Wow, this year is almost over. The holiday festivities are right around the corner and the mayoral race is moving forward despite the scandal.
What? You didn't hear about the ballot tampering?!
Voting for this race is done by casting your quarters (and any other dollar amounts) into the wooden "ballot boxes" at select locations around town.
NSIA board members collect the money raised at various intervals. During a recent stop at the Gold Pan to collect money, they discovered that Parker & Guerrero's slots were taped shut. This ballot tampering made bad behavior in the online edition.
Ultimately, all the votes go to the same organization. However, it did upset some people around town. Personally, I thought it was funny. Cyr also turned up at the NSIA potluck, pouring wine and sucking up like a good politician.
Will it cost us Wayne & I the election? Stay tuned…and be sure to visit the online edition at http://www.fawnskinflyer.com for the latest scuttlebutt.
Locals are getting restless wondering when the Fawnskin Market will be allowed to open.
The market was acquired by a new owner in May of 2006. It has been closed ever since.
Originally closed for inventory, clean up, and upgrades, various county agencies and Cal Trans have prevented the market from reopening.
The most recent issues involved the survey and demands for a conditional use permit because the property is over the easement.
Locals are not happy that they have no local source for groceries and related items. Campers, anglers, bikers, and other outdoor enthusiasts have also faced a hardship with the closure of the little store.
Now closed for six months the store seems to be another casualty of red tape facing new business owners in the valley.
So far, three downtown businesses have not opened because of red tape and compliance requests.
When I spoke with Mark earlier in the week he said that the CalTrans issue would probably take at least another two months on their end. There are other issues his engineer is working on—let's hope nothing else will surface.
Let's hope that the owner of the property adjacent to the Fawnskin Market is cooperative with the new owner.
You may be aware that earlier this year volunteers and the NSIA approached the Johnston property owner with the offer to clean up the place as part of the town clean up project. The only thing he had to do was pay for the dump fees. He refused.
Incidentally, the Johnston property recently received a citation over the failure to adhere to county code related to the debris and condition of the property…he should have taken the town up on the offer of help earlier.
The new coffee house/café has also hit some bumps that have delayed their opening probably until January.
The partnership involves three local women of the Engle clan. Tami Engle has been in the Big Bear Valley for about 40 years and has been a manager for Paoli's restaurant for 18 years.
The other two partners who will be operating the location are sister-in-laws Amanda Engle and Angela Engle…hence the business name, Amanda + Angela =Amangela's.
Both of the young women are married and have been in food service before. They have been looking at opening something locally for years.
Currently the plans are to offer smoothies, soups, bagels, sandwiches, salads, coffee, and espresso drinks.
Originally, they had hoped to open in November but the county has kept them running in circles.
In fact, county employees told them that the building did not exist. Funny, especially since at the last business closed down at that location earlier this year.
At the moment, the plans are to establish a place that will become a community hangout and are considering wireless internet and maybe even entertainment.
Plans are to open early and offer breakfast and lunch. In addition, they will have items packaged to go and they are looking into beer and wine as a possibility.
Both women currently live in the east end of the valley but the duo decided that they did not want to spend the rest of their lives working for someone else.
The little Fawnskin location caught their eye and this is the business opportunity they envisioned to make their dream a reality.
They bought the equipment, tables and chairs from the now defunct Bailey's Coffee House and have a fine espresso machine just waiting to be used.
The two are active in the community and very sensitive to the needs of the locals. In fact, they are currently working with their friends on firefighter fundraising efforts for the survivors of those who were lost in the recent fires.
The Fawnskin Mayoral Race fundraising efforts continue and the last issue failed to mention the Pancake Breakfast for Candidate Guerrero.
Mark you calendars for December 16, 2006 from 8am until 11am at Moose Lodge 2085. Tickets are available in advance (or at the door) for a donation of $5 or more per person.
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These are my thoughts on growing up without a father. I've had bits and pieces of this written down for a while now. This kind of thing is different for any woman who has grown up without a dad, so I don't mean this to be a summation of everyone's feelings. Just mine. It's a bit lengthy, so I forgive you for not reading it all or any of it. But I appreciate it if you do.
He left when I was 7; it's been 17 years since he has been an active part of my life. The facts surrounding why my father left aren't that important; they're personal and hard to talk about, even after plenty of time in therapy. But it's suffice to say that one day, just a few months before my eighth birthday, my dad left. And he hasn't been back since.
Basically, I don't know what it's like to have a father. My mom tried her best to fill both roles for me, and for all I know, she did exactly that. She took me where I needed and wanted to go, got me what I needed for school and always made sure I practiced my violin enough and finished my homework. She was at parent-teacher conferences every year, and she knew my friends' parents. She encouraged me to do what I wanted and to do it well. But, on the other hand, maybe I missed out on a lot of great things that girls do with their dads. But I don't know what girls do with their dads.
Life wasn't normal, but at that point in my life, I couldn't understand what normal was supposed to be like, so I thought a lot of kids did the same thing I did. I did laundry and other housework to make things easier for my mom. I cooked my own food, I set up the coffee maker for my mom in the morning. When I got older and realized my life wasn't really "normal," it left me confused. But eventually I adjusted and grew to accept it.
But still. How would things have been different if he had stayed?
Maybe if I had a dad, I'd be better at sports. I'd be a faster runner. I'd be a scientist instead of a writer. I wouldn't have had so many issues, so much trouble making and keeping friends. I'd be something entirely different than who I am today. Or maybe I'd be exactly the same.
I don't think life has been lonely without my dad. It'd be easy to turn around and blame a lot of my problems on him. It would be easy to chalk up a lot of my pain and problems and general loneliness to the fact that he just wasn't there. But I don't think it's true. I may cling to people harder, for fear of them leaving me, because of his departure, but I don't think my problems are his fault. They are mine, and mine alone.
I get jealous of girls with dads. I get jealous of Craig's relationship with his dad. It makes me upset when Craig's dad treats me more like his daughter than my dad does. That he cares more than mine does. I get angry that this opportunity was ripped away from me and I didn't get a say in the matter. But I'm not entirely positive my life would have been better if my dad had been around. Or any dad, for that matter. Because as tough as it was growing up, and for as many nights I put myself to bed because my mom was working her night job to make enough money for us to survive, I turned out okay.
I think growing up this way has made me more independent. It has made me strong, and realistically, it's made me who I am today. So I guess I can't be angry that I grew up without a father. The life I have now is pretty great: I have an apartment, I have a job, I have people I love and who love me, and I have confidence in myself (most of the time).
So that's it. What it was like growing up without a dad. How it's shaped me as a person. I don't dwell on this fact. Most days I don't even think about it. But every once in a while, I'll get that pang. And I'll wonder. But it's important for me to remember that life is great, and it's great because of who I am.
if you want to talk about this more with me, feel free to email me anytime. really. i'd love to talk.
Good stuff, Alex. In a way, I can relate. Although my dad has always been in my life, our relationship isn't ideal for a variety of reasons. And seeing friends who have that awesome relationship with their fathers has made me jealous so many more times than I can count, and it kinda stinks. But, oh well, it is what it is. Just wanted to throw it out there that I enjoyed reading this.
You are mahvelous! And also, very brave for writing all this down. Love you long time!
Girl, you write about your heart in a way that is very refreshing. Sometime we should talk about this over a cup of coffee.
So a lot I want to write isn't "comment box appropriate" so let's chat IRL about this soon.
1) There are many choices you make that impact your life. Where/how/to who you're born, your gender/ethnicity/how you look aren't your choice but they are part of who you are. Your father taking off was't your choice- who your father "is" is part of what you are born into, so there isn't a "what if he were to stick around" that you could have ever known.
2) A few of your comments seem to be about "would childhood have been 'normal' with a father in my home?" Even if your dad was around, I don't think your childhood would have been 'normal' or w/e.
3) I picture a parallel universe where there's me (exactly me) and you (except with a father who sticks around) and I'm not sure how that version of you is different, but I wouldn't change anything about you (except that you don't come hang more!) so I have to say I like this universe and this "you" better.
If I write any more it will look like I'm hitting on you, so I'm out.
This is so beautiful and brave of you to share.
I love that you wrote this-- that you are sharing this part of your story with us. Because it is part of YOUR story, and you're right, it has shaped you who you are today. I'd say you are a stronger, braver person because of it.
it takes a lot to open up like that. thank you for sharing. thank you for the deep post.
sometimes the internet feels so big & vague. i wonder "who will read what i wrote?" but it's therapeutic to write & it's encouraging to hear from others. i enjoy perusing your blog and i thank you for your openness.
i had a wonderful dad, but a good friend of mine, not so much. having a dad has shaped me as much as not having a caring dad shaped her as much as not having a dad and having a hard working mom shaped you.
Dani over at Story of Style told me of your involvement in book club and as I am moving back to Boston I had to check your blog out!
I don't know you, but I am so happy you shared this! Writing and sharing via my blog has helped me beyond words (pun?) and the fact that you can express yourself in some sort of medium without judgement or worry, is such an incredible feeling.
I got goosebumps reading this and there really are things that shape you in life. Keep writing, keep smiling and ultimately keep being you!
You turned way more than okay. I love that you shared your heart with us. I love your self-awareness and your acceptance of yourself and your journey. I am so touched by this whole post. Thank you for writing it.
Thanks for sharing. Very brave of you to do. Now I know that someone else has felt the same way I have. I grew up with out him and sometimes question the same things you do but life has been so much more generous in other ways to me, including my mom.
Alex, I'm late on reading this, but had to comment nonetheless. Like others have said, you have so much courage to post this. You turned AMAZING. I know I don't know you that well, but from what I do know, I don't think you could have turned out better!
This is such a great post. It's great to see you being so honest and open. I think the "normal" life that us "twenty somethings" have grown up knowing is over. Everyone's situation growing up is so very different now days. I especially find your post interesting because I did grow up with a father but I rarely think of it that way. He worked a night job and was rarely around. He also worked an additional job that took up all of his free time. (Neither job was necessary either. He could have easily taken a day job and been around more.) My mother was both of my parents. She did everything for me. I completely understand your jealousy towards other people with amazing fathers. I have definitely felt that before... even with a father in my life. I feel like a lot of people have amazing father's that really shape and mold their lives. In the same sense, I think that due to the lack of a father figure people tend to have great qualities as well. We are fighters, strong, and know how to do many things other children may not know how to do because it was handed to them.


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Mihail Kogălniceanu község Constanța megyében, Dobrudzsában, Romániában. A hozzá tartozó települések: Palazu Mic és Piatra.

Fekvése

A település az ország délkeleti részén található, Konstancától mintegy huszonöt kilométerre északnyugatra.

Története

A települést tatár telepesek alapították a 16. században, egy tatár vezér neve után Kara Murat (magyarul: Fekete Murat) néven. 1651-ben Evlija Cselebi török világutazó, történetíró említi egyik útleírásában.

A román függetlenségi háborút (1877–1878) követően került először Románia birtokába, ekkor Mihail Kogălniceanu valamint Alexandru Ioan Cuza korábbi elképzelései szerint román ajkú lakosság betelepítésével próbálták megszilárdítani az ország fennhatóságát, ezek főleg mokányok voltak, akik jellemzően birkatenyésztéssel foglalkoztak.

Ezzel nagyjából egy időben, az 1873-1883-as évek között német családok érkeztek Landau valamint a Fekete-erdő vidékéről, akiket 1940-ben erőszakkal telepítettek át Németországba, a náci "Heim in Reich" (magyarul: Vissza a Birodalomba) mozgalom keretein belül.

A török függetlenségi háború (1919-1922) után újabb betelepülők jelentek meg, a Balkánon ekkor kialakult politikai helyzet miatt számos helyről elűzték az aromán lakosságot. A községbe Veria, Vedena, Meglenia, és Caterina településekről érkeztek, akik a német lakosság elhagyott házait vették birtokba.

1951-ben és 1952-ben állami döntés értelmében romákat telepítettek be Medgidia városából.

Az 1930-as években nevét Ferdinand I.-ra változtatták, I. Ferdinánd román király után, majd a kommunista éra kezdetén kapta mai nevét, Mihail Kogălniceanu román politikus után.

A község határában található a Mihail Kogălniceanu Nemzetközi Repülőtér. Itt 2007 óta amerikai katonai támaszpont és kiképzőbázis működik.

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A nemzetiségi megoszlás a következő:

Híres emberek

 Hieronymus Menges (Mihail Kogălniceanu, 1910. május 9. – Bréma, 2002. április 20.): római katolikus pap, püspök 1951 és 1952 között.
 Stere Gulea (Mihail Kogălniceanu, 1943. augusztus 2. –): filmrendező és forgatókönyvíró.

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XTIVIA Honored with Liferay North American Partner of the Year Award
XTIVIA, Inc., a leader in Digital Experience Solutions, has been honored with the Liferay North American Partner of the Year Award for Net New Revenue. The Partner Award is bestowed on the channel partners who best address Liferay users' most pressing business challenges and are designed to recognize superior customer service and the development of new growth opportunities.
Chicago, IL, July 11, 2018 --(PR.com)-- XTIVIA, Inc., a leader in Digital Experience Solutions, today announced that it has been honored with the Liferay North American Partner of the Year Award for Net New Revenue during Liferay's annual North American Partner Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
Bestowed on the channel partners who best address Liferay users' most pressing business challenges, the Liferay North American Partner of the Year Awards are designed to recognize superior customer service and the development of new growth opportunities. Areas of consideration include total revenue growth, new revenue growth and the number of net new customers.
"The XTIVIA team is known both within Liferay and by our customers for their dedication to meeting customer needs and are routinely singled out for their commitment to customer service," said Brian Kim, Chief Operating Officer for Liferay. "Because Liferay serves a large, diverse body of customers across geographies and in industries as varied as financial services, the public sector, healthcare and insurance, we rely on partners such as XTIVIA to help extend our reach and brand. We look forward to further deepening our relationship with XTIVIA in the future."
"We are very excited to win the Liferay North America Partner of the Year, Net New Revenue Award. This is the fourth year we have received recognition as a Partner of the Year. It validates our commitment to our amazing partnership with the people at Liferay, our talented employees and, most importantly the superior quality results we provide to our valued customers who put their trust in us every day. We are enthusiastic about Liferay's vision and future direction, which includes the expansion of the Liferay Digital Experience Platform with the new offerings. We believe these additions to the product suite will enable Liferay to provide enhanced value to both our existing and future customers," said Nir Gryn, Senior Vice President of Sales at XTIVIA.
"XTIVIA is one of our longest standing partners, having been working with us for the past eight years," said Joshua Asbury, Liferay Vice President of Sales for the Americas. "This year the XTIVIA team focused on generating new revenue and has been enormously successful in doing so. We view XTIVIA as an extension of our team, and it is an honor to present them with this award."
"We are elated to win the Liferay North American Partner of the Year, Net New Revenue Award. We continue to invest heavily in our Liferay partnership through our innovations and accelerators on top of the Liferay Digital Experience Platform. I am proud to work with our amazing XTIVIA team, who continue to grow their skills and implement industry best practices. This award, along with exciting additions to Liferay's product family, further cement our commitment to the Liferay ecosystem," said Vivek Agarwal, CTO of XTIVIA.
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Lisowski condemns concentration after Masters defeat
Lisowski was playing in just his second Masters tournament
Jack Lisowski believes that he 'lost the plot' in his first-round Masters defeat after Kyren Wilson won six frames on the bounce to triumph 6-2.
Lisowski had started in inspired form, building assured breaks and enjoying a perfect long pot percentage in the opening frames as he built up a 2-0 lead.
But the 2018 Masters finalist switched on the class from then on in, and after levelling things following a crucial missed pink by Lisowski in the fourth, it was to be one way traffic.
"I made a really good start and then in the fourth frame we both had quite a few chances," he said.
"I think that spurred him on, after the interval he was a much stronger player. I don't really know what happened in those four frames after the interval, I never really felt in the game.
"I was missing a few weird shots. I missed a ball at 4-2, the balls were everywhere. My safety wasn't very good, my potting wasn't very good after the interval, so it was a shame, because I started really well.
"It was the one that got away, that fourth frame, but it was pretty poor mentally to lose the plot after that - it was a big frame I guess.
"I wasn't really getting into any of the frames - apart from the seventh when I missed that red - I just had bits and pieces to go at. I think I wasn't getting him in any trouble with my safety."
Lisowski looked a beaten man after the interval, with Wilson dominating table time, despite the Cheltenham native making a number of starts.
Breaks of 68, 67 and 70 for Wilson proved the telling contributions, and his 28-year-old opponent had no answer for a combination of scoring and tricky safety play.
Lisowski's afternoon was summed up in the seventh when he called himself on a push shot, handing Wilson the initiative at an inopportune time and leaving him to curse his luck.
"I've been ill for like five days, put a new tip on four days ago and my touch just wasn't there today," he continued.
"You saw it with that double-hit, push shot and that was because I couldn't get my tip out of the way in time, it was a bit fatter, and I just didn't have time to knock it in.
"My preparation hasn't been great for this tournament and it's caught up with me in the end."
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Uber Wins Right to Drive in London
The rideshare company won its license renewal appeal in London.
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Uber's back in London! At least for the next 15 months, that is... The company won its legislative battle with Transport for London (TfL), the city's transportation agency, this afternoon, with a judge ruling that Uber could continue driving in London on a 15-month probationary license. The company will have that time to prove to local regulators that it has changed its ways under the guidance of new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. TfL refused Uber's request to renew its license to operate in the U.K. capital in September, just one month after Khosrowshahi joined the company, citing Uber's previous lack of cooperation with British regulators as grounds for denial.
The transportation board argued Uber's previous actions—hiding huge data breaches that compromised the personal info of 2.7 million Brits, using software to hide its cars within the app from local authorities, and conducting drivers' eye exams over video on the Push Doctor app—no longer made the company "fit and proper" for holding a license. Surprisingly, Uber agreed in its statement to the court earlier this week, saying that TfL was justified and that it had handled previous incidents "wholly inappropriately," the Evening Standard reports. "Inevitably such a young business has suffered a number of growing pains that hasn't been helped by the gung-ho approach [of managers]," the ruling's chief magistrate Emma Arbuthnot said in court Tuesday. She found that while the TfL was right to suspend the license in September, Uber has capitulated enough in the recent months to be "fit and proper." The company now has little more than a year to prove it's ready to cooperate with regulators and play by TfL's rules, which includes reporting violent incidents to London police and submitting to an audit in six months, the Financial Times reports.
London is Uber's largest European market, The New York Times reports, with as many as 3.6 million people in London using the app in a three month period. Luckily for London's Uber riders, the license appeal process hasn't disrupted service yet and it'll continue with business as usual under the new probationary license for the next year and three months, before Uber's license status is reviewed again.
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Since he hasn't openly expressed his political perspectives, our figure is that he is a Democrat. He once set an appeal to against Governor Scott Walker who is a Republican in Wisconsin.
Aaron cherishes watching films. He makes visit visits to Sundance to watch them. He plays guitar and golf. What's more he cherishes playing base ball.
He is dating Olivia Munn, a multi year old performer. At first it was simply bits of gossip however it's presently formally affirmed. Not certain where it began, but rather there were bits of gossip some time ago that he may be gay. At first he was dating Destiny Newton for a long time. Aaron and Olivia have no children yet.
He possesses a home in Del Mar California. He is exceptionally dynamic in a few philanthropic and beneficent endeavors like Raise seek after Congo. He has an expected total assets of $30 million.


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Haron, (?-1059), appelé aussi Aaron ou Aron, est évêque de Cracovie de 1046 à 1059.

Dorris Haron Kasco, né en 1966 en Côte d'Ivoire, est un reporter photographe.

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Haron est ancien village de Mascaraàs, commune française, située dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques et la région Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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Bryan Hearns talks designing Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman Tour outfits
On February 6th, an interview by Billboard was posted as they interviewed Ariana's outfit designer Bryan Hearns about how he made the Dangerous Woman tour outfits. Check it all below:
Bryan Hearns is no newbie to designing for celebs. The FIDM University alumnus stayed in Los Angeles after graduating in 2010 and linked up with Style PR's Antonio Estebán, who acquainted Hearns with the many names he works with today. From Keke Palmer to Kylie Jenner to Selena Gomez, the 26-year-old has had no shortage of it-girls to dress in his eclectic designs.
The new year came with another challenge for Hearns: dressing Ariana Grande for her Dangerous Woman tour, which kicked off Thursday in Phoenix. Grande is no stranger to his work: She rocked Hearns' designs on Billboard's August 2014 cover and donned a custom top by him at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball. When Hearns was approached by Law Roach, Grande's stylist, to develop her Dangerous Woman tour outfits, it was a match made in fashion heaven. Hearns discusses working with the pop star, his favorite look from the tour, and the difference between creating his beloved street style and designing performance wear.
What was the collaborative process like while creating Ariana's tour looks?
I met with Law and we discussed the direction she wants to go in. She's trying to do a different direction with her style, and this tour kind of encompasses all of that. It's kind of street style — everything that's happening now. So we had a meeting and went over the images and silhouettes that she likes.
What was it like working with Law?
It was awesome. He has a really good sense of direction. He lets you know if he likes something or not, but he also gives you your freedom to create what you want.
So were you given a lot of creative freedom for this tour?
Yeah. Most of the looks are my direct aesthetic, so I put my stamp on it. It was just a certain silhouette that she wanted and certain colors, and that's how we met in the middle. We had a couple of looks that were in her silhouette, which is usually high-waisted bodysuits, shorts, skirts and crop tops. It's very flattering on her so we have a lot of items in that shape.
What materials did you use?
Everything was a mixture of leather, denim, strappy fabrics (because there's a lot of straps on everything) and hardware. We use a lot of sweatshirt fabric because everything is very relaxed-looking. It doesn't have a lot going on in terms of the details.
What would be three words you'd use to describe the collection?
Confident, feminine and dangerous.
What is your favorite look from the tour collection?
I think my favorite one is going to be the white two-piece. It's a crop top and a bodysuit skirt with a leather flap. She's also wearing it with a big puffer jacket. It's all white and it's super crispy with thigh-high boots. It just looks really chic.
How long did it take to put all of these looks together?
It was pretty quick because I heard about the job maybe two and half weeks ago and we had to scramble and get everything ready to go. So we've been working all the way up to today, and the show's in a couple of hours and we're still getting last-minute things done.
Wow, that's really intense. What's it like to work under that kind of pressure?
It's kind of stressful, but it's also exciting because you have to problem-solve really quick. Sometimes you'll get an idea that you wouldn't have thought about if you had more time to think because sometimes when you have a lot time, you change your mind too much and then you're not certain on exactly what you want.
What's the difference between designing for Ariana and other people, like Keke Palmer or Kylie Jenner?
The difference is when I design for Ariana, it's more like a custom idea — more for performance. And then for Keke and Kylie, it's more for streetwear and things that they would wear when they're walking around. And they tend to wear more from my collection. Ariana is more specific to her.
When it comes to the difference between performance wear and streetwear, what's the big difference for you in terms of designing?
You have to keep in mind that they're going to be moving around and dancing, and things have to last for awhile, so that's what I have to think about. The other girls were more to look cool and it's not as comfortable maybe as it would be to perform in.
What have you learned from this experience and how have you grown?
I've learned just to be patient and take whatever advice or direction someone's trying to give you. Just problem-solve and go for it.
Source: Billboard.com
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Sometimes there's just no time to primp post-workout, even after sweating buckets in an intense class (hello, hot yoga). While it may scare you (or your nearby coworkers) to hit the office like that, boxing pro and co-founder of New York City's Rumble studio Noah Neiman says it's totally fine.
"I never have time for anything," he says. In other words—he doesn't usually get to shower throughout the day, despite teaching and sweating with hundreds of people a day. Despite this, he's never gotten a complaint about his stench. His secret? A healthy diet.
Basically what it boils down to—cologne aside—is an all-natural lifestyle. "For as long as I can remember, I've been doing the natural thing," he says. "Besides tequila, which is still natural. And then aluminum-free deodorant. A lot of tequila, a little aluminum-free deodorant. It's about balance." Shower or not, I'm going to have to agree (cheers).
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Q: Atom IDE произвольное изменение строк Пользуюсь Atom IDE, установлены плагины для GIT'а, использую тему Material theme (может быть кому то это что то даст), в общем проблема такая, что в php файлах при сохранении файла, даже если я изменил всего один символ, он добавляет изменения очень странные,берет 2-3 строки (хз как выбирает) и удаляет их, а потом вставялет их же, без каких то либо изменений.
При этом GIT фиксирует это изменение...
Вот скрин в blob формате: "blob:https://web.telegram.org/04094604-204d-47b0-a083-f8cd090bdfa0"

A: Проблема заключалась в том, что все IDE испльзуют свой символ перехода на следующую строку, если в команде разработчики используют разные IDE, у которых разный перенос строки, то при сохранении файла чужие переносы строк будут заменяться на свои :)

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BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping's pledge to build a "world-class army" by 2050 is making his neighbours nervous, but analysts say Beijing's military ambitions do not constitute a strategic threat - for now.
The comments, made during the party's twice-a-decade congress, were aimed in part at domestic nationalists, but also intended to show other countries "China's desire to be strong economically as well as militarily", said James Char, a military analyst at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.
But, "China's military build-up and reclaiming activities in the South China Sea is a major factor." China's military expenditure in 2016 was an estimated US$215 billion (S$293 billion), according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, putting it in first place in Asia, well ahead of India (US$56 billion), Japan (US$46 billion) and South Korea (US$37 billion).


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School Days at Rugby
Door Thomas Hughes
« All right," said Tom, diving into the other pocket.
" Well then, good-night. God bless you! I'll tell Boots to call you, and be up to see you off."
Tom was carried off by the chambermaid in a brown study, from which he was roused in a clean little attic, by that buxom person calling him a little darling, and kissing him as she left the room ; which indignity he was too much surprised to resent. And still thinking of his father's last words, and the look with which they were spoken, he knelt down and prayed, that come what might, he might never bring shame or sorrow on the dear folk at home.
Indeed the Squire's last words deserved to have their effect, for they had been the result of much anxious thought. All the way up to London he had pondered what he should say to Tom by way of parting advice, something that the boy could keep in his head ready for use. By way of assisting meditation, he had even gone the length of taking out his flint and steel, and tinder, and hammering away for a quarter of an hour till he had manufactured a light for a long Trinchinopoli cheroot, which he silently puffed, to the no small wonder of Coachee, who was an old friend, and an institution on the Bath road; and who always expected a talk on the prospects and doings, agricultural and social, of the whole county, when he carried the Squire.
To condense the Squire's meditation it was somewhat as follows: "I won't tell him to read his
Bible, and love and serve God; if he don't do that for his mother's sake and teaching, he won't for mine. Shall I go into the sort of temptations he'll meet with? No, I can't do that. Never do for an old fellow to go into such things with a boy. He won't understand me. Do him more harm than good, ten to one. Shall I tell him to mind his work and say he's sent to school to make himself a good scholar? Well, but he isn't sent to school for that — at any rate not for that mainly. I don't care a straw for Greek particles, or the digamma, no more does his mother. What is he sent to school for? Well, partly because he wanted so to go. If he'll only turn out a brave, helpful, truth-telling Englishman, and a gentleman, and a Christian, that's all I want," thought the Squire; and upon this view of the case framed his last words of advice to Tom, which were well enough suited to his purpose.
For they were Tom's first thoughts as he tumbled out of bed at the summons of Boots, and proceeded rapidly to wash and dress himself. At ten minutes to three he was down in the coffee-room in his stockings, carrying his hat-box, coat, and comforter in his hand; and there he found his father nursing a bright fire, and a cup of hot coffee and a hard biscuit on the table.
" Now, then, Tom, give us your things here, and drink that; there's nothing like starting warm, old fellow."
Tom addressed himself to the coffee, and prattled away while he worked himself into his shoes and his
great-coat, well warmed through; a Petersham coat with velvet collar, made tight after the abominable fashion of those days. And just as he is swallowing his last mouthful, winding his comforter round his throat, and tucking the ends into the breast of his coat, the horn sounds, Boots looks in and says, " Tally-ho, sir;" and they hear the ring and the rattle of the four fast trotters and the town-made drag, as it dashes up to the Peacock.
" Any thing for us, Bob?" says the burly guard, dropping down from behind, and slapping himself across the chest.
" Young genl'm'n, Rugby; three parcels, Leicester; hamper o' game, Rugby," answers Ostler.
" Tell young gent to look alive," says Guard, opening the hind-boot and shooting in the parcels after examining them by the lamps. " Here, shove the portmanteau up a-top — I'll fasten him presently. Now then, sir, jump up behind."
- Good-bye, father — my love at home." A last shake of the hand. Up goes Tom, the guard catching his hatbox and holding on with one hand, while with the other he claps the horn to his mouth. Toot, toot, toot! the ostler lets go their heads, the four bays plunge at the collar, and away goes the Tally-ho into the darkness, forty-five seconds from the time they pulled up; Ostler, Boots, and the Squire stand looking after them under the Peacock lamp.
" Sharp work," says the Squire, and goes in again to his bed, the coach being well out of sight and hearing
Tom stands up on the coach and looks back at
his father's figure as long as he can see it, and then the guard having disposed of his luggage comes to an anchor, and finishes his buttonings and other preparations for facing the three hours before dawn; no joke for those who minded cold, on a fast coach in November, in the reign of his late Majesty.
I sometimes think that you boys of this generation are a deal tenderer fellows than we used to be. At any rate you're much more comfortable travellers, for I see every one of you with his rug or plaid, and other dodges for preserving the caloric, and most of you going in those fuzzy, dusty, padded first-class carriages. It was another affair altogether, a dark ride on the top of the Tally-ho, I can tell you, in a tight Petersham coat, and your feet dangling six inches from the floor. Then you knew what cold was, and what it was to be without legs, for not a bit of feeling had you in them after the first half-hour. But it had its pleasures, the old dark ride. First there was the consciousness of silent endurance, so dear to every Englishman, — of standing out against something, and not giving in. Then there was the music of the rattling harness, and the ring of the horses' feet on the hard road, and the glare of the two bright lamps through the steaming hoar-frost over the leaders' ears into the darkness; and the cheery toot of the guard's horn, to warn some drowsy pikeman or the ostler at the next change; and the looking forward to daylight, and last but not least, the delight of returning sensation in your toes.
Then the break of dawn and the sunrise, where can they be ever seen in perfection but from a coach roof? You want motion and change and music to see them in their glory; not the music of singing-men and singing-women, but good silent music, which sets itself in your own head, the accompaniment of work and getting over the ground.
The Tally-ho is past St. Alban's, and Tom is enjoying the ride though half-frozen. The guard, who is alone with him on the back of the coach, is silent, but has m uffled Toin's feet up in straw, and put the end of an oat-sack over his knees. The darkness has driven him inwards, and he has gone over his little past life, and thought of all his doings and promises, and of his mother and sister, and his father's last words; and has made fifty good resolutions, and means to bear himself like a brave Brown as he is, though a young one. Then he has been forward into the mysterious boy-future, speculating as to what sort of a place Rugby is, and what they do there, and calling up all the stories of public schools which he has heard from big boys in the holidays. He is chock full of hope and life, notwithstanding the cold, and kicks his heels against the backboard, and would like to sing, only he doesn't know how his friend, the silent guard, might take it.
And now the dawn breaks at the end of the fourth stage, and the coach pulls up at a little roadside inn with huge stables behind. There is a bright fire gleaming through the red curtains of the bar window, and the door is open. The coachman


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Disclosure Perform "Willing & Able" With Kwabs at Wild Life Festival
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Waysons return to CYB3RPVNK for a holiday treat in the form of their new track "Royals" a uniquely groovy tune that majestically suits its name. Drawing upon melodic synths and cinematic basslines, the Swiss duo sets a moody and thoughtful tempo out of the gate, later laying in bouncy percussive melodies that add a spark of dancefloor fire to the track. From its namesake, you can almost imagine "Royals" as the soundtrack to a widescreen pan over an ancient ritual in a long-lost civilization, with Waysons as its ruling monarchs. Let your imagination run wild and press play on "Royals," which follows the duo's recent release "Beyond Time" from earlier this month.
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In 2018 DJ and producer R3HAB founded his label CYB3RPVNK, a place that embraces the alternative, pushes artistic boundaries and serves as a platform to build up new artists. The imprint is currently home to R3HAB himself and a strong roster of artists, including Skytech, Tommy Jayden, Dropgun, Cityzen, and more. Among them is Swiss duo Waysons, who also released on Hardwell's Revealed, Afrojack's Wall, NCS, and Sirup labels. Their collaborations with R3HAB put them on truly on the map in the CYB3RPVNK family last year, and the duo continues to evolve and perfect their sound with every release. Waysons have all the makings to be the label head's proteges, so we can't wait to see what they have up their sleeve next!
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Nowadays, there are so many DJs and music producers from the Netherlands who have emerged on the electronic scene within a short time. Without a doubt, one of these up-and-coming artists is Martin Wild. Like many young artists, he started making his first songs at the age of 15. Curiously enough, he ventured into Rap, but years later, he took a Deep and Tech House direction.
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Will Champlin takes his music to a whole new level with his side project, KillWill. Somehow, I have a feeling that Deep House fans will play "Beats and Pills" on repeat. Undoubtedly, this is a banger in every sense of the word. With distorted pitched down vocals, he gives it a dark feel to it, while, the blend of melodies and synths have all the necessary elements to make you dance. Best of all, you can tell KillWill is fully inspired by international hitmakers like Gorgon City and Rüfüs Du Sol. Actually, it's evident Will's music has evolved on similar lines, which reflects hammering rhythms, intricate effects, and of course, a hypnotic edge. Without further ado, stream in full right here!
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After getting good news on Killian Hayes' physical well being, Dwane Casey's thoughts turned to the Pistons rookie's mental health. "The main thing I'm concerned with is making sure he stays connected mentally," Casey said Wednesday night. "Young man coming to the NBA, first year, and all of a sudden you're disconnected because of injury.…
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Shooting suspect held on murder, hate crime charges after 5 killed at LGBTQ bar in Colorado
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The man suspected of opening fire at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs was being held on murder and hate crimes charges Monday, two days after the attack that killed five people and left 17 others with gunshot wounds.
Online court records showed that Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, faced five murder charges and five charges of committing a bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury in Saturday night's attack at Club Q. He remained hospitalized with unspecified injuries, police said.
The charges were preliminary, and prosecutors had not filed them in court. The hate crime charges would require proving that the gunman was motivated by the victims' actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
Officials on Monday clarified that 18 people were hurt in the attack, not 25 as they said originally. Among them was one person whose injury was not a gunshot wound. Police had earlier said some of the survivors were hurt while trying to flee.
Thirteen people remained hospitalized Monday, officials said. Five people have been treated and released.
Flowers and other items are seen at a makeshift memorial near Club Q on Monday. (David Zalubowski/The Associated Press)
The attack was halted when a patron grabbed a handgun from the gunman, hit him with it and pinned him down until police arrived minutes later.
Court documents laying out what led to Aldrich's arrest have been sealed at the request of prosecutors, who said releasing details could jeopardize the investigation. Information on a lawyer for Aldrich was not immediately available.
Police were expected to release more details about the shooting at a news conference Monday evening. Mayor John Suthers said there was "reason to hope" all of the hospitalized victims would recover.
A law enforcement official said the suspect used an AR-15-style semiautomatic weapon in Saturday night's attack at Club Q, but a handgun and additional ammunition magazines also were recovered.
Bartender among victims
Club Q, a long-standing venue in a modest strip mall, was described by many as a safe haven for the LGBTQ community.
One of the victims was identified as Daniel Aston, 28, a transgender man and bartender at the club who also performed in shows as a dancer, according to a Colorado Public Radio interview with his mother, Sabrina Aston.
Daniel Aston, a bartender at Club Q who also performed as a dancer in its shows, was one of the five people killed in the shooting. (Supplied by Jeff Aston/The Associated Press)
"He was the happiest he had ever been," she said. "He was thriving and having fun and having friends. It's just unbelievable. He had so much more life to give to us and to all to his friends and to himself."
Anxiety within many LGBTQ communities in the United States has risen amid a divisive political climate and after a string of threats and violence targeting LGBTQ people and events in recent months.
The shooting rekindled memories of the 2016 massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., that killed 49 people. Colorado has experienced several mass killings, including at Columbine High School in 1999, a movie theatre in suburban Denver in 2012 and at a Boulder supermarket last year.
Suspect's past threats probed
Already questions were being raised about why authorities didn't seek to take Aldrich's guns away from him in 2021, when he was arrested after his mother reported he threatened her with a homemade bomb and other weapons.
Sheriff's deputies evacuated about 10 nearby homes until Aldrich eventually surrendered. They found no explosives but Aldrich was booked into the county jail on two counts of "felony menacing" and three counts of "first-degree kidnapping," the press release said.
Hundreds of people gather at a memorial outside Club Q on Sunday. The shooting came just at the start of Sunday's Transgender Day of Remembrance. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette/The Associated Press)
Gun control advocates are asking why police didn't try to trigger Colorado's "red flag" law, which would have allowed authorities to seize the weapons his mother says he had. There's also no public record prosecutors ever moved forward with the felony kidnapping and menacing charges against Aldrich.
Suthers said on NBC's Today that the district attorney would file motions in court Monday to allow law enforcement to talk more about any criminal history "that this individual might have had."
Detectives were examining whether anyone had helped the suspect before the attack, police Chief Adrian Vasquez said.
The shooting came during Transgender Awareness Week and just at the start of Sunday's Transgender Day of Remembrance, when events around the world are held to mourn and remember transgender people lost to violence.
It was the sixth mass killing in the U.S. this month and came in a year when the nation was shaken by the deaths of 21 in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
People hold a vigil at a makeshift memorial near Club Q on Sunday night. Gun control advocates are questioning why the suspect had access to guns after his past arrest for threatening his mother with weapons. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Toni Emma Speck death: Cell death woman 'needed urgent help'
Toni Emma Speck
A nurse called to the cell of a woman who later collapsed and died should have realised she needed urgent treatment, an inquest jury has ruled.
Toni Emma Speck, 31, of Huntington, was detained under the Mental Health Act at Fulford Road police station in York on 2 June 2011. She later suffered a cardiac arrest and died in hospital. Her family criticised systematic failings in her care and said she could have lived had she been hospitalised.
Her sister Dawn Atkinson said: "We have all been left devastated after hearing from the expert witness evidence that Toni's life could have been saved, if she had been transported straight to the accident and emergency department at York District Hospital."
The inquest, at York's Guildhall, had heard Miss Speck had been detained at about 15:00 BST, after reports she was behaving erratically in the Bootham area of the city.
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Markets are adjusting to a turbulent world
Rana Foroohar
Paradigm shifts tend to happen slowly, and then all at once. That's the lesson I've taken away from the recent market turmoil. As I wrote last week, the surprise is only that the upset didn't come sooner.
Pundits may have pegged the worst Dow drop of the year to fresh bond yield curve inversions in the US (a historic predictor of downturns) but the underlying signs of sickness in the global economy have been with us for a long time. The question was when the markets were going to put aside the complacency bred by a decade of low interest rates and central bank money dumps, in the form of quantitative easing, and embrace this new reality.
Consider that since January 2018 every major economy except India's has seen a deterioration in its purchasing managers' indices. PMIs are one of the best forward-looking indicators of economic conditions for the manufacturing sector, which is a bellwether for overall economic activity. The slowdown in the eurozone has been dramatic — particularly in places such as Italy and Germany, where the economy is now officially shrinking.
As strategist Louis-Vincent Gave of Gavekal pointed out in an investor note, the "fingerprints of many culprits can be detected" in the manufacturing sector's troubles, from an automobile sector facing structural challenges, to the Boeing 737 Max fiasco and its effect on global supply chains, to the lack of any big new product launches in the technology sector, to lacklustre corporate investment, a weak energy sector and a slowdown in China. All that is required is one big sovereign default or a cascade of corporate bankruptcies and we could see the market in free fall.
Politics, of course, hasn't helped. But again, none of the recent developments have been very surprising. Take Argentina, which suffered a 48 per cent one-day market drop last week after its presidential primary election saw the Peronist opposition comfortably ahead. The question is why investors were, as the old Casablanca line goes, "shocked, shocked!" to find that a country that has been a serial defaulter would swing back to the left.
This raises other questions. What might happen in the UK if a general election, before or after a no-deal Brexit, allows Jeremy Corbyn to take power? What might the future of Italy's turbulent politics hold? What could be the impact of an Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders victory in the US primaries? As a recent 13D Global Strategy put it, such events would "fit perfectly into the cyclefrom wealth accumulation to wealth distribution", which I believe will be the biggest economic shift of our lifetimes.
Why is this new reality taking so long to sink in? Because we have spent decades of living in the old reality — the post-Bretton Woods, neoliberal one. Unfettered economic globalisation and years of easy monetary policy have buoyed asset prices and favoured capital over labour, seemingly indefinitely. Our senses have been numbed by trillions of dollars released by central banks, by algorithmic trading programs that buy on the dip and thus diminish the sense of long-term political risk, and by record passive investing.
All this has combined to dampen the signals that are now, finally, blinking red. Witness the recent downturn in bank, transport, and industrial indices, as well as the fall in small-cap stocks, a historic predictor of trouble in bigger companies. At the end of a recovery cycle, capital tends to crowd into large companies and smaller firms suffer.
As the markets finally come to terms with increased political risk, currency risk, credit risk, and the growing likelihood of leftwing governments, it's clear that the shifts and the shocks are coming fast and furious. No wonder that everyone is now left asking, "What comes next?"
The answer, I believe, is very likely to be a synchronised global recession, punctuated by a step-by-step market downturn — one in which there may be the odd rally, but the general direction is down. This could last for some years. In the next few weeks, I would expect new lows in bond yields, a deepening of the yield curve inversion, higher prices for "safety" assets like the yen and swiss franc, and a continued bull market in gold.
I would also expect more tough talk from Donald Trump. The US president's persistent bashing of China and the Federal Reserve will follow any market downturn. There will probably be more attempts by Mr Trump to wrongfoot the opposition, such as the decision to delay new tariffs on Chinese goods until December so that consumers won't be hurt during the Christmas shopping season. (None of this makes a real trade deal more likely.)
Meanwhile, American consumers are already hurting and that could have big implications for Mr Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. Momentum in job growth in swing states such as Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania is slowing.
One recent report conducted by liberal pollster Stan Greenberg showed that a third of working-class white women in some conservative areas are starting to turn against the president, irritated by his frequent boasts about the booming US economy. "Maybe in New York City," said one woman from Wisconsin. "But not here."
For Mr Trump, and the US public at large, the summer of fear may turn into a winter of political discontent.
The Epstein case is one more piece of evidence that the system is rigged to favor the wealthy and the well-connected.
A wave of local U.S. governments are regulating dollar stores. Will their anti-corporate sentiment become a wider contagion?
The theme of "What Trusts and Nazis Had in Common" is a powerful argument against corporate consolidation.
Is the paradigm that has defined investment returns for a decade coming to an end? The cycle is turning from consolidation to diffusion.
Market participants still don't understand the power of the cycle that turns from wealth accumulation to wealth distribution. But they will.


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The $472,500 question: Which Wall Street bank should you work for?
There is a big difference in pay between the top-tier banks and the rest.
If you work in investment banking or sales and trading, you may think you've made it on Wall Street.
But does a front-office job at any old bank really mean you've made it?
It turns out your pay varies a lot based on whether you're working at a top-tier or second-tier bank.
On Tuesday we showed you the average salaries and bonuses of front-office financiers in the US.
We found that, on average, annual compensation ranged from about $95,000 for analysts to up to $722,000 for managing directors.
To see how those numbers break down across Wall Street banks, we reached out to Emolument, a salary-benchmarking website.
Emolument split 20 major banks into Tier 1 and Tier 2 categories based on what the banks paid their New York City-based employees. The data is crowdsourced from 1,853 responses.
In Tier 1, they included in descending order Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and Credit Suisse (tie), Barclays, and UBS.
Tier 2, ranked in descending order, contains HSBC, Nomura Holdings, RBC, BNP Paribas, RBS, TD Securities, Wells Fargo, Lazard, Jefferies, Société Générale, and BMO.
At the top banks, managing directors make on average $1 million a year.
Even at the entry level, the difference is pretty noticeable. Analyst bonuses at top banks are, on average, three times as much as those at second-tier banks.
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Directors at top banks make, on average, $115,000 more than their counterparts at the second group of banks. For managing directors, the difference is around $472,500.
The difference extends all the way to the top. Last year, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein raked in about $22 million for the year.
Meanwhile, Bill Downe, CEO of Tier-2 bank BMO Capital Markets, earned CAD $9.94 million.


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Jacob was born in Denmark, in 1976 and grew up in Brøndby Strand in the suburbs south of Copenhagen. He lived as an exchange student in Strathroy, Canada from 1994-95 and as a hunter and fisherman in Tiniteqilaaq, Greenland from 2000-2002. In Spring 2006 he moved to Tokyo, staying there 18 months before returning to Denmark in August 2008. He now lives and works in Copenhagen.
After studying at the European Film College, Jacob was admitted to Fatamorgana, the Danish School of Documentary and Art Photography in 1998. There he developed a unique, expressive style of black-and-white photography, which he has since refined and further developed.
Sabine: In the autumn of 1999 he went to live in the settlement Tiniteqilaaq on the East Coast of Greenland. Over the next three years he lived mainly in this township with his Greenlandic girlfriend Sabine and her family, living the life of a fisherman and hunter but also photographing. The resultant book Sabine was published in 2004 and the work was nominated for the 2005 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.
Gomez-Brito family: In the summer of 2005 Jacob travelled with a film crew to Guatemala to make a documentary about a young Mayan girl's first journey to the ocean. The following year he returned by himself to the mountains of Guatemala where he met the indigenous family Gomez-Brito. He stayed with them for a month to tell the story of their everyday life. The series won the First Prize Award, Daily Life Stories, World Press Photo 2006.
Arrivals and Departures – a journey from Moscow to Beijing – in co-operation with Leica Camera.
Human vision is far superior to any camera in terms of the range of tones it can encompass within a single field of vision.
Early photographic emulsions were considerably more sensitive to blue light than to other colours on the spectrum of visible light. This meant that landscape photographs, particularly those made on clear days, had completely blown-out skies as the negatives were much denser in the skies than the foreground, resulting in loss of detail in the (positive) print.
Edward Muybridge made a library of clouds and skies that would be layered with a negative where the sky detail was absent in order to make photographs that were nearer to human perception.
The Zone System by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer (1889-1963) is a way to visualise how the tones visible in a scene can most effectively be rendered onto the photographic negative.
The full range from black to white, represented by Zone 0 through Zone X.
The dynamic range comprising Zone I through Zone IX, which Adams considered to represent the darkest and lightest "useful" negative densities.
The textural range comprising Zone II through Zone VIII. This range of zones conveys a sense of texture and the recognition of substance.
Adams and Archer sought to refine and better manage some if the many variables that affected exposure, such as developer formulae and development times, so that the photographer could more strictly control the contrast and range of tones rendered.
In reality both film and digital sensors can render many more 'zones' than just eleven. But reminds us that when you point a light meter at an object it reads it as mid grey (zone 5). Therefore the photographer has to decide where in the scene they wish Zone V to be in order to control exposure properly.
In colour photography this also needs to be adjusted to allow for the fact that different colours correspond to different tones – yellows are better slightly over-exposed while reds and blues under-exposed.
Peter Henry Emerson (13 May 1856 – 12 May 1936) was a British writer and photographer. Emerson was intelligent, well-educated and wealthy with a facility for clearly articulating his many strongly held opinions. His photographs are early examples of promoting photography as an art form. He is known for taking photographs that displayed natural settings and for his disputes with the photographic establishment about the purpose and meaning of photography.
Emerson was born on La Palma Estate, a sugar plantation near Encrucijada, Cuba belonging to his American father, Henry Ezekiel Emerson and British mother, Jane, née Harris Billing. He was a distant relative of Samuel Morseand Ralph Waldo Emerson. He spent his early years in Cuba on his father's estate.
During the American Civil War he spent some time at Wilmington, Delaware, but moved to England in 1869, after the death of his father.
He was schooled at Cranleigh School where he was a noted scholar and athlete. He subsequently attended King's College London, before switching to Clare College, Cambridge in 1879 where he earned his medical degree in 1885.
In 1881 he married Miss Edith Amy Ainsworth and wrote his first book while on his honeymoon.The couple eventually had five children.
He bought his first camera in 1881 or 1882 to be used as a tool on bird-watching trips with his friend, the ornithologist A. T. Evans. In 1885 he was involved in the formation of the Camera Club of London, and the following year he was elected to the Council of the Photographic Society and abandoned his career as a surgeon to become a photographer and writer. As well as his particular attraction to nature he was also interested in billiards, rowing and meteorology.
After the publication of Marsh Leaves in 1895, generally considered to be his best work, Emerson published no further photographs, though he continued writing and publishing books, both works of fiction and on such varied subjects as genealogy and billiards. In 1924, he started writing a history of artistic photography and completed the manuscript just before his death in Falmouth, Cornwall on 12 May 1936.
In 1979 he was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame.
Emerson's passionate belief was that photography was an art and not a mechanical reproduction. In 1889 he published a controversial and influential book Naturalistic Photography for Students of the Art, in which he explained his philosophy of art and straightforward photography. The book was described by one writer as "the bombshell dropped at the tea party" because of the case it made that truthful and realistic photographs would replace contrived photography. This was a direct attack on the popular tradition of combining many photographs to produce one image that had been pioneered by O. G. Reijlander and Henry Peach Robinson in the 1850s. Emerson denounced this technique as false and claimed that photography should be seen as a genre of its own, not one that seeks to imitate other art forms. All Emerson's own pictures were taken in a single shot and without retouching, which was another form of manipulation that he strongly disagreed with, calling it "the process by which a good, bad, or indifferent photograph is converted into a bad drawing or painting".
Emerson also believed that the photograph should be a true representation of that which the eye saw. He vehemently pursued this argument about the nature of seeing and its representation in photography, to the discomfort of the photographic establishment.
Before long, however, he became dissatisfied with rendering everything in sharp focus, considering that the undiscriminating emphasis it gave to all objects was unlike the way the human eye saw the world. He then experimented with soft focus. Following contemporary optical theories, he produced photographs with one area of sharp focus while the remainder was unsharp. But he was unhappy with the results that this gave too, experiencing difficulty with accurately recreating the depth and atmosphere which he saw as necessary to capture nature with precision.
Despite his misgivings, he took many photographs of landscapes and rural life in the East Anglian fenlands and published seven further books of his photography through the next ten years. In the last two of these volumes, On English Lagoons (1893) and Marsh Leaves (1895), Emerson printed the photographs himself using photogravure, after having bad experiences with commercial printers.
In the end Emerson found that his defence of photography as art failed, and he had to allow that photography was probably a form of mechanical reproduction. The pictures the Robinson school produced may have been "mechanical", but Emerson's may still be considered artistic, since they were not faithful reproductions of a scene but rather having depth as a result of his one-plane-sharp theory. When he lost the argument over the artistic nature of photography, Emerson did not publicise his photographic work but still continued to take photographs.


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Anyway, I wasn't exactly sure where this falls was and assumed it was where the creek crossed the road. That is wrong. After crossing under the road, the creek follows the road and you come to a pull out where it will be real easy to do a 180. Just beyond this you will find a big rock on the side of the road with an orange marker. This is the spot to start your adventure. You can access the creek and falls by just following this trail which is very short. This marker is approximately two mile from US 219.
The access down into the creek isn't that hard but it is steep. There are roots and sturdy branches to hold onto, but a hiking stick will be most helpful here, and you need to be careful. I got down easily and venturing downstream wasn't too difficult either. Here are my shots from this morning.
There were, however two creek crossings and some rather dastardly chuck holes and sinks to navigate on the way back down into Douglas.
Good morning, good experience. Got some good shots and had a good time.


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