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The Pointer Sisters performing at the North Jersey Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's 10th Annual Pink Tie Ball fundraiser event on Nov. 4, 2006 in Morristown, NJ.
Polaroid image - You can see the discoloration that is beginning to ruin this print.I thought Jamie was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.
A look back at the Showbus Rally held at Duxford in September 1994. Entries included Hedingham Omnibuses Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer L210 M210VEV.
This little girl was so sweet but very shy. She was 1 of 3 litter mates that were at the Hunt Test on Memorial weekend. She was the only one that was running in the test & she just loved her Mom (& also her handler)
Pointers were bred to work with hunters. In the past they were sometimes used in combination with a retriever, to point out the game for the hunter. Pointers were also used as falconer's dogs. As early as the 17th century, sportsmen used Pointers to locate hares and then Greyhounds to chase them.
The history of the Pointer, like many breeds, is a reasonably debatable topic. There are records of Pointers in England as far back as 1650. According to one source, the pointer came to be in the sixteenth and seventeenth century when pointing breeds including the Spanish pointer were brought from the European mainland to England.
When stitching panoramas, large, blank walls are problematical - the software can't generate control points. In the past I've used post-it notes (stick 'em on the wall) - but some walls are too big, out of reach, or I can't put a post-it note there. So I decided to make this. I looked online first, and they sell for $70 on up!
This costs under $15. I made it from stuff I had on-hand, so out of pocket was $0.
Parts:
Clamp from hardware store - $1.00.
Plastic clip - $1.50 for six (used to affix cables to flat surface - should be 3/4" or so - they are adjustable)
Mini rotating head - $8.00 (It's off a mini-tripod - any will work)
Epoxy glue $2.00
Take the head of the tripod - make sure it attaches with a screw – it can’t be a cheap clip on.
Drill a hole in one side of the clamp to fit the screw - I needed a couple of washers to snug it.
Where the camera mounts to the tripod head, remove any padding (rubber or cork) and cut off the exposed camera-mounting threads (I used a Dremil). This gives you a shallow cup. Next take the plastic clip and trim the base to fit in the cup. Remove any glue or adhesive tape from the clip first.
Attach the head to the clamp. Clamp it to something so the cup is up. That, or grow a third hand.
Dry fit the clip into the cup. The clip base is square - the place you have to stick it is round. Side cutters work since it’s plastic. Once it's snug, remove.
Mix some Epoxy and fill the cup about 1/2 fill. Press the clip into the Epoxy – smash it in there - and fill in any gaps (I used a small popsicle / mixing stick), and form a lip of Epoxy on the clip. You can’t use too much. Just don’t get sloppy or it looks bad.
Takes about 15 minutes to make. OK, so how do you turn on the laser? Slide the pointer until the push-button is under the clip - that presses it down and on.
This photo shows it on. You can see the push-button is just under the clip. OK, so why red and not green or blue, etc.? You can't see the light trail - only the dot. I tried a green. The photograph looked like I had a green glowing string tacked to the wall, leading back to the camera.
Arriva Cymru - Bangor Depot
Dennis Dart MPD 8.8M Plaxton Pointer 2 882 (Y42 TDA) Seen dropping off passenger in on Route 62
The William and Mary men’s basketball team led from start to finish and pushed its home-court winning streak to 14 games with a 77-58 victory over Elon on Wednesday night at Kaplan Arena. W&M shot 49 percent from the floor, knocked down ten 3-pointers and connected on 17-of-20 from the free throw line in outdistancing Elon. W&M remained in first place in the CAA at 10-3 in league and 16-8 overall, while Elon dropped to 11-15 on the year and 3-10 in CAA play.
Omar Prewitt led the Tribe, scoring 18 of his game-high 19 points in the first half to go with seven rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots. Sean Sheldon picked up his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Marcus Thornton finished with 17 points and three assists.
The Tribe jumped out to an early advantage thanks in large part to the play of Prewitt and Sheldon. They combined for 24 of the Tribe’s opening 28 points as the Green and Gold opened up a double-digit advantage. W&M scored 11 of game’s first 13 points as four straight from Sheldon, including a pair of free throws, gave W&M the nine-point cushion.
Five straight from Elon closed the gap to 11-7 at the 13:51 mark, but W&M responded with and 8-2 run, including six from Prewitt. His 3-pointer from the left side extended the Tribe lead to 19-9. The Tribe lead remained in double digits, jumping to 30-15 on a Thornton setback jumper with four and a half minutes left in the half. The margin was 11 points following an Elijah Bryant jumper at the 3:20 mark, before the home team ripped off a 12-2 run to push its advantage over 20.
Connor Burchfield provided W&M with a huge lift off the bench, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers. A steal and fast break bucket from Thornton gave W&M a 17-point advantage and forced an Elon timeout. The Green and Gold run continued on a tough finish inside from Sheldon and a pair of Prewitt free throws, extending the lead to 42-21 with a minute left in the first half. W&M led by 19 at the intermission after shooting 51.7 percent (15-of-29), while limiting Elon to 36 percent (9-of-25) in the opening 20 minutes.
The visiting Phoenix scored eight of first 11 in the second half to draw within 14 points. Hamilton scored six straight points for Elon, including a steal and fast break lay-up to close the visitors to within 45-31 with 16:45 left.
After failing to hit a 3-pointer in the opening 20 minutes, Thornton knocked down back-to-back triples, including one of the step-back variety, to push the lead back to 18, 51-33, and the Phoenix never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way. His fast break lay-up off a Sheldon defensive rebound and look-ahead pass gave W&M a 60-40 lead with just under eight minutes remaining.
The cushion reached as many as 23 on a pair of occasions, including on Thornton’s third 3-pointer of the second half with 2:50 to play. From there, both teams emptied the bench and W&M picked up a 77-58 win, its 16th of the season. The 16 wins rank 10th in program history.
In a stark contrast from the earlier meeting this season, W&M limited Elon to just 3-of-22 (13.6 percent) from 3-point range, including only 1-of-14 from its top two scorers in Bryant and Tanner Samson. The Phoenix duo was 12-of-22 from long range and combined for 45 points in their home win over the Tribe in January. Elon finished the game shooting 40.3 percent (25-of-62) from the floor. Bryant led Elon with 15 points and 10 rebounds, but was just 5-of-15 from the field and 1-of-4 from 3-point range. Samson, who had 20 in the first meeting, finished with just two points and was 0-of-10 from 3-point range. Hamilton added 13 points, while Christian Hairston tallied 10 off the bench.
Playing without the services of guard Daniel Dixon, who was out due to injury, the Tribe received a number of contributions, especially from its freshman class. Rookie Oliver Tot garnered his first career start, finishing with three rebounds and two assists in a strong floor game. Greg Malinowski added six points, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers, to go along with two assists and fellow classmate Burchfield poured in six points on two 3-pointers. Tom Schalk added six points, four rebounds and a career-high three blocked shots off the bench.
W&M shot 49 percent (25-of-51) on the night, including a 10-of-24 (41.7 percent) effort from 3-point range. The Green and Gold continued its strong free throw shooting, connecting on 85 percent (17-of-20) from the charity stripe. The Tribe out rebounded Elon, 36-30, and dished out 14 assists on its 25 made field goals.
Red Weasel Media was sitting on the baseline to capture all of the high flying action.
Whoever inherits First's Wigan operation is going to have to spend some serious money to upgrade the fleet. Quite a number of these Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Darts are allocated at that location and this one is fast approaching it's fifteenth birthday!
I don't suppose we'll see any in the new livery either.
Capturing Fast Action with the new A7RIII
The A7RIII is no slouch when it comes to capturing 42 megapixel Action.
The A7RIII, however, feels more like the A6500 than an A9 when tracking action in that there is blackout when using the Hi in Continuous Shooting mode. The 'Hi' option allows live view panning at 8 frames per second. If you are not panning you can switch to 'Hi+' and enjoy 10 frames per second while recording 14 Bit full-frame Raw with 15 stops of dynamic range
Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 T342PNV was new to Bus Eireann, Dublin as 99-D-80588, and came to Stagecoach from Cavendish Motor Services, Bexhill in January 2009.