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from Rupert, Idaho
on 6/16/2012
I believe that this product runs a little small because I ordered a large (when I wear a medium) and it is barely to big. However after I washed it, it was just the right size. I would suggest ordering a size larger than you would normally. Other than that I love this product.
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from Williams, OR
on 10/9/2011
Had to exchange and get next larger size, but it is everything I desired in a hoody. All cotton and long enough to cover hips and has pockets and is soft. The hood is soft too. I intend to order the other 2 colors as i will use them as jackets constantly. especially in the fall and spring.
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Lillian F.
from Glen Burnie, MD
on 8/23/2011
Not true to size and would need a size larger than I wear.
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from Boston, MA
on 6/1/2011
Bought this unisex sweatshirt for my daughter (size 7). Thought I would get a medium so she can snuggle into it during cloudy cold days on the job. Not a chance. I told her not to dry it in the dryer as it will also shrink. It is very soft and well made just sized small-like.
from Colorado springs, colorado
on 6/4/2015
Just like I expected
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from las vegas
on 3/31/2015
My daughter loved this. Wears it even when not working.
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from Bayside, WI
on 6/20/2014
This is true to its unisex sizing!! The only size still available was a L and my daughter isn't into that boyfriend look. We found this true to size and excellent quality. If we could have purchased it earlier in the season in a small we would be keeping it. It is nice and a medium weight, perfect for the summer. For us, the only problem was the size she needed wasn't available.
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Cassandra C.
from Mankato, Minnesota
on 4/15/2013
This is form fitting, not over sized at all.I am an avid sweatshirt wearer and at the facility that I work at we must wear a full zip instead of a pull-over. That being said this sweatshirt is very soft and comfortable. The cotton is quite thin so if you are looking for a heavy material this wouldn't be for you.
from ohio
on 5/14/2012
Remember Ladies! it is unisex! so order smaller!
Jennifer D.
from Edison, NJ
on 6/25/2011
Perfect fit! Its actually American Apparel and is very comfy! Must buy for every lifeguard!
Good for cool days
from kansas
on 6/8/2011
Fit is cute - looks good with Guard suits.
Tye Stevens
from mic
on 6/4/2011
as a hoodie I love the soft light cover up It is easy on and off cant get any better great job mate


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Coming Tuesday
This is the first of two stories. Tomorrow's story will talk with opponents of Referendum 74.
When Amy Wells went door-to-door in Vancouver this month to explain what the right to marry would mean to her, she encountered a mixed reaction.
One woman told her that marriage between two people of the same sex isn't "proper." Another woman said in a hushed voice that she would vote in support of same-sex marriage this fall, but her husband was voting no.
Wells, 51, of Vancouver, is part of the Southwest Washington effort to approve Referendum 74, a ballot measure that would grant same-sex couples the right to marry. If the referendum is approved by voters this fall, Washington would be the first state in the U.S. to vote in favor of same-sex marriage.
Wells has been with her partner for 19 years, and they have raised a son together. Wells appeared discouraged on Saturday after one resident refused to budge on the issue.
"I'd love to have a long conversation with her," Wells said, "and to tell them that the reason I would want to get married is the same reason they would want to get married. … Because you fell in love. Because you want to be committed. Because you want to be recognized for who you are and what your feelings are. But some people don't want to go there. They have other things to worry about. I get it."
Washington state's current domestic partnership law gives same-sex couples most of the rights granted to married heterosexual couples, including those related to medical decision-making and shared health care benefits. But many same-sex couples say they want to have their relationship recognized at the highest possible level, as a matter of respect and dignity.
"Marriage is incredibly important, because nothing says family, nothing gives legitimacy, like marriage," said Drew Griffin, lead organizer with Equality Southwest Washington. "Separate is never equal. Domestic partnerships, yes, allow for the same legal rights; but by the name itself, it's not equal. … I'm fighting for equality."
Griffin, of Vancouver, is the one leading the same-sex marriage fight in Southwest Washington. Given the area's close proximity to Portland, his group has teamed up with Basic Rights Oregon, which has helped advocate for the measure in Clark County through canvassing and phone banking.
Referendum 74 was put on the ballot by opponents of same sex marriage, following the Legislature's passage of a same-sex marriage bill earlier this year. A yes vote on the measure means one is voting to uphold the same-sex marriage legislation.
Three other states across the country this year also are voting on same-sex marriage measures. Proponents of Referendum 74 said they hope a yes vote will send a strong message to the federal government that same-sex marriage is something the people support.
Same-sex marriage is legal in six other states and in the District of Columbia. Those rules were passed by legislative bodies or established through a court ruling, not through a public vote.
Debating the issue
Local opponents of same-sex marriage rights in Washington state say same-sex partners in a domestic partnership already have the same rights as married heterosexual couples, and that the best family environment for a child is in a household with one mother and one father. Some opponents have framed the ballot measure as an attack on the traditional idea of marriage and on religious institutions that don't support same-sex marriage, and some have said that many same-sex couples don't want to get married.
"There are gay and lesbian people who very much want the freedom to marry, who are in long-term relationships and who have made the commitment in taking care of one another in good times and bad," Basic Rights Oregon Executive Director Jeana Frazzini said in response to those arguments. "The freedom to marry is critically important to them. … Fundamentally, what the community shares is a desire to be treated equally under the law."
Frazzini said gay and lesbian couples are not equal under the law, particularly under federal law, and that changing the law in Washington state brings the nation one step closer to change at the federal level.
"In this country, we have a system for recognizing and supporting the commitment that two loving adults make to one another, and it's called marriage," she said. "Right now, gay and lesbian couples are shut out from the freedom to marry."
She also said research suggesting that children do better with a mother and a father "has been thoroughly debunked. What we know is kids do best in loving, stable homes, and that one of the best ways to provide that stability is to recognize the relationship of their parents. … 'Marriage' says we're family like no other word."
The same-sex marriage law passed this winter includes protections for churches, temples and other religious institutions that decline to perform wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples, as well as protections for faith-based universities that decline to allow same-sex marriage on campus. The law also allows faith-based nonprofits to refuse adoption services for same-sex couples who want to adopt a child.
Wedding-related businesses, such as photographers and wedding planners, would not be shielded from anti-discrimination laws if they declined to work for a same-sex couple, even if they cite religious reasons.
Although some religious groups do not support same-sex marriage, a number of faith-based groups support approving Referendum 74, same-sex marriage proponents say. One such group is Vancouver's First Congregational United Church of Christ, which recently organized a march from Vancouver to Olympia in support of same-sex marriage.
Other efforts
Going door-to-door or talking about marriage rights over the phone isn't Sam MacKenzie's forte.
Instead, the 32-year-old Vancouver artist has been advocating for a yes vote on Referendum 74 by launching a public art campaign to show that love comes in many forms. She and her partner, Kelly Keigwin, 45, handcrafted more than 800 ceramic heart ornaments to hang around the Vancouver area.
The hearts include a website address that brings people to the couple's blog, called "Love is a Radical Act." The blog's web address is http://loveisaradicalact.com.
"This is my way of encouraging people to be OK with any kind of family unit that is loving and supportive," MacKenzie said. "That's why I'm doing what I'm doing."
MacKenzie and Keigwin hope to get married in December, if Referendum 74 is approved by voters this fall. The couple has been together for more than two years and have decided against becoming domestic partners or having a marriage ceremony that isn't recognized by the state.
"I've always been of the mind that I would not get married unless it was a legal marriage," MacKenzie said, adding that the couple's friends and family already know how committed they are to each other. "It's about the rights we would get from getting married."
MacKenzie said the domestic partnership law in Washington state does not truly offer her the same rights that heterosexual couples have. Domestic partners, for example, have to carry a card on them at all times that proves they are in a union with their partner, she said.
"That's a different standard to hold someone to," she said.
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The fifth annual "Cinco de Meow" Mexican Fiesta fundraiser to benefit the St. Joseph Bay Humane Society will be held 4-7 p.m. ET Sunday at the Barrier Dunes Club House on St. Joseph Peninsula.
There are a limited number of tickets available. Tickets are a $20 donation and there will be plenty of food and fun.
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We've rounded up some of today's hottest entertainment news stories that you may have missed featuring Robert Pattinson, Prince Harry, Whoopi Goldberg and more.
It's that time of the week again when the celebrity weeklies hit the newsstands. To separate what's real and rumor, we turned to our friends at Gossip Cop for the 411 on this week's most controversial stories.
Johnny Depp: the new face of beauty and fragrance?
Well, for Christian Dior Fragrances at least. You will soon be able to smell like Mr. Depp himself, but we won't know what his musk smells like until September.
FKA twigs is still pretty upset over T-Pain breaking the news of her engagement to Robert Pattinson.
Robert Pattinson had a little bit of an accident during the Red Nose Day telecast.
Admit it: Robert Pattinson and FKA twigs are so cute together.
FKA twigs confesses that despite all of the drama that comes with dating Robert Pattinson (including but not limited to racist remarks thrown her way by die-hard Pattinson fans), it's totally worth it.
So many well dressed men, so little time……
Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs just made their red carpet debut at the 2015 Met Gala! Twigs can even be seen wearing a ring in the photos. Take a look at the gallery to see!
Kristen Stewart just got real in Harper's Bazaar U.K.'s June issue.
The 25-year-old actress talked to the magazine about everything from Twilight sex scenes with Robert Pattinson, to how she feels about Hollywood.
So a new video of Robert Pattinson dancing at Coachella just emerged on the internet, and let's just say he should probably leave that set of skills to his fiance…
The first weekend of 2015's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has ended.
As plebes and celebrities alike all head back to reality, Celebuzz is taking a look back some of the best highlights from the festival grounds and the star-studded parties around the area.
Newly-engaged Robert Pattinson and FKA twigs are the cutest couple at the 2015 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA this year.
Robert Pattinson may become a dad sooner than you think.
After dating for nearly five years, it's expected that Kristen Stewart would be a bit heartbroken over the news that her ex Robert Pattinson got engaged to his girlfriend of six months FKA Twigs. However, it seems K. Stew is actually doing just fine.
Shh, do you hear that? That's the sound of Twihard hearts collectively breaking around the world.
It's the weekend!
We hope you're enjoying your weekend so far, but if you want make it even better, we have the funniest celeb pics of the week ready for you to see. This week, we have pics of your favorite stars like Kristen Wiig and Robert Pattinson that you can't miss. Check…
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The lovebirds have landed!
Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs were spotted Casino de Paris in France this week ahead of the latter's concert in the City of Love. Pattinson, who reportedly gave Twigs a promise not too long ago, was seen trailing behind his girlfriend as he carried his bag over hi…
FKA twigs might not have gone home with a trophy at the Brit Awards last night (Feb. 25, 2015), but she didn't exactly leave the British music awards empty-handed, she was spotted holding hands with boyfriend Robert Pattinson.
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Metro's 152 new hybrid buses
May 11, 2011 - 05:28 am
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Metro is touting new hybrid-electric buses that the transit agency says will be more reliable and more fuel efficient.
The Washington Post says Metro has an $89.3 million contract with a Canadian company to buy 152 of the new buses that cost $571,737 each.
Metro will start to roll out the new buses this month and the plan is to have all of the new buses on the road by the end of the year.
Metro has replaced 401 of its older buses that run on diesel with hybrids and the new buses will bring its hybrid fleet to 553.
Officials say some of the older buses break down every 3,000 to 4,000 miles.
Information from: http://www.washingtonpost.com
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Recent Greenpeace analysis of lobbying disclosure records reveals that since 2005, Koch Industries has hired more lobbyists than Dow and Dupont to fight legislation that could protect over 100 million Americans from what national security experts say is a catastrophic risk from the bulk storage of poison gasses at dangerous chemical facilities such as oil refineries, chemical manufacturing facilities, and water treatment plants. Koch lobbyists even outnumber those at trade associations including the Chamber of Commerce and American Petroleum Institute. Only the American Chemistry Council deployed more.In 2010 Koch Industries and the billionaire brothers who run it were first exposed as a major funder of front groups spreading denial of global warming in a Greenpeace report, which sparked an expose in the New Yorker. Since then, the brothers have been further exposed as a key backer of efforts to roll back environmental, labor, and health protections at the state and federal levels. Through enormous campaign contributions, an army of lobbyists, and funding of think tanks and front groups, David and Charles Koch push their agenda of a world in which their company can operate without regard for the risks they pose to communities, workers, or our environment. Today, in a new exposé, Greenpeace has shown how Koch Industries has quietly played a key role in blocking yet another effort to protect workers and vulnerable communities - comprehensive chemical security legislation. The Report is called "Toxic Koch: Keeping Americans at risk of a Poison Gas Disaster." Since before the September 11, 2001 attacks, security experts have warned of the catastrophic risk that nearly every major American city faces from the bulk storage of poison gasses at dangerous chemical facilities such as oil refineries, chemical manufacturing facilities, and water treatment plants. Nevertheless, ten years later, thousands of facilities still put more than 100 million Americans at risk of a chemical disaster. According to the company's own reports to the EPA, Koch Industries and its subsidiaries Invista, Flint Hills, and Georgia Pacific operate 57 dangerous chemical facilities in the United States that together put 4.4 million people at risk.A coalition of more than 100 labor, environmental, and health organizations has advocated for comprehensive chemical security legislation that would help remove the threat of a poison gas disaster by requiring the highest risk facilities to use safer processes where feasible. Koch Industries and other oil and chemical companies have lobbied against legislation that would prevent chemical disasters, despite repeated requests from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for disaster prevention. Instead Koch favors an extension of the current, weak Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) that exempt most facilities and actually prohibit the authority of DHS to require safer processes. As in other policy areas, Koch's huge efforts have gone largely unnoticed. Koch campaign contributions reveal the company's influence over the chemical security debate in Washington DC. All of the key Senators and Representatives who have taken a lead role during the last year in pushing legislation that supports Koch's chemical security agenda have received Koch campaign contributions. The House members who introduced two bills that would extend CFATS without improvements and block the DHS from requiring safer processes for seven years have all taken KochPAC contributions over the last three election cycles, including Representatives Tim Murphy (R-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), Peter King (R-NY) and Dan Lungren (R-CA). And all of the cosponsors of similar legislation in the Senate - Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Mark Pryor (D-AR), and before his retirement, George Voinovich (R-OH) - received KochPAC contributions during their most recent elections. As Congress debates how to protect Americans from dangerous chemical facilities, Koch is once again opposing legislation that would make America safer, despite the enormous risk its facilities pose to communities, workers, and our environment.
Phil Radford is an American environmental, clean energy, and democracy leader serving as the Executive Director of Greenpeace USA. He was a co-founder of the Democracy Initiative, served as the Founder and Executive Director of Power Shift, and is a board member of Green Corps.He has a background in grassroots organizing, corporate social responsibility, and clean energy.
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the koch brothers are the greediest unconscienceable scum that doesn't care how many people they hurt, as long as their not rich like them. even worse...
the koch brothers are the greediest unconscienceable scum that doesn't care how many people they hurt, as long as their not rich like them. even worse than them are the people in congress who take their blood money, just so they can be reelected. this is politics at its worse. and usually a republican tactic, remember, the party of NO.
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So....who is surprised? Koch Brothers have NEVER given a damn about America or it's citizens. The family has had strong NAZI ties and Koch Brothers co...
So....who is surprised? Koch Brothers have NEVER given a damn about America or it's citizens. The family has had strong NAZI ties and Koch Brothers come first. End of story.
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Doesn't Greenpeace hire lobbyists too?
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Jury Finds Man Guilty of Bribery and tax charges
Madison, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy Whiteagle, 60, Black River Falls, Wis., was convicted of bribery and tax crimes today following an eight-day jury trial in federal court in Madison. The jury deliberated for approximately seven hours before finding Whiteagle guilty on all counts.
Whiteagle was convicted of one bribery conspiracy count (five years maximum penalty); eight bribery counts (10 years maximum penalty on each); two counts of filing false tax returns (three years maximum penalty); and one count of obstruction by attempting to persuade a person to lie to the FBI (20 years maximum penalty). U.S. District Judge William M. Conley scheduled sentencing for October 24, 2012.
United States Attorney Vaudreuil stated, "This prosecution demonstrates the commitment by this office and the U.S. Department of Justice to vigorously investigate and prosecute corruption in tribal governments."
According to the evidence presented at the trial, the Ho-Chunk Nation, an Indian tribal government, operates casinos in the Western District of Wisconsin and annually receives federal grants well in excess of $10,000. Whiteagle is a Ho-Chunk tribal member. From 2002 to 2009, Whiteagle, at times with the assistance of Deborah H. Atherton, 55, Black River Falls, acted covertly as a behind-the-scenes consultant for clients seeking to do business with the Ho-Chunk Nation. The clients included companies that provided cash access services (such as check cashing and ATMs) at Ho-Chunk casinos, and a company that sought to provide mortgages and housing for tribal members. Whiteagle received over $3 million dollars from the clients.
Whiteagle gave Clarence Pettibone, 53, Black River Falls, an elected legislator of the Ho-Chunk Nation, money and valuables, and Whiteagle and Atherton solicited clients seeking Ho-Chunk business to do the same. The valuables included checks; money orders; payments to a martial arts studio operated by Pettibone; a Pontiac Firebird; contributions for Pettibone's re-election campaign; a job for a relative of Pettibone; golf outings; tickets to an NFL football game; visits to adult entertainment venues; auto body work on a car owned by a relative of Pettibone; and vacations for Pettibone and his family members.
Whiteagle and Atherton offered and gave the money and valuables to Pettibone to influence and reward him for helping certain clients do business with the nation; Pettibone knew the money and valuables were given to him to influence and reward him for assisting the clients; Whiteagle and Pettibone consulted with each other about how to use Pettibone's official position to assist the clients in obtaining and keeping contracts with the Ho-Chunk Nation; and Pettibone, in his official capacity as an elected legislator, took steps to help the clients do business with the Ho-Chunk Nation, such as scheduling of clients' proposals on the legislature's agenda, making motions for the nation to enter into contracts with the clients, delaying legislative action, and opposing proposed contracts between the nation and competitors of the clients.
Atherton pleaded guilty on July 9 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Her sentencing is scheduled for October 10, 2012. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
Pettibone pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe and was sentenced on July 11 to five years in federal prison.
The charges against Whiteagle, Atherton and Pettibone are the result of a joint investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and IRS Criminal Investigation, with the assistance from the Ho-Chunk Nation, the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming, and the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Inspector General.
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Body recovered after canoe capsizes in Ashburn
November 28, 2011 - 02:17 pm
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Authorities recovered the body of a man who went missing after the canoe he was in with a young boy capsized Sunday in Ashburn.
The man, who is not identified, was in the canoe at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday when it capsized. The child who was with the man was helped to shore by nearby witnesses and taken to a hospital as a precaution.
The man was not located. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office Underwater Recovery Unit continued to search for the man throughout the night.
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Here, have one of my Matisyahu RAW Files to Edit.
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A few months back I was asked to join Matisyahu in the studio to capture some candid images. I have not been able to share any of the images until they have been officially released.
Now that Matisyahu is using this image as the featured image and profile picture on his fan page I can share it with you.
Instead of just posting the final image with a watermark as a low res I decided to do something different. I am giving you all the RAW File to tweak edit and print any way you would like. Please keep in mind that I own this image and I am giving you permission to use for personal use only. Do not try to sell or put your name on the image.
Now that that is out of the way you are free to print and share this image as long as you give me credit and link back to my facebook or website.
How would you edit this file? What would you do that I didn't do? Would you keep it Color or go Black and White?
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Nikon D4 vs Canon 1D X RAWedit
Recently I posted the video putting the Nikon D4 vs the Canon 1D X and now I wanted to share two very similar RAW files for you to edit. Not only do you get to edit these files but you can do your own side by side comparison to determine which you think is better if any.
I exported these files as DNG's so you can edit them in almost any raw editor that you have. You can download the RAW files right here in the FroKnowsPhoto Forum. The forum is also the place where you should post your RAW edits and thoughts about the files.
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The 1D X is PURE WOW – Download these RAW files and see for yourself
A BIG Thank You to BorrowLenses.com for sending me the Canon 1D X and lenses to test it out against my Nikon D4.
This is a quick preview of some of the images I captured while using the 1D X at a recent concert event. The pure clarity, sharpness, tone and color is just INSANE.
I had only had this camera for a week before I took it onto a paying job. The only way to really test this camera out is to use it and use it on real jobs.
I will be doing a ful review and more as soon as I can.
Be sure to DOWNLOAD the RAW files and see the quality for yourself. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD two RAW Files from the Canon 1D X.
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Edit these Three RAW Files – RAW Edit
After photographing Maria recently I thought I would share not one but three RAW Files for you to edit.
When I set out to photography Maria I had a few ideas that I wanted to make sure I captured. For that reason that is why you see so many similar images. The goal is to get a few killer shots during the shoot that would be the ones that Maria can use to shop around as head shots.
Here is your chance to edit these RAW Files from the Nikon D4 shot with the Nikon 300 2.8 AFS Lens.
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Adobe Lightroom RAW Edit CONTEST – Ed Sheeran Photo
This is a little bit of change over my normal RAW Edit videos. This time I go ahead and show you how I edited the file and then open it up for you to download and edit for a chance to win a print of this image.
This a contest and you can edit the image any way you would like, you can use Adobe Lightroom, Photo Shop or any other RAW Editing Program. Please click here to download this RAW File. All submission must be in by the end of April 28th 2013 11:59 PM EST.
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Why I Shoot RAW
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If there is one question I get more than any other, it's "Why do you shoot RAW?" Let me take you back to 2003 when I picked up my first DSLR – the Nikon D2H. The online photo community was very different at that time, and we certainly didn't have as much access to information as we do now. Coming from the film world, there was never a question of file formats, only what type of film to use. Suddenly with digital, there was a slew of file formats to familiarize yourself with – JPEG, RAW, TIFF and RAW + JPEG.
I made phone calls to as many photographers as I knew who were shooting digital and asked what they shot. Some of them said they were shooting JPEG and others were shooting RAW, but they did not know why. At that point, I really did not know a lot about file formats and I started to ask questions to form my own opinion on what I should use.
Here is what I learned from talking with other pros: JPEG was all about compression and smaller files, which meant I could capture a large number of images and fit them on my memory card. (Here's another fun blast from the past – my first 1GB memory card cost me a whopping $279.) Regardless of the storage possibilities, I knew that if JPEG meant compression and RAW was uncompressed, I was better off sticking with RAW. It just made sense to me that if JPEG files toss away information in the hopes of larger quantity, and RAW kept all your information, I was better off going with the quality option.
Edit this RAW FILE #88 – From Alcatraz
This new RAW files comes from San Francisco and was captured on the ROCK aka Alcatraz.
What are you going to do with this file? I chose to go black and white and crunchy. Will you go black and white, stay color or do something else totally over the top.
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RAW Edit #87 – Aruba
This RAW File comes from the D4 and was taken while I was away in Aruba!!! It is so DIRTY at F10, its going to take a while to clean it up.
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Sofia Vergara Was in Tears Over Emmys Gown Split, But Her Fiance Was "Just Annoyed": Report
Drama follows Modern Family star Sofia Vegara like a lovesick puppy. You'd think her fiancé would not only be used to it, he might actually be amused by it. But based on Page Six's report, he's not always into it.
Sofia had a major wardrobe malfunction with the back of her dress during the 2012 Emmys broadcast on Sunday — and her fiance, Nick Loeb, was reportedly not much help with the fix.
A source told Page Six that Sofia was emotional backstage with her entourage. "Someone in the front was screaming 'Wardrobe! Wardrobe!' and she was frantic and in tears," the source said. "Nick was trailing in the back looking annoyed."
The source said Nick was "huffing and puffing" and calling out "Let's go, Sofia," and "didn't say anything to comfort her." "He was just annoyed that she pulled them from the audience," the source claimed. But after her dress was repaired, the two were reportedly fine together at the post-Emmys parties.
Sofia always seems to have a huge entourage of people around her, so maybe he just felt like the fifth wheel and didn't know what he was supposed to do. It's not like he would be allowed to touch a dress that expensive or fix it himself. But, yeah, some comfort — or even a joke to make light of the situation — would probably have made things less stressful. How can you not laugh about accidentally mooning the Emmys audience?
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Hi guys,
I have installed 100.14.19 driver on mine 8600M GT.
This drivers works like a charm in Fedora 8 using compiz. Infact with this driver I can reach 800FPS in compiz benchmark, without problem.
With 100.14.23 driver I can reach "only" 500FPS and it seems to hang KDE when I try to shutdown the pc.
With 100.14.23 I need to use this string in xorg.conf to make compiz work:
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With the beta one I have many instability issue...
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THORB Interviews – Tan Yiru
The first part of an ongoing year round series of web articles, Cachet interviews national mens' hockey player Tan Yiru for our client THORB, Singapore's premier sports apparel line.
Cachet is proud to be the brand manager and content provider for THORB, handling all aspects of its marketing campaign for 2012, utilizing both online and live platforms to push the brand to the next level.
THORB interviews – Tan Yiru
In the first of a series of interviews featuring sportsmen from various disciplines, we catch up with Tan Yiru, National Men's Hockey player and find out what it takes to compete in hockey at the highest level.
Subject: Tan Yiru, 22, male
Sport: Hockey
How did you get into hockey?
I first started playing hockey when I was 9 in primary three, for Xi Shan Primary School. At that time, all my classmates were all hockey players, and I decided to join the sport because I wanted to play with my buddies. It all started from there.
When I was 15, I went for the national SEA Games trials, but I was too young. Instead, I joined the development squad and my passion really grew from there.
What do you love about the sport?
The team spirit and bonding with my teammates are things that attracts me to the sport. In hockey, I feel that the bonds are much stronger.
In Singapore, we know before we joined the sport, that we are not going to get paid as much as other professionals because hockey is not recognized as a core sport yet. So really, it is all about playing for pride and passion (and) fighting hard for your teammates. My teammates are all good friends of mine, so it is also very competitive as well. You know that there is one spot that will go to either you or your buddy, but this pushes us even further.
You went to Paris, France, for trials with a professional hockey team. What was the experience like?
It was a great time for me. It was a completely different culture; the way they play is very tactical. I went there feeling like I was a real professional because everything was provided such as accommodation, food, money. All I had to focus on was playing hockey. But at the same time, I felt that there wasn't a very big gap between our Singapore players and the French players. The difference is that the French players started on their fundamentals from a very early stage when they were kids.
What does the future hold for Singapore Hockey?
When I first joined the national team, we were ranked 50 in the world. Now we have moved up to 41 which is not bad for us.
Our next tournament is the Olympic qualifiers from the 18th Feb to 26th Feb. Our team target is to get into the top four out of six of the best teams in the world. We know that it is going to be extremely tough because we've only had three weeks to prepare, because of our last minute inclusion into the group, whereas the other teams have been preparing for one and a half years. So if we do make it into the top four of the group, it will be a great achievement.
For now, I think our next goal is to be able to beat the Malaysian hockey team consistently. They are ranked amongst the top 10 in the world, and if we want to move onto the next level, we have to beat them consistently. We want to prove to ourselves that we are able to be counted amongst the best in the world.
What would you say has been your greatest sporting achievement so far?
Playing in major international tournaments such as the upcoming Olympic Qualifiers will always help us gain more experience on the international stage. For me personally, it was the Junior World Cup (JWC) in 2009, when I scored the first ever JWC goal by a Singaporean.
Finally, in your opinion, what does it take to be a true sportsman?
For me, it is all about commitment and sacrifice. I didn't think about any alternatives when I decided to commit to playing hockey. It was either that or nothing at all. I think for any sport, commitment and sacrifice are important to really succeed.


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ANHRI declares its sever shock as the Tunisian authorities arrested "Monwbeeh Bouazizi", the mother of "Mohamed Bouazizi", who started the Tunisian revolution and the Arab spring. She was arrested due to allegations of insulting an governmental official. ANHRI demands the immediate release of her, and the conduct of a seperate investigation.
On Saturday the 13th of July, the public prosecutor issued a decree of arrest, against the mother of "Bouazizi" and send her to the preventive custody, in "El-Qfsa" state, in the southern-west of Tunisia", due to an argument with an official in the Sidi Abou-Zid Court, on Friday.
"MonwbeehBouazizi" was extracting some document from the Court. "Salem El-Bou-Azizi" the brother of "Mohamed Bouazizi" that, "the public prosecutor issued a decree of sending my mother to custoday, because of allegations of attacking an official in the Court. He assured that her effervescence resutled as a reaction when the official swore at and pushed her out as well as closing the door in her face, with no reasons". "Salem El-Bou-Azizi" accuses the court's officials of slowness in providing public services".
ANHRI said "the arrest of "Bouazizi's mother" due to allegations of insulting a governmental official, eliminates the remainder of the Tunisian authorities to dignifiy the families of the martyers, who paid the big price to the freedom of the Tunisian people".
ANHRI added "after all the reports, that declares the sufferings of the families of the martyrs and injuries of the revolutions, to obtain the appropriate care from the government and now we are surprised by the arrest of the mother of who has started the revolution".
While ANHRI asserts on the necessity that every one shall be equal before the law, but it warns that it could be settlements of accounts with the figures and activists of the Tunisian revolution. Some of the security bodies, still have some hostility against them, because they were the reason of end of the arrogance of the security and its associates.
ANHRI said "this is not the first incident if its kind, the anti-terrorism forces, in a suspicious manner, arrested the activist"Emad Degaeg" from "El-Karm" area, due comments on Facebook against the security bodies".
ANHRI said "in the country of the rule of law, every and each one violates the law shall be penalized, but we are amazed of the quickness of arresting "Monwbeeh" and sent her to the preventive custody, although "there is no necessity to do that" according to a lot of views".
ANHRI compared the strict reaction of the security bodies to this vague incident and inaction in the face of severe attacks by religious extremists on some art works and university buildings, in many in separate and various incidents in the cities of Tunisia during the past months.
ANHRI calls the Tunisian Authorities to conduct a separate and neutral investigation, and the release of Mrs. "Monwbeeh" until, the said investigation is conducted.


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New Report: Rihanna Wants Chris Brown Back
It's been almost three years since that infamous night when then-couple Rihanna and Chris Brown made headlines after an argument that left Rihanna's face and Chris's reputation severely bruised.
One assault charge (Chris's), four albums (between the two of them), and a few notable romances later, it seems that the two may be finding their way back to each other, reveals one source to Life & Style.
But, according to the report, it's Rihanna who's doing most of the finding: She's supposedly been tweeting him, stopping by his studio, and calling and texting him a lot.
"She won't let go," says the source close to Chris. L&S says reps for both artists declined to comment on the story.
Chris Brown recently spent New Year's Eve in Las Vegas with his reported new girlfriend, Karrueche Tran. He also tweeted out a positive outlook for the new year just before the clock struck midnight: "I LOVE Team Breezy unconditionally! Goodbye 2011. Let 2012 bring as much peace positivity and happiness as possible!"
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The Emerald Atlas (2011)
by John Stephens
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I had a hard time coming up with a star rating for this book. There's nothing wrong with it, but I just couldn't get into it. I didn't feel connected to the characters and the story didn't draw me in. It felt flat and plodding. I bet kids would like it a lot, especially as a first fantasy book. I was so excited for this series and I really wanted this book to be good. Turns out, it just wasn't for me.
Description: Kate, Michael, and Emma have been in one orphanage after another for the last ten years, passed along like lost baggage.
Yet these unwanted children are more remarkable than they could possibly imagine. Ripped from their parents as babies, they are being protected from a horrible evil of devastating power, an evil they know nothing about.
Until now.
Before long, Kate, Michael, and Emma are on a journey to dangerous and secret corners of the world...a journey of allies and enemies, of magic and mayhem. And—if an ancient prophesy is correct—what they do can change history, and it is up to them to set things right.
Thoughts: This book never managed to really grab me. Mostly, I think, because it doesn't ever manage to really differentiate itself from so much of children's fiction these days: there are orphans, they are mistreated by people who should take care of them, they go on a journey and find out that their lives are not what they expected. It's not that it's bad... it's just getting a little stale for me. I almost crave a magical fantasy for tweens and teens that features a kid who has wonderful, loving parents YET still gets an adventure. Seems like ever since Cinderella, the only story people can write is kids in terrible, parentless and loveless situations.
Anyway, other than that the book is fine. The kids are mostly likeable. The writing style is fine. The plot is a little fiddly in a couple places, but still fundamentally fine. The set up for the other books in the series is quite clear and easy to follow.
What really confuses me, however, is that this was an Amazon Best Book of the month and it's being compared to His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. Now, that's one of my favorite series and this doesn't come close. And I don't get the hype. I wouldn't rule out reading the sequels but they aren't rushing to the top of my TBR list.
Maybe I'm just too old for this one. Or too saturated in this kind of teen lit. I don't know. I just know that I'm pretty much left feeling this one was fine, nothing more.
Kate, Michael and Emma have a special destiny and when their young lives become imperiled they are sent away to an orphanage unknowing what the future holds for them. 10 years later after having being sent from orphanage to orphanage, they arrive in Cambridge Falls and their adventures begin.
Kate has a unique connection to the "Emerald Atlas" which allows her to time travel. The children use this special ability to go back in time to save a town and its people.
Magic, time traveling, dwarfs, hidden tunnels and more made this book a thoroughly entertaining experience and had me running to the bookstore for the next in the series.
The first in a series of 3 about the Books of the Beginning, in which orphans Kate, Michael and Emma must travel back in time using the Atlas, to save these books from forces of evil, the Countess and Dire Magnus.
Time-travel, magic, orphans, witches, and more, characterize John Stephens' Emerald Atlas, first in his Book of Beginnings series. Three maybe-orphans struggle to solve the shifting mystery of their past, aided by characters whose loyalties prove hard to guess, and hindered by evil mistresses of dark orphanages, and even more evil witches. A wounded world carries echoes of Narnia's winter; mysterious clues might remind you of the Mysterious Benedict Society; there are hints of Lemony Snicket in the orphans' repeated misfortunes; and exciting battles might bring Lord of the Rings to mind. But the whole is put together with a nicely new, intriguing plot. The characters are fun. Big sister's seriousness is nicely balanced by her studious brother and brave youngest sibling. The recent past is a mystery slowly revealing its secrets. And the more distant past is an alluringly charming place with zany dwarves, mysterious wizard, and tortuous tricks of time.
The Emerald Atlas is a fast, exciting read, with nicely balanced shades of dark and light. Scary scenes are lightened by zany humor. Evil characters meet humorous counterparts. And the blend of magic and time-travel is given a pleasing logic all its own that truly holds together, making this a series I'm eager to follow further. Highly recommended.
Disclosure: My husband continues to have impeccable taste when it comes to choosing books for me to read on planes!
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0375868704, Hardcover)Amazon Best Books of the Month, April 2011: With a timeless writing style that invokes thoughts of children's fantasy classics such as Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, author John Stephens weaves a gripping tale of mystery and magic into The Emerald Atlas. His enchanting prose and spot-on wit can only be described as both hip (Stephens was previously the executive producer of Gossip Girls) and Dickensian, a delightful combination that will both engage young readers with its relatable nature and fascinate them with its aberrant charm. If Stephens's comic finesse and archetypal writing style aren't enough to engage young readers, they will no doubt be captivated by the plot. Stephens's complex formula for time travel and fascinating explanation for the disappearance of the magical realm is so convincing that readers might begin to believe that there is, in fact, far more to the world than meets the eye. Thought-provoking and enchanting, The Emerald Atlas has the makings of a children's classic. --Jacqueline Segall
Amazon-Exclusive Q&A with Author John Stephens
John: Honestly, sometimes I ask myself that question in the reverse. How did I ever end up in Hollywood? The truth is that writing novels was my first ambition, and given my druthers when I finished grad school, I probably would've gone off and just written books. The only problem was that at the time I was pretty bad at it. I really kinda stunk. As it turned out, I needed another decade of learning the craft before I was ready to write a novel. And, fortunately, writing for Hollywood turns out to be a great training ground. You learn how to work on a schedule, tell a satisfying story, build character, construct scenes, you develop a feel for dramatic momentum…and you get to tool around the Warner Bros lot on a golf cart, which is kind of awesome. In fact, writing and producing television was so much fun I kind of forgot about writing books for a while. That is, till the day I read The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman and realized that all I wanted to do was write children's fantasy novels. And luckily by then I had the skills to pull it off without embarrassing myself.
Though I do still miss cruising around the lot on golf carts.
Amazon: The whole time I was reading The Emerald Atlas, I kept thinking what a great movie it would make. Are there any plans for a film version?
John: I hope so! Wouldn't that be awesome? Unfortunately, at present, if people are making plans, they haven't told me about them.
Amazon: I loved the characters of Kate, Emma, and Michael. They were all so relatable. I felt as if they were kids I had met before. Were your three young heroes inspired by anyone in your life or from your childhood?
John: Kate not so much (though she does share a name with my younger sister). Her closest inspiration came from a character in the movie Not One Less by Zyang Yimou, where this young girl is put in charge of a schoolhouse in rural China, and the teacher tells her that she'll be paid if all the children are there when he returns. Well, of course one of the kids, this little rapscallion, runs away, and she has to track him down to this big city. And the job of finding this kid in this huge city is OVERWHELMING and yet this girl is unbelievably tenacious. I just loved that sense of incredible strength in someone so young.
Emma is partly inspired from a friend of mine, a writer I worked with who can be incredibly combative and feisty, but also has an enormous heart. I love that combination of fury and vulnerability.
Michael, in many ways, was based on me. We're both the middle brother of two sisters, studious, wear glasses, think dwarves are awesome, and have a need to document our worlds. However, like all characters, he grew away from me and became much braver and more resourceful than I could ever hope to be.
Amazon: The fantasy world in The Emerald Atlas is described in such detail that it really comes to life in the mind of the reader. What was your inspiration for the world that Kate, Emma, and Michael happen upon?
John: The inspiration was the Adirondacks of upstate New York. A few years ago, I spent a lot of time up near Lake Placid and I found the area to be really magical and just imbued with history, in particular, a romantic, turn-of-the-century, Edith Wharton-type of history that I found very appealing. British fantasy writers are surrounded by buildings, streets, and graveyards that are centuries old. Fantasy and magic seems to cling to those places. It's a little bit harder to find that in the States, but I felt the Adirondacks had that quality in spades, as well as being near the old stomping grounds of Washington Irving, who sort of began the tradition of American fantasy I was trying to nod towards.
Amazon: You have a distinctly individual voice and plotline in The Emerald Atlas, but your writing style does invoke thoughts of some children's fantasy classics. The beginning portion of The Emerald Atlas reminded me a little bit of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, while the main body of your work read more similarly to C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia and Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, and the action scenes reminded me most of J.K Rowling's Harry Potter series. Which writers would you say inspired you most as an author?
John: First off, to say that my book reminds you of those writers is a HUGE compliment, so thank you. I feel very indebted to particular writers for very specific things. Among the ones you mention…from Pullman, I love the authority of his other worlds. He believes in Lyra's world completely and he makes you believe in it. Also, his characters live at the edges of their feelings, which makes reading the books enormously exciting. From Lewis, at his best, he can convey a true sense of magic to readers, especially young readers. And though I don't love all his books, his prose is always great. I admire so much about J.K. Rowling's books but just to pick a couple things, she has a Dickensian affection for side characters that I also have. Also, she shares with Roald Dahl, one of my other literary heroes, a taste for the comic grotesque. I'm deeply indebted to Edith Nesbit, most particularly for her Bastable books. I love her humor, her lightness of touch and above all the interaction of her children. And finally, I'd just say Dickens for so many things, but mostly because he proved again and again that a funny book can also be moving.
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A modern handbook of four-harness patterns for weavers of all types, whether amateur or professional.
Contains 345 threading directions ranging from simple twills to complicated techniques. All are small patterns which may be woven on a sixteen inch warp if so desired, except one chapter of very large patterns. Each design is given many treadlings. These are illustrated with over 1200 weavings — all personally made. Directions are set down in a simple diagram.
While the number of patterns is extensive, it is not exhaustive. It will serve to stimulate the inventive weaver, but gives a large amount of materials from which the average weaver may draw information than has ever before been presented. Where weavers have been given the impression that a complicated loom was necessary for some types of work, this puts no bounds to the field open to the weaver who uses a table loom, or any other type of four-harness loom.
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Since our founding in 1980, Self-Help has created or maintained more than 41,000 jobs.
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The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program was enacted in December 2000 by the U.S. Treasury Department as part of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act. The initial purpose of the NMTC program was to spur private investment in businesses operating in low-income communities. As the NMTC program developed, Self-Help and others successfully advocated for the program to include nonprofits.
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1968 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet - Doc's Old Horse
The Continuing Tale Of A One-Owner Cobra Jet
Like many classic Mustangs, Ross's Cobra Jet then endured prolonged hibernation until, one day about five years ago, one of his patients, who worked in a speed shop, came to see him with a magazine in hand. Within was an article pointing out the overall rarity of '681/2 CJ convertibles, and in particular featuring a Candyapple Red example with white top that was alleged to be the only such one in existence. (In retrospect, this claim was probably due to that car's red interior). Until then, Ross really had no idea that his old horse was of such a rare breed. He decided it was time to pay it a little attention.
The first step in what would ultimately evolve into the total restoration evident on these pages was in having the performance shop where his patient worked rebuild the ragtop's 428 FE, its C6 automatic, and 9-inch rear axle, even though the Mustang had only 47,000 original miles on the odometer. That shop also totally disassembled the winter-ravaged car, even going to the extent of cutting out its rusty floorpan and sandblasting some of the unibody, but that's where they stopped, since they were a speed shop, not a restoration facility.
The project then shifted to Pure Stock Auto Restorations (www.purestockauto.com) in Mt. Brydges, Ontario, where proprietor Richard Johns faced the daunting task of putting Humpty Dumpty back together again. This was complicated by the fact that, when disassembled, all of the GT's fasteners, wiring harnesses, and other small parts had simply been tossed into a large container and not in any way catalogued or tagged. Richard had all those original fasteners re-plated to the appropriate finish, and even acquired a second '68 Mustang-one that had never been apart-to verify correct fastener and wiring harness locations. SEMO Classic Mustang supplied the missing smog hardware, but all the other factory underhood components were still with the car, though nearly all were pitted or otherwise corroded and in need of cosmetic refinishing.
Richard did have to chase down lots of replacement sheetmetal, including inner rockers, half the firewall, used California floors, doors, rear quarters, front fenders, and decklid, along with an NOS rear valance and headlight buckets, proving once again how hard snow-belt winters were on classic car bodywork. In the process of refinishing, he was careful to reproduce any factory markings found, including the rather large and obvious grease-pencil scribblings on the underside of the CJ's distinctive and functional hoodscoop. A carefully researched and impressively detailed rotisserie restoration ensued and, in all, Richard estimates he spent well in excess of 1,500 hours on reviving the rare ragtop.
There are two departures from factory originality on Ross's R-code GT as restored. First is the substitution of the white C-stripes that he had always wanted and, second, is that yet another aftermarket cam now nestles within the convertible's original FE block-certainly nothing as radical as the long-duration Erson version installed in the early '70s, but still a bit "bumpier" than the C6OZ-625-B cam used on factory 428 CJ and 390 GT Mustangs.
The scarce soft-top was absolutely fresh from the restoration process when we photographed it; in fact, Dr. Gillman's first chance behind the wheel of his better-than-new Cobra Jet came only after our images were taken. As he and his "new" old horse thundered briskly away, we realized that the intervening four-plus decades have done nothing to dampen his enthusiasm.


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Photos: Big Ten Championship
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This post is the home for the best photos from the Big Ten Football Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, and we've added a spectacular video looking at the images of the past football season, too. We'll be updating the gallery all night. All of our galleries are on our photo gallery archive page.
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Internet porn is moving to a new XXX domain according to a new print and press campaign by M&C Saatchi.
That's important information if you're an aficionado of the arts of Venus, so obviously we were really fluffed up when Sean was asked to snap the required (money) shots.
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P2P group PTpOWeR released the BDRip of Citadel (7 wins & 3 nominations), a drama horror thriller movie starring Aneurin Barnard, James Cosmo and Wunmi Mosaku, directed by Ciaran Foy. The movie is about an agoraphobic father teams up with a renegade priest to save his daughter from the clutches of a gang of twisted feral children who committed an act of violence against his family years earlier. Enjoy!
Plot: Tommy Cowley is a young father inflicted with chronic agoraphobia since his wife was brutally attacked by a gang of a twisted feral children. Trapped in the dilapidated suburbia of Edenstown, he finds himself terrorised by the same gang, who now seem intent on taking his baby daughter. Torn between the help of an understanding nurse and a vigilante priest, Tommy sets out to learn the nightmarish truth surrounding these hooded children. He also discovers that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place that he fears the most – the abandoned tower block known as the Citadel.
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New England Patriots Playoff Tickets
New England Patriots Playoff Tickets haven't been locked in yet but I don't know why anyone is waiting. The patriots are at 10-3 and tied for the lead in the AFC. Their closest competition within the AFC East is the New York jets at 8-3 so barring some kind of major disaster it's a pretty good bet that Patriots playoff tickets are coming soon. The Patriots have three games remaining and they'd have to drop all three, and the Jets run the table, to miss out on the playoffs.
Interestingly enough, it could be this week that things come into question. It's stretch, but the Patriots will have to travel to Denver to meet Tim Tebow and the Broncos and the way things are going it's hard to bet against Tebow and a Broncos defense that has stifled it's last six opponents. But win or lose, Patriots playoff tickets will get locked up when the Pats take on Miami and Buffalo in the final two games at home.
So once again fans will enjoy new England Patriots Playoff tickets. I have to say I'm jealous because these Pats fans are used to this. Having a string of playoff appearances must be nice and I hope to become accustomed to it myself.


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'Trunk-or-Treat' in Dayton Oct.31
Date posted: October 24, 2013
DAYTON — Tongue River Valley Community Center in Dayton is holding a Halloween "Trunk-or-Treat" Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m.
Come to their parking lot at 1100 Main St. in costume and join in the fun.
If the weather is bad the event will by moved inside.
For more information call Erin Kilbride at 655-9419.
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Why bother you ask? I wake up everyday knowing in my mind I can make a difference. Rain or shine I can brighten at least one child's day if I try! Giving a smile as they walk into my classroom, complimenting them on their nice sweater, or simply taking the time to listen to what they have to say can mean a whole lot on any given school day. I asked my 8th period seventh graders if they knew what passion meant and if so describe it for me. Some of the replies I received were happy, excited, and fun. I then proceeded to ask them if they thought I myself was a passionate teacher and luckily they said yes! Phew! They told me it's quite obvious to see which teachers enjoy their job and sadly which do not! I'm glad I am on the plus + side.:)
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Prelude & Fugue - Yoon Soo Lim
Prelude & Fugue
It's her eager voice to tell me she'd sing a new song in front of her class,
It's his willingness to borrow a guitar over a weekend to work on a chord progression,
It's their sweet voices gently humming the songs in the hallway while working on their project,
It's their soft eyes before a concert, with a questioning stare, "Are you sure we can sing this?",
It's their bouncy dance steps after taking a quiet bow and a curtsy,
It's their bubbly giggles and chuckles as they sing and play games,
It's their never ending request for me to sing them a spooky song around Halloween,
They are my joys!
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Passion is a word that has recently taken center stage in many conversations involving education. We seek to cultivate learning conditions where students can find, develop, and learn in the name of their passions. Schools are looking for passionate, innovative teachers and administrators to lead the way with these efforts. Why is passion such a priority?
As a principal, I have a unique opportunity in that my viewpoint allows me to gaze upon my entire learning community and witness the passions of so many intertwine. I interact with hundreds of children daily, each one unique, charming, inquisitive, and passionate about something. Many children have not yet discovered their passions, and I believe our duty as educators is to help shape learning experiences that will help them uncover their worlds and identify that which makes their souls sing.
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Many respond with a look of utter confusion when I explain that I turned my back on two years of pre-med classes for the picture book reading life of elementary education major. It's true, I wanted to be a doctor, a pediatrician to be exact, and I set out on that path during the final two years of my high school career. However, deep down in my gut, I always had deep admiration for teachers. I had some of the most amazing teachers growing up, and to this day I owe a lot of who I am as a teacher to them (Thank you Mrs. Alameda & Mr. McBride). Teaching was where I was headed until the status and money perfumed fragrance of the medical profession wafted into my olfactory receptors like the aroma of chocolate chip cookies fresh out of mom's oven. It took an organic chemistry class kicking my ass to knock some sense back into my head (and trust me, it kicked hard). It allowed me to reflect on what I really wanted to do for the rest for the rest of my life.
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I've been thinking a lot since the Amy Chua, aka Tiger Mom,
exploded last week, including
Michelle Rhee's own response
Mostly, I've been trying to wrap my brain around what people consider necessary skills or necessary knowledge versus sheer talent.
So, what exactly do we expect kids to know and be able to do? Does talent fit in this answer? Or do we explain away that some people have God-given talents that most don't have… and that's okay?
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Depending on who you listen to, this is a really great time to be an educator or a really bad time to be one. On one side you have those that would have you believe our education system is broken, un-fixable, so far beyond repair that they reach at straws trying to find something that will bring us back from the brink of disaster. On the other, there are those that know there is greatness out there, it just isn't seen in the mainstream. There are lots of voices, each trying to be louder than the last, proclaiming that they have the right idea.
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#Project PLN Mission Statement
You've seen the crazy videos, you've heard the chatter on Twitter, you might be asking yourself, what is this Project PLN and why are we doing it? Teaching can be a lonely profession in some schools. You teach all day in your classroom and enjoy brief encounters with colleagues in the teachers lounge or passing quickly in the hallway. There isn't a lot of time to have a meaningful conversation about education and learning. Project PLN aims to connect educators.
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One day I woke up and thought it would be a cool idea to have a collection of posts in one spot to send to other teachers. I contacted Kelly about the idea of creating a magazine that would collect posts from educators around the world in one spot. After a few DMs on Twitter, we created Project PLN.
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February #Project PLN Contributors
A big thank you to all of our February contributors who made this passion-filled issue of #ProjectPLN possible!
Steven Anderson
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Just the other day, I paid it forward. I gave my six year old daughter a book. It wasn't any book, but a book that my parents had given me at age 8. It was a almanac of learning. It had history timelines, math problems, pictures of famous people, a dictionary, sports facts, and more. I was a sponge at age 8 for information. I was passionate about knowing more, understanding more, and my daughter is approaching this same phase of her life.
It is important to note that this book wasn't an easy purchase for my parents. Thirty years ago money was tight, but my parents never wavered from finding a way to promote education, give me learning opportunities and experiences, and build my passion for learning. I want that to be same for my two girls. I'm passionate about being a dad, a great dad, a learning dad. My girls deserve someone that they have long conversations with about ideas. The book was the first step for me to express that to my daughter.
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Passion. Had you asked me a year ago, I think I would have had a completely different answer about what I thought passion might be or what I thought my passion was. Why? Quite simply, I have discovered a renewed sense of purpose all because of a new community. A community that has engaged my attention, supported me, taught me, and fueled the fire that was quickly dwindling inside. Where did I find this community some ask? Twitter, of course. I know there are nay-sayers. I was one of them because I saw no purpose in it. Little did I know that it had the potential to connect me with fellow educators around the world that are passionate about education, passionate about learning, and passionate about engaging students in a whole new context.
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This Kiln Shelf I recently got is working good for a cook surface. I bought these as two cemi circles as the single piece would be too big to fit in oven doorway. I then welded two seperate rings of mild steel around them to hold them together so they dont seperate if you bang them with the peel when working the oven. The rings were made of two diferent widths so one side of the floor can kind of have a dam or lip to stop pizza from sliding into fire and ashes when working with the peel and then the other side that is lower is the side I brush the floor clean to. So far its working good and the kiln shelving only cost around 5o bucks. If it breaks or gets worn I can just replace it easy eneough. It is kind of nice to have the cook suface a bit raised of the ground as when coals are raked off to the side they dont fall back into the food area so easily.
Our oven is now about 1 and a half years old and I am proud to say it is still working quite well. We have actually had standing ovations from our pizza eating guests. Thanks again Forno Bravo for the plans and suport for the build and research on this project.....wayne
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But isnt the oven floor a cooking surface? or an I missing something? :confused:
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Bare firebrick floor has worked fine for me the past 3 1/2 yrs. Ash has not been a problem, it has already been brushed away before pizzas go in. I guess to each his own...some folks like to cook their pizza in a pan or start it in a pan, I don't understand that concept either.
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sorry for the late reply....I just stumbled on this and forgot I posted it.
I will try and explain my thinking here and how it works for me. I have found with my 36 inch internal cook size it is a bit small with the coals and fire swept to the side the coals kind of drift back into the cook area and with this raised up cook floor it kind of acts as a bit of a dam or raised up area off of the brick floor so coals dont fall back into the pizza and it gives me a better defined area that is the cook area and what is the fire area.
And yes it is the same make up as the floor or close enough. So as it is show it just stay there both during the initial firing and after fire and coals are swept aside I just cook right on the 1 inch thick kiln shelf.
I am happy with it and find it easier to keep clean and seperate the cook area from the ashes etc.
May not be for everyone but I like it.
Oh I forgot to mention I am registered with a diferent name now as I forgot my password etc. It has been a while since I have been to the site.
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I can see ash on your all new raised cooking floor in the pic. :confused:
Maybe it should be higher? :p
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If somebody doesn't think outside the box, nothing will ever get better. :)
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Isn't ash considered high fiber?:) Or as my grandmother would say - 'roughage' :o
In any case, it just adds to the rustic appeal.
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From now on I going to eat nothing but ash pizzas.
Just kidding....:rolleyes:
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