Comments: For the first time in years I almost forgot Remembrance Day, and my father who left us in 1991 and was all over Europe in the Second World War.
The reason I almost forgot was my Father In law was buried today. This was very upsetting time for my wife Junaita and her family and myself of course. Everyone is taking comfort in knowing he is out of pain and in a better place.
Bill
Added: November 11, 2009
Submitted by Name: barbara willerton From: vancouver island E-mail: barb-l@shaw.ca
Comments: I just got in from the remberance day service in Parksville B.C. My dad,and my daughters went every year since we have been in B.C. It is just me and my girls now. I miss you Dad, and I honor you.
Added: November 11, 2009
Submitted by Name: wpgchap From: wpg
Comments: To my dad and the others who helped him win the war:
"Till the war drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world.
"There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapped in univeral law."
(Tennyson - Locksley Hall)
Added: November 11, 2009
Submitted by Name: Faye Helgason Linseman From: Ottawa E-mail: fayeh51@yahoo.com
Comments: Today, I'd like to thank my dad, Helgi Helgason, for being part of the reason I can call myself free.
Added: November 11, 2009
Submitted by Name: faye Helgason From: Ottawa E-mail: fayeh51@yahoo.com
Comments: two words.......OH WOW.!
Added: November 9, 2009
Submitted by Name: Lucienne (Arsenault) Pitre
Comments: A lesson that should be taught in all schools and colleges.
Back in September, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom.
When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.
'Ms.. Cothren, where're our desks?'
She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.'
They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'
'No,' she said.
'Maybe it's our behavior.'
She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'
And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom.
By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room.
The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.'
At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it.
Twenty-seven (27) War Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall... By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned..
Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.'
Comments: All moved in and a bright sunny day here in Victoria. Welcome to fall and I must now cut my grass. Cheers Turk
Added: November 1, 2009
Submitted by Name: Lost
Comments: Dr.J, I'd like to point out that although JPG format allows for maximum file compression, it is a LOSSY file type. This means that each time you open or manipulate the image it loses pixels until you are left with an image that is next to unreadable. The internet recognizes both GIF and BMP files, both of which are LOSSLESS file types. My suggestion is that contributors save raw camera images as BMP's. Save that and make a copy as a JPG for sharing.
Comments: Thank you Ida for contacting me with your Gallery problem, and it may also be the same situation others have run into for adding photos to the Gallery. There have been a number of registrations to the Gallery in the last year, with no photos added to the album created.. Registration to the Gallery is only necessary to add photos, and automatically creates an album in the Gallery at the end. It will show up as a blank blue box with the copy ‘no thumbnail’ untill you add photos. After photos are added, the album is moved to the front for all to see there is a new album.
Ida began adding photos but ran into a problem and contacted me (I ain’t called Doc for nothin’) My instructions didn’t work so she emailed her photos to me. The problem I discovered is with the newer digital cameras. Now that they are commonly around 10 mega pixels, their picture files are huge (which is ideal for making print enlargements) but not for web sites. An ideal pixel count for a web photo is around 600 to 800 pixels in either direction, the new cameras now produce pixel counts of around 2500 to 3500 pixels in either direction. Reducing the pixel count for a web photo does not reduce the quality of the photo to the viewer.
Most photo editing programs will allow you to change the pixel count of a photo to suit the application for it. The one I use is a freeware program called FastStone Image Viewer, free download from CNET Download.com. Feel free to post your suggestions for this. Also some of Ida’s photos were thumbnail size bitmap images. Jpeg is the file format most digital cameras and web sites use, or if you scan old photos ’Save as’ a Jpeg file. The Gallery is fairly easy to use when you follow the guidelines, and if you run into a problem, or don’t feel confident about your computer savvy, contact me (Contact form) or send in your photos to be added (Gallery Album email in What’s New)
Name: Bill Brown
From: Kingston
For the first time in years I almost forgot Remembrance Day, and my father who left us in 1991 and was all over Europe in the Second World War.
The reason I almost forgot was my Father In law was buried today. This was very upsetting time for my wife Junaita and her family and myself of course. Everyone is taking comfort in knowing he is out of pain and in a better place.
Bill