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Television episodes, Mickey Mouse (TV series) episodes, Featured shorts
Safari, So Good
This article is about the Mickey Mouse short. For the Marsupilami episode, see Safari So Good. For the similarly named Mickey and the Roadster Racers episode, see Safari, So Goody.
"Safari, So Good"
Season 5 Number 6
Darrick Bachman, Paul Rudish, & Eddie Trigueros
Storyboards by
Eddie Trigueros
Mickey Mouse Episodes
"Hats Enough" "For Whom the Booth Tolls"
"Safari, So Good" is the eighty-fourth episode of Mickey Mouse. It premiered on January 11, 2019.
Mickey and Minnie gleefully set out to cross Africa's Serengeti after missing the bus back to their hometown.
A bus is crushed by a tree off-screen, and Minnie is sad because she and Mickey won't make it home anytime soon. Mickey, on the other hand, is excited about their big safari adventure. They see lions in their den, but Minnie is sad because the bus has left without them. Mickey tries to cheer her up by taking her on an exciting adventure.
We see birds, deer, a giraffe, and zebras. A cheetah is seen using its claws to kill a deer. Minnie grabs the deer and the cheetah thuds on a stone and breaks its teeth. Minnie blows a buffalo's horn like a trumpet and Mickey plays a hippo's teeth like a piano. He tells a joke to hyenas to make them laugh: "What do you call a one-legged hippo? A hoppo!" He takes a picture with Minnie and Bobo and then decides to take one with a mama elephant. At that very moment, a mama elephant jumps out and surprises them. The animals all get a drink of water but Mickey and Minnie continue on their way.
They're riding a zebra but they run into other animals. Zebras lose stripes, two cheetahs and a giraffe lose spots and a lion loses its mane. The wind blows the pieces away and the animals cry. This gives Minnie an idea: she and Mickey decorate the animals with all different colors, stripes, spirals, spots, stars, checks and hair. The animals are speechless because they love it.
The bus returns and the tour guide tells to Mickey and Minnie to hop onboard, but Minnie is having too much fun and says that she could literally stay out here forever. The animals are surprised and board the bus as it drives away. Mickey and Minnie wave goodbye to the tour guide and the animals, then they go to look at the meerkats.
Bobo the Elephant (cameo)
Chris Diamantopoulos - Mickey Mouse, Tour Guide
Russi Taylor - Minnie Mouse
This episode contains homages to The Lion King:
The short's score contains references to "Circle of Life" and "I Just Can't Wait to Be King".
When Mickey and Minnie go up to the lion's den resembling Pride Rock, they wear leafy manes like young Simba does in the "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" sequence.
On the official YouTube page, the title is spelled as "So Fari, So Good".
This was fixed a few days later to better identify the YouTube page by its intended title.
When Mickey and Minnie repaint the animals, a cheetah is given the stripes and color scheme of the Cheshire Cat. Additionally, while not directly referencing specific figures, the patterns and spots painted on the other animals are inspired by some of the colorful animals found in It's a Small World.
Bobo the Elephant.
The Lion King homage
Retrieved from "https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Safari,_So_Good?oldid=3835209"
Mickey Mouse (TV series) episodes
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Turner, K. (1997). Information seeking retrieval, reading and storing behaviour of library users. (Working paper 97/15). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato, Department of Computer Science.
In the interest of digital libraries, it is advisable that designers be aware of the potential behaviour of the users of such a system. There are two distinct parts under investigation, the interaction between traditional libraries involving the seeking and retrieval of relevant material, and the reading and storage behaviours ensuing. Through this analysis, the findings could be incorporated into digital library facilities. There has been copious amounts of research on information seeking leading to the development of behavioural models to describe the process. Often research on the information seeking practices of individuals is based on the task and field of study. The information seeking model, presented by Ellis et al. (1993), characterises the format of this study where it is used to compare various research on the information seeking practices of groups of people (from academics to professionals). It is found that, although researchers do make use of library facilities, they tend to rely heavily on their own collections and primarily use the library as a source for previously identified information, browsing and interloan. It was found that there are significant differences in user behaviour between the groups analysed. When looking at the reading and storage of material it was hard to draw conclusions, due to the lack of substantial research and information on the topic. However, through the use of reading strategies, a general idea on how readers behave can be developed. Designers of digital libraries can benefit from the guidelines presented here to better understand their audience.


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Pocklington's Mill (Heckington Mill)
History, tourist information, and nearby accommodation
BY DAVID ROSS, EDITOR
HERITAGE RATING:
HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS: The only 8-sailed mill in Britain
Pocklington's Mill, Heckington
The distinctive outline of Pocklington's Mill in the Lincolnshire town of Heckington is unique in all of England. The mill is the only surviving eight-sailed mill in the country. It was rescued from destruction in the 1950s and restored in 1985 by Lincolnshire County Council. It is now operated by local volunteers.
The mill is known locally as Pocklington's Mill after John Pocklington of Wyberton, who was not, as you might expect, the builder, but instead, he was the man who restored the mill in the late 19th century after the storm damage.
The tower of Heckington Mill was built in 1830 by Michael Hare and his wife Anne, using money left to them by his father and uncle. The tower was unused for three years before Michael Hare paid a millwright from Gainsborough named Edward Ingledew to install the machinery and sails. Ingledew installed 'only' five sails, driving three sets of grindstones.
It seems that Michael Hare had no intention of being a miller and only built the mill in order to sell it on. He advertised the mill twice but no one was interested. In 1834 Hare died unexpectedly at the age of 29 leaving his wife Anne with two small children and a windmill in her care.
The mill's east facade
In 1836 Anne Hare married a widower named Sleightholme Nash, member of another milling family. It seems unlikely that it was a love match - he was 69 and she was a widow of 28 with two children. Nash's relatives objected strenuously to the marriage for it appears that Anne had previously promised to marry one of Nash's sons.
The son had to publicly declare that he renounced his existing claim to marry her before the ceremony could take place. Even then, Nash's female relatives objected so strongly that policemen had to guard the couple on their way to and from the church.
They did have two children together before Nash died in 1847, leaving Anne a widow for the second time.
Here is where inheritance laws come into the stale; under the laws of the day, when Nash and Anne Hare married, all her belongings became his. So the mill was now Nash's legal property, to dispose of as he saw fit. Rather than pass it on to one of his children with Anne, he left the mill to the three sons of his first marriage.
In 1891 John Pocklington bought the mill and adjoining bakehouse for £250. The Pocklington family occupied the bakehouse for over a century.
The mill's unique eight sails
In 1890 a high wind caused the sails to run backwards. They were blown off, taking the cap with them. John Pocklington found an eight-sailed mill at Skirbeck, near Boston, and used material from that mill to rebuild Heckington Mill, in the process transforming it from its original five-sailed design to its present eight-sailed form. You can see that the mill cap overhangs the tower, a sign that the cap, sails and tower were built separately.
The Skirbeck mill had been built in 1813 and operated until 1891 when it was put up for auction. John Pocklington was able to purchase the mill for just £72.10.0d but only on the condition that he completely clear the site. This he did, using the sails and cap to repair Heckington Mill. He did not stop there; he used bricks from the Skirbeck mill to build the mill house that stands beside the rebuilt mill.
Pocklington was an entrepreneur; he combined milling and baking with the grain he produced. He also used the wind power from the mill to drive a sawmill he erected on the same site. He also farmed and was active as a builder.
Pocklington repaired the mill in 1933 and fitted four new sails. When he died in 1941 he left the mill to his family.
One of the grindstones
The mill operated until 1946. After seven years of decay, it was purchased by the Kesteven County Council for £400. The Council did not restore the mill but simply made it safe. It was another 33 years before the Lincolnshire County Council completed restoration, constructing 192 new shades and returning the mill to working order.
The mill is made of red-brick painted black with bitumen (tar). It stands five storeys high with a traditional Lincolnshire ogee-shaped cap. There are windows on each floor aligned with the cardinal sides of the tower. There is an external 'reefing stage' at the second-floor level.
The ground floor has a shop and a fascinating museum. You climb stairs to the first floor, or meal floor, where grain is blended to create animal feed. The second floor is the stone floor, where three sets of grinding stones sit. Above is the lower bin floor where grain is cleaned and above that is the upper bin floor for storing grain. Atop this is the dust floor where the pulley that operates the sack hoist is kept.
The grindstone grain hopper
Heckington is [probably] the only place in the world to have had windmills with four, five, six and eight sails. Pocklington's Mill was built with five sails and later rebuilt with eight, while Mowbray's Mill on Sleaford Road (now a ruin) was built with four sails and later rebuilt with six.
Each of the eight sails is 34 feet long (10.4m) and has 24 shutters. Each shutter is bolted to the arms of an iron cross mounted on a windshaft. Halfway along the windshaft is the main drive wheel, which is 8ft (2.4m) in diameter. At the top of the shaft is a brake wheel with 80 teeth.
The drive wheel
The sail shutters are operated by means of a system of levers and rods tied to a long loop of chain that descends through the floors to the gallery. Weights on the chain counteract the force of the wind and regulate the speed of rotation. The direction of the eight sails is regulated by an eight-bladed fantail so that the sails always face into the wind.
There are extremely good information panels on every floor of the mill, explaining all the machinery and its part in the milling process. You can go outside onto the external platform for excellent views over the rooftops of Heckington.
The visitor centre and museum area is top class and really does a good job of explaining the history of the mill, the story of its restoration, and how the mill functions. We enjoyed our visit thoroughly and can highly recommend Heckington Mill.
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About Pocklington's Mill, Heckington
Address: Hale Road, Heckington, Lincolnshire, England, NG34 9JW
Attraction Type: Historic Building - Windmill
Location: On Hale Road, opposite the railway station on the southern fringe of Heckington
Website: Pocklington's Mill, Heckington
Email: enquiries@heckingtonwindmill.org.uk
OS: TF145434
Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
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Heritage Rated from 1- 5 (low to exceptional) on historic interest
Heckington, St Andrews Church - 0.5 miles (Historic Church)
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Anwick Drake Stones - 4.9 miles (Prehistoric Site)
Sleaford Museum - 4.9 miles (Museum)
National Centre for Craft and Design - 4.9 miles (Museum)
Nearest Accommodation to Pocklington's Mill, Heckington:
Self Catering - B&Bs/Guesthouses - Hotels
Nearest Self Catering Cottages
Ivy House Barn, Heckington - 0.4 miles
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Stay from: £350.00 - 1391.00
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The Granary, Boston - 7 miles
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Quayside Hotel & Bar - 11 miles
Stay from: £0.00
The Red Lion Hotel - 14.2 miles
Stay from: £70.00
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Kings Arms - 11.4 miles
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Jill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker by the State of New Jersey and both a New Jersey Certified School Social Worker and Certified Supervisor through the New Jersey Department of Education. Jill graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology. Jill then earned her Master's in Social Work from Columbia University. Recently, Jill completed her Master's Degree in Educational Leadership from Ramapo College.
Jill has over 10 years of experience working as a clinical social worker with adolescents, adults, and families. In addition to being a social worker at Anew Counseling Services, Jill works full time as the Supervisor of Pupil Personnel Services of a Pre-K to 12 school district and worked as the School Social Worker prior. Jill's experience working in a school has given her the ability to truly understand the adolescent mind and use her expertise to connect well with this age group.
Jill is a very warm, caring, uplifting therapist that utilizes a cognitive behavioral approach, as well as a strengths based perspective. Jill has a strong background in writing extensive reports focusing on not only the emotional health of individuals, but the effects of the social environment. Jill is able to assist clients with confronting life's stressors and developing positive coping mechanisms.


…in the living room anyway, look!!
I have twenty boxes left to unpack in that room and if you are a crafter like myself or also seems to be a borderline hoarder (I don't even want to show you the boxes), then you will totally understand. One box at a time, is my motto.
I've finally finished the baby blanket for my husbands cousin and his wife, she is due Christmas Eve with their first little one.
Badge cowl by Tanis Gray, Ragg convertible mitts, and Trappers hat by Meghan Babin.
If you are interested in the patterns above I linked to the designers Ravelry pages or you can check out my new knifty interweave link on the left.
As always, I hope you folks have a great day!!


From runway to red carpet, Jovani has mastered the special occasion dress. The New York-based fashion house has dressed everyone from Carrie Underwood to Taylor Swift. Known for fashion-forward evening gowns, cocktail frocks, and prom dresses, Jovani offers an extensive collection of styles for every girl. Whether you want to embody sophistication, mix it up with fun, flirty trends, or wear one of many classic Jovani Prom Dresses there's a Jovani dress to fit your vision.


More info on the ShAFF website.
Beacon Climbing Wall, North Wales Details.
The inaugural Cycle To The Cinema event, held at the Discovery Centre at Longshaw Estate in the Peak District. A screening of Janapar: Love, On A Bike. Starts 8pm. Details.
More information on the BAF website.


Absolutely amazing opportunity to be captured by someone looking for coveted Brookside space north of 41st. Has a pool that can be kept or filled in for max cash flow with outstanding current comp lease rates. Just blocks away from the Gathering Place!
Listing provided courtesy of Kevin Shahan of Chinowth & Cohen. © 2019 Northeast Oklahoma Real Estate Services, Inc.


Firm is looking to sign partners across apparel and accessories, home and giftware, stationery, greetings and novelty toys.
Entertainment One has secured the worldwide licensing rights to Ricky Gervais' upcoming film, David Brent: Life on the Road.
Directed, written by and starring Ricky Gervais, the film sees a documentary crew catching up with The Office's Brent, now a travelling salesman, as he chases his dream of rock stardom by self-financing a UK tour with his band, Foregone Conclusion.
eOne is looking to sign partners across apparel and accessories, home and giftware, stationery, greetings and novelty toys whilst utilising the fully integrated marketing support for the film's release.
The firm is also handling international sales on the film and is also directly distributing the film in the UK, Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Spain and Benelux.
"With Ricky Gervais at the helm and back in the role that made him a household name, David Brent: Life on the Road looks set to be the hit movie of next summer and we're absolutely thrilled to be handling the worldwide licensing rights," said Hannah Mungo, head of UK licensing at eOne.
David Brent: Life on the Road is set to land in cinemas in August 2016.
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Home News Hero motorists pull baby boy and mother from car before it burst...
Hero motorists pull baby boy and mother from car before it burst into flames
Traffic cops have praised the brave actions of motorists who stopped at a serious injury collision on the outskirts of Whitby to rescue a mother and baby boy from a car before it burst into flames.
The collision, which involved a blue Vauxhall Vectra and a grey VW Golf, occurred on the A171 at Normanby, just south of Whitby, at around 10am on Saturday (16 September 2017).
Early indications are that the Vauxhall Vectra was travelling on the A171 towards Whitby. The vehicle appears to have gone out of control, crossing the road into the path of oncoming vehicles.
The Vectra has then struck the Golf which caught fire when it came to rest on the grass verge.
Traffic Sergeant John Lumbard, of the Roads Policing Group said: "The infant was being carried in a child seat in the Golf. The mother, who was the driver, was seriously injured as a result of the collision. Due to the brave actions of members of the public, both mum and her child were rescued from the car before it was engulfed in flames. Thankfully the baby boy was uninjured.
"I sincerely thank all those who stopped at the scene to assist during this extremely dangerous situation. They showed immense courage and their quick actions almost certainly prevented a tragic outcome."
The mother, who is aged 22 and from Whitby, was taken by ambulance to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough with a serious leg injury. Her condition is described as "comfortable".
An 18-year-old man from Scarborough, who was a passenger in the Vectra, suffered serious internal and arm injuries and was taken by air ambulance to the same hospital. His condition is described as "very poorly".
The driver of the Vectra, a 36-year-old man from Scarborough, also received treatment at the hospital for a foot injury before being discharged. He is the stepfather of the 18-year-old man.
Police are keen to trace any witnesses who may have witnessed the collision or recall seeing the two vehicles prior to the incident.
The driver of a car, which was travelling behind a HGV tanker and in front of the VW Golf travelling in the direction of Scarborough from Whitby, has now come forward as a witness.
If you can help the investigation, please call North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 2 and ask for Huw Walkey or the Major Collision Investigation Team. Please quote reference number 12170166359.
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I don't know if you're going to be able to embed it, but everyone MUST watch the five minute Every Day Signing Day special. It's in the little video player on auburntigers.com, and it's free — don't even need an account.
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What's the biggest change that's taken place in your life?
What's one thing you'd like to change about yourself right now?
Read James 1:17, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8, Numbers 23:19. God does not change, how does that fact make you feel?
Read Romans 3:10–12, Isaiah 53:6 and Ecclesiastes 7:20 to see how we truly are as humans.
Do circumstances change your view God? Why is it dangerous to let circumstances and people define who God truly is?
When we define or redefine God's unchanging characteristics, nature or standards we remove God from being God and place our ever-changing selves in His role…essentially making ourselves a god. Discuss the dangers, inconsistencies and faultiness of this mentality in our society and within our lives. Don't just point out the world's issues examine your own heart.
God is always love and always holy. Do you believe that you are loved by God? Share why and share specific examples on how God has personally loved you.
How does your view of God's love, mercy, forgiveness, holiness and righteousness impact your response to sin?
Pastor mentioned that there are 4 ways that God calls. Can you provide an example of how God has used one of these in your life? How is He calling you today?


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Colorful and interesting piece of art. I was totally impressed at the first time I saw it and I'm still impressed till now.
If someone asks me to describe the capital of Germany, I will say Berlin is really unique. The city cannot be described with the ordinary definition of "beautiful" because it has its own charming. Berlin is unique, lively and creative in many aspects.
With most of the citizens from many places around the world, Berlin is a melting pot of exotic cultures and living styles.
It's difficult to decide what to see in Berlin because there are so many things that you should observe. In this article, I will focus on the very interesting perspective of this city – Berlin Street Art and Graffiti.
Thanks to its popularity, Berlin Wall is one of the must-see-attractions if you visit the capital of Germany. It was built to divide Berlin from 1961 to 1989 into two parts: East Berlin and West Berlin.
When the Wall was taken down, many artists have used it as an art gallery for exhibition. Walking along Berlin Wall, you can see the creativity and exceptional contribution of artists. Here are some pictures of my discovery.
Every corner of the wall is filled with artworks.
Many artworks were painted over.
You surely cannot miss this iconic graffiti "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love" by Dmitri Vrubel in Berlin. This artwork is also referred to as "Fraternal Kiss". It is one of the most well-known murals in the Berlin Wall Galery.
Where to find graffiti Fraternal Kiss in Berlin Wall?
You can find this mural around the middle of East Side Gallery wall. After the restoration in 2009, the fenced was put in front of the mural to protect it from destruction.
If you are interested in seeing more street arts, I would suggest participating in a free walking tour. I joined the walking tour of Alternative Berlin Tours and totally love it.
There are new tours at 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm every day. In around 3 hours, the tour guide will show you around Berlin and let you discover many unique street arts. During the tour, the guide will explain many things about the murals so you can get basic information. My trip to Berlin could not be fulfilled without this useful tour since I could see Berlin in a "local eye".
Are you ready to discover more? Here are outstanding murals that I saw during this walking tour.
First, let's start with the famous classical mural – Astronaut Cosmonaut by Victor Ash. If you go alone, you can find this artwork in Mariannenstrasse by taking the subway U1 to Kottbusser Tor.
And here are more stunning artworks!
The artist was very creative with the design by capturing the movements of people while dancing.
An Impressive artwork on the street.
The tour guide will lead you to a special graffiti corner where you can find various creative murals.
A colorful and interesting piece of art. I was totally impressed at the first time I saw it and I'm still impressed till now.
Another amazing piece of art. This piece of art just blends into Berliner's lives and becomes an interesting part of it.
A pit stop with artwork surrounding.
You can discover more artworks in this area – Yaam. It is a nice place to hang out with friends. The outdoor Beach bar is an outstanding area of Yamm as well, so check it out!
I love your photos of the street art in Berlin! I remember seeing some of these exact drawings but others I've never seen before. I was actually super confused the first time I wandered in YAAM – I just wasn't sure what it was! I'll be back in Berlin in the fall and can't wait!
I hope you will have a nice trip back there.
The street art of every places says something unique and reflects the issues and culture of the destination. Graffiti at the Berlin wall for example, says so much with art as a medium. I would love to see the famous fraternal kiss graffiti. The 'Remember Fukushima' graffiti made me pause and ponder.
The "Remember Fukushima" also paused me when I first saw it.
Berlin Street looks very colorful and interesting. The Astronaut Cosmonaut wall art is my favorite too. View of Yaam from far also looks photogenic.
Thank you, Yukti. Wandering around Yaam is really lovely.
Wow, very cool! I love well done and colorful wall murals. We have some nice ones here in San Francisco, and I also really liked the ones in Reykjavik. Looks like Berlin has a lot of them, I would love to visit someday. Thanks for sharing!
Such variety in street art here. And some with strong messages. Glad to know that there is a tour for I would have got lost otherwise. I do love chasing street art in various cities.
I also love discovering street arts in different cities as well!
I feel street art is the best expression form as it is not bound by any rules. So many varied expressions one can see her itself on the Berlin wall. The most controversial fraternal kiss graffiti speaks volumes about it.
Totally! I also agree with your idea.
I am a street art and graffiti fan. In fact I have started a #travelandart series too and I keep sharing wall art of all the places that I visit. I loved the post not just for the wall art, vibrant colors but also because Berlin is a place that I want to visit. It was good to read about your experience.
It's great that you start that series. Keep on with good work!
Woah! Loved to see such colorful walls. Hats off to the artists to make such beautiful and huge wall paintings. The walking tour is a great way to see the street arts across Berlin. Your amazing photographs just sold me this place. I fancy visiting it as soon as possible.


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Varied, in groups that are morphing collections of diverse organisms.
Everything and everyone are connected.
Being consistently a misfit in groups caused me to be attracted, because I know I function well and love being part of groups that are creating together -- house building, growing food in Vermont in a community where many were self-reliant, using materials of climate change research (science and core samples) as an art form (art and ceramic glazes), helped me realize I am well suited to groups where the gatekeeper has an openish door policy.
My intention is to be available but economic realities usually require that money changes hands to allow my good concentration.


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Member of Parliament for South Guadalcanal David Dei Pacha will stand a full trial again on charges of conversion and abuse of office on the 14th of April.
The Magistrates Court set his trial date this morning.
He was acquitted of the charges in 2012 after the Magistrates Court found there was no case to answer.
But the prosecution appealed against the ruling and the matter was remitted to the Magistrates Court.
The prosecution confirmed to the Court today they will be calling 21 witnesses to testify.


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require_relative "../test_helper"
require_relative "../../lib/message_queue/serializers/message_pack"

class MessagePackTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  def test_dump_and_load
    dump = MessageQueue::Serializers::MessagePack.dump "foo" => "bar"
    loaded = MessageQueue::Serializers::MessagePack.load dump
    assert_equal "bar", loaded["foo"]
  end
end


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Remain calm, but NBC just saved Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Nine-Nine is back baby!
This week the world was sent into meltdown because of the news that, after 5 seasons AND winning a Emmy, Brooklyn Nine Nine had been cancelled by FOX.
But incase you're sitting there struggling to come to terms with there being no more Jake Perolta, We've got some good news because it's not over after all!
NBC, the hero we didn't know we needed, has given Brooklyn Nine Nine's team their badges back for a brand new sixth season full of 13 episodes.
In a statement, the chairman of NBC Entertainment, Robert Greenblatt said:
Ever since we sold this show to Fox I've regretted letting it get away, and it's high time it came back to its rightful home
Mike Schur, Dan Goor, and Andy Samberg grew up on NBC and we're all thrilled that one of the smartest, funniest, and best cast comedies in a long time will take its place in our comedy line-up. I speak for everyone at NBC, here's to the Nine-Nine!
What an emotional roller-coaster ride that was.


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Q: How to keep the name of (jpg) files after prosessing? I'm a noob and can not find something similar here so please help.
I try to cut segments of images out to analyze those later but everytime i run the code the images are in a different order and i'm not sure which segment belongs to which picture. However i want to keep the original name of the file but till now it doesn't worked out. I wrote this:
#iterate through folder and resize images to proceed later
from PIL import Image, ImageEnhance, ImageOps, ImageChops
import glob
for (i, filename) in enumerate(glob.glob('/Users/sszym/SHK/Bilder/*.jpg')):
   #print(filename)
   img = Image.open(filename).resize((2350, 1250))
   img.save('{}{}{}'.format('/Users/sszym/SHK/Bilder/resized/resized',i+1,'.jpg'))
#cut the segments of the resized images and save them
for (i, filename) in enumerate(glob.glob('/Users/sszym/SHK/Bilder/resized/*.jpg')):
    img = Image.open(filename)
    img_frank = img.crop((1610,0,2350,400))
    img_frank.save('{}{}{}'.format('C:/Users/sszym/SHK/Bilder/segments/Frankierzonen/frankierzone_',i+1,'.jpg'))
img_code = img.crop((850,1100,2350,1250))
img_code.save('{}{}{}'.format('C:/Users/sszym/SHK/Bilder/segments/Codierzonen/codierzone_',i+1,'.jpg'))

After those steps the segments are in a different order and i'm not sure what to do about it. I tried to put 'filename' into the naming but it is a path and i can't save it like this. Maybe you know how to keep the original name of the file after saving it in a different folder.
Best regards :)

A: If we assume filename is something like /Users/sszym/SHK/Bilder/myPic.jpg, we could extract the myPic and use that in the filename.
for (i, filename) in enumerate(glob.glob('/Users/sszym/SHK/Bilder/*.jpg')):
   filename_no_ext = filename.split("/")[-1].split(".")[0]
   #print(filename)
   img = Image.open(filename).resize((2350, 1250))
   img.save('{}{}{}'.format('/Users/sszym/SHK/Bilder/resized/resized',filename_no_ext,'.jpg'))

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One ring to rule them all: Surveillance 'smart' tech won't make Canadian cities safer
by Bonnie Stewart, The Conversation
The evolution from community surveillance with a personal touch to mass digital surveillance of cities is troubling. Credit: Shutterstock
Last fall, Drew Dilkens, the mayor of Windsor, Ont., set out to make the city the first Canadian urban center to connect to the Amazon Ring network, which the company calls "the new neighborhood watch."
Ring promises to keep more neighborhoods safe, but will smart surveillance systems really make Canada safer? Only if the safety priority is our Amazon packages.
Ring is a suite of "smart" home security devices from Amazon, based around video doorbells and an app called Neighbors. The system allows Ring customers to post and view footage from their front doors and report suspicious activity.
Customers pay monthly fees to be part of the security network. They can also purchase connected indoor security systems, smart lighting and an integration with Amazon's Alexa, a smart-home device.
Framed as a way to crack down on "porch pirates" stealing packages from doorsteps, the Ring system not only makes money for Amazon, it —conveniently—saves the company from losses on stolen deliveries. Amazon's "Key" feature even allows smart system users to grant remote keyless entry to their homes, garages or cars to Amazon delivery drivers, so no package need ever go astray.
Amazon's all-seeing eye of passwords, access and surveillance infiltrating into communities is not solely a corporate system; it is increasingly connected to civic power. At the annual CES (formerly Consumer Electronic Show) conference in 2020, Amazon announced that at least 400 police departments in the United States had partnered with Amazon Ring in the previous year.
When a crime is reported, police can ask for footage from Ring homes within a radius, bypassing warrants if Ring owners comply. At least one law enforcement agency, Florida's Lakeland Police department, appears to have been contractually obliged to promote doorbells as a result of the partnership.
Saskatoon police arrested two so-called "porch pirates" who were caught on video stealing boxes containing $5,000 in crucial medical supplies for a two-year-old boy. Police were able to find the suspects and return the packages after the video was shared on social media. Credit: CBC
What does this mean for citizens and safety?
Beyond the company's own cheery anecdotes, there is minimal data proving Ring's effectiveness. There is one positive 2016 report from Los Angeles that predates Amazon's acquisition of Ring; the methodology of that report has not been made public.
Still, as the pioneering urbanist Jane Jacobs —or anyone from a small town —could tell you, additional eyes on a street can serve to deter crime.
Your uncle Bob peering out the window, however, is not the same as Ring. Actually knowing and looking out for your neighbors is not the same as a surveillance network. Ring represents an emerging governance system that, once established, we can neither vote for nor pull the curtains against. Framing Ring as a simple safety app fails to paint an accurate picture of the dangers of a makeshift corporate surveillance infrastructure.
People may assume there's no risk to them, so long as they have nothing to hide. Regardless, surveillance of this kind still creates risks. At the societal level, the ocean of datafication created by pervasive smart technologies blurs the boundaries between financial, consumer and governmental systems. The datafication of our personal information ultimately reduces citizens to a collection of data points, open to misinterpretation, manipulation and monetization.
Do we want a societal surveillance system where public crime data is owned by a corporate entity? Amazon's interests are in profits and prevention of package loss, not in protecting citizen rights.
All smart systems create safety risks, not only of criminals hacking in but also for customers. Recent news has been full of stories of smart tech and Amazon security lapses, including a hacker who accessed the camera and speaker of a Ring security system in the bedroom of an eight-year-old Mississippi girl and told her he was Santa Claus.
In addition to hacking, user data leaks are becoming commonplace with cybersecurity systems. Notably, Ring's December 2019 leak of thousands of customer passwords was denied by the company.
In the 1990s, deadly terrorist bombings prompted British officials to adopt the widespread use of closed-circuit television cameras throughout London and beyond. This extensive surveillance system helped solve the deadly bombings of 2005 but has also led to questions about whether these practices constitute a violation of personal privacy. Credit: National Geographic
More safety or more problems?
Amazon has indicated —publicly and in leaked documents —that it's interested in building out the facial recognition possibilities of Ring. According to documents reviewed by the Intercept, the system would notify Ring owners any time an established "suspicious person" appeared on their property.
Some citizens would bear the brunt of that perceived risk more than others. Along with Ring, companies like NextDoor and Citizen show that fear-based neighborhood social media is already on the rise. Notifications about so-called suspicious persons feed race and class biases and encourage vigilante behaviors.
And even minor misdemeanors like egging cars can seem like a reason to call the police if there's video on hand.
Worse, facial recognition technology is particularly poor at correctly identifying the faces of women and people of color. Innocent brown and Black community members stand to be mistakenly harassed and even hurt.
U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey wrote an open letter to Amazon in September 2019, expressing concerned that Ring facial recognition has serious potential to "catalyze racial profiling and harm people of color." As Canadian cities grapple with racism, classism and discrimination, tools like Ring will only undermine efforts towards breaking down bias.
In the long run, we all stand to be harmed by the happenstance creation of an integrated police-Ring surveillance network. The smart tech promise gets safety backwards. Civil and civic rights matter, and we shouldn't abandon Canada's stringent police surveillance regulations for a shiny new version of property security. A society where people are less important than packages is no society at all.
Windsor—and Canada—would be wise to say "no" to Amazon Ring.
Amazon tells senator it's considered face-scanning doorbells
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Air source heat pumps absorb heat from the outside air. This heat can then be used to heat radiators or other heating systems and hot water systems.
It can get heat from the air even when the temperature is as low as -15° C. Heat pumps have some impact on the environment as they need electricity to run, but the heat they extract from the ground, air, or water is constantly being renewed naturally.
Heat pump systems typically come with a 10 year warranty. You can expect them to operate for 20 years or more, however they do require regular scheduled maintenance. A yearly check by you and a more detailed check by a professional installer every 3-5 years should be sufficient.
Air source heat pumps could be used in conjunction with conventional heating methods to provide a portion of the required heat load for a development such as this.
In simple terms this means that for every kW used to operate the unit a net gain of 3.5 – 4kW would be generated.
This heat generation could be best utilised in conjunction with an off peak tariff from the utility provider overnight to provide low grade heat to keep the system 'topped up' at a reasonable cost.


Desert Springs Church Blog » "The Lord is my shepherd" or "I'm on my own"?
"The Lord is my shepherd" or "I'm on my own"?
One way to think hard about a psalm like this is to think about what life would be like if everything it says were not true. What if we couldn't say, "The Lord is my shepherd"?
I'm on my own. No one looks out for me or protects me.
. . .but I'd rather not think about that.
.. .facing everything that could hurt me.


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using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using Fake;
using Machine.Specifications;
using Test.FAKECore.FileHandling;

namespace Test.FAKECore.Globbing.TestSample6
{
    public class when_extracting_zip : BaseFunctions
    {
        protected static readonly string TempDir = FileSystemHelper.FullName("temptest");

        protected static string[] Files;

        Establish context = () =>
        {
            FileHelper.CleanDir(TempDir);
            ZipHelper.Unzip(TempDir, "Globbing/TestSample6/Sample6.zip");
        };

        public static string FullPath(string pattern)
        {
            return TempDir + pattern;
        }
    }

    public class when_scanning_for_all_files : when_extracting_zip
    {
        Because of = () => Files = FileSystem.Include(FullPath("/curl/*.*")).ToArray();

        It should_find_the_file =
            () => Files[0].ShouldEndWith(string.Format("temptest{0}curl{0}curl.exe", Path.DirectorySeparatorChar));

        It should_find_the_file_with_absolute_path =
            () => Files[0].ShouldStartWith(TempDir);

        It should_match_1_file = () => Files.Length.ShouldEqual(1);
    }
}


The philosophy of life is about how life actually works from a larger perspective, and what this has to say about the pursuit of happiness and inner peace. It also touches on theosophy, theology, existentialism and ontology, though the intention is not to go deeply into any intellectual discipline but simply to refer to our actual experience and talk about why it is the way it is.
It's necessary to free ourselves of various misconceptions about life that cause us to follow dead ends and to create frustration and suffering for ourselves and others in our pursuit of a better life. Once freed of these erroneous ideas, our attention naturally turns toward what remains, and our frantic horizontal movement toward goals that are not ultimately satisfying slows down in favor of a more subtle but more powerful vertical depth.
In essence, our philosophy of life reduces to a radical simplicity, which dissolves many of our needs rather than fulfilling them, and this simplicity may already resonate in some ways as it points toward an inner peace that is impossible for mind to fully comprehend. And yet we know this peace because we are this peace.
In spite of this simplicity, the ideas around which we form our lives are sufficiently complex that some exploration into the actuality of our own experience is necessary in order to begin unraveling the mystery. It's not necessary or useful to learn or believe something that is not in our actual experience, though it may be surprising to some how much of our beliefs have been accepted with little or no question as to their truth.
We'll explore the nature of perception, experience and what we call God. We'll look at how creation happens on the level of the individual mind as well as the 'collective mind', and learn to discern the difference between illusion and actuality. We'll talk about the evolution of consciousness and precisely why humans suffer.
Life is an astounding wonder, and the more closely it's looked at, the more miraculous and 'sacred' it seems. Many of the mysteries of life can be cleared away, only to reveal a deeper mystery that is not only humbling, but also precious and endearing.
Visitor discussion of 'Philosophy of Life'.
"Flow and ease are disrupted by that same self that would seek it. It is how the river flows in it's effortlessness. It is how the wind blows, and without one to direct it's course. The fish does not struggle with the sea, nor the hawk with the sky, nor the painting with the canvass. Man struggles because he pulls himself from the ground of his being with each step, and claims each breath as his own."


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There are, of course, many other hotels to choose from in the Baltimore and Washington, DC metropolitan areas.
The closest campground to Hemlock Overlook and Fountainhead Regional Parks that will be open in November is at Bull Run Regional Park, 30-40 minutes drive away. The park has 49 tent sites, 57 electric only sites, 32 full-service sites and 6 rustic cabins (2 night stay required for cabins).
A map of restaurants near Oregon Ridge ("oregon_restaurants") can be found in our Resources section; note that it includes the location of The Greene Turtle and The Oregon Grille, which are both open late on Fridays (until 2am for the Turtle). Additionally, competitor Robert Buraczynski recommends The Corner Stable restaurant, located 3.5 miles from Oregon Ridge Park at 9942 York Rd, Cockeysville (open until 11pm on Fridays) for their "excellent barbequed ribs".
Near the I-95 Lorton exit likely to be convenient for Hemlock and Fountainhead, there are quite a few restaurants, some of which are shown in the PDF ("lorton_restaurants") also now available in our Resources section. Vinny's Italian Grill & Pizzaria is recommended by long-time QOC member (and historian) Sid Sachs for its "tasty food, large portions and reasonable prices".


Our little female Pomeranian ran away on March 10, 2018. Adopted two days ago, she escaped from our residence in Saint-Amable. Eight months old, sandy, she wore her collar and leash. She is very fearful and responds to the name Winnie.
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Het Holsterörarna Natuurreservaat is een Zweeds natuurreservaat binnen de Kalix-archipel in het noorden van de Botnische Golf. Het reservaat bestaat uit vier eilanden en een soort schiereiland. De eilanden zijn Västerst Holsterören, Mitti Holsterören en twee naamloze eilandjes; het schiereiland is genaamd Landerst Holsterören (4,5 hectare groot), dat vastzit aan Bergön. Het gehele reservaat is gelegen tussen het Zweedse vasteland en het eiland Bergön aan de zuidkant van de Siknäsfjord en bestrijkt 142 hectare waarvan ongeveer 21 hectare land.

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The Fast and the Furious 9 May Blow Up Outer Space
By Jordan Breeding | July 10, 2017 | 1:05pm
Image via Universal Pictures Movies News The Fast and the Furious
With each successive entry in the Fast and Furious franchise, we wonder if they'll ever fail to top themselves in sheer lunacy. At this point they've driven tanks on the freeway, airdropped cars from thousands of feet in the air, essentially flown a sports car from one skyscraper to another hundreds of stories up and even outrun a nuclear submarine. At this point, it's fair to wonder what insanely crazy stunt they could possibly think of next. Will NASA need a highly competent racing team to run laser rifles from one end of Mars to the other to defeat the galaxy's greatest threat? Well, according to an interview with director F. Gary Gray (Fate of the Furious) via ScreenRant, the answer is basically, "Yeah, why not?" He said:
Outer space? Listen, I wouldn't rule anything with this franchise. When I read submarine I'm like 'OK, anything's possible'. [Laughs] You never know. I haven't read "Dom on Mars" yet but again, you just never know.
This may sound like he's joking on the surface, but with only two films left in the primary series—spin-offs with The Rock and Jason Statham notwithstanding—the stakes for these last movies need to be incredibly high. There's only so many crazy stunts that can pulled within Earth's geographical and gravitational limitations, and the series has covered almost every conceivable option at this point. Space seems like the next logical choice. If Fast and Furious 10 ended the franchise with the entire team flying directly into the sun, we absolutely wouldn't complain.
Check out an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from the latest Fast and Furious here, and our review of the movie here.
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Invisible Hero
Genre: Sniper
It's World War II and you are a sniper of the Soviet Union. You need to complete several sniper tasks in order to help your comrades. Good luck!
Mouse to aim and shoot. Space to zoom in.
It's recommended to read the whole description before levels.
Use arrows or WASD for move.
#10 fergusferret 2017-06-16 14:35
scope works but regardless of attempts there is no way level 2 is doable .. only 3 to get but just 1 shot takes you into the failed and redo the levels screen.
#9 DMC 2016-05-14 14:13
Scope worked ok, game is a bit dark but still playable.I give it 2/5
#8 harrier0 2012-02-29 17:13
Horrible game. A lot of luck involved in finding the targets and most of the time the game is far too dark. There are much better sniper games than this one.2/5
#7 Serr183 2011-07-12 15:56
I have no complains for the scope,but the overall game play was no good...as they said before grammar errors and the zoom is not worth it...just didn't catch my attention.
#6 DarkStar 2011-07-11 16:03
I dislike this game a lot. It was bugged to hell. I hit when missing and missed when on target. The missions were easy as pie. The scope is meh.
#5 Figsak 2011-07-10 14:57
Probably the worst of all the sniper games. It's like trying to play Where's Waldo, but you've been up for 3days and Waldo keeps ducking behind sandbags.
#4 Kyleegk 2011-07-08 16:58
Both of the previous comments, at least in my experience, are not true. I found that the scope did it's job very well, and the aiming was near perfect. Not once in the game did my shot miss.
With that being said, this game still lacks the fundamentals of a sniper game. Where is the puzzle to it? I shouldn't be able to snipe a soldier that's talking to another soldier, without the other soldier doing anything. Normally, people react to their comrades dropping like flies. Furthermore, the missions were too easy. I don't see how mattao didn't see where the prisoner was, it's obviously the guy hanging by some rope. The mission briefings give you all the answers, making it too easy.
The last problem I had with this game were the blatant grammatical/spelling errors. If you are going to submit a game, and hope to get any money from it (which I am sure the developer was after) you should take the time to proofread it. 2/5.
#3 DMs choice 2011-07-08 16:52
Citazione mattao:
While I don't agree with the comment before mine about the scope being blurred and shaded (I thought it was just fine)
Really? I have only a small outer ring that is clear. The center of the scope vision is totally shaded and I can barely see anything, at least against a dark background. On a brighter background it's better but still darker than at the rim.
Can that be adjusted somewhere? I tried to work a little with the games Quality, but that didn't help either.
Or isn't the game at all worth the trouble?
#2 mattao 2011-07-08 16:26
I think this is a very bland version as compared to an already existing sniper game. The difference was that in that one, there were more detailed mission briefings which gave clues as to what to do. In the very first mission alone I had no idea where the prisoner was for the first 5 tries.
And your game bugs. Sometimes even if you're aiming at a non-moving target... it will miss. And that's the whole time. If I aim at it again and again and again... it will just miss and miss and miss.
1/5 stars.
-1 #1 DMs choice 2011-07-08 10:51
Are you kidding me? I can't even see anything though that scope! Does that make sense that scope vision is so blurred and shaded in this way? How shall that work?
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(and some by friends, etc. ) on various esoteric photo topics.
Once upon a time I graduated from the Boston Latin School and followed that up with an undergraduate AAS program in Photographic Science where I lasted about 3 years and then went to Professional Photographic Illustration program where I finished a BFA degree and then followed this up with a MFA in Graphic Design, all at the Rochester Institute of Technology. I became a Photographic Technician in the Distillation Research Lab of Dr. Kenneth CD Hickman for a few years. Followed that up with a stint as an administrator of Arts and Graphic Arts in the College of Continuing Education at RIT and eventually was hired by Dr. Russell Kraus as a faculty member in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences where I was from about 1978 until 2012 trying to teach concepts related to technical photography such as high speed, aerial, density visualization, multispectral, panoramic, photo-finish, peripheral, photogrammetry, etc. But those days are over as you will see reading below.
After 45 years of dedicating myself to teaching, promoting and spreading the good word about RIT, "stuff" happened behind my back and I now try to concentrate more on myself than the organization I served all that time. I miss the students. A lot.
Anyway, you can get an idea of the kinds of things I used to do on a daily basis by taking a look at some of my past annual reports such as the one 2011 or the one from 2010 or 2008 or 2005 or 2004 or 2003 or 2002 or 2001 or 2000 or 1999 or the one from 1998. I prepared many more over the years but those were typed with a typewriter or computer and printed with a dot matrix printer and delivered on paper. However, I did find one and it is available as a .doc file from 1984. But to get a bit more of a glimpse into what makes me tick you may be interested in one I call my ill-fated 1975 report which was to be my last one in my previous life in a now-closed college at RIT.
Or, you might want to take a look at a "historical document" that I really have not taken the trouble to update properly since about the early 1990s and that is what might be called my "resume" and here is a general, narrative-type biography concentrating mostly on education, play and work. By the way, if you want to read up on what my academic "career" entailed in the '60s here is a link to my unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts.
To see a sample of what I tried to teach choose HS/TL for an article describing in detail my High Speed/Time Lapse course or select course outlines for detailed descriptions of this and most of my other courses.
A fun project was the making of photographs during the January 2000 total lunar eclipse. To read about this and see a couple of the resulting photographs just choose eclipse!
A recent "sideline" activity involved the organization of an exhibition of photographs whose original purpose was scientific in nature but which would be exhibited in our school as images with a compelling visual and aesthetic content as well. Here is the link to the Images from Science exhibition.
On the left is an image of a supersonic bullet in free flight sporting its "shock wave" and visualized in a schlieren system. Select the thumbnail image to see a larger version or click on bullet animation to see this action in motion as recorded with a Beckman and Whitley Dynafax camera at 10,000 pictures per second. On the right is a 1/10 millisecond photograph of the impact of a drop on a pool of water. Choose splash animation to see it in motion!
My long term interest has been the field of scanning or strip photography. This started in the mid-60's and extends to this day. Applications include panoramic, peripheral, photofinish, and other derivatives of an "ingenious" approach to image-making. In the early '90s I made an uninterrupted photograph of a 1.5 mile stretch of a local historic avenue. The photo below is not of that avenue but was made as a test for making of the one of the avenue! In the late 90's I made the second photo below with an improvised digital "strip" camera. Select improvised digital camera or choose infrared imaging with digital cameras to see a couple of examples of what I am working on at the moment.
Choose Free Traveling Exhibitionto learn about a small collection of peripheral portraits I have on worldwide tour. This low-cost, low-tech (high novelty!) exhibition has now been shown in places like Little Angels Gallery in California, the ITSON school and the University of Mexico at Obregon in Mexico, at Clemson University, in Sao Paulo, Panama, Chicago, etc. Here it is at the Wallace Memorial Library at RIT in February, 2004. The latest exhibition of these photographs was at the NIP 23 Conference of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology held in Anchorage, Alaska in early Sept. 2007 and lately at the University of the Pacific in Lima, Peru from Nov. 27-Dec. 15, 2007.
While the little faces collection continues to be available I also have another "traveling" set of peripheral portraits available to anyone interested in displaying them. These are framed, behind plexiglass and 8x14 and 16x20 inches in size. You can see them at: just Portraits and at: Framed Little Faces. Additionally I've framed a set of early or vintage linear strip and panoramic photographs from the 1970's and these are also available for exhibition.
Now, in addition, I have compiled a small collection of my high-speed and "technical" photographs and they are available for exhibition (free to schools, museums and galleries). Contact me for details and see the images in this TechWebGallery.
In September 2005 I decided to have some of my peripheral photographs printed as postcards. I then realized that I'd have a lot left over so decided to give them away for the asking to anyone interested in them. Find out how HERE.
During the last few of years I have devoted much effort and many hours to setting up and overseeing the smooth running of a photo/imaging mail list known as the PhotoForum, whose membership numbers about 650 addresses worldwide. I am also the listowner of a Spanish language photography mail list called Fotored, the listowner of the Photohist-L photographic history mail list and the coordinator of SPIE's High Speed Photography forum. I also help out The Photographic Historical Society in Rochester as board member and Internet "liaison"!.
I am very fortunate to have been associated, both as a student and a colleague, with some of the best photography instructors around. They are true "giants" and you will find some of their names listed as authors of important books connected with photography and photographic education. On June 30, 2000 I went to the monthly lunch meeting of the "locals" and made some cool snapshots. In the early 1980s Dr. Les Stroebel made some faculty portraits and at the time I was interested in 3D photography.
In July 2007 I was given a document written by William Soule Shoemaker about the history of the school from 1931 until 1981, the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its establishment. It also contained a brief biography of C.B. Neblette and William Brehm, as well as a listing of past faculty members at the school. I am making it available for your information here. Read SPAS history here!. Also, sometime in 2004 I decided to visit classes taught by several of my current colleagues and make an informal visual record of them in "action".
I have a few small Exhibits of Photographs available. Here you will find examples of high speed, panoramic, peripheral and schlieren photography and other specialized techniques. The Phoenix Process is highlighted in a couple of exhibits. You can read more about this novel process and many other unusual applications (such as high speed flash photography and "conical peripheral photography" as shown in the small images at the top of this page) by checking the Articles file that also includes writings by friends and several present and past teaching colleagues.
A few years ago I had an exhibition of my Peripheral Portraits, some modified with the Phoenix Process, on exhibit at the Club Fotografico de Mexico, located in Mexico City. While the real exhibit has closed, choosing Exhibit will allow you to see some of the work that was on display. More recently I was invited to show past and current strip photography work at the Rose Lehrman Gallery of Harrisburg Area Community College in early 2004. This was the announcement and this was the exhibition. More recently, in 2008, I was invited to exhibit these and additional stroboscopic photographs at the PhotoCenter in Schenectady. This is the announcement and this is a view of the photographs on the walls!. I'm looking for venues to exhibit. Contact me if interested.
On the "techy" side I put a small exhibit of my high speed and schlieren photographs together as a result of being invited to show them at the Discovery Center located in Bethlehem, PA. For an abbreviated, online, version of the exhibit click here! and to read a story about the exhibit that appeared in a local newspaper choose article. In 2005 the collection was exhibited at the 50th Annual Conference of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) in San Diego, CA. It looked like this. Then the collection was put on display from September through end of December 2005 at the Danville Science Center in Virginia. For 6 months during 2006 the collection was on display at the Miami Museum of Science. Following this exhibit I decided to make a catalogue of the collection and this resulted in a small book that includes more than just the images in the collection. It is available through a print-on-demand outfit. Learn more about this and other booklets available from an "on-demand" printer HERE!
More recently a dozen of these "technical and scientific" visualization photographs have been on exhibit as part of the Hickory Museum of Art (located in North Carolina) exhibition entitled Harold Edgerton's Work and those he inspired (from April through August 2008) and another dozen were on exhibit from April 22 - May 10, 2008 in a hallway display at the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. The collection, along with some examples of peripheral portraits was exhibited at the May Gallery of Webster University in St. Louis from Sept. 11 through October 2, 2009. The announcement looked like this and part of the exhibition like this. There was also the article in the university newspaper. If you are interested in hosting a similar exhibition (no charge) please contact me.
A couple of publishing opportunities came about in 2003 and you can see examples of my contributions to a STRETCH by Nick Meers, a panoramic photography book and to Adventures with Pinhole and Home-made cameras by John Evans, a book true to its title!. Then, in late 2003 a book on Images in Science edited by Lennert Mueller and published in Sweden included a large number of my high speed and schlieren photographs along with explanatory text.
On a really lazy day in 1994 I founded the PPIC, a worldwide net of expert investigators whose specialty is the debunking of claims of psychic events, paranormal activities, ghosts, force fields, unexplainable phenomena or imminent invasion by extraterrestrials based on photographic evidence. On the other hand, I have also dealt with more serious forensic photo authentication matters in cases such as the President Kennedy assassination and the OJ Simpson case as seen here.
For a bit of background maybe you want to check out my life history and see my resume, such as it sort of is (I stopped revising it in the mid 1990s). For a "pictorial review" you can see me in about 1943, or 1946, or with my mother and brother in 1948, or by myself in 1949, or on my horse, Blanquito, in 1952, in 1954 or by myself in 1956 or in Necochea with my buddies or on the beach with my parents in 1957. Believe it or not, smoking in 1962! Alone in 1963 and 1975. Or, see me in 3-D! (parallel view) in 1994, and to bring you up to date these are from 1996 and from 1998 and 2002. Finally, see me with "Doc" Edgerton, a favorite teacher (although I never had him for a class) or, to catch a glimpse of one of my favorite cities, check out a panoramic photograph I made in Buenos Aires around 1978!. Make sure to scroll it to the right since it is rather long.
You may be interested in a short story of my trip to Argentina during August in 1996. Or, a report about a July 1998 2 week visit to Tanzania's Serengeti and Ngorongoro National Parks.
On the right is (to the best of our information at this time) the Davidhazy "clan" crest. In case you are wondering, their origins are Hungarian. Selecting the thumbnail will take you to a small website where you can find those members of this group who are most closely related to me. Here is a photograph of my father, Capt. Andras Davidhazy and my mother, Gabriella (Petracsek) and my brother John and sister Minka on her wedding. And this is a painting by the Komaromi Kacz of my mother on her wedding in about 1939. And this is an award-wining(!) photo of my sister Minka and poodle taken in 1960.
And on another personal note, here's a picture of two of my "kids". These asterisks (* and *) are pictures of my older son from a few years ago and this is a link to Andrew's website.
Jennifer married Memet in 1999. Here is the happy couple and here is Jennifer with Andy. While at Jennifer's wedding, my sister and brother and I and our spouses got to spend some time together. Oh, and this was the arrival of the first of 20 grandchildren and this the second. After this one I lost count! (However, here is Peri in 2003).
Here's Sue with one of her favorite horses (and this is her website). Sometimes I get to round up the herd! This was Sue on the Oak Orchard with our son Cameron when he was 3 and here he is at 17 .
While in Argentina my father owned a shipyard and made a small fleet of 13 foot Quequen-class sailboats he designed and I helped build. Here is a drawing of the little sloop. Later, in Seattle, he designed (and seen here with him at the helm) what I think is a classic, the 20 foot Heritage. A few dozen of these were made. Here is my sister Minka with our father in Budapest on his 90th birthday in photo one and photo two. This is the text of an article about him that appeared in a Hungarian magazine. "Capt. Andy" passed away in Budapest in 2003 and this is a brief obituary prepared by my brother John.
After arriving to the US in the mid-50's from Argentina I went to school at Boston Latin School and just before coming to RIT in 1961 I was a counselor at Job's Pond Camp in Vermont. At RIT I enrolled in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences and for a while was a studious Photographic Science student and from Dr. Zakia learned all about DlogE Curves and Tone Reproduction. Here I am with a few of my instructor colleagues in the late 1980's.
Again, remembering earlier times when our family was all together and living in Seattle, here are photos from the early 1980's of my mother Gabriella, close-up and full-length, and one of my little sis and father. I also have a photograph of one of my grandfathers Petracsek Josef and here a grouping treasured by my mom showing her with her mother and an insert of her father and these are my father's parents Ilona and Janos both painted by my great uncle, Komaromi Kacz. Here are photographs of Davidhazy Janos and Kacz Ilona on or about their wedding day on May 11, 1895.
In the mid-1970's 3 friends of mine and I got together and made fiberglass versions of the Quequen class sloops. To this date I put mine on a trailer (in 2004 Sue and I replaced the deck) and go sailing on Ontario. Sue often comes along, here on Conesus lake and here on Lake Ontario in 2002. She actually likes fishing more and catching the really BIG ones! And here is Sue and me in Dec. 2000 and at home at breakfast, followed by an indoor panorama and here is a winter 2001 view out the back and the front of our home in Honeoye Falls.
Finally, here is my list of Web sites for Photo/Imaging Technologists with many thanks to all who contributed to it.
To send me mail select my Express Mail Delivery service!.


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Nat Geo pulls "Star Talk" as investigation into deGrasse Tyson allegations continues
Fox-owned National Geographic will hold off on releasing any new episodes of science and tech talk show StarTalk as it continues to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against host Neil deGrasse ...
Fox-owned National Geographic will hold off on releasing any new episodes of science and tech talk show StarTalk as it continues to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against host Neil deGrasse Tyson.
The American astrophysicist, author and host of Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey responded on Facebook last month to allegations made by three women and reported by spirituality-focused site Patheos. The site had reported a year ago about allegations by musician Tchiya Amet against deGrasse Tyson dating back to the '80s, and again last November when Katelyn N. Allers, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Bucknell University, and Ashley Watson, a former assistant to Tyson, came forward. The allegations range from unwanted advances and touching, and in the instance of Amet's allegations from a year ago, rape.
The Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic, as well as the producers of Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey, responded by launching an investigation into the matter.
Now, Nat Geo has opted to postpone the release of new episodes of StarTalk until such an investigation is complete. The series was three episodes into its 20-episode fifth season when the latest allegations came to light.
In a statement shared with realscreen, the network states that, "In order to allow the investigation to occur unimpeded we chose to hold new episodes of StarTalk until it is complete. We expect that to happen in the next few weeks at which time we'll make a final decision."
In his Facebook post, deGrasse Tyson stated his support for "an impartial investigation," offering his "full cooperation."
A second series of the rebooted Cosmos, featuring deGrasse Tyson, was slated to premiere in March.
Variety first reported the news.
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Final trailer for Paranormal Activity 5 reveals Toby's true form
By Gem Seddon published 15 October 15
Paramount has dropped a final trailer for Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension ahead of its release next week. The (supposed) last chapter in the spooky found footage series picks up with a new family targeted by the evil demon, Toby.
In a twist that connects this sequel to the earlier movies, it's revealed that the latest family moves into the same house Katie and Kristi lived in while they were children - only this time a camera, found in the basement, lets them see the titular activity.
The mysterious demon responsible for all the terror throughout the series has been kept out of sight, letting audiences use their imagination to conjure up Toby's nightmarish figure. So it's interesting that instead of discovering the truth next week, we're given an extended glimpse of him in this preview.
Is it just us, or does he look a little like evil Groot?
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension opens in the UK on October 21 followed by a US release two days later on October 23.
Gem Seddon
I'm GamesRadar+'s west coast Entertainment News Reporter. I'm a bit obsessed with all things Aliens and Terminator. You can find my byline on our best Netflix movies and best Netflix shows lists.


The Nintendo Wii U is definitely not the hottest selling console at the moment. In fact Nintendo had recently slashed sales estimates of the Wii U by 70% and if you thought that it was prime for a price cut in order to generate sales, like what Nintendo did with the 3DS handheld console, you might recall that Nintendo's President Satoru Iwata stated that they would not be doing that. In fact Iwata is pretty adamant about not cutting the price of the Wii U and has recently reiterated the point, stating that Nintendo will be maintaining the device's current RRP, and that he believes it is never too long for the console to succeed.
Iwata also believes that upcoming titles such as Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. will help to drive Wii U sales, which "are kinds of games that Nintendo has been particularly strong with in encouraging players to invite each other to play." What do you guys think?
Filed in Gaming. Read more about Nintendo, Wii and Wii U.


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Jesse Jackson recalls how the Queen of Soul gave quietly to the movement her father helped lead.
Jesse Jackson and I speak of Ms. Franklin in the present, not discussing obituaries, but tribute. Not sadness, but triumph.
"When Dr. King was alive, several times she helped us make payroll," said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, her friend of more than 60 years. "On one occasion, we took an 11-city tour with her as Aretha Franklin and Harry Belafonte ... and they put gas in the vans. She did 11 concerts for free and hosted us at her home and did a fundraiser for my campaign. Aretha has always been a very socially conscious artist, an inspiration, not just an entertainer.
"She has shared her points of view from the stage for challenged people, to register to vote, to stand up for decency," said Jackson, who said he has visited with her nearly a dozen times in the past "two or three years during the course of her illness.
"I was with her a few weeks ago. I was at one of her last Christmas parties, the one she throws every year."
Jackson and I speak of Ms. Franklin in the present, not discussing obituaries, but tribute. Not sadness, but triumph. Anyone but God saying when the Queen will leave the throne is talking above their station. Still, Jackson said, "I'm very sad. I'm very sad."
"First of all, she was very philosophic, not only in terms of the movement, but she also put her resources where the movement's needs were," said the Rev. Jim Holley, pastor of the Little Rock Baptist Church and a friend of Ms. Franklin's for 45 years.
"Whenever there was a tragedy with families, any civil rights family, she was always giving," Holley said. "I wish I had the words to express it. She's a very special person in a sense that she sung the blues, but she never lost her roots with the church and her relationship with God. She used her talent and what God gave her to basically move the race forward. A lot of people do the talking but they don't do the walking. She used her talent and her resources. She was that kind of person, a giving person.
"Obviously, her father was very much with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and her generation was with the Rev. Jesse Jackson," Holley said. "I think that's how she helped Jesse. He was more relevant to her generation in terms of what he was doing economically and with entertainment, making sure entertainers were represented in what we call this justice movement."
The family friends who came to her house as a child — and who visited her apartment in recent weeks to pray and reminisce — weren't just family friends. They were human rights soldiers and civil rights generals and dedicated ministers across the country, some whose names weren't on the nightly news. As one activist described it, there were "ministers in the suites and ministers in the streets."
She easily stepped into the very large shoes that her father, the late Rev. C.L. Franklin, wore as one of the northern tent poles of a movement that was largely based in the South but spread nationwide thanks to Franklin and others.
Ms. Franklin talked to me about it five years ago, explaining how the June 1963 Detroit Walk to Freedom, the precursor for the March on Washington two months later, almost didn't happen.
That spring, her father worked hard to persuade the city's traditional community and religious leaders to embrace his idea of a massive demonstration to bring national attention to racial discrimination. Most of the city's preachers and the leaders of the NAACP didn't want him to plan or lead it.
"Many pastors whom he invited to our home to discuss it were not on board," she said in that 2013 interview. "They didn't think it was such a good idea."
The singer was living in New York working in the third year of her contract with Columbia Records, but keeping up with what her father was doing back in Detroit. And she watched her father pull off what would become the largest civil rights demonstration in U.S. history until the March on Washington.
Detroit's traditional leadership didn't come on board until Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — Franklin's friend and the rising star of the movement — persuaded them.
But while her entertainment star was rising publicly, something else was happening privately: Aretha Franklin was going to work. Her father's mission lit a fire under the young singer, who began living parallel lives as global star and private civil rights activist.
Holley, who visited and prayed with Ms. Franklin last week, said they had a great conversation about life. He said Ms. Franklin was particularly helpful to black ministers in the movement across the country.
Shahida Mausi is a concert promoter who met Ms. Franklin when Mausi was an appointee of Mayor Coleman Young and executive produced the celebration at Tiger Stadium during Nelson Mandela's visit to Detroit in 1990 after he was released from prison. Ms. Franklin performed in a concert at the stadium that raised $1 million for the African National Congress.
"From the time I was a little girl in my grandmother's basement, Aretha's call for respect has rung and been writ large," said Mausi.
"She called for respect, as a woman, as a businessperson, as an artist of excellence, as a reliable stalwart in human and civil rights," Mausi said. "Sometimes, you need a queen. If the cause is just, the Queen answers the call and always has. And she never told a soul. She never said 'I did this' or 'I did that.' She just did."