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Almost forgot............it was on a 2-second shutter delay to eliminate blur (there's no remote available for it).

For what it's worth, it's much sharper than it appears to be here.


2852
What settings did you use on your camera for that shot?

The compact (and tripod-ed) Canon SX130IS was set at 15 seconds, f8.0, ISO 80, manual focus.

When I was researching compact camera specs, I couldn't figure out how a little camera with no focusing ring could have manual focusing, but this one does and it's one of the main reasons I bought it. It's GREAT for fireworks that are too fast for auto-focus and anything that's far away, like Manhattan. Auto-focus always comes out worse - even for stationary objects like the Empire State Building.


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Although I have new pictures of other subjects, I'm only posting one picture this week because - as far as I'm concerned - there IS no other picture to post with this one. In my semi-humble opinion, it's probably one of the best pictures I have ever taken.

I've always wanted to get good shots of what I call "clean lightning" - lightning that is not obscured by rain, cloudiness, or any other meteorological condition. Big, heavy, forked bolts would be a major plus. Beautiful or well-known scenes backlit by the bolts would be almost too much to ask for.

Last Monday morning - August 1, 2011 - at just after 2am, I got all of that in this picture taken from home.

New York City was clear as can be, from the Empire State Building right down to the shimmering One World Trade Center building (which still has 28 floors to be added).

Right over Hackensack, the sky was clear and stars were visible. You can't ask for better conditions to photograph lightning.

Since it wasn't raining in Manhattan, the cloud and bolts may have been out over the ocean.

You can click on the image to see it larger and I would suggest doing so in a dark room or at night (or both) to see the interesting-looking cloud that generated this light show.

I really had trouble getting to sleep that night - very tired, but also very anxious to download the images and start working on them.


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Hackensack History / Re: Historic Images
« on: August 04, 2011, 12:57:46 AM »
I don't think I've seen this image anywhere on this site. It's from the Walker 1876 Bergen County Atlas. One was being sold on eBay recently and this is one of the images the seller posted.

You may want to incorporate it into your above list, Mr Editor.


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Hackensack History / Re: Hendrix at George's Club 20 (Hackensack)
« on: August 02, 2011, 05:00:33 PM »
Does anyone know what date Hendrix made the return trip to Hackensack to play the FOX Theatre? I seem to recall he did a show there.

September 19, 1970?  ;)


2856
As the site moderator, I've received multiple complaints with regard to this never-ending verbal slugfest between "regina" and "Oratam_(misspelled word)".

Enough.

We've all heard your respective stances...........repeatedly. The Editor has asked you both to continue your diatribes elsewhere. That's a nice way of saying "STOP!" Totally.

You've both posted "apologies", so that better be it. No further "clarifications" or anything else are required...........or wanted.

To paraphrase the Editor: take this outside and don't bring it back in.

Thank you.

2857
One day recently, while Mr. Crow hogged all the food during a meal at their tiny, second-floor Union St abode, Mrs. Crow yelled at him to find them a better place to live. "I'm sick of cable! I want satellite TV............and a better view!"

"ALRIGHT!", said Mr. Crow with his mouth full. "Just quit nagging me!"










He found a place nearby a couple of days later on my roof and grabbed it because it had Dish Network - which he loved - so they moved in.










"I HATE Dish Network", screamed Mrs. Crow. "I want DirecTV!". Mr. Crow stood firm.










"That's it! I'm outta here!", she squawked. Mr. Crow didn't care - more Dish for him.










Mrs. Crow arrives at her new DirecTV home.










Mrs. Crow is happy with her new DirecTV - and that she's close to Sears - and crows about that to hubby.










It turns out that Mrs. Crow also cleaned out their bank account. Penniless, Mr. Crow was evicted and now spends his days atop a tree watching incoming traffic for free.







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Hackensack History / Oritani Field Club sold - closes in 2015
« on: August 01, 2011, 12:58:47 AM »
http://www.northjersey.com/news/126349348_124-year-old_Oritani_Field_Club_sold.html


HACKENSACK SITE MAY BE PART OF REDEVELOPMENT PLAN

BY KATHLEEN LYNN
STAFF WRITER
The Record


The 124-year-old Oritani Field Club in Hackensack, one of Bergen County's oldest sports clubs, has been sold and will shut its doors at the end of 2015, the club's president said Thursday.

The East Camden Street tennis club has signed a contract for the sale, but the deal will not actually close until 2015, said Theodore Agen of Fort Lee, president of the club's board. It is to continue operating until then, he said.







Agen declined to disclose the sale price or the buyer's name. He said he believes the buyer plans to redevelop the 2.3-acre site, possibly as part of a larger redevelopment plan. The City Council just last month designated the Main Street neighborhood as an area in need of rehabilitation, opening the way for infrastructure repairs and mixed residential/office/retail development.

Agen said the club's members decided to sell because the |club has been running at an annual deficit of about $30,000 on a budget of about $250,000 for several years. He said the purchaser made a down payment on the property that will help the club operate through 2015.







The average age of the club's 140 members is over 65, he said. Ideally, the club should have about 200 members to support the number of tennis courts it has, he said.

"Membership has been dwindling," said Agen, a retired software entrepreneur. "In five years, we'd probably be in an untenable position in terms of having enough people to play."

The club, which also has a pool, is assessed at $1.6 million, down from $2.3 million last year.

The Oritani club was founded in 1887 by two local groups, the Pastime Lawn Tennis Club and the Hackensack Lawn Tennis Club. It was named for Oratam, the local Indian chief of the 17th century, and was originally located where the Hackensack YMCA now stands, on 10 acres that stretched from Main Street to the Hackensack River.

The club included a baseball field, boathouse and the first bowling lanes installed in Bergen County, though it now is primarily a tennis club.

The club moved a few blocks south to its current site, on East Camden Street, in 1925, constructing a red-brick Colonial Revival building for its members.

Agen, 68, who has been a member for two decades, said he has mixed emotions about the sale.

"It was inevitable," he said. "It was going to happen sooner or later. We were able to do it on our timetable."

Hackensack City Manager Stephen Lo Iacono said he did not know who the buyer is. He said he hoped any redevelopment would "be complementary to what we're trying to do on Main Street, and our efforts to make Main Street a vibrant downtown area."


Staff Writer Monsy Alvarado contributed to this article. E-mail: lynn@northjersey.com


READER COMMENT:

pjmccabe says:
The Oritani was a big part of my young days in the 50s and 60s. My parents were members and some of us kids (6) would take the 165 bus (twenty-five cents) down to Hackensack and swim and play tennis for the day. Weekends were a family affair and we all went there until we were old enough for summer jobs. LITTLE KNOW FACT: Some of the great jazz musicians would play at the Oritani at Sunday afternoon "tea dances", not much tea, but incredible music from guys that were fixtures in the City. I have all the recordings from those events and they are musical history. #2 - Oritani was the first private club to invite Arthur Ashe to play in a tournament. The Easter Clay Court Championships were played there every year. Arthur first came as a 17 year from Richmond. Then a few years later won the whole thing. They should hold a reunion of past members before shutting the doors.



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http://cgi.ebay.com/World-War-Honor-Roll-Veterans-Genealogy-No-43-/370530139614?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5645513dde

Description:

WORLD WAR I HONOR ROLL NO. 43

ANDERSON, Alfred O., Private, Gray, South Dakota, Killed in Action *

ANGEL, Henry F., Sergeant, Elizabethton, Tennessee, Killed in Action *

ATKINSON, Albert, Sergeant, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Killed in Action *

BASSETT, Glen W., Corporal, Wilmington, Vermont, Killed in Action *

BATJER, William M., Corporal, Rogers, Arkansas, Killed in Action *

BEARUP, Carl G., Sergeant, Doyle, California, Died from Accident *

BENTLEY, Robert E., Lieutenant, Cincinnati, Ohio, Killed in Action *

BERGESON, Leland E., Private, Berkeley, California, Killed in Action *

BROWN, Walter S., Sergeant, North Hackensack, New Jersey, Killed in Action *
  (Sgt. Brown is indicated on the honor roll by the white arrow)

COGSWELL, Walter L., Private, West New York, New Jersey, Killed in Action *

CONRAD, B., Corporal, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, Killed in Action *

COTTRELL, Glenn, Private, Geraldine, Montana, Died from Accident *

COWELL, Horace B., Captain, Washington, North Carolina, Killed in Action *

CRAVEN, Joseph A., Private, New York City, Killed in Action *

DALE, John, Private, Jackson, Kentucky Died of Wounds *

DASHIELL, George F., Captain, Smithfield, Virginia, Killed in Action *

DONNELLY, Ralph E., Captain, Worcester, Massachusetts, Died of Wounds *

FEIGE, George W., Jr., Corporal, Webster, Massachusetts, Killed in Action *

HOLDEN, Thomas A., Lieutenant, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Killed in Action *

LIVERMORE, Charles R., Private, Worcester, Massachusetts, Killed in Action *

MAUL, August C., Corporal, Kearny, New Jersey, Died of Wounds *

McENIRY, Patrick B., Private, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Died of Wounds *

QUAYLE, Thomas J., Lieutenant, Oberlin, Ohio, Killed in Action *

ROCK, Arthur W., Corporal, St. Paul, Minnesota, Died of Wounds *

ROGERS, Randolph, Sergeant, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Killed in Action *

WHITTINGTON, Joseph, Corporal, New York City, Killed in Action *

WOODY, Wallace M., Lieutenant, Louisville, Kentucky, Died of Wounds *



The single page is 11 by 16 inches




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http://cgi.ebay.com/2-STERLING-SILVER-HACKENSACK-HIGH-SCHOOL-SPORT-MEDALS-/180700989923?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a129e49e3


The seller's scans make them look more bronze-ish.

Only one medal has the year on it, but the other is very similar.



2862
I should get out of the house more, but then I'd miss all these shots:

1. Heat wave 7/21/11

2. Roof bird

3. Coupling clouds

4. "Objects may appear smaller..."

5. Too much road salt?

6. Carrot Top

7. Clouds in vane

8. Kids NOT playing video games!

9. Pretty green eyes behind bars

10. Sundog



2863
Prettying-up the previous patch-job, I guess.

Finish the street, already.



2864
But the pitcher is up, he's hitting .046, and it's the deadball era.  ;)



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