I was a reporter for a small newspaper just out of college. I covered a museum press event and met several other reporters from different parts of the state there. A few weeks later a friend from a much larger city called to tell me that "my" article had appeared almost word-for-word in her local paper. She sent it to me, and sure enough---the other reporter had basically copied my entire article. I contacted her editor and sent him my piece. He later called me back to say that no action would be taken because he'd called the PR person at the museum and that man had told him that my article had been supplied by the museum as a press release! That was completely untrue, and I was livid. I told the friend who had first brought the matter to my attention and she laughed---and said she knew the reporter was dating a PR person at that museum. So I called the editor back and told him this, and he was appalled and embarrassed, and promised to get to the bottom of the situation. Both the reporter and her museum PR boyfriend were both fired from their respective jobs. Plagiarism is the product of intellectual laziness and dishonesty, sometimes equal parts of both, sometimes more of one than the other, but always both.

Here is a photo of the box in operation as well as a set of building plans that I drew up. I tried to make the plans as self expanatory as possible, but feel free to ask questions if need be. PHOTO OF LIGHTBOX IN OPERATION Frame Diagram with material list & cut list. The PVC pipe and fittings are available in the plumbing section of any local hardware or home supply center. Total cost will be about $15 to $20 including the steel rod. DO NOT GLUE THE PIPE. Friction fit will do fine and you will then be able to disassemble it for storage. NOTE, When making the frames make the first frame laying flat on the table with the side opening of the TEE's pointing up as shown. When making the opposite side frame make it with the side opening of the TEE's pointing down. COVERING THE FRAME & BACKDROP HANGER LIGHT SETUP Note. For lighting I am using standard household incandescent light bulbs, however incandescent lamps produce a much yellower light than daylight balanced photo floods or normal daylight which is at approx. 5000-6000degK When using standard household light bulbs you must change your cameras "White Balance" to "Tungsten lights or 3200degK". The spoof ad photo that I previously posted began as a light test to see how it would work out using household lights and shifting the white balance. Before posting that pic I added the text in post processing but I did not alter the white balance from the camera. I think you would agree that shifting the white balance on the camera does produce sharp clean whites with incandescent lights.

You did it... Now go and make a pic for your name file.. Click on the box for your photo when you are in your edit profile.. It will give you options of your files etc.. Yea!!! It looks great!!! Laura

Happened to stumble on Encore Azalea cultivar that I was looking for at Home Depot looking for something else. They were not there last week... Now, that I've repotted it into a larger container... let's see if I can keep it thriving all year long... Basically, I used 3 part pine bark mulch, one part potting soil with a mixture of perlite, peat moss and pine bark fines and a part of composted pine bark fines from a bag saying it's a compost but since it says all pine bark fines so I figured I'd try it out. All from Lowe's. They used to sell Landscaper's Mix which is basically uncomposted pine bark fines with a bit of perlite but I haven't seen it over a year.