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Oprah's Aha! Health Moments
During her 25 years as host of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' the media mogul has had a massive impact on pop culture, but getting Americans to talk (and care) about their health has been one of her most important — and underrated — influences.
For 25 years, millions of viewers around the world have tuned in day after day to see what the queen of talk has to say. Whether Oprah was gifting her audience in those squeal-inducing "Oprah's Favorite Things" episodes, introducing the latest must-read novel in her enormously influential book club, or conducting unforgettable interviews with a couch-jumping Tom Cruise or then-president hopeful Barack Obama, there's no questioning the immense influence Oprah has had on her viewers and popular culture at large.
The "Oprah Effect" on product sales has been well-documented: Chicago-based Garrett Popcorn had a 100 percent increase in sales during the month it was featured on her show. Spanx sold 50,000 products within three months of its Oprah appearance, according to CNBC.
But the media mogul may have had an equally important impact on women's health. From raising awareness of child abuse to bringing us the wisdom and advice of Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz, Oprah has helped change the way Americans think and talk about their health. "She started a very important conversation that was lacking in this country, which was how our health affects every aspect of our lives," explains Mehmet Oz, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon and host of The Dr Oz Show, especially the integral connection between health and emotional well-being. Here's a look back at the most influential moments of the last quarter century of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Oprah Reveals Her Childhood Sexual Abuse, 1986
During a show on sexual abuse, Winfrey shocked her viewers by revealing that she was raped by a relative at age 9. "There really is no darker secret than sexual abuse. I'm telling you about myself so that maybe the closet where so many sexual abuse victims and their molesters hide might swing open just a crack today and let some light in," she said during that monumental show. She became an advocate for sexual abuse victims and even testified before the Senate in 1991 on behalf of the National Child Protection Act; the legislation was later nicknamed "The Oprah Bill."
In 2010, Oprah was overwhelmed by the massive response of emails, letters, and phone calls she received after she featured child molesters on her show. "So many victims and parents — and even molesters — came forward," she has said. "That is exactly the reason why I wanted to do these shows. To get people to step out of the shame, to come forward, to tell somebody." This is just one — and highly personal — example of how Oprah could turn taboo topics into everyday conversation, raising awareness and possibly saving lives.
Here Comes Oprah's Red Wagon of Fat, 1988
After she shed 67 pounds, Winfrey showed off her dramatic new shape by wheeling in a red wagon stacked high with the equivalent amount of fat that she lost. She followed a strict liquid diet for four months to slim down to a size 10 Calvin Klein jeans. However, years later, Winfrey admitted she regretted the stunt. "It's an iconic moment because it was an iconic mistake," the talk show host said on Good Morning America in 2005. Almost immediately after the show finished taping, Winfrey began to put the pounds back on, marking the beginning of her very public battle with her weight.
Winfrey's weight would yo-yo over the years as she tried different diets with varying success. She hit her heaviest in 1992 at 237 pounds; in 2005 she shrunk to a near-low of 160 pounds, though her weight would creep back up to 200 pounds over the next four years, when she would learn she had hypothyroidism, a condition that can slow metabolism. Now, Winfrey has reevaluated her approach to eating and exercise, opting for small, healthy meals and incorporating strength training into her cardio workouts. "My goal is to be the weight that my body can hold and be healthy and strong and fit and be itself," she said.
"Her incredibly honest approach to everything she does is what makes her so relatable," observes Dr. Oz. Her weight loss struggle is "a journey that she has shared with her audience, and they learned together how to take care of their bodies and minds."
Therapy With 'Doctor' Oprah, 1988
Marital therapist Harville Hendrix first appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 80s to discuss his then ground-breaking Imago Relationship Therapy technique. Your imago, he explained, is the combination of all of the positive and negative traits of your primary childhood caretakers. The partner you choose is based on your imago and has the potential to help resolve issues from your youth. "That show changed me," Winfrey has said. "I saw relationships not solely as the kind of romantic pursuit our society celebrates but as a spiritual partnership that's meant to change how you see yourself and the world." Hendrix, whose therapy approach is practiced around the world, has since appeared on the show counseling couples on how to have a healthier, more communicative relationship.
Over the 25 seasons of her show, Winfrey, who has been called "America's therapist," has dedicated numerous episodes devoted to different kinds of therapy, including sex therapy with Laura Berman, PhD, and self-help and relationship advice from Robin Smith, PhD, and Phil McGraw, PhD (more on him later).
Marathons, Beef, Dr. Phil, and Mattie Stepanek
Oprah Finishes Her First — and Last — Marathon, 1994
After teaming up with trainer Bob Greene two years earlier, Winfrey boldly went where she never dared before: a marathon. To tackle the 26.2-mile course for Washington D.C.'s Marine Corps Marathon, she trained for 20 weeks under the guidance of Greene, who later developed the Best Life diet and continues to counsel Winfrey. Upon finishing, Winfrey said, although making it through was "better than winning an Emmy," she had no desire to ever run another marathon. Her personal accomplishment sparked a national trend of running marathons, as many Americans set out to beat Oprah's time of 4 hours, 29 minutes, and 20 seconds.
Texas Cattlemen Have a Beef with Oprah, 1998
On a 1996 show about the outbreak of mad cow disease in Great Britain, guest and ex-rancher Howard Lyman criticized the practice of feeding cattle processed livestock, which had been linked to mad cow. Winfrey responded, "It has just stopped me cold from eating another burger." Lyman went on to say that a human outbreak of mad cow disease could make AIDS look like the common cold. The incident created a firestorm of controversy among cattle farmers, who sued Winfrey for libel and claimed that a plummet in beef sales after the show cost them $12 million.
In order to continue filming during the court proceedings, Winfrey uprooted her Chicago-based show for more than a month to tape in Texas. There, she met Phil McGraw, PhD, after she hired his firm Courtroom Sciences Inc. to help prepare her for the trial, which she eventually won.
Meet Dr. Phil, 1998
Following the cattle farmer trial, Winfrey invited Phil McGraw to be a regular on her show for "Tuesdays with Dr. Phil" segments. His tell-it-like-it-is approach to relationships helped viewers effectively communicate, forgive, strengthen their relationships, and more. During one emotionally-charged show, McGraw counseled Jo Ann Compton, who was unable to come to terms with the tragic murder of her daughter. During the show, McGraw asked if her daughter would want her to stay in such pain. After thoughtfully answering no, McGraw answered, "So it wouldn't be a betrayal. Maybe the betrayal is focusing on the day of her death, rather than celebrating the event of her life." A seemingly-astonished Compton simply responded, "I never thought of it that way."
His compassionate and at-times tough love approach was not a surprise to Winfrey, though. "He has the foresight and skill to look at any situation, cut through the psychobabble, and call it as he sees it — and he's usually right," Winfrey has said. In 2002, McGraw launched his own show, Dr. Phil, produced by Winfrey's company, Harpo Productions.
Oprah Welcomes Mattie Stepanek, 2001
Mattie Stepanek first appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show when he was 11 years old. The inspiring boy who wrote poetry he called "heartsongs" had a rare form of muscular dystrophy, a disease that had claimed the lives of his three siblings. "From the moment I met Mattie Stepanek, I knew it was my privilege that this courageous little boy had drifted into my life," Winfrey has said. Stepanek passed away almost three years later, but his legacy as an ambassador for peace- and disability-related causes continues on through his non-profit Mattie J.T. Stepanek Founation. "It was his dying wish to make a difference that would last longer than his body," his mother, Jeni Stepanek, told People magazine. "And Oprah gave him the gift of opportunity."
Winfrey recently revealed that she wanted to end her show after 20 seasons but it was Stepanek who encouraged her to continue for five more years. "In May 2003, as I was in the throes of deciding to bring the show to an end, he was a singular force in changing my mind," Winfrey wrote in the June 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. "[My] gut told me to pay attention to this angel boy who I believe was a messenger for our time."
America's Favorite Doc, Bras That Fit, and Lasting Friendship
Oprah Introduces Dr. Oz, 2004
Dr. Oz appeared on Winfrey's show 55 times in the five years until he launched his own show in 2009 with the help of Harpo Productions. Oprah's support of Oz regularly brought health issues big and small into our living rooms, as the doctor weighed in on everything from helping viewers quit smoking and the wonders of a neti pot to the shape of our poop. He fielded viewers' questions, described embarrassing or complicated health issues in plain terms, and encouraged everyone to take their bodies and their health more seriously.
Oz's personal favorite show was about gas, in which he explained that most people do it about 14 times a day, and many people in the studio — including Winfrey — had likely passed gas during the taping. "As soon as I said it, I wondered if I had possibly gone too far," he says. "I turned to Ms. Winfrey and she had a huge smile and winked at me. That moment cemented our relationship and confirmed for me what I already knew: that she is one of the most genuine people I have ever known."
Oprah Sparks a Bra Revolution, 2005
After declaring that as many as eight in 10 women are wearing the wrong size undergarment (which can make you look older and frumpy, not to mention cause shoulder, neck, or back pain), Winfrey started a "bra intervention," treating the entire studio audience to a custom bra fitting. "Women of America," Oprah declared, "you need to rise up and get a proper bra fitting." To help hoist, measure, and mold each woman's breasts, Winfrey enlisted bra expert Susan Nethero, owner of Intimacy lingerie boutiques. The biggest takeaway: Most women incorrectly opt for a bigger band size instead of a deeper cup size.
Oprah Has a Spiritual Awakening with Eckhart Tolle, 2008
Winfrey chose self-help author Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth as part of her wildly popular book club. She called the German-born spiritualist's work "one of the most important books of our times," and launched a 10-week webinar hosted by herself and Tolle. During the series, viewers asked questions via Skype about the book's message of finding inner peace and personal happiness by moving away from an ego-based state of mind, living "in the now," and finding your mission in life.
Tolle's spiritual influence on Winfrey is just one example of how she's touted the importance of the mind-body connection. She also introduced viewers to spirituality through the New Age self-help book The Secret, Elizabeth Gilbert's journey of self-discovery in Eat, Pray, Love, and teachers such as Elizabeth Lesser and Reverend Ed Bacon.
Oprah and Gayle Demonstrate the Power of Female Friendship, 2010
Oprah's best friend Gayle King, who hosts the The Gayle King Show on XM radio and Winfrey's OWN television network and is editor-at-large of O, The Oprah Magazine, has appeared on her show 139 times — more than any other guest. Their decades-long friendship, which started in the 1980s when the two worked together at a Baltimore television station, embodies the essential role that adult female best friends play in the lives of all women. In 2010, King and Winfrey set out on a much-talked about trip to Yosemite National Park; the two-part series was the last of the pair's on-air "big adventures" — travel-themed segments that also took them on a 10-day-long road trip, a spa getaway in Arizona, and a state fair in Texas.
"[Gayle] is ... the mother I never had. She is ... the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person. I don't know a better person," Winfrey told Barbara Walters of her BFF in 2010.
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I have a big garden that's always crawling with bugs. The sun came out in the mid-afternoon, so my seven-year-old son and I went out to see if we could get any good shots. This is one of mine (his were pretty out of focus, maybe next time). I chased a gorgeous white butterfly around for a good ten minutes, but it just wouldn't sit still. I settled on this shot of a bee on some lavender.
Sony SLT-A65V
1/250th sec.
Tamron 50mm lens
- Julian De Puma
Camera, Canon SX230HS
Using 5.0-70.0mm fixed lens (focal length 16.3mm)
Shutter speed 1/60
I am currently on holidays in Sardinia, off the coast of Italy, and one morning I was walking to the beach when I noticed the situation presented by the picture in a tree.
The ant appears to be in quite a predicament, and hangs motionless, suspended by the web, waiting for the owner to get back. This is a striking image as the fate of the ant has been sealed, and there is nothing it can do to prevent it's imminent demise. It just hangs there, waiting.
As I was taking this with a point and shoot camera this was a very difficult shot to obtain, as the ant just wouldn't seem to get into focus, however after much effort I finally found a position and a setting which worked, and I was able to get the shot. Despite the limited manual control of the camera I was still able to get the desired shot, which goes to show, an expensive DSLR is not necessary for capturing a good photo.
- Julian Larkin
Early one morning I went out to my garden to cut some flowers to make an arrangement. As I was cutting I spotted a praying mantis. I grabbed the camera, which was already attached to my tripod. I set the Panasonic DMC F27 to macro mode, ISO 80, and zoomed in on this beautiful creature. If I had known the Mantis was going to cooperate I'd have tried to get closer. Instead I was focused on the composition of the scene and not just the bug. Now when I want a floral arrangement, I scan the flowers for the return of the Praying Mantis.
- Julie Porter
Just happened to find this litte guy while snapping some photos of bees in my front yard. Turns out it's actually a juvenile stink bug before they grow up! I took this photo with my Nikon D5100 55 mm.
- Justin Ruscoe
This was shot in my backyard at my house near Stuttgart, Germany, in
my wife's lavender garden. Beautiful summer day, temperatures in the
low 70s, slight breeze and partly cloudy. Gretchen and I often spend
some time photgraphing bugs around our house and the village where we
live. For some reason I usually focus on the bees - I like the
challenge bees present, as I have to use manual focus in order to get
them while they zip in and out of the flowers.
Canon EOS 7D with Sigma 70-200/f2.8 lens
f/5 used with this shot
1/3200 sec
200mm focal length
- Kent Waller
My friend Ian and I set out to do a few macro shots at night, however we didn't start until close to midnight. We had our frozen ladybugs but with the warm temperatures they thawed out really quick and it was hard to get anything tack sharp. So with two things working against us-late night and heat, we decided to pack it up. Before we put our cameras away, we both noticed a few ladybugs on his Fuji X100 so I grabbed a few shots handheld with my Nikon D700 and manual focus Nikkor 105mm F/2.8. Not the best shot I have done but one to remind myself to shoot bugs in daylight.
Camera info:
Nikon D700
105mm Macro F/2.8 ai version
Manual Focus
- Kevin Clifford
Equipment: Nikon D300 body, Tamron macro lens (90mm 1:2:8), and Pro Optic
1.4 teleconverter extension. I am an amateur photographer so not sure what
the setting details are, but I shot it on aperture priority f/10 if that
means anything...
Attached is a shot of what I consider a beautiful Bottle fly - I mean look
at its iridescent coat of many colors! I took today (Sunday, July 29th) in
a local community garden in alphabet city in New York City where a mission
of mine is to highlight these urban critters. I prefer the underdogs of
the animal kingdom and hope that people will look at the much maligned fly
in a different light, and instead of shoo, say ooohhh.
- Kim Phillips
Although I spent a few hours outside looking for subjects, this was the first shot that I took and the best of the day. This iridescent golden beetle was drinking from the center of a flower; the left leg up in the air reminded me of someone sticking their little finger out.
Camera Stats:
Camera: Sony SLT-A33
Lens: Tamron 90 mm Macro Lens
Exposure: 1/400 sec, f/5, ISO 100
- Kris Grahame
Shooting Summary:
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF 70-200mm f/5 L IS USM
F-Stop: f/4
Time: 1/500 sec.
Length: 200mm (320 equiv)
Every summer my Mom curates a flower garden on her front porch for the purpose of attracting bees. On sunny mornings we'll sit on the porch, sip coffee, and watch them buzz around. Occasionally, we'll photograph the bees and my Mom will paint watercolors of the photos. I usually shoot on my 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM to catch as much detail as possible, but for this shot I had my 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM telephoto on and managed to catch this bee just as he unfurled his proboscis.
- Kyle Mercury
Canon T2i
18-55mm stock lens
Moved into a new place in Chicago. A few of these guys keep showing up. Trapped him under a glass and remembered the contest. I think they're called house centipedes and they eat all the other bugs, but if a bug makes an audible *thump* when it hits the floor, it needs to be destroyed.
- Kyle Morrow
I don't come equipped with a camera on morning walks with my dog through the complex, but I always have my cell phone on me. This was taken with my iPhone. No editing beside some cropping. The only time I see the snails is on my walks with Nate. Unfortunately for him, I make him stop at every snail so I can take a picture just like he makes me stop at every tree. I take a photo of each one because I love the detail in the shells and their coloring. This morning I saw four and he just happened to be the most photogenic of them all.
- Lauren Palmer
the subject is a dead spider I found on my backyard
Camera: Olympus Pen E-PL1 Micro 4/3 Digital Camera
Len: Minolta 50mm f3.5 Macro lens (Legacy Len) with reversing ring
- Leo Montan
I took this photo of a bee right outside my house after a big storm. It was taken with my Nikon D5100 with its original 18-55 mm lens set on auto no flash. The camera setting was set on macro to get a close up on the bee trying to clean himself upside down just before he landed on my head.
- Lindsey Markward
Shot Summary:
Body: Canon 7D
Lens: Canon 55-250mm
Shot @ 250mm
f/ 6.3
Exposure 1/320 sec
So I was taking out the trash when I noticed this party of yellow jackets clinging together in a group on the outside of this small electrical box. I was really curious as to why they were all clumped together like that so I went upstairs and grabbed my camera. With no macro abilities, I quickly thought of reversing my 50mm 1.4 and hand holding it to the body of my camera while attempting to get in close. Realizing quickly that I would be right on top of this groups of wasps I decided a better choice would be zooming in on a telephoto lens. What I soon realized was that a colony of ants had found the wasps honeycomb like nest and was eating the fresh laid larvae. They ants formed a long line up the wall to the box and apparently forced the yellow jackets to retreat to the outside of their homes. After taking the shot my girlfriends dad came running up behind me protected in a mess of black garbage bags, gloves, a hockey mask and was armed with a can of raid. At this point I got the hell out of dodge and watched as he destroyed everything with in the vicinity. I sat back watching as the chemicals instantly spread death and destrcuction over the two fighting species. I was disturbed and sadened by his decision to kill everything right then and there, now only the photograph remains.
- Logan Aiello
This is my submission this week! I am currently on vacation in No. California, where I am surrounded by redwood forest in Prairie Creek State Park. These banana slugs are absolutely everywhere, and are fascinating creatures to watch and photograph. While a gastropod and not technically a "bug," I thought these creatures would be a great submission for this week's challenge. Taken with a manual 90mm Vivitar Macro lens at 400 ISO, 1/100s shutter, f2.0.
- Louis Levine
Here is my entry for 2012 Bugs photos. Taken today - 29/07/2012 - at Parteen Weir, Killaloe, Co.Clare, Ireland. Been so difficult to find any bugs this summer due to cold weather, winds and rain. Today was an all seasons in one day, heck, even one hour. Lough Derg was unusually low as I wadded out to where usually only a boat goes. I heard a noise, like a rustle behind me. I was facing Keeper Hill and the Silvermines Mts in Co. Tipperary, I turned around to face the highest mt. in Co. Clare only to be hit by a wall of drenching rain. I tucked my camera into my jacked and headed for shore. After only a few minutes the sun shone and some beautiful blue damselflies appeared. As I was photographing these a grasshopper appeared up a stem to watch me. So I took this photo of the cheeky chap. I am fascinated by damselflies but couldn't resist falling for the charms of Grasshopper.
Canon PowerShot SX40 HS camera lying in wet grass fiddling between micro setting to custom.
- Lynda Christian
I've attached my photo for the challenge this week - EXIF data is Canon 550d, 100mm 2.8 Macro (not IS), ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/200s, using a Canon Speedlite, shooting free-hand without a tripod. Only editing in Photoshop was cropping.
I saw this photo challenge when it came out, and I've been meaning to do one of Giz's photo challenges for ages but the timing's never been quite right! However, I couldn't resist this time because my macro lens is one of my favourite toys and I just adore taking photos of flowers and bugs with it (though I am still very much learning). I'm staying in Sussex, UK for the weekend and it's been pretty rainy so I grabbed the chance of not getting soaked and headed out to find some creepy crawlies. I lifted up a pot and found a load of woodlice - but then saw this poor chap being eaten by a rather unfriendly spider! I was using my speedlite to try to get a fast shutter speed but the spider didn't like the flash so much so retreated, with his meal, quite quickly so this was the best I managed to get - I wish his body had been in focus too, but I'm glad I got his eyes - ALL of them! You can tell the size of them because the yellowy-brown thing in the top left hand corner is a common garden snail!
- Maddie Hart
A couple of weeks ago, I came across a Camel spider in my kitchen, normally people would kill a bug they see in their house, but I on the other hand wanted to keep him as a pet. Due to under recent events, I have discovered that it is a female, because it has laid several eggs in its burrow.
Equipment: Canon T2i - 18-55mm f/3.5 EF-S lens
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Technique: Tilt-shift
- Maki Ling
This little guy was tagging along for a ride on my car so I took advantage of it. The best part was that it made the 15 mile trek! I feel dumb for driving and spending money on gas when I could just hop on another car's windshield for free.
- Mario Lo
Camera-Nikon D80
ISO-pretty sure it was 80, but not 100%
The story of finding this awesome Big Green Locust, is actually a coincidence. We have two gardens, a flower garden in front of the house and a vegetable garden in the back. My dad always waters the back and i water the front. I finished watering earlier then my dad and checked Pulse for the iPhone to see if there was anything interesting going on. Sure enough i see the bug challenge first and instantaneously my dad calls me over to look at this Green Locust outside of our balcony door on the screen, I take a picture right away. After that my dad got the net to bring it into the backyard, as soon as he went down the thing flew back up and into our house. Then we went on a goose hunt to get it out and closed the door right away, and then it flew back to the screen door again, so we just left it there this time. I then spent the next few days trying to attract bugs to our house with lights, and fruit, and colorful flowers, we even went on scavenger hunts in the woods to find nothing as cool or big. We also don't have a macro lens so it made this challenge twice as hard and fun.
- Mark Fisher
I was out shooting bug pictures the last few weekends. I found many many nice bugs these days. Unfortunately this weekend, the weather was not so good. Instead of seeing dozens of bugs and insects, I only found a handful of them....the most of them on my skin (biting moskitios ouch). Here is a damselfly shot taken with a Nikon D800, 105 mm Macro Lens, a 2.0 TC, ISO 2000, F14, 1/125, Handheld
- Markus Enderlin
I call this one "So that's what's eating my Basil" (although I'm not sure this guy is actually responsible for the decline in my basil health). Nikon D3100 with Nikkor 55-300 lens at 240mm, f/6.3, 1/800 ISO 400.
- Matthew Bertolatus
Here is a picture of a butterfly I took with my brand new DSLR!
Here's the shooting summary:
Camera - Nikon D3100
Lens - 18-55 mm
My boyfriend and I have wanted a DSLR for a really long time. Last
weekend we finally went and got one. As we were walking home from the
store, we passed through a park that was full of flowers and
butterflies. I really hoped that my new camera would be slick enough
to capture a photo of one. The next day we went out to play with it.
We were very pleasantly surprised.
- Maureen Hagan
Canon 5D
Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro Lens @ f5.6
Shutter: 1/200
These things are everywhere and don't move at all, so you could argue they
are the best subjects for macro photography. As a kid I was really disgusted
by these guys but since I got my macro lens and saw them magnified, they
aren't so bad the poor things.
- Mehran Moghtadai
As soon as I walked outside, after reading this weeks challenge, I looked down and almost stepped on this guy. I immediately went back in to grab the camera, with hopes that he would still be there when I got back. I am not sure if this is the front or the back of bug.
- Michael Durr
Some friends of mine wanted to grab some lunch and do something outside before the rain came on Saturday. We decided to get some subs and picnic and go for a walk around a local park. I had forgotten to bring my Panasonic TS3 to the last couple outings so I have been attempting not forget it. When I grabbed it Saturday, I remembered about the contest. I was hoping to get a photo of an underwater bug, I though it would be interesting for the contest given the advantage of my camera, though the opportunity never presented itself. As the sky was starting to get darker and we were hurrying back to the cars, the moth kept following us, so I stopped and stood still until it landed next to me. I put the camera in macro mode and inched as close to the little guy. He was a good sport and didn't even flinch as I got right up next to him with my bright metallic blue camera. I ran to catch up with the rest of the group and we got out of there before it started raining sideways.
- Michael Eck
"Cicada Skin"
Fuji s100fs — F5 — 1/450" — ISO100 — 18mm — Velvia film simulation
- Mike Case
I took this on a family trip to Mt. Rainier this past weekend. We were hiking up ridge above Sunrise when I spotted this small spider sitting on a fuzzy bit of vegetation. My son though it was waiting for an ant to come along (lunch); my daughter wanted nothing to do with it.
Canon T2i / 18 - 55 kit lens
- Mikel Ugarte
My girlfriend's parents have an amazing flower garden. When I heard about your bug contest, I headed over there knowing that I would find lots of butterflies and pollen-covered bumblebees. I got lots of great shots of bees and flies and various other critters enjoying the butterfly bush, hibiscus, zinnias, and black-eyed susans. I was just about to head out of the sun and call it quits for the day when I noticed a really tiny insect hovering around the bright orange marigold flowers. The bug was too small to really see, but the marigolds were practically blazing in the sunlight, so I snapped one picture having no idea what the creature might look like when magnified. I zoomed in on the photo and discovered that this bug has really beautiful markings, and looks like he's flying into a brilliant firestorm! I got dozens of razor-sharp close-ups of bees and flies, but this soft, intensely warm image is my favorite of the day.
Photoshop: Only cropping and a tiny bit of sharpening on the bug. No color adjustments or any other manipulations.
Shooting info:
Camera: Canon 5D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS
Flash: none
Aperture: f/10
Shutter Speed 1/80
- Mike Trutt
Last week my macro lens broke…and then you announced this challenge. I love taking close up bug pictures, but that just wasn't going to happen this week. I had almost given up on this challenge when I saw this grasshopper type insect in this fountain as I was walking my dog. It was right over the big floodlights under the water. The original plan was to take a silhouette picture, but when I got home and looked at some of the shots, the effect of having all the dust and dirt illuminated in the water was really cool. A little curve adjustments and sharpening in Photoshop and that's it. It's kind of like when you first see an alien in old space movies. I'm really happy with this one even if it's not macro.
Canon 7D
EF 28-135 IS USM f/3.5-5.6
1/200 sec., f/8, ISO 2000
- Nicholas Badger
I'm a photographer by trade so my go to camera is a DSLR, but since I've gotten the iPhone 4S's I've been quite impressed with the results for on-the-run shots. About a week ago I was digging through one of my equipment drawers and found a 4x magnification jewelers loupe I use to inspect prints - and then it hit me - I could attach this to my iPhone and use it for macro shots! I took a few bits of poster putty, attached them to the edge of the loupe and then adhered the loupe over my iPhone's camera. Well, it worked better than I expected. I played around with photographing my eye, coins, flowers and what not, but I wanted something more interesting
So a few days ago I set some sugar water out on my balcony in hopes of baiting some bugs. Within a few hours, I had flies everywhere! It took a lot of patience, and slow movements, but after a while I became the "fly whisperer" and was able to get as close as I wanted. The shot I included features rival fly species "bellied up to the bar" drinking some of my sugar water with their proboscis. In addition to the jewelers loupe, I slightly zoomed in with the iPhones digital zoom to increase the magnification.
Equipment: iPhone 4s automatic settings w/4x magnification jewelers loupe attached. Color/contrast adjustments made in Adobe Lightroom 3
- Nick Ulivieri
My name is Oscar Blanco, Graphic Designer by profession, but also passionate about illustration and specially photography.
And when it comes to photography, Macro (or micro) photography is the type of photo I'm most crazy about.
It's just amazing what you can find in nature, if you just look a little closer.
This shot if of a small manthid. About one inch in length. Very finicky, so it was a little hard to get a decent shot.
One of the things I love about most praying mantis, is that since they're ambush hunters, they have the art of camouflage down to perfection.
In this case, it camouflages as moss. Notice the moss shaped protuberances on the back of it's abdomen! Crazy huh?
This shot was taken in the cloudy forests on the Northern part of the Central Valley in Costa Rica (Heredia Province), yesterday morning (July 28th, 2012).
As part of a free workshop I was giving to macro photo enthusiasts.
I put together a page with a friend, where we will be giving all types of free photo workshops, for instance, our next workshop will be about sports photography.
https://www.facebook.com/AprendeFotografia ("learn photography").
I will be also uploading a video made from the workshop (and for every other workshop) for all those who couldn't be with us yesterday. Sadly, everything is in Spanish (for all those non-Spanish speaking friends out there).
This shot of the mantis, was one of the few shots I was able to take just for me, since I had to spend time with our students helping them out with their own shots.
The gear I used was:
Nikon D80 body
Extension tubes set
2x Teleconverter
Nikkor 60mm macro
Macrolume flash
Newer small fill flash
Several brackets for the flash units
1/130 Shutter Speed
Light conditions where pretty bad, even though it was around 11 am (very cloudy and with heavy drizzle), so I HAD to use a low F setting, wich killed a lot of DOF (Depth of Field), and also because I'm using a Teleconverter (which is normally something NOT used for macro, but my macro lens has a very short focus distance, so I'm forced to use the Teleconverter to avoid getting extremely close to my subjects).
- Oscar Blanco
On this shot I went with my Nikon D5100 with a 18-55mm Lens @ 1/60s and f/7.1, white balance was set to direct sunlight. I placed a 10x macro filter on and headed towards the trails behind my house figuring that there would be plenty of creepy crawlers back there. But, on my way there I noticed a bee fly right by my face so I looked off to my right and there was this plant there swarming with bees. I took out my camera and snapped about 20 different shots at variable distances until I figured I had enough to choose from. I really thought it was going to be a lot harder to find a bug to snap up close but these little guys were perfect. They were so focused on getting pollen they could care less that I was there, which worked out for me since I got my shot and didn't get stung in the process.
- Paul O'Neill Jr.


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The debates in the several state conventions on the adoption of the federal Constitution, as recommended by the general convention at Philadelphia, in 1787. Together with the Journal of the federal convention, Luther Martin's letter, Yates's minutes, Congressional opinions, Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of '98-'99, and other illustrations of the Constitution … 2d ed., with considerable additions. Collected and rev. from contemporary publications, by Jonathan Elliot. Pub. under the sanction of Congress. (1836), 5 vols.
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"Don't store all your data on one disk" is a contemporary update of the traditional proverb "Don't put all your eggs in one basket." Such traditional proverbs, meant to convey cultural knowledge and wisdom, are often closely tied to a culture's values and everyday experience. As a result, their meanings are not always readily apparent to us today. This lesson challenges students to craft more apparent meanings for traditional maxims. They first search for proverbs from around the world and select several they like. They then update the proverbs to be more contemporary. Finally, they write new proverbs of their own.
Common Proverbs: This handout contains a list of proverbs that are common in America.
Proverbs from around the World: The proverbs on this handout come from various countries all over the world.
Cruz and Duff argue that working with proverbs in the classroom can improve students' learning experiences, their language skills, and their understanding of themselves and the world. Among several advantages they mention, they maintain that working with proverbs "acknowledges the learner as an expert...(and) lightheartedly and often humorously exposes common beliefs and traditions among a diverse set of learners," "encourages respect for oneself, for each other, and for shared values of the community," "provides learners with the opportunity for insight," "creates the transition from home culture to school culture," and "enriches thinking and writing skills."
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TRENTON, N.J. — A spokesman says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent gastric band surgery in February to try to lose weight.
Spokesman Michael Drewniak confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that Christie had the procedure in February.
The secret surgery was first reported by The New York Post. Christie told the newspaper he wanted to slim down for his wife and four children and was not motivated by thoughts of running for president.
Christie had the surgery on Feb. 16. A tube was placed around his stomach to restrict the amount of food he can eat. He said the operation lasted 40 minutes and he was home the same afternoon.
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Mustang MonthlyFeatured Vehicles
1974 Ford Mustang II And 1978 Ford Cobra II - A Pair Of IIs
Mona and Terry Burgess share a passion for the generation that saved the Mustang.
Hooves down, the most controversial Mustang of all is the '74-'78 Mustang II. There is no middle ground when it comes to this sporty downsized Mustang of the 1970s. Enthusiasts either love it or hate it. Despite the controversy, the Mustang II was the most advanced Mustang of its time with button and tuck upholstery, plush pile carpeting, full instrumentation, woodgrain or brushed aluminum interior trim, digital clock, comfortable bucket seats, rack-and-pinion steering, front disc brakes, and an isolated front subframe. Although we will get arguments on this one, the Mustang II was a better Mustang than its predecessors in terms of engineering advancements, quality, and workmanship. It set the stage for better Mustangs to come.
When the '74 Mustang II rolled into Ford showrooms in the fall of 1973, it disappointed traditional Mustang buffs who regarded it as little more than a rebodied Pinto. Worse yet, there was no V-8. However, the '74 Mustang II was a hot seller with more than 385,000 sold.
British Columbia's Mona and Terry Burgess like the Mustang II for its unique character. Mona's Bright Red '77 Ghia coupe, with its lacy-spoke wheels, has been in her family since new. Terry also became hooked and ended up buying a '78 Cobra II.
Mona's father always wanted a Mustang. When he retired, his dream car was this Ghia coupe. He liked the sporty, luxurious nature of the Ghia model, along with its 302-2V V-8 engine and C4 Select-Shift transmission. Through the years, the Ghia became a member of the family. When Mona's father became ill, she drove him to his doctor's appointments in the car. Before he passed, he signed the Ghia over to Mona.
Mona became very comfortable with the car in the following years, driving it daily until 2004. When she noticed the 302 getting tired and the car beginning to age, she looked to Terry for help. For Mona, it was important for the car to remain as it was when her father owned it.
Terry and friend Tony Hall tackled this car the way you would any restoration where authenticity is paramount. Original parts were meticulously removed and carefully restored. If you think a traditional classic Mustang is challenging to restore, consider the Mustang II where few reproduction or new-old-stock parts are available. Also consider the absence of good, used parts because so many of these cars were crushed and disposed of without forethought.
Mona's Ghia is equipped with the Red Cloth and Vinyl interior with woodgrain appointments sporting a digital clock along with full instrumentation and an AM eight-track stereo sound system. Yes, this car rolled off Dearborn's Mustang line just before the cassette tape became the standard in automobiles.
When Terry bought his Cobra II, he liked the idea of his and her Mustang IIs for shows. "I found this '78 Cobra II through word of mouth," Terry tells us. "I first saw it at a car show while there with Mona's Ghia."
With red graphics over white paint, the Cobra II was showroom new with 26,000 original miles. But it was not for sale. Terry had to pinch his arm later on when it showed up for sale online. He was there with cash in hand.
The Cobra II was more to Terry's liking with its four-speed transmission, stiffer suspension, brushed aluminum, T-roof, hoodscoop, sport slats, and sportier feel. For Terry, the Cobra II was a man's car with V-8 power and a short-throw stick between the buckets. Navigating the Borg-Warner's SROD cogs gave Terry a greater sense of control and confidence.
Likely the best part about Mustang II ownership for Terry has been sharing something special with Mona. When we were capturing their Mustang IIs for Mustang Monthly readers, they spent time horsing around with each another like a couple of lifelong friends. And when it was time to wrap up, each saddled up with great anticipation of the drive home to scenic British Columbia. For Terry and Mona, it doesn't get any better than this.


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YMCMB's Jae Millz serves up a freestyle over Naughty By Nature's "Uptown Anthem" instrumental. His new mixtape 1990+ is coming soon.
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Jae Millz – I Feel Alive (Feat. Lil Wayne)
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Jae Millz – All Praises Due (Mixtape)
In collaboration with DJ Radio, Jae Millz debuts his new mixtape, All Praises Due. The tape holds 15 new songs from Jae and includes…
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Young Money artist Jae Millz returns with a KT-produced single titled "Non Violent Murder."
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Jae Millz is back with a new single and visual for the Automatik Beatz-produced "Mirror". This will land on his upcoming nixtape All Praises…
Jae Millz continues his mid-card rap career releasing his new track "YoYooo" produced by KY. This is that lazy music. Potent Music 2 drops…
YMCMB rapper Jae Millz is back with a new track titled "Back In The Day". Produced by Fleezy E. His upcoming mixtape Potent Music…
After a minor push back YMCMB's Jae Millz delivers his new mixtape 1990+. This one features 10-tracks with Jae Millz going in over a…
YMCMB's Jae Millz drops a freestyle over various instrumentals titled "Live From Shaolin." His new mixtape 1990+ is coming on January 27th.
Jae Millz is back with a new freestyle over the "Banned From TV" instrumental to create "Banned From Radio," which will live on the…
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YMCMB's Jae Millz drops off a new freestyle over Pete Rock and CL Smooth's "T.R.O.Y." track. His new mixtape 1990+ is coming soon.
YMCMB artist Jae Millz returns with a new freestyle over Que's "OG Bobby Johnson" instrumental, flipping it to create "OG Millzy Johnson."
After a minor setback, Jae Millz releases his R.O.T.S. (Reality Of The Situation) mixtape. The 18-track project includes guest appearances by Vado, Iamsu!, Troy…
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WASHINGTON -- TITLE: "12 Million Jobs"
LENGTH: 30 seconds.
AIRING: Mitt Romney's campaign did not disclose where this ad is running.
KEY IMAGES: The ad shows GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney getting behind the wheel of an SUV, then cuts to Romney standing and speaking into the camera. As he narrates, clips show workers _ a man tinkering with computer wires, a factory worker using a tool as sparks shoot up _ and Romney talking to people.
Text on the screen says: "Mitt Romney in his own words" and he says: "Let me tell you how I will create 12 million jobs when President Obama couldn't. First, my energy independence policy means more than 3 million new jobs, many of them in manufacturing." He continues: "My tax reform plan to lower rates for the middle class and for small business creates 7 million more. And expanding trade, cracking down on China, and improving job training takes us to over 12 million new jobs."
ANALYSIS: Coming off a strong debate performance, Romney is focusing on the economy in an ad in which he discusses his pledge to create 12 million jobs during his four years in office, if he is elected. While he promises at the outset of this spot to "tell you how," the ad is decidedly short on details.
Under his energy plan, states would be empowered to control onshore energy development, offshore areas would be open for development and the government would help encourage energy development by the private sector. But the job-creation claim goes unsupported.
Details are missing, too, when the ad says his tax plan will create jobs by lowering rates. Ditto on exactly how trade expansion and cracking down on China translate into specific numbers of jobs.
Romney's overall job-creation pledge would represent a significant bump from the current rate of job growth, but it falls short of what he has said would be characteristic of a "normal recovery." Romney has said that in that scenario, about 500,000 jobs would need to be created per month _ double the rate he calls for in the ad. Several independent economists, including Moody's Analytics, also have projected that the economy will gain 12 million new jobs by 2016 _ regardless of who is elected on Nov. 6.
Beyond its numbers and plans, Romney's ad does suggest where his focus will be in the campaigns' final stretch. With an emphasis on the economy and job creation, Romney is contrasting his own approach with Obama's.


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It's long been a mystery as to how high levels of dangerous trichloroethylene (TCE) were found in the Silva family's well on Sherland Avenue in the 1970s, but now there's a new explanation.
The Silva family had used the 465-foot deep well for farming the area and had been drinking from it since 1949 until they received notice that the well water was found to be toxic in 1982. The carcinogen TCE -- a solvent once heavily used by local silicon chip makers -- was found in the Silva's well at 14 times the level the state considers safe for drinking.
"I love water, because I know what the value of water is," a 77-year-old Joe Silva told a reporter in 1982. "It is my life savings. It is the way I make my living. I love that well as much as I love my wife and my family."
Sewer lines spreading TCE?
It was originally thought the well may have been contaminated by a leaking underground storage tank at the Intel semiconductor manufacturing plant at 365 Middlefield Road the leak was discovered in 1981. But the connection never proved true, and Environmental Protection Agency officials found that the 1.5-mile-long plume of TCE-contaminated ground water that Intel and others left behind fell short of the Silva's well by half a block. The plume -- now mostly cleaned up -- doesn't reach much farther west than Whisman Road.
Now there's a new theory. Leaky sewer lines may have carried toxics to the well. Lenny Siegel, a longtime local expert on toxics in northeastern Mountain View and director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight, is asking the EPA to do more soil and groundwater sampling around the Silva well to find out.
"If they were to find a hot spot on Murlagan or Sherland that they haven't found yet, that would reinforce this hypothesis," Siegel said. "It seems hard to believe there would be more of these but it was hard to believe they found these hot spots (on Evandale Avenue) at such high levels."
The well has long since been been sealed off. It sits in the backyard of a home on the north side of Sherland Avenue, its cleanup system visible from the Hetch-Hetchy trail.
Residents of the area have been suspicious for years that the area's TCE contamination has caused some of their health problems. Now there a local watchdog group is calling for soil and groundwater sampling around the well site to see if it was just the tip of a larger "hot spot" created by a sewer line leaking TCE solvent, which was dumped down the drain by semiconductor manufacturers, according to news reports from the late 1970s.
Link to new hot spots
In recent months EPA officials said sewer line and storm drain leaks were the only plausible explanation for four other recently discovered "hot spots" in the area: two among homes on Evandale Avenue, one in a hotel parking lot on Leong Drive. A city report blamed the same sewer line for another nearby hot spot on a piece of vacant city property known as the Moffett Gateway on Moffett Boulevard near Stevens Creek.
The danger is that residents of the homes in the area around the well may have been breathing unsafe levels of TCE vapors, which come out of the ground and get trapped indoors. At high enough levels, even short-term exposure to TCE vapors can cause birth defects, and a host of other diseases when breathed in over many years. In late 2012, the EPA discovered two homes on Evandale Avenue with TCE vapors above EPA limits, and since then, 95 homes on Evandale Avenue and Leong Drive have been tested. Four others were found with only trace amounts of TCE vapors inside.
"People investigating other sites are finding the sewer lines and other horizontal conduits are significant sources of indoor vapors," said Siegel, noting what he had heard at a recent Defense Department seminar on toxic cleanups. "In some locations, such as Hill Air Force Base, contaminated groundwater infiltrates sewer lines, moves horizontally, and releases vapors into buildings away from the groundwater plume."
Orion Park
After many years of being a complete mystery, sewer line leaks are also now suspected as the cause of the Orion Park TCE plume just out side the main gate at Moffett Field, where hundreds of apartments for military families existed for decades before being torn down in 2009. The Army now has new offices and training facilities on the site, and has refused to clean up the TCE. The Army contends that the toxics at Orion Park had to have come from an off-site source, as nothing other than a farm had existed on the site before the apartments were built in 1968.
Now there's potentially a new explanation for the Orion Park TCE plume: Siegel recently found a map showing a large city sewer line running along the east side of Orion Park, a line which also once served Fairchild Semiconductor's manufacturing plants along Whisman Road.


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Justin Pogge
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Trade with Anaheim, 2010
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2003-04: Pogge won the starting job in Prince George during his rookie WHL season, supplanting fellow Leaf prospect Todd Ford, who was subsequently traded to Vancouver (WHL). Pogge finished 17-18-2 in 44 games with a 2.833 GAA and .900 save percentage. Pogge was named Prince George's Rookie of the Year. Pogge played one game for Canada at the WJC U-18 tournament, allowing two goals. He was drafted by Toronto in the 3rd round (90th overall).
2004-05: Started the season with Prince George before a mid-season trade to the Calgary Hitmen. In 53 games with Prince George, he was 10-9-2 with a 2.80 GAA and .891 save percentage with four shutouts. Playing behind a stronger lineup in Calgary, Pogge's numbers improved. He was 14-12-3, allowing 2.29 goals a game with a .917 save percentage and had a pair of shutouts. In his first WHL playoff appearance, Pogge played all 12 games for the Hitmen, who topped Lethbridge in the first round before falling to Brandon in the second round. Pogge had a 1.94 GAA and .928 save percentage with 1 shutout in the playoffs.
2005-06: Pogge's final season in the WHL was one to remember – both for his play with Calgary and his performance in the World Junior Championships, where he allowed just six goals in six games as Canada won a gold medal on its home turf. In WHL play with the Hitmen, he finished the campaign with 38 wins, 10 losses, 6 ties and 11 shutouts. Pogge's 1.72 GAA and .926 save percentage earned him the WHL's Del Wilson trophy as best goaltender and Four Broncos Memorial MVP trophy. The playoffs were a bit of a disappointment for the Hitmen as the long season may have taken its toll on Pogge. In 13 playoff games, he had two shutouts with a 2.54 GAA and .911 save percentage but the Hitmen again fell in the second round, losing to Moose Jaw in seven games. Pogge was named the CHL Goaltender of the year and in a sign that Toronto viewed him as their goalie of the future, the Leafs traded another goaltending prospect, Tuukka Rask, their 1st round pick in 2005, to Boston.
2006-07: Pogge's first pro season did not exactly go as planned as the Toronto Marlies were one of the weaker teams in the AHL and he was frequently under duress. After splitting time with fourth-year minor leaguer Jean-Francois Racine for the first half of the season, Pogge was given the majority of the starts over the second half of the season, with the Marlies well out of the playoff picture. From January 5th on, Pogge played 33 games for the Marlies – with some spectacular performances and some that were awful. On the plus side, he had three shutouts for the Marlies but this was countered six occasions when he allowed five or more goals. Pogge's best stretch came over six games in March, when he posted a 2.13 GAA and a 3-2-1 record. Overall, in 48 games he was 19-25 with 2 OT losses and had a 3.03 GAA and .896 save percentage.
2007-08: Things went much better for Pogge in his second season with the Toronto Marlies, as Toronto added several AHL veterans and were much more competitive. From a personal standpoint, Pogge seemed to benefit from playing in a true tandem with former New Jersey Devil backup Scott Clemmensen. Pogge posted the best numbers of his career to date, despite fewer appearances than in 2006-07. He was going 26-10-0 with four shutouts in 41 regular season games and finished with a 2.34 GAA and a .908 save percentage. In the playoffs, the Marlies rode Clemmensen's hot hand to the AHL semifinals but Pogge played in four games and was 1-1 with a 2.09 GAA and .918 save percentage.
2008-09: With Clemmensen back in the New Jersey organization, the Marlies starting job once again fell to Pogge but even before new Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke took over in November there were signs that Pogge's status as the Leafs "Goalie of the Future" might be fading. Pogge got off to a slow start for the Marlies, winning only 11 of his first 24 games with a .891 save percentage. Pogge made his NHL debut at the end of December, stopping 19 of 21 shots in a Leafs' win over the Thrashers but that would be his only NHL win. In seven games with the Leafs, as he shuttled between the Leafs and Marlies during the second half of the season, he was 1-4 with one OT loss, with an unsightly 4.35 GAA and .844 save percentage. His numbers were much better in the AHL, where he finished 26-21 with 5 OT losses and a 2.70 GAA and .895 save percentage. Pogge's tenure in Toronto officially ended when he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks for a conditional 2010 draft pick in August.
2009-10: While the move to Anaheim allowed Pogge to get out of a bad situation in Toronto, the Ducks goaltending tandem of Jonas Hillier and Jean-Sebastien Giguere have both been successful at the NHL level. With Anaheim without an AHL affiliate, Pogge split his time between Bakersfield in the ECHL and was loaned to Phoenix' AHL affiliate in San Antonio (ironically, Al Montoya, the former Team USA goaltender who also won a gold medal at the WJC and was once a highly-prized prospect, was with the Rampage, and it was Montoya's separated shoulder that led to Pogge's playing time). In 23 games with San Antonio, Pogge was 12-7 with 3 OT losses and 3 shutouts and had a 2.57 GAA and .920 save percentage. He played nine games with Bakersfield and was 6-2 with a 2.69 GAA and .902 save percentage. In March, the Hurricanes traded Aaron Ward to Anaheim for Pogge and a 4th round draft pick in either 2010 or 2011. Pogge finished the season with Carolina's AHL affiliate in Albany. In four games with the River Rats he was 1-0 with 2 OT losses with a 2.41 GAA and .928 save percentage.
Talent Analysis
For such a tall goalie, Pogge moves very well in his crease and handles the puck well. Once one of the most highly prized goaltending prospects, Pogge's production has not matched the potential he showed during his days in junior, when his composure and confidence were two of his biggest strengths. In fairness to him, he has yet to be in a stable situation with a solid structure to allow him to develop.
Pogge will likely join Mike Murphy in net for Charlotte in the AHL this season. Once viewed as a can't-miss prospect after leading Canada to a WJC gold medal in 2006, he has now fallen off the radar in terms of being a top prospect. After three tumultuous years in the Toronto organization and the uncertainty of last season, playing for an organization with an AHL affiliate, the relative stability of the Hurricanes system could help him turn things around. While the chance he becomes an elite NHL starter are remote, Pogge's talent suggests he can thrive in the right situation.


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Morning habits are hard to break. You may love everything about a new country, but breakfast is often where culture shock first sets in. Staring down at your bowl, half-awake, all you can think is: how can they eat this in the morning?
But breakfast in a foreign land can be one of the most rewarding experiences as well - a slice of regular life, and a taste of something new and delicious. Some of it may even make it into your breakfast routine back home.
Yoghurt and honey, Greece
There's a reason Greek-style yoghurt is spreading around the world – the thick and rich dairy product manages to feel both indulgent and healthy, and it's especially good topped with local wildflower honey and walnuts. Wash it down with a tiny strong coffee in winter or a milky-sweet iced frappé when the weather heats up.
Chocolate and churros, Spain
In Spain, it's a fine line between late night and early morning, and churros con chocolate hits the spot whether you're on your way into – or out of – bed. The crispy fried fingers of dough, sometimes sprinkled with sugar, are sturdy enough to survive dipping in hot chocolate so thick it's almost like pudding. Best served by very old waiters in white shirts and bow ties.
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Manouché, Lebanon
The most stylish Beirutis may guzzle cocktails in rooftop bars by night, but come morning, they start with a rustic handheld meal of chewy flatbread topped with za'atar (wild thyme and oregano) and olive oil and baked until bubbly and golden. For a bit more heft, order it nus nus – half-and-half – with melty white cheese on one side.
An American diner breakfast
How would you like your eggs? Waffle or pancakes? Bacon, ham or sausage? Biscuits or toast? White or whole wheat? The standard American breakfast may require a lot of decisions too early in the morning, but you'll definitely get it your way, and it's usually available round-the-clock.
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Tacos de canasta, Mexico
"Basket tacos" are a staple morning food in central Mexico. They're filled with mild ingredients like scrambled eggs, potatoes or cinnamon-laced chorizo, then stacked in a basket and covered with a towel, which makes them steamy and soft.
Ful medames, Egypt
The classic Egyptian breakfast of stewed fava beans is ladled out of a steaming copper pot and topped with a squeeze of lemon and a pinch of cumin. Other possible toppings include chopped parsley, raw onion, fresh tomato and hot chili. With a round of coarse, whole-grain aish (bread), it's a rustic meal that will keep you going till well after noon.
Phô, Vietnam
This aromatic bowl of noodles may be a dinner dish to the rest of the world, but it's the typical morning starter in most of Vietnam. Intense beef broth, laced with star anise, plus noodles and piles of fresh herbs – it all goes perfectly with a cup of strong Vietnamese espresso, sweetened with condensed milk.
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Sushi at Tsukiji Market, Tokyo
Sushi of course isn't specifically a breakfast food in Japan, but it's the thing to eat after a visit to the sprawling wholesale fish market in Tokyo, which gets rolling in the pre-dawn hours. Settle down on a stool next to a worker in rubber hip-waders, and enjoy the freshest fish of your life.
A full Turkish breakfast
Can't decide between sweet and savoury? The Turks cater to all tastes with a big platter of both options, and it all works together perfectly. The full range can vary, but the basics are apricot jam or honey, salty white cheese, cucumbers, black olives, spicy bastirma (cured beef), chewy bread and of course perfectly brewed tea.
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Wienerbrød, Denmark
Strangely, they don't call them danishes in Denmark. The flaky breakfast pastries with cheese and fruit fillings are called "Viennese" instead. Buttery and flaky, some also have a healthy twist, with whole wheat flour and sesame and sunflower seeds. This makes a good counterpoint to the other Danish breakfast staple, toast with butter and thin slabs of dark chocolate. If you want a savoury punch, reserve one piece of toast to be spread with salmon paste.
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The real issue here is the proliferation of moral rot in American society which will inevitably spread to all capitalist economies, Canada included. At present the only growing American industries are junk food and "health care", industries that employ mostly women. Obese, junk-food addicted Americans are obsessed with the mirage that diseases caused by self-destructive habits can be prevented and death can be delayed indefinitely if they take enough pills for "cholesterol", hypertension and diabetes and have enough operations, like gastric and coronary bypasses. Such societies cannot compete against less self-indulgent economies eventually implode and are unable to defend themselves. Unless there is a major change in US society the terrorists just have to wait until it self destructs and they can walk in and create a totalitarian Islamist state. As long as Americans can get their BK Quad Stackers and Lipitor they will not resist.
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FIFA World Cup Mascots (1966–2010)
Each FIFA World Cup since 1966 has its own mascot. World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot, and one of the first mascots to be associated with a major sporting competition. The mascot designs show some representing a characteristic feature (costume, flora, fauna, etc) of the host country.
The World Cup mascot is mostly targeted at children with cartoon shows and other merchandise released to coincide with the competition.
Here, we've collected all the mascots of the FIFA World Cups from 1966 to 2010:
England 1966: World Cup Willie
Mexico 1970 : Juanito
Germany 1974: Tip and Tap
Argentina 1978: Gauchito
Spain 1982: Naranjito
Mexico 1986: Pique
Italy 1990 : Ciao
USA 1994: Striker, the World Cup Pup
France 1998: Footix
Korea/Japan 2002: Ato, Kaz and Nik (The Spheriks)
Germany 2006 : Goleo VI & Pille
South Africa 2010: Zakumi
Also, a video and a PowerPoint presentation are available for your treasuring up:
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After calling for JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon to step down from his position on the board of the New York Federal Reserve, Simon Johnson, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), launched a petition to have Dimon removed from the post. On Monday he delivered that petition, which in a month has garnered nearly 38,000 signatures, to senior staff at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
In a call with reporters, Johnson said that he was not optimistic over the possibility that Dimon would step down or be removed, nor was he optimistic over the state of affairs at the New York Fed.
No members of the board of governors, said Johnson, were available to meet with him "in any time frame" that was practical. Instead he met with Scott Alvarez, senior counsel, and Board Secretary Jennifer Johnson to deliver the petition. While it was a "very cordial and professional conversation" in the closed meeting, he said it presented "nothing that changed my lack of optimism."
"Frankly," Johnson said, "I think he should have stepped down in 2008 when JPMorgan acquired Bear Stearns" with financing assistance from the Fed. "I think, to any outsider with knowledge about best practices," he continued, "this looks like a related-party transaction," and typically such an appearance would result in a resignation from the board.
Now that Dimon and his firm "are under investigation for potential serious wrongdoing," he added, Dimon's continuance on the board at least offers the appearance of impropriety.
Johnson also said that if Dimon does not take the initiative to resign and is not removed, both he and Lee Bollinger, president of Columbia University and chairman of the New York Fed's board of governors, should step down when their terms expire at the end of the year. Bollinger has come under criticism for defending Dimon and supporting his continuance on the board, when JPMorgan was an important donor to Columbia.
Johnson's petition is not the only one calling for Dimon's removal. The group The Other 98% has sponsored a petition calling for Dimon to resign that has gotten more than 20,000 signatures.
While Johnson said that he was not optimistic on either the possibility of Dimon's departure or a change of the rules at the New York Fed that would lessen the influence, or the appearance of influence, over the governors, he added that change might depend on developing world events.
While JPMorgan Chase's "exposure to core eurozone dissolution risk seems to be fairly small," he said, if it turns out to have a greater than expected exposure to debt in the eurozone and the situation in Europe deteriorates further, the board—or Dimon—could be spurred to action.
"Dimon stepping down would be huge," said Johnson, because nothing like that has been seen in the U.S.


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In 2010 Tumblr CEO David Karp told the Los Angeles Times that his company was "pretty opposed to advertising. It really turns our stomachs."
Fast forward to 2012 and a system that receives more than four and a half billion pageviews per week and that stomach turning attitude seems to have disappeared. Speaking at the Ad Age Digital Conference this week Karp announced that Tumblr would start to serve ads through the company's "Featured" section of Tumblr's dashboard. While that section receives only a small fraction of Tumblr's overall reach (120,000 impressions per day) it still signals that the company is moving to a more open business strategy.
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I have had a great deal of inner dialog lately that seems to surface at unexpected times during my day. It feels like my subconscious is sending out warning signals, interrupting my thought process, trying to remind me to stay connected. I have been in deep thought about what I want and how I am going to achieve it, physically, spiritually, mentally, financially and in love. Times up, todays the day!
The physical part is easy…just do it. Put your shoes on and go! Lately I have lost my connection with that feeling of being exhilarated by movement. I crave it! I am starting to understand why.
"Hi my name is Tracy Westerholm and I am addicted to massive amounts of social media!" There I said it. Social Media has been the instigator to my disconnect. Too much time with my face in my phone engulfed in every iPhone app related to connecting with others, which has made me feel disconnected with myself and oddly enough…others!
Lets be honest all the social media that is out there is actually NOT allowing us to connect with one another up close and personal! I don't have time after I log in to Facebook and check my messages, upload a pic or two, say hi to a few friends, BBM the handsome dude back East, answer my Text Messages, scroll Instagram, WhatsApp my non iPhone friends, check out who checked me out on OkCupid, answer my regular Email (not one but 4 accounts) Facetime my daughter in the other room, Skype, Snapchat, Pinterest, download a new song from iTunes, listen to it, YouTube the latest cool video, MapMyRun but now I am so tired…I don't run! Good God no wonder I don't have time to meet you for coffee! I need a nap just reading that!
I am
deactivating ( <~a true addict) distancing myself from Facebook (insert gasp here) and although I know I will go back at some point, I need this brake break. (<~ thanks Bon…see I need your balance…come back!) I need to fall back in love with me, so I have taken a few steps to unplug all the distractions that are preventing me from becoming a better me. I need to find my focus.
Reconnecting with my spirituality has also been on my mind, but has been clouded by the chaos that I have allowed to surround me. I need to reconnect with what is important to me. I need to listen to my heart without all the distractions of my head.
Financially I am starting to feel in control. It is about balancing needs and wants. Having the desire and drive to achieve short and long term goals you set is critical in seeing them to fruition. If you don't set these goals you lose sight of where you are heading. Having spent the last year working at Envision Financial I have become very much aware of what is important in finding a balance in my financial life. I have also experienced first hand how having a plan in place helps you reach your goals, no matter what they are. I love my job and the women I work with, they are so willing to share their knowledge and support with one another.
Mentally I strive to be in a place that makes sense. I think too much. Although I am ready to take on whatever comes my way it can be daunting at times. I remind myself ~ It's how we react to tough situations that makes us truly who we are, building our character along the way. I think all of us need to take a mental vacation from everything to see clearly what we need to change. I know I do, I am.
Love! I can't write anything without there being an underlying voice of love, it's who I am. It truly is all we really need. Loving unconditionally without boundaries or restrictions is the purest form of love. I have struggled over the years to understand what I want and need in regard to love. I think I may be searching for a moving ship. Some days I sink, other days I float.
One thing I know for sure is that I need my girlfriends! Female energy is nurturing. When I walk next to one of my girlfriends, whether my heart is heavy or light, whether I have tears of sadness or joy they always seem to balance my energy with theirs making us feel empowered and able to take on the world once again!
Have a wonderful long weekend everyone! Be safe and connect with someone up close and personal, it matter!
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Right Wing Pro-Gun Excuse of the Day: Blame the 1968 Democratic Convention
Daniel Henninger weighs in with yet another ridiculous right wing excuse for gun violence; in this article for Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal, Henninger argues that to really understand why the Newtown school shooting happened, we have to go back, back through years, all the way to 1968 (cue harp glissandos), when everything started to go wrong thanks to the hippies and the anti-wars and the college professors and the intellectuals and the mmm glavin!
We think it is possible to identify the date when the U.S., or more precisely when many people within it, began to tip off the emotional tracks. A lot of people won't like this date, because it makes their political culture culpable for what has happened. The date is August 1968, when the Democratic National Convention found itself sharing Chicago with the street fighters of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
The real blame here does not lie with the mobs who fought bloody battles with the hysterical Chicago police. The larger responsibility falls on the intellectuals—university professors, politicians and journalistic commentators—who said then that the acts committed by the protesters were justified or explainable. That was the beginning. America had a new culture for political action and for personal living.
The virtue known as self-restraint was devalued. Certain rules that for a long time had governed behavior also became devalued. Whatever else was going on here, we were lowering the barriers of acceptable political and personal conduct.
Clearly, 1968 was a very traumatic year for Mr. Henninger; he still hasn't recovered.
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Hail a taxi and check off the city's landmarks from your travel bucket list. There's the stunning Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Bao'an Temple, and the popular Longshan Temple.
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Have a break from the city and enjoy a relaxing stroll through Daan Park, which locals fondly call Taipei Central Park. Walk among pandas, bears, and other animals next at Taipei Zoo. After getting to know the animals, ride the Maokong Gondola to Maokong and have a cuppa in the hilltop teahouses.
Feel like conquering the city's beasts? Go hike the Four Beasts Mountain, the Elephant Mountain, and the mighty Qixingshan for breathtaking views of Taipei.
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The best time to visit Taipei is from October to February when you can enjoy perfect weather.
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I'm going to let you in on one of the secrets of the internet: people like clicking on things about sex. Like, maybe you wandered over to the Fox Sports home page today, and you saw the headline "Score! European study says soccer like sex for fans." You probably clicked on it! I know I did.
Studies are boring. A study titled "Testosterone and Cortisol Release among Spanish Soccer Fans Watching the 2010 World Cup Final" sounds boring. But let's resist the urge to make this about sexxxy sex.
Spanish and Dutch researchers tested 50 Spanish soccer fans as they watched Spain beat the Netherlands for the 2010 World Cup, and found that testosterone and cortisol levels went up during the match. Testosterone also goes up with sexual arousal, but in a lot of other situations as well. So watching soccer is like having sex, in the same way that going for a jog is like having sex.
This study does have a pretty interesting component that's going to be overlooked while you think about luscious breasts and poppin' booties. Despite the hormone surge while the match was on, Spanish fans did not see an additional surge once Spain won. The researchers put it this boring way:
Generally, the testosterone data from this study are in line with the challenge hypothesis, as testosterone levels of watchers increased to prepare their organism to defend or enhance their social status. The cortisol data from this study are in line with social self-preservation theory, as higher cortisol secretion among young and greater soccer fans suggests that especially they perceived that a negative outcome of the match would threaten their own social esteem.
In layman's terms, the reason you get excited while watching sports is not because you anticipate winning. It's because you anticipate the possibility of losing, and are physically and chemically preparing yourself to deal with that outcome.
That's utterly fascinating to me. Not as fascinating as sex, though.