I have a weakness for buying laser cut acrylic pendants whenever I see them, especially anchors. I think they look a little sweeter and girlier in this (acrylic cutout) medium than in the rough and tough metal form that anchor pendants are usually available in (trust me, there's definitely a place in my heart and in jewelry for those too). The bows and matching crystals really top it off for me. This sweet pair is currently available in my Etsy shop at www.actionjackson.etsy.com. :)

Jagdpancer Hetzer, outskirts of Budapest.

The main weakness of the Hungarian-German defense was its low density. Especially human forces and tanks were lacking, and there were hardly any reserves available. However, the Soviet offensive launched on 20th December could advance only slowly moreover, it got stuck in some places. Defenders managed to utilize the gap between the attacking forces, which was there due to the location of Lake Velencei, and well-prepared counter-attacks were launched. Already on the second day Soviets had to put in combat all their three rapid forces groups (two mechanized and one tank corps) in order to increase the speed of advance. However, the lines of defense got broken on 24th December. Thereafter parts of the Hungarian-German forces were pushed towards Budapest, while other units tried to halt the outer ring of the 4thSoviet Army. To the end of the month encirclement of Budapest from the west was completed, and the 4th Army established its outer ring.

Keswick probe for a weakness in the Oldham defence in rugby union's North Lancs/Cumbria league. The Lakelanders won 17-0 a fourth-versus-sixth promotion battle at Davidson Park to climb to second, four points behind Salford-based leaders De La Salle. Any of the top six in an astonishingly tight league could still finish top.

Match statistics:

Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 125. Scoring sequence: 7-0 (5mins); 10-0 (29mins); 17-0 (77mins).

"Compassion is not weakness and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism" — Hubert Humphrey

I.

I have.

I have a.

I have a weakness.

I have a weakness for.

I have a weakness for black.

I have a weakness for black and.

I have a weakness for black and white.

I have a weakness for black and white photos.

Most people don't know that I have been collecting baby stuff for about 3 years. I have always been a collector, and I have known that when we decide to have kids, I want the baby room to be puppies and dogs. This last fall when we remodeled, we knew that the spare bedroom would be used for a baby room next... so we chose colors and painted it like a nursery. Now I have a place for my "baby stuff" collections. I have to admit that I have the entire Pottery Barn "Blue Dog" Crib set and lots of accessories that I got on eBay for less than $200, which if you know pottery barn, you know that's a total steal.... and we have an Eddie Bauer Pack and Play in the attic that I got for $50 at our neighbor's auction, and we got much more at the auction, like the bassinet for $30 and an excersaucer for $8, and about 25 Avent Naturally Bottles for $5.00, that were like brand new. All the drawers in the baby room are filled with 0-3 month clothes, shoes, blankets, bibs, and onesies that I have collected over the past 3 years. I figure it's cheaper than having to buy it all at once, and it has helped us to not have kids before we are ready, because I don't "want" baby stuff... I already have it! Plus I get lots of great deals and find lots of matching stuff because I have had time to look for what I want... So our spare bedroom looks like a baby lives there!

Mirit Ben Nun: Shortness of breath

'Shortness of breath' is not only a sign of physical weakness, it is a metaphor for a mental state of strong desire that knows no repletion; more and more, an unbearable glut, without repose. Mirit Ben Nun's type of work on the other hand requires an abundance of patience. This is a Sisyphean work (requiring hard labor) of marking lines and dots, filling every empty millimeter with brilliant blots. Therefore we are facing a paradox or a logical conflict. A patient and effortful work that stems from an urgent need to cover and fill, to adorn and coat. Her craft of layering reaches a state of a continuous ceremonial ritual.

This ritual digests every object into itself - useful or discarded -- available and ordinary or rare and exceptional -- they submit and devote to the overlay work. Mirit BN gathers scrap off the streets -- cardboard rolls of fabric, assortments of wooden boards and pieces, plates and planks -- and constructs a new link, her own syntax, which she alone is fully responsible for. The new combination -- a type of a sculptural construction -- goes through a process of patching by the act of painting.

In fact Mirit regards her three dimensional objects as a platform for painting, with a uniform continuity, even if it has obstacles, mounds and valleys. These objects beg her to paint, to lay down colors, to set in motion an intricate weave of abstract patterns that at times finds itself wandering the contours of human images and sometimes -- not. In those cases what is left is the monotonous activity of running the patterns, inch by inch, till their absolute coverage, till a short and passing instant of respite and than on again to a new onset.

Next to this assembly of garbage and it's recycling into 'painted sculptures' Mirit offers a surprising reunion between her illustrated objects and so called cheap African sculpture; popular artifacts or articles that are classified in the standard culture as 'primitive'.

This combination emphasizes the difference between her individualistic performance and the collective creation which is translated into cultural clichés. The wood carved image creates a moment of peace within the crowded bustle; an introverted image, without repetitiveness and reverberation. This meeting of strangers testifies that Mirit' work could not be labeled under the ´outsiders art´ category. She is a one woman school who is compelled to do the art work she picked out to perform. Therefore she isn't creating ´an image´ such as the carved wooden statues, but she produces breathless ´emotional jam' whose highest values are color, motion, beauty and plenitude. May it never lack, neither diluted, nor dull for even an instant

Tali Tamir

August 2010

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The book contains a detailed explanation and analysis of the 5th-century BC Chinese military, from weapons, environmental conditions, and strategy to rank and discipline. Sun also stressed the importance of intelligence operatives and espionage to the war effort. Considered one of history's finest military tacticians and analysts, his teachings and strategies formed the basis of advanced military training for millennia to come.

The book was translated into French and published in 1772 (re-published in 1782) by the French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot. A partial translation into English was attempted by British officer Everard Ferguson Calthrop in 1905 under the title The Book of War. The first annotated English translation was completed and published by Lionel Giles in 1910. Military and political leaders such as the Chinese communist revolutionary Mao Zedong, Japanese daimyō Takeda Shingen, Vietnamese general Võ Nguyên Giáp, and American military generals Douglas MacArthur and Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. are all cited as having drawn inspiration from the book.

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* when you try to learn it on your own it sinks into your brain

* You can focus on your own individual weakness

* Correct and learn from your own mistakes

Relationship

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* Independence

* Gains knowledge

* Proactive

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Queensbury probe for a weakness in the opposition defence during a 26-22 win at Allerton Bywater in the First Division of amateur rugby league's Yorkshire League. Two early tries at Ninevah Lane put Bury 10-0 up but the hosts hit back with great determination to lead by two points at half-time then claimed a 22-14 advantage after an hour. Divisional leaders Queensbury clinched victory - and maintained a 100 per cent start to the 2018 season from seven games - with two tries in three minutes during the closing stages. After a double dismissal for an exchange of punches, both teams played all but 27 minutes with 12 players.

Match statistics:

Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 45. Scoring sequence: 0-4 (12mins); 0-10 (22mins); 6-10 (30mins); 12-10 (38mins); 16-10 (43mins); 16-14 (49mins); 22-14 (60mins); 22-20 (68mins); 22-26 (71mins).

Cleator probe for a weakness in the Carlisle batting at the J.D. Campbell Memorial Ground during a Higson Cup quarter-final between Cumbria League Premier Division rivals.

The visitors, playing on what they see as a 'bogey' ground, followed up an emphatic league win at Cleator two days previously by routing the same opposition, this time by 113 runs.

Ben Davidson (75) and skipper Michael Slack (35) gave Carlisle a great start by putting on 97 for the first wicket. Marc Brown (32) kept up the good work before the city team collapsed from 176-3 to 189-7. Pacer David Blackwell took 3-31 for a Cleator side who had local lad Graham Clark, the Durham player, standing in as sub pro.

The speedy Slack set the tone for the home team’s innings by striking with the first ball. He removed the first four batters to post figures of 4-16. The previous day, the in-form Slack had taken 7-22 at Didsbury as Cumbria beat Cheshire by five wickets in a Minor Counties one-dayer.

Graham Clark failed with the bat but brother Darren (22) top-scored. Jonathan Davidson eventually outdid Slack by taking 5-20.

Carlisle were forced to field with 10 players for three-quarters of the Cleator innings. A slip fielder tore finger webbing in dropping a sharp chance off Slack. He left the field, in obvious discomfort, but watched the denouement before leaving for hospital - his mum driving! - and an appointment with stitches.

Match statistics

Cleator versus Carlisle

Cumbria League, Higson Cup, Quarter-Final (45 overs, 1pm start)

Admission: free. Programme: none. Attendance: 145. Carlisle won the toss and elected to bat. Carlisle 202-8 off 45 overs (Ben Davidson 75, Michael Slack 35, Marc Brown 32, David Blackwell 3-31) beat by 113 runs Cleator 89 off 26.1 overs (Darren Clark 22, Jonathan Davidson 5-20, Michael Slack 4-16). Umpires: Doug Beebe and Albert D'Leny.

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I actually have this unexplainable weakness for all things Kirby. There's just something so pure and innocent about his design, and truthfully, unless you screw it up royally, it's pretty hard to get a bad Character Good of the guy.

A few years back, the Nendoroid line introduced Kirby into it's lineup. There's been several releases in the line, including at least 3 different Kirby, a special Kirby with his Robobattle suit, a Waddle Dee, a Metaknight, and a King Dedede.

I've got maybe half of these, with the Robobattle set being the highlight.

So for the 30th Anniversary of the franchise, there was a special Nendoroid release of the base Kirtby with a special base, and different faces/accessories. Technically the Star Wand has made an appearance in the first set, but this one is coated with glitter, so there!

Like pretty much all other Nendoroids, Kirby requires his base to stand and pose. What makes this line of Nendoroids unique is that the body is basically one giant metal shell, and the limbs are magnets. So basically you can pose the arms and feet anywhere you want on the body. Like with the Windwaker Link, it was like the Nendoroid line was created just so a product like this could exist.. everything just works out so well.

Of the new expressions, it's hard to pick an absolute favourite, though it is nice admittedly nice to finally get a classic Kirby face into the mix. But in terms of sheer comedic value, you gotta give it to the the surprised face. It's really odd that this Kirby dfidn't come with an inhaling face, but I guess if they did that they wouldn't have included the dizzy face, or they'd have had to increase the price. Understandable, but unfortunate you'd have to own the first release to get that face when this is a special anniversary set.

Pentax DA 35mm f2.4

My new favorite toy. Totally unnecessary. Completely satisfying.

i lost both hands in the accident

i said *i don't know if i want to keep on living*

but you said you'd stay here if i did

so the doctors gave me new hands

they're both strong, they sure can grip

but there is no real sensation in synthetic fingertips

now i only want to touch you one more time

feel your fingers laced in mine

but i have no feeling left in my bionic hands

i look down unsure at my new hands

i said *i don't know if i'll ever learn to use these*

but you said you'd hold them if i did

so the doctors gave me rehab, new methods, new technique

but there is no help or training for the weakness in my knees

now i only want to touch you one more time

feel your fingers laced in mine

but i have no feeling left in my bionic hands

i wore black gloves all year round

until you said you'd like to help

and you gave me colored mittens that you knitted by yourself

i would swim across a shark infested sea

to feel my hand upon your knee

but i have no feeling left in these bionic hands

~bionic hands (sprites)

I have to admit, this weakness is purely sexual.

Bradford Dudley Hill probe for a weakness in the Dewsbury Celtic defensive line during a Second Division fixture in amateur rugby league's National Conference League. Celtic won 26-10 at Crow Nest Park to maintain a 100 per cent start, from two games, to what is almost certain to be a Coronavirus-wrecked 2020 season.

This scrappy, ill-tempered, fussily refereed encounter was an uninspiring way to bow out before sporting bans bite across the UK. It featured, in the first half, two red cards and three yellows. Celtic led 16-0 after 18 minutes. Hill's two tries came in stoppage time at the end of each half.

Match statistics

Dewsbury Celtic versus Bradford Dudley Hill @ Crow Nest Park (tier six, 2.30pm kick-off)

Admission: free. Programme: £2 (16 pages). Attendance: 185. Dewsbury Celtic 26 Bradford Dudley Hill 10 (HT 16-6). Scoring sequence: 6-0 (4mins); 10-0 (12mins); 16-0 (18mins); 16-6 (40+1mins); 22-6 (45mins); 26-6 (76mins); 26-10 (80+2mins).

DAMN I LOVE NACHOS!

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My FW girls make me happy.

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I do not smoke. I just wanted to experiment and play with the expression.

In my case, this is the flawless Cinderella. Since childhood, i loved her, she taught me patience, faith in the best and hope for a good ending. It hurts me to hear that Cinderella is outdated, that she cannot teach the present new children something, which is why Disney made a remake. It is sad to see that Cinderella is blamed for weakness, as if she herself could change her life. According to current trends, Merida, Moana and Elsa, who do not need princes for their fairy tales, are popular. I think that we must first believe in a fairy tale, and then do everything to make the dream come true.

I have a cassette with the recording of Cinderella translated by Alexei Mikhailovich. I also have a book from my childhood, but unfortunately I could not find it for a photo. As a result, I have a lot of magazines with the release of 2007-2009, games for the PC. She will be always my role model.

Shine Tarot # 15 / 22

The Devil

When appearing upright, this card stands for = Ravage, violence, drunkenness, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, force, fatality; that which is predestined but is not necessarily evil.

When appearing reversed = Evil fatality, weakness, pettiness, blindness.

I'm working on updating my teaching portfolio this year to demonstrate that I have met the Iowa Teaching Standards & Criteria. This is something we have to do once every three years in my district. This photo will serve as one of the artifacts for my digital portfolio which I will be adding to my website.

FIRE BAD!!!!

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Confess a Weakness Saturday: "I wear my heart on my sleeve" | Week 3

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I admit, i do wear my heart on my sleeve. With Willi, things are amaaaaazing. It's been a great month and i'm looking forward to many more :)))

Saturday April 18th

Sony RX1 User Report.

I hesitate to write about gear. Tools are tools and the bitter truth is that a great craftsman rises above his tools to create a masterpiece whereas most of us try to improve our abominations by buying better or faster hammers to hit the same nails at the same awkward angles.

The internet is fairly flooded with reviews of this tiny marvel, and it isn’t my intention to compete with those articles. If you’re looking for a full-scale review of every feature or a down-to-Earth accounting of the RX1’s strengths and weaknesses, I recommend starting here.

Instead, I’d like to provide you with a flavor of how I’ve used the camera over the last six months. In short, this is a user report. To save yourself a few thousand words: I love the thing. As we go through this article, you’ll see this is a purpose built camera. The RX1 is not for everyone, but we will get to that and on the way, I’ll share a handful of images that I made with the camera.

It should be obvious to anyone reading this that I write this independently and have absolutely no relationship with Sony (other than having exchanged a large pile of cash for this camera at a retail outlet).

Before we get to anything else, I want to clear the air about two things: Price and Features

The Price

First things first: the price. The $2800+ cost of this camera is the elephant in the room and, given I purchased the thing, you may consider me a poor critic. That in mind, I want to offer you three thoughts:

Consumer goods cost what they cost, in the absence of a competitor (the Fuji X100s being the only one worth mention) there is no comparison and you simply have to decide for yourself if you are willing to pay or not.

Normalize the price per sensor area for all 35mm f/2 lens and camera alternatives and you’ll find the RX1 is an amazing value.

You are paying for the ability to take photographs, plain and simple. Ask yourself, “what are these photographs worth to me?”

In my case, #3 is very important. I have used the RX1 to take hundreds of photographs of my family that are immensely important to me. Moreover, I have made photographs (many appearing on this page) that are moving or beautiful and only happened because I had the RX1 in my bag or my pocket. Yes, of course I could have made these or very similar photographs with another camera, but that is immaterial.

35mm by 24mm by 35mm f/2

The killer feature of this camera is simple: it is a wafer of silicon 35mm by 24mm paired to a brilliantly, ridiculously, undeniably sharp, contrasty and bokehlicious 35mm f/2 Carl Zeiss lens. Image quality is king here and all other things take a back seat. This means the following: image quality is as good or better than your DSLR, but battery life, focus speed, and responsiveness are likely not as good as your DSLR. I say likely because, if you have an entry-level DSLR, the RX1 is comparable on these dimensions. If you want to change lenses, if you want an integrated viewfinder, if you want blindingly fast phase-detect autofocus then shoot with a DSLR. If you want the absolute best image quality in the smallest size possible, you’ve got it in the RX1.

While we are on the subject of interchangeable lenses and viewfinders...

I have an interchangeable lens DSLR and I love the thing. It’s basically a medium format camera in a 35mm camera body. It’s a powerhouse and it is the first camera I reach for when the goal is photography. For a long time, however, I’ve found myself in situations where photography was not the first goal, but where I nevertheless wanted to have a camera. I’m around the table with friends or at the park with my son and the DSLR is too big, too bulky, too intimidating. It comes between you and life. In this realm, mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras seem to be king, but they have a major flaw: they are, for all intents and purposes, just little DSLRs.

As I mentioned above, I have an interchangeable lens system, why would I want another, smaller one? Clearly, I am not alone in feeling this way, as the market has produced a number of what I would call “professional point and shoots.” Here we are talking about the Fuji X100/X100s, Sigma DPm-series and the RX100 and RX1.

Design is about making choices

When the Fuji X100 came out, I was intrigued. Here was a cheap(er), baby Leica M. Quiet, small, unobtrusive. Had I waited to buy until the X100s had come out, perhaps this would be a different report. Perhaps, but probably not. I remember thinking to myself as I was looking at the X100, “I wish there was a digital Rollei 35, something with a fixed 28mm or 35mm lens that would fit in a coat pocket or a small bag.” Now of course, there is.

So, for those of you who said, “I would buy the RX1 if it had interchangeable lenses or an integrated viewfinder or faster autofocus,” I say the following: This is a purpose built camera. You would not want it as an interchangeable system, it can’t compete with DSLR speed. A viewfinder would make the thing bigger and ruin the magic ratio of body to sensor size—further, there is a 3-inch LCD viewfinder on the back! Autofocus is super fast, you just don’t realize it because the bar has been raised impossibly high by ultra-sonic magnet focusing rings on professional DSLR lenses. There’s a fantastic balance at work here between image quality and size—great tools are about the total experience, not about one or the other specification.

In short, design is about making choices. I think Sony has made some good ones with the RX1.

In use

So I’ve just written 1,000 words of a user report without, you know, reporting on use. In many ways the images on the page are my user report. These photographs, more than my words, should give you a flavor of what the RX1 is about. But, for the sake of variety, I intend to tell you a bit about the how and the why of shooting with the RX1.

Snapshots

As a beginning enthusiast, I often sneered at the idea of a snapshot. As I’ve matured, I’ve come to appreciate what a pocket camera and a snapshot can offer. The RX1 is the ultimate photographer’s snapshot camera.

I’ll pause here to properly define snapshot as a photograph taken quickly with a handheld camera.

To quote Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” So it is with photography. Beautiful photographs happen at the decisive moment—and to paraphrase Henri Cartier-Bresson further—the world is newly made and falling to pieces every instant. I think it is no coincidence that each revolution in the steady march of photography from the tortuously slow chemistry of tin-type and daguerreotype through 120 and 35mm formats to the hyper-sensitive CMOS of today has engendered new categories and concepts of photography.

Photography is a reflexive, reactionary activity. I see beautiful light or the unusual in an every day event and my reaction is a desire to make a photograph. It’s a bit like breathing and has been since I was a kid.

Rather than sneer at snapshots, nowadays I seek them out; and when I seek them out, I do so with the Sony RX1 in my hand.

How I shoot with the RX1

Despite much bluster from commenters on other reviews as to the price point and the purpose-built nature of this camera (see above), the RX1 is incredibly flexible. Have a peek at some of the linked reviews and you’ll see handheld portraits, long exposures, images taken with off-camera flash, etc.

Yet, I mentioned earlier that I reach for the D800 when photography is the primary goal and so the RX1 has become for me a handheld camera—something I use almost exclusively at f/2 (people, objects, shallow DoF) or f/8 (landscapes in abundant light, abstracts). The Auto-ISO setting allows the camera to choose in the range from ISO 50 and 6400 to reach a proper exposure at a given aperture with a 1/80 s shutter speed. I have found this shutter speed ensures a sharp image every time (although photographers with more jittery grips may wish there was the ability to select a different default shutter speed). This strategy works because the RX1 has a delightfully clicky exposure compensation dial just under your right thumb—allowing for fine adjustment to the camera’s metering decision.

So then, if you find me out with the RX1, you’re likely to see me on aperture priority, f/2 and auto ISO. Indeed, many of the photographs on this page were taken in that mode (including lots of the landscape shots!).

Working within constraints.

The RX1 is a wonderful camera to have when you have to work within constraints. When I say this, I mean it is great for photography within two different classes of constraints: 1) physical constraints of time and space and 2) intellectual/artistic constraints.

To speak to the first, as I said earlier, many of the photographs on this page were made possible by having a camera with me at a time that I otherwise would not have been lugging around a camera. For example, some of the images from the Grand Canyon you see were made in a pinch on my way to a Christmas dinner with my family. I didn’t have the larger camera with me and I just had a minute to make the image. Truth be told, these images could have been made with my cell phone, but that I could wring such great image quality out of something not much larger than my cell phone is just gravy. Be it jacket pocket, small bag, bike bag, saddle bag, even fannie pack—you have space for this camera anywhere you go.

Earlier I alluded to the obtrusiveness of a large camera. If you want to travel lightly and make photographs without announcing your presence, it’s easier to use a smaller camera. Here the RX1 excels. Moreover, the camera’s leaf shutter is virtually silent, so you can snap away without announcing your intention. In every sense, this camera is meant to work within physical constraints.

I cut my photographic teeth on film and I will always have an affection for it. There is a sense that one is playing within the rules when he uses film. That same feeling is here in the RX1. I never thought I’d say this about a camera, but I often like the JPEG images this thing produces more than I like what I can push with a RAW. Don’t get me wrong, for a landscape or a cityscape, the RAW processed carefully is FAR, FAR better than a JPEG.

But when I am taking snapshots or photos of friends and family, I find the JPEGs the camera produces (I’m shooting in RAW + JPEG) so beautiful. The camera’s computer corrects for the lens distortion and provides the perfect balance of contrast and saturation. The JPEG engine can be further tweaked to increase the amount of contrast, saturation or dynamic range optimization (shadow boost) used in writing those files. Add in the ability to rapidly compensate exposure or activate various creative modes and you’ve got this feeling you’re shooting film again. Instant, ultra-sensitive and customizable film.

Pro Tip: Focusing

Almost all cameras come shipped with what I consider to be the worst of the worst focus configurations. Even the Nikon D800 came to my hands set to focus when the shutter button was halfway depressed. This mode will ruin almost any photograph. Why? Because it requires you to perform legerdemain to place the autofocus point, depress the shutter halfway, recompose and press the shutter fully. In addition to the chance of accidentally refocusing after composing or missing the shot—this method absolutely ensures that one must focus before every single photograph. Absolutely impossible for action or portraiture.

Sensibly, most professional or prosumer cameras come with an AF-ON button near where the shooter’s right thumb rests. This separates the task of focusing and exposing, allowing the photographer to quickly focus and to capture the image even if focus is slightly off at the focus point. For portraits, kids, action, etc the camera has to have a hair-trigger. It has to be responsive. Manufacturer’s: stop shipping your cameras with this ham-fisted autofocus arrangement.

Now, the RX1 does not have an AF-ON button, but it does have an AEL button whose function can be changed to “MF/AF Control Hold” in the menu. Further, other buttons on the rear of the camera can also be programmed to toggle between AF and MF modes. What this all means is that you can work around the RX1’s buttons to make it’s focus work like a DSLR’s. (For those of you who are RX1 shooters, set the front switch to MF, the right control wheel button to MF/AF Toggle and the AEL button to MF/AF Control Hold and voila!) The end result is that, when powered on the camera is in manual focus mode, but the autofocus can be activated by pressing AEL, no matter what, however, the shutter is tripped by the shutter release. Want to switch to AF mode? Just push a button and you’re back to the standard modality.

Carrying.

I keep mine in a small, neoprene pouch with a semi-hard LCD cover and a circular polarizing filter on the front—perfect for buttoning up and throwing into a bag on my way out of the house. I have a soft release screwed into the threaded shutter release and a custom, red twill strap to replace the horrible plastic strap Sony provided. I plan to gaffer tape the top and the orange ring around the lens. Who knows, I may find an old Voigtlander optical viewfinder in future as well.

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if pain is Weakness leaving the body,

then sweat is its tears.

for the 3rd week straight, (weekends included) i have been

cramming my 25 minute daily workouts in.

3 days in particular i have already been so tired from lifting and carrying heavy things at work ,but i kept telling myself, if i dont do it today,i have to double up the next day.

that scares me into doing it every day.

this hurts reaaaalll good.

next week i will breakdown my routine, for those that are curious.

View On Black XXL image!!!

eye n.

1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.

2.The faculty of seeing; vision.

3. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments

4. Something suggestive of the vertebrate organ of vision, especially:

a. An opening in a needle.

b. The aperture of a camera.

c. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.

I am really not in the mood to try and get clever with this one and have you all trying to figure out what my spot is here. It is a few things pertaining to the eye. First..I am hugely attracted to a man/person who can see color in an otherwise black and white world! That is HUGE! Someone who can make the best of bad situations..see beauty in things that others wouldn't notice..someone who is crazy in their own right..enjoying themselves and not worrying about what the rest of the world may think of them...someone who thinks that I am beautiful because of all of my craziness and can view the world and life as an adventure knowing the importance of 'you only go around once'.

The second part of 'my spot' here is my total weakness..my kryptonite if you will..and that is for a gorgeous pair of eyes..preferably green!! The eyes are all-telling to me..so if you are looking at me..I want to be able to know what you are thinking.....To be able to get someone and their intentions without the use of words..does it for me every time!

i just kind of liked this picture, even if my teeth are hideous. and please view it on black!

thanks to chris for taking it!

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Kans grass (Saccharum spontaneum) (Hindi: काँस kām̥s, Oriya: କାଶତଣ୍ଡି kāśataṇḍi) Assamese: কঁহুৱা, খাগৰী kahuwa, khagori is a grass native to the Indian Subcontinent. It is a perennial grass, growing up to three meters in height, with spreading rhizomatous roots.(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharum_spontaneum)

It grows as wasteland weed. It is considered as valuable medicinal herb in traditional systems of medicine in India. It is popular folk medicine.

According to Ayurveda, roots are sweet, astringent, emollient, refrigerant, diuretic, lithotriptic, purgative, tonic, aphrodisiac and useful in treatment of dyspepsia, burning sensation, piles, sexual weakness, gynecological troubles, respiratory troubles etc.

Other Uses

Planted to check soil-erosion.

Culm suitable for pulp to prepare different grades of papers.

Leaves are used for thatching.

Leaves are employed for cordage and broom.

Possess strong Allelochemicals and Allelopathic properties.

Used as material for sugarcane breeding.

Having religious importance.(www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/kans.html)

It heralds the onset of Autumn and the general festivities.

I have a weakness for remote desert towns without any obvious city planning. This is the city centre of Choir, shown in its entirety. It has 8000 inhabitants, so it's one of the most important stops on the Transmongolian Railway.

Also shown is the monument of Жүгдэрдэмидийн Гүррагчаа in the centre of this picture and the shadow of myself, taking this photo with my mobile phone from the platform of Choir train station.

Childhood indoctrination, weakness of will, self delusion, memes, the herd mentality, ignorance, thanatophobia.

Just some of the many and complex reasons why otherwise intelligent people, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence and common sense, live their whole lives dedicated to the fallacy of a specific religion.

Jesus wept. [John 11:35]

My weakness is milk… it's such a sweet and innocent little thing but because I'm lactose intolerant, I stay away from fresh milk as much as possible. I guess not drinking milk also means that I have weak bones??

Day 9:

It's really a sad, pathetic world we live in these days.

When did kindness become a weakness?

When did having compassion become a flaw?

When did having sympathy, being caring, or having a conscience all become faults?

These all used to be very good qualities to have. Not anymore.

Now you get used, exploited, taken advantage of, betrayed, stabbed in the back if you will.

It's sad that we now have to limit these qualities in order to protect ourselves.

When did we all become a little less human?

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Mirit Ben Nun: Shortness of breath

'Shortness of breath' is not only a sign of physical weakness, it is a metaphor for a mental state of strong desire that knows no repletion; more and more, an unbearable glut, without repose. Mirit Ben Nun's type of work on the other hand requires an abundance of patience. This is a Sisyphean work (requiring hard labor) of marking lines and dots, filling every empty millimeter with brilliant blots. Therefore we are facing a paradox or a logical conflict. A patient and effortful work that stems from an urgent need to cover and fill, to adorn and coat. Her craft of layering reaches a state of a continuous ceremonial ritual.

This ritual digests every object into itself - useful or discarded -- available and ordinary or rare and exceptional -- they submit and devote to the overlay work. Mirit BN gathers scrap off the streets -- cardboard rolls of fabric, assortments of wooden boards and pieces, plates and planks -- and constructs a new link, her own syntax, which she alone is fully responsible for. The new combination -- a type of a sculptural construction -- goes through a process of patching by the act of painting.

In fact Mirit regards her three dimensional objects as a platform for painting, with a uniform continuity, even if it has obstacles, mounds and valleys. These objects beg her to paint, to lay down colors, to set in motion an intricate weave of abstract patterns that at times finds itself wandering the contours of human images and sometimes -- not. In those cases what is left is the monotonous activity of running the patterns, inch by inch, till their absolute coverage, till a short and passing instant of respite and than on again to a new onset.

Next to this assembly of garbage and it's recycling into 'painted sculptures' Mirit offers a surprising reunion between her illustrated objects and so called cheap African sculpture; popular artifacts or articles that are classified in the standard culture as 'primitive'.

This combination emphasizes the difference between her individualistic performance and the collective creation which is translated into cultural clichés. The wood carved image creates a moment of peace within the crowded bustle; an introverted image, without repetitiveness and reverberation. This meeting of strangers testifies that Mirit' work could not be labeled under the ´outsiders art´ category. She is a one woman school who is compelled to do the art work she picked out to perform. Therefore she isn't creating ´an image´ such as the carved wooden statues, but she produces breathless ´emotional jam' whose highest values are color, motion, beauty and plenitude. May it never lack, neither diluted, nor dull for even an instant

Tali Tamir

August 2010

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Speckles. She was fine on Sunday morning but I found her looking downcast late Sunday afternoon. She was unable to walk. Her left leg looks paralysed and her right leg is weak. I could see no obvious evidence of injury.

I brought her in for warmth and security. She seemed extremely thirsty, but was not interested in food. I have since read of cases where chickens suddenly develop weakness of legs but recover spontaneously, so I hope she may be better soon. She is certainly looking much perkier and eating and drinking.

Some brilliant (haha) lines I found while reading my journal.

A hug for pretty pointless nothing.

Eyebrows! I can't believe that's my weakness.

We are an island of hope and stability in a sea of insanity. Which is kinda weird since we're crazy. But we're crazy just for fun.

The first six lines of this poem popped into my head while I was making toast.

Well I haven't told you the date for a while so you should know that... I actually don't know what it is.

Dude, they could so call Hawaii the Sexy Back Islands.

Last night I was being so obnoxious alone in my room. I was annoying myself. That's a weird feeling.

The truck is difficult, so when I say I drove the truck you have to be alot more impressed.

Maybe we should get dinosaur suits. That would be really cool. We could scare people.

The ropes looked like the poles on Merry-Go-Rounds and I thought how crazy it would be to have a carousel with the 12 apostles on it.

Ok random thought of the day! *clears throat then realizes that was pointless because she's WRITING*

NASA+Alabama= Rednecks in space.

You're right, you never know what you're gonna get from me. *Forrest Gump voice* I'm like a booox o' choc-o-lates. -.- Example Number 1...

Is silly string biodegradable? What happens to it when it dies?

She pulls out a nature valley granola-ey thing. I'm looking at it, identifying things I've seen on the forrest floor. And I'm like, "It's ALL fiber! It's the compacted make-you-crap-block."

So i had a brilliant, if not severely delayed idea today.

I'm sending you all my love plus a studmuffin.

It takes effort, drive and focus to be as retarded as I am, it doesn't just happen. No I'm lying, it totally just happens.

I hope the flamable vapors ascend up your nostrils and ignite your bright Ideas.

That will be a marvelous misadventure since I only have partial control over my nose and it's mucus expulsion needs. How many un-normal words did I just use in that sentence?

If I happen to fall in vat of toxic waste, I'll become a super villain the likes of which no super hero has ever seen. I'd be like, a giant pink cookie and my only weakness is a giant glass of milk.

Dad and Jim sneak into the confference room like ninjas in padded slippers, leaving their families to ponder their wherabouts for a moment.

I can't decide if that's a compliment or a racial slur.

** Ending here for the sake of your sanity. I'll put up more later.