Discussion in 'Open Discussion' started by Roel, Apr 2, 2012.
I am happy to answer any questions you might have - although, it seems like a number of people have their production units shipping to them now.
Thanks for the thoughts, Roel!
How do you find the low light AF, especially with the 35/1.4?
Low light AF with the 35/1.4 is good, definitely faster than the X100 but not as fast as an DSLR. The 60mm macro is sluggish, especially in low light or in macro mode.
BTW, I forgot to mention... if I could only have one lens with the X-Pro1, it would definitely be the 35mm f/1.4 - it is wonderful lens - sharp, contrasty and fairly quick to focus. The close up mode on it is really useful too.
My XP1 arrives tomorrow. So looking forward to putting it through its paces as well. Thanks for the review Roel!
I'm finding it really good too and I'm sort of baffled by some who are complaining about it. In good light, it's fast enough but not near as fast as the ep3/epl3. In low light, I think it's a good deal better than the current pens (not including the em5, which may be better in this regard). The X100 got a a LOT faster in low light with the latest firmware updates and I think the X Pro is about the same or similar to the updated X100. That's with the 35. The 18 is a bit faster still. I don't have (and don't anticipate getting) the 60mm.
I don't get all of the belly aching by some people - those who complain it is not a Leica, those who complain it doesn't focus as fast as pro level DSLR, etc. If you use it for its strengths (excellent IQ, sharp/small lenses, discreetness, nice styling, etc), then you will be happy with it.
It is a bit pricey at $US1700 for the body alone, but given how I will use it (as my main travel camera) or when I just want to be really stealth as I shoot, it is the perfect camera (for me, anyway).
I think Fuji has done a good job with this system and I always think that healthy competition (from all vendors) is a good thing.
I like it and wish i could afford one. I don't need the fastest AF although it would be nice. I don't even need the sharpest IQ, I won't be printing the images most likely. But it would be nice to have, love the looks and Fuji puts out awesome products. My first camera was a point and shoot by Fuji Film.
Maybe one day I will be able to afford one and by that time the X Pro 2 or 3 will be out!


How to save money by living in the past.
Let's cut to the chase - you're here because you want the best possible gear for the lowest possible cost. I get it.
You're looking for a new lens and every online blog, website, youtube channel review, etc. are telling you that the new lenses from [insert any camera company here] are the best lens ever and you definitely need to spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to buy that new piece of gear. It's totally worth it and will instantly transform you into a professional grade photographer. Just spend a little money and all your dreams will come true. Right?
Yeah, maybe not. That's what these companies want you to think. Sure - their lenses might be amazing... but other than zooms, most lens designs are well over 100 years old. That "nifty fifty" you've been looking at - probably based on the double gauss design from the late 1800s. I'm not going to get into specifics like that in this post, but I'm saying that lenses have been great for decades. You don't need the newest of the new to have great image quality - especially when using primes.
But! to everybody else - those who shoot portraits, landscapes, street photography, or just general family stuff, I can help.
The secret: use old lenses. Wow. That's it. What's the difference between a modern 50mm f/1.4 lens for hundreds of dollars and a 50 year old 50mm f/1.4 lens? Practically nothing - other than autofocus / auto aperature, but manually focusing isn't that hard once you get used to it. I'll have a future blog post about manual focusing tips.
The biggest difference with the actual optics is in the coatings. Modern anti-reflective coatings are much better now - which increase contrast and reduce flair.
Protip: Use a $3 lens hood and it'll fix the problem with older lens coating.
Depending on the camera you have (or are looking into), there are a wide variety of old lenses you can adapt for use with your camera. I'll go into the specifics in a future post - but just know that mirrorless cameras can use more lenses than dslrs. If you go the DSLR route - Nikon can't adapt as many as Canon, but Nikon can adapt every old nikon lens ever without an adapter. .. .but again, we'll go into these details later.
The point of this post is to let you know that there are other options out there - especially if you're looking into getting a prime lens. Instead of spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on a modern lens - look into the same focal length / aperture lens from decades ago. You'll save a ton of money and get great image quality. Some of these older lenses are even far better than the modern counterparts - both optically (more character) and build quality (all metal - no plastic).
I'll have many posts about specific lenses and vintage lens comparisons in the future.


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New limits announced on ICE's solitary confinement of immigrants
By Carl Takei, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU's Trone Center for Justice and Equality
September 6, 2013 | 4:06 PM
Immigrants' Rights and Detention
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
ICE and Border Patrol Abuses
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Earlier this week, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a new directive regulating the use of solitary confinement in immigration detention. This is a welcome and much-needed step toward curtailing a practice that is both inhumane and horrifyingly common.
Solitary confinement is the practice of placing a person in physical and social isolation for 22 to 24 hours a day with little or no human contact - generally in a small cell with a solid steel door, a bunk, a toilet and a sink - day in, day out. Every day, some 80,000 people across the United States are locked in solitary confinement in our prisons, jails, and immigration detention facilities. Extended stays in solitary confinement can drive people insane, and those who already have mental disabilities often deteriorate further in solitary – engaging in acts of self-mutilation and even suicide. Additionally, solitary is used all too often as a way to "protect" incarcerated victims of rape from others – with often tragic consequences.
Just like in the larger criminal justice system, the jails and jail-like facilities that ICE uses to detain immigrants put too many people in solitary, for too long. According to data reported in the New York Times, on any given day, more than 300 immigrants are held in solitary in just the 50 largest immigration detention facilities – and nearly half of those are isolated for 15 days or more. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture has described solitary confinement of 15 days or more as amounting to torture, because of the risk of permanent psychological harm from such extended isolation.
If strictly enforced, ICE's new directive will create a robust monitoring regime that will finally enable the agency to oversee the use of solitary confinement across its sprawling network of approximately 250 immigration detention facilities – the vast majority of which are county jails and private prisons that are not directly operated by ICE itself. Other agencies – notably the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) – should look to ICE's new monitoring regime as a model. Just a few months ago, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a stinging report on BOP's failure to manage its own use of solitary confinement. The GAO found that BOP did an inconsistent and incomplete job of monitoring its use of solitary confinement, and had done nothing to assess the impact of long-term solitary confinement on institutional safety or the prisoners themselves.
The new directive also takes important steps to impose substantive limits on the use of solitary. For example, it requires centralized review of all decisions to place detainees in solitary confinement for more than 14 days at a time, including an evaluation of whether any less-restrictive option could be used instead of solitary. It requires heightened justifications to place vulnerable detainees – such as victims of sexual assault, people with medical or mental illnesses, and people at risk of suicide – in solitary confinement. It requires medically and mentally ill detainees to be removed from solitary if they are deteriorating. It requires attorney notification in certain circumstances. And it requires regular reviews of all longer detentions in solitary.
These steps do not bring ICE's practices fully in line with UN guidance, and fall short of the solitary confinement standards that the Senate passed earlier this summer in its comprehensive immigration reform bill. Most significantly, the directive does not set specific limits on the duration of solitary confinement – even for those vulnerable populations most likely to be permanently harmed by long periods of enforced isolation. Nevertheless, it is a major step forward, and the ACLU will closely monitor ICE's implementation of the new directive across the immigration detention system in the coming months.
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I am British, and a former LPR of The United States. A word of warning. What The U.S. Government has subjected me an my family to, my position is clear. Every American is responsible, and every America should be aware of retribution. Enough said.
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Un gris-gris (o gri-gri o grigrì) è un amuleto vudù il cui scopo è quello di proteggere chi lo possiede dalla sfortuna o di attirare su di lui la buonasorte.

Possono essere utilizzati a tale scopo gli oggetti più svariati, tuttavia una forma molto popolare di gris-gris sono i cosiddetti "sachets", ovvero piccoli sacchettini di stoffa da portare sulla persona (in tasca o in borsa) all'interno dei quali sono stati posti, a seconda dello scopo per il quale il gris-gris è stato fabbricato, una serie di elementi: erbe, olii, pietre, pezzetti di ossa, terra di cimitero e così via. È uso comune personalizzare il gri-gris aggiungendo agli ingredienti elementi appartenenti alla persona che lo dovrà usare, in modo da rafforzare il legame tra   il sacchettino talismanico e il suo possessore: si usano comunemente a tale scopo frammenti di unghie, piccole ciocche di capelli e/o una goccia della saliva della persona che dovrà portare il talismano e così via.

Nella pratica hoodoo della Louisiana i gris-gris sotto forma di sachet vengono spesso chiamati "mojo".

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Parking light (dimensions), the passing beam, the built-in fog lights (if are available), a driving beam.
Help: attentive drivers check lighting system practically at each night trip. The fused lamp of a headlight is appreciable by a narrow strip of light in front of the car. At movement in a column the bumper or a varnish covering of the forward car reflect light of headlights and forward "povorotnik". Before a light wall you can check without leaving the car, whether two light points are visible and whether the povorotnik blinks orange. For check of back fires it is also possible to use a light wall.


Fairy Aubrey is all bundled up in her warm winter outerwear. It's a good thing too, because she has been working outside for hours, in the freshly fallen snow and cold weather, building her first snowman. Given the lovely shade of pink accessories adorning her snowy creation however, it appears to be a snow-girl! She has spared no detail from the star shaped buttons to the vivid pink muffler and budding green ear muffs. The finishing touch includes matching pink garlands for both Aubrey and her new snowy friend. Afterwards, she'll be ready to come inside for a hot cup of cocoa.


Background: The preoperative management of patients who will undergo coronary artery by pass graft surgery (CABG) can be used to identify risk factors for the postoperative complications.
Objectives: To asses the clinical characteristics of the patients and the incidence of adverse events. To identify risk factors associated with a higher rate of postoperative complications.
Methods: Between 1997and 2000, 138 patients (P) underwent (CABG) in our center. Risk factors were evaluated with univariated analysis. Those who had a higher rate of adverse events in the postoperative period were identified.
Conclusions: Risk factors associated with a higher mortality were age older than 70 years old, ejection fraction <45%, emergency CABG and COPD. The predictors of postoperative adverse events were: age older than 70 years old, emergency CABG, COPD and peripheral vascular disease.
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Why the Boeing 757 Cannot be Replaced by the 737 MAX
An airline pilot reveals why a plane Boeing discarded 12 years ago is the one they desperately need. (www.businessinsider.com) More...
Kris Durbin
jaymeinen 3 years ago 7
Continental began using the 757 on North Atlantic routes about the same time Boeing shut down production. If Boeing would've waited, they would've sold a lot more 757s.
8c8g8r8 3 years ago 1
wait for what? 0 passenger orders after 9/11, and 4 years of staving off the vultures.
ADXbear 3 years ago 6
Beating a dead horse here... everyone in aviation agrees with this pilot, Boeing really messed up here, but those fixtures are long gone, time to rethink a clean sheet aircraft that will accommodate upgrades as time passes.. the 73 is a great plan, but its reached s potential... We will miss the corvette of the skies when they send the last one to the desert.. the best of all airlines.. within her category..
David Barnes 3 years ago 4
This myth surrounding the fixtures/tooling has been one floating around for years. Yes, the tooling may have been scrapped, but the drawings for all that tooling still exists. If it were wanted or needed, it could easily be resurrected to build the next airplane.
Far more important than the physical tools is the intellectual property used in their design.
All that said, yes, the 757 in it's current state is not a design that could be sold today. It's not as efficient as newer planes. It's wing is big and heavy for the MTOW. The 737 can be pushed to meet several of the performance criteria of the 757 (seating capacity, range, etc).
But, and as the article noted, the performance of a 757 in a fully loaded configuration from high and/or hot airports is virtually unmatched. There's a reason, for example, that Delta flies the 757 on ATL-SNA routes, and not the similarly sized 737-900s. The short (5700 ft) runway, noise abatement procedures, and the amount of fuel necessary for 1900 miles of flying make it a nonstarter for the 737 (which, for comparison, regularly flies ATL-LAX).
James Simms 3 years ago 0
Delta uses a 757-200 for use in/out of TCL w/a 6500' runway for University of Alabama football charters. Plans are afoot to lengthen the runway to 8000'-8500'. There's a lot of automotive industry in the area & currently 727's & MD-83's are used for material transport to TCL & to BWG for the Corvette plant. Delta flew an Airbus 321 over the campus area prior to this past Saturday's game & I suspect that's what will be used once the Delta 757's are retired.
n9341c 3 years ago 3
Airline pilots are all brilliant and should be listened to no matter what.
dee9bee 3 years ago 1
Smartly played!
Mike Mundy 3 years ago 3
Icelandair got it right then!
Leighton Elliott 3 years ago 1
Yep, they were on the ball and snapped up those off leasers before anyone else knew they were going to be available.
jetserf 3 years ago 2
"Furthermore, the 757 can comfortably climb straight to its cruising altitude. On the other hand, the 737 requires a step climb procedure that calls for the plane to climb to a certain altitude and burn off some fuel to lighten the load before continuing on to a higher altitude." I flew the 737 for 7 years and just transitioned to the 757/767 6 months ago. The 757 sometimes requires a step climb depending on the planned cruising altitude. It almost never has the ability to climb to the max cruising altitude of FL410.
The space on the flight deck is a welcome change for me. The 737NGs flight deck feels like it was still designed for regional flying. It's extremely uncomfortable. You can stand comfortably (I'm 6'2") on a 757.
The avionics are a step back though, as the author stated. I felt like I was flying a 737-500 again :). 757-200s do fly beautifully though. 757-300s not so much, in my opinion. I do hope that the MAX9/10 don't interfere or delay the speculated design period for the 757 replacement.
JD345 3 years ago 2
This is just kind of a reminder that the airline industry is probably the most volatile major industry in the world. The astronomical overhead and potential for liability along with the high degree of reliance on external variables (oil prices, terrorism scares, arbitrary government regulations, etc.) make it very difficult to make good long-term decisions. If the galley on an oil tanker runs out of frozen hash browns, somewhere in the world five airlines go bankrupt a week later.
Around the time the 757 got canceled I don't think anyone really foresaw the potential it had for the long oddball routes that it serves now. In a sense I think the 788 is the spiritual successor because of some of the long oddball routes of its own that it opened up.
i mentioned it elsewhere, but its hard for me to bemoan boeing leadership for terminating a product line that netted 0 passenger orders and 7 total orders in 4 years after 9/11.
perhaps the root cause was sub-optimal deployment of the 757 or operators deferring on new aircraft orders for too long, but its hard for me to jump on the "boeing was stupid" bandwagon.
James Hanley 3 years ago 2
Very interesting article. The 757 is one of my favorite planes of all time. I will be sad to see it go.
Ron Beraha 3 years ago 2
It looks like Business Insider has done it again. The article "Why the Boeing 757 Cannot be Replaced by the 737 MAX" is placed here entirely to fish foe new members from these pages.
Dave Nosek 3 years ago 2
Yep except there excuse with me was I am using an ad blocker. Certainly not helping to gather any business from me.
Jesse Carroll 3 years ago 3
OOP'S, forgot about topic, I love the 757 and it's performance. If It's good enough for TRUMP ONE, then it's good enough for me!
denis campbell 3 years ago 3
I wish you would stop posting news items that require a subscription to view. Like this one.
Or telling us to turn off our ad blocker. I understand the revenue part but please understand the malware implanted inside a lot of those 'innocent' little ads.
Ian Deans 3 years ago 2
Interesting that this article doesn't mention the A321 which is the closest match to the 757, and is selling like crazy.
Alan Dahl 3 years ago 1
I wonder whether it would be cost-effective for Boeing to reengineer used 757s in a way similar to the way Douglas transformed the super-60s in the 1970s into the super-70s? This added a couple of decades of usefulness to an airplane that appeared to have reached the end of it's life. With the long and thin routes that 757s are used on I wonder how many cycles the average one has flown? Perhaps they are young enough to consider a re-engine and cockpit and perhaps wing upgrades?
Dubslow 3 years ago 1
I've been saying for years that a NSA would have been far better for Boeing, because it could be engineered up into a 757/MotM replacement... the 737 just doesn't have that growth room.
(Start with a clean sheet around 737-8 size, ditch the -7 size entirely, have an upgraded/stretched clean sheet in the 737-9 market, like the 787-9, and then you could either do a 787-10 style dumb stretch or possibly engineer a second "smarter" stretch like Airbus is considering with the potential A350 double stretch. Either would reach 757/MotM capacity, though only the second option would really have the right range.)
Chances are that no one will ever see this post, but I'd love to see a re-engined 757 with 787 avionics and perhaps some aerodynamic changes. It could certainly fill a niche and compete with A/B. The 757 was my favorite aircraft and it can do almost everything. I felt that the 757 handled better than the 767, well balanced, where I found the 767 a bit 'twitchy'. No, I didn't try to fly the '75 across the Atlantic in winter nor had the opportunity to do a takeoff at LaPaz, Bolivia, but I could take it from DFW to either Alaska or Peru and a full power takeoff from St Thomas with the immediate right turn made my day.
Paul Smith 3 years ago 1
I'm still upset that the got rid of th 40 and 80A.
TWA55 3 years ago 1
That little A310 developed not so may years ago has now grown into a giant that Boeing can no longer ignore. And in this business, playing catch up is not where you want to be.
LGM118 3 years ago 1
I've always been on the fence about whether it was a "mistake" for Boeing to shut down 757 production. We often look back at the situation with our modern lenses, but let's step back and look at things from an early 2000's perspective. Here's where the 757 stood in 2002:
- The 757 doesn't sell in the same volume as the 737 or 767, not even close. New orders are barely coming in amidst the post-9/11 airline slump, and there don't seem to be any new markets where the 757 could grow into.
- We're developing a 767 replacement with a shortened model that will offer comparable seating to the 757-300 with much better range and better economics.
- The 737-900 is still new, but airlines seem to be gravitating towards it as a 757 replacement, albeit with shorter range, and it does seem to compete well against the A321 in a way the 757 hasn't. Range doesn't seem to be a problem, as both the A321 and 737-900 trade range for seats. Clearly, the transatlantic market will remain the domain of widebodies., as it has historically.
- Airlines are trying to cut down on excess capacity by using more flexible, interchangeable fleets where supply can be up- or down-gauged as demand warrants. This requires a relatively homogenous fleet where not only planes but crews can be swapped around. The 757 requires its own crews and can't be part of that system, so demand will likely remain limited.
Thus, Boeing made the (at the time) fairly straightforward decision to shut down the 757 program. Let's look at the factors as to why the 757 still sees heavy use, particularly among US airlines:
-Thin transatlantic routes. Continental and American did operate a handful of transatlantic 757 routes in the early 2000's, but the 757 didn't have the range to operate them well. It wasn't until the late 2000's and the fuel price surges in 2007-9 that airlines began adding winglets and other fuel-saving features to their 757 fleets. In addition, industry consolidation freed up landing slots at key airports in the northeast US to enable thinner northern European routes.
-The existence of the 737-900 and A321 is what enabled 757's to get freed up for the transatlantic market, but it also cut into the domestic market where the 757 had been thriving before that. United basically uses 757's for their p.s. runs and thin transatlantic routes from EWR. American uses their 757's for thin transatlantic routes and some hub-hub routes. Delta is the lone airline still using 757's extensively in the domestic US market, and not coincidentally is only now starting to bring in 737-900's and A321's.
Hindsight being 20/20, yes, it would have probably been great for Boeing to keep the 757 line going, but given the information they had at the time, it was an entirely understandable decision. Boeing correctly predicted that the domestic US and European markets would come to be dominated by the 737 and A320 series, but failed to predict the emergence of the 757 transatlantic market.
it can't be understated that after 9/11, there was not a single order for a passenger-configured 757, and only 7 orders total. what business wouldn't terminate that line?
Sort of cut myself off at the end of my *coughs* treatise *coughs*, but I did want to mention that some of the other valuable characteristics of the 757 (bigger engines, better hot/high performance, etc.) are things that airline buffs and pilots tend to like, but that airline management tends to not really care about too much.
Regarding runway performance, there are very few airports with a combination of heavy demand and short runways, but also limited landing slots (otherwise you just run more flights!). Allegorically, we love that sort of thing - I have fond memories of UA 757's on the DCA-ORD route getting to cruise in about 15 or 20 minutes, but it's hardly relevant to the bottom line for the airline. The extra fuel consumption and higher crew costs (higher seniority pilots for the 757/767 fleets, generally), are noticed by airline management, however.
Of course, what does this mean looking ahead? Well, the 737-9MAX is clearly not getting the same level of interest for the 737 MAX 9 that the A321neo has gotten, but at the same time, the 787 has been selling very well. Boeing can't develop something that's essentially a "smaller 787" just as production has really picked up, nor can they cut into the already tenuous 737 MAX series (at least for the time being).
The 757 possibly suffered from many outside problems, the airlines were in buy outs, bankruptcy courts, corporate raiders and last but not least fuel prices, and those may have had a huge impact on sales at the time. Airlines and the system itself just did not lend itself to the 757, wrong plane for the times, today's airline industry is so different from those days and the 757 I think would have done much better in today's market with the newer tech.
Tyson Bowers 3 years ago 1
Boring 757?!?!
Kris Durbin 3 years ago 4
Hahaha! Autoco-wreck or Freudian slip? The world may never know!
Mark Duell 3 years ago 2
Jeffrey Magnet 3 years ago 1
I have read all the responses here. That said who here thinks that Boeing blew it in the MOM market? The A321LR isn't even close to the B757. The B737max, 900 aren't even close to the B757. The B707, I mean variations called B737 has outlived it's life. Time for a new design and MOM aircraft.
The money grabbers should add more planes per trip! I'm tired of riding next to overstuffed, sweaty hogs! Im 6'2" and 220#'s so I always try for the window or exit seat for more room.
Please someone enlighten me on why the hell they make the back of the plane board last! That's right, make us all climb over or wait for the early boarders and first class to get their stinking drinks before we board! I travel to get from Point A to Point B and not for drinks, food, snacks etc:! Just get me there safely and Ill eat sometime else!
Stuart Fountain 3 years ago 0
The only time I flew trans-atlantic on a 757 I felt it was small, cramped and noisy, give me any Airbus any day!
Brian James 3 years ago 0
Jim DeTour 3 years ago 0
From my experience with a 757 packing up the units gear on a deployment in the belly of a 757 there wasn't any automated or container loading. It was a load everything by hand on your knees and in non winter conditions it is hot as heck in the cargo hold. I don't think turn around times are good for the plane. I imagine the manufacturer was wanting a lighter aircraft for cheaper fuel costs. Even newer engines burning less money in fuel probably doesn't outweigh the man hours transferring bags instead of having faster baggage container transfers and aircraft back in the air for more revenues. I imagine it would be good for charters not needing a fast turn around for revenue.


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Save our 'wet pubs' Boris… there's no proof drinking a pint is safer with meals than without
Grant Rollings
Nov 25 2020, 18:01 ET
FOR many of us, there is nothing like a good old-fashioned pub – one where the only special on the blackboard is a guest ale.
No avocado on toast, no burger and chips at the bar, no fancy pizza oven in the spot where the pool table and darts board used to be.
Michaela Hickey, manager of the Waterloo Tap in London, says 'There aren't any statistics to say it will be safer for people to drink a pint with food than without'
But pubs which are only there for the beers are about to be picked on by the Government. While boozers that serve punters a "substantial meal" will be allowed to open in coronavirus Tier One and Tier Two from next Wednesday, those that do not will only be allowed to pull on their pumps in Tier One.
These ongoing Covid-19 restrictions mean "wet" pubs stand to lose on average £47,000 next month, it is estimated, and for many this is a hit that could bleed them dry. The latest rules have baffled publicans, who have not been told why coronavirus is less likely to circulate in establishments that have kitchens than ones that do not.
They are also angry that after forking out thousands of pounds on safety precautions to meet previous government guidelines, they now face being left heavily out of pocket yet again.
Here, five publicans demand the Government calls time on the meal rule so doors can reopen.
Five publicans demand the Government calls time on the meal rule so doors can reopen before facing ruinCredit: Getty Images - Getty
MICHAELA HICKEY, manager of the Waterloo Tap in South London
"BEFORE going into Tier Two, the pub was doing surprisingly well – we were still doing two thirds of our normal trade.
"Now it is almost certain London will be back in Tier Two and, unless we find a way to serve food, we won't be able to open.
"It is heartbreaking. Staying open is vital for the survival of the company, and what baffles me is there doesn't seem to be anything to back up the changes.
"There aren't any statistics to say it will be safer for people to drink a pint with food than without. You can have outdoor and indoor sporting events with big crowds, yet you can't go for a socially distanced pint."
TREVOR SUMMERHILL, landlord of the Olde Cottage, Chester
Trevor Summerhill says 'It's clearly not professional people who understand how pubs are run'
"THE restrictions that pubs had to deal with prior to the second lockdown were devastating enough.
"I have been here for 19 years and we were a busy pub, which was shoulder-to-shoulder on a weekend before the pandemic.
"But when the most recent restrictions came in, which stopped people going to the pub with anyone outside their household bubble, we were down to eight people a night. Under Tier Two, our take was down by £5,000 but the offer of support from the Government was £850.
"Now they are saying we have to serve a substantial meal in order to open, but the outlay for a kitchen, freezers and chefs would be too much for us.
"Who is advising the Government on these rules?
"It's clearly not professional people who understand how pubs are run. The business just isn't viable any more."
JULIE CARRINGTON, landlady of The High House, Swinton, South Yorks
Julie Carrington pleas 'It is very unlikely pubs are the cause of the virus being transmitted'
"WE are the hub of our community, as there are no shops. Although it hasn't been economically viable for us to open, I have done it because locals rely on us.
"It is safer at the moment for people to meet in pubs than in households, which is where they will go if we are not here.
"In our pub, drinkers are regulated. They are told where to sit, they wear their masks when they go to the toilet and we clean down the tables regularly.
"We have spent a lot of money on cleaning materials and protective barriers and have employed a waiter to provide table service. We have made sure to take the contacts of everyone coming in and have kept to the 10pm curfew.
"It is very unlikely pubs are the cause of the virus being transmitted.
"What I want from the Prime Minister is for him to let us open next week with sensible restrictions."
MATT TODD, landlord of the Wonston Arms, in Wonston, Hants
Matt Todd asks the Prime Minister 'Why are you stopping families popping into a pub beer garden, having a packet of crisps, a Coke and a beer?'
"I AM angry at the way pubs are being treated by the Government – it's not a level playing field.
"I have a Covid-secure, covered outdoor drinking area with heaters I spent £6,000 building for my customers so they would be able to keep dry in autumn and winter.
"Customers don't want to sit inside the pub – they feel safer outside because scientists say the virus is less likely to spread outdoors.
"But now the Government won't even allow us to serve drinks outside if we end up in Tier Two or Tier Three.
"What I would ask Boris Johnson is, 'Why are you stopping families popping into a pub beer garden, having a packet of crisps, a Coke and a beer?'
"What we do next depends on what tier we end up in when the Prime-Minister announces this. But we won't get much time to prepare."
DAVID HAGGERTY, landlord of the Cresswell Arms, Newbiggin-by- the-Sea, Northumberland
David Haggerty told 'Everybody behaved and we haven't had one infection related to the pub'
"I TOOK over as landlord in March. Quite a few of the pubs had closed in the village. I'm a local and I thought this place was an important part of the community.
"But I opened for two weeks and, since then, have been closed for most of the year due to Covid-19 restrictions.
"When we reopened in July after the first lockdown we had to get an extra member of staff in to provide table service. We also made sure the pub was properly sanitised and got the staff to do cleaning routines.
"Everybody behaved and we haven't had one infection related to the pub.
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"Our brewery, Admiral, has been great. We were ticking over but that will be taken away as we won't be in Tier One.
"Even if we were to start serving food, which we can't, the rules are not clear.
"What happens if someone has several pints after eating?"
Kate Nicholls, UK Hospitality CEO, fears govt's Covid-19 tier system post Dec 2 won't be enough to save pubs and restaurants


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A pull request is designed to help keep changes separate from the main project, increase internal (and potentially external) communication, and allow for more effective debugging. Pretty magical, right? It's so cool that GitHub uses these in the development of its site. But, what is a pull request in GitHub? And, how can you utilize it?
First of all, pull requests only work when a project is a single, public repository. In order to make changes to a single repository, users create branches (separate portions of code) to test additions or changes. Once a branch has been reviewed and approved, it can be merged into the remainder of the code using a distributed version control system (DVCS) to submit the pull requests.
In order to keep programming in line and increase the potential for effective communication, pull requests work hand-in-hand with branching or forked workflows. A pull request, at its most basic, sends an alert to a project maintainer. Developers only need access to read the repository to send a pull request, though to make changes to be merged into the public repository, they will need to request write access.
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Once a pull request is sent, other members can look over your code. The pull request can be marked for review, and people can add questions or comments to it. Eventually, a project maintainer will decide whether or not the pull request should merge with the rest of the code.
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Q: 90's (or earlier) YA fantasy series with broken crystal said scattered across time, imbued with telepathic powers Not sure when the books were released, but I read them probably in the 93-95 era.

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*There were multiple protagonists in this series and the viewpoints jumped around.

*I believe there was time travel involved and that some of the characters were from different times and the times got blurred at points.

*There was a crystal involved

*Each shard of this crystal was imbued with powers which were kind of telepathic in nature and characters, good and bad, were trying to gather multiple shards.

*I believe (this could be wrong) that mentally speaking with wolves and getting their help was one thing that the protagonists did.

*There was a series of caves being explored as well with shards being scattered across time

A: This is the "Children of Ynell" series by Shirley Rousseau Murphy.
The blurb for the fifth book ("The Joining of the Stone", 1981) describes the runestone as being in "shards" and there's also a mention of a wolf:

Lobon, son of Ramad of the Wolves, helped by the wolves and the Seers of Carriol, continues his father's struggle to find the shards of the runestone and unite them for the power of good. Sequel to "Caves of Fire and Ice."

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A fair go is one of Australia's oldest cultural traditions. Traditionally we have been brought up to believe that giving other people 'the benefit of the doubt' or 'a fair go', was the go!
I was brought up to believe that it was not only fair but moral, Christian, and above all else it was the right thing to do.
I was brought up this way. I believed it then and I believe it now; in fact I live by it.
I honour that principle and I try my best to practise it in all levels of life.
Another great Aussie wisdom is...' Don't be a mug or 'He's a mug' or 'don't fall for that, he's making a mug of you ' No Aussie likes being called a mug or a bludger for that matter!
Another saying is 'don't mistake my kindness for weakness'; just want to put this in here so we don't forget it later.
I finished last time with you, hopefully, contemplating Inconvenient Truths. There was a healthy amount of feedback about my last article which prompts me to continue from whence I left off or a least rap up so I can move on.
Inconvenient Truths! Hmm... Well one is that Global warming is no longer global warming. It's been replaced with climate change, among other things because the 'Lie' was not proven. It did not and does not stand up against factual scrutiny, not in the way it was presented, not as a lie dressed up as a truth.
Another inconvenient truth is that Islam is not the truth that it is being presented as, it is a lie dressed up as a truth... the way it is being presented!
The truth is, the inconvenient truth is that the perception presented daily, in all manner of our printed press and television media, is a lie dressed up as a truth.
Their version is far from the true picture that we are, or are becoming aware of, coming to realise is the truth.
So you can say, therefore, that another inconvenient truth is that 'they' lie!
Remember that no matter how many times you tell a lie you cannot or will not ever make it the truth! A lie is always and will always be nothing more than that! A lie.
Another inconvenient truth is that the more Muslims there are in a host country the more problems they can potentially cause.
If recent history is to teach us anything it is that globally, Islam has contributed very little of any good to any host country that has welcomed them as immigrants or asylum seekers. This is an inconvenient truth.
Their constant pursuit of special treatment and consideration, in the name of 'tolerance', for their religion is causing far too much aggravation, disruption and ill feeling to the host population, to ever have any chance of them becoming assimilated and wholly welcomed into that very host population.
Assimilation into the host population, if it's a Christian based country, is essential for the two, diametrically opposed ideologies, ever having any chance of peacefully coexisting.
We know that individual Muslims can because they do but what we do know is that the greater the numbers the greater are the problems they cause for their hosts. This is an inconvenient truth.
Australia must learn from others' mistakes. We must control our borders, we must control our immigration, we must control our population, we must control our own destiny.
We must never surrender our sovereignty…Never!
Fewer Muslims mean fewer problems with Islam, an inconvenient truth.
Halal certification is a rort against the Australian people; inconvenient truth.
Growing dependency on welfare handouts is a rort against the Australian people; inconvenient truth.
Failure to even attempt assimilation is a rort against the Australian people; inconvenient truth.
Constant aggravation in the name of religion is a rort against the Australian people; inconvenient truth.
Fostering and encouragement of home grown radicalism and terrorism is a rort against the Australian people, inconvenient truth.
In plain speaking English, our kindness is being treated as our weakness.
In plain speaking English, we are being taken for mugs.
In plain speaking English, we are not getting a fair go! Inconvenient truth!
I agree with the new conservative party, The Australian Liberty Alliance when they say we need to have a ten year moratorium on Islamic immigration to ensure our survival.
Those who will disagree will have to show me where in the world this greatly flawed social experiment of enforced multiculturalism ever previously worked.
Those that will disagree will have to show me how Australia will benefit from the implementation of Sharia law.
Un Australian, anti-Australian abhorrent practises have already been established in Australia by radical members of the Islamic community.
The Australian Liberty Alliance members and their candidates for political office have already been described by our press as radicals or extremists. Well, you can count me amongst their numbers because then so am I.
We live in radical and extreme times and if we are to do battle and battle we must, with any chance of winning, we need to be as radical and extreme as our common enemy.
Gird yourselves for battle brethren for the battle is upon us.
I go with my God, go then with yours.


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La Batalla naval de Barcelona de 1359 fou un dels episodis de la Guerra dels dos Peres.

Antecedents
La guerra dels dos Peres, causada per les pretensions del monarca castellà sobre les terres del sud del Regne de València, incloent-hi Múrcia, Elx, Alacant i Oriola, esclatà per un episodi en què nou galeres catalanes, armades per Mossèn Francesc de Perellós amb llicència de Pere el Cerimoniós, que anaven en auxili del Regne de França contra el Regne d'Anglaterra, van arribar a Sanlúcar de Barrameda a la recerca de vitualles i van capturar en aquelles aigües dos vaixells de la República de Gènova, república en guerra amb Aragó. Pere el Cruel, que es trobava a l'esmentat port, va requerir Perellós perquè abandonés la seva presa; i com l'aragonès no ho fes, es va queixar a Pere el Cerimoniós, qui tampoc li va fer cas, i perseguí Perellós amb algunes galeres fins a Tavira, però no va poder atrapar-lo, i com a venjança va fer cremar les mercaderies dels catalans a Sevilla.

El rei de Castella preparà una flota a Sevilla amb la intenció de destruir el poder marítim català, on el mateix Pere el Cruel hi embarcà. Per poder enfrontar-se amb l'armada catalana, els castellans van requerir el suport del Regne de Granada, la República de Gènova. La flota, comandada per l'almirall Egidi Boccanegra, germà del dux Simone Boccanegra, i amb els capitans castellans García Álvarez de Toledo, Jaime García de Padilla i Pero López de Ayala es reuní a Cartagena on el rei castellà va esperar les naus del Regne de Portugal que no van arribar, i entretant va enviar set galeres a capturar naus aragoneses, però només es van poder fer amb una carraca veneciana a Mallorca.

Pere el Cerimoniós, que sabia dels preparatius de la flota castallana, manà reforçar les defenses costaneres i que els vaixells no sortissin de port per no ser capturats, i creient que l'objectiu era desembarcar a Mallorca, hi va organitzar una armada de quaranta galeres.

La flota va desembarcar el 4 de juny a Guardamar, que fou presa. L'estol va desembarcar a la ciutat de València, defensada per Ramon Berenguer I d'Empúries, però la guarnició no va sortir de la ciutat per presentar batalla, i els assaltants van reembarcar per combatre a les costes catalanes. A les boques de l'Ebre s'hi va unir l'estol portuguès de Lanzarote Pezana, i a Tortosa els esperava el cardenal Guiu de Boulogne, llegat apostòlic entre els regnes espanyols, enviat per Innocenci VI per convèncer-lo en va de la necessitat d'arribar a un acord.

Batalla
L'estol del Regne de Castella es presentà davant de Barcelona el 9 de juny de 1359 capitanejada per l'almirall Egidi Boccanegra provinent de Sevilla, d'on havia salpat el mes d'abril i a la que es van incorporar tres naus del Regne de Granada i la carraca veneciana, que s'havien armat amb brigoles.

La defensa catalana es va haver d'improvisar i la va liderar Bernat III de Cabrera i Hug II de Cardona i els capitans Bernat i Gilabert de Cruïlles, Bernat Margarit i Pere Asbert, amb el comandament del rei sobre una nau enorme al mig de la línia. La flota de deu galeres i molts vaixells petits, on es van situar els ballesters arribats dels pobles del pla de Barcelona i el Vallès, i comandats per Ramon de Pujol, Ramon i Bernat Planella, Bernat de Perapetusa, Ramon Berenguer de Vilafranca i Humbert de Ballestar es va situar al llarg de la platja, coberta per un banc de sorra conegut com "Les tasques", just davant del Convent de Sant Nicolau de Bari fins al carrer de Regomir. La línia de defensa es va situar de manera que les quatre brigoles de la costa tenien a l'abast les naus atacants, protegides pels ballesters, i la coronela, organitzada per gremis.

Les tropes de Pere el Cerimoniós van disparar una bombarda de les que hi havia muntades sobre les galeres catalanes, inutilitzant una de les galeres atacants, destruint els seus castells i l'arbre, mentre els atacants llençaven pedres amb les brigoles que queien sobre la platja causant mofa per part del barcelonins, i finalment els castellans van haver de fugir.

Conseqüències
Els castellans es van dividir en dos grups i van desembarcar a la boca del Llobregat per proveir-se d'aigua dolça, i van haver de derrotar una partida d'homes que s'hi va acostar des de Sant Boi de Llobregat i Barcelona.

L'estol castellà va dirigir-se, passant per Tortosa, a l'illa d'Eivissa l'11 de juny, amb intenció de conquerir-la fins on els van perseguir una armada de la Corona d'Aragó de quaranta galeres que s'havia bastit a Mallorca vingudes des de Cotlliure, i l'estol castellà fugí cap Alacant, on l'Orde de Montesa els va fer front, i finalment van reembarcar i dirigir-se a Calp mentre els perseguidors fondejaven a Dénia, i finalment Pere el Cruel i Egidi Boccanegra es van dirigir sense oposició a Cartagena.

A Cartagena, els portuguesos es van acomiadar, i Pere I de Castella va desembarcar, dirigint-se per terra a Tordesillas, mentre les naus castellanes tornaven a Sevilla.

Referències

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Batalles de Barcelona
Batalles navals del segle XIV
Batalles de la Guerra dels Dos Peres
Batalles de la República de Venècia
Batalles de la República de Gènova
Batalles de l'Emirat de Gharnata


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The journey to successful career is not always or will not always be smooth sailing. Especially in your younger years, you need to face a rocky road due to diverse priorities and challenges. Good thing, somewhere along your career path, there's someone or people who awaken your senses with their meaningful words. Can you remember their tips or are you still looking for a motivational career advice?
Sometimes in your quest to become better, you look for your own role models for inspiration. They can be anyone like old professors, former boss, well-known motivational speakers, and famous personalities. Perhaps you look up to them not only because they walk the talk, but because they give sincere messages that become the best career advice you've ever received.
High profile individuals such as Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, Yahoo president and CEO Marissa Mayer, and Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates are also keen on giving and gathering tips as their guides. In an interview with CNBC, Gates expressed his admiration on how Buffet's simplify complicated things.
"And [if] it gets less complicated, he feels like then it's something he'll choose to invest in. He picks the things that he's got a model of, a model that really is predictive and that's going to continue to work over a long-term period. And so his ability to boil things down, to just work on the things that really count, to think through the basics — it's so amazing that he can do that. It's a special form of genius," Gates shared.
On the other hand, there are career advice that don't necessarily came from outsiders. Even a family member or colleagues' words wisdom can give life-changing ideas at unconventional places or situations.
Most of the time, the lessons we need in our lives are not limited in the four corners of training rooms. They can be from anyone and anywhere like from casual, but sensible conversations or exchanges of ideas.
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Biografie von Henry François FARNY (1847-1916)
Birth place: Ribeauville, Alsace, France
Death place: Cincinnati, OH
Addresses: most of his career was spent in Cincinnati, OH, with trips throughout western U.S. and to Europe
Profession: Painter, illustrator
Studied: briefly with Thomas Buchanan Read in his studio, Rome, 1867; Farny wanted to learn portrait and figural painting but became frustrated with Read's slow teaching pace. Read then sent him to study with the landscapist Herman Herzog in Düsseldorf, 1868-70; with Wilhelm Diez, Munich, 1873 (5 months); Europe, incl. Munich, 1875-76, with Cincinnati friends, Duveneck, Dengler, and Twachtman
Exhibited: Cincinnati AM, frequently in his lifetime and retrospective, 1965; Vienna Exp., 1883; Paris Expo, 1889 (medal); Calif. Midwinter Int'l Expo, 1894; AIC ,1895-96; Boston AC, 1896; Charleston Expo, 1902 (medal); St. Louis Expo, 1904 (medal); Corcoran Gal, 1908.
Member: Cincinnati AC.
Work: Cincinnati AM; Univ. Texas, Austin; Taft Mus., Cincinnati; Amon Carter Mus. A.
Comments: In 1853, Farny"s family emigrated from France to western Pennsylvania, where he became acquainted with the Seneca Indian tribe and developed his lifelong interest in Native American tribes. The family moved to Cincinnati in 1859, and after his father's death in 1863 Farny quit school and took a variety of jobs, one of them as a lithographer of Civil War scenes. He began illustrating for Harper's Weekly in 1865 and in 1866 moved to NYC where he continued to work for Harper Brothers, producing engravings and cartoons (he worked for Harper"s for over thirty years). In 1867, he traveled to Europe for study, returning in 1870 and settling once again in Cincinnati where he drew circus posters and continued to do illustrations, producing a number of illustrated books for Van Antwerp and Co. In 1873, he went back to Europe (for several months) and again from 1875-76. By 1880, Farny was recognized as a major illustrator (his illus. for the children's textbook, The McGuffey Reader, appeared in 1879, alongside those by Howard Pyle, Walter Shirlaw, and others), but from this year on he began devoting more time to painting, and in 1881 he made his first trip West and began work on the Indian paintings for which he is best known. Traveling to Ft. Yates on the Missouri River, Farny sketched and photographed the Sioux Indians (he made 124 photographs) and collected a number of artifacts which he brought back to his Cincinnati studio. This subject matter proved to be a bonanza for the artist and his Indian pictures were soon in great demand. Farny traveled west several other times: to Helena, Montana, in 1883; along the Missouri River from Helena to Fort Benton in 1884; he took an overland trip to California in 1888 during which he visited the Mormon country around Salt Lake City (it is also believed he traveled throughout the southwest and northwest on this trip); in 1894 he visited Indian Territory, sketching Geronimo and the Apache, Kiowa, and Comanches who had been settled on the reservation. On each western trip, he would take extensive photographs and gather artifacts for his studio, also clipping photos from magazines and other sources, allowing him to work steadily in his Cincinnati studio (from which a large number of his paintings were actually sold). In his work, Farny memorialized the Plains Indians in their daily life, depicting quiet scenes of camp life, hunting parties, and life on the trail, in contrast to the more dramatic and sometimes violent scenes chosen by his contemporaries Remington and Russell. He often signed his paintings with his name as well as an Indian symbol. Although he focused more on his paintings from 1881-on, his illustrations of tribal life continued to appear frequently (until 1893) in Century, Harper's Weekly, and others. Highlights include his illustrations for Frank Cushing's articles on the Zuni Indians in Century during the 1880s, and his illustrations of the ceremony held to celebrate the last spike being driven for the Northern Pacific's transcontinental railroad line, which appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in 1883.
Sources: WW15; Henry Farny (exh. brochure. New York: Spanierman Galleries, 1981); Hughes, Artists of California, 176; P & H Samuels, 164; Sotheby's, The American West: the John F. Eulich Collection," May 20, 1998; Cincinnati Painters of the Golden Age, 70 (w/illus.); Eldredge, et al., Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945, 196"
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Engaging architecture and design tomes to catch up on when you're grounded
APR 28, 2020 | By Aneesha Bhadri
CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT The Image of the City; The Poetics of Space; In Praise of Shadows; The Architecture of Image; Thermal Delight in Architecture.
Being stuck at home for (in)definite lengths of time takes a toll on our collective psyche— after all, man is a social animal. When you're not free to roam about and feel the sun on your face, go to the cinema hall or your favourite restaurant, it' time to divert your mind with an array of interesting books on architecture and design. Brush up on your reading skills, a worthy activity one often neglects when there are places to go and sights to see. Learn a bit about design and have fun along the way.
Denise Scott Brown, Robert Venturi and Steven Izenour study the Las Vegas strip to better understand architecture in Learning from Las Vegas; Eyal Weizman examines armed conflicts and environmental destruction by analysing the buildings of those times and places in Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability; and Italo Calvino talks about fantastical, magnificient cities in the most poetic and extravagant style in Invisible Cities.Here are a few more to captivate your mind and ensnare your senses…
The Architecture of Image
Existential Space in Cinema Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa brings together art, architecture and cinema in this gripping work, where he studies the movies of Alfred Hitchcock, Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni and Stanley Kubrick, and explores how they use architectural imagery to create emotional settings.
In Praise of Shadows
Celebrated Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki talks about architecture from the oriental perspective, an alluring narrative that weaves through light and shadows, texture and colours—bringing out the beauty in subtleties, unnoticed contrasts, tactility and elemental attributes.
The Poetics of Space
French philosopher Gaston Bachelard essays a lyrical narrative about the spaces within one's home and how different kinds of domestic settings reflect and interact with our memories and dreams—a philosophy of space that makes you questions your preconceived notions.
Thermal Delight in Architecture
The centrally temperature-controlled spaces of today's times have made us forget about the importance of thermal environments in cermonies and social activites. Take, for instance, steaming Roman baths or Islamic gardens with cool fountains as their focal point. American architect Lisa Heschong examines the impact of thermal experiences in different cultures in this book.
The Image of the City
Written by the late urban theorist Kevin Lynch, this work explores what the cityscape means to the people who inhabit it. Propagating that for any given city, people have a corresponding set of mental images, he presents findings that are relevant


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Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) A record in the tourists"visits was obtained in February in the Cuban Jardines del Rey on having received in one day more than 9,000 visitors coming from different nations of the world, according to informations.
Luís Báez, marketing manager of the Department of the Tourism in Ciego de Avila, located approximately to 430 kilometers to the east of Havana, pointed out to Prensa Latina, that it is the first time in more than 20 years of founded that the tourist region receives this high amount.
He specified that Canada continues being the first issuing market, with more than 90 per cent of the air operations, followed by the national tourism in Cuba that has maintained its presence during the whole year.
Also continues the tourists' arrival from Argentina, the United Kingdom, Italy and in 2014 for the first time were received vacationers from Portugal during the summer months, said Báez.
Jardines del Rey, with Cayo Coco and Guillermo, in the north coast of the central region of Cuba, will be the head office from next May 5 until May 7 of 35 International Fair of Tourism FIT-Cuba 2015.
Fit-Cuba 2015 will be dedicated to the nautical product that is why is taking place an integral reshaping of Cay Guillermo and the Marina Marlin, they are building an aquatic funicular park and other facilities related to this recreational option.
With a 16 hotels network, of four and five stars and more than 6,000 rooms the tourist region offers facilities and the modern comfort for an entire relaxation and recreation in a natural environment.


Some home repairs are more preventable than others. Here are two that you can easily snuff out by being proactive.
Wood rot.Especially on the outside of your home. The most common places to find it are around your door frames and exterior. This happens usually because you're not keeping up with painting. Make sure any exterior wood is painted, sealed, and caulked so that water doesn't eat away at the wood. Rotted eaves are common too.
Gutter overflow.We were actually victims of this. Water ended up seeping in through our foundation simply because we weren't cleaning our gutters. Make sure you have your gutters cleaned at least once, if not twice, per year.
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Central Aroostook Jr High School on Tim and Susan's visits with 4th and 7th grades on Jan 19, 2023
Thank you so much, Tim! I spoke with several students and the 4th grade teachers yesterday and they had so much fun. One student told me she wishes class was like that every day!
Thank you, again, for making the trip!
Natasha Brewer, Librarian & Gifted and Talented Teacher
SAD 42
Mars Hill, Maine
READER WRITES ABOUT TIM'S BOOK, "THE RANGER'S WIFE."
ON 4/27/22 I received the following about my book 'The Ranger's Wife,' and thought I'd share a portion of the note. Thank you Karen for writing.
"Now here's a weird compliment. But prior to reading your [Ranger's Wife], I was dutifully reading a worthy book about a soldier that worked at Arlington Nat. Cemetery. However, when I picked up your book, I felt such a sense of relaxation come over me. It was as if, reading your book, I'd gone into the woods myself. "Away from the grind" kind of a feeling. Hard to describe, but it was weirdly relaxing after reading the "heavy" other.
Liked your latest [Maine Sportsman] column, too."
ALLAGASH TAILS VISIT WITH SOCIETY FOR PROTECTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FORESTS
Thank you Tim and Susan- a thoroughly enjoyable program on Tuesday night in Hillsboro at Fox Forest.
So many positive comments as folks filed out the door smiling. One gentleman who had stayed to talk said simply "Fantastic!"
The smiles on faces is best testament to the success of the program.
I recognize your practiced performance art in storytelling… I watched the audience lean-in.
Very nice when Susan read your granddaughter's poems and there was spontaneous tiny ripple of applause,
folks held back a little there - like clapping in church?
Also for me, the way you took us along on the canoe trip down the Allagash as a progression of places and history through stories and photos was perfect. I appreciate how you shared the ghost story and the alien abduction story without a hint of betraying your own beliefs or prodding skeptics. Just stated the story as it is alleged to have happened without voting-in on whether fact or fiction.
Our Cottrell-Baldwin Environmental Lecture Series at Fox Forest in Hillsboro tends to identify a different and particular unifying theme each year and we vary content over many years. Topics range from science and research to natural and cultural history including wildlife, rare species management, forests and forestry, edible and medicinal plants, ecology, bogs/wetlands, water, climate. While we have hosted authors in this series, we've rarely hosted storytelling and travel theme.
Thank you so very much for broadening our horizon and entertaining our guests!
With best our wishes,
Dave Anderson
Senior Director of Education
Society for the Protection of N.H. Forests
TIM AND SUSAN SHARE THEIR ALLAGASH TAILS WITH ALTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
I am very pleased to write this recommendation for Tim, Susan, and Sandi! We were very happy to have them visit our school in January and again in March.
When Tim and Susan visited in January they presented twice, first to grades 3 through 5, and then again to grades K through 2. Both presentations were age appropriate to the grade span and were absolutely wonderful! They were both packed with fun and interesting information. Tim and Susan's presentations held every student's attention and the excitement that they felt was evident in their smiling faces and interactions with Tim and Susan.
In March Sandi joined us as well for a presentation on the Writing Workshop for grades 2 through 5! Again, the students were engaged throughout the entire presentation. Writing Workshop is a difficult topic to talk about, yet Tim, Susan, and Sandi did an outstanding job! Sprinkled throughout the presentation were personal stories and examples to solidify concepts and to make them fun and interesting.
Tim and Susan also visited our Young Author's Camp, that was held at the University of Maine at Orono, to share their Writer's Workshop presentation. Students again were actively engaged and enthusiastic about the presentation!
I highly recommend having Tim, Susan, and Sandi visit and look forward to having them visit our school again!
Laurie Ouellette M.Ed, C.A.S.
Alton Elementary School
RSU 34
CRITIQUES FOR THE LATEST BOOK FROM ALLAGASH TAILS TITLED 'FROM WITHIN-INTRIGUE ON THE ALLAGASH.' FIRST PRINTING MARCH 1ST, 2022
"From Within: Intrigue on the Allagash is the perfect book for a cold, snowy Maine day. It recalls paddles down Johnson Stream to Allagash Lake, with its campsites and caves and abandoned fire tower. It's a good story, and as the pages turn, readers will get to know ranger life in the backwoods, the isolation, gas refrigerators and lights...a way of life too many never will experience, It's a tough job protecting our resources, while always alert to the influence of weather, and unfortunately, politics." — A. Mark Woodward, Retired Editor, Bangor Daily News, March 1, 2022
"Tim-Thank you for sending the book. I must say I recognized a lot of the characters and found the events to be an accurate description of what my husband and I faced when we lived on the Allagash. Many which continued after we left. Amazing this was all so long ago. It seems like yesterday." —The wife of the AWW's first Superintendent. The former Mrs. Leigh Hoar, March 3rd, 2022
PRESQUE ISLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ENJOYS 'AUTHOR IN RESIDENCE' VISIT BY TIM CAVERLY DECEMBER 16, 2019
CRITIQUE OF TIM'S BOOK THE RANGER'S WIFE BY LIBRARIAN OF FAYE O'LEARY HAFFORD LIBRARY IN ALLAGASH VILLAGE
I just finished reading your book"The Ranger's Wife". I loved it. It is very well written and brought back memories when Mum and Dad were working on the waterway. Recognizing so many of the locations mentioned in your book made it feel so familiar and I identified with it immediately! Great stuff Tim and Sue...keep on writing! Randi Jandreau
SCHOOL LIBRARIAN ENJOYED THEIR SCHOOLS VISIT FROM ALLAGASH TAILS
"Tim and Susan are incredible easy to work with and bring a rich background to the [school] day. They adapt presentations to fit each audience and are highly perceptive with regards to students needs and interests. They make the process of writing accessible to all…"
Librarian Natasha Brewer SAD42, Mars Hill, Maine
Tim is an excellent presenter and writes about our North wilderness in ways that truly bring it to life for me. I have known Tim for a few years and have come to have a deep respect for his approach to his writings. He is deeply interested in the children of New England and their introduction to the bounties of the natural world surrounding us. Our [Kiwanis of Milo] club has had the pleasure of sponsoring his program in our schools. We believe if fits very well with the interest of Kiwanis in the children of our community and the world.
David J Pullen
Orneville Twp, Maine 04463
SOLDIERS LIBRARY IN HIRAM, MAINE OCTOBER 2018
I want to share the news of a really neat program we had last month with author Tim Caverly, of the "Allagash Tails" collection.
We chose his "So You Think You Know Maine" slide-show presentation, and were delighted to learn several fascinating tidbits about our wonderful state - as well as about Tim and his "growing-up" years. You might want to ask him about his school science program !! 😉
I hope you get the chance to have him come to your library - you won't be disappointed!
-Pam
Teacher Evaluations on new book from Allagash Tails/Christmas in Cornville
Re: Tim Caverly's Christmas in Cornville story
I used Mr. Caverly's book about Christmas in Cornville for both my literacy and Maine history unit. The students loved reading about how times were "a long time ago."
The concept of a one-room schoolhouse (with an outdoor bathroom) showed them not only how much things have changed, but how fortunate they are now. The students enjoyed both the humor and the history that this book provided. This book would be a great resource for the classroom.
Please let me know if I may provide additional information.
Jason Herrick
Canaan Elementary School
178 Main St, Canaan, ME 04924
Paula Whittemore
Canaan Elementary
178 Main St. Canaan, Maine 04976
Re: Tim Caverly's Christmas in Cornville
When Dixie Ring, librarian at the Canaan Public Library, asked the staff at my school if we wanted our students involved in the editing process of Mr. Caverly's book, Christmas in Cornville, I jumped on it. Part of the curriculum for fifth grade students is the tedious job of editing written work. This seemed like the perfect opportunity for my students to experience this process with a published author. Not only did my students get to use the editing, grammar, and spelling skills that had been taught in class, but they also got to learn a bit of history from a local town at the same time. This piece is also filled with rich vocabulary. With everything this book and author have to offer, I recommend it for any classroom.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Reader praises Tim's book 'Solace.'
Thanks again for entertaining us with your wit and wisdom [at the Maine Atlantic Salmon Museum meeting of May 19th, 2017]. I just finished Solace, and can't tell you how much I enjoyed reliving being in the North Maine Woods–'thank you' isn't enough.
Paul Sevign
Maine Atlantic Salmon Museum
Holden, Maine
Dirigo Pines Hosts Allagash Tails
Tim Caverly had done several presentations at our retirement community. His stories are always something that the residents look forward to hearing. During his most recent presentation,[2/7/17] Tim talked about his book, The Ranger and the Reporter in a program he calls Cross Paths. This was the perfect story to share for Valentine's Day because it tells how Tim met his wife, Susan. Tim and Susan are gracious guests, and the stories Tim shares are entertaining and great for a wide range of audiences.
Amanda Smith, Life Enrichment Director, Dirigo Pines Retirement Community
Orono, Maine
Meredith Bay Colony Club
I have had Tim Caverly at my facility [Meredith Bay Colony Club in Meredith N.H.] several times to present his original works and autobiographies. They are formatted to a big screen and Tim is extremely engaging and talented when it come to connecting with his audience. The presentations are well thought out and gives you a feeling of being in the moment. I have also interviewed Tim on my radio show called, Aging Well. My co-host is always excited when we are going to have him back on the show. There is a certain element of anticipation that leaves you wanting to hear more after seeing a presentation or hearing him talk about life as a park ranger. In closing, I would highly recommend one of Tim Caverly's programs for any organization that facilitates history, community enrichment, or the arts.
Diane Ruggiero
Activities Director
Review by Quoddy Tides
Caverly takes readers to the North Woods by J.D. Rule Quoddy Tides Jan. 27, 2017
It is tough to describe a story told at 20 degrees below zero as "heart warming," but many of Tim Caverly's tales in his new book, The Ranger and the Reporter, are just
that. From the Extraction of an ice-bound heart attack victim—-with a happy ending—-the breaking up of a back-country fistfight, to the rescue of an antique steam locomotive, Caverly's stories all are in the North Maine Woods and are told in the dry, matter-of-fact manner of one who was there.
Caverly, the author of the "Allagash Tails" series is a former Maine park ranger and supervisor with extensive experience in the Allagash region. He draws on personal recollections and legends to take the reader to places where only a few would care to venture but many are curious about.
Allagash Haunting at Phillips-Strickland House
I have very much enjoyed your slide presentation[s] and the story of the Allagash Haunting! Our residents really enjoyed and stayed eagerly attentive to the program. It was a lot of fun and we will have you back another time for another story. We have a collection of your books started in our library. Thank you so much for another great wilderness program.
Linda M. Nickerson
Certified Activity Director and Volunteer Coordinator
Phillips-Strickland House
21 Boyd Street
Sawyer Foundation in Greene, Maine
Tim Caverly is a fantastic speaker. His presentations will capture the adventurer, the historian and the lover of the outdoors. Caverly brings a sense of humor that others in his line of work seem to overlook. If your searching for a show that will teach you a thing or two, keep you on the edge of your seat and give you some good laughs, Tim Caverly's programs are for you!
Tyler Rose
Executive Director, Sawyer Foundation
Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Foundation
[I] bought your book [The Ranger and the Reporter] last night [10/21/16]. Finally managed to put it down around 1 A.M. Read it while eating breakfast and finished it around 10 A.M. Thoroughly fascinating! I have spent a lot of time in the Spencer, Chesuncook and Gulf Hagas areas. Now I cannot wait to go deeper into the north woods. Thanks for making it come to life so vividly for me.
Adrian Marden
Embden Historical Society
You were a hit! Everyone enjoyed the program [8/8/16]. Thank you VERY much.
Carol Dolan
Belfast Library
Tim Caverly gave a wonderful presentation, "The Allagash: A Wild Scenic River" at the Belfast Free Library last night [7/26/16]. It is a new slide talk created in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Allagash Waterway. I highly recommend this program, Tim is a great presenter and the audience just loved it!
For more information visit his website at www.allagashtails.com
Brenda Harrington
Belfast Free Library
bharrington@belfastlibrary.org
(207)338-3884 ext.30
Review-'Ranger and Reporter' by George Smith
I've enjoyed Tim Caverly's books over the years, both his books for adults and his books for kids. But I think his newest book, The Ranger and the Reporter, is my favorite.
Tim served as Superintendent of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway for 18 years, and that's the setting for this book which features a new female reporter's interviews with a retired AWW ranger. Mixing fact and fiction, The Ranger and the Reporter is fascinating, informative, and entertaining.
Beals Island Elementary School
Mr. Caverly's visit to our school [Beals Island on April 13th, 2016] was awesome. He held the attention of our students who really had a blast. The radio classic play was wonderful as it made a great connection to what they had already read.
Chris Crowley, Principal
Allagash Tails at Lubec Elementary School Jan.25, 2016
"Maine author Tim Caverly's visit at Lubec Elementary School on Monday, January 25 was fantastic. Tim entertained his audience by great story telling and inserting historical facts along the way. He was very down-to-earth and approachable with our students, and he certainly kept the attention of our fourty middle schoolers during the hour presentation." – Terri Murphy English/Language Arts – Lubec
"This week started off with a great presentation on the Allagash by Tim Caverly, his wife Sue, and their dog Sandy. Mr. Caverly was able grab our attention with witty tales of his past experiences on the river. He also discussed the steps involved in writing and publishing a book. Students and teachers were left with a new found curiosity about the area. They were also left with a book which was donated by our Local Lions club and signed by the Author"..Cathy Morse Science/Social Studies"
The Quoddy Tides Newspaper 2/12/2016
Caverly speaks to students about writing by reporter J.D. Rule
Article brief-Author Tim Caverly held a restless roomful of Lubec Students captivated for an hour on Jan. 25th. …the purpose of Caverly's presentation was to lead students through his six-step writing process, but story telling is his forte, and the students were taking it all in…"and he had students spell bound."
Enjoy your book Solace
Good Morning Tim,
It was great reconnecting yesterday at the Farmers Market. I called Buzz and Jan and left a message in the afternoon. . Buzz returned my call last night. It was great to talk to him and I plan on connecting with them soon.
I started your book in the afternoon and finished it last night. A great story. I loved how you presented the beautiful Allagash trails along with a Love story .
My heart smiled at how you presented the real soul of George. That has been the most rewarding piece of my Holistic healing practice. Helping people find their true self and learning to treat themselves like they would treat their best friend.
Enjoy your life's journey
Edna Doane
Note from a Friend
Dear Mr. Caverly,
I recently purchased the book Solace and enjoyed it so much I would like to send my brother a copy [who lives in North Carolina].
Thomas Bobalek
Hi Tim
I just finished Solace. It really made me realize how much I miss all those great places in the north woods. Solace has made me want to head for the Allagash, so I think it's time to plan a trip into Allagash Lake. My friend Mickey asked me how often I would go to the waterway .I told him every day if I could.
You have a great feel for the soul of the north woods .Keep up the good work.
Terry Hanlon, Maine
Notes from the Searsport Middle/High School
6/30/15 *Solace*
*Written by Tim Caverly. Illustrated by Frank Manzo, Jr. (2015) Solace.
First printing. Aroostook Print Shop, Inc. 269 pages, ISBN: 978-1-4951-4233-8*
Tim Caverly takes us on another incredible journey in Maine's North woods with his new book *Solace*. Wonderfully written and beautifully illustrated, readers will embark on another adventure in Maine's Allagash region in the sixth book of the Allagash Tails collection.
Solace easily hooks the reader with Tim Caverly's sense of adventure and a dash mystery. Instructed by a letter from a grandfather he never met, Jim embarks on a quest to recover an unknown family heirloom. Leaving his home and life behind, Jim heads North in search of the one man his grandfather said can fill in the gaps, and lead him to his family's birthright. What transpires will give readers a taste of Maine's Allagash region. Filled with photographs, illustrations, and stories from the region, it is hard to believe that Solace is a work of fiction.
Suitable for all ages, Solace was both easy and enjoyable to read. Written in a relaxed, folk tale style, Solace will bring the Maine wilderness to your armchair. As one who enjoys the outdoors but has never been to the Allagash, Solace has kindled a spark of interest to one day make my own journey to Maine's Allagash region. I truly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it to others.
Brian Richards
Searsport Middle/High School
Critique from George Smith
Tim Caverly offers an intriguing mix of fact and fiction in his new novel, Solace. And while the fictional tale is a good one, it's the factual parts of the book that I found most fascinating. As Tim writes in the preface, "It is up to you, the reader, to use your detective skills to determine what parts of the following text is fiction or nonfiction, autobiography or a fabrication, historic narrative or creative writing. Let me know what you decide." Yes, there is all of that in Solace.
It didn't take a lot for me to detect some of the nonfiction and autobiography. Tim served for 18 years as the Regional Supervisor of the Allagash Region for the Bureau of Parks and Lands. And the novel is set in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.
Two friends of mine popped up in the book too: Bob Duchesne, our top birding guide and the author of The Maine Birding Trail, and Lani Cochrane, who serves as marketing director of Maine Huts and Trails, a place where Linda and I visited in February for our newspaper travel column. Lani and her husband Chris own Allagash Canoe, featuring guided trips down the river. And there certainly is a lot of Tim in the book.
I'm not sure if Jim Clark, the main character, is Tim, but it could be. Jim goes to the Allagash, searching for a family heirloom. And he ends up working there. Hmmm. Sort of like Tim. What Tim, oops I mean Jim, finds and how he finds it are fascinating. But so too are some of the other characters – some of whom are very real to me. It is – I hope – just a coincidence that the bad poacher in the book is named George!
Tim has now written five books, some of them for kids, and I've read and enjoyed them all. He and his wife travel the state, talking about everything from the Allagash to the history of logging. You can access information about his books and talks at www.AllagashTails.com.
George Smith, Retired Director of Sportsman's Alliance of Maine, author and columnist.
Comments from Skowhegan, Somerset Ed. Assoc. Retirees
4/17/15 Tim Caverly and Susan presented to our group last Friday]. It was a very special time for all of us.There was a lot of good information about the Allagash region sprinkled with wonderful humor. Susan and Tim are wonderful conversationalists and the members who talked with me said this was one of our best programs. For a program that allows people to relax, enjoy jokes and knowledge, Tim and Susan are the best.
Lorraine Mahoney,President Somerset Educators Association Retirees
Mr. Caverly took us on a riveting multimedia adventure full of relevant scenic illustrations that kept a wide range of kids completely interested and engaged.
Grades 6-8 Charlotte School in Charlotte, Maine
Forest Hills Elementary School in Jackman, Maine was honored to have Maine author, Tim Caverly visit their school on Wed. May 14th (2014). Mr. Caverly did four presentations for grades K-8 during the day and spoke at our 8th Annual Night of Stars in honor of our outstanding readers, that evening. Mr. Caverly has written various books based on real-life experiences he has had on Maine's Allagash Wilderness Waterway.
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Q: How can i close a built-in web browser that I have opened it by code in Android? Simply, I have used the code here to open a URL in the Android's built-in web browser.
However, because I need to open many different URLs, I want to open and close the browser for every URL (instead of opening tabs).
Code for open a browser:
try {
Intent myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(download_link));
startActivity(myIntent);
 } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
    Toast.makeText(this, "No application can handle this request."
    + " Please install a webbrowser",  Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    e.printStackTrace();
  }

I mean that my app can open a browser, and give the URL to load the website. However, if I give another URL, it will open as a new tab on the same opened browser. I do not need this especially when I want to run thousands of URLs. I want to open the browser and close it for every URL using my app. Is it possible?
Can anyone help me with this?


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Q: sending multiple requests simultaneously to a web server in python So,basically what i want to do is send multiple get requests from the client to the web server all at once.My objective is to load test the server so it is important that all the requests are sent simultaneously.
I have read about GIL so and it seems that multithreading would not be possible in python.Multiprocessing seems to be too heavy weight and the client ends up crashing when testing a large number of users.Is there a way to achieve parallelism using the threading module itself?
What other alternatives do I have?
import http.client
import del1  #a file to delete all the files from the destination folder each time the program runs
import urllib.request
import time
import os

t=float(input('enter time in seconds\t'))
ip=input('enter server ip address(default value:192.0.0.1)\t')
n=input('enter no of users (default value:1)\t')
file_name=input('Enter the file name (default value:testing2.txt)\t')
pr=input('enter protocol (default value:http)\t')
if ip=='':
    ip='192.0.0.1'
if file_name=='':
    file_name='testing2.txt'
if pr=='':
    pr='http'
if n=='':
    n=1
s_ip = ' '

for i in range(3,3+int(n)):
    s_ip='192.0.0.'+str(i)
    os.system('sudo ip address add '+s_ip+'/24 dev ens33')

site = urllib.request.urlopen(link)
num = 0
print("file size:"+str(site.length))
t_end = time.time()+t
con = http.client.HTTPConnection(ip,source_address=(s_ip,80))
while time.time()<t_end:
    con.request("GET","/"+file_name)
    r1 = con.getresponse()
    data1 = r1.read()
    handle = open('/home/client1/test/try'+str(num)+'.txt','wb')
    handle.write(data1)
    num+=1

print("number of files downloaded is:"+str(num))
through = (num*(site.length)/t)
through=through/(1024*1024)
through=round(through,4)
print("Throughput = "+str(through)+"MBps")

This is my code until now. It works for a single user. But I don't know how to go about it for multiple users.Would using a different implementation of python like Jython be useful?

A: Strictly speaking, you can not send multi requests at the same time. That is to say, if you want to send multi requests at definitely the same time, this is very, very hard. It is based on your hardware, OS and some other conditions. What is easier is that you send requests at nearly the same time, it depends whether you accept or deny the duration between each request. Below code shows a demo which sends 1000 requests within about 1 second, I advise you to try jmeter, loadrunner or gatling for alternatives.
import asyncio
import requests
import aiohttp
import datetime

async def fetch(session, url):
    start_time = datetime.datetime.now()
    print(start_time)
    async with session.get(url) as response:
        return await response.text()

async def main():
    base_url = "http://your_url:your_port"
    urls = [base_url for i in range(1000)]
    tasks = []
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        for url in urls:
            tasks.append(fetch(session, url))
        htmls = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
        # for html in htmls:
        #     print(html[:100])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    loop.run_until_complete(main())

Furthermore, here is a question regarding the use of python3, asyncio and aiohttp.

A: Have you look at Locust? It provides an easy to use syntax in Python to describe user behaviour or test scenarios and an UI to configure the load test like peak concurrent user or spawn rate.


Today I am sharing with you my "True Friend" Card using Ranger Distress Oxide Inks along with two sets of my stamps from Sin City Stamps.
Begin by applying the distress oxide inks to a craft sheet; mist with water. Gently dabbing card stock to the wet mist. Continue to do this with the distress oxide inks until you achieve the color of background you would like; drying between colors. This will create your background base for your card.
Stamp with Sin City Stamps Grunge Background Stamps using the Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink.
Spatter with Titan Buff Paint; dry.
Adhere prepared background to card stock mats and card base.
Repeat same method as background to create pretty distress oxide ink paper for flowers and sentiment.
Stamp flowers and sentiment from Sin City Stamps Sympathy Set to prepared card stock.
Corner punch prepared sentiment; adhere to card stock mats.
Fussy cut stamp flowers; layer together. Adhere to front of card base. Add buttons to top along with bow and chipboard pieces.
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial on how to use Ranger Distress Oxide Inks with SinCity Stamps.
I hope you stop by the SinCity Store to not only check out my stamp collection but to see all the fabulous stamp products that are available.


1/3 N Lithium Cell For Consumer and Industrial Applications.
80mA Pulse Current 60mA Continuous Current.
Low self-discharge rate gives this cell a 10-year shelf life.
High energy, a high-reliability 3.0-volt power source is an excellent choice for memory backup.


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