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| In the last 6 weeks, I have had a chance to visit Joshua Tree National Park, The Salton Sea, Palm Desert, San Jacinto, Boa Grande, Captiva Island and Red Rock Canyon. I have photographed glorious sunrises and sunsets, full moons, crescent moons and half moons and I am slowly learning how a camera really works. I have seen great architecture as well as nature at its best. I feel privileged to have captured some of those moments and share some highlights with you in this special travel issue. | In This Issue |
| May 2013 | The Moon The Sun Memorial Day |
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The Moon On April 25th, 2013 I had the chance to visit Joshua Tree National Park with my tripod and my camera. Not knowing a lot Click on the picture and you can see the original cropped version. My camera is a Nikon D7100 24 mega-pixel camera with a 18-300 f3.5-5.6 lens. And again last week, I was able to catch the moon - or at least half of it on a clear night in Bonita Springs, FL. Again 1/640th of a second shutter speed at f/6.3, but this time ISO was set to 3200. I was again able to capture the craters clearly
The moon is really fascinating. It is said that if it were not for the moon and the global changes in tides, that life may never have been possible on earth. Although I have never been a follower of astrology, the moon governs the zodiac sign of Cancer. Is it a coincidence that I am a cancer?
And not only does the moon circle the earth, but it also rotates. However, rotations match its orbit, so even though it rotates, it always shows us the same face.
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The Sun I love sunrise and sunset. To me, it is the very best of every day. Each one is different depending on the temperature, the
Especially when the clouds are ominous like in the second picture. All three of these pictures where taken on the west coast of Florida and over the Gulf of Mexico.
What really thrilled me this year is that I was able to get a picture of the mysterious green flash that may appear at sunrise or sunset when the conditions are just right. May 16th was just such a night. It was a dry hot day with no clouds in sight. At 8:00pm on a sunset cruise, the sun fell swiftly into the sea. I was ready, my camera at full zoom. As we swayed gently, I shot 60 plus shots of the falling sun. In a single split second, the last picture I
Click on any of these pictures to see the full image.
The color in these pictures has not been altered. The green that you see in the last picture is caused by the light of the sun traveling through the earth's atmosphere. Like you see in a rainbow, the atmosphere acts like a prism separating the light into different colors. The green is the last spectrum of light you will probably ever see and it is difficult to see with the naked eye.
It is such a fascination that Jules Verne wrote a book, The Green Ray, in 1882. A French film of the same name was
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Memorial Day Originally known as Decoration Day and sometimes referred to as Remembrance Day, Memorial Day has been around Preceeding each Memorial Day since 1948, every available soldier in the 3rd U.S. Infantry places small flags on more than 260,000 graves at Arlington National Cemetery. A tradition known as "flags in". They patrol the grounds 24 hours a day insuring that all flags remain standing through the weekend.. p> A resolution was passed in December 2000 which asks that at 3PM local time, for all Americans to voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to Taps.
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produced in 1986 where the climax of the movie is the viewing of the green flash. According to Jules Verne, when one sees a rare green flash at sunset - our own thoughts and those of others are revealed as if by magic. I hope you all have the chance to see this phenomena and share your thoughts with those around you.
since the days of the Civil War. It was first observed on May 30, 1868 when flowers were placed on the graves of the Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. It is observed today for all those that have died serving our country.
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8x8 using Comcast Internet. We gained services and reduced costs. It is an acceptable service and worked for us for more than a year. This year, we changed to Microsoft Lync which is part of their unified communication platform. Lync runs on your computer, tablet and iPad. However there is no real functionality on the iPad. On a Windows device, you can: 
own company, JB Systems. Joe will continue to specialize in IT Support. He is a Microsoft MCP and extremely qualified. Joe continues to work with us, especially on projects in which he is intimately involved. 
tool to publish and host. We are using Wordpress. We have used Wordpress since 2009 for our 
magnetically into place making it look more like a laptop than a tablet. It starts quickly and easily with Windows 8 Pro which I will talk about in the next section. IT has a USB port (awesome) and a Micro SD memory card slot. It also has an earphone jack and an interesting magnetic connector for power or pen. The USB port is wonderful because you can connect a mouse or normal keyboard or a USB Hub so you can connect multiple USB devices. Being able to use a mouse and full keyboard makes seem like a laptop or desktop.
especially tablets. It might be a natural for Xbox 360 users because that is the interface that you will first see.
a much nicer acceptance of your finger as a pointer and selection tool. The iPad Store has more than 300,000 Apps available compared to Microsoft Store under 20,000. The iPad is 4G compatible which means you don't need to be near a hot spot to be connected. Lastly, the iPad is just plane fun!
really made of paper. These coins were my gift for being one of the 1,100 backers of this project on 
especially high value products like Gillette razor blades or Pfizer packages of Viagra. Although not in every store just yet, RFID is hitting it big when it comes to tracking people.