#david mckeown

[u-friend-or-ufo]

Used Google Translate to, well translate but I don't think it's all accurate...

So... Ian's parents are David Bowie and I think that's Mick Jagger. Alan, Eric and maybe Leslie are gay for Ian, can't relate and Elton John is their teacher. Not sure who pat's parents are and they moved schools because the uniform is ugly??

[nerdygaymormon]

Queer Gospel Music

This past year I came across several songs that I enjoy listening to on Sundays. I created a playlist for myself for Sundays and thought I'd share with y'all.

Yet : Ashley Hess - Ashley Hess was a finalist on the 2019 season of American Idol. I heard her perform this song at the Gather Conference where she introduced it by saying, "The next song that I'm gonna play is a song that I wrote in my lowest time. But it's a song that's so special to me because it was the moment that I felt like I finally came out of hiding, and that the Lord not only saw me, but loved me and embraced me." I can relate so much to that. Plus, I don't hear many songs from the perspective of "I'm trying, so God please don't give up on me."

God Loves Me Too : Brian Falduto - Brian played the gay kid in the movie School of Rock, and catapulted the character into an LGBTQ icon when he delivered the line “You’re tacky and I hate you.” Now as an adult, Brian is back and singing that no one has to earn God’s love. Brian wrote the song after visiting a church that was welcoming and accepting of queer people. I look around and see I’ve found a place where peace and love abound. I’ve waited my whole life for the truth. It is true, God loves you. It don’t matter if you’re LGBTQ

My Little Prayer : David Archuleta - David wasn't out yet when he recorded this, but I imagine he really related to some of these lyrics, such as I'm beginning to understand that you (God) have a plan for me.

The Queer Gospel : Erin McKeown - I love these lyrics. There are those who think we're wicked. There are those who call us names: depraved, lost and sick, and would rather bathe us in shame. But we put the "sin" in sincere, we put the "do" in the doubt. God is perfectly clear. We are perfectly out. Love us as we are. See us and we're holy. In this shall we ever be wholly ourselves.

Good Day (feat. Derek Webb) : Flamy Grant - Matthew Blake was a worship leader for 22 years who has become a “shame-slaying, hip-swaying, singing-songwriting drag queen” named Flamy Grant (it's a play on the name of gospel singer Amy Grant). The lyrics talk of coming back to church after having left for feeling oppressed. They’ve come back to church because despite what some say, God’s love is expansive enough for everyone. God made me good in every way, so I raise my voice to celebrate a good day. 

Believe : GENTRI - The pianist for this group is gay. After coming out, he was having a hard time with faith and was angry at God, and he felt God gave him this song as part of his healing process. Believe there is an answer. And while you feel you're buried deep in a disaster, believe more hands are waiting, ready to lift you up and carry you back to safety. You're not alone, keep holding on. And believe.

Explaining Jesus : Jordy Searcy - In 2014, Jordan was a contestant on The Voice. He grew up active in a church and since being on the television show he has written several religious songs, including this one. Jordy discusses the shortcomings of churches, comparing the ways in which church members act and interact with each other, including how they treat the gay community and oppress women. If you're gay and over 85, you've felt for your whole life that when God made you, he just messed up. In the chorus he apologizes that this has been the experience, I'm sorry no one explained Jesus to you.

Satan's Tears : Kyler O'Neal - Did anyone ask how real you are? Has anyone said that you are loved, or that you’re the one they’re dreaming of? Those questions start this beautiful song by trans woman Kyler O’Neal. The song addresses a young gender non-conforming person unaccepted by their world, and the singer promises to wipe away Satan’s tears which were created by a cruel society

Same Love : Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert - Macklemore sings that his gay uncles should be allowed to marry, and speaks of how Christianity has hurt gay people. "God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten, but we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago. The song concludes with Mary Lambert singing I’m not crying on Sundays, which I think means not letting religious intolerance and churches harm us anymore

No Place in Heaven : MIKA - Mika is singing about how religion teaches there’s no place in heaven for gay people because the way we love is sinful. Father, won’t you forgive me for my sins? Father, if there’s a heaven let me in

God Is : The Outer Banks - I don't know that they had queer people in mind when they wrote the song, but the lyrics relate to the conflict between one’s queerness and relationship with God. God was never angry. God was not against me. God was never far away. God is not disappointed.

I Know it Hurts : Paul Cardall & Tyler Glenn - I just wanted to believe, but how am I supposed to believe this about me? And then we find each other, queer church members who can understand what we’re going through, who know the hurt. For most queer people, they leave church and go on a different path. They’re not lost, a faint light at the end is guiding their way, they’re finding another way back home.

Losing My Religion : R.E.M. - The song was interpreted as the struggle of a closeted gay man coming to terms with what his religion taught about gay people and is seen as an example of queer coding in the era of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Lead singer Michael Stipe had declined to address his sexuality, so when “Losing My Religion” came out, people assumed Stipe was coming out as gay. Consider this the hint of the century. Consider this the slip.

HIM : Sam Smith - This is a song about a boy in Mississippi coming out and the conflict between his sexuality and his religious upbringing. He is grappling with the feeling that there’s no place in church for him because he’s gay. Holy Father, we need to talk. I have a secret that I can’t keep. I’m not the boy that you thought you wanted. Please don’t get angry, have faith in me.

Pray : Sam Smith - You won’t see Sam in church, but they say they’re a child of God at heart and are begging God to show the way. I’m not a saint, I’m more of a sinner. I don’t wanna lose, but I fear for the winners

Faith : Semler -  This song reached No. 1 on the iTunes Christian music chart and is about growing up queer in a faith community and how the rejection by the church left them scarred. When my religion turned against me, they said my hopes and dreams were faulty. I showed these holes inside my hands, and they claimed they couldn’t see.” Even as they struggled with the church, Semler kept a relationship with Jesus and flourished far more than she did in any church building. But I don’t wanna get small to be in those rooms

Hey Jesus : Trey Pearson - Trey made headlines in 2016 when as the lead singer of the Christian rock band Everyday Sunday, he came out as gay. Three years later and Trey has a question: Hey Jesus can you hear me now? It's been awhile since I came out, I was wonderin' do you love me the same? As a person who struggles to reconcile faith with sexual orientation, I find this song quite moving.

Heaven : Troye Sivan feat. Betty Who - Troye sings about what it’s like for a religious teenager to come out as gay. Without losing a piece of me, how do I get to heaven? Without changing a part of me, how do I get to heaven? All my time is wasted, feeling like my heart’s mistaken, oh, so if I’m losing a piece of me, maybe I don’t want heaven? Troye explains “When I first started to realise that I might be gay, I had to ask myself all these questions—these really really terrifying questions. Am I ever going to find someone? Am I ever going to be able to have a family? If there is a God, does that God hate? If there is a heaven, am I ever going to make it to heaven?” The video features footage from LGBTQ+ protests throughout history.

Revelation : Troye Sivan and Jónsi -This song was written for the movie Boy Erased, which is about a young man being sent by his parents to a conversion therapy camp to try to change him to not be gay. The lyrics are about feeling liberated from the toxic teachings he learned at church about LGBTQ+ people. It’s a revelation. There’s no hell in what I’ve found, and no kingdom shout. How the tides are changing as you liberate me now and the walls come down. In other words, God doesn't condemn me for my queerness.

Orphans of God : Ty Herndon & Kristin Chenoweth feat. Paul Cardall - The message of the song is we are all loved by God, we are all thought about, we are all created equally and God loves us all the same.

Midnight : Tyler Glenn - The Neon Trees frontman gives an emotional song about his departure from the Mormon church but not from God. The ballad is accompanied by a video that shows Glenn removing his religious garments and replacing them with a glittery jacket, which is such a powerful metaphor.

[freddycarterus]

I am posting this for notes purposes, because we are going to be contacting many of these companies to pitch SIX Of Crows! ;)

The following companies are looking for new TV pitches for development & production.

Campaign - Production Companies

20th Century Fox Television

20th TV, Fox and MyNetworkTV

2C Media

3 BALL PRODUCTIONS

3 Ball Productions/Eyeworks USA

3 Ring Circus

360Production

40 Partners

720 PR

8790 Pictures,Inc.

ABC Cable Networks

ABC Entertainment

ABC Studios

Abrams Artists Agency

Adept Entertainment

Alan David Group

Alchemy Television

Alchemy Television Group

Alcon Entertainment

Allan McKeown Presents Ltd

Allan R. Smith Productions

Ambush Entertainment

American Media Television

Anne Carlucci Productions, Inc.

APA

Arclight Films

Arjay Entertainment Television

Artist International

Asylum Entertainment

AT IT Productions

Atlas Media Corp

Automatic Pictures

Avalon Television USA

Axelson-Weintraub Entertainment

Banner-Caswell Productions

BBC Worldwide

BCII

Beth Grossbard Productions

Big Cattle Productions

Big Hill Pictures

Boulevard Pictures

Boxing Cats Productions

Boz Productions

Brian Graden Media

Broken Lizard Industries

Buck Productions

Buck Productions Inc.

CAA

Cakehouse Media

Capestany Films

CartoonNetwork

Cataland Films

Cavelight Films

CBS

CBS Entertainment

CBS Films

CBS Interactive

CBS Paramount

CBS Paramount Network Television

CBS Studios International

CBS Television Distribution

CBS Television Studios

Central Artists

Champion Entertainment

Clear Pictures Entertainment

Codeblack Entertainment

Codeblack Films/Lionsgate

Collins Avenue

CoLours TV

cosmic pictures

Creative Chaos Inc.

Creative Convergence

DASH Networks

DatsEntertainment

De Line Pictures

Digital Alchemy Entertainment Inc.

Disney Channel

diverse talent group

Dragonfly Film and TV

E'lan Productions

Echelon Studios

Echo Lake Productions

Echo Production Company, Inc

Edmonds Entertainment

Edward Saxon Productions

Electric Entertainment

Elkins Entertainment

Ellman Entertainment

Enchanted Rock Pictures/MTS Entertainment

Endemol USA

Endgame Entertainment

Ensemble Entertainment

Entertainment Studios, Inc

Epic Level Entertainment

Epiphany Pictures

Espiritus Productions

Evatopia

Eventime Productions

Evolution Entertainment

Eyeworks Belgium NV

Fauci Productions, Inc.

Faultline Films ltd

Film 44

Film Garden Entertainment

Firehorse Pictures

Fireworks Enterprises

Fisher Entertainment Group

Forward Entertainment, llc

Fox Broadcasting

Fox Interactive Media

Fox International Channels

Fox Searchlight Pictures

FOX Sports

Fox Television Studios

Frontlot Productions

FX Network

Generate

Goliath

Grand Productions Inc

GRB Entertainment

Greene & Associates Talent Agency

Greenspan Kohan Mgt.

Handmade Films

Harper Winslow Productions

HBO

HDNet

Here Media

Homerun Entertainment

Honest Engine Films

Hope Enterprises, Inc.

Ideas Unlimited - TV (Denmark)

Idiomatic Entertainment

IKA Collective

Imbroglio Pictures Inc. / Scott & Cooper Entertainment Ventures

Innovative Artists

insomnia media group

Inspire Films and Television

International Creative Management

Intuitive Entertainment

IWV Media Group, Inc.

Jackamo Television Ltd

Jane Street Entertainment

Jeff Ross Entertainment

Jupiter Entertainment

Just SInger Entertainment

Kaplan-Stahler Agency

Ken Ehrlich Productions

Kickstart Productions, Inc.

Kingfish Productions

klasky csupo, inc.

KoldCast TV

Komixx Entertainment

Konigsberg Company

Kritzer Levine Wilkins Griffin Entertainment

Laika Entertainment

Legion Entertainment LLC

Lionsgate

Lionsgate Television

Little Dog Productions

LITTLE STUDIO FILMS

Litton TV

Lucky 8 TV

M Creative Group, Inc.

Madeline Films

Madhouse Entertainment

Madison Road Entertainment

Magical Elves

Magnet Management

Magnolia Entertainment

Mandeville Films Inc

Mandt Bros. Productions

Mango Tree Films

Manville Media

Mark Yellen Productions

Mashaal Media Corp.

Mass Hysteria Entertainment

Matrixx Prod.

Mayhem Pictures

Media 8 Entertainment

MGM

Michael Berk Productions

Michael Grais Prods.

Michael Levy Enterprises

Microsoft Corporation

Moniker Entertainment

Moxie Pictures

MPH Entertainment, Inc.

Mpower Pictures

Mt. Vernon Entertainment

myriad pictures

National Geographic Digital Media

National Lampoon/ Comedy Cocktail

NBC/Universal | Mun2

Neon Television

Network Entertainment Inc.

New Wave Entertainment

Noble Savages

Nu Image

Nu Image / Millennium Films

Nu Image/Millennium Films

Oceanside Entertainment

Ocular Production Inc.

One Entertainment

PalmStar Entertainment

Panic Productions, Inc.

Paradigm Agency

Paramount Digital Entertainment

Paramount Network

Paul Schiff Productions

Paulist Productions

Phoenix Pictures

Pie Town productions

Planet Grande Pictures

Planet Pictures

Playboy Entertainment Group

Plymouth Rock Entertainment, Inc.

Pogo Pictures

Popular Arts Entertainment

Porchlight Entertainment

Port Magee Pictures, Inc.

PorterGeller Entertainment

POW! Entertainment

preferred artists

Principal Entertainment

Principato Young

Principato-Young Entertainment

PrizmHead Pictures

Rain Management Group

Rainstorm Entertainment

RDF USA

RDS FILM

Red Baron Films

Reel Entertainment

Reid Media Group, Inc.

Revelations Entertainment

Reyes Entertainment

Right Brain Media

ROAR

Rob Gallagher Literary Management

ROBBINS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Rudolph Films Inc

S.L Entertainment

SB Productions Inc.

Scream Films (UK Based)

Shatner Universe

ShineReveille International

ShootersTV

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

Sigh Griffin Management

Slate of Eight Productions

Smash Media

Smoke and Mirrors Creative / Pandemonium Films

Solar Films Inc

Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures International TV

Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television International

Sony Pictures TV

Sony Television

SPEED Channel

Sports Branded Media

Starz

Starz Media

State Street Pictures

Station3

Storytime Films

Stowaway Films

Telecast productions

Tell Tale Productions

test

The Corsa Agency

THE GERLER AGENCY

The Gersh Agency

The Gersh Agency, L.A.

THE MAK COMPANY

The Sterling/Winters Production Studios

The Televisionaries

The Terminal

The Wolper Organization

The Wolper Organization / WBTV

Thousand Hills Productions

ThunderBall Films, LLC

Touchdown Television

Trevino Enterprises

Trilogy Entertainment Group

TV Guide Network

Twentieth Century Fox Television

Twentieth Television

Underground Films

Underground Films and Management

Union Entertainment

United Talent Agency

Universal Studios

UTA

Valencia Corp

Venture IAB

ViacomCBS

VPR Media

Walt Disney Company

Walt Disney Studios

Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production

Washington Square Films

Wayans Brothers Prod.

Weller/Grossman Productions

Wide Angle Productions Group, Inc.

Wildbrain Entertainment

William Morris Endeavor

Wolf Moon Films

Zero gravity

Zero Gravity Management

Zilo Networks Inc.,

Zucker Productions

[reviewsthatburn]

I made a chapter-by-chapter playlist for HELL FOLLOWED WITH US by Andrew Joseph White, a post-apocalyptic book about a trans boy turning into a biblically accurate angel.

White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes

Saints - Echoes

Demons - Isador

The Queer Gospel - Erin McKeown

White Lie - Lenii

Monster - Skillet

Bury Me Face Down - grandson

Fist Fight - Devora

Neon Ocean - DEVORA

it’s okay to be afraid - Saint Slumber

You’ve Created a Monster - Bohnes

Love You Anyway - Charlie Hanson

Angels Painted Red - Riots and Jetpacks

Frankenstein- Rina Sawayama

I Still Loved You - Ängie, Harrison First

Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

Man or a Monster - Sam Tinnesz, Zayde Wølf

Bad for You - MERLOT

Things We Lost in the Fire - Bastille

Scars - Boy Epic

Monster - Imagine Dragons

Piece of Me - Bullet for My Valentine

Seven Nation Army - 2CELLOS

Undercover - MILCK

This Hell - Rina Sawayama

sunday - Joy Oladokun

Burn It Down - Daughter

I Don’t Belong to You - MILCK

Wings of Despair - Kamelot

Losing My Religion - BELLSAINT

PRAY - David Blank, Andrea Di Giovanni

Fuck Your Labels - Charlie Hanson

There Will Be Blood - Kim Petras

Demons - Imagine Dragons

Massacre - Kim Petras

Shrike - Hozier

[sleepy-gardevoir]

book list 2023 📚

i read 21 books this year! i also read 21 books in 2022 LOL

as usual, my reading slowed down in the second half of the year (15/21 were done in the first six months...), so i'm going to work to avoid that in 2024. i think that part of the slow down was because i was reading larger books, but that definitely didn't account for all of it.

i'm going to aim for 24 read books in 2024! it's a nice number match AND it'll be two a month, which i think is totally achievable. i'm looking forward to it!

below is the list of books i read in 2023 (in chronological order of starting them)! ratings and reviews can be given on request :) fiction is in red, nonfiction/self-help is in blue, and fantasy is in purple

legends and lattes (travis baldree)

renegades (marissa meyer)

project hail mary (andy weir)

billy summers (stephen king)

counting by 7s (holly goldberg sloan)

essentialism (greg mckeown)

she's gone (david bell)

archenemies (marissa meyer)

supernova (marissa meyer)

vicious (v.e. schwab)

vengeful (v.e. schwab)

so much pretty (cara hoffman)

lifespan (david a sinclair)

grace (maggie gee)

because you'll never meet me (leah thomas)

the ones we burn (rebecca mix)

the naming (alison croggon)

the riddle (alison croggon)

the crow (alison croggon)

the measure (nikki erlick)

AUDIO: i'm glad my mom died (jennette mccurdy)

..... can you tell i like books with magic? LOL

i also started two other audiobooks (dracula and down the drain), but didn't get past the first chapter in either yet

my favorite new reads of this year were probably the books of pellinor by alison croggon (so excited to read the last book!) - i'd had them sitting on my bookshelf for YEARS and finally cracked them open. i also really loved project hail mary; i so admire andy weir's writing, and need to get my hands on the book i haven't read by him (i think it's called artemis). the measure and so much pretty were also really interesting, and i absolutely loved the ones we burn - gosh, i can't choose!

my favorite rereads were because you'll never meet me (one of my favorite books EVER; i need to get my hands on the sequel) and the villainous duology!!

looking forward to a literature-filled 2024 - leave recommendations below if you'd like!

happy new year!!

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 11.12

Beer Birthdays

Samuel Liebmann (1799)

Philip R. Ebling (1830)

Michael Arthur Bass (1837)

Joseph Coors (1917)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Ende; German writer (1929)

Anne Hathaway; actor (1982)

Booker T. Jones; R&B musician, songwriter (1944)

Grace Kelly; actor (1929)

Al Michaels; sports broadcaster (1945)

Famous Birthdays

Harry Blackmun; U.S. Supreme Court justice (1908)

Alexander Borodin; composer (1833)

Nina Brosh; Israeli model (1975)

Buck Clayton; jazz trumpet player (1911)

Nadia Comaneci; gymnast (1961)

Buck Dharma; rock singer, songwriter (1947)

Ryan Gosling; actor (1980)

Tonya Harding; ice skater (1970)

Kim Hunter; actor (1922)

Brian Hyland; singer (1943)

Tracy Kidder; writer (1945)

Tuffy Leemans; New York Giants RB (1912)

Leslie McKeown; rock singer (1955)

Auguste Rodin; French sculptor (1840)

David Schwimmer; actor (1966)

Wallace Shawn; actor (1943)

Sammy Sosa; Chicago Cubs RF (1968)

Jo Stafford; singer (1917)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton; feminist, activist (1815)

Sun Yat-Sen; founder of modern China (1866)

Neil Young; rock singer, songwriter (1945)

[dancuny]

Purma Special Camera

As I was cleaning out a box of cameras, looking for the next camera to shoot with and use for my next camera blog, I grabbed a brown case that I had put in the box a long time ago. As I turned the case around, I saw the name Purma on the front of the case and thought to myself, This will be my next camera to discuss or talk about in my blog.

 The Purma Special is a camera I purchased well over 20 years ago. I remember it was early in my collecting and when I was buying and selling on eBay. I started on eBay as a seller and buyer back in early 1997. When you engaged with eBay then, you didn't have your name as an ID, but they assigned you a number you'd use to log in and for sales purposes. I remember my number was 1032 before changing it to my current name, "Clix."

 At that time on eBay, there were no photos on the site, and it was similar to a message board where people would describe what they had for sale, what you were asking for, etc., Very similar to what Craigslist was before photos. Having McKeown's guide for cameras and thumbing through it daily, I was intrigued by cameras from other countries, and the Purma Special was one that I desired at the time due to its odd diamond shape and the fact that it was made in England.

Because the Purma Special camera is, in my opinion, a camera oddity due to the design of the camera, the shutter used, and the somewhat popularity of the camera, it's been reviewed and discussed by several of my camera blog friends like Peggy of Go Camera Go and Mike Eckman. Still, I wanted to make sure people were aware of my odd and unusual take on cameras from yesteryear, so this is more like Peggy's post about my thoughts on using the camera and the overall take on what a camera gem this is.

The Company:

Purma Cameras Ltd. was founded in 1935 in London. The name Purma is a combination of the two owners of the company: Tom Purvis, a well-known artist and lithographer who worked for LNER (London and North East Railway) from 1923 to 43, producing beautiful and popular advertising posters. 

 The other partner in the company was inventor Alfred Croger Mayo, who, along with Joseph Terrett, invented the unusual and very simple gravity-controlled focal plane shutter used in the Purma cameras. I believe this is Purma's real claim to fame and set them apart from other camera companies of the time. They also had financial backing from David Brock of Brock Fireworks, a company that started in 1698 and is the oldest British fireworks manufacturer.

Purma introduced its first camera in 1936, the Purma Speed. It was an enameled metal and chrome camera with a pop-up viewfinder. The Purma Speed camera had six shutter speeds and looked like a more traditional rounded-corner, rectangular camera.

 With the introduction of the Purma Special camera in 1937, the company turned to an all Bakelite camera, along with a flatted diamond shape design with an art deco appeal to the camera due to the thin ridges built into the camera, which extend all around the camera. The Purma Special only had three shutter speeds but has a classic sleek design, and one that was the camera that set them apart design-wise from other cameras. The unique diamond shape and the use of Bakelite, a revolutionary material at the time, gave the Purma Special a distinct look and feel, setting it apart from its contemporaries. 

 The Purma Special was imported to many different countries, including the United States. According to an ad I found from 1939, the camera sold in the US for $14.95. It's my understanding that this was their most popular camera, although I cannot find sales records to prove these claims, as it's just from what I see for sale and the quantity of Purma Special cameras available today. The Purma Special was a popular choice among amateur photographers and was widely available in the market, contributing to its popularity and the large number of units still in circulation today.

There are a couple of unique features of the Purma camera. One is the 'pop out' lens, which is concealed by a thread in the lens cap, a clever design that protects the lens when not in use. When you screw the lens cap back onto the camera, it also locks the shutter. Unfortunately, these lens caps get lost, and many of the used Purma cameras are sold without the lens cap. The second is the use of plastics in the viewfinder. Purma was the first to do this, a pioneering move that made the camera lighter and more durable. These innovative features were ahead of their time and contributed to the Purma Special's appeal among photographers.

Purma also introduced the Purma Plus in 1951, which had an aluminum body and sold for £12.00 at the time. Production for the Purma Plus lasted until 1959. I cannot find why the company stopped producing its camera, so I assume it closed around 1960.

 The Camera:

My Purma Special camera measures 6 3/4" wide by 2 3/4" tall by 2 1/4" deep with the lens cap on the camera, and the camera weighs 12 oz without the fitted leather case.  The camera has a Beck 2 1/4"  F6.3  lens with a fixed focus from 12' to infinity. Purma did sell a series of close-up and portrait attachment lenses that allowed for focus from 3.5 to 5' but were sold separately. These are items I do not have.

The Purma cameras use 127-size roll film and produce 16-1 1/4" square images on the negative. The Purma special doesn't have a locking mechanism to keep the back attached to the front of the camera. They are held together just by friction, but the back of the camera fits tightly to the front. The friction held back doesn't prevent it from accidentally opening if something were to happen. To open the back of the camera, there is a tiny thumb notch where you put your fingernail in and pull the back from the front.

The camera utilizes two red windows on the back of the camera, so you get 16 frames on the film; the photographer winds the film to the #1 exposure on the left window, then after taking the photo, winds the film so the #1 exposure shows up on the right side window utilizing the same frame number for both the left and right red window on the back of the camera. Once you shoot frame #1 on the right red window, the photographer winds to frame #2 on the left side window, and so on.

The Purma Special has a curved film track that holds the film flat against the shutter with a two-sided pressure plate attached to the camera's back door. The shutter system only has three shutter speeds. The shutter uses a series of different size slits in the metal curtain along with a brass weight within the camera to determine what shutter speed is used. The camera also depends on how you hold it, which would set the shutter speeds used. Remember, the negative is square, so having the camera in either vertical position doesn't change the image in the frame. It will only change the orientation of how the image is captured on the negative.

When you hold the camera in the usual horizontal position, the shutter would shoot, and the medium shutter speed would be 1/150th second. Turning the camera so the advance lever was at the bottom, or the "slow" speed, the shutter, the camera shutter is set to 1/25th sec. When you turn the camera in the other direction, with the film advance lever at the top, which puts the shutter in the "fast" position, the shutter speed is set to 1/450 sec.

To take a photo, the photographer needs to cock the shutter. To do this, you turn the circular wheel on the top of the camera in the direction of the arrow. There is a small piece of bakelite sticking out to turn the wheel fairly easily. Once you turn the wheel in the counterclockwise position, the wheel will stop, and you'll hear a click which means the shutter is cocked and ready to make the exposure. You can do this with the lens cap on, but the shutter won't release until the lens cap is off. 

 The shutter release is on the top and left side of the camera. Simply press the shutter release to trip the shutter. BUT REMEMBER. Turn the camera as needed to change the shutter speed, especially since the camera has a fixed aperture lens. Wind the film to the next frame, then repeat until. It was odd for me to use this camera as I'm not used to having the shutter release on the camera's left side.

For those interested, here’s the original instruction manual for the Purma Special Camera

My Results:

I did have some outdated Film for Classics 127 film in my drawer, so I loaded up the camera and went to a local waterfall to take photos on an overcast Sunday afternoon. Go figure a cloudy day when living near Portland, Oregon. That will be my life for the next four months or so. The results were OK, but I was mildly disappointed when I looked at what Peggy and Mike did with the camera.

 It may also have been the fact that the film I processed was processed in a different tank than I'm used to using for 127 film, and I messed up putting it on the developing reel, so that was my fault. I have noticed whenever I use the Film From Classics film, the imprint from the paper backing seems to bleed onto the negatives, and I'm unsure if that's due to the film's age and being out of date by a year or two or something else.

 Here's what I salvaged from the messed-up developing roll I put through the Purma Special camera. It's nowhere near as lovely as Peggy or Mike's photos, but overall, it yielded decent results.

My Conclusion:

It was a fun camera to shoot with. Turn the camera to set the speed, point at your subject, and shoot the camera (with your left hand). Wash, rinse, and repeat. I hoped for better results but tried a different reel to process the film.

 Thank you for reading the blog post on the Purma Special camera. I'll definitely use it in the future due to its simplicity and unique shutter system.

 Until next week, please be safe.

[ulkaralakbarova]

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of The United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Luther Whitney: Clint Eastwood President Richmond: Gene Hackman Seth Frank: Ed Harris Kate Whitney: Laura Linney Gloria Russell: Judy Davis Bill Burton: Scott Glenn Tim Collin: Dennis Haysbert Walter Sullivan: E.G. Marshall Christy Sullivan: Melora Hardin Sandy Lord: Kenneth Welsh Laura Simon: Penny Johnson Jerald Michael McCarty: Richard Jenkins Red: Mark Margolis Valerie: Elaine Kagan Art Student: Alison Eastwood Waiter: Yau-Gene Chan Airport Bartender: George Orrison Medical Examiner: Charles McDaniel Repairman: John Lyle Campbell White House Tour Guide: Kimber Eastwood Oval Office Agent: Eric Dahlquist Jr. Watergate Doorman: Jack Stewart Taylor Reporter: Joy Ehrlich Cop: Robert Harvey Film Crew: Producer: Clint Eastwood Screenplay: William Goldman Novel: David Baldacci Director of Photography: Jack N. Green Production Design: Henry Bumstead Art Direction: Jack G. Taylor Jr. Sound Effects Editor: Doug Jackson Music Editor: Donald Harris Editor: Joel Cox Original Music Composer: Lennie Niehaus Casting: Phyllis Huffman Producer: Karen S. Spiegel Second Assistant Director: Tom Rooker First Assistant Camera: Bill Coe Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gregg Rudloff Stunt Coordinator: Buddy Van Horn Stunts: Jennifer Watson-Johnston Production Manager: Michael Maurer Second Assistant Director: Robert Lorenz First Assistant Director: Bill Bannerman Second Assistant Director: Dodi Lee Rubenstein Set Decoration: Richard C. Goddard Set Decoration: Anne D. McCulley Assistant Editor: Michael Cipriano Assistant Editor: Anthony Bozanich Assistant Editor: Gary D. Roach Script Supervisor: Cate Hardman Supervising Sound Editor: Alan Robert Murray Supervising Sound Editor: Bub Asman Supervising Dialogue Editor: Lucy Coldsnow-Smith ADR Supervisor: Jessica Gallavan Sound Mixer: C. Darin Knight Sound Re-Recording Mixer: John T. Reitz Sound Re-Recording Mixer: David E. Campbell Camera Operator: Stephen S. Campanelli Costume Supervisor: Deborah Hopper Key Costumer: Cheryl Scarano Set Costumer: Darryl M. Athons Set Costumer: Peggy A. Schnitzer Makeup Artist: Francisco X. Pérez Makeup Artist: Tania McComas Key Hair Stylist: Carol A. O’Connell Hairstylist: Vivian McAteer Special Effects Coordinator: Steve Riley Special Effects: Jeff Denes Special Effects: Joe Pancake Special Effects: Francis Pennington Second Second Assistant Director: Alison C. Rosa Second Second Assistant Director: Maura T. McKeown Sound Effects Editor: Gary Krivacek Sound Effects Editor: Jayme S. Parker Sound Effects Editor: Adam Johnston Camera Operator: Anastas N. Michos Choreographer: Shirley Kirkes Stunt Double: Jill Brown Movie Reviews:

[careercounselling11]

Discover the Best Books to Read for Students: Top Picks for Academic Success

Imagine starting your academic journey with a rich source of knowledge at your fingertips. Books can shape your mind, build your character, and drive you toward success in school and your career. Whether you're a student in India or anywhere else, finding the best books to read for students can make a big difference. Let’s explore some must-read books that every student should check out for academic growth and career guidance.

There are many students who have improved their academic journeys through the knowledge they gained from reading books. These students were struggling with their studies and career choices, feeling lost and uninspired. By turning to best career guidance books, they found the direction and motivation they needed. They immersed themselves in various influential reads, which not only helped them improve their grades but also led them to discover new passions and career paths.

These stories highlight the transformative power of reading. Whether it’s finding inspiration, gaining practical skills, or exploring new ideas, the right career books can lead to significant personal and academic growth. Let’s explore some of the best books recommended by experts that can help students on their journey to success. Why Every Student Should Read Books?

• Best books for students in India opens doors to new world and perspectives, expanding our horizons beyond classroom learning.

• Reading develops critical thinking, analytical, and communication skills essential for academic success.

• Books provide a wealth of knowledge and wisdom from experts, successful individuals, and diverse perspectives.

• Self-help and personal development books equip students with practical strategies for cultivating positive mindsets, goal-setting, and achieving success.

• Books on study skills and time management teach invaluable techniques for boosting productivity, effective learning, and time management.

• Career exploration and goal-setting books guide students in self-discovery, identifying strengths, and exploring career paths aligned with their passions.

• Leadership and teamwork books develop essential skills for collaboration, inspiring others, and driving collective success in group projects and future endeavors.

• Reading fosters a lifelong love for learning, self-discovery, and continuous growth beyond formal education.

Key Categories of Best Books to Read for Students

In this section, we will explore different categories of books that can greatly benefit students. These include some of the best books by our career experts, designed to enhance various aspects of academic and personal growth.

Self-Help and Personal Development Books

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey - defines effectiveness as achieving a balance of desirable results.

The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale - step-by-step solution guide for solving all of life's problems. 

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie -  its about the human psyche and how we think, feel and react to each while conversing. 

The 5 AM Club by Robin Sharma - Take Charge of Your Morning. Transform Your Life.

Ikigai by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles - Secrets to longevity and happiness.

Study Skills and Time Management Books 

Deep Work by Cal Newport - Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World.

Getting Things Done by David Allen - Our productivity is directly proportional to our ability.

Eat that frog by Brian Tracy - 21 Effective Strategies to Overcome Procrastination and Achieve More in Less Time.

The Pomodoro Technique by Francesco Cirillo - The fundamental concept is to reduce work into small chunks.

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown - advocates not for doing more, but doing what is essential.

Classic Literature Books  for Intellectual Growth 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen- This novel provides insight into the society and culture of 19th-century England.

1984 by George Orwell - dystopian novel about the dangers of authoritarianism has held up decade after decade.

Iliad by Homer -is an epic poem that narrates the ten-year-long Trojan War.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - It presents a future American society where recent rise of book bans started.

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - a psychological novel exploring the motives and consequences of a young man's decision to commit murder, and his eventual redemption through love and suffering.

Career Exploration and Goal-Setting Books

What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles - The book suggests networking to find "the person with the authority to hire you" instead of indiscriminately sending out resumes in bulk.

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath - a guide to identifying and maximizing your unique strengths. 

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill - The Success Principles How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.

The Art Of Setting Smart Goals by Anisa Marku - Wherever your ambitions may lie, goal setting can get you there.

Atomic Habits by James Clear - will show you how to make small changes that can transform your habits and produce amazing results.

Conclusion:

Reading these transformative books can open doors to personal growth, academic excellence, and career fulfillment. Embrace the wisdom within their pages, and let them inspire you to become the best version of yourself. SetMyCareer is here to guide you along your career goals, providing expert career counselling for students and resources to help you navigate your academic and professional journey.

[georgemcginn]

DOD Cyber Officials Detail Progress on Zero Trust Framework Roadmap

View Online DOD Cyber Officials Detail Progress on Zero Trust Framework Roadmap April 3, 2024 | By Joseph Clark The Defense Department is on track to implement its zero trust cybersecurity framework by the end of fiscal year 2027, senior Pentagon information technology officials said this week. David McKeown, who serves as the DOD’s deputy chief information officer, underscored the significant…

[complexdistractions]

Hawksmoor : Telepathic Heights

David McKeown’s electronic music project Hawksmoor goes deep. McKeown’s sound is dense, heady, and pulls from the best that the early German electronic scene had to offer. Combining the warmth of analog via Moogs, Modular synthesis, guitar, and bass with a rhythmic backbone that feels more implied through mood, Hawksmoor makes the kind of music you sink into. Late night analog excursions in hazy,…

[heartofhubris-a]

1-34 bc I'm a menace

1:A song you like with a color in the title

Blue Veins - The Ranconteurs

2:A song you like with a number in the title

One, two - Ric Hassani (ft Yung L & M.I)

3:A song that reminds you of summertime

Rum Rage - Sticky Fingers

4:A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about

Come away with me - Norah Jones

I already did 5-7, so you're not getting them again

8:A song about drugs or alcohol

Killing Jar - Marcus Marr ft Chet Faker

9:A song that makes you happy

I know that He Loves Me - Autoheart

10:A song that makes you sad

Lazarus - David Bowie

11:A song that you never get tired of

Get High - Chet Faker

12:A song from your preteen years

Hall Of Fame - The Script, will.i.am

13:One of your favorite 80’s songs

Whats your name? - Depeche Mode

14:A song that you would love played at your wedding

Dance with somebody - Mando Diao

15:A song that is a cover by another artist

Mad World - Vitamin String Quartet

16:One of your favorite classical songs

Quarto de Hotel - Hareton Salvanini

17:A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke

Ferryman - Shayfer James, Will Wood

18:A song from the year that you were born

One week - Barenaked Ladies

19:A song that makes you think about life

It's Alright - Mother Mother

20:A song that has many meanings to you

ok ok? half•alive

21:A favorite song with a person’s name in the title

Hercules - Kauzi

22:A song that moves you forward

Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club

23:A song that you think everybody should listen to

The consumer - Stompin' Tom Connors

24:A song by a band you wish were still together

I don't have a song for this one cause about 75% of bands I don't keep up with and the other 25% broke up for a reason

25:A song by an artist no longer living

Tones of Home - Blind Melon

26:A song that makes you want to fall in love

Sugar in a pie - Erin McKeown

27:A song that breaks your heart

The Village - Wrabel

28:A song by an artist with a voice that you love

Victoria - Jukebox the Ghost

29:A song that you remember from your childhood

Little Bitty - Alan Jackson

30:A song that reminds you of yourself

Small Towns - Rio Romeo

[Playlist!]

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 11.12

Beer Birthdays

Samuel Liebmann (1799)

Philip R. Ebling (1830)

Michael Arthur Bass (1837)

Joseph Coors (1917)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Ende; German writer (1929)

Anne Hathaway; actor (1982)

Booker T. Jones; R&B musician, songwriter (1944)

Grace Kelly; actor (1929)

Al Michaels; sports broadcaster (1945)

Famous Birthdays

Harry Blackmun; U.S. Supreme Court justice (1908)

Alexander Borodin; composer (1833)

Nina Brosh; Israeli model (1975)

Buck Clayton; jazz trumpet player (1911)

Nadia Comaneci; gymnast (1961)

Buck Dharma; rock singer, songwriter (1947)

Ryan Gosling; actor (1980)

Tonya Harding; ice skater (1970)

Kim Hunter; actor (1922)

Brian Hyland; singer (1943)

Tracy Kidder; writer (1945)

Tuffy Leemans; New York Giants RB (1912)

Leslie McKeown; rock singer (1955)

Auguste Rodin; French sculptor (1840)

David Schwimmer; actor (1966)

Wallace Shawn; actor (1943)

Sammy Sosa; Chicago Cubs RF (1968)

Jo Stafford; singer (1917)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton; feminist, activist (1815)

Sun Yat-Sen; founder of modern China (1866)

Neil Young; rock singer, songwriter (1945)

[marilynlennon]

Laura Fitzgerald

The female relationship with agriculture, the family farm and the division of labour has become more visible in recent years, both in the growing visibility of women farmers and as an area of research for women artists.

The idea of ‘the rural’, here variously understood as issues relating to farming, the countryside and animal husbandry, is the focus of these three artists, Orla Barry, Laura Fitzgerald and Chloe Mc Keown.

Each connects to the landscape in different ways. Barry has experience of both being an artist and a shepherd (she has bred pedigree Llyen sheep), Fitzgerald was brought up by a farmer, and Mc Keown lives in (relatively) rural Co Meath. Yet the research and focus of each is very different, extending from the anxieties and challenges of balancing careers as shepherd-artist (Barry), an occasionally fraught relationship with the countryside (Fitzgerald), and the often callous nature of breeding cattle (Mc Keown).

In She’ll Give You All She Has the artists tackle these concerns through a mixture of objects, sound, print, writing and video. The works are woven through with absurdity, tragedy, humour and the kind of emotional detachment familiar to readers of contemporary farming manuals.

Emerging artist Chloe Mc Keown presents new work, continuing her fascination with the refined methods of breeding cattle, from the fetishisation of the number one breeding bull in the country, to the faintly ridiculous mechanics of artificial insemination training. Her life-size piece Henryetta The Cow is an image of an artificial insemination training aid in the form of the rear end of a cow, here fitted with a small video screen. The video explores the intimate manipulation of cow bodies in the pursuit of producing genetically superior offspring, and ultimately, bigger profits.

The result of such attentive breeding is illustrated in Their ability to produce is coded into their genes (i):, a chart showing the family tree of Dauphin, Ireland’s top sire bull as indicated by The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s Dairy Beef Index. Mc Keown explains, “The index rates the bulls based on several genetic traits that affect the profitability of their offspring, such as easy calving and carcass conformation, characteristics which ultimately shape the physiology of domestic cattle”.

A counterpoint to this dispassionate approach to rearing livestock is the focus of the deeply personal text by Orla Barry, whose intimate relationship with her flock of pedigree Lleyn sheep, and her recent decision to take a break from them and farming, provides the narrative.

Can Barry continue being both a shepherd and an artist?

Her work advocates for support for small farmers and people who care about the rural environment, those who live and work there - like herself. Barry’s writing and her oversized representation of a hand-knit Aran Jumper could be read as a kind of eulogy for an uncompromised rural existence in which nature and farming can exist side by side. Instead she experiences along with her confrerés the turbulent fortunes of farmers; particularly in this case sheep farmers; the falling price of wool, the weather, and the everyday labour of caring for sheep and the physical and mental toll this can take.

 The countryside, nature, farming and the peculiar habits of the art world are all fair game in Laura Fitzgerald’s video work A Mountain for Venice (2021), a proposition to submit a small Kerry mountain as a potential artwork to represent Ireland in the prestigious Venice Biennale.

In the film’s voiceover, Fitzgerald mulls over the logistics of shifting an entire geographic feature to Italy and the impact this might have on her career as an artist.

Further artist anxieties unfold as a drawing’ of a full scale David Brown tractor, which may or may not be deployed in the moving of the mountain and where the making of the piece is as glorious as the work’s title: David Brown’s Enterprise, Micheál Fitzgerald bended and LF welded 8 & 10mm Round Bar with 12mm Rebar, de-tensioned by BCD Tralee, sweat & tears (when I whacked myself in the face with some steel), 2022.

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ArtistBiographies

Chloe Mc Keown is an emerging multidisciplinary artist who graduated from Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in 2020 with a first class honours BA in Art. Her work examines the ways in which the bodies of non-human animals are objectified and commodified by the human animal. This is done by investigating industries that are reliant on this commodification. From milking clusters to artificial insemination rods, the apparatus of these industries all form the basis of the visuals constructed. Language is also used as a material, the language used within these industries is extracted from its usual setting and deployed in an artistic context with the aim of provoking more contemplation of its usual, everyday use.

The work aims to explore and defamiliarise everyday forms of exploitation. It explores the destruction of subjectivity and individuality of the non-human animal and questions the ethics of the objectification that allows them to be reduced to their ‘productive’ parts. Her work merges video, text and sculptural forms. She has exhibited work in shows such as Surveyor (2020) at Solstice Arts Centre and In the making: Appraisal (2020) at Pallas Projects/Studios, and has received an Arts Council Agility Award (2022).

 www.chloemckeown.com

[scottjpearson]

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less A self-help book focused on those in #business. Presents a philosophy of how to hone one's focus (i.e., less is better). #BookReview #ScottsBookReview

Today’s world is an increasingly complex place. Many of us feel like we live disintegrated lives and are pulled in many directions. Yet people who have the highest societal impact tend to have the ability to focus, and throughout the centuries, writers like Henry David Thoreau have reminded us to simplify instead of complicate. In this book, McKeown seeks to convey these timeless philosophical…