with its historic old lighthouses to the numerous hidden waterfalls and tiny lakes of it's interior the U.P., as the locals call it, is a photographers paradise any time of year but especially in the fall. Fall in the U.P. arguably rivals that of New England. Forests of hardwoods dress in a blaze of color to overwhelm the senses. The Images above are but a taste of what awaits you in Michigan. For more details on this photographic adventure, click the link below.
"INTO THE WILD " AFRICA PHOTO SAFARI 2016" August 27th through September 10th, 2016, 14-full days! "BOOKING NOW!!"
Africa, one of the worlds premier photo destinations, join us and our host the Mafigeni Safari Lodge and experience Africa the way only the local Africans can share their home! Our African Safaris will take you through southern Africa including South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia and some of the most iconic wildlife in the world. Lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and much, much more. And, if you're a birder, you won't want to miss this african adventure!. This is a full 14-day safari you'll want to do again and again!! For more information click "HERE"
We would like to thank Nick Fucci of "Nick Fucci Outdoor & Nature Photography" for putting together a wonderful photo safari to South Africa. With the help of Mafigeni Safari Company located in South Africa and their wonderful guides, my husband and I had the trip of a lifetime. We could not have put together a better experience ourselves then the one they put together. The 14 day safari was filled with amazing sights and wonderful wildlife, and thanks to Nick's guidance and his knowledge of the wildlife and their behavior we were able to capture images beyond my wildest expectations. We look forward to traveling with Nick again in the future.
"WINTER WILDLIFE WORKSHOP" December 11th, 12th, & 13th, 2015 with an optional day the 14th... "4 SPOTS REMAINING"
We're please to offer this 3-day Winter Wildlife Workshop at the world famous Triple D Ranch in Kalispell Montana. This workshop will emphasis working around wildlife while at the same time getting comfortable with your camera in order to achieve the best images possible. Each day we'll be working with different wildlife model handled by the professional staff of the Triple D Game Farm. Triple D has worked with some of the best professional photographers in the world including crews from Nat Geo and Animal Planet. Join us for this opportunity to learn the secrets of successful wildlife photography while building a portfolio of outstanding images. The learn more, Click "HERE"
Southeast Alaska "Inside Passage Photo Safari" June 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st & 22nd, 2016..."BOOKING NOW!"
Alaska's famed Inside Passage. Join us for an exciting 5 day-4 night photo safari in Alaska's emerald isles as we explore a slice of southeast Alaska. You'll be hosts of the Pybus Point Lodge on the southeast edge of Admiralty Island where we'll take daily excursions intoFrederick Soundto photograph among other things the magnificent HumpbackWhales as they complete their journey north from Hawaii to their summer feeding grounds in Alaska.
For more details on this amazing photo adventure, Just click "HERE"
I just returned from an adventure of a lifetime to Pybus Point, Alaska with Nick Fucci Photography, and it was an experience I will treasure forever. With Nick's guidance I was able to see and photograph the wonders of whales, sea lions, bald eagles and sea otters in their natural environment. Throughout our photo safari, Nick dropped little comments and suggestions for camera settings or a change of view, or little tidbits about noticing exposure for a specific shot. Nick also pointed out particular behaviors before capturing an animal in incredible action. He was always on alert and provided small nuances that helped me create some memorable photos. I know that whenever I join one of Nick's photo safaris that the destination will be special and that I will come away with unique, amazing images and memoriesof the time spent with Nick and fellow photographers.
"COSTA RICA PHOTO SAFARI" January 29th through Feb 3rd, 2106.. "2 SPOTS REMAINING"
What a great way to start the new year, join us for 5 full days and nights in this tropical paradise for some truly unique photography. Costa Rica has an incredible variety of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, flowers and much, much more; some of the most diverse life found anywhere on planet earth! From the palm tree lined beaches to the unspoiled tropical rainforest you'll have the opportunity to photograph the amazing abundance of life that only Costa Rica can offer. Bird and macro photographers will especially enjoy themselves as the area has hundreds of bird species including the Scarlet Macaw and Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan and thousands of insects and flower species.
Pre-Safari "The Cloud Forest " Photo Safari Extension, January 25th through the 28th, 2016..."FULL"
New for 2016 , we're offering a 3-day, 3-night safari extension"The Cloud Forest " at the Savegre Montana Lodge high in the Codillera de Talamanca. To find out more about this exciting new addition to our Costa Rican adventure click on the "Learn More" link below.
The Photo Safari to the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica with Nick as the leader and instructor was exceptional. Nick's knowledge of the flora and fauna of Costa Rica is a real plus. His years of teaching photography have added greatly to his ability to convey his knowledge. To be able to spend a limited amount of time in country and see what we did was amazing! This adventure was a true value compared to other photo safaris. I know I'll always appreciate the great experience and that I was fortunate to photograph and travel with Nick.
is such a fulfilling experience I've taken the trip twice, and I look forward to the third time I will be joining Nick in the Osa.
The abundant and diversity of wildlife we saw on the Osa Peninsula was amazing. Nick is a walking encyclopedia and he is most willing to share his knowledge. I have so many great shots and lots of new knowledge to take home withme. Thinking back I understand Nick must be a very patient person. This was my first trip to the jungle, the Lookout Inn was a unique experience, a family style jungle lodge I never could have imagined, me coming from Norway! I thought there would be an abundance of annoying insects but was surprised there were not. In short, Nick worked hard for my shots!
This photo safari is both educational as well as spiritual. Our On-The-Fly Photo Safaris are meant for the individual or a small group on a tight schedule or if you've got a little extra time and would like to capture some of the natural beauty and abundant wildlife of northwest Montana. In keeping with our small group policy, our On-the-fly photo safaris are limited to from 1 to 4 persons. This safari is tailored to your interests; landscapes, wildlife, macro or a combination. This safari is offered year round, although August through November are best for those seeking to photograph the wildlife of the area.
We offer flexible scheduling for our safaris; let us know when you'd like to go and we'll do our best to work within your schedule. Cost for the one-day is $350/pp or $500/pp for two days. Safaris can also be scheduled for longer periods, just contact us for pricing. All safaris include transportation from your hotel to and from all shooting locations and lunch.
In addition, we offer On-the-Fly as private one-on-one photographic instruction. Private classes are structured to meet the needs and interests of the individual. I have tuaght photography for over 20 years and currently teach "Introduction to Outdoor & Nature Photography" at Flathead Valley Community ollege. Private instruction rates are; $550/day. Contact us for multiple day discounts.
I recently completed my second Montana On-the-Fly Photo Safari with Nick, and I must say the experience was more rewarding than I ever envisioned. Utilizing his years of professional photography experience and natural teaching ability, Nick can sense where you are in the learning process and what he can do to lead you to a higher level of achievement. An added bonus to any of his excursions is his passion as a self-taught naturalist. He knows when and where to go to expose you to ideal landscape and wildlife photographic possibilities. I could not be more pleased with my experience with Nick, and I highly recommend him to anyone who wants to learn more about photography, or who just wants to appreciate the beauty of Northwest Montana.
**Unless otherwise noted workshop pricing does not include: airfare, lodging or meals.


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How To Get Permission To Put $2 Billion Of Your Employer's Money At Risk
Sam Ro Sep. 17, 2011, 7:55 AM
UBS' Kweku Adoboli has now been charged with one count of fraud by abuse of position and two counts of false accounting. Supposedly, he made a rogue trade that cost the Swiss bank $2 billion.
Details have yet to emerge about the nature of the trade. But we wondered if it was possible for one trader to lose $2 billion while being within boundaries of prudent risk management guidelines.
The answer seems to be yes.
To better understand why, you must understand value-at-risk, or VaR.
VaR is one of the most common ways to measure how much money a bank has at risk. In a nutshell, VaR is the maximum amount of money one could lose over a certain period of time given a certain level of confidence.
For example, if you had a one day VaR of $100 at a 95% level of confidence, then there is a 95% chance you won't lose more than $100 in one day.
However, this doesn't mean that the worst-case-scenario loss in a given day is capped at $100. In fact, thanks to the existence of derivatives and the ability to short, the maximum loss for a trading department can be unknown. Such weaknesses have drawn criticism from the likes of hedge fund manager David Einhorn and The Black Swan author Nassim Taleb, who calls VaR a "fraud."
So, now we have framework in which to think about UBS' $2 billion loss.
DealBreaker's Matt Levine did some digging and found that the UBS investment bank's maximum one day VaR at a 95% confidence level was 98 million Swiss francs, or around $113 million, at the end of the second quarter.
After crunching the numbers, Levine concluded that losing $2 billion would've been a 29 standard deviation event, effectively a statistical impossibility.
So, here's one way the whole UBS' trade might've gone down: Kweku Adoboli comes into work one day and goes to his manager with a trade idea. He presents a couple of negative scenarios including one absolutely insane scenario just for kicks. "Boss, there's a chance I might lose $2 billion dollars on this trade. But that would be a 29 standard deviation event, which means I'm more likely to get struck by lightning while riding on the back of a flying pig!" Both laugh and Adoboli gets the go-ahead.
We still don't know the nature of Adoboli's alleged rogue trade. Many are speculating he was long the Swiss franc, which made a 20 standard deviation move after the Swiss National Bank announced a cap to the CHF/EUR exchange rate.
We have been waiting to hear who got burned on that move. Perhaps it was UBS.
That being said, there are stories about how some trades were in place since 2008, and how he had to tell his bosses about the trade, so obviously the above is probably an extreme simplication.


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A total of 630 individuals actively participated during the River Clean Up at Sawaga River led by OIC, PENR Officer Vergilino P. Alima along with other officials and personnel of DENR PENRO Bukidnon last February 16, 2019. These individuals are coming from Bukidnon National High School (BNHS), Bukidnon State University (BukSU), PNP, BFP, AFP, Bukidnon Environment & Natural Resources Office (BENRO), City Environment & Natural Resources Office (ENRO), Barangays 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, Sumpong & Kalasungay, Velomer Agri-Business Corp.-Piggery, JM Farms, Malaybalay Polymedic Gen. Hospital, GAISANO Malaybalay, LAPANDAY, SAVE Sawaga Movement and other stakeholders.
During the preparation stage, the office identified the Sawaga River as the site for this activity. This river is one of the source of drinkable water that supplies the entirety of Malaybalay City. Six (6) stations were established during the reconnaissance survey (last February 9) to determine and record if there are a presence of wastes in the river.
Last February 13 & 14 an orientation/briefing conducted with a representative of government agencies, academe, private institutions, and stakeholders was held to guide harmonious conduct of this activity. Moreover, to identify the participants kind of assistance will be providing.
A total of 1,612.7 kilos of non-biodegradable garbage is collected from the six (6) stations of Sawaga River. This activity is in support of DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu's call to improve the water quality on all rivers in the country.


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