First year - 1ºC - Tuesday 6 April 2010

Summary of the class:

- Speaking practice: What did you do on holiday?

- Pronunciation of -ed. Click here to see the document.

- Speaking practice: past

- Listening: renting a house.

- Grammar: There is / There are / a / some / any

Fuji FP-100C Negative Reclamation

Here's the sequence I use  - shoot, peel and let the negative dry completely. I don't touch it or try to clean it or rinse it.

Trim the negative and place it face down on clean glass


Use good quality gaffer's tape, all around, overlap a little, making sure the seal is very complete so bleach won't get underneath.

Three layers of folded paper towel are placed over the back of the negative now

And add some thick bleach - not too much, just wet it all over.PDATE UPDATE - Tobias Feltus has improved this process by using THICK BLEACH which works in a shorter time and does not require the pressing and waiting. I will post the exact THICK BLEACH brand when I find it. in the meantime, continue...

Lay a plastic bag on top and using a print roller, spread the bleach, pressing the soaked paper towel firmly onto the back of the negative.

Some weighty objects on top! I like to wait a couple of minutes.




Remove the weights and the plastic. Swipe off the black gob with the wet paper towel - it comes off very easily as the bleach has had plenty of time to react with the black mask and dissociate the material. I don't try to get all of it now because the sodium hypochlorite remaining is minute and scrubbing can scratch the substrate.

Clean the rest with glass cleaner, lightly and completely. This is a better way for final cleanup, after the bleach has softened all the goo. A nice shiny surface without residue. PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ME SAYING THAT CHLORINE GAS IS PRODUCED HERE - IT IS NOT.  A very small amount of chloramine may be produced. This is what is used in swimming pools. Now back to the program:

Peel up the tape carefully and enjoy your scanner-ready results. Check out the detail and sharpness! This is easy, and fun. Enjoy Fuji FP-100C!Thanks to Tobias Feltus for first alerting me to this process. Also check out THIS LINK.

First year - 1ºB - Monday 5 April 2010

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: What did you do on holiday?

- Listening: Lottery winners.

- Vocabulary: wedding.

- Listening: A wedding

- Reading: Two stories. Click here to read the document.

- Pronunciation: -ed forms. Click here to see the activity

Fourth year - 4ºA - Monday 5 April 2010

Summary of the class:

- Speaking practice: What did you do on holiday?

- Workbook: writing an article.

- Reading and vocabulary: Mind Games.

-Speaking: superstitions

- Speaking: rituals

- Speaking: revision of infinitive and -ing forms

Homework:

Write an article following the instructions in the workbook

Message from The Impossible Project

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Summer Hairstyles For 2010

Sales are finally almost over and spring colors are on their way back into your wardrobe and make-up bags. Quite naturally, spring also calls for a change in the way you wear your hair.For the fashionistas in the Northern Hemisphere, summer is no doubt a delightful thought; though a lot are still in the grips of winter with chilly days and nights to face. Still, with March in full swing, spring

My Rangefolder Cameras - a blog that I like

After suffering some reagent burn this weekend showing a skeptical friend the benefits of FP-100C coming out of a Polaroid 195, then going for a walk in the woods with just my digi and being reminded about the benefits of hand holdable 4X5 cameras, I thought I should mention this blog that I like, and end this run-on sentence, or give you a link, like this.