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John Singer Sargent was the most famous, well-paid portrait artist of his time. When he had time off, he put aside the oil paints and the society portraits and headed to his favorite locations to paint some of the most beautiful watercolors ever painted. His spirits soared when he painted with watercolors. The watercolor techniques Sargent developed were revolutionary and they're a great deal of fun to explore. Join us!
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RockyNook and I have been hard at work preparing the second edition of our top-selling Nikon Autofocus System book. This edition includes updates for the autofocus systems in the new Nikon D500 and Nikon D5 cameras. I've also added new imagery, fixed errors from the last book (thanks internet!) and updated quite a few sections. If you are a Nikon shooter wanting to get the most out of your autofocus system, then this book should be right up your alley.
The eBook is available now and the hard copy books will be available beginning June 19th, 2017.
eBook and Hard Copy –> RockyNook
eBook and Hard Copy –> Amazon.com
Author autographed copies –> VisAdventures.com
If you have a backyard, odds are that you also have animal visitors from time to time. Most urban backyards see their fair share of birds and squirrels. In more rural areas, backyards might even have deer, coyotes, raccoons, and bears come through from time to time.
Photographing wild animals from the comfort of my home is one of my favorite pastimes. I find it gratifying when I'm able to create a beautiful wildlife image on my property, especially knowing that a warm fireplace and a refreshing drink are just a few feet away.
Here are five tips for successful backyard wildlife photography.
Always have your camera ready to go with a lens mounted. I make a habit of leaving my telephoto lens & camera mounted on a tripod in my office, so all I need to do is grab the setup and start shooting. Backyard wildlife is often on the move, so you want to be able quickly get into position whenever an animal enters your yard. Rifling through your camera bag while trying to find your gear usually means missing the shot.
I've installed driveway alert sensors at a couple places on my property to indicate whenever something is moving outside. They are very inexpensive and are an easy way to have something always on the alert for wildlife. These sensors allow me to carry on with my life, but be alerted when something is happening outside. (Here's a link to some driveway motion alert sensors at Amazon)
Shooting from inside of the home is a great way hide from wildlife. I recommend opening a window or door so you don't shoot through the glass. You might need to remove a window screen so you can shoot through the open area.
Whenever I get lazy and photograph through a pane of glass, I find that I get "OK" photographs, but they just aren't super sharp. Take the time to open the window. You'll thank yourself later.
Your shots will look much better if you are able to photograph the animal at eye level. Whenever possible, get outside and lower your tripod legs so the camera is low to the ground. Shooting from this perspective will produce much more dramatic images. Also, a lower perspective has the added benefit of moving the background farther away so the animal pops from the scene.
Most of the wildlife you photograph in your backyard will be skittish. Since they'll probably be moving around a lot, I suggest shooting at 1/500 second or higher. This will help freeze movement from turning heads, twitching eyes, and sudden movements. I you are having difficulty reaching 1/500 second because of low light, then increase your ISO to 3,200 or 6,400 (or higher) in order to get the shutter speed you are after.
I received a phone call the other day from a previous workshop attendee named Craig Quartz. He called to tell me a quick story about his last Meetup Group in Portland, Oregon where he was asked to share his top-ten tips for photography. While presenting to the group, he listed off a number of tips on exposure, exposing for the highlights, focus, and composition.
After finishing his tips, everyone in the room room yelled out, "What about Vertizonical!?" For the last number of years, he's been sharing his favorite tip called Vertizonical to anyone in the club who would listen, but he neglected to mention it to the Portland Meetup group that night, so they all yelled it out in unison! Craig first learned this made-up term from me a few years ago at one of my workshops and now he shares it with anyone who will listen. I was talking about photographic composition and I made up the term vertizonical on the spot during the class. Obviously, the term stuck around!
Vertizonical is simply an approach to help you remember to always take both vertical and horizontal images of each scene you photograph. This discipline of shooting vertical and horizontal allows you the most options when you are editing your images back home after your photo shoot. It is much easier to take another 30 seconds in the field to shoot a different orientation than it is to try and do some industrial Photoshop work on your computer to create a composition that you never produced.
Look at these photo examples from Galapagos in this blog post. Many of the images from this volcanic landscape are austere and dramatic. I love the challenge of creating compelling landscapes in difficult locations. While on the location, I work hard to compose my imagery in the best way possible. Even so, I've found over the years that I'm hardly ever the best judge of my compositions while I'm on location because my emotion takes over and due to the thrill of just being there.
Years ago, I was so confident, that I just "knew" that a specific composition was perfect as soon as I saw it. Unfortunately, I'd get home from my shoot and wish I had more options to choose from. Now that I'm older and wiser and more disciplined, I take the time in the field to shoot almost all my scenes vertically and horizontally.
Since I'm a professional photographer, this approach pays off financially for me in various ways.
– My book publishers often need images in a specific orientation for layouts.
– A commercial client needs a specific orientation for their brochures.
– A portrait customer needs a specific orientation for a wall display.
Shooting both verticals and horizontals of all my subjects helps me make more sales and reduces the amount of work I have to do in post-processing.
So, the simple summary is to shoot vertical then shoot horizontal. Vertizonical!
We are headed to the Galapagos again this year and we'd love to have you along on the adventure. Check out our workshop page for more details at Visual Adventures Workshops.
Nikon has released firmware updates for four of their cameras and for the WT-7 wireless transmitter. The updates fix a variety of issues related to wireless transmission of images, custom settings, distortion control, histogram displays, and some lingering software bugs.
Nikon D810 Firmware Version 1.12: Download Link
– The WT-7 wireless transmitter is now supported.
– Fixed the following issues:
Multiple exposures were not recorded correctly.
Incorrect histograms would be displayed for some images viewed in the RGB histogram display during playback.
If On was selected for Auto distortion control, distortion would appear at the edges of photos taken with NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine selected for Image quality and Medium selected for JPEG/TIFF recording > Image size.
Photos taken immediately after lenses were exchanged would not be recorded at the correct exposure.
The protect icon did not display correctly.
If On was selected for Auto distortion control, the camera would stop responding when the user attempted to take pictures with NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine selected for Image quality, Small selected for NEF (RAW) recording > Image size, and RAW primary – JPEG secondary selected for Secondary slot function.
Shutter speeds for the electronic front-curtain shutter would sometimes be faster than 1/2000 s.
Pictures would sometimes not be recorded.
Nikon D750 Firmware Version 1.11: Download Link
– The WT-7 wireless transmitter is now supported.
– Fixed the following issues:
Incorrect histograms would be displayed for some images viewed in the RGB histogram display during playback.
If On was selected for Auto distortion control, distortion would appear at the edges of photos taken with NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine selected for Image quality and Medium selected for Image size.
The option chosen for Custom Setting f5 (Customize command dials) > Change main/sub in CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU group f (Controls) would not be saved when Save settings was selected for Save/load settings in the SETUP MENU.
Pictures would sometimes not be recorded.
Nikon D500 Firmware Version 1.12: Download Link
– Fixed an issue that resulted in unreliable connections between the camera and the iOS 10.2 version of the SnapBridge app.
Nikon D7200 Firmware Version 1.02: Download Link
– The WT-7 wireless transmitter is now supported.
– Fixed the following issues:
If On was selected for Auto distortion control, distortion would appear at the edges of photos taken with NEF (RAW) + JPEG fine selected for Image quality and Medium selected for Image size.
Pictures would sometimes not be recorded.
Optimal exposure would sometimes not be achieved in photos taken in live view using a lens with electromagnetically controlled aperture (type E and PC-E lenses).
Nikon WT-7 Wireless Transmitter Firmware Version 1.1: Download Link
The D810, D810A, D750, and D7200 are now supported.
HTTP server mode is now available in Turkish.
Fixed an issue that prevented PASV mode connections to certain ftp servers.
Photographers are a finicky bunch. We want the highest quality images but in the smallest package possible. We know that DSLR cameras and mirrorless cameras provide the best images, so we bring a "big" camera on our trip, but we don't want to take along a second camera body because of the additional weight.
Since traveling with a lot of gear is a major drag, some travel photographers opt to bring along just one camera and one lens. To be fair, there are some good reasons to bring only one camera on a trip:
– Keeps gear kit simple
– Keeps weight down to a minimum
– Makes air travel easier
– Fewer issues at customs and border crossings
Even though these points might provide a compelling argument, I highly recommend ignoring these thoughts and always traveling with at least two cameras in the same system. When I say, "in the same system," I mean that use the same lenses, batteries, and cards. Here are my six reasons why it makes sense to always have at least two cameras with you while traveling.
1. Redundancy
The most obvious reason to bring two cameras on your next trip is redundancy. If one camera fails, you'll have another camera that you can keep shooting with. On just about every group trip I lead, someone's camera dies for one reason or another. The last thing you want to happen is to be in the middle of the most beautiful place in the world without a camera.
2. You look like a pro
I know there are a number of schools of thought on how you should dress and what you should look like when traveling. Some travelers want to try to blend in to their surroundings so they don't stick out like a sore thumb. Other's go the full tourist route and wear the gaudy tropical shirt with knee-high socks. Since I've already decided that I'm going to have multiple cameras with me, I dress in such a way that people assume I'm a professional photographer. People on the street see me coming and already know what I'm doing because of my gear. I'm often able to use that to my advantage as I explain my project and the purpose of my photography. This frequently gets me preferential treatment as business owners allow me to photograph on their premises or property owners allow me onto their roof-tops.
3. Multiple lenses available instantaneously
I usually travel with two cameras out at all times. One will have a medium lens like a 24-70mm and the other will have a telephoto lens like a 70-200mm. I keep the cameras slung over both shoulders so I can quickly pull up either body to get the shot. Having two cameras means I can shoot very quickly and don't have to spend a lot of time fumbling around with lens swaps.
4. Perspective changes
Having two lenses always mounted on two active cameras means I can quickly get two perspectives on the same scene. Over the years, I've discovered that I tell better photo stories when I photograph the same scene from multiple perspectives. Having the two cameras out, "prods" me to move around more. It is easy to get lazy in our photography and shoot all of our images from the same spot. Having two cameras out helps to break that lazy habit.
5. One for video, one for stills
Having two cameras also means you can dedicate one for video work and the other for still photos. On some trips, I like to pre-configure one of my DSLRs to that it is optimized for HD video capture. For the camera shooting video, I set everything up in full manual mode including ISO, shutter, aperture, and focus. I also mount an accessory microphone on this body so I can capture great ambient sound. For the other body shooting still photos, I generally configure it for aperture priority, auto-ISO, and autofocus.
6. One for timelapse, the other for singles
I love creating timelapse photo sequences when I travel and do this quite often. However, the problem with shooting timelapses is that it takes one camera out of commission for the total duration of each location. For example, when shooting a sunrise, creating a timelapse requires one camera to be continuously shooting pictures for about 45 minutes to an hour. If I bring along a second camera, then I can use it to create different images in the area. I use my second camera to shoot macro, landscapes, telephoto shots of birds, and whatever strikes my fancy.
1. If you do shoot with two cameras, make sure you synchronize their clocks. This will make sorting your photos on your computer much easier later on.
2. You'll need a way to simultaneously carry both cameras over your shoulders. I highly recommend the camera straps and mounts from Peak Design as these are what I personally use. There are also quite a few other options from companies like Black Rapid, Op/Tech, and SpiderHolster.
I hope I've convinced you to make the weight sacrifice and bring along a second camera body on your next trip. Having two cameras gives you lots of options, and most importantly, you'll come home with better photographs.
Keep on shooting!
Lots of times in photography we want to compose the scene we're photographing so that it appears as if it is from a specific era. Professional photographers often want our images to appear timeless. This approach gives our images more staying power and therefore allows them to be used in any decade. As I travel the world, I make sure to compose a good percentage of my images so they don't include elements from vastly different eras in the same scene. This is often easier to do in nature photography, but it can be very difficult in urban environments.
During a recent trip to Cuba, I was constantly struggling with this approach. Much of Cuba is stuck in 1959 but their nation is also struggling to fit into the modern world. For example, many of the cars are pre-1960 American vehicles, while the many of the buildings are from the 1700s and 1800s. Couple that with the modern imported cars from Asia and all the people with cellphones walking the streets and you have an amazingly diverse visual setting.
Trying to isolate a visual element while eliminating elements from different eras takes quite a bit of effort and patience! At some point during my trip, I decided that I would embrace the juxtaposition between old and new and use that as a thematic element in my story telling. Rather than fight it, I decided to embrace it! I set about tell Cuba's story in a way that would show how the modern era is quickly emerging.
That's a lesson I have to learn over and over again in photography. I go into a scenario with a certain mindset and find that reality is different than I expected. Rather than trying to impose my will on my surroundings, I find I get better images when I adapt to the scene. Next time you go out photographing on a trip, I encourage you to adapt to your scene as well. Your photographs will thank you.
I think a healthy dose of skepticism is good for everyone. Being skeptical prevents us from blindly following an ideology without researching details for ourselves. Skepticism often helps protect us from deals that are too good to be true.
In Cuba, I used a healthy dose of skepticism to stay away from street scams. For example, one of the most common scams is the guy who walks up to you and tells you that he has a bunch of Cohibas (high end Cuban cigars) in his pocket for sale at a special price. Right. I'm sure they're legit.
On the other hand, sometimes being skeptical gets in the way of creating great images. Case in point, I was walking through the streets of Trinidad Cuba one evening and noticed a gentleman sitting on a wooden wheelbarrow with sign that read Taxi. It was an obvious attempt at humor, but my first reaction was that this guy was trying to earn a buck from camera-toting tourists. So, I took a quick (blurry) grab shot, and kept on walking.
Before I got more than a few steps, the gentleman said, "Where are you from?" I thought to myself, "Oh great, here comes the sales pitch." But, as I looked at him a bit closer, I could see he was genuinely interested. So, I told him I was from the USA.
He asked, "What state?"
"Washington," I answered.
He then started telling me all kinds of facts about Washington. Details about the geography. Rivers. Proximity to Oregon and Canada. Information about Seattle, Tacoma, the state capital Olympia, the Puget Sound, the Pacific Ocean, conifer trees, giant forests, and lots more. I asked him if he's been to Washington, and he said, "No, but I've written a poem about Washington."
"Hold on," he said. He held his index finger up in the air and began rifling through a box sitting on the cart with his other hand. He pulled out 20 notebooks filled with his hand-written prose. He leafed through multiple notebooks until he found his poem on Washington and the Northwest. Then, he proceeded to read me the poem in Spanish.
After he read me his poem, I asked if I could take a picture. He said, "Of course!" What a beautiful trade. He shared his art with me and I was able to use the opportunity to create a lasting memory with a fun picture.
My lesson in all this? Don't let skepticism prevent you from participating in a beautiful moment. I'm happy I stayed to listen and engage with my new friend Luis, The Wheelbarrow Poet.
Portrait of a young boxer. Havana, Cuba. Nikon D800, 70-200mm f/2.8, Profoto white 32″ umbrella.
Creating unique images while traveling to popular destinations like Cuba is always difficult. One of the easiest ways you can step up your photography game while traveling is to bring along a simple location lighting kit.
As lots of other photographers have noted throughout the years (i.e. Strobist), one of the easiest lighting kits for traveling is a foldable light stand, a white umbrella, and a small off-camera flash (speedlight). This little kit fits in most luggage and doesn't weigh much at all. The extra pop of light you get with this setup will make a big difference in the overall impact of your travel images.
During our photo workshop to Cuba this year, I wanted to spend some time at a boxing gym taking portraits of athletes in training. I knew that a boxing venue would be a prime location to create compelling images, so I brought along a Manfrotto 6-foot light stand, a Profoto White 32" umbrella and a couple of small Nikon flashes. When we arrived at the boxing training center in Havana, I found a beautiful blue wall to serve as a backdrop and set up the lighting kit about 6 feet from the wall.
Since I was guiding a group of photographers, I set up my remote flash so that it would trigger as a simple slave. The workshop participants used a wide variety of Canon, Fuji, Leica and Nikon cameras, so I couldn't use any brand-specific wireless triggering technology. Each photographer would be able to trigger the remote flash with their own on-camera flash set to manual output. I placed my remote flash on the light stand and set the power to manual output at about 1/8 energy. Again, I programmed the remote flash to work as a slave unit, so it would trigger as soon as it sensed a pulse of light from the photographer's on-camera flash.
After snapping a few test shots to dial in the exposure, we set about creating portraits of the young boxers. Since the lighting kit was so simple and light, we could quickly change location, power, and height as our creative energy took over.
This was a really fun photo shoot and it was very easy to set up. I encourage you to consider bringing a small lighting kit along on your future travels. A kit like this is inexpensive and doesn't take much extra space at all. I guarantee your images will stand out from all the other tourist's photographs!
Here are some more pics from the boxing training center in Havana, Cuba.
The next time you are out photographing wildlife, I encourage you to look for behaviors and poses that imply human emotion. We are naturally drawn to imagery that mirrors our own emotions. Sadness. Happiness. Shyness. Joy. Anger. If your photograph implies any of these, then viewers will respond very positively to your pictures.
In the example above, we arrived on scene to find a giraffe resting in the shade of an acacia tree. My first instinct was to position our vehicle to photograph the giraffe from the front so we could have a better view of its body. After thinking about the image for a minute, I realized that the giraffe was rubbing its head against the tree. This behavior made it appear as if it was shy or timid. Rather than snapping a standard full-length grab-shot of the giraffe, I worked a bit harder to find a way to show emotion.
Maybe the image of the giraffe's head poking out from behind a tree implies a game of peek-a-boo with a young child. Or, perhaps it implies an adult looking around the corner to see who might be there before coming out into the open. Either way, it is a much stronger image.
Over the last year, I've been working with CreativeLive to teach a wide variety of classes aimed at helping photographers become proficient shooters. The topics range from panoramas to studio photography to Nikon wireless flash and autofocus. CreativeLive is one of the premiere educational platforms available today and I'm proud to be a part of their team of high-caliber professional educators.
Here are links to the current classes posted at CreativeLive.com. Be sure to check out classes from their other instructors as well!
Here are the classes and links.
All Classes – www.creativelive.com/instructor/mike-hagen
Nikon Wireless Flash for Creative Photography
Using the Nikon Autofocus System
Photographing Panoramas for Large Prints
Creating Panoramas in Photoshop and Lightroom

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There are several drugs that can interact with Prevnar 13, including cortisone, heparin, and azathioprine. If your child is taking an immunosuppressant, it's possible that he or she may not receive the full benefits of the vaccine. To help ensure a safe and effective vaccination, tell your child's healthcare provider about any other medications your child is taking.
An Overview of Interactions With Prevnar 13Prevnar 13™ (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) can potentially interact with a few medications. Some of the medicines that may lead to drug interactions with Prevnar 13 include:
- Anticoagulant medications, such as warfarin (Coumadin®, Jantoven®) or heparin
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6) Knowledge of Distributed File Systems will be an added advantage in choosing the right candidate.
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SLAC-led Research Team Bends Highly Energetic Electron Beam with Crystal
A new study shows that crystals could become a valuable tool to control and manipulate electron beams in next-generation X-ray light sources and particle colliders.
SLAC's Peter Rowson Named American Physical Society Fellow
His election recognizes a long history of accomplishment that began more than two decades ago at the SLAC Linear Collider.
SLAC, RadiaBeam Build New Tool to Tweak Rainbows of X-ray Laser Light
SLAC and RadiaBeam Systems have teamed up to construct a "dechirper" that will allow scientists to adjust the "color spectrum" of X-ray pulses in pioneering LCLS experiments.
Researchers Hit Milestone in Accelerating Particles with Plasma
Scientists have demonstrated that a promising technique for accelerating electrons on waves of hot plasma is efficient enough to power a new generation of shorter, more economical accelerators.
Symmetry: Accelerating the Fight Against Cancer
As charged-particle therapies grow in popularity, physicists are working with other experts to make them smaller, cheaper and more effective—and more available to cancer patients in the United States.
SLAC Scientists Win Prizes for X-ray Laser Work
Three scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have received international prizes for their achievements in free-electron laser science.
Rebooted Muon Experiment Tests Detector Design at SLAC
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SLAC Partners with Small Businesses to Put Technology to Good Use
Researchers at SLAC collaborate with small businesses to develop technology so it can benefit the world at large.
Antimatter Once More Flowing to Experiments at SLAC
Following an absence of six years, beams of positrons – the antimatter twins of electrons – are once more streaming through SLAC's linear accelerator to waiting experiments.
A New Way to Create Compact Light Sources
SLAC scientists have found a new way to produce bright pulses of light from accelerated electrons that could shrink "light source" technology used around the world since the 1970s to examine details of atoms and chemical reactions


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Computer organization and architecture
Contact Information
My office hours, phone number and e-mail address are available on my home page.
Primary Text
Null & Lobur, (2003). The essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlet.
Good Reference Texts
Patterson & Hennessy, (1998). Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface. Second Edition. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann.
Mano & Kime, (2001). Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals. 2nd Edition Updated. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Course Description
The purpose of this course is to provide you with a basic understanding of how computers do what they do. In your CS courses up to this point you have been writing programs that control a computer. You have used these programs to get the computer to perform particular tasks. But how is the computer able to understand the language of your program? What is inside that box we call a computer that allows it to carry out the program? These are the fundamental questions that we will be answering this semester.Topics in this course will include:
- Computer Organization and Architecture
- Stored Program Architecture
- Fetch-decode-execute Cycle
- Basic Datapath Design
- Control Unit Design
- Instruction Set Architecture
- RISC and CISC Design Philosophies
- Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking
- Advanced Architectures
- Flynn's Taxonomy
- Pipelining
- Vector Processing
- Data Representation
- Integer Number Representations
- Floating Point Number Representation
- Non-numeric Data Representation
- Assembly Language Programming
- Basic Assembly Language
- Implementation of High Level Language Constructs
- Addressing Modes
- Compilation, Assembly and Interpretation
- Digital Logic
- Boolean Identities
- Logic Simplification
- Logic Gates
- Combinational Logic
- Sequential Logic
- Memory Systems
- Interleaving
- Direct Mapped and Associative Cache Memory
- Input/Output Systems
- Interrupts
- Device Drivers
- Direct Memory Access
- RAID Systems
What should you expcect in this course? You will be expected to complete a reading assignment from the text before each class. Following each class you will be assigned several homework problems to be completed for the next class period. We will frequently begin the next class period by looking at the solution to one or more of the assigned homework problems. Finally, you will complete three larger projects. In addition, because this course satisfies 1/2 of the writing requirement, at least one of the projects in the course will be accompanied by a written paper that will undergo multiple revisions. Further, the homework in this course will place an emphasis on writing. In particular, some homework questions will ask you to write short essays instead of performing computations or writing programs.
How much time should you expect to spend on this course? To quote the Dickinson College catalog ". Each course, unless otherwise noted in the course description, is equivalent to four semester hours. Credit for courses is based on the assumption that at least three hours of study accompany each class period (excluding labs)." (p. 203) I find that this statement provides a good guideline for courses which meet three days per week. However, it is impractical for courses which meet five days per week and is insufficient for classes which meet twice a week. Given that we meet for the same amount of time as a course that meets three times a week it seems reasonable that you would invest the same amount of time outside of class. Thus, I base my assignments on the expectation that you will spend an average of 9 hours per week outside of class completing the readings, homeworks and project assignments.
Grade Determination
The breakdown of grade assignment is as follows:
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I am so in love with this coat. I had my eyes on it a while back whilst strolling through Topshop but somehow managed to leave it behind, I bit the bullet and went back a few days after to see if it was there and it sold out of my size *cries*
My boyfriend Dan came into visit me at work one day carrying a Topshop bag with this coat in ahhhhh, he really is the best boyfriend in the whole world. He surprised me with this beautiful coat and I've loved wearing it ever since, it's the perfect addition to a Winter outfit and is super warm to wear.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Illinois Institute of Technology sophomore Karsen Diepholz (Ada, Mich.) has been tabbed the Association of Division III Independents men's swimming Student-Athlete of the Month for February. Diepholz finished first out of 21 swimmers in the 1650 Yard Freestyle with a time of 15:59.97 at the LAC Championships. The time was a school, Liberal Arts Conference and Luther College Pool record as well as a Division III B-Cut time. The sophomore also finished second in the 500 Yard Freestyle and in the 200 Yard Freestyle with times of 4:40.95 and 1:43.34, respectively.


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Life Skills Building
New Construction
MCB Camp Lejeune
This project consists of a new single story 3,478 SF facility designed to accommodate continuing educational functions, and some of the administrative offices which provide them. It will be located at MCAS New River at the corner of Curtis Road and White Street, a currently vacant parcel across White Street from the base Childcare Center, and shall include a new on-site parking area for (40) cars.
The building program includes (2) classrooms for 25-30 persons at approximately 650 SF each, a kitchen area designed for classroom training in small groups, and a public computer room for the use of base residents. The offices for Navy Relief and MCFTB will be located within the building as well, including interview rooms and office space for volunteer workers.
As a new facility, it will be fully accessible and all areas of plumbing, mechanical and electrical engineering design will be performed to conform to military requirements, including force protection measures dictating minimum building placement distances from public rights of way and parking.


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So I was referred to Debbie Carlisle by Bridal Expressions, the store I bought my dress from (who I would highly recommend for buying a wedding or prom dress). When I first visited Debbie, I felt uneasy leaving my dress there. I was honestly worried for my dress. I didn't doubt her sewing abilities. I was simply put off by her small and filthy sewing room.
I will say, she is a great seamstress. The work she did on my dress was beautifully done... it just wasn't what I wanted. I specifically didn't want the Standard Mormon Sleeves, but that's what she gave me. I tried to accept the fact that it wasn't exactly what I wanted, but I couldn't take it. So I called her and told her I wanted to meet with her again to show her a picture of what I wanted and we could see if we could change it.
(By the way, I had tried my hardest to tell her what I wanted the first time around. But she kind of put my ideas down and just did her own thing, and I'll return to this later)
Our telephone conversations went a little bit like this:
"Hey Debbie! This is Kaylee. I was thinking about my dress all weekend and it just isn't exactly what I wanted. Can I meet with you Wednesday to show you a picture and we'll see if we can change it?"
"How do you want it changed?"
"Well I'd like to show you a picture because I don't know if I can really explain it over the phone."
"Yeah, but I want to know how you want it."
"Well I wanted it to appear like the fabric is just draped over my shoulder, I didn't necessarily want a whole sleeve attached. And I wanted the fabric kind of gathered vertically."
"I specifically asked you if you wanted it gathered and you said no."
"Yes, I said no to gathering it horizontally, which is what you were saying. But I said I did want the special fabric (sorry, can't give away anything to my fiance) gathered on the sleeve vertically."
"I put the special fabric on the sleeve."
"Yes, you did. but you just laid it flat so it's barely visible..."This conversation went on a while. Finally I convinced her to let me go in on Wednesday (today) so I could show her the picture. Lesson #1: Debbie did not seem happy to meet with me, her customer, aka, the person paying her.
So today I went in to meet with her. I brought in reinforcements as well. My cousin Desi came with me for two main reasons. 1. Desi knows how to say what's on her mind (in a good way, a very good way). Basically she wouldn't let anyone push her around (unlike me, I'll admit it, I'm a bit of a pushover). 2. Desi knows how to sew herself. She reupholstered her couches all on her own and they look fantastic. And she made her kids the cutest Halloween costumes ever.
So Desi and I met at Debbie's house. The second she came to the door, Debbie was full of attitude. So we go downstairs to her sewing room and I begin to tell her what I had originally told her about the sleeves of my dress (my $899 dress). Debbie was not happy. She complained about how she would have to take apart everything she had already done in order to do what I wanted. Lesson #2: Debbie failed to realize that I'm the bride and this is my wedding dress, I should be able to get what i want.
I tried my best to be understanding and explain to her that I wanted it the way it was in the picture. But Debbie just didn't get it. Desi started to try and explain but then Debbie started to get mad at me, blaming me for not telling her this in the first place, which, I had tried my very best to do, but she just pushed my ideas away. Lesson #3: Debbie didn't listen to my ideas. She did her own cookie-cutter 'Mormon Standard' modest sleeves, regardless of me telling her that I did not want that.
Desi began to realize more of what I wanted, so she began to suggest ways that Debbie could fix it to be the way I wanted. Debbie reflected everything after that. She continued to blame me and to push down all mine (and now Desi's) ideas. She continued to think that her way was the right way and I was wrong. Lesson #4: Debbie felt that she was right. That I (the customer, aka, the person paying her) was incorrect and what I wanted for my wedding dress was not right.
I would again like to talk about Debbie's redeeming qualities. She did do a wonderful job at creating a bodice and cap sleeves for my dress. It was perfectly lined. Her stitches were perfectly done. She is a very talented seamstress. I cannot deny that she is talented. She did a great job... but it wasn't what I wanted, and she blamed me for that mistake.
So Desi spoke up and said:
"I think we'd like to take the dress, think things over, get a better idea of what we want and then we'll let you know."To which Debbie replied:
"I can't let you take this dress until I get paid for what I've done."Now I understood that completely. I understand needed to be paid for the work she put into the dress. However, the total cost of alterations would have been $230 ish, and she had not yet put on the buttons and the shoulders still needed to be re-sized to fit me. When I first visited her she told me the price and I was pleased, but today when she told me how much I would owe her to take the dress, I was very disappointed.
I'm sorry, but especially where I'm leaving with my dress, unfinished and unhappy, I should not owe you $200, cash or check only (which I didn't have at the time, so Desi (my amazing wonderful cousin (more on that later)) wrote a check for (that I owe her back for)).
$200 to leave unhappy? I don't think that's right. Lesson #5: Debbie overcharged me when she didn't finish the dress and I left unhappy. I didn't seem fair. My mom and I know she did not put $200 worth of work into those sleeves in the week she spent on it. Nope.
So Desi wrote a check and we grabbed my dress and left. We then drove to Desi's house to chat. Desi was upset. She began to draw a picture.
"Is this what you wanted?" Yep. Exactly. "I can do that. And if I can't, I know someone who makes wedding dresses and she would help you out."So Desi and I went to Joann's, grabbed some fabric, went back to her house and Desi began to do a mock version of the sleeves I wanted. In an hour and a half Desi finished one of the sleeves. She pinned it on and it was exactly what I had wanted. EXACTLY.
In that hour, I sat there, wearing my gorgeous wedding dress and doing this:
The above picture are all the strings and pieces of fabric that were found stuck in the bottom of my dress, due to the messy floor of Debbie's sewing room. This picture isn't even half of what's down at the bottom of my dress. There are so many strings that are nearly impossible to get out of the (practically) ten layers of my dress. Not only that, I found a safety pin. I found a hole that I'm nearly positive is from when I had to change in her teeny-tiny bathroom. Lesson #6: Debbie has a very dirty floor in her sewing room. it was not a safe environment for my dress and I am extremely upset about it.
Again, in the Orem/Provo area where Debbie lives and works, the Mormon-standard sleeves which she put on my dress were great and are probably very popular. She could do that to any dress, I'm sure of it. But the fact is, I have a very different dress and I wanted something very different. Debbie couldn't not give me different, she could only give me the standard.
The truth is, I do not, and will not recommend Debbie Carlisle as a seamstress. The title of this post is very much true. If I would have continued to let her push my ideas down, I would have ended up with the sleeves/dress I didn't want, and it would have made me very unhappy and ruined my wedding. I think almost everyone would agree: The bride deserves to get exactly what she wants on her wedding day.
My family has given me everything I wanted for my wedding. My venue is perfect, the flowers are perfect, the food will be perfect, the cake will be perfect, the invitations are perfect, my fiance is more than perfect and my dress is so incredibly perfect that everyone who knows me who sees me in it says, "Yes! That is so you! That is exactly the dress I would have pictured you in! It's perfect!" ...but Debbie almost ruined the dress for me. And it honestly would have ruined my wedding.
So, my advice to newly engaged brides-to-be in the Orem/Provo area, don't visit Debbie Carlisle for alterations. I had a bad feeling the first time I left my dress with her. I should have acted upon that feeling and just left. I honestly wish I had never left my dress with her.
[Hey readers!! Only 23 days and you can see a picture of my wedding dress!!]


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The Placemaking Committee, part of the Georgia Avenue/Lamont Street Safety Taskforce, in partnership with the Georgia Avenue Community Development Task Force is hosting the Georgia Avenue Winter Festival from 11am-4pm on Saturday December 5 at 3400 Georgia Avenue NW (the former Murray's Grocery). This event will showcase to the community the wonderful work of artists, businesses and organizations in Park View and along Georgia Avenue. We'll have vendors selling food and arts & crafts, art displays, performances and demos, a kid's corner with craft making and other activities, info tabling and Christmas tree sales. If you'd like to attend, formal publicity will be coming out soon. If you'd like to participate or contribute in some way, here are the options below:
Performances and Demos: These will take place from 12-3pm.
Vendors: If you'd like to sell or give samples of food, arts & crafts, or other items we'll have an area set up for the length of the event.
Art Display: We've got lots of great space to work with!
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2018 FINAL | Toronto wins third consecutive OUA figure skating championship
Aylmer, Ont. – The Toronto Varsity Blues are the OUA Champions once again, winning their third consecutive provincial banner as the OUA Figure Skating Championship wrapped up on Wednesday afternoon at the East Elgin Community Complex. Toronto successfully defended their title and captured their sixth championship in program history with 88 points overall, just four points in front of the host Western Mustangs.


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So once upon a time (maybe like two years ago?) I went over to friends house and watched her throw some almonds into her food processor. I asked her what she was making and she said almond butter. Who the? What the? You can MAKE almond butter? Oh yes, she says, and peanut butter. Not only that, she started it up and then left to take a shower. Setting aside for the moment that for some reason I was hanging out in a friend's kitchen while she had better things to do, like go and take a shower, this almond butter needed virtually no work. So after I got the hint that she had places to be which did not involve me loitering at her kitchen table, I zipped home up the mountain to make my own delicious jar of almond butter. I threw the almonds in my food processor, hit the button, and stood back proudly watching while
my almonds miraculously morphed into butter my food processor started making terrible noises. Like a combo of nails on a chalkboard and dying puppies. Then there was smoke. And then there was silence. Terrible silence.
Soooo, apparently using a not so great food processor doesn't work for almond butter. I had one of those convenient looking blender/food processor combos. Yes. Had. The almonds killed it. But never fear. A mere 250 Discover points later and another big new fancy-schmancy 12 cup food processor was on its way. (I buy groceries with my card and they give me points for food processors and Gap gift cards. Me and Discover, we've got a good thing going.) Of course, it wasn't on its way to St. Thomas. Because 90% of the universe doesn't ship to St. Thomas. (Because they're jealous.) It was on its way to friend's dad's house in south Florida. When she went up to see her family the next month, it was there. Actually there were two of them there. Silly Amazon. But we didn't realize this. We all thought one of them was the processor and one was accessories. For 250 Discover points you should get two boxes, right? So imagine our surprise when we picked up two very large boxes from the post office, each containing a new food processor and accessories. Seth spent the next four (FOUR!) months trying to explain to the nice not-very-good-at-English call center guys why we needed a free label to mail them back a rather heavy food processor from an island they don't even ship to, and no we don't need a refund thankyouverymuch. (Four months!) At one point we were in possession of two $300 food processors and a full refund onto our credit card for another. Good thing we're honest, Amazon. Good thing.
And so, with my one new food processor, I got to try my hand at almond butter again. It was just as easy as I remembered. Want to give it a whirl? Have a heavy duty food processor up to the challenge? Start out by toasting up about four cups of almonds. Or buy them pre-toasted if you're fancy like that. My kitchen isn't very scientific. I put them in a 350ish degree oven for ten minutes or so, tasting them occasionally. Usually burning my fingertips and tongue in the process because I'm one of the world's most impatient people. The more you toast them, the toastier your almond butter will taste. I suppose you could also make almond butter with raw almonds if you prefer.
Now toss your toasted almonds into your food processor. It's okay if they're still hot. Fasten the lid and turn it on. And that's it. You don't even have to scrape down the sides with a spatula during the process. Just walk away. But for you guys I didn't just walk away. I took pictures at one minute intervals to give an idea of what you should be looking at.
See, here after one minute it gets kind of crumbly. It's more of an almond meal.
Kind of the same after two minutes.
It starts trying to form into a cohesive almond meal ball after three minutes.
After four minutes a mutant almond swamp monster emerges. Whatever you do, do not open the lid at minute four. You do not want to release that swamp monster into your home. He's kind of like Chucky with the aroma of toasted almonds.
After five minutes you have vanquished the almond swamp monster. Good job. You can put down the baseball bat and let your kids safely out of their bedroom closets.
You're going to start thinking you're done after six minutes. And maybe you are. But you're probably not. Taste it and see. Your processor might be different from mine. You'll also want to add a bit of salt and bit of sugar or honey at this point.
My almond butter is traditionally done after seven minutes. It's smooth and creamy. The longer you process it the more liquid-y it will get. Add a little more salt or sugar if you need to. Just give it a few little zzt-zzts with the pulse button to mix it in.
And that's that. Fresh almond butter minus any preservatives. I keep mine in a cabinet at room temperature, like peanut butter. And speaking of peanut butter, make it the exact same way. My peanut butter usually takes a minute or two less than my almond butter.
Homemade Almond Butter
- This makes about 2 cups of almond butter.
- Important: I have a 12 cup Kitchenaid and my friend uses a 10 cup Cuisinart. Don't use your little 4 cup anything. I'm pretty sure it won't be up to the challenge (meaning: the almonds will kill it). This is better suited for the motor in heavy duty food processors.
4 c. almonds
sugar or honey (or sweetener of your choice)
Heat your oven to 350F. Spread out the almonds on a sheet pan and toast them in the oven for about 10 minutes. Keep checking to make sure you don't burn them. The toastier your almonds, the toastier your almond butter will be. Once the almonds are toasted, transfer them to your food processor and process them for about 7 minutes. After about 6 minutes, add the salt and sugar. I usually start with about a 1/2 tsp of each and work up from there. It's really subjective and up to your taste. Process until it's smooth and creamy, the consistency of peanut butter!


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This super detail kit was made for the Miners Union Hall (SS1502), but would work for most any commercial building circa 1900 and later.
This kit includes: 2 smoke jacks, 2 skylight kits, 1 chimney, 4 (non-working) exterior electric lamps with large shades, 2 wooden barrels w/lids, a broom & a shovel, a spittoon, a coal bin, flowers in pots, and an outhouse. All made of high quality hand cast pewter. Big saving over purchasing these parts individually.
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