text: May 28, 2013 00:16 Public school aid plan fails Public school aid plan fails by will Sentell| Capitol news bureau May 28, 2013 Comments A $3.5 billion spending plan for public schools was rejected by a state Senate committee Tuesday, which will likely kill the measure for the session. The proposal, Senate Concurrent Resolution 23, was denounced primarily for proposed changes in how the state would change funding for special education students. After about 90 minutes of criticism, a move to shelve the measure won approval without objection in the Senate Education Committee. The action means that, unless there is a sudden change, the state will return to its 2011-12 public school funding package to aid schools for the 2013-14 school year, with no changes to special education aid. Parents and students are not likely to notice changes. However, the vote also means that the state will have to come up with an additional $30 million, which is significant in a session where extra state dollars are relatively scarce. State Sen. Dan Claitor, R-Baton Rouge, made the motion to reject the plan. "I believe procedurally and substantively this is defective," Claitor told the panel. "There is work yet to be done." The legislation represents aid that goes through a complex formula — it is called the Minimum Foundation Program — and is then parceled out for roughly 700,000 public school students. The key issue that made this one controversial was a provision that would change the way the state supports about 82,000 special education students. Under the proposal, 10 percent of the money would be based on a student's disability, where and how the student is educated, and academic performance. State Superintendent of Education John White has said for months that the change would help improve Louisiana's 29 percent graduation rate for special education students. Opponents questioned the value of the overhaul. They said that, at the least, it should be piloted in select school districts rather than taking effect statewide. "I think it is best if we take a step back," said Michael Faulk, president of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents and superintendent of the Central school system. Cindy Arceneaux, co-chairwoman of the Special Education Advisory Panel, said funding is not the key issue in improving how special education students fare. "That's not what drives it," Arceneaux said. Other opponents said that, while touted as a pilot project, the change in how much of the aid is allocated would expand quickly, with negative consequences. White said after the vote that he has no regrets about his push for special education changes, which has sparked controversy for months, "Clearly it is not an issue anyone can ignore when you have a 29 percent graduation rate," he said. White said that, if the proposed 2013-14 aid plan is shelved for good, the state has to come up with $30 million, in part because it will have to resume full funding for certain charter and other schools. That was the policy in the 2011-12 school plan, which would take effect on July 1. In addition, $12 million of the $30 million stems from dollars owed by the state to local school districts as part of the costs of vouchers before the state Supreme Court ruled the funding method was unconstitutional. The state cannot use its 2012-13 school aid because the court also said it was approved illegally. Chas Roemer, president of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, said before the vote it would be a mistake to reject the resolution and rely on 2011-12 funding levels. "We passed this MFP because we think it is better," he said of the 2013-14 proposal spelled out in SCR23. "We have a great deal of room for improvement in this state." White said that, if the 2011-12 school aid plan is used, it will cost the state about $3.5 billion. That measure would also essentially freeze spending per student for the fifth consecutive year. The committee's action is unusual. In the past, any problems with the MFP in the Legislture usually prompted another BESE meeting, and another plan being sent to House and Senate members before final approval. The Legislature can only approve or reject the proposal but cannot change it. Any bid to fund vouchers for the 2013-14 school year will play out in other legislation. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Last Saturday in Las Vegas, celebrity athletes meshed with celebrities for the 8th annual Sports Dream Bowl at the Red Rock Resort. The babes lined up to bowl for a benefit for the Sports Dream Foundation's Urban Youth Scholarship Fund. NFL legend, Warren Moon hosted the event, which delivered some great eye-candy to guests who were able to watch the 'red-caret' arrivals…Tony Parker-Longoria was there with his arm-charm, Carson and Jordon Palmer of the Cincinnati Bengals, NFL legend Jerry Rice, Junior Seau, Brandon Jacobs, Tony Gonzalez, Robert Horry of the San Longoria Spurs, Brian Brohm of the Green Bay Packers, Aaron Ross and Brandon Jacobs of the NY Giants…"Everyone involved loves the fun of the event, but also cares tremendously about the cause. As athletes and celebrities, we have all benefited from the support of others, and we are honored to pass along the positive impact by contributing to these outstanding students," said Moon. "Many of our recipients will be the first in their family to attend college. Their personal stories and achievements are incredibly inspiring." Moons been kicking in cash for college grants since 1989, and six of the scholarship winners joined the festivities…
I love that John McEnroe is doing this…but I'm pretty sure the value lies in the fact that it was painted by Andy Warhol…Flashback 1986…John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal were happily married when they attended a charity auction and bid about $30k to have Warhol paint the couple's portrait based on a Polaroid of the two. Flash forward 2008…McEnroe is selling the portrait via a Sotheby's auction in London next week…the piece is expected to fetch about $687,000…which I sincerely hope they get, because all proceeds are earmarked for Habitat for Humanity.
On Tuesday, June 17, our Columbian kitten, Camilo Villegas crawled his way to victory at the Telus World Skins golf tournament in British Columbia…he's now got an additional $230,000 to add to his list of prize money…but, just when we're getting used to the idea of Villegas winning one…he's gone and done it again- just one week later. "I was a little nervous," he said. "It's good to feel the nerves, a little shaky. It's good for myself." Villegas made two birdie putts in a three-hole playoff and along with his partner Bubba Watson to win the rain-delayed CVS Caremark Charity Classic on Tuesday. "It's all about charity," said Bubba Watson, who donated $10,000 of his winning check back to the tournament. "I know it helps Rhode Island a lot." No word on whether or not Villegas is gonna send some cash to his Foundation…because although I know he's established one in Columbia-there is nary a peep of info available about it-so Camilo, wake-up and email Delinda information about your Foundation already-how long you gonna make this girl wait?
While some of our off-season ballers are busy playing in charity soccer games with Steve Nash or performing their 'NBA Cares' duties, a plethora of fresh-blood is waiting for their entry in the NBA via that-oh-so-long-and-boring NBA Draft process. In efforts to help you weed out the good from the bad (pun intended), I think I may have found a future-charity-diamond-in-the-rough. Jerryd Bayless, formerly of the Arizona Wildcats, has created quite a buzz- with predictions calling for him to be selected either fourth or fifth in the Draft. We have yet to see how this sexy youngster will adjust to life with the big boys- whether he'll let the fame and fortune take him down faster than a drunk baller in a Vegas club, or if he'll take a similar path as Chris Paul and give love to the community- my intuition says he's headed for the mighty-mighty-sexy-good-guys category.
In a 2005 GOAZCATS.com article, the writer's first impression of Bayless: "To my pleasant surprise, he turned out to be the polar opposite of what I expected. He was — and remains to this day — humble, polite, dignified, respectful, caring, selfless, charming and witty. Basically, Jerryd Bayless is the exact kind of person people want to call their friend, the kind of guy parents hope their kids hang around with because of his positive nature and the good upbringing by his own parents." And wouldn't ya know it-Bayless gave credit to his parents, "I am a reflection of my mom in ways and my dad in ways," he said. "And, yes, they have made it easier for me to succeed." No argument coming from his former AAU coach either, "Jerryd is a class act. It comes from being around quality people and having good parents." Sweetness is already off to a great start-on June 19, Bayless teamed up with Feed the Children to provide 400 Phoenix families with boxes of food, love and personal care items. "Arizona and I have a special connection and commitment to bettering the lives of Arizonans, " he said, "I am privileged to be able to help out the community before I start this next phase of my life in the NBA and in a new city…it will always be a priority for me to assist young people and their families to ensure that opportunities are available. This is just the beginning of what I intend to be a long-term commitment to helping those less fortunate in the Arizona area." Let's cross our fingers and hope this future NBA star continues to makes us all proud and we don't find him among the posts in Deadspin…
As always, thanks for reading.

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Before he announced his college decision, Yohanny Dalembert reflected on the journey he'd taken.
After all, he'd come quite a ways. First was 1,500-mile trip from his hometown in Haiti to the suburbs of Philadelphia, escaping the devastation of the 2010 earthquake. Then, he had to learn how to play the sport that would earn him a scholarship.
"When I first got here, I didn't even know if I wanted to play basketball," he said at the podium in Lower Merion's Kobe Bryant Gymnasium, with his father Emanuel and sister Severine at his side. "I did it at first because my brother [NBA center Samuel Dalembert] did it. But over the last three years, I learned to love the game. It has become a huge part of my life,"
In the span of three years, Dalembert went from having never picked up a basketball to accepting a scholarship to James Madison University. The 6-foot-8, 225-pound forward donned a purple-and-gold JMU cap in front of a crowd of around 50 family and friends on Monday afternoon, ending one part of a long trip and beginning another.
Dalembert made the difficult decision to leave his home before high school, moving up to the Philadelphia suburbs for a better education and a hope of the American dream. At first, attending a new high school in the wealthy Main Line suburb was as difficult as could be expected for a fairly shy kid from one of the world's poorest countries.
"That first year was tough, I have to admit, it was really tough, to just adjust to different things and different cultures," he said. "Haiti will always be in my heart, it will always be home, but at the same time many people here welcomed me and made me feel like I was at home. They helped me get to where I am today."
It was in that first year at the school that Dalembert went out for the basketball team, trying a sport he knew his brother played at the highest level but one he otherwise knew very little about. A soccer player his whole life, he began kicking the ball around his first time in the gym.
The first time he saw Dalembert, Lower Merion coach Gregg Downer had a feeling he had something special on his hands.
"He couldn't make a layup and didn't really know what to do….but he bent down and picked up the basketball like this," Downer said, mimicking palming a ball straight off the ground. "He made it look like it was a grapefruit, and I liked the looks of that."
And while the sport might not have grabbed him the first time he hit the hardwood, eventually Dalembert's competitive side kicked in.
"I got dunked on, I got backed down and posterized a couple of times, and I was just like 'enough,'" he said. "Now I'm the one doing the same things that they did to me when I first got here."
Downer said Dalembert has improved more than any other player in the history of the Aces basketball program–though, as the longtime coach admitted, he was starting with a "blank slate." He gave a lot of credit for Yohanny's credit to former teammate Darryl Reynolds, a 6-9 forward who graduated from LM last year and attended Worcester (Ma.) prep school this season before committing to Villanova several weeks ago.
"They were very close friends off the court and when Darryl started having some success I thought that kind of rubbed off on Yohanny," Downer said. "When you're in our basketball program and you start having some success and playing in front of some big crowds and stuff, you can pretty quickly see that this can be a lot of fun.
"Where he has come as a player in the past three years is amazing, and I really think his best basketball is ahead of him. He literally had never touched a ball, and I think James Madison's getting a steal. I think he's going to have a great career there."
In his senior season, the athletic forward averaged 11.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 4.1 blocks, helping lead his team to the PIAA Class AAAA championship. He was named to the second team in both the All-State and All-Southeastern PA honors and was named to the first team in the All-Central League and All-Main Line awards.
Dalembert's recruitment had taken a number of twists and turns as his senior season wound down, with schools like Temple, VCU, Memphis, Middle Tennessee State and Villanova all showing varying amounts of interest. Eventually it came down to Drexel, James Madison and Hofstra; other colleges wanted him to take a year of prep school first, but he felt that he was ready for college this year.
In 2012-13, James Madison went 21-15 under head coach Matt Brady, winning the CAA tournament title and earning a 16-seed in the NCAA tournament. The Dukes beat LIU-Brooklyn 68-55 in a play-in game before losing 83-62 to top-seeded Indiana.
In addition to four graduating seniors, JMU will also lose sophomores Enoch Hood and Arman Marks to transfer, meaning there is certainly an opportunity for Dalembert to earn minutes right away.
By accepting the scholarship he fulfills a goal set not just by himself but by his father as well, though the elder Dalembert realized they might have slightly different reasons for being happy that day.
"I'm very proud of him, I'm very happy," Emanuel Dalembert said. "As a parent, I think everybody wishes the best thing for their kids–so you want them to go to university, to college, to play basketball, as the first thing for him. But the first thing for me is to achieve his degree at a university."
In going to the Colonial Athletic Association, Dalembert does ensure at least two trips per year up to the Philadelphia region when James Madison plays conference members Drexel and Delaware. Being just a few hours away from home–close, but not too close–was an important factor.
"I like to be able to come home, and a lot of people are going to come see my games," said Dalembert, who plans to major in either business or communications and will head down to the school in July. "I'm in love with the campus, it's a beautiful campus. I just can't wait to see myself there."


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Feel free to post other things you have noticed :)
On the off chance you haven't, have a look at them here: http://mop.wowhead.com/mists-of-pandari ... culator#px
One of the most interesting things I've noticed is the change to Chakra. You no longer have to activate "Chakra" and then cast a spell to enter the state you want to be in. Chakra now functions as a dropdown menu (like Warlock pets or Mage portals on live).
Pretty cool, but also clunky to deal with. Don't worry, from the spellbook you can drag out each stance and place on your bar.
The Chakra states still don't consume a GCD so you can make a macro like:
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/cast prayer of mending
However, macros like the following do not seem to work in a single GCD. You'd have to press the action button twice:
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/cast Holy Word: Chastise
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/cast Chakra: Serenity
/cast Holy Word: Chastise
Other than that there doesn't seem to be much different. I've yet to poke around healing something with the new talents, but I'll find out how Holy fares with AA and PI soon!
This is the spec I'm trying out for Holy: http://mop.wowhead.com/mists-of-pandari ... lator#pxd9
In terms of mana regen, we no longer have Holy Concentration at this point. We do keep Meditation though, as does Discipline. Shadowfiend and Hymn of Hope still restore mana but Archangel does not have a mana regen feature.
Holy doesn't have the Test of Faith talent/effect as a baseline. So sad!
Now to figure out what ate my Maw that I had enchanted with Power Torrent... :(
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Take us out to the ballparks
For the love of the game, Jerry Ramsey risked his life in New York City.
He and his wife, Sandi, were sitting amid rabid Yankee fans in the right-field bleachers, nicknamed "Nick Swisher's section" after the popular third baseman. And they were only people there bold enough to cheer for the visitors.
To make matters worse, Jerry was sporting a Seattle Mariners jersey with Ken Griffey's name on it, along with a Cleveland Indians hat — an outfit he wore to each game on his quest to visit every major league ballpark.
A guy in a nearby seat turned to the Oregonian and asked, "Are you confused?"
And Jerry opened his mouth. "No, I'm not confused," he said. "I root for everyone BUT the Yankees."
It was blatant disrespect, the kind Yankees fans don't generally laugh off. But the New Yorkers who heard the Newberg man's banter must have recognized his devotion to the game and easygoing nature, because Jerry survived to tell the tale.
Maybe the Yankee fans had the last laugh, though.
For all the games Jerry and his wife saw during their six-month, 13,000-mile, 30-ballpark adventure, they saw their Seattle Mariners play only once. They saw the Yankees five times.
The trip was Jerry's dream. And it was the experience of a lifetime for the couple.
"Several times, people said to me, 'How'd you get your wife to come with you?'" Jerry said. "I told them, I picked the right wife."
Both widowed, they met seven years ago and quickly discovered they shared many interests, including talking and watching baseball.
She'd always tuned in to the World Series and enjoyed watching baseball on TV. But Sandi said her appreciation of the game has grown since she started attending games with Jerry, a former umpire.
"He's made me love it," she said.
Jerry played baseball as a boy in North Carolina. "As a kid in the '60s, I never saw an open field where kids weren't playing baseball," he said.
He was a good right-handed hitter. When his buddies complained he was hitting too many home runs into the woods, he switched to his left hand. Soon, those hits ended up in the woods, too.
He joined the Marines and became a catcher on his unit's fast-pitch softball team. After he hurt his ankle, he started officiating games, first softball, then baseball, at the high school and college levels.
When he came to Oregon, he joined the Salem Umpire Association. He said he was proud to be part of such a professional organization. It required its umpires to follow a dress code and take classes.
Courses taught by professional umps persuaded him to take his time making calls. They also persuaded him to stop on the field to mentally "take a picture" of a play, rather than continue running toward it.
That makes sense, he said. After all, he said, "What kind of picture do you get if the camera is jiggling?"
He worked days as a master electrician and umpired games in the late afternoon and evening. "As an umpire, you have to think on your feet and make the right call," he said.
The crowd may not always agree with the ump, but that's to be expected, he said. Fans can't see what the umpire is seeing, he explained, because they're looking at the game from above and at an angle.
During his 25 years, he called games at McMinnville High School and Linfield College, among others. He happily officiated two Linfield alumni games in which former Yankee Scott Brosius played.
"Brosius was so gracious," said Jerry, a fan as well as an official. "He let us take pictures with him and signed autographs."
Once an umpire, always an umpire. Now retired, Jerry still watches baseball from an umpire's perspective, noticing things the average viewer does not.
When he and Sandi visited the Major League ballparks, he checked each one out thoroughly.
While Sandi got settled in their seats, he walked all over each park, looking at the facilities and amenities, such as the home team's Hall of Fame wall and concession stands. Some parks, like Safeco Field in Seattle, earned his praise. Others, such as Tropicana Field in Tampa, he found lacking.
Each venue had its "must-sees," such as the statue of Johnny Bench in Cincinnati or Boog Powell's barbecue place in Baltimore's Camden Yards.
At Arlington Park in Dallas, the must-see was a hot dog: a Texas-size, all-beef monster two feet long.
They weigh two pounds even before the buyer heaps on the condiments. And they cost $25.
"Jerry said we have to get one, we have to do it one time, so we did," Sandi said.
Fans in nearby seats appreciated the Texas dog, too, since the Ramseys cut it into manageable portions and passed them around.
In addition to ballparks, the Ramseys saw plenty of other sights along the way. That was especially fulfilling for Sandi, who was born and raised in Oregon and hadn't had much chance to travel.
"Jerry took me on an amazing trip," she said. "I never would have dreamed that big."
They went through all 48 mainland states and visited national monuments in Washington, D.C. They caught the changing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetery and viewed the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
"We loved learning about the history of our country," Sandi said.
They also stopped in Sturgis, S.D.; took a flat board ride in the Everglades; drove the highest paved road in the U.S., in Rocky Mountain National Park; swam in the Atlantic and waded in the Gulf of Mexico; ate a lobster dinner in Maine; and toured Disneyworld, Cape Canaveral and the Alamo. Along the way, they stopped to see friends and relatives in several states.
In addition, they visited numerous Latter-day Saints temples across the nation. They carried a big sign saying, "2012 Temples Visited: LDS 42, Baseball 30."
That's almost two-thirds of the 68 LDS temples in the U.S., plus every single one of the baseball temples, 29 in the U.S. and one in Canada.
It took a lot of planning to make it work. Jerry started thinking about it in 2000 and seriously plotting a route in late 2011.
He covered the dining room table with maps, calendars and schedules. "We had to be in the right place when they were playing at home," he said.
They took along a computer, so they could order tickets and locate campgrounds. Just before leaving, they bought a Passport America membership, a $40 investment that entitled them to half-price camping, and it paid for itself many times over.
Finally, they were ready. With a small car hooked to the back of their motor home, they rolled out of Newberg on March 30.
At each park they visited on their trip, Jerry bought a beverage in a collectible cup. He now has a collection of 29 cups — plus a red plastic baseball cap that once contained an official Cardinals sundae.
"Cincinnati was the only park without cups," he said.
He also picked up a giant finger from the Cubs, hats from the White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, and a couple of bobbleheads, including one of former Mariner Adrian Beltre, who now plays for the Texas Rangers.
His second-favorite souvenir, after his cup collection, is his "Major League Baseball Passport" — a book about all the ballparks. It contains stamps and ticket stubs he collected, plus loads of information about each park.
For both he and his wife, the best souvenirs, though, are the memories the trip produced. One of the most precious involves their visit to Fenway Park in Boston.
They wanted to catch the series between the Red Socks and Yankees, one of baseball's biggest rivalries. But when they called for tickets months in advance, the three-day series was already sold out.
Sandi kept checking as they made their way across the country, hoping something would open up.
Finally, her persistence paid off. She scored two tickets in the same section for the Sunday game.
The Ramseys arrived in Boston on Saturday and decided to go on the Fenway tour, which takes place an hour before each game. "Jerry had to see the Green Monster," Sandi said, referring to the stadium's infamous 38-foot tall home run wall.
The Saturday tour was sold out, so they decided to try again on Sunday, before "their" game. But tour tickets were already gone when they arrived.
Disappointed, they visited the gift shop to look at Red Socks memorabilia. And one of the employees noticed their downcast faces.
When Sandi explained about their 30-ballpark adventure and how much Jerry was counting on seeing the Green Monster, the man slipped them a pair of tour tickets, free of charge. It was one of many examples of kindness and good fortune the Oregon couple encountered on their trip.
Another example happened during their visit to Cooperstown.
It was the day of the all-star game. They planned to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame, then return to the motor home in hopes of finding a signal so they could watch the game on their small TV.
But it turned out the Hall of Fame was showing the game in its theater, built to resemble a ballpark. For $10 each, the Ramseys were able to see the game on a big screen, while snacking on hot dogs and participating in trivia contests between innings.
Jerry even won a prize for his trivia knowledge. "The only bad thing was the National League stomped us," Sandi said.
Jerry is already planning a return trip to Cooperstown. He wants to be there when Ken Griffey Jr. is inducted.
The Ramseys also want to go to spring training.
"For the Mariners," Sandi clarified.
"First for the Mariners," Jerry said, "then the other teams."
The best and worst of ballparks
Jerry and Sandi Ramsey visited all 30 major league baseball ballparks in 2012.
"Baseball is the only pro sport where the fields aren't all the same," Jerry said, explaining his interest in seeing all the parks. "The infields are always the same, but the outfields can be different — and they are."
The Newberg pair especially enjoyed seeing the historic parks, including the century-old Wrigley Field in Chicago, 99-year-old Fenway Park in Boston and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, built in the early 1960s. All the other ballparks are much newer, none of them built before the 1980s.
"The ambiance, the history ... Jerry just ate it up," his wife said.
They both returned home very pleased with their home field — Safeco in Seattle. The stadium where the Mariners play, featuring good views from every seat, an easily accessible parking garage, a roof for rainy days and "smart seagulls," is their favorite, they said.
Their second favorite ballpark is Target Field in Minnesota, patterned after Safeco. Next is Miami Stadium, which features real grass and a roof that can open, though it usually remains closed so fans can enjoy the air conditioning.
Coors Field in Denver and Camden Yards in Baltimore are tied for fourth and fifth place on their list. Both give fans a great experience, they said.
Balls travel farther in the Denver stadium because of the thinner atmosphere. But Camden Yards may have the edge on historical value, with a plaque denoting the wall hit by one of Ken Griffey Sr.'s drives.
Their five least favorite ballparks, and their reasons, are:
- Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay, which is outdated.
- Rogers Centre in Toronto, which doesn't have good parking.
- Oakland Coliseum.
- Wrigley Field, which, although classic, needs updating. Jerry said they also didn't like Wrigley's demand that fans throw the ball back if they catch it in the right-field bleachers. In other stadiums, people are forbidden from throwing anything, including a ball, onto the field.
- New Yankee Stadium, which has tempting restaurants open only to season ticket-holders, a bummer for other fans, and is oriented so fans in the right-field bleachers can't see the scoreboard.
Starla Pointer, who is convinced everyone has an interesting story to tell, has been writing the weekly "Stopping By" column since 1996. She's always looking for suggestions. Contact her at 503-687-1263 or email@example.com.


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The enthusiast-targeted Nikon D7100 becomes the company's latest APS-C DSLR to feature a 24MP sensor, joining the D3200 and D5200 models that were announced in 2012. As the eagerly anticipated successor to the very popular two-and-a-half year old D7000, the D7100 faces a sizeable task. In our in-depth review we found its predcessor to combine very good image quality, class-leading noise performance and great handling in a solidly-built body.
Nikon appears to have taken this challenge to heart with the D7100 looking, on paper, like a very significant upgrade. The D7100 becomes the first Nikon DSLR to omit an optical low-pass filter (OLPF), a move we've seen rival Pentax take with its K-5 IIs. In theory, removing the OLPF altogether should result in a higher resolution than the filtered 24MP sensors found in the D5200 and D3200 can produce. We saw Nikon test the waters in this regard with the 36MP D800E, in which the effect of the OLPF was 'cancelled out'. Based on our test results with that camera, we suspect that realizing benefits of the OLPF's omission will require some very good optics at optimum apertures. The downside is, of course, greater potential for moiré-induced artifacts when shooting stills of objects with fine patterned detail.
Other D7100 upgrades over the D7000 include a significantly upgraded AF system, with focus algorithms borrowed from the top-end Nikon D4, 51 AF points (15 cross-type) and the stated ability to focus in light as low as -2EV. The D7100 gains a slightly larger 3.2-inch 1.2M dot rear LCD that features an RGBW display. The additional white dots allow the screen to either be run at lower power or noticeably brighter than the RGB panels found on previous Nikons for increased brightness or efficiency, depending on need. Owners of multiple Speedlights can also make use of Nikon's wireless remote operation (dubbed 'Advanced Wireless lighting') of up to three separate groups of flash units. And, as with the D7000, the camera's built-in flash can be used in Commander mode to trigger remote flashes.
|The D7100's 24.1MP CMOS sensor does not include an optical low-pass filter (OLPF). While the flagship D800E had the effect of its OLPF 'cancelled out', this is the first time Nikon has done away with the filter altogether.
Video shooters get some upgrades as well. The D7100 offers 30p and 25p as well as 24p (rather than just 24p) recording and built-in stereo microphones. When using the D7100's optional 1.3X crop mode, which gives an effective focal length increase of 2X (a 50mm lens provides the crop of a 100mm), 50/60i movie recording is available. This crop mode also allows for 15MP stills capture at 7 versus the standard 6 frames per second.
The D7100 supports Nikon's WU-1a Wi-Fi unit, which plugs into the camera's accessory terminal and allows images to be transmitted wirelessly to a smartphone or tablet for uploading to social networks. The device also allows remote control of the camera from your smartphone, complete with live view, which can be a fun way of setting up self-portraits or group shots.
In a seemingly small, yet very practical upgrade over the D7000, the D7100 inherits the well-implemented Auto ISO program that we saw first on the D800, and later on the D5200. This allows the camera to set the minimum shutter speed automatically based on the focal length of the lens in use, with a choice of five user-controlled settings that bias towards faster or slower speeds. This fixes one of our biggest criticisms of earlier-model Nikon DSLRs, and obviously makes Auto ISO much more suitable for use with zoom lenses.
Nikon D7100 key features
- 24.1MP DX format CMOS sensor, with no OLPF
- EXPEED 3 processing
- ISO 100-6400 standard, up to 25600 expanded
- Max 6 fps continuous shooting in DX mode, 7fps in 1.3X crop mode
- 51 point AF system, 15 sensors cross type
- 2016 pixel RGB metering sensor
- Spot white balance in live view mode
- 1080 60i/30p video recording, built-in stereo mic, mic jack and audio monitoring jack
- Pentaprism with 100% coverage and 0.94X magnification
- 3.2", 1.2m-dot LCD screen (640 x 480 X RGBW)
- Front and rear IR receivers
- Equivalent water and dust resistance to D800/D300S
Key specs compared to the Nikon D7000
In the table below you can see how the major specifications of the D7100 compare against the D7000.
|Nikon D7100
|Nikon D7000
|Sensor resolution (type)
|24MP CMOS (no OLPF)
|Autofocus System
|51-points with 15 cross-type
|39 points with 9 cross-type
|ISO sensitivity range
100-6400 (H1 and H2 expansion up to 25,600 equiv)
|Display size / resolution
|Fixed 3.2", 1.2m-dot LCD
|Fixed 3", 920k-dot LCD
|Maximum framerate (DX mode)
6 fps
|Movie Mode
|1080 60i/30p
|Battery life (CIPA)
|920 shots
|1050 shots
|136 x 107 x 76 mm
(5.3 x 4.2 x 3.0 in)
|132 x 103 x 77 mm
(5.2 x 4.1 x 3.0in)
|Weight (with battery)
|765 g (1 lb, 11 oz)
|780 g (1 lb, 11.5 oz)
Compared to the Nikon D7000
Physically, the D7100 is very similar to its predecessor, with practically identical size and weight. Place the two cameras side by side in fact, and you'd need a moment to tell one from the other. With the exception of the new movie button on the top-plate and the addition of a fifth button along the left side of the camera, the key controls are almost identical, and fall in basically the same places. Most of the interesting bits of the upgrade are hidden away inside the D7100's magnesium-alloy and polycarbonate shell.
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Clams Recipe: Hoy Lai Ped (Spicy Clams in Thai Roasted Chili Paste)
One early morning in January when I was home in Penang, my brother, sister, nephew, our maid and I set off to a clam-digging expedition in a little island off the coast of Penang. In less than two hours, we dug two buckets full of big, fat, and succulent fresh clams, after we got both our hands and feet wet, not to mention some mud on my sister's hair. It was one of the most exciting, fun-filled, and fruitful excursions nonetheless. We had so much fun!
As soon as we went home, my brother cooked up a big batch of hoy lai ped, or fried clams with roasted chili paste, a Thai recipe that he had learned from his Thai friend. Our family and all the kids gathered together and savored the bounty with great victory–nothing tastes quite as good as food caught with our own hands.
Hoy lai ped literally means spicy clams in Thai. It's a popular clam recipe in Thailand. Thailand is blessed with abundant seafood and clams are hugely popular. Hoy lai ped is very easy to prepare and you need only a few key ingredients: Thai roasted chili paste or "nam prik pao," fresh basil leaves, and bird's eye chilies. It has become one of my favorite clam recipes because of its vibrant flavors: fiery hot and exuberantly briny with a robust minty note from the basil leaves.
Now back in the US, I often make hoy lai ped. While there is no clam digging, I can always get fresh Manila clams from Asian supermarkets. My brother's friend also bought me a big tin of nam prik pao (Thai roasted chili paste) which is now an essential ingredient in my cooking repertoire.
Here is my recipe for hoy lai ped or spicy clams in Thai roasted chili paste. Try it out, it's seriously delicious!
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This recipe looks easy, and very tasty. Which kind of basil is needed, is it Bai Horapa?
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I love Pad Ped Hoy Lai, Bee. I'll have to find some of these clams and make it soon.
Now your clam recipe I'd like to try.
nice clams:-) I love lalas and clams!!!
Another blast from the past, Bee!
I remember we used to "korek siput" (said with Pg Hokkien twang, of course) at Gurney Drive and other beaches, when I was a wee girl. Longggg time ago. Sigh.
The glee of finding the siput was sheer joy. Which island is this? Will bring my boys there when we return home for holidays.
Ohh… I love clams, cooked in any way! Yours look very yummy!
Yum! After my recent crab fest I wouldn't mind a change to lala clams! But I think we can get razor clams which may not be the same thing. Vongole I know we can get sometimes, but frozen.
This chilli paste looks very spciy.
Ohh lala.. I love clams, thai food, and spicy ones espcially. This one, I will adore!
Oh I too would like to know where still have siput to dig for. So nostalgic.
I love to liak kappa (clam digging) too!!!! I went to the Gertak Sanggul one.
This sounds like a delicious way to prepare clams! Must try.
Love clams! thank you for your recipe. I live near the see.. why not a clam digging this weekend?
Your clam-digging expedition reminds me of our childhood "picnic" session at Tanjung Bungah beach. I miss it so much! Looking at this mouth-watering dish, I am sure it tastes fantastic with the chili paste. Extra kick! Yummy!!
this post makes me feel really miserable. i grew up in johore bahru, my house is next to the beach, just a 20 min walk from the causeway to singapore. the sea used to be abundant with blue swimmer crabs, mussels, and clams.
now the crabs are rare, the mussels and clams cant be eaten due to e.coli concerns. even the seabirds have changed after danga bay was built, destroying the marshland.
it saddens and disgusts me. one ray of hope was the new bridge to singapore, which would allow the water to circulate hopefully reducing the pollution. sigh. wish i could do something about it.
Mmmmmmm…yumyum! LEKKER ( in Dutch ) which means delicious , going to try this but dont think i can buy this kind of clam over here. I was born in Sungai Petani . Which island off the coast of Penang you had your clam-digging expedition? Would like to try this myself next January.
Lucky you that you did this while in Penang…If you try to dig anything along the US Pacific coast… first, we have to be concerned about the "health" risk due to contamination… second, we need to get a "license" (i.e. pay the Dept of Fish & Game)… third, they have limits on how much we can dig (which probably amounts to a couple of handfuls).
Bottom line, it seems to be easier to go to the local Asian supermarket and buy live clams :-))
the clams look really good….and clam "hunting" sounds fun, maybe i should try them out someday!!!
what is nam prik phao?
hi… this recipes looks delicious. unfortunately we dont really get Clams in Pakistan except the frozen clam meat, which is not that great.
I was wondering, what if i substitute the clams with shrimps? would they not go well with this roasted chilli paste?
wud love ur opinion on this. thanks!
Hello, Rabeeya &Rasamalaysia, Thanks for taking the time to blog. where is this beautiful place? I am going to tour penang soon, I was wondering if I can get travelling pointers from you. I would love to go clam digging, please do let me in on your secret Island(sounds like a mystery movie..lol)Thanks for you time.
My favorite kind of meal – delicious and impressive, but so quick and easy! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Hi Rasa,
I recently made a clam (manila clams) dish (for the first time) and was very disappointed with the result. After a few minutes in the wok, the clams produced so much water and became salty, without the soy sauce or salt. I made clams with black bean sauce. Any idea why?
What an amazing post! I've been following your posts for quiet a while and I really find them interesting. Isn't it funny when it seems to you that someone else on the planet thinks just like you? Yes, I have a somewhat thinking/writing style just like yours :-)
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After talking about the first week of OpenBenchmarking.org, which was a great success, news of this open and collaborative testing platform made its way to the front page of Slashdot. This resulted in a huge increase in benchmarks pouring in over last night and they keep coming in today. Thanks to this greater data set, here's a new feature that will interest many of you: the ability to easily find compatible GPUs / motherboards / CPUs / disks that are ranked upon how they perform with a given driver and operating system...
Radeon X1800 and X1950 are considered high end graphics processors? Really?
One of the highest rated comments on ./ was about the interface, which is really hard to navigate. Anyway I'm sure the guys have their hands full just keep the site ui in the todo list.
Keep up the good work.
Also, there should be some kind of normalization on the test names that appear when doing a search, because using the name that the user wrote isn't very helpful. If I'm looking for results about a CPU, the CPU names should be the name of the tests, that is the first thing in the test boxes in bold, and not something like "disk-test-number34". You also need a lot of work in the algorythm for coming up with the prices:
I'm not sure about you, but i wouldn't classify the macbook air as a "motherboard", also where can i get one for the $20 it shows as the price....
I agree about the interface. I can't find a link to the indexes, so i resorted to URL hacking...
Also as this is just performance there is no way to know that "wireless card A" gets 20kbps more bandwidth than "wireless card B" but sometimes crashes causing a kernel panic or that the onboard USB on motherboard Y sometimes just quits working requiring a reboot.
A search I would like to do is "all cpus under 95W TDP, that fit in sockets 1156, 1155, AM3, sorted by test result X when the test systems have 8GB of ram" Now this gets tricky as there is a 95W variant of the the 1055T X6, and a 125W version as well.
Right now there seems to be no way to get useful comparisons out of your database with confidence numbers. Most of the CPU tests will need to be nominalized for amount of RAM and maybe even disk speed. Unless all of the CPU tests are small enough to fit in the cache of the CPU and do not require much in the way of disk access.
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Sally Batton enters her 25th season as head coach of the Dartmouth Equestrian Team and Director of Riding. Since coming to Dartmouth in 1990, Batton has led the Dartmouth Equestrian team to four Ivy League titles, in 1997, 2007, 2010 and 2014 and also sent numerous Dartmouth riders to the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Championships. In 2008, Batton was named the American Riding Instructors' Association Instructor of the Year, and is certified Level III in ARIA in Hunter Seat and Recreational Riding.
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A 1983 graduate from Lake Erie College in Ohio, Batton earned a bachelor's degree in Equine Studies before earning a master's degree in Communications at Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1989. Sally is also the President of the IHSA Professional Horseman's Association chapter and is President and Founder of the Athletic Equestrian League.


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Uh huh. That extra second you spend launching the app obviously matters so much.
I'll never understand what people see in Visual Studio.
IDE part is easy, just use Eclipse! I found latest iterations to be great. Today, in time where almost every developer can afford i7 and 16GB RAM, major shortcomings of Eclipse (startup time and memory usage) are non-issues. Android plugin for Eclipse is great, you can do create whole app with it, including GUI, packaging and publishing. What I see as a major problem is language. C/C++ is IMHO too low level for app development of current times (2012), Python would need really good hotspot VM, and I don't think Canonical has resources for that. I would go with Java with some great Linux/GTK integration, which is basically what Android did with Dalvik, if you think about it. Of course, in case of Java, they would need agreement with Oracle, that cover everything and everybody until eternity.
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I don't see why everyone makes a big deal about visual studio, IMO it isn't that great of an IDE.
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Dr. Carducci's research focus is on the development and evaluation of new therapies for genitourinary cancers, specifically prostate and renal cancers. Areas of particular interest are bone-targeted therapies, epigenetic strategies, as well as general early phase drug development leading to first-in-human clinical trials.
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- Armstrong AJ, Netto GJ, Rudek MA, Halabi S, Wood DP, Creel PA, Mundy K, Davis SL, Wang T, Albadine R, Schultz L, Partin AW, Jimeno A, Fedor H, Febbo PG, George DJ, Gurganus R, De Marzo AM, Carducci MA. "A pharmacodynamic study of rapamycin in men with intermediate- to high-risk localized prostate cancer." Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Jun 1;16(11):3057-3066.
- Cetin K, Beebe-Dimmer JL, Fryzek JP, Markus RE, Carducci MA. "Recent time trends in the epidemiology of stage IV prostate cancer in the United States: analysis of data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program." Urology. 2010 Jun;75(6):1396-1404.
- DiPaola RS, Chen YH, Stein M, Vaughn D, Patrick-Miller L, Carducci M, Roth B, White E, Wilding G. "A randomized phase II trial of mitoxantrone, estramustine and vinorelbine or bcl-2 modulation with 13-cis retinoic acid, interferon and paclitaxel in patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer: ECOG 3899." J Transl Med. 2010;8:20.
- Franke RM, Carducci MA, Rudek MA, Baker SD, Sparreboom A. "Castration-dependent pharmacokinetics of docetaxel in patients with prostate cancer." J Clin Oncol. 2010 Oct 20;28(30):4562-4567.
- Kachhap SK, Rosmus N, Collis SJ, Kortenhorst MS, Wissing MD, Hedayati M, Shabbeer S, Mendonca J, Deangelis J, Marchionni L, Lin J, Hoti N, Nortier JW, DeWeese TL, Hammers H, Carducci, MA. "Downregulation of homologous recombination DNA repair genes by HDAC inhibition in prostate cancer is mediated through the E2F1 transcription factor." PLoS One. 2010;5(6):e11208.
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A Study Of the Effectiveness Of Pomegranate Pills in Men With Prostate Cancer Before Prostatectomy
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Study of Everolimus Added to Combined Hormonal and Radiation Therapy for High Risk Prostate Cancer
Temsirolimus and Vorinostat in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Effects of Two Doses of MPX Capsules on Rising Prostate-specific Antigen Levels in Men Following Initial Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Romidepsin in Treating Patients With Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, or Solid Tumors With Liver Dysfunction
Veliparib, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors That Are Metastatic or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery and Liver or Kidney Dysfunction
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Brady Urological Institute, Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2007
Best Doctors in America, 2006
Director's Teaching Award for Clinical Science, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, 2005
Appel Research Program in Prostate Cancer, Research Support 2003-2004
Talma Eykman Foundation Award to Fleur van de Geijn (Dr. Carducci- Mentor) for outstanding research during research elective, 2002
Osler Medicine Housestaff Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1997
Second Prize, 1996 American Urological Association/CaP CURE Contest
Catherine S. and Isaac Hecht Award for Cancer Research, 1995-1997
Merit Award Recipient, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 1995
Wellcome Oncology Clinical Research Scholar American Association for Cancer Research, 1995
Third Prize, 1995 American Urological Association/CaP CURE Contest, 1995
Young Investigator Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 1995
Housestaff Teaching Award Department of Medicine University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1991
Distinguished Service Award, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1988
M.D. with High Distinction, Wayne State University, 1988
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1986
Alpha Sigma Nu - Jesuit Honor Society, 1982
Salutatorian, Bishop Moore High School, 1979
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Data Safety Monitoring Committee, Internal Investigator Initiated Study (C-Novyi in Solid Tumors- L. Diaz, PI), Advisory committee member, 2008-2010
Data Safety Monitoring Committee, Sanofi-Aventis (VEGF-TRAP in Prostate Cancer), 2007-2011
Data Safety Monitoring Board, GPC Biotech (Satraplatin in Prostate Cancer), 2004-2007
Panel Member, Molecular Targets and Drug Development Working Group, National Cancer Institute Advisory Committee to SPORE Program, 2005
Data Safety Monitoring Board, Merck , Inc (Vioxx in Prostate Cancer), 2003
Member, Subcommittee on Renal Cell/Testicular Cancer, National Cancer Center Network, 2001
Member, External Advisory Panel to Genitourinary Oncology Research Program, University of Chicago Cancer Center, 2000
Member, Advisory Committee for Johns Hopkins Early Diagnosis Research Network – EDRN Clinical Tumor Marker Testing Center (Chair – Alan Partin, M.D., Ph.D.), 1999
Member, Subcommittee on Palliative Care, National Cancer Center Network, 1999
Member, Task Force on Supportive Care, National Cancer Center Network, 1999
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LocationsJohns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center401 N. BroadwayBaltimore, MD 21231Phone: 410-614-3977Appointment Phone: 410-955-8964Location MapSibley Memorial Hospital5255 Loughboro Road NWWashington, DC 20016Appointment Phone: 202-660-6500Location Map
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