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It was a long night, a "Kaiser" night dealing with Kevin's kidney pain issues, but there's a chance we've got a handle on it, and we're looking forward to better days ahead. But it wasn't until 1am that we finally got home, which killed getting out for a ride at a reasonable hour.
What about an unreasonable hour? No problem there, that's our specialty! So we're out the door and heading to the coast at 1pm, about the same time most are heading back. It might not have been the worst timing either, since it was a pretty gray day with Skyline fogged in, but by the time we got to the coast it had almost cleared up.
We knew it wasn't going to be a speed run, since Kevin wasn't feeling the greatest and he's missed quite a few miles over the last couple of months. I even told Kevin that before we got to a climb. As if that would matter once we got to Old LaHonda, where I told him, if he really did want to go for it, go for it, just make sure you put a jacket on the second you get to the top so you don't get cold waiting for me. He ended up not having to wait very long, taking just over 20 minutes while I was right at 22. So much for his hopes of a 19 or even sub-19 time. What was he thinking?
One of the real joys of living here is how quickly you can get away to pretty quiet roads. There were so few cars between Skyline and Pescadero you felt like you owned the road. The only time it felt otherwise was on the run north, where we took Highway 1 along the coast, instead of the more-traditional Stage Road option. Kevin's choice; for some reason he really doesn't like Stage Road. And for some reason, I really don't like the noise of all the cars on Highway 1!
It was on Tunitas that Kevin's lack of miles showed up, which curiously coincided with me feeling a whole lot better on the steep pitches than I have in a very long time. I had that all-too-unusual (for me) feeling of going faster by just shifting to a higher gear. Yet, while I could have ditched Kevin, I didn't. I'd pick up speed for a bit, then soft pedal and wait for him. That's OK, there will be plenty of other times when Kevin and I can have at it on Tunitas.
57 miles, 6100ft of climbing. Nothing like the Nifty Fifty in Berkeley today (54 miles with over 10,000ft of climbing!) but it was the right ride for today.


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The threshold of a green paradise
The strength of history and the earth meet in Bearn and Navarre,in the foothills of the Pyrenees, for an ascent to the sky and the stars.
Earthiness, indeed! Everything starts with an accent that is hot and rough at the same time. This music comes down from the mountains, spoken by shepherds and peasants. It is grounded in the earth, with its eyes open to the sky. Pau, Tarbes, and Lourdes form a golden triangle of hospitality, and exemplify a return to nature and a certain spirit, or rather a spirit that is certain.
Bearn and Navarre are historical lands charged with the blood of their great historical past. The knight Gaston Phoebus, King Henry IV, and also D'Artagnan of the Three Musketeers are all from here. Their humanity permeates the Bearn and Navarre. If you come here once, you will return, as it is impossible to resist this rustically beautiful mountainous region.
By climbing, the legs get lighter, finding again a taste for the effort of walking, because then comes comfort. A cabbage soup, a chicken in a pot, and a pitcher of Jurançon. The mountain is impressive but not intimidating, it is neither spectacular nor inhospitable it's just massive.
It does not separate France and Spain; it brings them together through solidarity, a rustic sensitivity mountain people share, subjected to the harsh peaks. Their winds blow down the valley, breathing on a plain just waiting to receive, in order to give even more.

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How To Supreme Citrus Fruits
Citrus season is an exciting time for those of us living in temperate zones. In fact, I know some who would argue that citrus is the only good thing about winter (I would retort that eggnog is another, but that's quite a different matter). In our house, it's a happy time of marmalade, fresh-squeezed orange juice with breakfast, and fluorescent yellow lemon bars. The bright, tart-sweet flavors of citrus fruit mark a lovely contrast to the cold, grey world outside. I am inclined to believe that it is impossible to be unhappy while eating an orange.
There are many ways to eat oranges, as any connoisseur will tell you, although I don't believe there is a way, short of wearing rubber gloves, to eat an orange neatly. There is the divide and conquer method in which the peel is removed and the segments separated by hand. There is also the quick and indiscriminate approach in which the orange is cut into rounds, peel and all.
However, these methods are best for solo orange eating, preferably when no one is watching. It's a delicious but sticky business. But oranges can dress up for parties, too, and you needn't hand out bibs and washcloths at your next brunch affair simply to break out the Valencias. As with many culinary techniques, we have the French to thank for inventing a method which divides the peel and pith from the succulent fruit beneath, leaving your guests free to indulge in citrus without staining their fingernails. This method is called supreming. It is simple enough to learn and a handy thing indeed for those of us wishing to show citrus to its advantage. A bowl of supremed fruit has a place on even the whitest of tablecloths.
To begin, cut off the ends of the fruit--the stem end and the flower end (see photo #2). You should have something that looks like a truncated sphere. Stand the fruit on end (photo #3), and, with a sharp paring knife, slice off the peel and pith in large strips (photos #4-#6). Do not cut straight down, but rather, follow the contours of the fruit to waste as little of it as possible. After cutting off a strip of peel and pith, you should be able to see the bright orange fruit beneath. Rotate the orange and repeat this process until all the peel is removed and you have a juicy, bright orange sphere left.
Holding the sphere over a bowl to catch any juices, cut out the citrus segments from in between the strips of membrane surrounding them (photo #7). Lift out each segment and remove any seeds. When you have segmented the entire fruit (photo #8), squeeze any remaining juices from the pithy part.
Other articles you might enjoy: Mastering the Pomegranate, Notes On the Persimmon, Tomato Frenzy: Peeling and Freezing
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NICMOS: More Than 300 Faint Galaxies
[Left] A NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the faintest galaxies ever seen in the universe, taken in infrared light with the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).
The picture contains over 300 galaxies having spiral, elliptical and irregular shapes. Though most of these galaxies were first seen in 1995 when Hubble was used to take a visible-light deep exposure of the same field, NICMOS uncovers many new objects. Most of these objects are too small and faint to be apparent in the full field NICMOS view.
Some of the reddest and faintest of the newly detected objects may be over 12 billion light-years away, as derived from a standard model of the universe. However, a powerful new generation of telescopes will be needed to confirm the suspected distances of these objects.
The field of view is 2 million light-years across, at its maximum. Yet, on a cosmic scale, it represents only a thin pencil beam look across the universe. The area of sky is merely 1/100th the apparent diameter on the full moon.
[Right] Two close-up NICMOS views of candidate objects which may be over 12 billion light-years away. Each candidate is centered in the frame. The reddish color may mean all of the starlight has been stretched to infrared wavelengths by the universe's expansion. Alternative explanations are that the objects are closer to us, but the light has been reddened by dust scattering. A new generation of telescopes will be needed to make follow-up observations capable of establishing true distance.
The image was taken in January 1998 and required an exposure time of 36 hours to detect objects down to 30th magnitude. Hubble was aimed in the direction of the constellation Ursa Major, in a region just above the handle of the Big Dipper. The color corresponds to blue (0.45 microns), green (1.1 microns) and red (1.6 microns).
Rodger I. Thompson (University of Arizona) and NASA


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Forecast for Exotic Weather
This artist's conception illustrates the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026. NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes observed the object to learn more about its turbulent atmosphere. Brown dwarfs are more massive and hotter than planets but lack the mass required to become sizzling stars. Their atmospheres can be similar to the giant planet Jupiter's.
Hubble and Spitzer simultaneously observed the object as it rotated every 90 minutes. The results suggest wind-driven, planet-size clouds.
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At Airbnb, we believe that travel and tourism can strengthen communities in ways in which everyone—guests, hosts and local residents—can win. Today, we are sharing new data showing travel using Airbnb is expected to boost communities in Europe by an estimated €340 billion by 2020, and will support an estimated 1 million jobs across the region that year. To promote the growth of healthy people-to-people tourism that benefits residents, we also are launching a €5 million programme of ongoing investments for innovative, locally sourced projects that can help achieve this goal.
The announcement comes after Chris Lehane, Airbnb Global Head of Public Policy and Public Affairs, spoke last week at the Forum of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) about how travel on Airbnb can be a tool to help bridge social divides and boost benefits for communities.
"More people are staying with each other using Airbnb in Europe than anywhere else on earth," Lehane at the OECD Forum. "It is a healthy and sustainable form of tourism that ensures benefits stay right here in Europe and are enjoyed by many—not kept in the hands of a few."
When guests travel using Airbnb, local hosts keep 97 percent of the accommodation charge, and more than half of guest spending takes place in the communities where they stay, the places local residents call home. The typical Airbnb host in Europe made €2,400 by sharing their space for 27 nights last year.
Airbnb's Community Tourism Programme
To help support the growth of healthy people-to-people tourism that benefits communities, Airbnb is today launching the Community Tourism Programme with the aim of investing €5 million in projects that use innovation to help preserve and boost the best of local customs, traditions and landmarks that make European communities unique.
The fund will be available to organisations—including charities, nonprofit agencies and community social groups—in need of financial support for innovative local projects.
"We want to work with communities to help boost and preserve the qualities that make them unique," added Lehane. "Airbnb has a long history of supporting progressive local initiatives that boost communities and bring people together, and we're excited to continue that tradition here in Europe."
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Took the babies out to the Kanadasaga Kennel Club match in Canandaigua NY sunday. It's always one of my favorites and usually well attended. We ended up having a pretty good day!
"Leia" my tri sheltie girl won her puppy class (over a nice bitch puppy that won best puppy at the CNYSSC specialty match recently) and "Luke" my tri sheltie boy won his puppy
class. They both went on to compete for best of breed puppy and "Leia" charmed
her way into winning not only best of breed puppy but also took a puppy group
These guys just turned 3 months old on sunday and I couldn't have been prouder. I'm
still trying to decide who's staying and who's going to be available, and they're sure not making it easy...
My 8 month old aussie pup "Kaylee" Canami's Protector of Serenity also came
along for the ride so my sister could practice her handling skills in the adult
handling class and ended up with best of breed puppy and a puppy group 4th
behind her sheltie kid sister!
Not a bad day for a nice, sunny puppy match!
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The revised norms, which are effective immediately, are designed to reduce the interaction between the TCP department and applicants, while also helping the state to increase its ease of doing business rankings, said officials.
Residents from 200 houses under threat from sea erosion in Ullal will be shifted: UT Khader
The district administration will soon hold a meeting with residents and make arrangements to shift the families residing in such vulnerable circumstances from the coast.
Chandigarh civic body plans property tax camps
The tax payers will have to bring their supporting documents in respect of their residential, commercial, industrial and institutional properties up to the year ending 2019-20.
Kerala government plans to rehabilitate residents in coastal areas
Protest was brewing among residents of the coastal areas in Ponnani taluk as more than hundred houses were completely and partially damaged in the sea erosion after the onset of South-West monsoon.
Fire safety audit of all buildings with five-plus floors in Gurugram
The decision was taken at a meeting with the fire department keeping in view several cases of fire that have taken place in the city recently.
'Tallest' apartment in Thiruvananthapuram faces fresh hurdle
The corporation had sought legal opinion from its counsel in the wake of disputes over land ownership.
About 400 new flats to be built for MPs in Lutyens' Delhi using construction waste
The waste from the demolition site of the old flats are likely to be used for the construction of the new ones after being processed at a facility.
In two months, Bengaluru civic body nets 45% property tax
The collection in the first two months of previous years was Rs 784 crore in 2016-17, Rs 967 crore in 2017-18 and Rs 1,167 crore in 2018-19.
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A meeting of Committee of Creditors (CoC) will be held on June 20, 2019, Jaypee Infratech's Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) Anuj Jain said in a regulatory filing.
Model Town residents urge Punjab CM to ban CLU for commercial buildings in area
Since Model Town is a residential colony, which was established in 1950 after Partition, 60% of this locality, unfortunately, has now turned into a commercial area by illegal means, said Amarjit Singh Tikkar, general secretary of PPCC.
Goa: Housing board land now part of Mopa airport area
The inclusion of the land, chief town planner Rajesh Naik said, is in addition to the 2,093 acres acquired by the government earlier for development of the international airport.
Ghaziabad development body plans to hike rates of green belts leased out
There are about 13 educational institutions that have been given park/green land — a total of more than 90,000 sqm.
Bareilly development body comes up with a 'rider' to increase bookings under PMAY
Under the PMAY initiative, the government aims to provide affordable housing for urban poor with a target of building 20 million houses by March 31, 2022.
Pune: Five booked for playing with assets, funds of Prathan Bungalow housing society
Pratham Bungalow housing society was built on this land by 2001.
Chandigarh: 50-acre land in Sector 34 may be considered for smart city project
Since a large commercial area was planned in Sector 43, it will be a major challenge for both CSCL and the UT administration to locate a commercially suitable and viable land.


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BOSTON, Mass. – Despite shooting 40.7 percent by MIT in the first half, the Wentworth Institute of Technology women's basketball team battled for a 50-46 victory in the season-opener for both squads on Tuesday night.
Both team's offenses struggled early, combining for just 28 points over the first nine minutes of play before MIT turned a 14-all contest into a 20-14 lead with 7:05 left in the half. A three pointer by Margo Batie, a layup by Rachel Hunt, and one of two free throws from Marissa Good provided the Engineers with the six straight points.
The Leopards scored the next five points, as Kirsten Vallone drained a jumper, and, after a turnover, Ashley Conway hit a three pointer. MIT built the lead back up to as much as five and led by a pair (28-26) at the break.
Morgan Furman opened the second half with a layup to tie the game at 28-all before MIT scored the next four points to take a four-point lead. A three pointer by Conway and a free throw by Furman knotted the game at 32-all and Kendra Kerr's basket with 11:51 left gave the hosts their first lead of the half.
A pair of free throws from Meagan Pennock extended a one-point lead to three (42-39) with 6:25 to play, but MIT countered with a three pointer from Anna Merrifield with 5:34 left. Jordan Biggar drained a three-ball on Wentworth's next possession to go ahead for good.
Trailing by three with two seconds left, Merrifield was fouled on the floor. Shooting in the bonus situation, Merrifield drained the first, but her intentional miss of the second led to a shooting violation, giving Wentworth the ball. Vallone drained two free throws with five-tenths of a second remaining to seal the win.
Four different players – Furman, Conway, Pennock, and Kerr –had nine points to lead the Leopards, while Biggar chipped in with eight. Vallone led all rebounders with 14.
Lauren Sascha Burton led all scorers with 11 points to go along with four rebounds, four assists, and three steals. Merrifield finished with 11 rebounds, 10 points, two steals, and a block while Batie and Rebecca Odim both dished out four assists. Hunt tallied six points, five caroms, two blocks, and a steal in 19 minutes of action as Kristen Whaley contributed six points and three boards.
The Leopards (1-0) host Emerson on Wednesday night, while the Engineers are idle until Friday night when they battle Mass. College in the Golden Bear Hoop Classic in Springfield.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 68 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
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Online leadership courses for high school students
Our Name
Kimberlite is a type of rock that is known to carry diamonds to the Earth's surface from deep below. We believe there is a diamond in each and every student - it only needs to be brought to the surface.
With this in mind, we would like to see a diamond image incorporated into the logo, perhaps on a traditional school crest/shield.
Our Products and Our Market
We will offer two interactive e-learning courses for high school (U.S.) students: Leadership Foundations and Financial Foundations.
Leadership Foundations will focus on providing students with: a good working understanding of what leadership is and how it figures into their day-to-day lives; an overview of leadership traits and how to develop them.
Financial Foundations is an introduction to personal finance and will offer students an overview of household finance, credit, and banking.
The format for these courses is 100% online with presentation, video, and text parts. Chapter activities will be reviewed by an instructor.
Our identity should convey knowledge and trust, because the parents of our students will be funding the purchase in most cases. It should also convey energy and youth since the students are aged 13-17. Hence, our interest in incorporating a balance of new (Web 2.0) and old (a crest/pictoral mark).
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We would also like the tag line "Online Leadership Courses for High School Students" incorporated in such a way we can use the logo with or without it.
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Why the United States Leaves Deadly Chemicals on the Market
A 6-month investigation finds that the revolving door between government and the chemical industry has led the EPA to rely on easily manipulated research. The result? Toxic substances remain in everyday products. MORE
Slavoj Zizek: We Can't Address the EU Refugee Crisis Without Confronting Global Capitalism
The refugees won't all make it to Norway. Nor does the Norway they seek exist. MORE
By Slavoj Žižek
Margaret Atwood on Climate Change, Her New Book and Why Socialists Are Better with Budgets
We asked the speculative fiction writer about this month's Canadian elections and (relatedly?) whether humanity is doomed. MORE
By Jessica Stites
At Colleges, Running Backs Get All the Greenbacks, While Academic Students Fight Over Crumbs
College football has become a bloated, multi-million dollar business, subverting the original mission of universities—education. MORE
By Gilbert M. Gaul
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A Bill of Rights That Puts Workers Above Corporations
It's up to the voters of Spokane, Washington. MORE
By Simon Davis-Cohen
These Activists Are Trying To Solve the Housing Crisis—By Suing the Suburbs
Bay Area activists take a suburb to court, saying it refused to allow high-density housing MORE
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Jeremy Corbyn Is Already Pushing the Labour Party to Fight Inequality and Injustice
Despite a seemingly endless torrent of attacks and gossip, Corbyn is building a real alternative to politics as usual in the UK. MORE
By Jane Miller
When the Bank Robs You
Mehrsa Baradaran's How the Other Half Banks tells the history of banks robbing from the poor and giving to the rich–and explains how we can stop it. MORE
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The Neverending Presidency: An Unfettered Look at How Democracy Lost to Mugabe
Camilla Nielsson's new documentary, Democrats, is a study in how a dictatorship can weather a 'democratic transition' MORE
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The Neverending Presidency: An Unfettered Look at How Democracy Lost to Mugabe
Camilla Nielsson's new documentary, Democrats, is a study in how a dictatorship can weather a 'democratic transition' MORE
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The Most Disappointing Thing About Submission Isn't Islamophobia, But Its Tedious Sexism
Any nuanced discussion about the intersection of cultures in Michel Houellebecq's new book is buried under its tiresome narration MORE
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A Chemical-Industrial Complex
Why do many hazardous chemicals go unregulated in the United States? An In These Times investigation reveals the answer. MORE
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Black Lives Matter Activists Declare Solidarity with Palestine
The statement revives the internationalism of the '60s and '70s, when black activists saw themselves as part of a global fight against Western colonialism MORE
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The Temptation of Jesus
Because Jesus successfully passed His temptation, He was qualified to be the second Adam and merit a righteous status for us in the eyes of God. We cannot be the second Adam, but we can learn from Jesus' interaction with ...Read More
The Sixth Petition
Today's study is based on question and answer 127 of the Heidelberg Catechism, which reminds us that the world, the flesh, and the Devil "never stop attacking us." Until we are glorified, there is no point at which we ...Read More
The Gifts God Gives
James focuses here on one excuse we may use to rationalize our sin. We are not only practiced sinners but practiced rationalizers. We do not hesitate to blame our environment or genetics or the sovereignty of God. Some even claim ...Read More
Building Amidst Opposition
Dr. Sproul notes that one of the hardest costs to bear for following Jesus in the modern West is the scorn and ridicule encountered from an unbelieving world. This is the kind of opposition that we are most apt to ...Read More
Seduction Resisted
Sin can destroy relationships, lead to illness, and make our lives this side of eternity miserable. For many, a deterrent to sin is fear — fear that God will zap them when they sin. Instead of law, however, the gospel provides ...Read More
Jesus Overcomes Satan
Matthew Henry comments that "the best of saints may be tempted to the worst of sins." Though Jesus never sinned, Satan left the worst temptation of all for last — blatant idolatry. If our Lord faced such a test, we too ...Read More
Israel's Failure Undone
Dr. R.C. Sproul has said that God does not speak with a forked tongue — He cannot lie or contradict Himself. Jesus refuses to accept an interpretation of one passage that contradicts another. As we study the Bible we should ...Read More
Christ Embraces His Mission
Matthew Henry comments, "Lack and poverty are a great temptation to discontent and unbelief, and the use of unlawful means for our relief, under the pretence that necessity has no law." Despite His hunger pains, our Lord chose the food ...Read More
The Last Adam
Matthew Henry captures the significance of the temptation of Jesus, commenting on today's passage that "the offspring of the woman suffers, being tempted, and so has his heel bruised, but the serpent is quite baffled in his temptations, and ...Read More
Resisting Temptation
Today's passage is a good model for dealing with temptation. Matthew Henry says Joseph "would not wrong his master. He would not offend his God. This is the chief argument with which he strengthens his aversion to the sin ...Read More
Resist the Devil
All Christians can find at least one area in their lives in which they have sought to follow their own understanding instead of the standards of the Lord. God has promised to forgive us for this behavior if we would ...Read More
Temptation's Source
God is never responsible for the evil in this world or the temptations that may produce it. He may ordain evil for the purposes of His good plan, but all wickedness that comes about is from the evil inclinations of ...Read More
Sympathetic to Weakness
Some theologians portray Christ's sympathy with His people as weak and ineffectual. Though Christ may feel what we feel (insofar as our emotions are not sinful), He does not merely stand beside us whimpering and weighed down by emotion ...Read More
Guard Your Hearts
The Scriptures are the very words of the living God. However, apart from faith in the Messiah and illumination by the Holy Spirit, our hearts only become harder. When you study the Bible, ask the Holy Spirit to help you ...Read More
Helping the Tempted
Christ never sinned in any way, shape, or form — nor could He. His faithfulness even unto death means that we can receive salvation. It also means that we can overcome temptation even before we see Him in glory. Remember that ...Read More


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Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble
The Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble is a select, auditioned wind ensemble of 45 members, performing a wide variety of music from the late 19th-, 20th- and 21st- century wind ensemble repertoire. The DCWE is under the leadership of interim director Dan Buchner while a national search is under way. The DCWE serves as a melting pot for the students of Dartmouth College as well as residents of the Upper Valley, sharing music with our community and those communities beyond the boundaries of our campus through concertizing, small and large outreach projects and performances, and charitable endeavors that bring the gift of music and music making to all who welcome it.
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BRUSSELS, July 23 (UPI) -- Despite substantial financial commitment for drought and famine relief in the Horn of Africa, more work needs to be done, European leaders said.
The European Commission said it was able to reach an estimated 6.5 million people in the region through its $219 million in humanitarian aid in the 2011 budget.
EU Commissioner for Civilian Protection Kristalina Georgieva and Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said, there were still 9 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.
"Thanks to the massive international assistance given and the abatement of the drought, today the overall situation in the Horn of Africa is better than at any time during 2011 but the challenges remain huge and there is no room for complacency," their statement read.
The leaders said their efforts would focus on long-term relief to stave off a lingering crisis in the region.
The European leaders said the situation in the region is complicated by population growth and geopolitical instability. Insecurity, they said, affected more than 13 million people in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti.


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Rasmus & Gavin
The reason why scientists like going to conferences (despite them often being held in stuffy hotel basements) is because of the conversations. People can be found who know what they are talking about, and discussions can be focused clearly on what is important, rather than what is trivial. The atmosphere at these conferences is a mix of excitement and expectations as well as pleasure at seeing old friends and colleagues.
The two of us just got back from the excellent 'Open Science Conference' organised by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) in Denver Colorado. More than 1900 scientists participated from 86 different countries, and the speakers included the biggest names in climate research and many past and present IPCC authors.
The focus of the conference was on how climate research should be done in order to be of service to society. Hence, a fair bit of focus was given to how to create useful climate information, or 'actionable science'. This is supposed to be part of a global framework for climate services (abbreviated as GFCS to make it a bit more cryptic). But there is a lot of discussion about exactly what form of information this would be, and there were many (not necessarily exclusive) ideas around.
Bruce Hewitson and David Behar both made strong cases that the context in which climate-related information was received was key to its utility. On a panel discussion with various 'stakeholders', a good argument was made that better 'translation' of climate information was a priority, and that perhaps the current demand is not for more science results. Perhaps the information we have about climate already is good enough for many purposes.
However, communicating that understanding to people who might benefit from it remains a work in progress. Communication involves an end-to-end two-way process, as opposed to simply sending off a message hoping that the recipient will understand. There are also ethical concerns linked to the context – what are the consequences of an incorrect forecast? Are there inequities in who benefits and who doesn't? Scientists, on their own, are not necessarily well-equipped to deal with this.
There is an expectation that the climate services should include seasonal-to-decadal forecasts, and that the climate information should be 'seamless' in terms of time scales as well as spatial scales. The tools for making such forecasts, however, are far from validated, and there are large gaps in our knowledge about whether (and where) predictability for the next few seasons or decades can be found. Part of our knowledge gap stems from insufficient long series of measurements from vital areas, however, the non-linear complexity also makes it difficult to discern any precursor signals. There are some potential leads though: sea-ice, snow-cover, soil moisture, ocean temperatures and the state of the stratosphere all seem to give some contingent initial condition predictability over that expected for standard weather forecasts. The extent to which this will be useful is still unclear.
One session was dedicated to observational data where many people stressed the need to ensure that current observational platforms are sustained, and better yet, that a degree of redundancy be added as quality control. For instance, overlaps between old satellite missions ending their life and new missions can improve the inter-calibration of the results. Unfortunately, the impact of not doing this can end up as big jumps in the reanalyses as data sources come in and out. Kevin Trenberth gave a great overview on what was, and what was not robust across the multiple reanalyses products now available (see our previous post for more details on this).
There were two interesting topics that revealed some tension among participants: the future of climate modelling, and the attribution of extreme events (they are of course connected, but that wasn't really the issue).
Christian Jakob argued for a return to the 'foundations' of climate modelling (which he implied was atmospheric physics) and a concerted effort to develop an internationally funded super-model that would be significantly better resourced than any existing climate model development efforts. This was a contrast to the presentation from Sandrine Bony on the CMIP5 multi-model ensemble which made a point of celebrating the diverse nature of the models and the gains that come from that. Post-talk discussions on these two views were 'spirited' (and not just because of the cash bar).
The other topic that exercised people's conversational ability was to what extent and how extremes might be attributable to climate change. Peter Stott gave a good overview of recent attempts, and clearly favored the establishment of better tools and institutions to do this on a more operational basis.
Almost all of the speakers have written position papers, so even if you weren't there, you can get a sense of the discussion. The conference also offered a Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn pages for social media access.
The contrast between the conversations in this meeting and what passes for serious issues in the media and blogosphere was very clear.


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Cosmetic surgery views sought after breast implant scare
People are being asked for their views on the cosmetic surgery industry after the recent PIP scandal, where thousands of women were given breast implants containing substandard material.
The review, requested by the health secretary, will look at whether tighter regulation is needed in England.
And it will ask if people are given enough information about surgery.
About 7,000 women in England are having checks for faulty breast implants and hundreds have now had them removed.
Although the unauthorised silicone filler used in the PIP breast implants is not thought to be toxic or cancer-causing, there were safety concerns.
They were found to have double the rupture rate of other implants.
Around 47,000 women in the UK have PIP breast implants, mostly done privately rather than on the NHS.
Lessons to learn
The problem came to light at the end of 2011, shortly after the French government recommended all women with PIP implants have them removed as a precaution.
But there were warnings made by surgeons to UK authorities about adverse effects for many years before this.
Prof Sir Bruce Keogh, who is leading the English review which will report in early 2013, said: "The recent problems with PIP breast implants have shone a light on the cosmetic surgery industry.
"Many questions have been raised, particularly around the regulation of clinics, whether all practitioners are adequately qualified, how well people are advised when money is changing hands, aggressive marketing techniques, and what protection is available when things go wrong.
"I am concerned that too many people do not realise how serious cosmetic surgery is and do not consider the lifelong implications it can have. That's why I have put together this review committee to advise me in making recommendations to government on how we can better protect people who choose to have surgery or cosmetic interventions.
Cost an issue
"We want to hear views from everyone, particularly people who have experience of the cosmetic surgery industry or of other cosmetic interventions - good and bad - so we can learn what works best."
A poll by ComRes of 1,762 people shows that many people consider the cost of surgery more important than the qualifications of the people doing it or how they will be looked after.
Two-thirds of those questioned considered cost as a factor when deciding whether or not to have cosmetic surgery. Half said they would take the qualifications of their doctor into consideration and less than half would consider the quality of their aftercare when reaching a decision.
And as a result of the PIP breast implant scandal, almost half of women who said they would have considered cosmetic surgery before, say that they are now less likely to have it.


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Decision : CONF 002 XVIII.1-6
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XVIII.1 The Colombian Delegate emphazised the need to analyse the spirit and objectives of the World Heritage Convention in the context of recent developments and negotiations related to environmental issues, in particular the outcome of the UNCED meeting held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Delegate requested the Secretariat to prepare for the next Bureau meeting a reflection on possible relations between the concept of the world natural heritage and sustainable development and the linkages between the World Heritage Convention, the Biodiversity Convention and other Conventions. The Director of the World Heritage Centre confirmed the importance UNESCO, in general, and the Centre, more specifically, attribute to linking the various conventions, and that UNESCO is actively involved in follow-up actions to the Rio Conference.
XVIII.2 The Delegate of Spain informed the Committee that at the invitation of the Spanish Government, an expert meeting would be held in 1994 on cultural itineraries, such as the Route of Santiago de Compostela. The Observer of Canada referred to a related subject matter and informed that in September 1994 a meeting would be held on "World Heritage Canals". The Committee welcomed these initiatives.
XVIII.3 The Delegate of the United States referred to Document WHC-93/CONF.002/8 on "Global and Thematic Studies" and encouraged ICOMOS and the Centre to continue their efforts to implement these studies, taking into consideration work already carried out.
XVIII.4 ICOMOS drew the attention of the Committee to the serious infrastructural problems in the Potsdam area in Germany. The Committee expressed its concern about the situation. The German Delegation expressed its readiness to collaborate with ICOMOS and the Centre to study this matter.
XVIII.5 The Delegation of France presented to the Committee a draft declaration concerning the destruction of the heritage in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Representative of the Director-General and several of the delegates confirmed that the draft declaration was in line with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, as well as those of the General Conference of UNESCO. Reference was also made to the statement by the Deputy Director-General a.i. at the inaugural session on the violation of international law.
XVIII.6 The proposed declaration was unanimously adopted by the Committee, as amended by the Delegation of Italy. (See Annex.) The Committee requested the Secretariat to ensure the widest possible diffusion of the declaration in various languages.


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NZ Sultan has selling trouble
Property Here - Tuesday, March 26, 2013
As one of the world's richest individuals he is unlikely to be too bothered, but the Sultan of Brunei, who is in New Zealand on a four-day state visit, has had trouble shifting some of his real estate here.
His Majesty Hassanal Bolkiah, 66, who will chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) this year, will be given an official welcome at Government House in Wellington today.
With wealth estimated at more than US$20 billion ($24 billion), he has previously owned a clutch of New Zealand real estate, including gold-carpeted homes in Herne Bay.
He has also been linked with the ex-BNZ block at 125 Queen St, which has struggled to fill shop space since the bank moved down the road in late 2009, save for a New World Metro in its basement.
The sultan has been widely linked to the property through foreign investment company Milverton International Investments, which is still listed as owner onQV.co.nz.
Last year, it was reported that Conrad Properties was close to buying the tower, possibly to be converted to apartments, but real estate agent Graham Wall yesterday said it had not been sold.
The sultan has in the past owned 11 Herne Bay properties, although he rarely visited them and they were sold in 2005 for about $35 million.
Before the sale, the Weekend Herald took a tour of the properties, including the stately, two-level 19th century Wairangi villa, which featured cream carpets inlaid with 24-carat gold threads.
The properties also included a gym, squash court, pool and sauna rooms, a pond of tame carp and goldfish swimming beneath a waterfall.
The sultan's estimated fortune places him second on the Forbes 2011 Richest Royals list.
He is one of the world's largest car collectors, and has been reported to own an estimated 7000 vehicles, including Ferraris, Rolls-Royces and Mercedes.
The sultan arrived in New Zealand on his Royal Brunei 767-200, part of his luxury fleet which includes an Airbus A340-200 and Boeing 747.
According to Forbes, the sultan paid at least US$100 million through Lufthansa for a Boeing 747-430 and spent a further US$120 million to fit out the plane with a luxury interior, including washbasins of solid gold and Lalique crystal.
As the ruler of the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei on the island of Borneo, the absolute monarch provides subsidised housing, education and health to Brunei's 400,000 citizens, who pay no taxes.


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accesshollywood LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- In addition to being a movie star, Taylor Lautner is also a matchmaker – even if it's a little unwittingly!
The "Twilight Saga" star is responsible for connecting co-star Nikki Reed with her husband and "American Idol" alum Paul McDonald.
The pair, who married in October 2011, stopped by Access Hollywood Live on Monday, where they recounted their first meeting at a screening for "Red Riding Hood," which was directed by the first "Twilight" director — Catherine Hardwicke — who is a good friend of Nikki.
"They took us to the 'Red Riding Hood' movie premiere and she happened to be buds with the director and, you know, the 'Idol' kids, they make you walk the red carpet and be all fancy and stuff and she ended up coming up and saying, 'Hey I like your voice' and I thought she was in the 'Red Riding Hood' movie and I was like, 'Oh yeah, you're going to be great in the movie.'… I had never seen any of the 'Twilights' or any of her work."
Nikki, on the other hand, did know about Paul, thanks to her co-star.
"Taylor, one of my co-stars, was really into 'American Idol,' so we would have like 'Idol' dates," Nikki said. "Yeah, so it's all because of Taylor Lautner."
Nikki's dad also helped the pair, who performed the song "All I'm Asking," from their new EP "The Best Part," on Access Hollywood Live, make a connection.
"I was with my dad, my dad was my date to the premiere," the actress explained. "My dad said, 'You look like you want to say hi to that guy, you should go say hi.' Mind you I also hadn't been on date like in a year and a half so my dad was getting worried."


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Here in Colorado, our statewide guild, Colorado Quilting Council, sponsors an exhibit at the state capitol in odd-numbered years; a tradition that began in 1989. This exhibit is a showcase for Colorado quilters and quilts. It is a spectacular sight and this year featured 270 wonderful quilts.
A fun fact about our beloved capitol: Finished in 1908, the Gold Dome was created using 200 ounces of pure gold leaf.
Paula and I visited the exhibit one afternoon last week and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The quilts are hung from every available space all throughout the three floors of the building. These pictures show what it's like to look up from the first floor.
Some close up pictures of quilts on display:
I really like the creative design of this flag quilt.
I also have great admiration for Hawaiian applique quilts (mostly because I will probably never make one!).
The description of this one says she started it in 1975 and finished it in 1992. It has over 2000 squares in it!
Check out the quilting on this one!
This one is made from lots and lots of feedsacks. I wonder how long it took to make that!?
The bright colors in this one caught my eye.
We also wanted to see the quilt I had on display. It was my first time entering a quilt and I was very excited to see it hanging. It is an original design that was created to recognize financial donors to the Women's Crisis & Family Outreach Center's capital campaign to build a new shelter for victims of domestic violence.
The exhibit is over for this year but if you are going to be in Denver, CO in the summer of 2013 be sure to make plans to visit the Colorado State Capitol and check out this unique display!


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Born into slavery, George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943) became a trail-blazing scientist whose experiments with plants laid the groundwork for today's research on plant-based fuels, medicines, and everyday products.
Through more than a hundred artifacts, along with videos, hands-on interactives, and more, visitors will see Carver's curiosity and persistence take him from a remote frontier town to success as a teacher and researcher at the famed Tuskegee Institute.
Visitors can explore a life-size reproduction of the horse-drawn wagon - a moveable school - that Carver designed to bring his ideas to farmers in their fields and homemakers in their homes. It's stocked with the kinds of plants and products - from seeds and soil samples to sewing supplies, and simple farm equipment - that Carver used in his demonstrations


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Customer Service/
Programs are:
Average Monthly Payments
Bank Draft
Credit Cards
Customer Service Training
Electrical Safety Promotion
Electronic Bill Presentment/
Key Accounts
Mass Communication
Peak Alerts
Energy Audits
Marketing programs help
promote the services
provided to customers.
Some of the programs are
cost-shared by OMPA
and the member utility.
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Phone: 405/340-5047 - Fax: 405/359-1071
Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA)
Programs Available to Our Members
Since 1985, the Oklahoma
Mu n i c i p a l P o w e r
Authority (OMPA) has
been providing member
cities with wholesale power
and value-added programs.
These programs are
designed to help municipal
electric systems remain
OMPA provides member
cities with three types
of value-added programs:
customer service and
communication, marketing
and utility enhancement.
Cus t ome r Se rv i c e /
Communication programs
include services like
customer service training,
various payment plans and
options, audits and mass
communication programs.
Member cities can also
participate in two types
of newsletters - one for
residential customers and
one for commercial or key
account customers.
The quarterly Current-
Events newsletter is
distributed to the utilities'
residential customers. An
electronic newsletter and
information service is
available for distribution to
the utilities' commercial or
key accounts.
Utility Enhancement
programs are:
Automated Meter Reading
Codes and Standards
Competitive Utility Program
Distribution Engineering
Distribution System Map
Emergency Action Plan
Power Partners
Service Reliability
System Maintenance Plan
Utility Rate Analysis
Marketing programs are:
"Best Cities" Economic
Development Program
Compact Fluorescent
and/or LED Lamps
Customer Satisfaction Survey
Demand and Energy Efficiency
Program (DEEP)
Economic Development Rate
Matching Advertising Funds
Wind Energy
WISE Loans
WISE Rebate Program
Utility Enhancement
programs help strengthen
the overall operation of the
members�� municipal electric
systems. Participating
members become prepared
and competitive as the
energy industry changes.
Through OMPA, member cities are able to offer their residential and commercial
customers a source of pollution-free power - wind. OMPA has 34 General
Electric 1.5 megawatt turbines at the Oklahoma Wind Energy Center located
northeast of Woodward, Oklahoma. (Joseph Mills Photo)
Crews work to restore power in Altus,
Oklahoma as a result of a winter storm.
OMPA is a state agency
created in 1981 to provide
wholesale electricity to cities
and towns that operate their
municipal electric systems.
Customer Service/Communication
This program provides a low-cost approach
to peak shaving. Since some of the monthly
costs of electricity to the cities are based on
the peak use in the past 12-month period,
cities can lower their costs by using a peak
alert program.
The cities begin by studying their own
facilities to identify areas for peak
reduction. Then a plan is developed to
implement designated measures, e.g.,
thermostat setbacks, postponing water
pumping or water treatment, reducing
lighting loads, etc.
Large industrial and commercial customers
may be contacted to curtail their usage
during peak hours. Some utilities have
designed special time-of-use rates to
encourage limited use during peak hours.
Several member cities also appeal to the
residential customer base by using mass
communications, local radio or TV stations
to broadcast the peak alert.
This allows the customer to choose a
convenient date for payment of his/her
utility bill.
The PowerLines/Questline program
provides a regular electronic newsletter
once a month to commercial customers.
The newsletter provides relevant
information and tips on commercial/
industrial energy use. Customers also have
access to a vast library of energy and
business-related information, and can use
the ask-an-expert hotline for detailed
The Residential and Commercial Energy
Audit Programs help residential and
commercial customers understand how their
homes and businesses use energy, and help
them identify opportunities for energy
savings. This saves money for both the
customer and the utility, and establishes the
city utility as an energy expert and a trusted
source for energy information. OMPA
provides members with training in
residential audits. On a limited basis,
OMPA can provide residential and walk-through
commercial audits for member city
Energy Audits
This program helps the customer budget for
his/her electric usage needs by paying the
utility an averaged monthly payment based
on annual use.
The customer authorizes the utility to make
automatic bank withdrawals to pay the
customer's utility account during each
billing cycle.
OMPA can assist members to implement a
program whereby customers can pay their
utility bills using debit or credit cards.
The CurrentEvents newsletter is published
four times a year – in the spring, summer,
fall and winter. The utilities use the publi-cation
for the promotion of energy services
programs or other community-specific items
of interest to their customers.
Since OMPA aggregates the production of
the newsletters, participating cities save on
printing costs. OMPA also arranges mailing
to customers for those cities that use this
All-Employee Training is one of several
OMPA-sponsored professional development
training opportunities. This special
customer service training program is held
every year. Sessions are conducted region-ally
to enable the member cities to send as
many employees as possible.
OMPA conducts other customer service
training sessions at selected regional
locations throughout the year. Various
topics related to customer service are
covered; other topics include sessions
on residential and commercial energy
efficiency and energy use.
The Authority also provides two Gatekeeper
Programs to raise awareness among city
personnel of the needs of vulnerable elderly
and/or suicidal people who need help but
may be unable to get it for themselves.
Average Monthly Payments
Bank Draft
Credit Cards
Customer Service Training
OMPA believes it is important to educate
youngsters and adults about electrical
safety. Member cities can provide safety
demonstrations at grade schools, city and/or
utility open houses and local community
events. Demonstration equipment and
DVDs for electrical safety presentations are
available on loan from OMPA.
With the increasing presence of the Internet,
more and more customers are seeking to
have their bill available online for viewing
and for payment. OMPA staff can assist
with making this possible.
OMPA assists the member cities in
implementing a Key Accounts Program.
Key customers are identified and provided
with appropriate care and attention. This
helps cities develop closer relationships
with their customers. Key account training
is also available through OMPA.
To address the fast-changing world of the
Internet and the way residents communicate
and obtain information online, OMPA is on
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in order
to reach a broader audience. Both social
media outlets are used as channels for
disseminating time-sensitive information,
such as outages, as quickly as possible and
as a marketing/promotional tool to link to
articles, press releases or anything we feel
may be of importance. These tools give
OMPA the ability to broadcast its messages
to the widest possible audience.
OMPA's website, www.ompa.com, remains
the Authority's primary and predominant
Internet presence. Anything that is posted
by OMPA to Facebook, Twitter and
YouTube can also be found on the OMPA
website. OMPA provides assistance to its
members in setting up a social media site or
developing a policy regarding social media.
A copy of OMPA's social media policy can
be found on the OMPA website at
Electrical Safety Promotion
Electronic Bill Presentment/
Key Accounts
Mass Communication Programs
Peak Alerts
OMPA has a continuing contract with a
consultant to assist cities in developing
and implementing plans for economic
development. This matching funds program
offers cities expertise on promoting
economic development in their
communities, which leads to the creation of
new employment opportunities.
Through OMPA, member cities are able
to purchase energy-efficient lamps at a
discounted price for distribution to their
customers. This program also helps
to educate customers on energy efficiency.
The primary purpose of these surveys is to
gather accurate information about customer
attitudes, expectations, perceptions and
levels of satisfaction with the utility. The
information is used to identify ways in
which the utility can improve its services.
This program is intended to assist qualified
customers in member cities to reduce their
electric energy peak demands and costs.
The reduction of these demands will help
keep energy rates as low as possible and
delay the need to add additional OMPA
generation capacity to the system. The
range of project types includes replacing
motors with NEMA Premium Motors,
replacing inefficient lighting with new
fluorescent or LED technology lights,
making improvements in cooling and
heating with ground source heat pumps or
high-efficiency chillers, or replacing old
food-service equipment with improved
efficiency Energy Star rated equipment.
DEEP provides matching funds to
customers who implement energy-saving
measures that will reduce their summer
peak electric demands. Projects are
evaluated on a case-by-case
basis, and funds available for
an individual project
are determined through
submission of detailed
project plans.
"Best Cities" Economic
Development Program
Compact Fluorescent and/or
LED Lamps
Customer Satisfaction Surveys
Demand and Energy Efficiency
Program (DEEP)
This rate was established in 1990 to provide
assistance to cities in their industrial
development efforts by giving a graduated
discount on demand costs based on
minimum load levels. Subsequently,
the program has been expanded to
include public and private schools and
governmental facilities. The primary
purpose of the EDR program is to promote
economic development, which creates new
employment opportunities.
This program assists the member cities in
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This post on Understanding Shutter Speed, written by Hawaii photographer Natalie Norton is a follow up post to Moving Toward Manual: Understanding Aperture. The posts are being written as a beginner's guide to gaining confidence in using manual camera settings.
Hello boys and girls, are we feeling confident that we're understanding aperture and how it affects overall exposure and depth of field??! How'd the assignments go? Are you scratching your head right now thinking "what's this sista talking about??" If you're not quite up to speed on Aperture (fstop) and it's role in exposure and/or if you're not totally clear on depth of field, I suggest taking a quick peek at part one on understanding aperture before you jump into this weeks installment.
You're so close to mastering manual settings I can just taste it! I know, exciting right?! Yeehaw. (Let's just face it, no one knows how to spell that word. Not a soul. . . is it Yehaw? Yeeha? Yee Haw? Boo.)
Exposure is basically the process of recording light onto your digital sensor (or film). It is the amount of light (Aperture) that is recorded over a specific amount of time (Shutter Speed). And that's that. You with me so far?
Your Aperture, like the iris in your eye, "opens up" to let in more light or "closes down" to let in less. Your Aperture controls the Depth of Field in a photograph.
f2.8 Remember the smaller the number the larger the "hole" and thus more light entering the camera to be recorded by your digital sensor.
The depth of field is basically the part of the image that is in focus in any given image. If the entire image is crisp and in focus, then the image has a large (deep) depth of field. If there is a lot of fall off, meaning that only a small portion of the image is in focus while the remainder is blurry, then the image has a very shallow depth of field.
How did you do? You really need a 3 out of 3 to be ready to move on. We're not going in to depth on exposure, aperture or depth of field, because like I said we covered those last week. if you're confused in any way shape or form, don't make it harder on yourself by trying to start here. Go back and read Moving Toward Manual: Understanding Aperture. It's important that you have a foundation before we move along. Off you go. If you are in fact up to par and ready to move on, it's time to get this party started!
In the most basic terms possible, shutter speed controls the ability to demonstrate or stop motion in a photograph. It is the MOMENT that light is exposed (recorded) on your digital sensor (or film) and the length of the exposure. Simple, no? NO? Ok: it is the amount of time your shutter stays open when you click the button thingie. 🙂 Shazaam. That's it.
Shutter speed is set by fractions of a second as follows:
So if you're set at 1/1000 of a second, then your shutter will obviously be open for less time than if your shutter speed was set at 1 full second.
The longer your shutter stays open the more motion it will have time to record.
Image Credit: Jonathan Canlas
The shorter the time your shutter remains open, the more motion it will freeze. Kapishe? Kapishe.
Well shutter speed determines the amount of TIME your camera's shutter remains open, but if there was no OPENING allowing for light to enter and hit the sensor, then you would have no image. . . just black. The aperture determines (based on how widely it's open) the AMOUNT of light that is let in within the amount of time determined by the shutter speed. Read it again and give it a second to sink in. You with me? Ok.
A general rule of thumb if you're not a tripod lover (which I am NOT): most people can hand hold their camera without introducing camera shake at the shutter speed that corresponds with the focal length of the lens. So for example: if you have a 50mm lens, then you will most likely be able to handhold your camera at shutter speeds of 1/60 or faster. If it's a 200mm lens then you're going to need to remain at 1/250 or higher.
Get more tips on avoiding camera shake here.
Your assignment for this week, pop your camera on over to Shutter Priority and take 2 images of the same (or at least the same type) of moving object. For one image your goal is going to be to stop motion and for another it will be to SHOW motion. If you're not clear on how Shutter Priority works: you put in the desired shutter speed, and the camera will select the appropriate aperture for the lighting conditions you're in.
Happy shooting and good luck!
Stay tuned for the upcoming post on manual settings and ISO and another on how flash freezes motion. subscribe to Digital Photography School here so you don't miss the next post in this series.
Want to learn more about Shutter Speed? Check out our previous post – an Introduction to Shutter Speed.
Natalie Norton, world renowned wedding and portrait photographer, resides on the North Shore of Oahu, HI. View more of her tutorials and samples of her work at www.natalienortonphoto.com.
Hi when photographing weddings I masks home made and at that time I used a mamiya 645 medium format and my flash was a metz c t 60 and I was always asked to do double exposures of the bride and groom in brandy glass having to use a mamiya hood . Can I get a lens hood that is is built on a short rail I have looked with no results can you help in this
This guide is very well organized and couldn't have been written any better for an amateur photography like myself. Thank you.
I like the simple, yet colorful way you (Natalie) put things. I am learning a lot and finding (dare I say) the courage to think outside the box, so to speak, and venture into the manual settings of my Rebel. I was thinking that an article discussing the pros, cons and programming specifics of various settings like Portrait and Landscape would be cool. Does that exist? I have toyed around with them a little. Thanks.
Recently purchased canon sx40 powershot, any recommendations for getting great shots!
Thanks for this little explanation. You're good at summarizing and making things simple for uni students like me to read in the library before a test. ^_^
Thank you for the information! I've been experimenting with manual settings. I shoot a lot of football and baseball and have gotten some awesome shots with motion stopped - however it was quite by accident! Now I'm understanding how it all comes together!
Great guide as usual!
I rarely use shutter priority, I mostly just use Aperature priority or full out Manual.
Thanks for these guides,
it's always good for a refreasher now and then!!
I just want to say thank you sooo much for this info. I have been a photography student for about 2 years and im ashamed to say that i still didnt have a full understanding of shutter speed and aperature and how they compensate for each other until i read this..you're the best!
Wow...I get it now! That was easy, you totally rock. PS, been stalking your blog, love it!
Good advice but amidst the mewling praises of being an "outstanding human being" I think the writing would be easier to follow if thw writer slowed down and used a more considered style instead of the frenetic 'stream of conciousness' of this article.
PS - It might be Yeehaw or yeehaa but it's not kapishe. Capisce?
Thank you for the simple explanatory lessons.You are a saviour to the beginners in photography once again thank you very much
Thank you Natalie.
I have been shooting in auto for way to long> I recently have been hanging out with a lot of pro photogs (getting lessons on how to use my NikonD60.) I have spoken at length to at least 4 different guys on thses subjects, and never really grasped it. I read two of your posts and COMPLETELY understand what is going on.
No more feeling like a moron. You are a truely great writer and outstanding human being.
Thank you thank you thank you.
Your posts are very easy to understand I just read your first post 15 minutes ago and I understand completley tahnlyou for making this easy for beggining photographers. Again, 17 year old boy lol
God BLESS you, Natalie! :-) for years I had a desire to learn how to shoot on manual settings, but every single time I picked up a manual or a book on phtography to read...I felt STUPID and left it alnoe time after timne...until now :-)
My brain doesn't work the way "digital verbage" goes - you have made it easy to understand and, (yet another plus) I toned my tummy muscles from all the laughing I do while reading your posts. :-)
Tremendous THANK you for taking time from your busy schedule to wite posts.
zigwig have u tried taking your photos with flash?
Very well put > im enjoying this to much . moiveing right along YEEEHAAAAA!
Thanks so much for making it simple. You put yourself in a beginners perspective and it helps.I love how you write too, as if your taking to your readers as friends.
These posts are great. Thanks Natalie. I have owned a Canon Powershot G9 and finally I can use the manual settings. Have noticed a massive improvement already.
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It's whatever your current focal length is. If you're all the way wide, you should be fine to ~1/15. If you're zoomed all the way in, 1/250 or faster.
If the lens is 18-200mm, the shutter speed will depend on whether you are zoomed in or not, right? Meaning if not using any zoom, a shutter speed of 1/18 sec or faster should be used to avoid shaking? Or will this still be considered a 200mm lens and speed of 1/250 sec should be used regardless of whether your are at the wide angle or the telephoto end of the zoom?
This is wonderfully written! Its great, Natalie!!!
zigwig - under the indoor conditions you describe, you might need a 'faster' lens or use a flash. A faster lens is one with a lower f-stop (wider aperature) to allow more light to enter the camera. Alternatively, a flash adds more light to the scene to allow your existing lens to do the job without cracking up the ISO. Don't give up!
thanks for the replies guys. i wanted to freeze a moving subject, which is why i was increasing shutter speed. but i am shooting indoors. it is still dark even when i increase ISO ( i was already at 1600 ISO!), even at my widest aperture. so i guess i should just accept that I cannot shoot great "frozen' shots too well indoors?
bogart, that is the nature of "exposure". It's the amount of light you exposure your film or sensor to. So if the shutter is open for less time then less light is recorded.
The two ways to compensate for that is to open the aperture (see Natalie's last post) or increase the ISO (essentially making the sensor more sensitive to the available light, Natalie said she'll write about that in the next post).
I have problem with the shutter speed when i shoot in the dark. The faster shutter speed the more lights it needs.
hey zigwig,
try taking control of the ISO and bumping it up a bit, maybe 400 to 800 just be careful how high you go before you get noise ect. I found that when using slower shutter speeds outdoors you generally need to bump ISO rite down as well.
zigwig, you have to think of it this way:
- what kind of effect do I want to create with this picture?
with a slow shutter speed you may get some motion blur (depending on if the subject is moving, and how fast, like snail vs. Ferrari...)
And if you prefer to "freeze" the motion, use a fast shutter speed (if the light is sufficient, that is).
You say you get too dark pictures at fast shutter speeds. Well, the camera should WARN you if the light is insufficient, with some blinking red icon or something. Check the manual to figure out how that warning feature looks like on your camera!
I have an article about shutter speed on my site, that may also be helpful: http://www.a1phototips.com/using-shutter-speed-to-get-image-control
Great tips. The revision questions were really good.
The ball-park figures for hand-held photography are good, but I think everyone should experiment with their own camera to see how steady they can keep it at slow speeds. I find that I can get down to about 1/15th without shaking (probably of a still subject, and maybe not as good with a larger lens).
sorry but am i the only one encountering a problem?
i set my cam at TV mode (this is the shutter priority right?). ISO - Auto.
when i take a photo at a slower shutter speed (anywhere between 1/4 to 1/200, true enough, i get a blurry photo, but well lit. so that part's great. i get that.
but when i increase the shutter speed past 1/400, the images are already too dark to be of any use. i am shooting indoors. or should high shutter speeds past 1/250 be done OUTDOORS with maximum lighting? if so, does this mean i cannot take nice "frozen" pics of moving objects indoors?
You know, I've been reading reading reading and this is truely the one article that I have read and the information is actually making sense and staying! Thanks alot
That's exactly the direction we're heading! Get this foundational stuff down and before you know it, you're going to be able to figure that stuff out all by yourself!!
Great lesson, I really like using the shutter speed priority for water falls and rivers. Get some great shots with that.
Will be great for lesson on ISO as well.
Best definition for Aperture
I've found my best simple definition for aperture is "the area of focus around the subject"
So now that we know about aperture and shutter speed and what effect they have on the pictures, it would be helpful to know what settings to use under specific situations. I think I have a good understanding of what these settings do, I just don't know what combination of them gives me the right result in any given situation. Is that just experience or is there some basic guide that I can use so that I have more confidence about using these more manual settings.
I am really liking your no nonsense approach to teaching us 'auto' shooters how to move beyond our comfort zones. I have only recently upgraded my digital camera to one with manual choices and the timing couldn't have been better.
This might even inspire me to get out that old film SLR and revisit what it can do, it never did much but shoot on auto!
Great article. Remember to take into account your camera's crop factor when estimating the shutter speed required to avoid shake. For example with a crop factor of 1.5 and a lens of focal length 55mm, the effective focal length is 82mm so you should use a shutter speed faster than 1/82 sec to avoid blur.
Excellent and easily understandable yet again. Thank you, Natalie for the great article!
Great guide as usual!
I rarely use shutter priority, I mostly just use Aperature priority or full out Manual. Dunno why really....
Thanks for these guides, it's always good for a refreasher now and then!!
Thks a lot Natalie.
For the first time anybody explains easy to understand these concepts.
Yes, I get this! I love how you explain stuff, thank you! Can't wait to have you explain ISO and flash. (And, of course, how do you use aperture, shutter speed, and ISO all together to make awesome photographs!)
Natalie is so cool!
Thanks for the explanations Sistah!
thanks for part 2, natalie! it was very easy to understand.
This is my favorite mode to shoot in personally. I think it makes for very interesting snaps. Also, people with stable hands and a good grip on the camera can use shutter speeds up to 1/5 quite easily. Once you pass that, a tripod helps a lot.
SO CLEAR! Nice shots! THANK YOU!
Pete: I LOVE the baseball idea! My 5 year old is about to start his first year in soccer. I think I'll try this with the ball and him running!
can you help with diamond photography please ?
This is great information, thanks for the part 2
I've used various shutter speeds when shooting my son's baseball games to get the ball to freeze or the bat to show motion blur.


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