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|I am new to the digital world, but I have always loved photography.
I feel very "uncoordinated" in the steps AFTER I take a photo. We just came back from Hawaii and I am trying to get organized on the steps I need to take. I feel like there must be an easier way then what I am thinking - I haven't attempted it yet, and maybe I am making it harder than it has to be. (?)
I have the photos in a file in "my photos". Out of the 150 or so, I need to go through and delete any of the ones that I know I don't want to keep.
Then I need to decide which ones I will print. I use Costco - not a home printer. I will be enlarging some to frame.
Would I put them all in a file in Photoshop and go throught them and edit them, then when it comes to Costco do I take them from the photoshop file? I hope you know what I mean when I say I just don't know in what order I should do things, so that I am not duplicating steps. I feel like this is taking me soooo long to do.
Do I only use Photoshop on the ones that I am editing? Then I would have 2 files and that seems awkward and difficult to keep straight.
So I am interested in how you organize yourself.
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|I normally just use MS Office Picture Manager that comes with MS Office 2003 package. I like this tool because it's simple and easy for editing. It also allows you to crop, compress, resize and rename files in batches.
Then, I would burn the selected photos on a CD and just bring it to a local 1-hour photo for prints.
Be awared that some of their machines don't like file names that are not continous or have some of these: *, &, %, #, etc.. In other words, if you rename the jpg files, use only alphabets and numbers and run them together without any spacing.
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|This is what I do because 1. saves space on computer hard drive 2. never lets the original photo be damaged.
I take the memory card to Woodmans and get a CD (only a CD not prints) made. Cost $2.00. Bring the Cd home and run the photos I like thru Photoshop. Put the photos I want prints made of into a flash drive and take to be printed or sometimes just upload to Snapfish. Then I file the CD somewhere with all the photos. Only the ones I put into Photoshop are on my hard drive.
|Because I'm teaching a beginning digital photography class this week (one time only, for seniors), I asked about people's storing/editing procedures on another forum. I was surprised at the wide range of preferences.
Like Bean Counter, I put my photos on a CD commercially (Walmart). But first I use a card reader to upload them to Photoshop, where I resize selected images and save them to a CD for emailing or uploading to my Flickr or Photobucket pages.
If you save selected images to bring to Costco for printing, do not resize them. Save them onto a CD in their original size.
Good luck! You'll figure out what works best for you eventually. :-)
- Posted by gre2eneyes (My Page) on Tue, May 6, 08 at 6:17
|One thing I found out, after I switched to digital is to burn my own CD's on my computer at home. Or if you cannot do that, make sure wherever you take them to be put on a CD has the capacity to store them in the same size your camera shoots them. Walmart resizes the size of your file to a much smaller file. For example, I shoot with a Canon Digital EOS Rebel XT (8.1 megapixels), and I shoot on the largest file size. When I download my photos, they are usually between 3 and 4 megabytes for each photo. When Walmart finishes burning your CD,each picture is downsized to less than 2 megabytes. At least that is how they used to be, unless they have upgraded their system. So anyway...my point is to be very careful that wherever you take them they burn them AS THEY ARE!!!
- Posted by stargazzer (My Page) on Tue, May 6, 08 at 18:33
|I bought Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 to make music CDs and just recently started using the photo section of it and I love it. I print my own and also started printing some of my favorite travel photos to hang, 8X10s, 5X7s, etc.. I needed some pictures to decorate with and thought why not use my own. I am doing a picture frame that holds 9.... 4 X 6 pictures of the Panama Canal to hang. I will put them in the order that we went through the Canal. I do not enhance them to make the picture prettier, I like them to be natural, just like it was.
I don't take them to be printed because they often crop them to the size you want and they crop parts I don't want cropped.
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Did you try to see what programs are auto-ran in your PC at start-up? To do this, type "msconfig" on the search bar after clicking the START button. Then, click the STARTUP tab. Uncheck all unnecessary programs, and if you want, just leave only the Antivirus checked.
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The problem can relate to the inferior Factory Preinstalled Win7 with all of the bloatware and duplicate utiltiies which interfere with better versions built into Win7, throttle Win7 from its native performance and can cause problems.
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I appreciate all your answers here, but I am just not that PC savvy. Your solutions sound like they are much too complicated for me. Perhaps I better take my PC in for repair.
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A bit of relief from the weekend's heat is expected Monday as temperatures stay below 90 in Billings, but temperatures could creep back into the 90s as early as Tuesday.
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A bit of rain is much-needed. Only .12 inches of rain has fallen so far in the month of July, about .8 inches below average.
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One of the only shots I got of this howling water dog when I thought I would walk away with hundreds.
On Durphee Lake
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Minnesota nice
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I said that I would always be honest in this journal, so it is confession. time.
Yesterday was my son's and my mother's birthday. For the appetizers I stayed fairly primal. The cheese and the hummus would have put it in the 20% category. Unfortunately, I chose to have some of my husband's homemade mac & cheese with my almond fried chicken. Dessert was low carb icecream and sugarfree chocolate syrup (total frankenfood).
I ate way too much last night and the pasta has left me feeling hungover and bloated. Yuck. The great news is that it was a choice, not a binge and I feel no desire to eat grains today.
I know that my eating will not always be perfect. The key will be not allowing one bad meal to turn into days of bingeing as I described yesterday.


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Airtastic Playland
A fun and exciting play land offering 10 inflatable play structures, four party rooms and two age-appropriate play areas.
CITY: Aurora
Aurora Skate Center
Skate to the sounds of Top 40 music. The skate center also features special live organ music dance sessions.
CITY: Aurora
Ayers Landing Canoe Rental
Canoe trips on lower Fox River.
CITY: Wedron
Batavia Riverwalk
A 32-acre park built in cooperation with Batavia Park District, the city of Batavia and the Batavia Riverwalk Committee. Park your bikes by the Depot Museum and stroll the boardwalks through the wildflower garden.
CITY: Batavia
Bicentennial Riverfront Park
Bicentennial Riverfront Park is a five-acre community park on the south bank of the Fox River. Built by volunteers on Hydraulic Street, Bicentennial Riverfront Park makes optimum use of the river, with abundant fishing, plus canoe and kayak access to the white water chute. There is also a beautiful view of the Glenn Palmer Dam as you follow the trail along the river and the picnic area, playground and river-side pavilion are popular community gathering spots in the summertime.
CITY: Yorkville
Bicycle Trails - Aurora
More than 35 miles of trails, from Aurora to Crystal Lake, pass through scenic landscapes. Routes include the Fox River, Virgil Gilman and Red Oak Trails, and the Illinois Prairie Path.
CITY: Aurora
Black Sock Training Stable
A variety of equestrian services for beginning to advanced riders. Personalized professional instruction and scheduled trail rides.
CITY: Ottawa
Blackberry Farm
Go on a one of a kind country adventure you'll never forget! Become pioneers for a day on a real 1800s farm and village. Miniature train rides, pony rides, petting zoo, pioneer craft demonstrations, and special events. In the Discovery Barn see chickens, sheep, piglets, baby goats and more.
CITY: Aurora
Blackberry Oaks Golf Course
This 18-hole course is par 72.
CITY: Bristol
Bliss House Museum
The Bliss House Museum is operated by the Sugar Grove Historical Society and houses historical exhibits about the village of Sugar Grove and surrounding area. Anyone interested in researching their heritage, may contact the museum for access to probate and civil records dating 1839 - 1955. Hours: Open every Tuesday 1-4 pm or by appointment.
CITY: Sugar Grove
Buena Vista Golf Course
Buena Vista is a par 32, nine-hole golf course with a driving range, pro shop and snack bar. Open seven days a week during the season, weather permitting.
CITY: DeKalb
Buffalo Rock State Park
On the bluffs of the Illinois River, this small but charming park is home to an enormous outdoor sculpture. Mounds representing five earthen sculptures molded from Illinois clay, known as Effigy Tumuli, invite visitors to walk around and explore. All five subjects, including a snake, turtle, catfish, frog and insect are native to the Illinois River area. This State Park offers the ideal terrain for the beginner hiker.
CITY: Ottawa
C & M Canoe Rental
Visit our friendly pub, canoe scenic Fox River.
CITY: Ottawa
Canoe & Pedal Boat Rentals: Pottawatomie Park
Enjoy the scenery from the waters of the Fox River! Rentals Mid-May through Mid-August. All rentals launch from the River View Miniature Golf Complex within Pottawatomie Park. Deposit required. Children age 15 and younger must be accompanied by an adult (age 18+). All rentals are subject to safe river & weather conditions. Sorry, no boat rentals on July 4th.
CITY: St. Charles
Creek Bend Nature Center
Creek Bend Nature Center features interpretive displays and hands-on exhibits. All the exhibits you loved at Tekakwitha Woods have been relocated here, including Prairie Ecology, with the bison and biodiversity components, and the ever-popular Clams-Eye View of the Fox River. There are separate rooms for classes and a lab. There's something for any nature lover at Creek Bend Nature Center, from bird watching to guided nature hikes, nature programs and self-guided activities.
CITY: St. Charles
East Side Sports Complex
A public park with lighted softball/baseball fields, basketball courts, playground, skateboard park, volleyball courts, tennis courts, dog park, fishing pond with a pier, shelter, walking trail, restroom.
CITY: St. Charles
Edgebrook Golf Club
This public course has tree-lined fairways and a hilly terrain. There is a creek and lake that come into play on six holes, and out-of-bounds stakes on just about every hole.
CITY: Sandwich
Fabyan Japanese Garden
A tranquil oasis where history melds with nature and design. This historic garden affords the opportunity to experience the uniqueness of Japanese gardening and enjoy a moment of harmony with nature.
CITY: Geneva
Fermi is the site of the world's most powerful particle accelerator, where particles circle the four-mile ring 57,000 times each second. Restored prairie grass areas, historic barns and a buffalo herd are also on display.
CITY: Batavia
Ferson Creek Park
Beautiful park along the Fox River & Ferson Creek offers picnic sites, shelter, playground, fishing and and canoe launch.
CITY: St. Charles
Fox Bend Golf Course
Fox Bend offers a challenging and scenic tour of streams, ponds, willow trees and elevation changes. This highly regarded course has played host to several tournaments and qualifiers.
CITY: Oswego
Fox River Canoe & Kayak
This is self guided river trips with canoe or kayak. The St. Charles trip takes about 2 1/2 hours.
CITY: St. Charles
Fox River Games Paintball
Bring a group of friends to play a round of paintball at Fox River Games. Open play or "walk-on" play is recreational play for all ages (age restrictions) and skill levels. Play as an individual or play in groups. Typically we are open every weekend Saturday and Sunday and during the summer we operate on Wednesdays and Fridays too. Please check our website for our operating schedule and specific hours of operation.
CITY: Aurora
Fox River Resort
Timeshare resort and campground.
CITY: Sheridan


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Ok, I found an 05 15" in excellent condition. Practically never rode. It is clean! With Atomlab Trailpimp wheels for $300. Most of the reviews I've read on these have been pretty good. Only thing people have complained about is weight and that can be fixed. I used to race XC and haven't seriously rode trails in years. I want to get back into a little trail riding but mostly dirt jumping. This seems like a good frame for that application. I guess I just want to know who else is riding one and what they think of it. When I get it I'll post pics up on here. It is a bad looking bike for the price!
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By MICHAEL FALCONE and AMY WALTER
Last night the country heard from President Obama about the brave actions of U.S. military and intelligence forces who tracked and killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, putting an end to a painful chapter in American history marred by the deaths of nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001.
It was also the ultimate example of a campaign promise kept.
"We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda," then presidential candidate Barack Obama vowed at a debate with Sen. John McCain in October 2008. "That has to be our biggest national security priority." http://bit.ly/jDByb4
And with last night's news, which began eight months ago with a tip to the CIA about a possible bin Laden hiding place and ended with a firefight in a compound in Pakistan on Sunday, everything we thought would define this week politically suddenly became irrelevant. Events like this have a way of making everything else feel very small.
Battles over birth certificates look even more ridiculous when matched up against what President Obama called the "tireless and heroic work of our military and our counterterrorism professionals."
And yet, we also know that while Washington and the political world may be unified now, they will ultimately go back to their respective corners. We just don't know when.
Still, what was supposed to be a week defined by the actions of the GOP field of White House contenders, is no longer the case. Whatever attention was going to be dedicated to speculating about if and when Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and now-former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman might announce presidential bids has evaporated.
It is also far too soon to predict if this will this define 2012 election, although it will almost certainly have some effect. Is this an event that defines and dictates other events around the world? Or is this an event that, while significant, does not create further repercussions?
And we're still living with the legacy of the bloody nine years of war in two countries sparked by the attacks of Sept. 11. Bin Laden is dead, but the US. is not by a long shot done with this story.
For now, it means that an already slow start to the Republican primary season is once again stalled.
EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA CANCELLED EARLIER RAID, WANTING PROOF OF BIN LADEN'S DEATH. ABC's Jake Tapper reports: Sources tell ABC News that in March President Obama authorized the development of a plan for the U.S. to bomb Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound with two B2 stealth bombers dropping a few dozen 2,000-pound JDAMs (Joint Direct Attack Munitions) on the compound. But when the president heard the compound would be reduced to rubble he chose not to pursue that option. That would mean there would be no evidence bin Laden was dead to present to the world — no DNA evidence, as the administration anticipates it will have. Plus all 22 people in the compound including women and children, plus likely many neighbors would be killed. The president wanted proof. And he wanted to minimize collateral damage.
So, instead the president authorized this incredibly daring and difficult operation, scheduled for a time of "low loom" — little moon luminosity — so the US helicopters could enter into Pakistan low to the ground and undetected. The operation was authorized Friday morning. It was originally planned for Saturday night but on Friday, for weather reasons, it was pushed to Sunday. The bombing plan was one of many multiple possible courses of action presented to the president in March and then refined over the course of the next several weeks. http://abcn.ws/il3y5Q
TICK-TOCK: HOW THE KILLING OF BIN LADEN WENT DOWN AT THE WHITE HOUSE: From Tapper, Sunlen Miller and Tahman Bradley: "White House national security staffers had been in the Situation Room since 1pm ET. At 2:00pm the President met with the Principals to review final preparations. At 3:50pm the President was told bin Laden had been tentatively identified. There was jubilation in the White House once the helicopter returned to Afghanistan. At 7:01 pm President Obama was told there was a 'high probability' bin Laden was dead." http://abcn.ws/kSDWcQ
2012 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WEIGH IN. Several of the potential Republican presidential candidates praised President Barack Obama for his administration's efforts to kill terrorist leader Osama bin Laden while others steered clear of mentioning Obama by name. Each of them thanked American military forces, but some warned that the fight against terrorism is "not over" yet. http://abcn.ws/k6NlKU
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's reaction was perhaps the most forceful of any of the possible GOP candidates: "Welcome to hell, bin Laden," he said, adding: "Let us all hope that his demise will serve notice to Islamic radicals the world over that the United States will be relentless is tracking down and terminating those who would inflict terror, mayhem and death on any of our citizens."
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, responded to Sunday night's announcement by saying, "Congratulations to our intelligence community, our military and the president. My thoughts are with the families of Osama bin Laden's many thousands of victims, and the brave servicemen and women who have laid down their lives in pursuit of this murderous terrorist."
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who like Romney has formed a presidential exploratory committee, called Sunday night's developments "terrific news for freedom and justice." He said, "In the hours after the 9/11 attacks, President Bush promised that America would bring Osama bin Laden to justice — and we did. I want to congratulate America's armed forces and President Obama for a job well done."
While Huckabee, Romney and Pawlenty each singled out President Obama for praise, several other possible Republican candidates did not mention the president by name in their statements. "Thank you, American men and women in uniform," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tweeted. "You are America's finest and we are all so proud. Thank you for fighting against terrorism."
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who last week delivered a harsh critique of the Obama administration's foreign policy, said, "This is extraordinary news for all freedom loving people of the world, and I commend all those involved for this historic triumph." Rep. Michele Bachmann, a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, called the death of bin Laden, "the beginning of the end of Sharia-compliant terrorism."
INSIDE THE OPERATION THAT KILLED BIN LADEN. "Tracking one of the Al Qaeda leader's trusted couriers, the CIA discovered an acre-large, million-dollar compound with 12 to 18-foot walls that had no telephones but was eight times the size of other homes in the area and just off a major highway," reports ABC's Brian Ross, Matthew Cole and Avni Patel. "President Obama gave the order for a small team of U.S. Navy SEALs in Afghanistan to go in Sunday night Pakistan time, even though bin Laden had never once actually been seen in the compound. None of the Americans was injured in the raid. The U.S. team was on the ground for only 40 minutes, most of the time spent scrubbing the compound for information about al Qaeda and its future plans. After the raid, blood covered the floor of one room inside the sprawling house on the right. In another room to the left that held a small kitchenette, broken computers could be seen, minus their hard drives Remarkably, Bin Laden was hiding almost under the nose of the Pakistani military, which has a major garrison in Abbottabad and the Pakistani version of West Point. U.S. officials say Pakistan was not informed in advance of the military operation inside their borders." http://abcn.ws/iPlR8g
MUST SEE: An ABC News' exclusive look inside the mansion where Osama bin Laden was killed: http://abcn.ws/lA9dpT
ON TODAY'S "TOP LINE."ABC's Rick Klein and Amy Walter interview former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele. "Top Line" will also feature more reaction and analysis to last night's news. Watch "Top Line" LIVE at 12:00 p.m. Eastern. http://bit.ly/ABCTopLine
CIA DIRECTOR LEON PANETTA: 'WE HAVE RID THE WORLD OF THE MOST INFAMOUS TERRORIST OF OUR TIME' In a statement to agency employees today, CIA Director Leon Panetta said: "Nothing will ever compensate for the pain and suffering inflicted by this mass murderer and his henchmen. But just as evil never rests, neither does good. May the fact that Usama Bin Ladin no longer inhabits the earth be a source of comfort for the thousands of families, here in America and around the globe, who mourn the victims of al-Qa'ida's barbarity. Within our Agency family, our thoughts turn to those who died fighting to make this day possible. Our brothers and sisters who gave their lives in the war against al-Qa'ida — from Mike Spann to our heroes at Khowst — are with us, in memory and spirit, at this joyful moment. In all that we do, they are our constant inspiration."
GEORGE W. BUSH 'A VICTORY FOR AMERICA. The former president said in a statement last night that President Obama called him to inform him of the news of bin Laden's death. "I congratulated him and the men and women of our military and intelligence communities who devoted their lives to this mission. They have our everlasting gratitude," the former president said in a statement. "The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done."
DICK CHENEY: 'THE WAR GOES ON': "The death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of American forces is a victory for the United States and a tremendous achievement for the military and intelligence professionals who carried out this important mission. Their tireless work since 9/11 has made this achievement possible, and enabled us to capture or kill thousands of al Qaeda terrorists and many of their leaders. I also want to congratulate President Obama and the members of his national security team. At this moment when bin Laden has been brought to justice, we especially remember the sacrifice of the young Americans who've paid the ultimate price in defense of the nation, as well as the nearly 3000 Americans who lost their lives on 9/11. Al Qaeda remains a dangerous enemy. Though bin Laden is dead, the war goes on. We must remain vigiliant, especially now, and we must continue to support our men and women in uniform who are fighting on the front lines of this war every day. Today, the message our forces have sent is clear — if you attack the United States, we will find you and bring you to justice."
COLIN POWELL: 'FLAWLESS OPERATION': "An evil person has been eliminated, Osama bin Laden is dead and buried at sea. Justice has been done. His death brings a sense of relief to the families of 911 and the families of all those brave America troops who have fought this war over the past ten years. I congratulate the intelligence community and the assaulting troops for this flawless operation. Osama bin Laden was just one man. The al-Qaeda threat remains and we must be vigilant and aggressive against them until they are totally destroyed."
POLICE, HOMELAND SECURITY ON HIGH ALERT. ABC Justice Department correspondent Pierre Thomas and Homeland Security reporter Jason Ryan report that the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have issued a joint bulletin about Bin Laden's death and a reminder for police to be vigilant for suspicious activity over concerns about possible retaliation. The bulletin mentions that Al Qaeda affiliates and groups sympathetic to its causes may seek to undertake attacks but there is no credible or specific threat information indicating this.
TROOPS GET MARCHING ORDERS ON RESPONSE. In Afghanistan, ABC News' Mike Boettcher reports, that U.S. military officials there have been given a clear message to pass down to troops: They want a low-key reaction to the Bin Laden news — no gloating — and they say this message comes "from the top" in Washington.
REACTION FROM THE HILL. News of the killing of Osama bin Laden brought praise from both sides of the political aisle in Washington, D.C., but all agree the U.S. must remain vigilant in the war on terrorism. ABC's John R. Parkinson and Matthew Jaffe pulled together a sampling of statements from Congressional leaders: http://abcn.ws/kHAZFJ
WHITE HOUSE WATCH. President Obama and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office followed by meetings with senior advisors. At 11:55am the President will award Private First Class Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano, U.S. Army, and Private First Class Henry Svehla, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the East Room. The First Lady will also attend. This ceremony is open press. At 8:15 pm, the President and the First Lady will host a group of bipartisan leaders and ranking members and their spouses for a dinner in the East Room. The Vice President, Dr. Biden, members of the President's Cabinet and senior members of his White House staff will also attend. This dinner is closed press. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney will hold a regular daily briefing at 1 p.m.
@USArmy: While this is a joyous and historic moment for our country, let's not forget those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
@joshgerstein: Quite fortuitous for Obama that bin Laden was killed rather than captured-avoids replay of 9/11 NYC trial debatehttp://politi.co/k4qOmq
@ABC: EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Inside the Compound Where #Osama Bin Laden Was Killed http://abcn.ws/jZUcVx #OBL #navyseals #Abbottabad
@markknoller: Seeing photos of the bin-Laden compound this morning. It has everything but a neon sign that cries out Al Qaeda Safe House.
@keithurbahn: As much as I believe in rise of "citizen journalism," blogs, twitter etc supplanting traditional media, my tweet isn't great evidence of it.
* Rick Santorum will speak at Dordt College, Pella Christian High School and University of Iowa as part of the Family Leader Presidential Lecture Series
* Sarah Palin will headline "Tribute to the Troops with Sarah Palin" at Colorado Christian University in Denver
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Why didn't Zero go to get help when Junior was kidnapped?It's implied that some time passes between the kidnapping and when Minnie discovers Zero with Junior's rib. There didn't seem to be anything to stop Zero from going to the party and alerting everyone to what had happened.
What prevented Mandy from having an abortion when she was pregnant with Minnie?Grim is shown to be very upset that Minnie isn't his daughter, yet, as Nergal points out, any child who is aborted is technically the child of the grim reaper. So, what kept Mandy from getting an abortion while pregnant with Minnie?
When is the story supposed to take place, in comparison to Nightmare Before Christmas?The fact that Junior refers to Sally as "Aunt Sally" would imply it takes place after the film, but Oogie's also involved and there's no mention of him having ever been "dead", nor of any other events of the movie. An explanation of this would be an alternate universe to the film, but if that were the case, it would have been nice to see an indication of this.
Why is Junior considered highly evil by the angels?He ain't a saint, even at the beginning of the comic, but he is still mostly a jealous child, and with better reasons than most jealous children. But the angel (forgive me if he has a name, or is from a cartoon) acts as if he is highly evil being, despite the mention that god would be forgiving.
Mandy derailmentMandy agreeing to be Dark Danny's kid oven. First it's Mini Mandy (Minnie) who it's Nergal Jr's daughter, fine we can past it as she just having sex with him because she does what she wants with who she wants, or a form of relieve IF Grim really can't have sex, and that either of this cases let to a mistake and she ended up pregnant. Grim Jr. IF he really isn't Grim's son it could be passed as they looking for a way to have child, grim even choosing the father, which would explain why he favors him over Minnie who is favored by everyone else. In both of those Mandy still retains her badassery Then comes Dark Danny, there are several things wrong with this.
How old are the children (Junior and Minnie, specifically)?This is a stupid question and usually I don't care about stuff like this, but considering the sexual tension between the characters I get confused. Most people say they're around 8-10 (is this Word of God?), yet they act and are sometimes drawn like young teenagers. Minnie has quite the libido, and I find it hard to believe she could only be 8. Perhaps that's just me not wanting to believe it due to the implications, but I do honestly find it hard to pin-point their exact age.
Why do Nergal Senior and Junior still have both their eyes?In this page, Nergal explain to Grim Jr. that Nergal demons' mating ritual involves the ripping out their left eye and giving it to their mate. But though both Nergal Senior and Junior still have both their eyes, despite having each conceived at least one child. Does, this ritual only apply to female Nergal demons (if there even are such things)?
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Congratulations to Alice Clements, Sunshine Coast Skating Club's April Skater of the Month.
Alice has recently turned eight. She is in Grade 2 at Roberts Creek Elementary School, and was selected for her great attitude, progress and commitment — travelling to the Lower Mainland to train and maintain muscle memory. Alice is a bundle of energy, has tons of personality and no fear.
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29 Aug 2009
Laduree St Germain
Although I have to say, I would be very happy in the Tokyo store too!
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The Tokyo store looks stunning! A trip to Paris is never the same without a stop by Laduree! Enjoy your weekend. AxReplyDelete
V, what beautiful images. Laduree is truly a beautiful brand and experience. I am sure I was in there shop, but it was somewhere near l'Opera - I will have to check their locations as I may be dreaming.ReplyDelete
Lovely pics as usual - you have such a wonderful eye.
How is life? Work? Thanks for visiting. I am a bad blogger lately. ; )
xo T.
Love the images.I too did a post on my blog about Laduree, but I think your images are better.Love your blog.....you're going on my roll.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness I have just stumbled across your blog and it is beautiful. Love these images and I want to visit now too!ReplyDelete
Oh be still my heart. Everything about Laduree is stunning, and these photos are especially beautiful - the colors are amazing - I think you'll find me there, too - in fantasty :)ReplyDelete
xo Isa
This looks so incredibly pretty - I can't wait to have a cup of tea and a macaroon there next year! Tracey xxReplyDelete
What a lovely blog you have...I adore Laduree and their macaroons are to die for...I keep my little Laduree box in my china cupboard so I see it everyday. Your images are lovely...off to visit some of your past posts...your aqua dishes in the last post are calling my name...will be back for more visits for sure.ReplyDelete
this post has me totally inspired! amazing.ReplyDelete
nice blog!
ummm of macarons and a beautiful silver service.ReplyDelete


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Donna, this is not a list of Broadway shows, but of classic Tony Awards performances. On the 1975 telecast, no numbers from the four nominated musicals—including the Wiz—were performed. (Sadly, this was true of many of the telecasts in the early 1970s; it robbed posterity of performances from such shows as Follies, Company and Two Gentlemen of Verona as well.)
The 25 best Tony Awards performances
We choose the top musical numbers from 44 years of Tony telecasts
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Evita, "A New Argentina" (1980)
Evita was the show that put Broadway superdiva Patti LuPone on the map—or at least the map of South America. The unlikely subject of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's pop opera was the former first lady of Argentina, Eva Peron, and her oft-repeated theme song, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina," was the show's signature tune. But for the Tonys, the show chose Harold Prince's brilliant staging of its Act I closer, in which an aquiline, predatory LuPone knocks out huge notes that help explain Eva's role in the political rise of her populist-strongman husband: When this lady belts, people listen. (The performance might rank higher on this list if those money notes were not pretaped for the telecast.)
Guys and Dolls, "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" (1992)
The beloved 1992 revival of Frank Loesser's classic Guys and Dolls had a lot going for it, including a swell cast led by Nathan Lane and Faith Prince and an old-school aesthetic that went hand in glove with the show's colorfully cartoonish world of lovable New York gangsters. The show's liveliest number found a minor character, Nicely-Nicely Johnson—played by Walter Bobbie, who went on to direct the Chicago revival—pretending to have seen the religious light. Choreographer Christopher Chadman, a longtime associate of Bob Fosse's, came up with a staging that is pure musical-comedy elation.
La Cage Aux Folles, "We Are What We Are"/"I Am What I Am" (1984)
Broadway finally came out of the closet, where it had apparently been trying on its mom's nuttiest clothes, with the groundbreaking 1983 musical comedy La Cage Aux Folles. Introduced as though they were exotic flowers in some alien garden, the show's unabashed transvestites shed their puffy gowns and perform a snappy tap number in sparkly miniskirts. And although George Hearn—as the show's drag queen bee, Zaza—bizarrely performs the show's gay-pride anthem in a tuxedo instead of a frock, the former Sweeney Todd star sings with forceful dignity.
Chicago, "All That Jazz"/"Hot Honey Rag" (1997)
The hugely successful Broadway revival of Kander and Ebb's cynical Chicago began as a concert staging at Encores!, and the production's sleek, pointed style retains an air of presentational formality that is in perfect tune with Bebe Neuwirth's icy-hot delivery of the show's opening number. Ann Reinking's choreography summons the spirit of Bob Fosse, but this Tony sequence is most compelling when, in "Hot Honey Rag," Neuwirth and Reinking dance the 90-second synchronized duet that Fosse himself devised for the musical's original 1975 production.
Spring Awakening, "Mama Who Bore Me"/"The Bitch of Living"/"Totally Fucked" (2007)
One of the first rock musicals to sound like contemporary rock music, Spring Awakening throbbed with new blood—a quality accentuated by an attractive young cast (fronted by Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele). By offering a medley instead of a single number, the show smartly emphasizes newness, speed and change. And when the cast explodes into the last song, whose unsafe-for-TV language the actors preemptively struck, the nothing-to-lose wildness of Bill T. Jones's choreography is heightened by herky-jerky pans and zooms of the camera.
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In my subjective opinion, a Broadway Show list that doesn't include The Wiz, can't be very serious.
I got nervous on the way up the list that Jennifer Holliday's incandescent performance might not be number 1 on your list. That performance of that number stands so singularly alone as the apogee of musical theatre performance to date that any other place on the list would be offensive. Thankfully, the TimeOutsters know their stuff.
really? company? Ragtime,... Sunday in the park (either of them) sweeney todd,(both of them) falsettos.. next to normal,, , does it have to be from a show? Neil Patricks opening number last year was amazing.
RENT 1996 was EPIC at the time.
SUGAR BABIES is a grave omission. For pure show business know how nothing beats Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney. I could watch it a million times. Probably have...
I agree with just about every choice, having seen them all. But you need to drop one in order to add on Dorothy Loudon's incredible performance of Fifty Percent from Ballroom.
I found this article on All That Chat, but unable to post this spoof lyric of I GOT LOVE there. Is it OK to pay parody tribute to Melba here? I GOT LUNGS Tune of I GOT LOVE, version based on Melba Moore's big Tony showstopper (verse) Some say save your voice, But I would rather not Why should I hold back, They like the sound Because – I – Got – Lungs! I got lungs! I got lungs! I got lungs, lungs, lungs, Lungs, lungs, lungs, lungs, lungs, lungs!!! I got lungs, I got lungs Hear that vocal power I blew out my shower, I got lungs Lungs so strong, Help in song Need no microphoning. folks ask about cloning My power lungs Every time that I belt My voice rocks the mezzanine From a girl who's really svelte This power's not routine (big finish) They're enthused, And I haven't used – it up I'm gonna let go now, I'm gonna steal the show now 'Cause I got lungs! I got lungs! I got lungs! I got lungs, lungs. lungs! I got lu-u-u-u-u-ungs!!!! Thanks if it's OK. Love this list! So many great memories!
Where is the Ragtime performance?! I thought that was the best one by far!
Next to Normal, which should have won Best Musical, one of the best ever. Glad for its deserved Pulitzer Prize, only the 8th musical to ever win.
Wow, thank you so much for sharing this! I love that your choices are so varied - and that you weren't afraid to put in some songs that people turn their noses down a little at nowadays (ie, Tomorrow) but still make the hair on my arms go up. This was a real treat :)
I agree about Ragtime and Next to Normal...I also agree with I Do!, I Do! Worst Pies in London, 50 Percent, City Lights showed some great stars in wonderful performances. I also should add Sugar Babies,...wow, ok-there are just too many. :)
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I tried to wear my heaviness with a certain hard-won pride. It was a kiss-off to the years of calorie counting my parents had subjected me to, I told myself. Dating while fat? A way to filter out shallow men. (Though after one potential online suitor inquired as to whether I was fat or "merely chubby"—evidently my picture didn't spell it out clearly enough—I gave up on men altogether; my self-esteem couldn't withstand further blows.) I flirted with fat acceptance, tried to believe that weight should not define who I am, that beauty comes in different packages. But the truth was that I was neither healthy nor happy. I weighed more than my father, who is seven inches taller than me; my blood pressure, taken during a long-delayed visit to my doctor, was becoming worrisome.
It would be technically accurate to say that dieting was necessary for my health, but ultimately it came down to how I looked. I was scared of heart disease, yes, but was perhaps even more afraid of never fitting into Isabel Marant again. My shapeless Marni dresses were suddenly tight. I could no longer fit into certain pairs of shoes. My stomach grazed the table when I slid into booths. And my career was affected: A national morning news show invited me to pontificate about young feminists (my own adolescent riot grrrl years having made me something of an expert), but I turned it down because I didn't like my appearance.
In late February 2013, I decided to make a change. Weight-loss surgery was out of the question—insurance didn't cover it, and I worried I'd have to tell friends why I was recuperating from major surgery and eating tiny portions. Meal delivery felt too restrictive; logging every morsel on Weight Watchers, too tedious. My doctor devised a plan high in plant-based foods and protein. After I weighed in with her each month, she'd say, in her thick Romanian accent, "You are going to look like model." I certainly missed fish and chips and meatball heros, but I started getting used to—even craving—kale and cauliflower and chickpeas. Now I eat more vegetables than I previously thought possible, grill salmon sans oil, and avoid white flour and sugar. I go to spin classes and hot yoga. I've lost track of the last time I ate a cheeseburger.
But I do it all in private.
Odds are, I'm not the only one in my set on a diet: 64 percent of American women are considered overweight or obese, with a BMI above 25. According to one major study, roughly 45 million Americans diet each year, spending some $33 billion on weight-loss products.
Now that I'm among them, the guilt I once felt about what I ate has been replaced by guilt over being the wrong kind of feminist—or maybe no kind of feminist: a woman pursuing something as pedestrian and frankly boring as losing weight. I fear that instead of fighting for a world where all bodies are admired, I'm pandering, reshaping my body to make it acceptable to the world around me. And I'm not alone: Jessica Wakeman, a writer for the blog The Frisky, recently came out as a dieter in a post called "True Story: A Feminist Joins Weight Watchers." This is a woman who's written casually about attending an orgy, but dieting required a lengthy justification.
There's a thread of old-school feminist thought that says taking pleasure in being admired for our looks is participating in our own oppression, minimizing our brains and power. But by the time I came of age in the '90s, feminism had shifted to include, if not embrace, such girly frivolities as lipstick and high heels: Picture Liz Phair singing "The fire that you like so much in me/ is the mark of someone adamantly free"—all pissed off and righteous and yet feminine as you please in miniskirts and baby tees. Still, altering your body in any way that could read as conformity—that was different. Dieting, specifically, was choosing de-nial and self-abnegation over letting yourself enjoy all the lusty pleasures of life. It was selling out. (Nobody thought to ask exactly how Liz fit in those minis, but whatever.) Feminist writer Kate Harding, coauthor of Lessons From the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce With Your Body, compares dieting to taking your husband's last name. "You can be a feminist and make a nonfeminist choice," she tells me. "But what drives me nuts is trying to make it a feminist act."
But there's also a strain of ambivalence that's more nebulous and apolitical: the notion that evolved girls simply don't need to diet. The modern woman, after all, is that highly capable, have-it-all creature to whom career success, confidence, and effortless style—and, oh yeah, the yoga body and the eco-conscious, preservative-free diet—come naturally. She's too damn smart and balanced to overeat in the first place. If anything, she's already healthy and getting ever healthier. So juice fasts and Goop cleanses and barre classes? All fine as part of a vague "healthy lifestyle" of "clean eating." Losing weight for your wedding day? Okay, you get a free pass on that one. But the daily slog of dieting—all that calorie counting and dessert skipping and cardio bingeing? That's not at all chic.


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Towering over central Vail, this chalet-style resort doesn't skimp on coziness. With sweeping vistas of either the Vail Village or Gore Creek, each guest room features Rocky-Mountain touches like custom-made Bavarian furniture, gas fireplaces and heated floors. The traditional lodge design carries over into the resort's four dining areas, each boasting wood furnishings and a rustic ambiance. Sonnenalp caters primarily to skiers, and visitors found both the resort's location and the complimentary ski concierge service to be extremely convenient. Even if you don't plan on tackling the slopes, you shouldn't rule out this resort; Sonnenalp offers a variety of ways to stay active that don't involve snow. The championship Sonnenalp Golf Club, for example, features 7,100 yards of rolling fairways and pesky sand traps. Meanwhile, the outdoor pool and cozy Sonnenalp Spa both provide a fantastic setting for R&R. Yet despite all its offerings, guests point to the hotel staff as the main reason to book here. Recent visitors say they were made to feel special by the hotel employees and were even greeted by name upon re-entering the premises.
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Oaktree Capital Group, LLC Announces Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Compensation and benefits for the third quarter of 2012 amounted to $83.2 million, an increase of $17.3 million, or 26.3%, from the third quarter of 2011. Of the increase, $10.4 million resulted from a larger accrual toward the year-end bonus pool, reflecting both increased headcount and higher profitability during the current quarterly and year-to-date periods, $3.0 million resulted from higher phantom equity plan expense (to $2.3 million in the current quarter) stemming from a rise in the Class A unit trading price during the third quarter of 2012, and $3.9 million resulted from other growth in compensation and benefits. Headcount, primarily in non-investment areas, grew 13.0% between September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2012.
General, administrative and other expenses decreased $1.8 million, to $26.3 million for the third quarter of 2012 from $28.1 million for the third quarter of 2011. The decline occurred because the prior year's third quarter included $3.3 million in costs related to our initial public offering, as compared with no such costs in the current year's third quarter. Partially offsetting this decline was the incurrence in the third quarter of 2012 of $1.5 million in new professional fees and other costs associated with corporate growth and operating as a public company. Foreign currency-related items contributed $1.0 million and $1.1 million of expense to the third quarters of 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Incentive income compensation expense rose $13.1 million, or 79.9%, to $29.5 million for the third quarter of 2012 from $16.4 million for the third quarter of 2011, reflecting the 75.7% increase in incentive income between the same two quarters, as well as differences in the compensation percentages among the funds that contributed to incentive income for the two periods.Adjusted net income Adjusted net income rose $154.4 million, to $157.7 million for the third quarter of 2012 from $3.3 million for the third quarter of 2011, reflecting increases of $148.9 million in investment income and $12.4 million in incentive income, net of incentive income compensation expense, and a decrease of $6.6 million in fee-related earnings.
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I have heard thousands of life stories and have observed that most have maddeningly similar themes. Recounted early years that are often wrought with child abuse - sexual, physical, emotional and neglect. Growing up in dangerous neighborhoods burdened with poverty. Preteen memories filled with tales of sexual encounters, drug use, violence and gangs. The teen years and beyond are laden with more of the same as well as the fathering of children and juvenile incarceration.
Often times a young inmate's life story goes something like this:
"Well, I have 7 or maybe 8 brothers and sisters. Most of us have different dads. Child Protective Services took me from my mom's house when I was 5 'cause her boyfriend raped me or some shit like that. I don't remember it. Then I was in foster care. I went from place to place for a bit. Some were all right; some assholes tried to beat me or rape me. So I got tough. I went back to Mom's when I was about 8. Her new husband taught me to be a man by having my older brothers and uncles beat me up, ya know, so I could learn how to fight. I loved to roll through the 'hood with my uncles. They had the best guns and women. I started doing 'work' for the gang 'bout 12 - shared my first gun with my brothers. We'd shoot some meth before doin' our business. Now I've got three babies and three baby mamas. My last one just had my first son - named him after me."