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Experience has taught me that whether we work for a large research university, or a small graduate program which serves its local community, the job is still the same. Recruiting graduate students is a challenge for all institutions, not just small ones.
I'm often asked the question: Why are some recruiting programs so successful and why do other graduate schools fail? One of the major keys to recruiting success partly lies in the ability to ask the right questions – especially in today's highly competitive and rapidly changing world of recruiting graduate students.
Graduate enrollment has long been an important component of many institutions' overall enrollment picture. However, in recent years, I have seen institutions giving even greater attention to their graduate recruitment and enrollment practices, especially in the many areas of the country where the high school graduate pool is shrinking and undergraduate enrollment is challenged.
A few major highlights related to graduate student recruitment include:
- Not surprisingly, financial strategies—including offers of assistantships—are among the "top 10" most effective recruitment practices. For both public and private doctorate-granting institutions, assistantships (either with or without a work obligation) and offering financial aid at the time of admission are rated as the top two practices.
- Beyond funding, the Web is an important and emerging tool for graduate recruitment and marketing. The practice of maintaining graduate program Web pages to attract the interest of inquiries is included in the top 10 practices.
- Perhaps a little surprising is the strong endorsement of campus visits for graduate recruitment. In addition, "open houses and visit days to generate inquiries" appear on the "best practices" list. While the campus visit has long been a recognized tool for undergraduate recruitment, graduate recruiters should incorporate visit opportunities into their recruitment as well.
- At the application stage, the practice of following up by e-mail with students whose applications are incomplete is highly encouraged. In fact, it is a nearly universal practice, used by graduate schools across the country
- To recruit international master's students, maintaining Web pages to attract student interest and building relationships with influencers in embassies, governments, and international agencies is considered a key practice.
- To recruit adult students, partnerships with businesses is an effective practice.


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Bills agree to terms with Goodwin, three other picks
Orchard Park, NY – The Buffalo Bills have agreed to terms with four draft picks, including third-round selection wide receiver Marquise Goodwin.
Goodwin, chosen with the 78th overall pick last month, totaled 120 receptions for 1,364 yards and seven touchdowns in 50 games for the University of Texas.
The Bills also agreed to terms with Nevada defensive back Duke Williams, selected in the fourth round; Clemson defensive back Jonathan Meeks, chosen in the fifth round; and Florida State kicker Dustin Hopkins, picked in the sixth round.


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The state of Delaware's path toward marriage equality took a gigantic leap toward reality Thursday when Gov. Jack Markell, members of the General Assembly and other state and local dignitaries celebrated the pre-filing of legislation Thursday that would allow same-sex couples to marry.
The state of Delaware's path toward marriage equality took a gigantic leap toward reality Thursday when Gov. Jack Markell, members of the General Assembly and other state and local dignitaries celebrated the pre-filing of legislation Thursday that would allow same-sex couples to marry.
Markell, primary sponsors State Rep. Melanie George Johnson (D-Bear) and State Sen. Patricia Blevins (D-Elsmere) and other politicians gathered at Freedom Plaza between the Carvel State Building and the City/County Building in Wilmington to mark the occasion.
George and Blevins also sponsored the civil unions law that passed back in 2011.
"Today, it's good to be a Delawarean," George Johnson said. "I had the freedom to marry the man I love. We should allow all family members, our friends, our neighbors, our co-workers and our children to marry the person they love."
Blevins said there was no greater reward in running for public office than to help ensure equality for all people.
"The majority of Delawareans support the freedom to marry as do the majority of Americans," she said. "People support this because everyone now knows someone who is gay - a friend, a co-worker, a sibling, or the parents of a child at their kid's school."
Markell said marriage equality was something that many Delawareans and Americans had "searched their heart" about. In the end, he believed most people had recognized it as a fundamental part of "the pursuit of happiness" entitled to all Americans. That was why the U.S. Military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy had been done away with, among other things, he said.
In addition, Markell predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court would strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, drawing applause from the crowd.
Markell said the legislation proposed would be his follow up on the promise he made in his inaugural address to make the Diamond State a welcoming place for all people.
"When it passes the General Assembly I will sign it," he said.
Delaware Speaker of the House Peter Schwartzkopf (D-Rehoboth Beach) said he had assigned House Bill 75 to the House Administration Committee and a hearing on it was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17 at Legislative Hall in Dover.
In 25 years as a Delaware State Police trooper, Schwartzkopf said he saw what people did to each other just because they looked, acted or loved differently.
That is why I fought for equal rights, that is why I fought for civil unions and that is why I am going to fight for marriage equality," he said.
Toward the end of the press conference, President of Equality Delaware Lisa Goodman took the stage and called the sunny yet windy day historic.
"Feel that wind? Goodman said. "Those are the winds of change. We stand here together so say no loving couple should be denied the freedom to marry whom they love."
Lt. Gov. Matt Denn, Attorney General Beau Biden and Delaware NAACP Director of Religious Affairs/Black Clergy Consortium President Dr. Donald Morton also made some remarks at the press conference.
Among those on stage with the speakers were New Castle County Executive Tom Gordon, State Sen. Karen Peterson (D-Stanton), State Rep. Michael Ramone (R-Middle Run Valley) and State Rep. Debra Heffernan (D-Bellefonte).


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Lions sign Montell Owens
Allen Park, MI – The Detroit Lions signed running back and special teams player Montell Owens Thursday.
Owens, 29, played 104 games with the Jacksonville Jaguars over a seven-year career but was released by the team on May 16.
"The past seven years in Jacksonville, we've had three new head coaches, we've had three general managers and two different owners since I've been there," said Owens. "There was always a lot of turnover. A great organization, but there was always a new vision."
A two-time Pro Bowler, Owens played in 13 games (four starts) last season. He had 209 rushing yards with one touchdown on 42 attempts, eight receptions for 113 yards and eight tackles.
Over his career, Owens has 292 rushing yards and three touchdowns, 12 receptions for 132 yards and his 118 special teams tackles are a franchise record.


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There can't be all that many people who don't think that, in principle, the idea of the PadFone 2 is a good one. After all, it combines the two most popular — and fastest growing — consumer electronics markets into one handy device. At the PadFone 2's launch event today, I had the chance to spend some time playing with Asus's unusual device, and while it's still not exactly clear at whom it's aimed, it's a clever machine with considerable potential for the future. Asus's tagline for the tablet is "It's intuitive." I have to agree.
The first thing you notice about the smartphone is how light it is, feeling lighter in the hand than both the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4, despite them all being within a couple of grams of each other. The phone is made of plastic, as is the brushed metal-look band around the edge, and since the rear panel is non-removable, the battery won't be able to be swapped out for a new one.
Installed on the PadFone 2 at the event was Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), but an upgrade to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) should be coming in December. This means the European PadFone 2, which should arrive early next year, will most likely come with the latest version of Android already installed.
Quad-core power
The Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor gives the smartphone incredible performance. Even without Jelly Bean's "Project Butter," scrolling was smooth and precise, and video was expertly handled. Scrolling could still be "sticky" in the browser though. A 1.5GB HD video file could be scrubbed back and forth with no delays in playback, and when the Adreno 320 GPU was put to work on a Need for Speed game, it looked stunning.
Grasping the tapered body of the PadFone 2's phone section, it's simple to slot it into the tablet and in fact, you don't even need to look at what you're doing. This makes perfect sense when you consider the sharing aspect of the PadFone 2, as you can be looking at a photo on the phone, which then appears on the tablet's screen almost instantly when you dock them together. Fiddling around on the back of the tablet would spoil this experience completely.
Slotting the phone into the tablet station is precise and satisfying, and ends with a positive push to lock it into place, feeling not unlike docking an iPhone into a well-made audio dock. It's not going anywhere either, as even turning it upside down and shaking it about failed to see the phone slip out and clatter onto the floor.
Instant sharing, with a catch
Using the tablet is a very similar experience to using the phone as it's the same OS, but with this comes a slight drawback — the browser wants to open mobile websites. Visiting DigitalTrends.com, the BBC and YouTube on the tablet resulted in exactly that happening, but a better YouTube experience could be had using the standalone app. This is a problem on most Android tablets.
The instant sharing is also flawed at the moment, as it only works with certain applications. Say you're reading a website using Chrome on the smartphone, but decide you want to read it on the larger screen, so you plug it into the tablet station. Sadly, it doesn't just appear and you need to open Chrome as usual. Sure, your content is there straight away, but it adds a step or two to the process. The answer is to use the standard browser instead, which does instantly start when you dock the two devices, as does the gallery, the camera app, Google Play and the standard email app too. But generally, if you're doing something on your phone before you plug it in, prepare to have to re-open that task.
Asus says that many apps are undergoing a certification process, so by the time the PadFone 2 goes on sale, this could all change. Hopefully it will, as it's one of the standout features of the device.
Intuitive and pleasantly surprising
Using the PadFone 2 for only a short time confirms that Asus is right to call it intuitive, primarily because of the instant sharing feature and the easy docking, but learning the ins-and-outs of the lightly skinned Android OS was a breeze too. This, along with the all-in-one nature of the PadFone 2, makes it a good choice for anyone new to smartphones and tablets.
Such simplicity, design innovation and power doesn't come cheap though, with the 32GB model priced at 800 euros ($1,042) for the smartphone and the tablet station. Before you snort derisively at this figure, think about this: A 32GB iPhone 5 costs 790 euros on its own, and you're stuck with that battery and that screen size. Add a 32GB Wi-Fi and Cellular iPad and you'll need another 700 euros, giving a total of 1,488 euros ($1,940) for the pair. Pop over to Amazon for a SIM-free Galaxy S3 and a Galaxy Note 10.1 and you'll still need the best part of 1,100 euros.
So, although the initial outlay sounds like a lot, that's quite a savings when you consider how much buying two separate devices to emulate the PadFone 2's abilities costs. It is, however, still a big price for a relative newcomer to ask for an quirky product. It could also be saved if U.S. wireless carriers decide to subsidize the phone and tablet combo deeply enough, it could be quite affordable. But with how badly the Motorola Atrix + Laptop Dock were priced, it's difficult to be hopeful.
In the short time I had with the PadFone 2, it was certainly winning me over, and it's impossible not to be impressed by the Snapdragon S4 Pro's performance. I have the feeling a lot of people are going to be surprised by the PadFone 2, it just takes an open mind, a calculator and good, solid test run.


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Why the POPs treaty matters: One mom's view
I couldn't bring 9-month-old Connor with me when I attended my first POPs treaty meeting in Bonn, so I brought my breastmilk pump instead. I vividly remember struggling with my rusty German to convince the women in the conference center kitchen to store my milk in the deep freeze.
As a nursing mother, participating in the POPs treaty meetings took on a very personal dimension. Here's why: persistent chemicals build up in food chains across the globe, and this is a key reason the treaty exists. Human milk — nature's perfect food for infants — is at the very top of the food chain. This is why POPs show up so often in breastmilk.


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1917 Life 100 Years Ago
Life at Planting Fields a Hundred Years Ago
1917 From the Archives
Life with the Coe Family at Planting Fields and Beyond
by Henry b. Joyce
and Andrea Crivello
At the end of March 1917, William R. Coe and his wife Mai arrived back at Planting Fields after six weeks of winter travel that had taken them to Jamaica, the Panama Canal, and Palm Beach, Florida. The two sailed in February, on the Almaranti from New York City for Kingston, Jamaica. From there they left for Panama and then on to Cuba. While traveling, Mr. and Mrs. Coe stayed at fine hotels. In Havana, they were booked at the Hotel Sevilla, which at the time was the best hotel in the city, now in its 108th year of operation. Its handsome façade, fine rooms, and central location made it one of the most preferred places to stay. The last part of their month and a half-long trip was spent in Palm Beach, where the Coes stayed at Henry Flagler's famous and vast Royal Poinciana Hotel, a Gilded Age extravaganza that was once the largest wooden structure in the world, with 1,700 employees and accommodations for 2,000 guests. The wealthy could arrive at the hotel's entrance in their private railway cars. It closed down in 1934 and was razed the following year. Eventually, the Coes owned a Palm Beach house on the ocean. In 1916, even while traveling, Mr. Coe expected his son Robert, now 14, to write to his secretary, Mr. Mc Vickar, on how he and William were doing at St. Paul's boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire. The two youngest children, Henry, 13 and Natalie, 6 were with their nurses, Miss Slade, and Miss Cornwall and went to Atlantic City for two weeks in March.
During 1916 the Italian Garden, a fashionable feature of grand country houses of the time, was built at Planting Fields; today it is still one of the best parts of the Coe's ambitious designs for the park. The Tea House, with its gorgeous murals with flowers and nymphs, had been finished the year before and looked out on a tennis court (built for the previous owners). The site was hollowed out to sink the new garden about 10 feet below the surrounding landscape. The rectilinear shaped garden pool became a space in the style of "giardino segreto" of Renaissance gardens in Italy, a "secret", or more correctly a "secluded" garden; a place where there might be more privacy than in the more open parkland. Sunken gardens get some protection from cold winds, and plants will often flower earlier in the spring in such a setting. The architects, Guy Lowell, and A. Robson Sargent, who had planned the Tea House and Main Greenhouse, were initially in charge of the Italian Garden; one of their plans, dated 1916, is illustrated on page 28. The drawing shows the large pool, with sculpture and water lilies along with lawns and borders for flowers, much as it survives today. A letter from Sargent to Mr. Coe reveals that the superintendent, Joseph Robinson, was supervising sixteen-day laborers, each paid $2.25 per day to excavate 16,000 square yards of earth.
One of the main reasons for the prevalence of Italian gardens on large American estates a hundred years ago was the work of the famous American novelist Edith Wharton, who in 1903 authored a series of widely-read articles in The Century Magazine about the history of formal gardens in Italy. The articles were later published as a book, Italian Villas and Their Gardens, which was tremendously influential in the garden design world. Wharton built her garden, with an Italian style pergola at her country house "The Mount" in Lennox, Massachusetts. Through the 1920s, Italian gardens on grand estates were built all across the country, from Vermont to Florida, in the Mid-West, and on the West Coast. There were several on Long Island, but most are lost, which makes Planting Fields (restored and reopened in 2010) particularly important. Gardens are often an arena for the display of prosperity; large parks like Planting Fields were intended to resemble old European "family seats" with their aura of great age through generations of ownership. This sensibility was what wealthy owners wanted to recreate in their new estates. The Coes visited England regularly and were quite familiar with fine old houses and gardens. They were also frequent readers of Country Life magazine which promoted the country house ideal, of which Planting Fields is a prime and rare surviving example.
The Coe family was based in New York City, which a hundred years ago, was the financial, social, artistic and intellectual center of American life, more so than today. On weekends, away from their busy lives in the city, they entertained friends at Coe Hall and the Italian Garden, specifically located close to the house was where Mrs. Coe could serve tea to her guests. The garden was designed to be used as an outside room with everyone wearing their finest tea clothes and enjoying the magnificent displays of flowers, with roses in June being a particular highlight. Mrs. Coe, beautifully dressed, posed for her photo near the garden gates (photo right). Wealthy women who were interested in gardening—and it was a fashionable female pursuit – would visit and be entertained in each other's gardens. It was these activities that partly prompted the creation of clubs, which led to the founding, in 1913, of The Garden Club of America. By 1938, there were over 2,000 garden clubs in the U.S. Many important garden architects and writers were women, including Beatrice Ferrand, who built gardens on Long Island, and was Edith Wharton's niece. She did not work at Planting Fields, instead, in the 1920s the Coes hired the Olmsted Brothers firm to design and oversee the landscape here, including modifications to the Italian Garden, for which they designed a planting plan in 1920.
Mr. Coe's passion for gardening led him to compete in many flower shows where he exhibited specimens grown in his greenhouse. On November 10th, 1916 the New York Herald reported that W.R. Coe won "nearly half the prizes" having won twenty blue ribbons at the Oyster Bay Chrysanthemum Show. The second highest winner only had seven blue ribbons. Upset came the very next day when it was discovered that thieves broke in and stole winning blooms. W.R. Coe's, E.F. Whitney's, and J. Stuart Blackton's were among those whose exhibits were stolen.
Mr. Coe was at Planting Fields in mid-June to admire the several thousand new rhododendrons that were coming into flower. Other improvements to the landscape at Planting Fields included the purchase of 5,000 red pines, and 2,000 oak seedlings, with several hundred dollars additionally, spent on peach trees, grape vines, Magnolias and maple trees. He kept a close watch on the improvements to his other properties. The Irma Lake Lodge running expenses were $9,803, expenses of their New York City residence were $812, and the Oyster Bay expenses were $64,135 for a combined total of $74,751 or $1,661,146 in today's dollars.
In early spring in 1916 Mr. Coe became ill. Correspondence between him and Robert indicates that he was sick for three months. He wrote that his eczema was acting up and that he was going for electrical treatments for what doctors thought was a nervous system relapse. His illness upset plans to visit the boys at school, and he hoped to recover so that the family could spend the summer as they usually did in the mountains of Wyoming. Mr. Coe's letters reveal his great concern for his children, as they had their own health scares at St. Paul's school; in fact, two of Robert's classmates had died from Mastoiditis and a third was now ill with the same condition. In 1916, there was a series of outbreaks that, due to modern medicine, are no longer life threatening. Over the course of that year, there was an epidemic of Mumps, Measles, Chicken Pox, Mastoiditis, and one of the boys at St. Paul's was sent to the hospital as the school infirmary was at full capacity. In March Robert wrote to this father "It is impossible to receive proper care". He had been released from the infirmary, before being fully recovered from his head cold.
Later in the year, Robert wrote his father that he had passed the College Board examination in history while William had not. In one letter Mr. Coe wrote William "I am sorry indeed to note that in your mid-term examinations you only stood 68 out of 90, but am glad you appreciate how rottenly you did, I am spending a lot of money on your education, and I do not propose to sit by and see it wasted. Unless this improves when you are home for the Christmas holiday there will be no hockey games, theaters, or moving picture shows. You will be "grounded" at Oyster Bay, and I will write Dr. Drury to forbid hockey at school". William did not write to his father nearly as often as Robert; however, he did make sure to send letters after improving in his studies and excelling at track stating that he completed the hundred yard dash in 11 4/5 seconds, with the world record being 9 3/5 at the time. In March four seats were purchased for "Pom Pom" at Cohan's Broadway theater. William wrote Mr. Coe for permission to invite Jamee Jennings and her Governess, along with Robert.
For leisure William and Robert also traveled to Chicago to spend time with other family members, during which they stayed at a hotel with cousins Marion, Rowland, and Aunt Maude. William wrote to Mr. Coe asking for $5 pocket money stating "I am completely broke". The boys were required to keep a log of spending on meals, taxis, and other miscellaneous expenditures. Mr. Coe admonished the boys stating "you certainly were extravagant in your spending. I think $4.85 for a magazine in Chicago was beyond all reason. The next time you go away, I will not give you so much money. I think it is about time you boys learnt the value of money".
Mr. Coe had a year full of highs and lows with his race horses. Mustard won a race and lost by a nose at Belmont. His horses did not do well at Piping Rock; however, horses Hauberk and White Hackle became the stars of the year, and of the media. White Hackle had been purchased by Mr. Coe, from John E. Madden, for $25,000 or $555,555 in today's money. Those in the racing world at the time felt that Mr. Coe paid too much for a horse that would not live up to his buying price. Mr. Coe first ran his horse at Saratoga, and at three years old White Hackle raced in several big stakes. Newspaper articles began to report impressive winnings. A jolt came in June of 1916 when White Hackle died in his stall from Pneumonia. The horse had been ailing for a few days having contracted a cough that had been prevalent at Belmont for several weeks. The illness developed into congestion of the lungs, which caused the sudden death. White Hackle had just won a six-furlong race at Belmont Park in the beginning of June and was valued at $20,000.
The 1916 ledgers and correspondence in the archives indicate that the superintendent's house was being built, along with continued work on the farm buildings. In April, barn buildings that were being worked on near the White Cottage burnt down, and Mr. Coe expressed he was glad the cottage itself did not catch fire. The erection of the stables was taken on by Elliot & Brown Company and while in the midst of the work, Mr. Coe paid an extra $12,668 to change to fireproof construction along with $7,972 to change from shingle to slate. All of these changes cost $20,640 or about $458,666 in today's dollars. The work at Planting Fields was part of the overall plan which took many years, but which eventually fulfilled the Coe's ambition to make the estate the great showplace it is today.
In other business endeavors, Mr. Coe was elected Chairman of the Virginian Railway and a member of the board of the Scandinavian Trust Company newly formed that year, and one of the seven chosen as directors. The company became one of the largest institutions organized to meet the increased financial responsibilities of New York City, and which developed as a result of World War I.


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Fanny Cox Worrall Dale, 85, died February 7, 2013 in Boston. She was born in Philadelphia and attended Springside School. Fanny was a great listener and a giving and genuinely caring person. She was passionate about the environment, conservation and preservation and was an avid birder. She also enjoyed gardening,reading, jumbo vanilla ice cream sodas and sushi. She was a much loved Mom, Grandma, sister and friend and will be deeply missed by Pegge and Zev Ashenberg; Polly and Sassy Dale; Debbie Dale and Mike O'Keefe and Marsha, Stef and Michelle and their families; by her brother Doug Worrall; her sister Audrey Park; and many dear friends. Memorial donations may be made in her name to; The York Land Trust, PO Box 1241, York Harbor, ME 03911,The Elephant Sanctuary, PO Box 393, Hohenwald, TN 38462, World Wildlife Fund, PO Box 97180, Washington DC 20090-7180.
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Author Notes: This is hands-down my favorite side dish to make in the fall and winter. It's a real crowd-pleaser, the type of dish that makes people swoon when they taste it. Inspired by a Suzanne Goin recipe, I've tweaked it to my liking over time (I've probably made it over two dozen times, I like it that much!). I've always viewed the bacon as a necessity, but it was only recently that it occurred to me to lay the bacon strips over the sweet potatoes while roasting instead of cutting them into lardons and crisping them in a separate pan. This way, the delicious bacon drippings soak into the sweet potatoes and you save yourself a dirty pan. This is the sweet potato dish I serve at Thanksgiving, because in our house, you must have a sweet potato dish AND mashed potatoes at the table. Leftovers heat up beautifully, so I always make the full recipe even if cooking for two. —EmilyC
Food52 Review: Reading the ingredient list alone, I knew I was going to enjoy EmilyC's sweet potatoes. The contrasting colors and textures make for an elegant presentation for this comforting side dish. The method for cooking the bacon in the oven on top of the sweet potatoes is super smart and while overall flavor combination is spot on, you can easily adjust the bacon and arugula proportions to suit your tastes. - annie_smalls —Food52
Serves: 6
4 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1" cubes
¼ cup dark brown sugar
6 T unsalted butter
pinch of red pepper flakes
2 tsp thinly sliced sage leaves
1 T finely chopped thyme leaves
4 slices of bacon
6 oz arugula, baby arugula preferably or large leaves torn into small pieces
Kosher salt + freshly ground black pepper
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, toss the sweet potatoes with the brown sugar. Set aside.
- In a sauté pan over medium heat, cook the butter until it turns brown and nutty, about 6 minutes. Remove from the heat, and add the red pepper flakes, sage and thyme. Pour the brown butter and herbs over the sweet potatoes, making sure to get all of the brown bits. Toss well, thoroughly coating all of the sweet potatoes with the brown butter and herbs. Season with 1 T kosher salt and ¼ tsp pepper and toss again to combine.
- Transfer the sweet potatoes to a roasting pan, large enough that the potatoes are in a single layer. (A large sheet pan works well, and I like to line with parchment paper for easy clean-up). Lay the bacon strips evenly across the potatoes. Roast for 40 minutes to 1 hour, or until the sweet potatoes are tender and caramelized. After about 15 to 20 minutes, toss the potatoes with a spatula to make sure they're coated evenly with the brown butter and herbs. Your bacon may be done at this point, depending on its thickness and how crispy you like it. If it's not, just set the bacon strips to the side, toss the potatoes, then lay them back across the potatoes for more time in the oven.
- When they're done, remove the sweet potatoes from the oven and put them into a serving bowl. Let cool for a few minutes, then toss in the arugula. You want the arugula to slightly wilt but retain some of its shape. Crumble the bacon over the sweet potatoes and toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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'I fell in love with Lucy and Bijah from the moment I first heard of them," writes Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina.
There's nothing surprising about that. Readers will fall every bit as hard upon learning about the lives of Lucy and Abijah Prince. But readers have it easier. They won't need to embark on a seven-year odyssey to uncover the Princes' story. Gerzina has already done that for them.
The Princes were New England slaves who won their freedom, became land and property owners, raised a large family, and argued successfully for their own rights in court. Lucy is also known as the first female black poet in Colonial America. Bijah (as he was known) fought for his country in the Revolutionary War.
Almost everything about them and the way that they lived unsettles notions about the lives of black people in early America.
Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend tells the tale of the Princes as a story-within-a-story. Shortly after moving to Guilford, Vt., Gerzina and her husband, Anthony, were surprised to learn that in the early 1800s a pair of freed black slaves had owned a farm near their own home.
It turned out that legends of the couple abounded. Lucy (who was born in Africa and kidnapped into slavery) was lauded in various sources as a "prodigy in conversation," a confident, charismatic, educated woman who wrote verse, excelled as a storyteller, and who "captivated all around her" with "the fluency of her speech."
But that wasn't all. Local lore further indicated that she had learned to argue for her rights in a court of law, ultimately taking a case all the way to the US Supreme Court. She was also credited with once making an impassioned, albeit unsuccessful, plea to see her son admitted as the first black person to study at Williams College.
The truth behind the legend
Gerzina, an academic and biographer, found the story irresistible and plunged into research. Ironically, however, it is Anthony – a downsized marketing manager – who surpassed his wife as star researcher.
What the Gerzinas discovered was both more and less remarkable than legend. Lucy does not appear to ever have argued before the US Supreme Court. And the Williams College story – although not implausible – cannot be substantiated.
But what is true is that Lucy and Bijah lived in a world in which New England slaves traveled easily from town to town, shopped in local stores, married, learned to read, attended the same churches as their masters, and carried arms both for hunting and protection. Freed blacks owned land, had access to the courts, and sometimes even sent their children to local schools.
That is not, however, to gloss over the harsh reality of slavery. "The law recognized the rights of free blacks but also upheld the institution of slavery," writes Gerzina, calling the 18th-century mind-set "a kind of moral schizophrenia."
Nor is it to suggest that the Princes did not suffer from racism. While settled on their Vermont property, their hayricks were burned, their crops destroyed, and their animals scattered by hostile neighbors. Yet the Princes went to court against the marauders – and ultimately won their case.
Curious fit between author and story
The story of the Princes is full of twists and turns – as is the tale of the Gerzinas' chase. Gretchen, who is a professor of biography at Dartmouth College (and the first African-American woman to chair an English department in the Ivy League) seems to have been born to write the Princes' story. In addition to her skills as a biographer ("Frances Hodgson Burnett," "Carrington") and a historian of black life ("Black London: Life Before Emancipation"), she turns out – in the most surprising twist of all – to be related through marriage to one of Bijah's owners.
In the end, many gaps remain and in some ways Lucy and Bijah Prince never become more than ghostly presences. But that doesn't render their story any less compelling. History and mystery mix in this tale to make "Mr. and Mrs. Prince" as absorbing as it is surprising and informative.
• Marjorie Kehe is the Monitor's book editor. Send comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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My flat had a dinner party on the solstice and a bit of early present exchange. My flatmate gave me the Pictorial Guide to Modern Home Knitting! It of the famous endpaper.
I gave Alexis the scarves/ headband things which were a runner up in the Knitterati competition. She emailed us when she started school in LA to say the air conditioning on buses was so strong she wanted a scarf (even when you're still sweating from how hot it is outside). This design, called "frillybits", hopes to help her. A hair band which doubles as a neck warmer; something to aid sweaty head or cold neck. It can also be tied round your thigh, if you are so inclined, or worn as a bracelet.
It employs a crossed stitch effect, similar to the one I used in the tie of the hotwaterbottle cover, which makes a nice alternative to eyelets. I also think it'd make a great cuff pattern on a sweater. I've written up the pattern here.
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I am a young writer, creator, thinker and devoted fan of the fantasy genre. I have now designed a line of Role Playing Game (RPG) products and created my first booklet from that line ready for release. As such I need cover art done for the initial product. For further information on me or my projects and concepts you can visit my website http://www.theworldsmith.com
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I need an image that can be used for a variety of purposes, primarily the image will be used as the cover art for the product titled 'The Bloodsoaked Lands', I will also need a thumbnail image of it for use on websites and also a version that can be used as a banner add. There is an attached logo which must be present.
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KDE Bug Tracker Hits Report 100,000
With bug number 100,000 reported, the hard-working KDE bug tracking system reached a milestone today. However, not everyone knows what goes on behind the scenes and how to help. In this article, I take a short look at using the bug reporting system, and how you can help KDE improve.
To get such a large number of reports from users and developers of the
More than you might think
The KDE bug tracker doesn't just contain reports of crashes and
Getting involved
With dozens of bugs reported each day (as I write this, the system
If you'd like to help with bug triage, but aren't sure where to
Getting the most out of the system
Despite the hard work of all the KDE developers, bugs sometimes do
The definitive guide to effective bug reporting is by Simon Tatham,
In conclusion, the KDE bug database is a powerful tool for both
A milestone!
It's a milestone I wish KDE never reached. Konqueror has over 1700 bugs, should we celebrate when it has even more? I think not.
And I don't think KDE's path to bugdom is goodnews either.
By Al at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
Computer programas have bugs. That's a fact. The KDE team and Free Software projects acknowledge that fact and they try to actually improve things, not to hide problems. Besides that, they pay attention to user's opinions and ideas. I can only thank them for their hard work.
By Anonymous at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
Get serious. Mozilla is reaching 300000 in the foreseable future... and it's only a browser (+Mail+Chat+Composer+Xul+...).
By Harald Henkel at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
Look at the bugs by application numbers. Do you notice a correlation?
The ones that people use have the most bugs reported. The ones that are not used, usually due to incompleteness, have very few bugs reported.
I am currently working around a bug in Konqueror < 3.3 that is fixed in the latest betas. How many bug reports are being generated by what has already been fixed?
In November 2002 when I started the Digest, bugs in the 50000 range were being fixed. That is just over two years. There were (by memory) between 2-3000 open bugs at the time. Konqueror was barely usable as a browser.
Are you suggesting that the higher bug numbers for Konqueror means that is it less useful?
By Derek Kite at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
>Konqueror has over 1700 bugs.
By Morty at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
You don't "get it". There is no bug-free software (well, "Hello world!" might qualify as one....). The more the software is used, more bugs are reported. Just because the number of bugs is high, does not automatically mean that the software is buggy. Like it was already commented, Mozilla (a single app!) has more bugs than entire KDE does! Does that mean Mozilla is steaming pile of bugs?
KDE is growing. The codebase is getting bigger, and more apps and functionality is added to the system. And the number of users is getting bigger and bigger. And that means that number of bug-reports is going to increase. But that doesn't mean that KDE is getting buggier. Since there are now more reported bugs than there was in 3.3.0-days, does that mean that the current version (3.3.2) is buggier than 3.3.0 is?
Seriously: you can't simply stare at the number of bug-reports and decide that "this software is buggy!". If KDE-folks erased all bug-reports (so bugs.kde.org would show 0 open bugs) would that mean that KDE has less bugs? No it would not.
By Janne at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
Well, "hello world" has a huge usability problem. I leave the details as an exercise to the reader.
By Roberto Alsina at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
Sure. It assumes actually that you're able to *read*...
By c0p0n at Fri, 2005/02/25 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
Nope, not that. Keep playing.
By Roberto Alsina at Fri, 2005/02/25 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
try Crtl -- with Firefox , the eternal bug.
By Jakob at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
there was/is a program where you get money if you find a bug in it, because it has nearly no bugs ! i think it was latex or tex.. can someone clarify ???
no bugs (99.9%) that woulb be cool !! its possible
By chris at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
It's TeX. Donald Knuth pays $327.68 to everyone who discoveres a new bug in TeX or METAFONT and $2.56 for a new error in one of his books.
But notice:
By jojo at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
Just to add to the chorus...
Bug report counts does not mean bug counts. There can be more reports for an application with less bugs.
Bug report counts do not take into account severity. Rather we have 10 cosmetic bugs that one crasher or dataloss.
Changes in bug report counts do not mean a proportional change in application quality. More reports means more bugs found, not more bugs existing.
The headline figures of 100,000 for KDE and 300,000 for Mozilla include *closed* bugs, too...
Certain news sites have tried to spin bug counts as an "increase in bugs" for Mozilla. No need to do the same for KDE. More reports are good, it's the first step to fixing them.
By a mysterious an... at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
Put it the other way round:
By the way:
By Peter at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: A milestone!
> Are the numbers really counted starting at zero/one?
nope first bug was #100.
The first bugs where imported from the previous bug database.
By ac at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Are there any plans to include some form of automated crash reporting in KDE applications, something like Mozilla's Talkback?
By ac at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Talkback
I get this feature already... using 3.4 beta 2. Not sure when it was introduced though, but I can seem to remember it being around for a little while.
By ltmon at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Talkback
I seem to recall it in the 2.0 series. Though my memory could be faulty. So I decided to check when it was.
The authors file (rev 1.1 in cvs) has been in all the taggings since: KDE_1_91.
So, I think KDE has had it a bit longer than Mozilla. (I only recall seing the talkback within the last year or two. Though my memory could be faulty. )
By James L at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Talkback
Your memory is faulty.
Mozilla has always had talkback, and definitely recall the same feature being even in Netscape 4.x
In fact, Talkback is no longer available, so Netscape/Mozilla is one of the few *remaining* users. I think somebody said they have the source from escrow, but this is where my memory gets faulty :)
By a mysterious an... at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Talkback
I am not sure, but I think it is only activated in development versions.
By carewolf at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Talkback
Does anyone have more information about that? I thought that one of the strengths of Talkback was some form of automated evaluation of the incoming crash reports, creating crash statistics, etc. Is this what the KDE crash handler does? Is there any documentation available on the web?
By ac at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
My experience with public bug systems of major OS projects:
Re: bugs.kde.org
"For instance I havent yet even been able to _find_ one of the
This reads as if you have searched for a bug report for this issue, have been unable to find one, and have not filed one. If that's the case, why haven't you filed a bug? I don't have much experience with bug handling in OOo, so it might be as bad as you say. But the bug will certainly never get fixed if you don't report it!
Sorry if I am pointing out the obvious, but the way your post reads makes it sound like you skipped this important step.
By Spencer Ogden at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: bugs.kde.org
Basically you are right. I actually do file bugs on KDE quite often.
Re: bugs.kde.org
There is no argument for not reporting the bug. The fact that you understand the bug so well would definely help them fix it.
There is no problem in reporting a bug that is obvious or that everybody knows about. Bug systems are designed to deal with that.
*Not* reporting *is* a problem. For you, at least. It's like you wanting to win the lottery without ever buying a ticket.
By Fabio Gomes at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: bugs.kde.org
That bug might be obvious to you, but it isn't to me. File the report, because it is too easy to overlook things.
Even in the case of the obvious, sometimes there are so many obvious bugs that you don't know where to start. When you say one is holding you back, filing the report tells everyone that someone cares about this one, so they are more likely to fix it now. Otherwise they may spend there time fixing some other obvious bug that nobody cares about.
By bliGill at Thu, 2005/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: bugs.kde.org
By Joseph Reagle at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: bugs.kde.org
that was an impressive and well thought out paper IMHO. thanks for sharing it... i take it that it is/was part of your graduate studies? i'll have to go looking for more of your writings on the net now... *minutes pass* ah! i see you have a blog ... *trundles off to read*
By Aaron J. Seigo at Thu, 2005/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: bugs.kde.org
> I suppose KDE has the advantage of not having any corpprate
nah. we just have a policy about how often people in the project must get laid.
we've found that a regular schedule followed rigorously helps decrease inner tension thereby increasing one's ability to deal with others. those who can't keep up with the schedule tend to migrate to other projects, bringing their tensions and irritability with them.
oh, and a sense of humour helps too. ;)
By Aaron J. Seigo at Thu, 2005/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: bugs.kde.org
There is a whole chapter n Cryptonomicon where Waterhouse explains this. With graphs.
By Roberto Alsina at Thu, 2005/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: bugs.kde.org
ok look i'm a newbe to this stuff but im computer told me to report a KMix control prob to this page so i am i'm running a Linux OS
By Blue at Wed, 2007/12/26 - 6:00am
KDE is Great
Yeah, that title sounds awful. But, really, it is.
One of the nicest things about reporting bugs to KDE is how nice everyone is. I try not to repeat a bug or make a badly worded report of just post something silly, but I know that I have stuck my foot in my mouth before, so to speak.
On most projects, the developers give people crap about something like that. I've never gotten an insult for something like that on KDE, not even a harsh word, even when I've accidentally been insulting.
Common wisdom would imply that a corporate community, which has to keep its users happy, would be better at being polite. Well, KDE is pretty good proof that such common wisdom is crap. Corporate run sites and corporate backed projects are commonly horribly rude, slow to react, and generally insensitive, but a completely open group like KDE is always polite and prompt.
So, I'd just like to say thank you to all the developers (and offer an apology to anyone on the team that I've accidentally been rude to before).
By jameth at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: KDE is Great
Full ACK!
And this is not just true for bug reports! I've found that the KDE project is one of the most forthcomming and freindly gangs of über cool hackers ive ever encountered! I've never been given a rude "RTFM" style answer, been called a n00b, been discriminated against for using gapp instead of kapp, or been ridiculed/flamed for my personal beliefs (OSS vs. FS etc.).
This alone makes KDE a really outstanding project! The general maturity and relaxed atitude that the average KDE-developer/supporter/docwriter/translater posseses really reflects the strength of OpenSource when its done right!
Many thanks for the great work that you all give me for free... But twice that amount of thanks for the community that you let me be a part of!!!
By Macavity at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: More than you might think
Also translation errors can be reported against product "i18n" and your language as component.
By Anonymous at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Obvious and reappearing bugs
Might it be as it is but what really strikes me are the many obvious bugs in KDE which offen lead into a crash of a whole application and the bugs which seem to be fixed in one release but reappear in some relese afterwards.
By Mephi at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Obvious and reappearing bugs
> Might it be as it is but what really strikes me are the many obvious bugs in KDE which offen lead into a crash of a whole application and the bugs which seem to be fixed in one release but reappear in some relese afterwards
Sometimes crashes only happen on your system. So what seems obvious to you might not be happing on the programmers machine.
> There is still another thing which I don't like not only in KDE but also other programms and application and that's the noice produced by the compiler when compiling and app from source it always seems as if much code is not written very clear:
Patches are always welcome.
By ac at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Obvious and reappearing bugs
>Sometimes crashes only happen on your system. So what seems obvious to you might not be happing on the programmers machine.
That is a usefull and informative answer that the poster will gain some sort of enlightenment from.
>Patches are always welcome.
That is about as usefull as "RTFM" and just on the edge of being rude, as it is very close to saying "Don't complain about it if you cant fix it yourself".
Please consider the idea that a post that sounds like harsh chritisism might actually be a combination of lack of technical knowledge and lack of english skills.
Please do not take this post as a flamer or chritisism, as that is by no means what so ever the intention, but rather as a surgestion to exersice a patient, informative and gennerally über cool attitude towards people who do not happen to be in the know (or who happen to have another oppinion then yourself).
Yours sincerely, and with cool regards:
By Macavity at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Obvious and reappearing bugs
>>Patches are always welcome.
By Morty at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Obvious and reappearing bugs
Please note that these are WARNINGS not ERRORS. The app wouldnt
Re: Obvious and reappearing bugs
I never sayed that this was an error or bug I just sayed that it is noice produced
By Mephi at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Obvious and reappearing bugs
"Yes, I know a signed int uses more memory than an unsigned"
Where did you get this idea from ?
"Why int a; instead of int a=NULL;"
NULL is supposed to be a pointer, not an int, altough on some systems it is indeed defined as just 0. int a=0; would be correct.
By Harald Henkel at Wed, 2005/02/23 - 6:00am
Re: Obvious and reappearing bugs
Yes it would, because j and i both come from different APIs. The OS knows that j can legally be larger than 2^31 (for a 32 but machine), but less than 2^32, so unsigned int is a good choice. i on the other hand cannot be more than 2^31, could be zero, and we need an error return. Therefore we make i signed and set i = -1 on error.
Of course this is a complex case that can't be solved the obvious way. If we move to a 64 bit system, or even a different OS (KDE compiles for more than linux) the type of i or j might change. The compiler is correct to warn, it cannot know that i is positive in the given case, even if it could, the situation only works on a few systems (even when it is all supported systems).
By bliGill at Thu, 2005/02/24 - 6:00am
Re: Obvious and reappearing bugs
Your basic point about warnings is, of course valid, and I fully support it. Then again, as a (KDE) developer, I won't promise that I never let such a warning slip in.
But as a matter of principle, I generally don't initialise variables in the declaration unless I need to. Its a great way to have the exactly the compiler warnings you mention tell you about latent bugs.
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Central Java's farming villages are tight-knit and communal. But trust in one's neighbors has wavered over the past month as food prices have spiked, turning crops like garlic and shallots into a small fortune.
"If the price of shallots becomes expensive we have to watch for thieves," says Suripto, one of several farmers who participate in regular night patrols to guard their fields against looters. He says none of his precious shallots have been stolen yet. But the threat has stirred suspicions and put police and farmers on alert.
Over the past month, shallot prices in Indonesia have ballooned from around $1.20 a kilogram to as much as $7. Prices of garlic and beef have also spiked because of government policies that restrict imports of certain fruits, vegetables, and animal products.
The increase has hit consumers in Indonesia, where around half the population of 240 million still lives on less than $2 a day and where spices like shallots and garlic are staples. It has also been a source of intrigue, with stories about price fixing cartels and police busts of illegal onion smuggling operations gracing the pages of local newspapers.
Supply and demand
Analysts say the supply shortage stems from complex import licensing procedures and inexplicable limits on goods that Indonesia could never produce enough of on its own.
For instance, a horticultural import regulation that took effect in September requires all fruit and vegetable importers to obtain an import recommendation letter from Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture, which sets import quotas. Only then can they apply for an import permit with the Ministry of Trade. The import licensing and quota system for beef is similar.
Officials say limits are needed to improve food safety and ensure higher incomes for farmers. But without measures in place to help farmers boost their production, development experts say import restrictions often have the opposite effect.
The restrictions also hurt consumers by driving up prices unnecessarily, economists say.
"What we're seeing is price spikes without credible evidence of adequate supply," says Sjamsu Rahardia, a senior economist at the World Bank. "This is not the best policy to achieve Indonesia's development objectives."
According to the trade ministry, for example, Indonesia produces about 14,200 tons of garlic annually against the 400,000 tons consumers eat – and much of that local supply goes toward the production of traditional medicine. It must make up the difference through imports, 95 percent of which come from China.
Who's at fault?
But the government says import restrictions are not the problem.
It blames the rising price of garlic on a lack of supply from China. (A government watchdog, meanwhile, has accused importers of holding thousands of tons of the pungent spice at ports to drive up prices) And the government says the high price of shallots – most of which are grown domestically – is the result of heavy rains that have reduced crop output.
On Wednesday, April 3, trade ministry officials said they would look at revising the licensing procedures to make them simpler, though restrictions will remain in place.
Beyond restrictive import licenses, the government has already been pushing a more broad-based drive to achieve self sufficiency in several food products, including rice, cattle, sugar, corn, and soybeans, by 2014.
The government recently said it would not import rice this year and has dramatically reduced its reliance on imported beef. But it has announced it will not meet domestic demand in soybeans – about 80 percent of which come from the United States – and sugar.
The drive to curb imports – a product of both import restrictions and the self sufficiency drive – has irked officials in Washington, who had been hoping to improve the US trade balance by providing beef to Indonesia's growing, protein-hungry middle class.
In January the US Trade Commission filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization accusing Indonesia of unfairly restricting US imports to protect its own domestic agriculture industry.
Some analysts say the trade restrictions may actually be a way for certain government officials to fill their own pockets and fund future elections campaigns
"It's a part of this misguided, nationalist economic policy," says Yohanes Sulaiman, a political science lecturer at the Indonesian National Defense University
He says the import quota system is riddled with corruption largely because the complex licensing rules allow officials to seek bribes in return for expediting the process. Recently the head of the political party whose members dominate the agriculture ministry was named a suspect for allegedly accepting bribes in return for awarding meat import contracts.
"The Ministry of Agriculture is using this function to raise money," says Mr. Sulaiman.
And with elections set for 2014, he says, corruption and nationalist policy appeals are likely to increase – keeping people like Paniem, a woman whose husband participates in the night patrols in Bantul, ever mindful of their small fields of gold.
Four dollars a kilogram for shallots, she says with incredulity, nodding toward this week's selling price. "That is extraordinary."


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Saturday, November 25, 2006
My Camera...
My lovely brand new PowerShot sat in it's box for 2-3 months. Then Annie came to town with the same camera and showed me how ridiculously easy it was to take a picture.
I think it's useful to have a number of cards. This last trip I went daily to the Odean photo shop, unloaded my picts onto a CD, cleaned my card, and was ready for the next day. They have machines in France that spit out your photos in seconds too. I would love one of those...
I did buy a back-up camera, a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S90. It's got a huge LCD window 2.5" vs the Canon's 1.8". I made sure to take it out of the box. But I have not shot a single pic sorry to say :(
Now if Annie would just get a Sony I could get cracking on it :)
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Carol, I can relate! I have a sweet little Olympus 3.2 that takes marvelous photos, including macros. Sharp, crisp, NICE. My Kodak, at 5 megapixels, isn't as satisfying, for a number of reasons, but unfortunately I needed the higher megapixels for print media, when I started the current book. Nuts...ReplyDelete
Which reminds me--do you scan your art, or photograph it? I do both...ReplyDelete
Do take out the Sony and start shooting! I have a sony DSC H1 and I'm going to upgrade to a Sony Alpha 100 because I like it so much, the colours are so good!ReplyDelete
Kate I have a scanner here I'm currently using as a..sort of shelf, unpluged and I need to plug the damn %$#@ thing in. I'm stuck waiting for sunup to shoot my watercolors to post to PB...ReplyDelete
Embarrassing :(
Ilva Do you do house calls? Yr pictures are fantastic!:)
If you will take your Sony out of the box you will discover that it (as well as most cameras) come with "quick start" easy instructions that will get you off and running taking pictures with out a lot of extra reading. Then when you have the time or Annie comes with a Sony (smile) take time to learn the great bells and whisles of your camera. Thank you for sharing regardless !!ReplyDelete
By the way, you can purchase a 1GB card and that will hold up to 200 high resolution images rather than having several cards holding only a few pictures.ReplyDelete
joy I've got 3 cards, 1GB included. It's easier to keep uploading to a CD. I have taken the Sony out of the box.You can see it hereReplyDelete
Hi Carol,ReplyDelete
Finally something I can talk about 'cause I adore photography,for me it´s an Art(with Capital letters).I love all those personal points of view:Cartier-Bresson,Doisneau,Orkin,Salgado,Brassaï...I love taking pictures when I travel,since last year I use a Fuji Finepix V10,I adorre the quality of Fuji cameras and this one has an incredible screen.But even now I prefer shooting with my father´s old analogical camera(a Nikon one).
Nice your Russian night"tail"
Thanks for this post! I need to get a camera and have been agonizing over the whole pixel thing. I plan to get a Canon PowerShot, so I'm glad to hear that you recommend it!ReplyDelete
You're post is so funny! Please start using your Sony.ReplyDelete
I have a Sony Cybershot DSC-P10 which is at least 3 years old now but still works like a charm. I must remember to buy a huge capacity card for it as i will be taking it with me on holiday in Dec [well, the Fiance is taking it with him as he prefers to use it than any chunky SLR]. He said it's people friendly. He likes to point and shoot. :)
I agree Carol. 3.2 mega pixels is fine.. too much and it really sucks the time/power etc.ReplyDelete
Like you i also carry a few cards.
I have a Fuji which as a 10x zoom, plus 2x optical.
I use it for wildlife photography. It has been wonderful. I am about to upgrade to get more zoom.. but i don't need more pixels!
I totally agree. I have a Konica Minolta Z1 with 3.2 pixels. It take amazing shots. They have now upgraded the camera to far more pixels, but me, I'm happy with my baby, ta very much...ReplyDelete
My pictures are often so large they take forever to email. But the quality is perfect for me. I take lots of flower shots as well as close ups of all the cards , mini books & page layouts that I make. Why on earth do I need bigger!! I don't...
Paula Here's a tip for emailing photos in a managable size. If you have MSN's Outlook Express, it will offer to resize yr picts from 100's of KB down to 30-50KB.It makes for easier uploading to your blog too.All you have to do is right click on the pic. Then E-mail to recipient. I send the resized pic to myself and then into a desktop file for posting.ReplyDelete
Glad you agree on this pixel thing.What's bigger is not always better.
Carol, thanks so much for your tips.ReplyDelete
I will give them a whirl next time a relative wants a pic sending.
If you'd like some serious photo/camera tips, particularly if you're shooting food check out Elise's simply recipesReplyDelete
..I'm having doubts about my idiot PowerShot now :(
Your collection of little toys is really a kick!! The tiny garbage can!!ReplyDelete
Hey that Sony Ciber shot is what I use! I'm not techy in the camera dept. but my photos seem adequate..always room to learn more just ~*need time*~ to attend classes!ReplyDelete
I have a nice canon 5mp that I love. I'm thinking of going higher just so I can crop and keep clarity. You know, I might just have been able to get that long range shot of a heron taking off...I don't know.ReplyDelete
Re: talk about sending pictures ..Have any of you tried the free downloadable program from Google.. Picasa? I love it. Great quick tools for editing..automatically sets it to decent size for sending and blogs with one click!
as the masters say: " it's not about the camera, it's about the moment you catch."ReplyDelete
with a beautiful place like paris, no need for complicated cameras nor pixels!
keep shooting and keep painting!
OOps. In my last post I mistakenly gave the wrong camera info.ReplyDelete
The camera I like best at the moment is a Nikon cool pix 5600!
Great talent!ReplyDelete
Keep shooting!
Good luck!
hi carol, your friend told you the right things. worrying about large pixel numbers only makes sense when you want to have big enlargements of your pics. if you only shoot for the screen and only want small prints, you're fine with what you have. on the other hand: does that sony cyber shot contain zeiss lenses (i know the good ones do)? then i would probably give it a try, because the quality of those lenses really do make a difference. cheers, anne :)ReplyDelete
Hey, I have the same camera! Wooot. I have been thinking about getting something smaller though, with a bigger screen but in the end, I think I'm happy (though the freakin shutter gets stuck sometimes)ReplyDelete
Many great photos have been taken with 3 mp's. Yours are proof.ReplyDelete
I have a Canon 300D, love it even if it's a bit heavy to carry around (just means I need two cameras!) A friend got the 350D when it came out but the photos were so enormous when he sent them by e-mail! I don't think the size they are now is necessary to be honest.ReplyDelete
wanderlust.. I am not surprised your camera "sticks".. the palces you have been..salt water and all!ReplyDelete
I love your blog but I also love my recently purchased Canon Powershot A640 - 10.0 mpx.ReplyDelete
R.S. I'm heading out to the upper regions of the Canon 6 after this post. I gotta get me some more pixels!ReplyDelete


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The Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Center for Community Service Initiatives invites the Barry community to a film screening of "Coexist."
Date: Monday, Feb. 11, 2013
Time: 12 – 2 p.m.
Location: Landon Events Room
Barry will be hosting Education Director Mishy Lesser, who will lead dialogue and activities about forgiveness, reconciliation, and coexistence after screening the film. Additional detail is available at http://www.coexistdocumentary.org/. The screening is being held in conjunction with the 3rd Annual College Brides Walk.
The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology & Criminology, the Center for Community Service Initiatives, and the South Florida Diversity Alliance.