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Bear with us, as we're still digesting the grand weekend—and year and half of planning—that was Vida Vegan Con. All three organizers have now begun reflecting on our own blogs (shocker), which you can read here and here and here, we've started thanking everyone involved (Thank You!), and writing a few drafts of our equally grand review of the event that just flew by, and odds are we'll never stop reflecting and reviewing.
We've collected your comment cards, read your emails, and spoken at length with speakers, attendees, sponsors, and friends alike, in addition to our own personal wishlists—we're gearing up for Spring 2013 and some surprises in the meantime, one of which is our dedication to VeganMoFo in October right here on this blog.
Starting October 1, Janessa, Jess & Michele (who will also fly high with daily updates on her own site) will start updating daily on everything from food cart lunches to impromptu salad dressing concoctions to what's holding their morning smoothie or coffee.
So, until we wrap it up some more—and who wants to do that?—read these updates to get all misty-eyed, or see what you missed, and what's in store:
- Vegan Vagrant's Vida Vegan Con Wrap-Up, Linkage, Highlights & Food Photos (including many more links to wrap-ups)
- The Opinioness of the World's Vida Vegan Con Posts & Class Notes
- Our Hen House Episode 86: "We cannot believe that if we refuse to look at what we do not wish to see, it will not exist."
- Chef Amber Shea's Almost Vegan blog updates
- Earth Balance at Vida Vegan Con!
- Vegan Culinary Crusade When Avatars Animate
- Vegans on the Move: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy Vida Vegan Con
- The Cosmopolitan Hour Two slices of VVC
- Fat Free Vegan <–recap even includes a recipe for cherry snack cake!
- Choosing Raw Three in-depth recaps of the weekend
- JL Goes Vegan Eight posts
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- John from The Lazeist Vegans' Return to Portland: Vida Vegan Con Bound
- Get Sconed!, Vegtastic Voyage & Epicurious Vegan Thoughts from the organizers
- The Urban Vegan's Vida Vegan Conference Photo Essay
- Jodie, The Picky Vegan, shares 3 recaps: Day 1, Day 2 & Day 3
- Veggin' Out's Christa Shelton highlights her experiences on her blog in Part Un and Part Deux, with a bonus Exhibitor Round-up
- Amey of Vegan Eats & Treats has a grand five-parter: The Conference, The Food, The People, The SWAG & The Day After (sniff, sniff)
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Maybe not my luckiest shot but I was on the ferry to the statue of liberty and saw it approaching fast so no time to compose through the viewfinder. I just held the camera at arms length and just eyeballed the center point confirming, panned with its flight path and shot. Oh and before all y'all that are going to be posting crazy stuff with crazy expensive super teles, this was shot with a 40mm pancake on a 60D.
Great shot - the wispy cloud, backlighting, and head turn give it a lot of drama. And wow, with the 40mm? I just picked one up and can't imagine shooting fast moving subjects with one, but obviously your shot proves it's definitely possible.


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(AP) - Katy Perry is adding some new scents to her perfume line.
The singer and songwriter is to develop a line of signature scents with beauty company Coty Inc., according to an announcement released Wednesday. Coty will distribute them on a larger scale than the Purr and Meow! perfumes that Perry previously crafted.
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LOGANSPORT — A network made of educators is working to address the needs of children in Cass County.
Melissa Woolever of Kid's Connection has found ways to use a door prize she won at a School Readiness Network meeting.
Woolever has used the clock timer prize in her classroom with tips she received.
Woolever is part of the School Readiness Network, which is made up of early child advocates including daycare providers and preschool and kindergarten teachers.
The School Readiness Network meets once a week and shares tips so those in attendance, like Woolever, can swap ideas with local childhood educators.
Nikki Reed, Reading Railroad program coordinator, started the network this year.
She said it's been a part of the Cass County Resource Network since 2011 and a yearlong process went into planning it.
Reed said Reading Railroad went through the program management process in 2011 to see if programs, like Begindergarten, were making an impact. Reed said they found they were making an impact, but there was a need for a school readiness initiative.
Begindergarten is a program to help kindergarten students get a head start in being prepared for school.
"School readiness in the county is a problem," Reed said. "Forty percent of children going into kindergarten are unprepared in Indiana. The number of children unprepared in Cass County is 60 percent."
Reed said of the 257 students in Logansport's kindergarten round-up, 96 students were unprepared and invited to attend Begindergarten. After the six-week program, 73 percent of students raised from at-risk to adequately prepared. Since then, a lot of communities have called to find out what they are doing and it's become a model program, Reed said.
"In a lot of communities, school readiness is a new topic," Reed said. "The network is a way to bridge gap between preschool and kindergarten teachers. What we're doing here is developing these programs so we are ahead."
Through the awareness of the issue, the school readiness network was formed. Reed said when United Way kicked off the Cass County Resource Network, they identified community needs and early education was one of those needs. She said childcare and preschool became a task force and, from there, the school readiness network came about.
The school readiness network brings together local teachers and day care leaders to work on needs in the community, build relationships and raise the quality of care that is happening, Reed said.
Woolever has been attending network meetings since it started, she said.
"I think it's a good idea to help reach out into the community and help the children who are in need in preschool and get them ready for kindergarten," Woolever said. "I've already incorporated things I've heard from other teachers at meetings."
At the October meeting, people discussed how to use timers to keep a classroom running smoothly. Woolever said she has used the timer in her classroom for what she calls "center time." She said she allows 7 to 10 minutes at a work station and the timer keeps things moving forward smoothly.
Dina Dominick, a kindergarten teacher in the Logansport Community School Corporation, attended her first School Readiness Network meeting in October. Dominick said that she has been going back and forth from teaching Kindergarten to first grade and this is the first opportunity she had to attend. Dominick said she heard about the network last year and sent an email to Reed.
"I think the network is a good thing and it would be nice to get a few more kindergarten teachers here," Dominick said. "We can communicate with preschool educators and kindergarten teachers to let them know what we're doing."
Woolever and Dominick said it was nice to get with other daycare, kindergarten and preschool facilities to get ideas.
Woolever said she learns something new every time she attends a meeting.
"I like the sharing, they have some good ideas," Dominick said. "Teachers do the same thing year after year and it's great to hear, not only new ideas but, ideas that have been put into practices."
Dominick said it's interesting to see she shares the same problems as other teachers.
"Others are feeling how we are and it's nice we're all on the same boat," Dominick said. "It's a good thing."
• Amie Sites is a reporter at the Pharos-Tribune. She can be reached at 574-732-5150 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Precautions that we all need to follow are:
- Never give information about another student to people you don't know. Phone numbers, place of residence, or even a student's whereabouts should not be given to strangers. Visitors who are looking for a student should be directed to the Office of Student Life or to a Resident Director.
- All outside doors to residence halls are to remain closed and locked at all times. An ID card is required to open these doors. No one without card access should be allowed in residence halls without approval of the Resident Director.
- Students are strongly encouraged to keep their rooms locked. The college is not responsible for students' personal property.
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Daytime Patrol Services are provided by a Dayton Police Department resource officer from 1 - 9 p.m. weekdays while school is in session. This officer also serves as the regular liaison between the College and the Dayton Police Department.
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A teenager kidnapped from her home at gunpoint in the middle of the night has been reunited with her family. Ayvani Hope Perez, 14, was found around noon at a location in Conyers, Ga., according to Clayton County Police Chief Gregory Porter. The details regarding how she was found have yet to be released."She was recovered at a location in Conyers, Ga. The investigation is still active," the chief said. He added that she has been reunited with her family and is being evaluated.Authorities said she was taken from her home on Brookgate Drive in Ellenwood around 2 a.m. Sunday. Police said the teen was abducted and the family dog was shot after her mother didn't have any money to turn over to the suspects. For more than 34 hours, more than 150 federal, state and local officers searched for the teen and her abductors.Porter said Ayvani has been in the metro area since her abduction. Authorities said that two men -- 40-year-old Juan Alberto Contreras-Rodriguez, a Mexican national, and 29-year-old Wildrego Jackson, of Atlanta -- were taken into custody. "We're currently looking for others," Porter said. Authorities clarified that the two men in custody are not the suspects shown in the sketches provided by Clayton County police Tuesday afternoon.Porter would not comment on reports that a ransom note had been sent to Perez's family.Balloons welcomed Perez back to her home as relief and joy blanketed the neighborhood. "She's back. She looks very nice, she's very relaxed. She's a sweet girl," said Lucille Howart. Howart said she got to spend a few minutes with Perez."She was smiling. She looked very happy to be back home," said Howart. "A look of relief was all over her."Neighbors were glad to see the terrifying ordeal end. "We were praying as a community for her safe return and I'm just so excited about that," said Shanell Clayburn.
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The City of Kansas City, Mo., Health Department urges residents and guests to practice safe food handling techniques as they prepare food for the holiday weekend.
"People often know and practice safe food handling in their kitchens, but during the stress of the holidays, they may forget when they are preparing meals for large family get-togethers," said Bert Malone, manager of the Health Department's Environmental Health Services Division. "Every year in the United Sates there are 75 million cases of food borne illnesses, and most of those are preventable."
Taking the following steps will greatly decrease the risk of food borne illnesses:
Always wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water before handling both uncooked and cooked food. While preparing uncooked meat, have someone else turn on and off the faucet to avoid getting juice from the meat on the faucet.
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· D800: 12-bit RAW vs. 14-bit RAW
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14-bit offers 16,384 different possible steps while 16-bit does 65,536 possible steps at sensor capture level. In other words, 16-bit sensor has four times the fidelity (or precision) of the 14-bit sensor. 65,536 tonal values offer much smoother gradient transition and shadows.
In theory, yes. But here in the real world, the practical difference is often zero. Your monitor cannot show 65536 discrete levels (maybe 1024 at best). You cannot print 65536 discrete levels. In fact, your eyes and brain cannot distinguish anywhere close to 65536 discrete levels at the same time.
In addition, we live in an analog world. Just because you have 16-bit data in a file does not mean that your source is a clean 16-bit signal. Image capture is still an analog process. Photons land (or don't land) on a particular photosite based on statistical probability. The quantity of photons is converted into an electrical signal, which in itself is not a 100% accurate process either. So while 16 bits is a lot of precision, unfortunately the devices we use to capture that data are not that precise. This imprecision shows up as noise in our images. Or at least, it shows up in the image data... in many cases our eyes are not good enough to see the noise.
You can read more about this here, and the first paragraph of that page basically mirrors what I just said above:
But that reminds me what Leonardo Da Vinci once famously said, " There are three classes of people: Those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see."
You forgot the fourth class of people: those who think they see what they are seeing, but aren't really seeing what they think they are seeing.
Apr 11, 2012 at 02:31 AM
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Perhaps the D800 has a low enough noise level and a high DR that if you have a contrasty situation using the entire DR and need to lift the shadows, 14 bit will have a perceptible advantage over 12 bit -- but that remains to be demonstrated. (Any D800 owners care to try?).
I do have some sample images that visually show at what point 12-bit vs 14-bit makes a difference, but I'm hoping for some more interesting subject matter first. I may post my example anyway, which is a bunch of M&Ms in the studio.
Apr 11, 2012 at 02:33 AM
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I do have some sample images that visually show at what point 12-bit vs 14-bit makes a difference, but I'm hoping for some more interesting subject matter first. I may post my example anyway, which is a bunch of M&Ms in the studio.
That would definitely be interesting!
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Here's a visual example of how bit depth often matters much less than people might think. I've taken the 100% crop of mshi's image and successively discarded half of each channel's values, then dithered the image. Here's the original:
Reduced to 7 bits:
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To me, it does not become objectionable until around 5 bits (32 levels). That's after throwing out 87.5% of the data from the 8-bit version. Compared to the original 16-bit data, over 99.95% of the data has been discarded. Keep in mind that this is a tiny crop from a 40-megapixel image. The differences will be even less apparent when viewing the photo in its entirety.
The 6-bit image is pretty good, and the 7-bit image looks just as good as the original. I have to zoom in to 300%, flip between the 7-bit and 8-bit versions, and stare at individual pixels just to perceive a difference. If someone just showed me the 7-bit version without saying anything, I would not suspect it was anything but a full-fidelity image.
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You forgot the fourth class of people: those who think they see what they are seeing, but aren't really seeing what they think they are seeing.
Thanks for the excellent posts and explanation.
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If there were not a noticeable difference between 12-bit and 14-bit, Nikon would not offer 14-bit as an option.
There is no noticeable difference in the large majority of cases. However, in certain circumstances, there can be a difference. Whether one ever needs to post-process your images under those circumstances is dependent on the photographer. In order to judge your need for 12-bit vs 14-bit (or lossy vs lossless), you need to know the facts, not go by other people's opinions. After all, they may have different requirements than you.
To your second point, why does Nikon still offer an uncompressed NEF option on the D800, D4, etc.? By your logic, there must be some benefit to it, otherwise Nikon would have eliminated the option, right?
I can't understand the logic of using 12-bit if file size is your issue with it. Storage is relatively inexpensive.
It isn't only a matter of absolute storage cost, but storage efficiency. If there really was no consequence to file size, we would all be saving everything as 16-bit PSD files, and there would not be a single JPEG to be seen anywhere. And yet JPEGs are extremely popular. I bet even you use them.
Why? Because it is a highly efficient method of storing digital photos: you save a lot of disk space for very little reduction in image quality. If I can reduce my storage requirements by half, that would make sense regardless of how little storage costs.
Not all storage is cheap either. I edit my work from a 256GB SSD, which cost me about $300 last Thanksgiving. If my storage requirements suddenly tripled (e.g., going from the D700 to a D800), I may need to replace that SSD with a 600GB one. That's a $1000 expense. If there is a way I can continue to work with my current SSD without noticeably compromising image quality, it would be worth my time to investigate.
Don't forget about other factors too, not just storage capacity. Transmission times will increase as well. A 72 MB uncompressed NEF will take over twice as long to download as a 30 MB compressed NEF. If you are using an online backup service, your file transfer times just doubled or tripled. In most cases, it costs a lot of money to increase your network bandwidth, assuming it is possible at all. A backup that used to comfortably run overnight while I sleep now starts hogging my connection during the day, or else I have to split up the transfer over two or more nights.
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Thanks for the excellent posts and explanation.
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Apr 11, 2012 at 03:16 AM
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That is cool to see the difference. What I didn't know was how lossless vs lossy would affect the highlights. And even if it's only slight, there are times where the increase in file size would be worth it. Thanks for these examples!
My pleasure! As I mentioned earlier, there is no question that differences exist between 12-bit vs 14-bit, and lossless vs lossy. The decision each person should make is whether those differences are relevant to the way they shoot and to the type of photography they are creating. And to make a good decision, you need to have the facts. If you don't know how 12-bit and 14-bit images are different, then you cannot make an intelligent decision about them. I'm not trying to tell anyone which method they should choose. I just want to post examples that will hopefully help guide people to the right decision.
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taob wrote
Can you see any differences? Are you able to tell which images are shot at what settings? This is the point many people have made in the past: there
a mathematical difference between the various compression options, but you are not going to notice 99.9% of the time. I figure I'll use this as a starting point, then move on to situations that do show the differences.
In fairness, ISO6400 isn't going to show the difference between them because 14 or 12 bit, it's mostly recording noise
(which reinforces your point).
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14-bit offers 16,384 different possible steps while 16-bit does 65,536 possible steps at sensor capture level. In other words, 16-bit sensor has four times the fidelity (or precision) of the 14-bit sensor. 65,536 tonal values offer much smoother gradient transition and shadows. Whether or not I can tell the difference all the time, I don't know. But that reminds me what Leonardo Da Vinci once famously said, " There are three classes of people: Those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see."
The problem with this is that there simply isn't the gradation in the incoming light to make the bit depth useful in highlights. Noise in light rises with the square root of the quantity captured. Consider a high FWC of 100k e-, with 100% QE for simplicity's sake. Your highest stop has 32,768 possible values, but between 50,000 and 100,000 there are less than 200 discernable values. With a signal of 50-100k, the shot noise is 200-330 - a recorded value of 70000 could have 'really' been anywhere between 69850 and 70150.
So those extra values provide dithering from noise, and far more than needed to prevent posterisation. Even the 200 discrete distinguishable values are more than enough given the nature of eyesight and display technologies
. Accounting for a healthy dose of dithering, you could throw away over 28000 of those 32768 bits and still have all the 'real' data. For 14 bit, it's over 12000 bits you could throw away and still have near no visible difference in the ability to recover highlights.
Obviously this is different with shadow detail - there the increased bit depth does come in useful, if significant tonal manipulation is carried out, as with a linear encoding system you'd be able to record more useful information. But lossy compression doesn't affect shadow detail anyway, so no loss there.
I'd be willing to bet a lossy compressed 16 bit capture (so lossy that it was smaller than a lossless compressed 14 bit capture) would be more amenable to being tortured in post than said 14 bit file, but the problem with that is that you need very fast 16 bit ADCs - and given that even MFDBs barely justify 16 bit capture now, it's probably not happening any time soon.
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Past weekend I shot half the time 14 bit on my D7000 and then switched to 12 bit as I wanted to see if I could get more images in the buffer as I was trying to get birds taking off. I think that I was getting an extra shot or two in a sequence. Once processing in PS I saw no real difference when trying to save an image because of exposure issues.
I will probably leave the camera on 14 bit until I need that extra frame as drive space is cheap and I have about 10 terabytes on the system now.
I think that the other way to save drive space besides not taking as many shots is deleting the ones that obviously will never be used. Every time I go through a days shooting I start by deleting what is out of focus or just an all round bad shot. Unfortunitly for me that can be quite a number.
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In fairness, ISO6400 isn't going to show the difference between them because 14 or 12 bit, it's mostly recording noise
(which reinforces your point).
Yeah, the 3x3 grid of images was something I had prepared for another forum. Somebody implied that 14-bit lossless NEFs are needed particularly for high ISO images. The thinking was that you don't get good DR or smooth gradients at high ISO settings, so shooting at the highest possible quality will somehow offset that effect.
This sort of misunderstanding seems to be fairly common, which can cause people to make the wrong decisions.
I have an ISO 6400 version of the sky banding shots (which shows no apparent banding even with 12-bit lossy), but I'm afraid someone out there will misinterpret the data and claim that I'm telling everyone to shoot bright outdoor scenes at ISO 6400.
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taob, thanks for the enlightenment by showing the same image at different bit depth. Actually, I was wondering why Nikon hasn't given us just a plain and simple bitmap mode for those of us who hate to do round trip in PS to get the same effects.
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taob, thanks for the enlightenment by showing the same image at different bit depth. Actually, I was wondering why Nikon hasn't given us just a plain and simple bitmap mode for those of us who hate to do round trip in PS to get the same effects.
It is probably something they could add to the Retouch menu, but the end result would be a JPEG, not a raw file. Nikon doesn't seem to like mucking around with their raw files, the way Canon does with the different-sized raw-but-not-really-raw CR2 files.
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It is probably something they could add to the Retouch menu, but the end result would be a JPEG, not a raw file. Nikon doesn't seem to like mucking around with their raw files, the way Canon does with the different-sized raw-but-not-really-raw CR2 files.
If one is only interested in 1-bit per pixel (bitmap), why bother with RAW in the first place?
Apr 11, 2012 at 07:35 PM
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Here are a couple of examples from the other end of the scale: the effect of 12-bit vs 14-bit on rendering of shadow details and colour. Recall that lossless vs lossy affects highlights. 12-bit vs 14-bit affects shadows. Download the 100% sample crops here:
I setup a test shot with random objects from my kitchen. There is a lot of fine detail to capture, so we'll see what happens if those details need to be pulled out from deep shadow. ISO was set fairly low at 400, and I adjusted the aperture and flash power to vary the exposure. Here's how the objects look under good lighting:
Here is an unadjusted image under test conditions, six stops underexposed:
Using a combination of the Exposure slider and Curves tool in ACR 7.0, I brought both the 12-bit and the 14-bit images back up to the proper exposure levels. The full-sized images are in the ZIP file above:
The first thing I'll say is that for being 6 stops under, both images are surprisingly usable. There was no NR applied, so you might want to do some of that first, but otherwise if you had nothing else to use, these could work in a pinch. Pushing ISO 400 by six stops puts you at around ISO 25600. However, we are now in the realm of those 2 bits of difference between 12-bit and 14-bit. Because there aren't as many levels available, colour accuracy in the deep, deep shadows may be compromised. You can see this in the tone of the OOF background areas (much grainier green channel), as well as dark-coloured areas like the marmalade jar, and the lid of the yellow jar of baking powder. Compared to the properly-exposed shot above, you can see that the colours in the 14-bit version are more accurate.
But as you move away from the deep shadows, colour reproduction becomes less of an issue. In both cases, the noise from the signal amplification is the real problem, and that doesn't change much with bit depth in the higher tonal ranges. Looking at the 100% images in the ZIP file, fine detail seems to be equally good (or equally bad
) in both versions. The microprint pattern on the $20 bill, the fine print on the baking powder and marmalade jars, etc. are equally readable.
So there is a difference in deep shadow colour accuracy between 12-bit and 14-bit, but not as much difference in terms of image detail. Back to the question: is it worth shooting in 14-bit for this reason? If you often find yourself needing accurate colour in areas underexposed by 4, 5 or 6 stops or more, then perhaps you are better off with 14-bit capture. For me, I rarely need to rescue a shot by more than 2 stops. I would say that if you were truly concerned about colour reproduction accuracy, taking the time to get the correct exposure or bracketing your exposures will yield much, much better results. The quality from a good 12-bit file far exceeds that of a poor 14-bit file that needs rescuing in post.
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Here's another example (contained in the same ZIP file in the previous post) using a bag of M&M's I keep in the studio to bribe kids.
Same deal, underexpose by 6 stops, then bring back in ACR:
ACR 7.0 only lets me push 5 stops, which is not quite enough to get back to the right exposure:
Using the Curves tool gets me the rest of the way:
Again, the green shift in the darker parts of the image is evident. Zooming in on different parts of the image, you can see that the 14-bit image resolves colours deeper into shadow than the 12-bit image. Whereas the 12-bit image might only have 3 or 4 shades of red to dither before clipping to black, the 14-bit image might have 10 or 12 shades to work with. There are a few spots that appear to be noisy black in the 12-bit image, but actually show some noisy red or blue in the 14-bit image. Highlights are again not affected as much, at least until they roll off into the shadows.
The shadow areas I've zoomed in on are so dark that in the unadjusted exposure, the RGB pixel levels are either 0, 1 or 2 out of 255. So you're looking at areas below 1% luminance, and trying to scrape some sort of usable image detail out of that. I've exaggerated things here for the sake of demonstration, so while you don't necessarily have to go as far as 6 stops of underexposure to see a difference, I don't think anything above, say, 4 stops of underexposure will see much benefit.
Again, if you often need to pull colour detail from areas of an image underexposed by 4 or more stops, then you may have a case for leaving the camera in 14-bit mode. Otherwise, the difference in bit depth simply does not translate to an appreciable difference in the final image. Of course, you are free to use your camera however you see fit, but I wanted to lay to rest some of the myths and misconceptions about 12-bit vs 14-bit and lossy vs lossless compression that I see all the time.
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mshi wrote
If one is only interested in 1-bit per pixel (bitmap), why bother with RAW in the first place?
1-bit image? You mean a monochrome bitmap that only uses black or white pixels? Aside from people who want the look of the original Macintosh, who would be interested in that?
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Just because you can't easily quantify the visual differences between a properly exposed 12-bit and 14-bit image does not mean the differences are not there. In other words, just because you can't point to an area of an image see an obvious difference does not mean there is not a subtle but real difference that makes the 14-bit image better. This is what all of your testing is missing. It's not a myth or misconceptions either....
If you want to use 12-bit lossy, go for it. I'm not......
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afm901 wrote
Just because you can't easily quantify the visual differences between a properly exposed 12-bit and 14-bit image does not mean the differences are not there.
Actually, yes it does mean exactly that. The limitations of our display technology, our choice of file format (e.g., JPEG), and indeed our frail human vision make it impossible to measure the difference between a properly-exposed image recorded with 12 bits of resolution vs. 14 bits of resolution, at least with the recent Nikon models I've tested. It is only when we need to manipulate the data in fairly extreme ways (e.g., to correct for underexposure, or for artistic purposes such as oversaturation) that the differences manifest themselves.
You should study how Bayer demosaicing works, as well as the mathematical relationship between linear raw data and gamma-corrected image data, and you'll understand how differences in intensity at the 12-bit or 14-bit resolution can map to the same, single 8-bit value displayed on your monitor and seen by your eyes.
If you are still not convinced, then go back to
post #18
in this thread and take up the challenge I have there. Download the image at
3x3 test image
and tell me which squares were shot in 12-bit lossy mode and which were shot in 14-bit lossless mode. As per your criteria, those are properly exposed images. If the differences are there, then I expect you to have a 100% success rate. I'll even allow the use of mechanical and electronic aids, if you don't think your own eyes are up to the task. Even if you randomly guess, you'll still have a 1-in-512 chance of getting them all correct. Get back to me with your answers, please.
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Of course there is a REAL difference. The real difference is 2 bits. That's not the question; the question is:
-"Is this (admittedly real) difference discernible, visible or even relevant?"
-Outside the fringe examples where you need lots of shadow lifting or extreme highlight recovery of contrasts in strong color.
Thank you for the samples, Taob, they once more show what most people relying on actual side-by-side inspection of equal circumstance shots have known since Nikon introduced their first version of the "gamma-curve" compression (the newer form - that was introduced with the D300 I think - has a slightly different linear part, that seems to fit the sensor noise statistics better). It really needs to be reiterated once in a while. And it's good to do it with a new camera, to "get to know" its' strengths and weaknesses.
[edit/add - a bit late on the case, but anyway :-) ]
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Ketoacidosis is a pathological metabolic state marked by extreme and uncontrolled ketosis. In ketoacidosis, the body fails to adequately regulate ketone production causing such a severe accumulation of keto acids that the pH of the blood is substantially decreased. In extreme cases ketoacidosis can be fatal.[1]
Ketoacidosis is most common in untreated type 1 diabetes mellitus, when the liver breaks down fat and proteins in response to a perceived need for respiratory substrate. Prolonged alcoholism may lead to alcoholic ketoacidosis.
Ketoacidosis can be smelled on a person's breath. This is due to acetone, a direct byproduct of the spontaneous decomposition of acetoacetic acid. It is often described as smelling like fruit or nail polish remover.[2] Ketosis may also smell, but the odor is usually more subtle due to lower concentrations of acetone.
Ketoacidosis occurs when the body is producing large quantities of ketone bodies via the metabolism of fatty acids (ketosis) and the body is producing insufficient insulin to slow this production. The excess ketone bodies can significantly acidify the blood. The presence of a high concentration of glucose in the blood (hyperglycemia) caused by the lack of insulin can lead to further acidity. In healthy individuals this normally does not occur because the pancreas produces insulin in response to rising ketone/blood glucose concentration.
Acidity results from the dissociation of the H+ ion at physiological pH of metabolic ketone bodies such as acetoacetate, and β-hydroxybutyrate.
Acetone has no easily liberated proton, and is thus non-acidic in human biochemical environments.
Two common types are diabetic and alcoholic ketoacidosis.
In diabetic patients, ketoacidosis is usually accompanied by insulin deficiency, hyperglycemia, and dehydration. Particularly in type 1 diabetics the lack of insulin in the bloodstream prevents glucose absorption and can cause unchecked ketone body production (through fatty acid metabolism) potentially leading to dangerous glucose and ketone levels in the blood. Hyperglycemia results in glucose overloading the kidneys and spilling into the urine (transport maximum for glucose is exceeded). Dehydration results following the osmotic movement of water into urine (Osmotic diuresis), exacerbating the acidosis.
In alcoholic ketoacidosis, alcohol causes dehydration and blocks the first step of gluconeogenesis by depleting oxaloacetate .[citation needed] The body is unable to synthesize enough glucose to meet its needs, thus creating an energy crisis resulting in fatty acid metabolism, and ketone body formation.
A mild acidosis may result from prolonged fasting or when following a ketogenic diet or a very low calorie diet.[3][4]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Death after soup and water diet". BBC News. 27 July 2009.
- ^ Diabetic ketoacidosis at medical dictionary of National Institutes of Health.
- ^ Hartman AL, Vining EP (January 2007). "Clinical aspects of the ketogenic diet". Epilepsia 48 (1): 31–42. doi:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.00914.x. PMID 17241206.
- ^ Delbridge E, Proietto J, E; Proietto, J (2006). "State of the science: VLED (Very Low Energy Diet) for obesity". Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 15: 49–54. PMID 16928661.
External links[edit]
- The Merck Manual - Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
- Lancet case study Atkins diet-induced Ketoacidosis


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Hewlett-Packard today announced the merger of its Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) and its Personal Systems Group (PSG) in what it called an effort to drive profitable growth for the entire company. The two businesses will be combined into a new unit called the Printing and Personal Systems Group, headed by Todd Bradley, the executive vice president of PSG since 2005.
Among other restructuring moves announced today, HP will merge the Global Accounts Sales organization with the rechristened HP Enterprise Group, headed up by David Donatelli. The business includes enterprise servers, storage, networking, and technology services.
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The move, widely rumored earlier in the week, reflects the dimming future of the printer business relative to the PC business. While printer sales are expected to grow 1 percent to 2 percent in the next few years, the PC market will expand by about 5 percent, according to IDC.
HP said that by merging the PC and printer units, it will streamline its supply chain, achieve cost savings will be better able to reinvest in the business.
Not everyone is as convinced that putting the printer and PC businesses together will help HP cut costs. "I don't see anything in today's announcement that will change the fact that HP is less than the sum of their parts," said Garner analyst Mark Fabbi. "Moving the deck chairs around isn't enough," he said. Instead, the company should be attempting to lead IT discussions and thinking about how to make use of the software acquisitions it made in 2011.
According to HP, the merger will allow it to rationalize sales, customer support and supply chain operations.
Ezra Gottheil, a senior analyst at Technology Business Research, agreed. The merger glues together many aspects of HP's consumer business, including the supply chain, sales force and product introductions, he said: "This is a positive. HP's problem over the last few years is that it has been siloed, and it was failing to fully leverage the potential synergies of being one of the world's largest IT providers."
The combined Printing and Personal Systems Group will likely have bigger profit margins, and especially benefit PSG, which was struggling and last year became a target for a spin-off, Gottheil said.
Gartner's Fabbi, though, said that in such a low-margin business, "We're not convinced there are a lot of opportunities to cut costs other than some overarching functions. On the buy side, it's often a different buyer [in the enterprise] and there are sold in different areas [for consumer/retail], so again synergies are small."


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Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputies arrested William Hall during a child porn sting. Hall is a registered sex offender. He was previously charged in 1987 with child molestation charges.
During this latest arrest, MCSO's Computer Crimes Unit received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an unknown suspect who had been communicating with and receiving sexually explicit pictures of young boys.
MCSO deputies were able to track down the IP address to a town home on 29th Lane in Phoenix. It's there that Hall was arrested on Nov. 1, 2012. It's during that same day that police collected CDs, laptops and external hard drives filled with thousands of pictures of sexually explicit material that Hall had collected over the years.
According to a statement from MCSO investigators, Hall admitted to being a lifetime sex offender who had served 15 years in prison for child molestation. Hall also admitted to lying about his true identity to his live-in boyfriend for the past 10 years, in an attempt to go undetected.
"I'm shocked," said Hall's boyfriend, Richard Wallace.
"It's like any other relationship. You don't know where somebody was previously. It's a big shock," he continued.
Hall has also been charged with failing to register as a sex offender.
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El Gaucho - Seattle
- Address:
2505 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
SteakPrice: $50 and over
El Gaucho - Seattle
- Dining Style: Fine Dining
- Website: http://www.elgaucho.com/
- Phone: 2067281337x
- Hours of Operation:
Sunday - Thursday: Lounge 4:00pm – 11:00pm, Dinner service begins at 5:00pm
Friday - Saturday: Lounge 4:00pm – 12:00am; dinner service begins at 5:00pm.
Happy Hour: Sunday - Monday: all night
Tuesday - Friday 4:00pm - 7:00pm and 10:00pm - close
Saturday 4:00pm - 5:00pm and 10:00pm to close
- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Steak, American, Steakhouse
- Executive Chef: Matthew Brandsey
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Entertainment, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Entertainment: Live piano music seven days a week.
- Special Events: Private dining at El Gaucho is a memorable occasion. Our beautiful and incomparable private rooms are available for lunch and dinner service Monday through Friday and dinner service on the weekends. We also provide buyouts of our entire restaurant. Please contact Brooke Lee at 206-267-5510 or firstname.lastname@example.com for details.
A word from El Gaucho - Seattle
El Gaucho is the Northwest's steakhouse legacy focused on elegant old-school, tableside service for people celebrating their lives.Continued
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El Gaucho - Seattle reviews from OpenTable diners
134 reviews since April 25, 2014
- Food4.4Service4.6
- Ambiance4.5Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (111)romantic (104)notable wine list (67)fit for foodies (55)neighborhood gem (21)late-night find (20)vibrant bar scene (17)good for groups (16)hot spot (12)great for brunch (2)kid-friendly (1)Show More
- Great not goodOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/17/2014Food was very good, but maybe not worth the price. You know what was worth the price? The service. Everyone there was an absolute joy to be around while maintaining their professionalism. Would definitely recommend.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Impeccable Servicemcoco816Dined on 8/16/2014As always with El Gaucho, the service, food and experience was wonderful. Very attentive staff but not overly so, if that makes sense. Everything was just phenomenal. Wonderful place to dine.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- unsatisfiedDined on 8/16/2014The waiter got my drink order wrong the first time. My steak tasted more well done than medium well. The food was mediocre, the man on the piano was good but the restaurant was too dark and didn't satisfy my taste. It was my birthday and I got no candle on my dessert. The Met has 5 stars in my books, and will be dining there from now on.
- Big Let Down!AlexBDined on 8/16/2014I took my husband here for his 50th birthday. When I ordered my filet mignon medium rare, it came back blue. They graciously took it back, but upon return it was STILL very rare. They finally nailed it on the second try, but by this time, everyone else at the table was finished so I was eating alone. Thankfully I was not charged for the steak. On another disappointing note, when I made my reservations through Open Table, I specifically stated we were celebrating a birthday. When the restaurant called to confirm, I let them know we were celebrating a birthday. When the the dessert arrived, no candles - nothing. Our waiter apologized but informed us he was not made aware of this request. Very disappointing considering the great expense!Special Features:
- I love El Goucho!!YummyDined on 8/16/2014You can never go wrong here! Not to brag but I literally have eaten here over 20 times (mostly due to business functions). I have never been dissatisfied. Saturday evening was a rare occasion because we were there for fun and celebration verses business. The staff was polite, punctual and provided a wonderful fun element to our dinner. The food was basically perfect. You will not leave hungry. I suggest going to El Goucho when you have had NOTHING to eat during the day. The made-at-the-table caesar is one of the best and it is a very hefty portion (they might even give you the recipe)! The main dining room is not "packed" with people so it does not feel over crowded. If you are looking for a special restaurant…go here!Special Features:
- Love El GauchoSteveDined on 8/15/2014We come here 2-3 times a year to celebrate our special occasions. Their table side Caesar is amazing. The steaks always cooked perfectly.Special Features:
- Excellent dinner and servicejseattleDined on 8/11/2014We started by sharing the spicy shrimp appetizer - very flavorful, although just a little too spicy for us. My friend had a filet mignon medium and I had a filet medium-rare with a mushroom sauce. The steaks were excellent - again, great flavor and very tender. We ordered a side of spinach. Before dessert, they brought out a fruit, nut, cheese platter - very good, although the nuts were a bit stale. We shared the bread pudding for dessert - wow, that was tasty! Our server was very knowledgeable about the wine and the food, which helped us. Also we felt well attended to - eg., out water glasses were always full. El Gaucho offers a lovely experience and excellent food. It is expensive! Dinner for 2 with 1 glass of wine/person was $180.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A very special night out!OpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 8/9/2014El Gaucho Seattle is our go-to restaurant for special occasions. The ambiance is impeccable - perfectly dark and cozy. Service is always top-notch. The staff make you feel like royalty, even escorting women to the restroom. The food is undeniably good. We loved the four course menu that allowed us to try so many different foods. The roasted sweet corn is unlike any corn you've ever had and the Bailey's bread pudding is the definition of comfort food. The after-dinner complimentary cheese, nut, and fruit platter is the cherry on top. El Gaucho is hands down the best place in Seattle for a dining experience worthy for any celebration!Special Features:
- Great SteaksLennyVIPDined on 8/7/2014Best steaks in Seattle. Bit pricey but well worth it great dining experience in unique settingSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing experienceKel0404Dined on 8/2/2014We decided to go to El Gaucho to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. It was an amazing experience from start to finish. We started with a drink at the bar. Out drinks were great and the service was wonderful. We then had dinner and they had special accommodations for our anniversary and made us feel very special! The low lighting made it very romantic along with the piano music at perfect volumn in the background. We had the 4 course meal which is $85 per person but I have to say for the amount of food you get and how amazingly good it is, it's well worth it! I recommend the filet mignon, table side Caesar and bread pudding! We will definitely be dining here again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FabulousFoodfanDined on 7/31/2014Rebecca our server was warm and friendly. The food was fabulous ( truffle soup👼). Dessert great. I don't know the name of the person who did our dessert ( banana foster). But he was fantastic and funny. Whole night AMAZINGSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Elegant and spendyLizLarsDined on 7/30/2014We went and sat in the bar for happy hour. We had really amazing food for happy hour, with decent sized dishes for $10-13 each. Drinks were also discounted to $8-$10. We shared the diablo prawns, steak frites and one other dish and we're happy and full. The dishes were all vibrant with flavor and delicious! With two drinks each, the total came to around $100.Special Features:
- Birthday DinnerFancyGalDined on 7/29/2014I took my boyfriend to El Gaucho Seattle for his 24th birthday. It was my very first time going there and I was impressed. He had the boneless New York steak and I had the scallops and prawns linguini. We also ordered the Caesar salad they make on front of you and let me tell you it was quite possibly the best Caesar salad I've ever had. His steak was perfectly done and my dish was delicious. The service was absolutely amazing, they made my boyfriend feel so special on his birthday. He told me that no server has ever done that before. They had a card waiting on the table for him and our server even paid for our deserts (crem brûlée.) Over all I can't wait to go back here for another celebration!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Appetizers and sides were great.smccormick22Dined on 7/29/2014El Gaucho's Appetizers and side dishes were great. Top of the line. I'd very much recommend the steak bites in Cajun sauce and table side Caesar salad. The entrees were a bit of a miss. The sauce was a bit too salty and the seasonings were "weird". We had the NY Steak medallions with lobster medallions. The lobster that came with the dish was grossly overcooked. It was rubbery, and lacking in that sweet lobster flavor. Overall, I would return again for the appetizers, sides and desserts, but not the entrees.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Old reliableOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 7/26/2014El Gaucho has been around for years and continues to churn out great meals and excellent service. One of the few places left in Seattle where they mix the caesar salad at your table. Execellent wine list but a tad pricy as in greater than normal margins. Steaks were outstanding.Special Features:
- Overrated expensive amazon dealNonicknameVIPDined on 7/26/2014Limited menu sub par service and they make you feel bad about honoring amazon deal. Food was average at best
- DisappointedOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 7/25/2014I've always had such a great experience at El Gaucho, but that was not the case during our last visit. The service was terrible. We had to ask for bread 3 times before our waiter finally brought it over to us. When our main course finally came, everyone at the table received their meal except for me, though none of the wait staff seemed to notice or care. I finally asked our waitress about it and she seemed surprised that I didn't have my meal. ? They gave me a small app in the meantime, which was essentially plain crab meat on lettuce. When my meal came, one of my cuts of meat was undercooked, while the other was overcooked. I was really disappointed by the entire experience.
- A dining experience not 2 be missedJulesDined on 7/23/2014My first time at any El Gaucho was with a deal I purchased through Amazon Local for $175 for a four course meal for two. I chose the wine pairings and my boyfriend had the cocktails. The drinks were tastey, but the wine is an amazing deal. And each one was deliciously sinful...oh my goodness. The food. Oh the food. Ceasar salad prepared tableside...wicked shrimp, prime rib medallions, chocolate bourbon cake...all of it, absolutely perfect. And they are not chintzy, we were completely stuffed when we left. A new experience for me is that they are not worried about turning tables. They want you to stay, savor your meal, enjoy your company...it is awesome. It couldn't have been any better. Well done El Gaucho, well done.Special Features:
- left much to be desired...foodforlifeDined on 7/22/2014I'm not sure if there is a change in Chef or just a bad night. My halibut was overcooked on the outside and almost raw on the inside. My friend's filet minon was overdone, chewy (second time was even worse). The staff was very kind and brought out a second stead but it just didn't work out. They took the item off the tab but it's unfortuante the quality was just not there. For what they charge for their food, I would expect alot more.
- Love this Steakhouse!OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 7/20/2014El Gaucho is our favorite restaurant. The food, drink and ambiance are beyond compare.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not impressedFoodieDined on 7/19/2014I was expecting top notch cuisine and the end result was not impressive. The atmosphere was nice and it was romantic, but a couple that only gets away a few times a year I was extremely unimpressed. We cook well at home so I was expecting tone wowed and it just wasn't worth the money we spent.Special Features:
- Very accomodatingHappyCustomerDined on 7/19/2014My boyfriend is allergic to dairy and they were very kind to make dairy free mash potatoes. This is something that most places will not do for him. Our waiter even brought over another basket of dairy free bread without us asking. I will absolutely recommend and will go back.Special Features:
- Great Time with El GauchorapbusinessDined on 7/18/2014The ambience is warm and inviting of conversation; the pianist in the corner is playing the jazz standards we all know. The lighting is dark, the table meant for good conversation, and the food is heavenly. Ask for Chris as your table waiter--he si very attentive, and has a sense of humor, too.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Simply divineEmeraldcitygirlDined on 7/13/2014Classic old school service, mouth-watering food, and an indoor atmostophere that somehow still feels like you're on an intimate little plaza somewhere in Spain.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SteveDined on 7/12/2014Outstanding experience. Food can't be topped. Not a good choice if you like a light and lively ambiance.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointingAnthonyVIPDined on 7/11/2014A half empty restaurant on a Friday evening with slow service, missed and delayed item delivereies. Overall just not the experience I'd expect for a 500 tab for 4. To top it off, the final bill was off by 15% due to overcharges for items that were part of the multi-course tasting menu. Less than impressive service doesn't compensate for what was typically good food.
- Amazing ExperienceOpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 7/11/2014El Gaucho is an experience to remember. From the darkly lit room to attentive, professional wait staff to the flavor explosion of each bite this dining experience was something my wife and I will always remember. I highly recommend the Caesar Salad made table side and ordering from the "El Gaucho Experience". Be prepared to open your wallet, but it was definitely worth every penny.Special Features:
- Behind the timesOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 7/10/2014El Gaucho is behind the food evolution times. The portions are ridiculous and old fashioned. The room is huge but too dark to enjoy the food. The penlights provided for the menu should be a tip off. Service was top notch but fell off near the end of the meal. The sister restaurant, Aqua is present day with healthier food and beautiful scenery out of their plentiful windows. Perhaps El Gaucho needs a makeover.
- dependableharboDined on 7/10/2014Always good. Never a disappointment. We will keep El Gaucho as our favorite.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- El GauchoOpenTable Diner Since 2009VIPDined on 7/9/2014A little old-Seattle charm and feels like a step back to the classy days of dining. Great service and fabulous food in a romantic setting.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Seattle ClassicToddDined on 7/7/2014El Gaucho is a destination in Seattle. Fantastic steaks, caesars, apps, wine list, service.Special Features:
- Great food good serviceNorthDinerDined on 7/7/2014The food was very good, the service was good... maybe a little too over bearing... overall I would definitely go again.Special Features:
- SuperbEvaXDined on 7/3/2014El Gaucho never fails to impress. They gave us a very nice table complete with rose petals for our anniversary.Special Features:
- Anniversary special!!FoodieCoupleDined on 7/2/2014Service service service!!! The food was amazing, but the service was incredible. Our anniversary was so much fun! Details are what counts and the El Gaucho staff knocked it out of the park from the valet to our server, truly a team effort. I wish every restaurant understood detailed service the way El Gaucho does!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A perfect splurgelove2dineoutDined on 7/2/2014Seattle has always been a great city for exemplary retail dining experiences, with every imaginable cuisine available. If you have to make a choice for a splurge, and you can only pick one place, it should be El Goucho on First Ave., in Belltown. With several excellent steak restaurants in town, El Goucho manages to rise to the top, and I should know, I've tried them all more than once. Granted, it is not inexpensive, but for the steaks, the wine list and the tableside service, it's worth every penny of your hard earned money. Tip: Get the tableside prepared Caesar salad and for dessert, either the tableside Bananas Foster or Cherries Jubilee.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good but expensive for what it wasNonicknameVIPDined on 6/28/2014Amazon local deal IMO was not what I thought it would get which kind of made me feel like it wasn't worth it.for 175 for two I figured we'd be able to choose off the menu. Nope we were given menus but then quickly were told oh you need to order off this one page small selection menu. Wine pairing went along with it, and that was nice. We had good size pours. Food was tasty, nothing that special. We eat at a lot of high end places. Service was slow at first but then improved We liked our waiter. Generous portion sizes ambiance was really dark but relaxing. Will not be buying any future amazon deals for this place
- Old school bestOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 6/26/2014Food, drinks, atmosphere and a very attentive server, Maik, made for a wonderful night out. This is the way dining out should always be!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Cold plates make steak coldDisappointedDined on 6/24/2014We ordered chateaubriand with lobster. Out of habit, I touched the edge of the plate. It was cold. So was my wife's plate. The restaurant was fairly busy but not jammed. The meat might have languished on the cook's counter for a bit. But when it hit the plates, with some perfectly cooked asparagus and a cheese-encrusted tomato half, it quickly lost its heat. When we mentioned the cold plates to the waiter, he said "Yeah, a cold plate would make the food cold. Let me buy you a dessert." We declined the dessert, which he brought anyway. We did not eat it. With a tip (at 20%) the dinner tab came to about $260. Now we know what to expect for that amount at El Gaucho.Special Features:
- Good find!AlliODined on 6/23/2014From the outside, El Gaucho does not look very impressive. After going through the first set of doors, I got really nervous that this place wasn't going to be that nice. But once we made it through the second set of doors, we walked into a very open, swanky restaurant. Food was what you would expect from an upscale restaurant. Service was superb! Maybe not my first choice to go to if we were to visit Seattle again, but it was definitely nice. The biggest downside of the restaurant is that you don't get to enjoy any of the beautiful views in the city. Otherwise, it was great!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Our favorite SteakwelovetoeatDined on 6/21/2014The Seattle El Gaucho is the best spot. Their steaks are mouth watering. We drove to Gig Harbor to pick my Mom up for her 81st birthday. Drove back to Seattle to take her to that El Goucho. Then drove her home to Gig Harbor. We have been to El Gaucho Tacoma and Bellevue and they are very good. We just really like to staff, ambience and the food in Seattle. We were a little disappointed that they were out of nitrogen and we could not order our favorite dessert which is the salted carmel ice cream they make at your table.Special Features:


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We are asking for your help Our goal in this fundraiser is to raise the $5,000,000 needed to build THE WORLDS LARGEST CROSS.
Did you know that you can leave your lasting mark at the base of what will become the World's Largest Cross?. For a $100 donation you will get a brick engraved memorializing a lost loved one or honor someone you will forever cherish, a birthday, anniversary, your family, yourself, any occasion, or even a beloved pet. Space the closest to the base of the cross has been reserved for the first one thousand $100 contributors. Your tax deductible donation (any amount) will go a long way towards helping build this magnificent monument, a constant reminder of what Jesus did for each of us.
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