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Brenchel's back!Big Brother's Brendon Villegas and Rachel Reilly are among the returning teams on The Amazing Race's upcoming All-Stars season, TVGuide.com can exclusively reveal. Because ain't nobody gonna come between Rachel and $1 million twice... right? "When you go on these reality shows, I go to win $1 million, not to just be on TV, so I'm just so excited to get a second shot at this," she tells TVGuide.com. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience and we get to do it twice."Winter TV: Check out all the must-see new showsThe pair, who married in 2012, finished third on Season 20, which is as ... read more
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After a season-long feud with Brendon and Rachel, Vanessa and Ralph — who are no longer a couple — were edged out by their foes for the third and final spot on The Amazing Race. But who knows what would've happened had Vanessa not performed the Japanese game show Roadblock on a bum ankle. "We try not to think about it too much," she tells TVGuide.com. "It is what it is, but I can't even describe how painful it was running, jumping and falling down over and over again. ... Of course we wanted to win and beat them, but they beat us fair and square." But how did this verbal warfare all start? Get the duo's side of the story below.
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This is Rosco, an 11-month-old Bull Mastiff mix who was rescued from a life as a decoy for fighting dogs. Veterinarians have diagnosed him with hip dysplasia, a life-threatening condition that requires costly surgery to correct. The Humane Society of Ocean City, NJ is raising money to save his life and find him a good home. Contact them online or by phone at (609) 399-2018.
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Each week we will be giving away CS:GO Beta keys! This week our competition involves designing taglines for our site, ValveTime.net.
We're looking to add 3 new taglines to our rotation, with each winning tagline grabbing a beta key for CS:GO. Feel free to poke fun and humour at the Valve Time concept or be informative about ValveTime.net as a hub for all Valve and community news. The choice is yours!
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April 25 2014 Latest news:
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Marcel Eger has left Brentford
Friday, May 25, 2012
Transfer News: Marcel Eger has left the club
Brentford defender Marcel Eger has left the club by mutual consent.
The 29-year-old German made 22 appearances for the Bees after joining from St Pauli last summer but has not made an appearance since the west Londoners' 3-2 defeat to Huddersfield in January.
"On behalf of everyone at Brentford Football Club, I would like to thank Marcel for his contribution and wish him all the best for the future," manager Uwe Rosler said.
"He fulfilled an ambition by coming to play in England and was well liked by the players, staff and supporters.
"He was a complete professional during his time here.
"He played 22 games for us and would have played more but for an ankle injury.
"Marcel represented both himself and the Club in the perfect way throughout his time at Brentford and will always be welcome at Griffin Park."
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10 more, very dry for starters but it got better in the end, 3 legs and 1 set item
Runs: 80
Legs: 33
Set items: 6
Keys: 4
---- For clarification: in the stats below, set items are included in "legs" ----
Legs / run: 0.49
Leg / hour: 1.46
Avg time between legs: 41 minutes
Mobs killed: 102 352
Mobs per legendary: 2 624
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Thread: Keeping track of legendary drops
15-01-2013, 19:46 #21
Re: Keeping track of legendary drops
16-01-2013, 17:06 #22
Re: Keeping track of legendary drops
Another 10, veeeeeery dry, but closing in to 100 runs...!
Runs: 90
Legs: 34
Set items: 7
Keys: 5
---- For clarification: in the stats below, set items are included in "legs" ----
Legs / run: 0.46
Leg / hour: 1.37
Avg time between legs: 44 minutes
Mobs killed: 114 987
Mobs per legendary: 2 805
20-01-2013, 17:19 #23
Re: Keeping track of legendary drops
I'm guessing you've probably hit 100 runs by now. What's the final outcome?? I'm eagerly anticipating the results. :-)
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20-01-2013, 18:54 #24
Re: Keeping track of legendary drops
I got fed up with doing the same run again and agin so i took a break, doing some key/uber hunting instead (with limited success).
But i have taken up the runs again, have done 97 now. Expect results tomorrow with lots of stats (and some possibly interesting graphs)
20-01-2013, 20:20 #25
21-01-2013, 18:12 #26
Re: Keeping track of legendary drops
So i am finally done with 100 runs. Results and thoughts below.
Short recap:
I decided awhile ago to measure the number of drops over a larger amount of runs and to track certain numbers, in order to come up with some statistics. With "drops", i mean legendaries, set items and keys.
I did act 3 runs as follows: Keep 1+2+3, Field of slaughter (no clear, just straight through) and then Rakkis crossing. TP to camp and then Skycrown battlements and round it up with Stonefort. This run takes about 20 minutes, hence 3 runs per hour.
I did this with my wizard on MP0 and max MF. Her DPS is such that, on MP0, i kill an ordinary e-pack in 2-3 seconds. She has gained paragon levels during these runs so i have done a few upgrades when switching out MF gear (which was no longer needed since i had max MF and beyond that) for some gear with more dps. (A Vile Ward which was an upgrade in terms of hp and resist, and also had MF, contributed some to that as well).
NB: When i say "legendaries", i include set items.
Runs: 100
Hours played: ~33
Total number of legendaries: 44
Regular (brown) legendaries: 37 (84 %)
Set items: 7 (16 %)
Keys: 6 (6 %)
(A note about key drops: I don't think Blizz has offficially stated that the drop rate for keys is 5% on MP0, but that is the number i have heard. 100 runs is far too small to verify such a small percentage but i included it most for fun and it is at least a small indicator. And my percentage comes quite close to 5%)
Legendaries per run: 0.44
Number of kills: 127 105
Mobs killed per legendary: 2 889
(Note: Everyone's kill speed is different, so this is maybe one of the most interesting numbers. It is actually a bit lower than i expected)
Legendaries per hour: 1.32
Average time between legendaries: 45 minutes
% of runs that yielded a set item: 7 %
Average time between set items: 286 minutes
Set items per hour: 0.21
Some analysis:
The dry spells come and go. I grouped my 100 runs into batch of 10 runs (as you have seen since i posted updates after every 10 runs). The longest dry spell was 9 runs without drops. Then a set item dropped and then another 4 runs without drops. That was not exactly fun
The best batch saw 9 drops and 1 key.
The graph below shows the number of legendaries (again, including set items) per batch of 10 runs. Started of really good, then a huge dip, then slowly getting better and better to finish off with a somewhat dry period.
This graph shows the "number of legendaries per hour", calculated after every run. The beginning of the curve is of course very unstable due to the small number of runs, then rising and then dropping slightly. The thought was that this curve would (over an extended series of runs) stabilize around a certain value and it would not be likely that the final average number should be much different from what we see. It is much easier to see "where it's going" with a graph like this one.
My initial claim was that i, on average, got 1 legendary per run. This is not correct, 1 legendary per 2 runs is much closer to the truth. I will say, however, that under a short period just before i started it literally rained drops and that probably affected my claim. Two runs before i started i had 3 legendaries AND a set item during 15 minutes in the same run.
I pondered for a while to make another 100 runs, but the last graph has sort of convinced me that it would not contribute enough to make any radically changes to the results.
That, plus it gets really boring to just do the same run over and over again, but you all know that of course. I did take a break from this to do some key farming, but then i took a note of my current lifetime kill number, in order to keep these correct.
Thank you for following this thread and i hope you enjoyed the results!
21-01-2013, 18:16 #27
Re: Keeping track of legendary drops
Pasted all the text from a Google document and the font went a little weird, but i do hope it's readable.
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21-01-2013, 23:07 #28
Re: Keeping track of legendary drops
Great experiment. This definitely shows evidence that having max MF does make a difference in the number of legendary items found. I used to think it was 100% random, and that MF only affected rares, but your results did yield a trend that shows otherwise. Very cool.
Edit: it would be amazing if we could somehow turn off paragons and try this experiment at 0% MF for comparison. To see if 300% MF is actually 3 times more likely to result in legendaries.
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Re: Keeping track of legendary drops
Though I haven't posted in this thread, I just want to let you know I've been following it with great interest.
Thanks for doing this
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Thanks for doing this it was a nice thread to follow. I for one will try and equip more MF with my newly startet Wiz.


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February 22, 2012
Talking 'bout my . . .
PreSonus' philosophy here goes
beyond using a mixer for both studio
and live applications. The StudioLive
16.0.2 is one element of a cleverlydesigned
system that encompasses
both hardware and software.
In fact, the 16.0.2 is really about
StudioLive, not "studio" and "live,"
because of the way it bridges DAWs
and live performance. It includes
Capture software for streaming
audio through the FireWire
interface to your computer's DAW
(laptop live recording, anyone?) as
well as Virtual StudioLive software
that treats the 16.0.2 more like a
computer peripheral. But if you
just want to use the 16.0.2 as a
standalone mixer, it's more than
happy to oblige.
What's more, PreSonus has
stolen liberally from itself. The mixer
includes the excellent Class A XMAX
preamps originally introduced in
the company's audio interfaces,
as well as the "Fat Channel"—a
landmark feature in their original,
larger StudioLive consoles. It also
has something the other mixers don't
have, and that also emphasizes the
system aspect: a MIDI input.
The Mixer StudioLive has eight
mono inputs and four stereo ins
(12 faders), although they all have
mic inputs with individuallyswitchable
phantom power.
There's also a talkback mic input
with trim (but you can't record
it, so it's not another recordable
input). Four additional faders
control aux bus outs, and there's
a master fader. XLR outs include
a mono out with trim and stereo
outs, also with trim.
The 16.0.2 interface departs
from the norm with its "Fat
Channel," which covers most of
the top panel. This is a complete channel strip, with full hardware/
hands-on control, that includes
highpass filter, gate, compressor,
limiter, and three-band EQ—low
and high are semi-parametric (no
Q parameter) but also switchable
to shelf, while the semi-parametric
mid offers a choice of two Q
settings. You can assign it to any
channel for editing; another nice
touch includes extensive use of
color-coding for the switches so
it's easy to parse at a glance what's
going on.
The Fat Channel encoders can
also change parameters for a 31-band
graphic and sends to two different
effects processors that are dedicated
to ambience and delay effects.
The feel is substantial—the
knobs don't wobble, the buttons
have a positive touch, and
there's a standard IEC AC cord
receptacle instead of a wall
wart. The 60mm faders aren't as
smooth as I'd like, but they do
the job, and despite the unit's
extremely compact footprint,
nothing feels squeezed.
The Software Virtual
StudioLive is your window into
the 16.0.2. It makes it easier to
do some things, like show all
bands of the 31-band EQ instead
of showing different sections in
the physical Fat Channel display,
but it also displays thumbnail
EQ curves and gain-reduction
metering for the dynamics. An
additional setup page, also accessible
from the mixer itself, specifies
which parameters will be exempt
when recalling different Scenes. For
example, you could choose to recall
EQ and dynamics, but not fader
settings should you need to make
on-the-fly adjustments.
The Capture software could also
be called "recording for dummies."
If you know how to plug in a
FireWire cable and understand the
meaning of "record," you can stream
16 tracks into your computer as well
as perform (very) limited editing,
like deleting sections. This is not a
DAW, by any means; it is really just
for capturing audio to disk. If you
want something more full-featured,
the package includes Studio One
Artist, a "downsized" version of
Studio One Professional.
Final Mix It's a given that
mixers need to interface with
DAWs these days, but it's usually
as a complementary pair, like with
the other mixers/control surfaces
in this roundup. StudioLive 16.0.2
does that, but you can also treat this
mixer as a computer peripheral,
or your computer as a StudioLive
peripheral—as the FireWire
interfacing is bi-directional, you
can even insert plug-ins into your
computer's DAW and have them
"inserted" in StudioLive. And even
the peripheral can have a peripheral:
You can control the Virtual
StudioLive software with an iPad.
This is one slick mixer with
multiple identities, but the most
important aspect is that all of them
are implemented extremely well.
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WHAT if the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) loses a GRC in the coming election?
Will a by-election be held to retain a minister?
No, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao at the Istana on Monday.
He said: "Once the voters have decided, we have to accept their choice."
He added that although this is the best line-up of candidates that the PAP has fielded, they must still win the support and affirmation of the voters.
PM Lee also pointed out that the political climate has changed.
Netizens have a stronger alternative voice now and former high-ranking civil servants have joined the opposition parties, he said.
Yet PM Lee believes that the activities in the "human world" are more important than those in cyberspace.
The reason: If voters can meet a candidate in person, shake his hand, have a chat, they will have a deeper impression of him, he said.
That's why the PAP candidates spend much effort in grassroots works, said PM Lee. "Otherwise, all they have to do is to set up a web page."
He also said that having more voices in the Parliament is a positive development because in this fast-changing era, it is not possible for the Government to have the perfect solution to every problem.
So the Government has to serve the country by gathering valuable insights and suggestions from multiple sources, he said.
He said it is hard to predict the outcome of bolstering the Non-Constituency MP scheme because this depends on whether voters will vote in more MPs from the opposition parties.
"This is the message that we are sending across to the voters: You should vote for the candidate and the party that you have confidence in.
"Vote for the one who can serve you best. No matter how you vote, the Parliament will definitely have at least nine opposition MPs. You don't have to worry that the Parliament will be one-sided."


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VFAT Patch to Bypass Patent Issue
Developer Andrew Tridgell has made known that he devised a patch to avoid the possible patent issues with the VFAT filesystem in Linux.
Microsoft owns the patent to the Virtual File Allocation Table (VFAT) filesystem variant that allows long as well as short (8.3) filenames. Earlier this year, the Redmond company and TomTom had come to a legal agreement about its use in TomTom's navigation software. To avoid further patent issues, Samba developer Tridgell sent a first patch to the kernel list in May that disabled long filenames in VFAT. Many developers objected because the patch restricted Linux functionality to FAT.
Tridgell's followup patch takes a clever approach and a better chance at a speedy acceptance in the kernel. An option now exists to disable VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES to avoid creating both 8.3 and long filenames, the essential patent issue. Instead, it creates either one or the other but not both, with 8.3 filenames now including invalid characters by Microsoft standards, the clever workaround to make them unidentifiable as FAT files.
A caveat to this solution is a regression in the patch that older non-VFAT DOS systems with Linux long filenames can no longer read these files -- not an issue for most users. Tridgell does, however, warn that enabling the option could have VFAT dual-filename "implications."
How long Microsoft's FAT patents continue to hold is yet undetermined. The Open Invention Network has been steadily looking for prior art evidence from the community to invalidate the patents. In the meantime, Tridgell's patch should provide some security against any further claims.
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Another Busy Weekend of Fall Sports Action
It's another busy weekend of non-conference competition for all of the CAA fall sports.
In men's soccer, #24 UNCW, which is nationally ranked for the first time since 2010, hosts Presbyterian and Mercer in the UNCW Hilton Garden Inn Classic on Friday and Sunday. Also in action twice over the weekend is Drexel, which entertains Sacred Heart and Stony Brook, and Hofstra, which travels to Philadelphia for matches against Saint Joseph's and Temple. In matchups of former conference foes on Saturday, William & Mary heads to Old Dominion and College of Charleston visits Furman. Delaware (vs. Manhattan on Friday), JMU (vs. UNCG on Saturday) and Northeastern (vs. Fairfield on Saturday) are at home this weekend.
Three CAA women's soccer teams are in tournaments on Friday and Sunday. William & Mary takes on Seton Hall and Rutgers in the Virginia Soccer Nike Classic, College of Charleston hosts VCU and Kent State in the College of Charleston Cup and Towson faces St. Bonaventure and Duquesne in the Navy Invitational. Delaware hosts Loyola on Friday before traveling to 13th-ranked Georgetown on Sunday. JMU is at home for contests with Villanova and Virginia Tech, while UNCW completes a six-game road swing with trips to East Carolina and N.C. State. Drexel entertains Big South foes Liberty and Longwood this weekend, while Hofstra hosts Marist before going to Albany. Rounding out the schedule on Sunday is Northeastern welcoming 21st-ranked Ohio State to Parsons Field.
Highlighting the weekend slate in field hockey is Sunday's matchup between 17th-ranked Drexel and #2 Maryland. The Dragons are also home against Saint Joseph's on Friday. JMU travels to Washington, D.C. to play American and Columbia, while William & Mary visits Louisville to meet the host Cardinals and Ohio University. Hofstra entertains Maine and Sacred Heart, Delaware takes on Central Michigan and Lafayette at home, and Towson plays Georgetown and Lehigh. Rounding out the schedule on Sunday is 15th-ranked Northeastern visiting Providence.
All eight CAA volleyball squads are participating in tournaments, with College of Charleston and James Madison both hosting four-team events. William & Mary heads to California for the Fullerton Invitational, unbeaten UNCW is in Florida for the FIU Tournament and Towson plays in the N.C. State Tournament. Northeastern makes a short trip to compete in the UConn Invitational as does Delaware as it plays in the Marriott Greyhound Challenge in Baltimore. Hofstra tries to build on its 4-0 mark at the Harvard Invitational.
In cross country, Northeastern opens its season at the Nassaney Invitational in Smithfield, R.I., and William & Mary starts its schedule at the Spider Alumni Open in Richmond, Va. Hofstra co-hosts a meet with St. John's and UNCW holds its own Seahawk Invitational.


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This sounds like a simpler post of Zero's Transcendence. But it's pretty good. HAve fun!
Time doesn't matter anymore. Your main goals is just to stop your suffering.
In the past magic was thought to be fake, but when scientist find an ruin strange things start to happen. People around the world begin to have nightmares. The scientist decicide to destroyed the artifact.Yet they did not know what was to come. When the artifact was destroyed the scientist buried it. The land was peaceful for 200 years. Then all of a sudden tye artifact exploded causing the earth to beome a desolate waste land. People could not trust each other, so they spit up into groups. The people soon descovered they've gaind powers which they called magic. They studied their magic, made empires and military. Soon war broke out. While these empires where at war no one noticed the area where the artifact was buried. Hells gates where opened and evil started pouring out. The humans banned together to stop the threat. They created an organisation of preist to summon angels to help with the war.
Races: Angels, Akuma, Humans
Classes:Humans-Pure: (Priest) (Warrior-soldier-knight-leigonaire)
Summoner[only divine creatures]
Humans-Evil Linch Warlock
Akuma-Juggernaut-Spawn-Wraith-Corrupter-Reaper-Soul Snatcher
Race: Class:
This sounds like a simpler post of Zero's Transcendence. But it's pretty good. HAve fun!
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I like it, I'll join later. Gtg to school soon.
Don't take life to seriously, no one ever makes it out alive.
Well, I'm going to join, just not right now. Homework, creative writing. busy >w<
oh ok i guess ill keep it but i tthink b4 we start we need more ppl to reply
The story reminds me too much of the game Doom. xD
Name: Kano Izami (Yes, in japanese the guys last name is girlish or is a girls name)
Age: 129
Class: Juggernaut
Abilities: Blood Rage, Bone Armor, Ravage, and Scatter
Bio: Kano is a juvenile minded type of guy. Never takes things very seriously and seems to actually have a light hearted nature. This only hides the fact that Kano is a very skilled killer and loves to leave his fights in a bloodbath. Not many have survived a fight with Kano due to his sadistic and cold-hearted nature. He has roamed for a long time looking for a relic that he calls 'The Orb'. During his travels he came across Satuba, and joined him as his 'partner' in his search for power. His motives for joining seem simple minded at best by his partner. But really, Kano just enjoys being able to kill something.
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For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work."
Well every juvinile minded akuma needs a partner
Name: Satuba Narigo
Age: 387
Race: Akuma
Class: Juggernaut
Abilities: Faster and stronger than almost all of the Akumas. Rest is unknown.
Bio: Satuba is an serious akuma. He likes getting to the point quick as possible. If hes in a nice mood he lets his partner have fun with their opponent. Usually any partner that annoys him end up dead. Satuba has a tall demeanor around 6'3 andhas a masculine build. He loves collecting skulls of his most powerful opponents. He now hunts the most fearsome people around to gain their power.
Every freak needs a creepier freak to back em up :3
Name: Saya Kitsune
Age: 127 (physical: 21)
Race: Akuma
Class: Soul Snatcher
Abilities: Necromany,telepathy, ice shield and blade, weapons are best formed in ice and mixed with storm poison.
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Greetings to my fellow Jedi and to our padawans!!!
Over the past several years I've studied the Jedi Costumes of Star Wars and have found a poor number of quality sites with tutorials. There are some tutorials out there, but since the activity of those sites have waned, many of the picture links are now broken, rendering them all but useless. So, I decided to develop a tutorial for Jedi costumes as I made mine. These tutorials have been posted elsewhere and has been met with great success. I'm very proud and excited that many people have now used my tutorials to make their own Jedi costumes.
All tutorials will be updated as needed and/or as the designs are improved. Everything you see is a work in progress and I am open to comments, suggestions and critiques. Please feel free to contact me via PM or email concerning your costumes. I'm more than happy to help!
The tutorial that follows is for the
Inner and Outer Tunics, and includes the tabards and obi
The following tutorials have thread of their own for greater access:
Jedi Master's Robe
tutorial can now be found here:
Jedi Utility Boxes
can now be found here:
Jedi (Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker) Leather Pouches
can be found here:
Jedi Utility Belt (leather)
(in progress)
Jedi Food Capsules
(in progress)
(a future project that will eventually have a tutorial)
But for now, please visit the Lightsaber subforums here:
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Inner/Outer Tunics Tutorial
This tutorial includes instructions for the Outer Tunic, Obi, Tabards and Inner Tunic.
Also, the pictures in this tutorial are large, which is done on purpose so you can use the "save picture as" option for downloading these pictures to your hard drive for your personal references.
First a word from SithariRog:
The greatest asset of the Rebel Legion and the Crazy Old Wizards site is its members and their willingness to offer suggestions and advice in an open and friendly format. Several folks, including TheRebelAgent (the one and only chief admin of the COWforums), Ember, Padawanlearner and Defyitall (among others) have been very helpful in my foray into Rebel Legion costuming and I greatly thank them for their input.
I will also tell you that, other than sewing a couple of projects in high school (for me, some 30 years ago), I have never sewn and that, since my high school days, I had forgotten everything I learned, which wasnt much. I considered using some of the exceptional vendors discussed on COW to make my OBK costume, but the better vendors were asking well over $300 for just the outer tunic, obi and tabards. Having just spent the money for an armored Darth Vader, I chose to give sewing a try. Ill tell you that my costume was approved under the Generic Old Republic Jedi category of the Rebel Legion as well as at the Knights of the Jedi Order! My point to telling you this is if I can do it, you can too!
Now on to the tutorial!!!
Although this tutorial will specifically talk about an Obi-wan Kenobi (OWK) costume, this tutorial can be easily modified for other Jedi costumes!
There are as many ways to create an OWK costume as there are members on these forums. What follows are my experiences in making an outer tunic, obi & tabards and inner tunic. I am open to discussion and hope to learn even more from you guys in order to improve my pattern and techniques as I sew future costumes. And I will sew future costumes because Ive also learned that sewing is fun!
Tip #1: If youve never sewn, I would suggest you go to your local fabric store and buy a really cheap cotton fabric to practice running through the tutorial before working with the real fabric. You should be able to find a cotton fabric for easily less than $2 a yard (and perhaps even close to $1 per yard). Buy at least 10 yards. Youll spend less than $20 and will thank yourself for the experience youll gain before working with the more expensive fabric for your actual costume. Oh, and dont forget the thread! Another suggestion would be to visit your local Wal-Mart or Target (or similar department store) and pick up a cheap set of sheets. Flat twin sheets with a thread count of less than 200 often sell for under $4 each. Getting two twin flat sheets should be enough.
The first thing to consider in making an Ob-wan Kenobi (OBK) outer tunic (OT) is the fabric. Most on the forums agree that the best fabric to use is cotton gauze, provided one doesnt get lucky and find a fabric that is closer to that seen in the movie. Cotton gauze is, fortunately, ubiquitous, and has a similar weave and crinkle pattern as seen in the movie, though the depth of the crinkles arent as deep. Finding cotton gauze is easy and most of the chain fabric stores (or their websites), such as Hancock
Fabrics or JoAnns Fabrics, carries this material. So, the really difficult part to finding the right fabric is the finding the right color. Any fabric in the ivory, tan or beige color families are good. Granted, if such colors are not available, then buying white cotton gauze and dying the fabric is the next best choice.
Keep in mind these fabrics are often thin and see-through. You may consider doubling the material when you make your costume or putting in a liner.
Once youve acquired the desired cotton gauze (and liner), the next step is to wash an iron the fabric in order to preshrink the material before cutting the fabric and sewing your costume.
The fabric I used was ivory cotton gauze purchased through Hancock Fabrics website. I used a flax-colored satin (a cotton/polyester blend purchased at Hobby Lobby) that was a light brownish-golden color with a shiny sheen on one side. I havent figured the exact amount of fabric that I used, but Im guessing somewhere around 10 yards of the ivory cotton gauze for the OT, the obi and tabards and just less than 6 yards of lining (and I lined the whole of the OT). This may seem a bit much for the OT, obi and tabards, but I chose to make my tabards without a shoulder seam, and the material for the obi (as seen in the films) is cut against the bias (or diagonally across the bias) which takes a bit more fabric, otherwise.
The Pattern
A few years ago, I ordered the Simplicity 4450 pattern that has since been discontinued. The pictures on the cover of the pattern look very close to the Obi-wan tunics as seen in episodes I, II and III, but there are several things about the pattern that make it less than screen accurate. All in all, however, it is a good basic pattern that can be easily modified to suit just about any Jedi costume seen in any of the movies. Over the course of a few months, and with help from several at COW, I modified the pattern to be closer to that seen worn by Ewen McGregor in Revenge of the Sith.
The following are pictures of the pattern pieces I used to create my first OWK costume. Understand these pictures are not to scale, and are a bit skewed due to the angle of the camera. The measurements are correct for my costume, so anyone should be able to draw a pattern for themselves based on these pictures (and using my measurements). The sizes for the Simplicity 4450 pattern are big and I found the large to be big on me, so I modified the size of the pattern to fall somewhere between the medium and large sizes. For reference, I will tell you that I am an average-sized person and stand about 6 feet (or 183 cm) tall (without shoes) and weigh about 180 pounds (or 81 kilos). I generally wear a 42 Long suit coat. I actually used measurements from a suit coat, a dress shirt and a run through with the pattern using some cheap material in order to modify the pattern to fit me. Finally, keep in mind that this costume looks a bit big (especially without the obi in place), but jedi clothes should be a little large for comfort and ease of movement. Honestly, other than scrubs (that I wear in my daily work) I find the Jedi tunics to be the most comfortable clothes Ive ever worn (too bad we cant wear them all of the time or can we?). Also, keep in mind that Ewen McGregor is smaller than me and somewhat on the skinny side, so his costume looks a bit different on his body that it will on yours, even if you manage to make a perfectly screen accurate costume unless, of course, youre the exact same size as Mr. McGregor.
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NOTE: If you follow through the tutorial and understand the logic by which I modified the 4450 pattern, you can easily make a pattern to not only fit you, but you should be able to make modifications to make ANY Jedi costume seen in the movies.
The Skirt
According those more knowledgeable, the lower portion of the OT is a skirt. Apparently, in the actual movie costume theres a seam along the waste of the OT where a skirt is sewn to the upper portion of the OT, making the lower part of the OT a skirt, thus allowing it to drape and flow properly. This seam is hidden by the obi.
The Skirt Pattern:
This is how I arrived at the pattern for my skirt:
-Having gone through the Simplicity 4450 pattern with cheap material and wanting to cut the size of the pattern down to better fit me, I arrived at a measurement of 26 inches for the width of the back of the OT. There will ultimately be a side seam running from the base of the OT, up the sides and along the underside of the sleeve. I verified the measurement of 26 inches by measuring the width of the back of a suit coat and dress shirt.
-We know the seam for the skirt is along the waste line. Looking at some of the reference photos for OWK, we see that the bottom of the OT falls mid-thigh or approximately 4 inches above the knee (and the tabards appear to be a couple of inches below the bottom of the OT and a couple of inches above the knee. Measuring the length between the waste and a point just above the knee came to 16 inches. I actually made the measurement for the skirt to be at about the position for the tabards because I wanted a little extra for the hem. Ultimately, I cut off about four inches of the skirt when I hemmed the OT, but Id rather have it long than not long enough.
-Using these two measurements, I created an A. I placed a length of masking tape, measuring 26 inches, horizontally on the floor. This would be the horizontal portion of the A that connects the two vertical sides. I then bisected this measurement and placed a 16 inch length of masking tape perpendicular to (and below) the horizontal piece of tape. NOTE: It turned out that this piece was not needed. I then extended this piece of tape above the horizontal piece by 32 inches (double the 16 inches). Finally, I placed two diagonal pieces of masking tape forming the A and extending 16 inches below the horizontal piece of masking tape. This can be seen in the following picture:
The horizontal line of the A represents the position of the waste. Therefore, the skirt pattern should start here. I placed tissue paper on the A at and below the horizontal line.
The tissue paper is the material often found wrapping gifts inside a box. In the USA, this is generally used in wrapping clothes in gift boxes. The tissue paper is thin, see through, fairly sturdy and perfect for making patterns for sewing. The only draw back is it comes in 24 squares, so you must tape pieces together for larger pattern pieces. Also, tissue paper can be ironed on the low setting (even with steam) to iron out the wrinkles.
In the above picture you see three pieces of tissue paper overlapped and taped together with Scotch tape. Next, I created a pendulum using more masking tape, a piece of string (basic string that can be bought at any department store or home improvement store) and a pencil. The next four pictures shows (1) how I secured the string at the top of the A with masking tape, (2) the string on the A, (3) the string taped to the pencil at the appropriate length and tracing the arc of the skirt and (4) the final drawing of the skirt pattern.
The next picture shows the full length of the original tunic back pattern piece from the Simplicity 4450 pattern laid on the skirt pattern. Note the overlap is considerable. The length of the tunic back pattern piece will be modified (shortened) and the length should use a measurement from where the shoulder seam would be (the top of the shoulder) to the waste (1 to 2 below the belly button).
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The following are the modified pattern pieces for the outer tunic with their measurements:
OT Back
OT Front
The Skirt
OT Sleeve
This picture shows all of the cut pieces of fabric laid out:
The Tabard:
Again, according to those more knowledgeable than me, the tabard is composed of two pieces that, when put together are Y shaped. Also, when studying the films, you can see that the grain line of the fabric is parallel to the edge of the tabard, so there must be a seam hidden somewhere under the obi.
Tabard Shoulder
Tabard Bottom Piece
Tabard Shoulder and Bottom pieces put together
I had some questions regarding the actual measurements of my tabards, so I offer a new picture of the tabard pattern with the measurements following:
Again, the tabards, when laded out, make a "Y" shape. The back of the "Y" and the seam between the over-the-shoulder part and the below-the-obi part should be hidden by the obi. The main width of the tabards are the same width as the obi. An additional note for our "husky" Jedi is to alter the width of the tabards and obi so they are proportional to your body. I made a Jedi costume for a dude who is about 6'4" and around 250. We made the tabards "big" because, otherwise, the tabards and obi would look small.
The measurements:
The upper left red line is 13"
The upper right red line is 12.5"
the lower left red line is 11 3/8"
The lower right red line is 12 7/8"
The three blue lines are all 7.5" (this is where I widened the tabards at the shoulders)
The distance between the blue lines is 3"
The main width of the tabard is 6.5"
The overall length on the left side is 44.5"
The overall length on the right side is 45.25"
The "bottom" pattern for the tabards (not pictured) measured 6.5"x15"
Finally, these pattern pieces show a 5/8" seam allowance. (For example...the piece of pattern paper for the bottom tabard pattern has a total width is 6.5" + 5/8" (on one side) + 5/8" (on the other side). This way, the final width of the finished tabards (except for the width at the shoulder) and obi is 6.5"...for me.
I felt the tabards looked best on me when I widened them at the shoulders so they would extend from the seam at the collar to the edge of the tuck in the sleeves. Here's my reasoning behind how I got to these measurements: I knew the tabards (for me) should be 6.5" wide. I wanted the shoulder to widen to make it look right. The length between the seam between joining the collar to the OT to the edge of the shoulder of the OT measured 7.5". I can't remember now, but I apparently thought it would look best for the wider part to extend 3" over the front and back. I then wanted the tabards to taper into the overall 6.5" width.
The back of the OT sewn to the back portion of the skirt (with satin lining)
The fronts of the OT sewn to the front portions of the skirt (with satin lining)
The sleeve (with satin lining)
Since every Jedi is different in size, the obi needs to be made to look appropriately. I chose a finished width of 5 inches. This gives about 1.5 inches above and below the Jedi Belt (which is approximately 2.5 inches wide). Here you see the Obi sewn inside out. The corners have been trimmed so that, when inverted, the corners are actually square and not rounded (from excess material being bunched up).
The Tabards laid out and prior being sewn together.
How to sew the Outer Tunic!
The following is simply a copy of the pictures from the pattern with the instructions. This will give the basic method of how to put the OT together. Prior to beginning these instructions, the only difference will be that the skirt portion of the OT was sewed to the back and front pieces. This will give you a definite right and wrong side. The gray shaded pieces correspond to the right side. The white pieces correspond to the wrong side. Interfacing has hatch (or tic-tac-toe) symbols. Finally, I will NOT show how I put in the liner because I probably did it the wrong way. Actually I simply sewed the liner to each piece (back-shirt and both front-skirt pieces) and just treated the liner side as the wrong side.
Stay stitch edge from center front to shoulder edge and ensure back neck edge ½ from cut edge in direction of arrows.
Stitch front to back at shoulder seams.
With RIGHT sides together, pin sleeve to armhole edge with center small dot at shoulder seam, matching remaining small dots. Stitch. Stitch again 1/8 from first stitching. Trin seam below notches close to stitching. Press seam toward sleeve.
To form pleats (or the shoulder tuck) in front and back, on OUTSIDE, bring broken lines and seams together, matching small dots, as shown. Stitch along broken lines between small dots, back-stitching at dots to reinforce.
Actually, I didnt do this until AFTER I had the OT together. The last two things I did was to put in the shoulder tuck and hem the sleeves and skirt bottom. As for the shoulder tuck, I simply pinned the tuck in place. The tuck was approximately 1.5 deep. I sewed the tuck approximately 4 down the front, up over the shoulder and approximately 4 down the back. This stitch is visible, but will be later covered up by the tabards.
Stitch front and back at entire under seams, matching armhole seams, as shown. Press under hem allowance on lower edge of sleeves. To form narrow hem, tuck under raw edge to meet crease. Press. Stitch hem in place. Narrow hem lower edge of tunic in the same manner.
Pin interfacing to WRONG wide of two band sections. Machine-baste ½ from cut edges. Trim interfacing close to stitching. Stitch center back seam of band sections. With RIGHT sides together, pin band to front and neck edge of garment, matching centers back and notches, placing upper small dots at shoulder seams and lower small dots at lower edge of garment. (If necessary, clip neck edge of garment to stay-stitching.) Stitch. Trim seam, clip curves. Press seam toward band, pressing band out.
I deviated here only in that I made the band (or collar) as one piece and NOT two pieces as the 4450 pattern says. This eliminates the seam at the back of the neck.
Stitch center back seam of band facings. Press under 5/8 on long unnotched edge; trim to ¼. With RIGHT sides together, pin band facing to band, matching centers back. Stitch lower, front and neck edges. Trim seam and corners. Clip curves.
Turn facing to INSIDE; press. Slip-stitch pressed edge of facing over seam.
Slip stitching is done by hand (or at least I did). There are some nice tutorials on how to slip-stitch on
Prepare shoulder armor as follows: Pin interfacing to WRONG side of shoulder armor sections. Machine-baste ½ from cut edges. Trim interfacing close to stitching. Stitch shoulder seams of tabards.
Stitch shoulder seams of armor facing sections. With RIGHT sides together, pin shoulder armor facing to shoulder armor, having raw edges even. Stitch, leaving an opening to turn (inside out). Trim seams and corners; clip curves.
Again, I made my tabards in two pieces with the seam at the waste. There is no seam at the shoulder as shown in these pictures.
3. Turn tabard RIGHT side out; press. Slip-stitch opening. If you prefer, stitch close to all edges of tabards.
4. Pin interfacing to WRONG side of obi. Matching-stitch ½ from raw cut edges. Trim interfacing close to stitching. With RIGHT sides together, pin facing to obi, having raw edges even. Stitch outer edges, leaving an opening enough to turn. Trim sea. Clip curves.
5. Turn obi RIGHT side out; press. Slip-stitch opening closed.
In terms of putting the OT, tabards and obi together, I chose to hand sew metal snaps. Snaps were placed at the back seam to secure the tabards at the back of the waste and at the shoulders. I sewed a 1x2 rectangle piece with snaps to the underside of the front of the tabards at the waste seam to keep the tabards together. I made the obi go around my waste 1.5 times. It starts on one side, wraps around the front, then around the back to overlay the front side again before snapping into place on the opposite side from where it started.
As for the Inner Tunic: I made several variations of the Inner Tunic. I ended up making an Inner Tunic the same way I did the Outer Tunic, but only a bit smaller and with no skirt, but long enough to tuck into my pants. The collar had three folds instead of one as described above. The visible part of each fold was approximately 1.5 cm. The sleeves were made too long, then bunched up and sewed in place. I secured the front of the Inner Tunic with metal snaps.
Inner Tunic Collar
Inner Tunic Finished
Sleeve bunch before being sewed together
Sleeve bunch final
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Finally, I learned a new stitch, called the French Seam (there are modified versions of the French Seam) that can be used to finish seams.
has some nice tutorials on finishing seams. You can also use a serger, if you have the money to buy one. Look for some details on how to finish seams in the Jedi Master's Robe tutorial
Final words:
Enjoy the tutorial. If anyone has any questions or comments, please post here or PM me!
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Great to have your tutorials over here, too!
Can't wait for you to fill the blanks with your future tutorials.
Obi-wan Ep.III / Generic Jedi costume progress:
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Outer tunic:
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Simply amazing work Roger, thank you for sharing!
Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is.
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WOW!!! Thank's for this great tutorial!
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So uh Rog, I have a question. What if you don't have the 4450 pattern due to it being completely out of production and availability to the public?
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So uh Rog, I have a question. What if you don't have the 4450 pattern due to it being completely out of production and availability to the public?
Ah! That's the purpose of this tutorial! From the pictures and measurements I've shown, you should be able to draw a pattern for your jedi (well...any jedi) costume, then use that pattern to cut your material and make the costume. Folks who are similar in size to me (roughly 6' tall and 180 lbs), you can use the tutorial measurements as shows in the pics. If you're a different size, then you should be able to modify the pattern to fit you. I actually took this pattern and modified it to make a Jedi costume for a dude who is 6'4" and 250+ lbs...and it worked very well. Of course, I ran through the pattern with some old/cheap material first to make sure it was right (before cutting the "good" material).
The key is to read through the tutorial carefully and do the research for your particular jedi costume BEFORE you buy material and start cutting.
Any more questions, let me know.
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Hey everyone. I'm pretty frustrated since I've been working on this for 6 hours straight with no luck. Earlier today, I was using my hackintosh and had to test a different resolution. Well I ended up getting a blue screen so I rebooted and got the same thing on start-up that time. By the way my system specs are:
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But now I'm back to where I can get in and have my 8800gt recognized in system profiler. But still no resolution and q/e and c/i. I'm so confused!!
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Summer 2014 will see three major European epicentres for culture alive with the sound of Crowd Out. In London, Birmingham and Berlin, a 1,000-strong choir will take a stage – in East London surrounding the iconic bandstand in Arnold Circus, inside the epic glass atrium at Birmingham's Millennium Point, and on a giant outdoor stage in the centre of Berlin's Kulturforum – and perform David Lang's specially composed work, Crowd Out.
With groups made up of people from all walks of life and backgrounds, don't expect an ordinary singing work. Football chants inspired the idea behind this piece, along with a vast range of vocal styles and public 'noise' that we all encounter in everyday life, all situations where a sense of 'community' is created through performance, and that's exactly what the partners behind this project have set out to do.
Simon Halsey, the LSO's Choral Director, has been working closely with composer David Lang to turn his work into a reality, and as Choral Director at both the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and at the Berlin Philharmonic as well as his London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus role, he'll be taking the helm of the three choirs on three separate occasions, to bring the world this unique premiere.
The London performance has the East End at its heart, and is also the final event in the Spitalfields Music Summer Festival 2014, bringing the area to buzzing life with all kinds of music. Working together with Spitalfields Music, the LSO is looking for London voices to take part in this brilliant performance. Absolutely no singing experience is necessary. The only qualification you need is a desire to be part of a truly unique event and to make some noise. The LSO has only 300 places available, so make sure you register your interest quickly. If you don't end up as part of the group, you can still join us for the free performance as crowds fill the streets around the bandstand in Arnold Circus on 21 June.
Part of LSO Sing, supported by the J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust.
The London performances of Crowd Out are produced in partnership with Spitalfields Music, Tower Hamlets Arts & Music Education Service, London Symphony Orchestra's LSO Discovery programme and Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning Division. With thanks to Friends of Arnold Circus and London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Crowd Out is commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group with financial assistance from Arts Council England and individuals through BCMG's Sound Investment scheme; Spitalfields Music with major funding support from Arts Council England and financial assistance from its New Music Commission Fund; and the Education Programme of the Berliner Philharmoniker, supported by Deutsche Bank.
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Three new charter schools will open this week, bringing the total statewide to five, just two years after Gov. Paul LePage signed legislation making Maine the 41st state to allow them.
Cody Buzzell, 17, stands in the shadow of Moody Chapel as a rainbow shines over the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences during the charter school's first commencement event, held last month at the former Good Will-Hinckley School campus in Fairfield.
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"To have five schools open is incredibly exciting," said Roger Brainerd, executive director of the Maine Association for Charter Schools.
Charter school operators say they are excited -- as are their students and families -- to have an alternative to traditional public schools.
"Parents are really passionate about taking care of their kids and giving their kids the best opportunity, and they'll fight for it," said Justin Belanger, executive director of Cornville Regional Charter School, which opened last year for 60 students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
The other charter school that opened last year was the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences, known as MeANS, located at the former Good Will-Hinckley School in Fairfield.
The three new schools opening this fall are Baxter Academy for Technology and Science in Portland, Fiddlehead School for Arts & Sciences in Gray, and Harpswell Coastal Academy.
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Mental Health America (MHA) opposes sentences of life without parole for juvenile offenders. Such sentences are inconsistent with any of the purposes which ordinarily guide sentencing: deterrence, retribution, incapacitation or rehabilitation.
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that sentences juveniles to life without parole. In 42 states and under federal law, children who are too young to legally buy cigarettes are being tried for crimes as adults and if convicted, they can be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. There are currently at least 2,500 youthful offenders serving life without parole in U.S. prisons. Nationally, 59% of these individuals received their sentences for their first ever criminal conviction. 16% were between the ages of 13 and 15 when they committed their crimes, and 26% were sentenced under a felony murder charge where their offense did not involve carrying a weapon or pulling a trigger.
Our society recognizes that juveniles differ from adults in their decision-making capacities as reflected in laws regarding voting, driving, access to alcoholic beverages, and consent to treatment. Adolescents are also more easily influenced by peers and less able to accurately interpret the actions, emotions and intent of others. We also know that teens who have been victims of abuse or who have witnessed violence may show an increased tendency to overreact to perceived threats. Victims of child abuse and neglect are over-represented among incarcerated juveniles, including those serving life without parole. Studies of this population also consistently demonstrate a high incidence of mental health and substance use disorders, serious brain injuries, and learning disabilities. In many instances, these juveniles have not received adequate diagnostic assessments or interventions.
Adolescents differ from adults in the way they behave, solve problems, and make decisions. There is a biological explanation for these differences. Recent research has demonstrated that the brain continues to mature and develop throughout adolescence and into early adulthood. Neuroimaging studies have also shown that adolescents use their brains in fundamentally different ways than adults. As a result, they are more likely to respond impulsively, utilizing a more primitive part of their brain. They are also less likely to stop, think things through, and analyze the consequences of their actions.
The U.N. Convention of the Rights of the Child, ratified by 192 nations, explicitly prohibits the imposition of life without parole for crimes committed by juveniles. Such sentences also constitute a violation of additional international treaties, including:
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- United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice
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- United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment
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In 2005, the Supreme Court recognized that juveniles are inherently different from adults. In the Roper v. Simmons decision, they declared the juvenile death penalty to be unconstitutional. Their reasoning was based, in part, on our evolving understanding of adolescent brain development, and the increased potential for change and rehabilitation. Writing for the majority, Justice Kennedy said, "It would be misguided to equate the failing of a minor with those of an adult, for a greater possibility exists that a minor's character deficiencies will be reformed." Roper v. Simmons, 543 US 551, 125 S.Ct. 1183, 1195 (2005). The same reasoning is equally valid with respect to life without parole.
Sentencing, including sentencing to imprisonment, has long been guided by four considerations: deterrence, retribution, incapacitation and rehabilitation. None of these purposes are served by sentencing juveniles to life without parole.
The deterrent value of life without parole has yet to be demonstrated. It is particularly unlikely to deter adolescents from crime, as they tend to live in the present, think of themselves as invincible, and have difficulty contemplating the long-term consequences of their behavior.
Retribution is predicated on matching the harshness of the punishment to seriousness of the offense. The seriousness of the offense is measured not only by the acts done by the defendant and the harm caused by those acts, but also by the mental state of the defendant. We know that juveniles commonly do not have the maturity to understand the consequences of their acts. Thus, they ordinarily do not harbor the same intentions as adults even when they are performing the same acts and causing the same very bad consequences, including death. Thus, retributive considerations do not support life without parole.
Nor are the goals of incapacitation and rehabilitation served by life sentences. As the Supreme Court recognized in Roper v. Simmons, it is far more likely that a juvenile can be rehabilitated, than can an adult. Incapacitation serves no legitimate purpose once a defendant has been rehabilitated and no longer poses a threat to society. Because imprisonment is expensive, imprisonment beyond the point at which a defendant has been rehabilitated wastes scarce government resources.
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MHA encourages its affiliates and allies to work to repeal laws in those states which permit a sentence of life without parole. Mental health advocates, professionals and other service providers should work to ensure that juveniles are provided with appropriate services while incarcerated whose goal is to identify and ameliorate those problems which may have led to the crime and which need to be addressed before release will be safe and appropriate. Mental health advocates should also work to insure that are appropriate services available in the community for those juvenile offenders who may be released.
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I love that you used sweet potatoes. I'm going to have to try that next time, for sure! I'm actually making a recipe I found on your blog tonight (the poblano/butternut squash gratin). :)
Mushroom, Sweet Potato, and Smoked Gouda Chowder
Inspiration: I've been making Elly's soup for years, and it has always been one of our favorite fall/winter meals. When we stopped eating white potatoes at home a few years ago, I sadly put this recipe aside, and I haven't made it since. Until…..the magic day when it occurred to me to use sweet potatoes instead, since we still include those in our diets every now and then. I don't know why it took so long for that thought to cross my mind!
What We Loved: One thing that I've discovered about my preferences is that I tire easily of brothy/watery soups, but I could eat thick, hearty chowders like this every single day in the colder months and be a happy girl. Those thinner soups can sometimes be a means to end, but I can never wait to eat this soup. It's fantastic and sits solidly in our favorites category (with Black Bean and Sausage Soup, Pork Hock and 15 Bean Soup, and Three Bean Soup with Ham, if you're counting). Like my other favorite soups, the depth of flavor in this one is just out of this world. The mushrooms are really prominent and earthy; there's a great, rich zing of salty bacon; and the sweet potatoes lend such a lovely, mild sweetness. We really love the velvety, creamy texture (which results from those sweet potatoes, some smoky gouda, and a bit of half and half), and another plus is that this soup is certainly filling enough to be a full meal. A recipe like this makes me happy that we've got some nice cold evenings ahead of us to enjoy it.
Tips: You can puree as much or as little of this soup as you'd like. I've pureed it all of the way in the past or only a little bit, and I've found that I really prefer it pureed about halfway (if that). That way, you get the super creamy texture, but you still have nice, big chunks of mushroom/sweet potato and salty little pieces of bacon in there, too.
Mushroom, Sweet Potato, and Smoked Gouda Chowder
Source: Adapted from Elly Says Opa
6 slices bacon, diced
1 onion, diced
1 lb. mushrooms, sliced (I used portabellas)
3-4 cups sweet potatoes, cubed
2 cloves garlic, minced
Good pinch of dried thyme
1 bay leaf
3 cups chicken stock
1 cup half and half
4 oz smoked gouda, shredded
Kosher salt
Black Pepper
1. In a stockpot or dutch oven, cook the bacon until it has rendered its fat and is crispy. Remove the bacon and set aside.
2. Add the diced onions and the mushrooms to the bacon fat in the pot. Season with a little salt and pepper, and cook until the moisture released from the mushrooms evaporates and the vegetables start to brown, about 10-15 minutes.
3. Add the sweet potatoes and the garlic, stirring to combine. Add the thyme, bay leaf, and stock. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Cook until the sweet potatoes are tender. Season again with salt and pepper, and return most of the bacon to the pot, leaving a little extra to garnish the soup.
4. Remove the bay leaf. Puree as much or as little of the mixture as you want in a food processor, and return the pureed soup to the pot (alternatively, use an immersion blender). Add the half and half and the gouda. Simmer until the soup has heated through and the cheese has melted. Taste for seasoning and adjust as needed.
5. Serve, garnished with the extra bacon.
56 thoughts on "Mushroom, Sweet Potato, and Smoked Gouda Chowder"
This is my kind of soup! I am really liking the flavours in it!
Made this soup last night and it was absolutely fabulous! I also added fresh corn off the cob which gave it a nice crunch and sweet flavor. I will defiantly make this again, THANKS for sharing!!!!
Can I use the sweet potato with the purple skin for this?
Tastes good with the purple skinned sweet potatoes! I left some of the bacon bits unblended and some mushrooms as well for texture. Served it with Cajun Chicken :D
Ooh, this is going on the "make soon" list. I love sweet potatoes, North Carolina ones, of course. :-) Now I have to check out the butternut squash-poblano gratin that Elly mentioned. Thanks for sharing this, Carrie.
How many does this recipe serve? Would it be enough for 3 (with two of those being boys with big appetites!)?
Thank you so much! I can't wait to make it :-)
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Just made this (eating as I type!) and am already planning on going to the market this week to buy the ingredients to make it again. Delicious! Thank you!
What can I sub for the bacon? I don't eat it, I know, blasphemous. Should I just leave it out?
Just finished making this, and WOW…so good! Thank you for sharing!
Made this soup today – so very yummie! I used a handful of sun-dried tomatoes to flavour the oil instead of the bacon because I'm a vegetarian, and it still was an awesome soup, perfect for a winter evening. thanks for the recipe!
Sweet potatoes with mushrooms? What an interesting combi! :)
Has anyone tried to freeze this soup? I made a huge batch of it last night. It's delicious, but I don't think we'll be able to finish it all before it goes bad in the fridge.
I froze half the batch and ate it a few weeks later. It was just as good! I'd recommend to heat it up on the stove vs. the microwave. It seemed to defrost better as a whole on the stove. enjoy!
Have you ever tried using fat free Half and half?
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Wow! That looks delicious! Oh my gosh I am so hungry now.
Oh, yum! None of my family likes mushrooms (can you even imagine?!?) except me, but I am going to have to make this anyway, because it just sounds too amazing to not! I'll save it for back-to-school, so no eyes are watching the preparation! :) I guess I'll purée all the way, to avoid the accusatory stares of "is there mushrooms in this?!?"
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Just wanted to stop by and say that it's been a whole year, and this is still my favorite soup recipe! It also happens to be the favorite of everyone I've ever made this for, so we are all so thankful for your blog!
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If you're out of sweet potatoes, and you have 3 dozen winter squash, then I highly recommend that you try this recipe with cubes of summer squash, peeled of course. Butternut was good, and the delicata squash — even better. If you're lactose intolerant you can use fresh raw goat milk and you will find this delicious still. I used some smoked salt, a little liquid smoke, and some goat milk cheddar in lieu of the gouda. It was still delicious! And pretty low carbohydrate I might add.
Excellent soup we totally enjoyed it. Will make it for my next dinner party. Thanks
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In Stardust the spectacular coastline and mountains of Southern Iceland added drama to the fantasy action. A real fantasy landscape of Stormhold.
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Iceland offers cinematic opportunities that cannot be matched anywhere on the planet. The Icelandic crews were terrific, and the country is small en...More
Flying in over the black sand beaches and lava fields, I could see that Iceland had the rugged and unusual look we needed for our film, "Flags...More
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