Macro Video, why didn't I think of that.  The following link is to a video made on a Panasonic Lumix    DMC FZ 38 CAMERA.  This is an upgrade to the camera that I have.  With video being added to cameras you can utilize almost all the features available to the camera to the video.  In this case it is to the Macro capability of the camera.  This one has also a close up filter attached to it.  Now the video is not all that impressive on the small screen but imagine watching it with your five year son on a 50 inch plasma tv.  That would be awesome.  It is also something they could participate in making. 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCoJH0PU03U&feature=related

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Mayflower Marathon Food Drive in Virginia Beach & Newport News (edit/delete)

The Mayflower Marathon food drive continues today and tomorrow all day at the Sams Club in Newport News  and the Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach.  The drive is sponsored by FM-99 and FM-106.9 The Fox is the biggest food drive on the east coast thanks to people like you. 

The Volunteers will be collecting canned and frozen food for Thanksgiving meals to benefit two regional food banks, the Food bank of Southeastern Virginia and the Food bank of the Virginia Peninsula.  So head on out and make a contribution of food and of course money is always welcome.

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The Mayflower Marathon food drive continues today and tomorrow all day at the Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach and the Sams Club in Newport News.  The drive is sponsored by FM-99 and FM-106.9 The Fox is the biggest food drive on the east coast thanks to people like you. 

The Volunteers will be collecting canned and frozen food for Thanksgiving meals to benefit two regional food banks, the Food bank of Southeastern Virginia and the Food bank of the Virginia Peninsula.  So head on out and make a contribution of food and of course money is always welcome.

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Farmers in Hampton Roads have taken a big hit from the latest Nor'easter.  It came much too soon for them.  Not only did the rain flood the fields keeping the farmers from finishing the harvest but it also washed away the winter wheat crop for the area.  About the only plant that was done harvesting was the peanut.  Cotton and soybeans took a big hit.  The cotton falls out of the balls making the color decline and the wind beats the soy beans into the ground so they just rot.  The farmers are praying for a lot of sunshine in the next few weeks to help them out.

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Tidewater Community College in Suffolk is sitting on some primo land.  It seems they own that big open area of land you see when you first come out of the Moniter Merrimac tunnel from Hampton.  I am talking not only to the right of the bridge but to the left as well.  There is about 389 acres.  When this is sold to developers it will be a huge financial boon to the college.  Interstate access and waterfront property.  Where else in the area is there anything like this left?  There is a small superfund cleanup site on the land but that will all be done by 2014. 

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I ran across this the other day and thought I would share it with you.  It is a flash diffuser (it is about 3/4 of the page down) for a point and shoot camera.  I don't own a point and shoot camera but when I need to use a flash I use a flash diffuser because I think they tone the harsh flash down.  Wonder when the camera makers will have an AH HA moment and fix the harsh flash to begin with.

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Here is a great ranch style home just minutes from both NAS Oceana and the Dam Neck Naval Base.  The house is 3 bedrooms, 2 baths with a large great room, eat-in-kitchen, wood floors, smooth top range and much more.  The home is in an association with pools, tennis courts, canals and clubhouse.  For an affordable price of just $224,900 this is a great deal.

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 The TourNarrator applicaction for real estate agents is now available for the Apple iPhone.  What is it you ask.  Go to the alamode page for a full explantion of the TourNarrator but here is a small explanation.

Just another of the thousands of apps available for you iPhone guys.  Enjoy. 

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Not much damage in the Glenwood area of Virginia Beach after the Nor'easter.  There were some fences down, Independence Blvd had a high water area but nothing like happened in the last tropical storm we had.  Most of the damage was due to the 75 mph wind that blew for a while.  Luckily we don't live in one of the areas affected by the tides.

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Robins still have to eat during the Noreaster in Virginia Beach.  I was getting ready to take out a big plant with berries tha the birds love because it had fallen over due to the cold weather.  The storm came so the plant stayed.  Lucky for this little fellow because he came and gorged himself on berries.  The picture was hard to take because he kept moving.  This was taken between two raindrops on the window which caused the blurring on both sides.  I think I might have been moving a bit also.

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