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Thank you so much!! It brought tears to my eyes to find him. Unfortunately I never had to opportunity to meet him as he passed away before I was born. I can't tell you how much this means to me.
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I am interested in obtaining the original of Photo #25550. The "Mr. Chesser" in the photo is actually my great great grandfather, Hiram J. Chesher. This is the ONLY photo I have ever found of him and I am really anxious to obtain it. Thank you a million for your site!
Augustus McClellan is my ggg grandfather. My relative that lives in TX has the original of the picture that was posted. I think it was posted by another relative that lives in DE. She received the copy from my files. Just surprised that she didn't put more info on the pic. I noticed that she posted a pic also of her connect with the McCLELLAN family; ie Clayton & his wife. I have several old pics of the McCLELLAN family. Thanks for responding & offering to contact the submitter for me. I will wait to see.
Charles is the child of one of the brothers of my great great grandfather Davis Burch. We have lots of family buried in the Monroe Co. Burch cemetery and also in the Greene County Beech Creek Cemetery. Others are in Carmichael Cemetery and Burch II cemetery in Greene Co.
I would love to have as many photos of Burches that you have. I would also like permission to use them in a heritage scrapbook. Thanks!
One of my photos went home courtesy of your site, so I thought I would let you know. Photo #28791 Last Name: KNOWLDEN. Apparently 3 of the 6 children are still alive (but REALLY old) as well as another who was born after the photo was taken. The son of one found it and asked for it. I asked if they would like it removed, but they said they love having it online for the rest of the extended family to see.
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I found a photo on your website that I am VERY interested in.
Photo#619 is a World War II photo of nine uniformed young men by a plane. One of these young men, standing far right with his hat cocked, is my mother's late father Roy Edwin Ward. My grandfather died this past May 13 and I have no doubt that this is him. Is there anyway that you all can locate the person who posted this photo and forward my email address to them???
My mother is still grieving her father and I wonder if this might hold the key to exactly what happened to my grandfather during WWII…
This is a picture of my GGgrandfather, Stephen Sparkman Taylor. His name was originally Stephen Dicks and he was born in the 1850's in Florida. I never knew him to be in GA. He is buried in Fl. and was married to Julia F.A. Anderson. Would love to exchange info.
I saw the picture of Albert Keith Smiley but there should have been one of his twin brother Albert Homans Smiley. I am Albert's great great granddaughter.
Hi Jacqueline,
I just recieved an exciting email from Colleen Fitzpatrick, about a sleuthing quiz that she recently held on her website regarding tracking a photo of a Knife throwing circus act which was subsequently discovered to be your Great Grandfather Gustavo Arcaris and his sister (Your Great Aunt) Kate!
Hello Joe,
Indeed I would love to have the photo. Thank you so much for your incredible services! I have already spread the word about your site and hope that our little story draws you more attention. Below is my work information to safely send the photo. Our home mailman likes to shove letters in our mailbox, so I wouldn't dare have this special little piece of history sent there. Thanks again!
I'm a great-grandson of Martin T. Strom, Holt, MN. His youngest daughter Annie, married Henry J. Pederson. They lived and worked in Thief River Falls, MN. My father Lester (now deceased) is the youngest son of that family. He married Maxine Pfalzgraff of Parkers Prairie, MN, and I'm the youngest of 3 boys.
If you would please, contact me at your earliest convenience regarding any geneological information you can provide on Martin T. Strom. If you're any of my cousins from AZ or CA doing some research, get ahold of me and maybe we can collaborate! And if you\'re a relative I (we) don't know about, it would be great to know who you are. Actually, I thought the Strom\'s from that area were somewhat forgotten. There's a post (though from 2002) on the Norwegian Heritage website of someone looking for information on Martin T. Srom. I recently found it and answered the post, but there's been no reply. I'm very curious why there's been this interest in my great-grandfather.
Anyway, please contact me when you can. I have a limited amount of information about the Strom family, but would be glad to share. Thank you.
Many thanks! Yes, Lindley Moses Butler was my great uncle. His brother, Rush Clark Butler, was my grandfather. I can tell by your scan that the picture itself would not likely improve even with a professional scan, so I'm grateful for what you sent. Great service to those hunting down our relatives!
This is my mother\'s youngest brother, John Gaarder, born in Starbuck, MN. I am emailing his oldest son with the info about the photo. How amazing to see Uncle Johnny on this website!
Namon Barron was my great grandfather. His daughter, Clara Barron, was my grandmother. Clara\'s son, George W. Grimes Sr. is my Dad. I have possession of the original photo displayed here. Dad passed it down to me from Clara\'s belongings. I am interested in how you came across this photo, and any additional information you might have on Namon Barron.
Thank you,
I just wanted to personally thank Mr. Joe Bott for posting the information submitted by Mr. Mike Kane. Because of this another door of my ancestry history has been open and possibly giving us the opportunity to have the largest family reunion anyone has ever seen. Thanks DeadFred, and a personal THANK YOU to Mr. Joe Bott!!
Dear Joe,
After I sent the message through your site, I spent about three more hours figuring out things from her postings and what I had gathered, adding names and dates into my Family Tree Maker file. I soon became aware that the baby my G- Grandmother was holding was her niece Pearl. My GGrandmother went on to have a daughter Pearl named after her niece – hence my confusion! The submitter also gave me lots of other fascinating information about my GGrandmother ( her G Grand Aunt) including letters written by her and the missing key to the 100 year old family mystery! Needless to say I was ecstatic to hear from her- my cousin- and we have agreed to keep in touch and share family documents ! Thank you so much for following up!
Now that I know about Dead Fred and how great this site is , I will be submitting photos that I have of past owners of my historic house in an effort to find some of the descendants – surname Smith – how easy is that going to be?!
By the way, I humorously said to the submitter that I never would have thought that by Googleing my Ggrandmother's name, she would come back as Google's number one hit!
Thanks again,
Hi Joe,
I'm still hoping to hear back from someone regarding the Lucinda Marcus photo also. I was thrilled and amazed to find that photo online! The other woman in the photo, Rebecca Stiles, I had never heard of until I saw the picture. However, the weekend following my discovery on your website, we had our very first family reunion that anyone can remember and believe it or not, someone asked me if I knew who Rebecca Stiles was or if I'd ever heard the name before! I really need to find out more about this woman! No one has ever been able to find out who fathered my Great Grandfather who was one of Lucinda's illigitimate sons. The photo comment says that one of those women had an illigitimate child by the other's husband, and if it was Lucinda, we would then know who Rev. Pruett's father was!
As for the Calhoun photo, Callie's maiden name was Pruett. She was my grandfather's sister. And Joseph Calhoun, Callie's husband, is another possible for the illigitimate child mentioned in the photo of Lucinda Marcus and Rebecca Stiles. I'm guessing the same person who submitted the Calhoun pictures also submitted the Lucinda Marcus picture.
Thank you!!
Dear Madam/Sir,
I have found on this web page beautiful photos of Charles and Ellen Bennings you had submitted. I am interested whether you have any other photos of members of this family - I am a great grandson of Ellen Benning's sister, Kate Crosby (nee Goldring). In particular, I am looking for any photos of Kate Crosby and her husband, and children.
Yours Sincerely
Dana Russell Mutz was my grandfather, born 1883 and died in 1918 of pneumonia following.influenza contracted during the great epidemic that year. He was a printer and the publisher of the Utica Sun in Utica Nebraska. He left a wife and two children. His older daughter, Dorothy, was my mother.
WOW! I just found your website and the link for Myrtle Pollock, my great aunt, in a group photo. I read the note about emailing you for a close up scan. Is there some way you can locate her in this photo? I'd love to be able to find her and see her.
Thank you so very much!!! Can't wait to explore the rest of this website!!!!
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This is a site devoted to casting a spotlight on those comics in the Sunday pages that for one reason or another, were never collected. Also, I'll be paying attention to other comics worthy of wider recognition.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Here, Have a Balloon
Some people think that Western comics are more cinematic, but I think Manga is more movie-like, given how much of their work is like reading storyboards in comic form. The Shojo elements that are so pervasively common are elements that Movies used to have, such as Fade-ins, overlapping images, metaphorical imagery (flowers being the most common), which have all been lost with time as movies have moved away from subtle camera trickery into the realm of cool explosions.
In fact, regarding terms where the images in a comic can be used as visual metaphors, the closest I think come close are David Small's Stitches, and David B.'s Epileptic. (Is it a coincidence that both authors' autobiographical comics have the same name? Granted, the latter had his changed, but still…)
A popular staple is to have a character's face blown-up in a larger format in front of the character. Also, it's not unusual for Manga to totally ignore the 180 degree rule, and show both characters facing away from the camera, and seeing their facial expressions simultaneously. (An example would be seeing the character's backs as they see a horrific event, and seeing their faces in a faded image above them) I'll try to find a relevant page later if I can.
What I wanted to expand my commentary on was the usage of speech balloons.
Originally, I wanted to point out that iconic staple of Manga - the silent thinking balloon. Everybody's seen these, right? Where a character will be standing around, thinking about nothing in particular. This was popularized with Golgo 13, who had whole dialogues of nothing but "...", ".....", and "........" if he was feeling particularly emotive.
When this trait was recently adopted by Western comics, I felt vindicated, that Manga was finally beginning to make inroads and become recognized. However, there were essays on how American comics (particularly S-hero comics) were essentially allergic to any thought balloons. I was going to post some Manga examples of how they tended to think more, but then noticed that a Manga character was just as likely to say "..." as they were to think it, so my arguement was already shot down before I could make a case for it.
Very often, when I was reading American comics, and there were text-boxes of narrative, I often glossed over them just to read the dialogue, to get to the real meat of the story. Oftentimes, I felt the boxes were slowing down my enjoyment of the comic, and weren't giving me any information I needed to know. And oftentimes, I would be right.
What I wonder is why, if they need to use narrative, can't they use the Manga equivalent of floating text instead? It was used to great effect in Death Note, and other comics with little to no confusion to who was doing the thinking. Alternatively, when narrative IS used in Manga, it gets put in text boxes as well, but it doesn't feel as intrusive or distracting.
What I DO find distracting in Shojo Manga is where a character will be thinking in the midst of recalling someone's conversation. (This confusion can be compounded if someone's talking while they're thinking.) Even though it's easy enough to tell the two apart thanks to the difference in the bubbles, it can break the flow somewhat. In these cases, it might be easier to read one set of bubbles, then go back and read the other. Of course, you lose the state of mind these characters are going through, but my point's been made.
One other thing that separates Manga from Western comics is their willingness to be experimentive with their word balloons. It's not unusual for a word balloon to take up half a panel, only, rather than take the room above, they move it to the side so that the character's cool hair isn't obscured. Another popular option is to make the balloon partly transparent so that there's a faint outline of a balloon within the character's body. With Western comics, the preferred usage is having the balloon over the character's head. (Newspaper comics might be to blame for this)
Also, compared to Manga, which uses lots of white space for their balloons, Western comics are practically claustrophobic. It's as if they don't want to waste any space on the art that they've worked so hard on, that they're afraid of letting any intrusive text get in the way. So they cramp as much words as possible into a tiny balloon to be as unobtrusive as possible. I'm constantly reminded of the coloured Marvel version of Akira, which replaced ALL the large balloons with smaller cramped balloons to appeal to Western comic fans. How they were able to replicate Otomo's detailed artwork is a mystery to me.
People may have complained about the usage of the transparent balloons in the Twilight Manga, but it's a slight adaption of a technique widely used in Shojo Mangas, where the characters are visible through the speech they use.
Of course, it's more successful in Vampire Knight than Twilight, probably because the Japanese have had more experience with this kind of thing. It's not unusual for Manga characters to occupy the space where their thoughts will go. The difference is that unlike Western comics, which can be insecure about covering up the pictures, Manga has found a reasonable halfway point that allows both the text and art to be seen simultaneously without one infringing the other. This sort of thing must come as a bit of relief for the artist who painstakingly works hard on the page, and not have to worry about which bits should be covered up. A normal artist would think of using the blank space in the upper hand corners for the dialogue, but the text wouldn't have that same emotional punch if it weren't within the characters themselves:
Something else I noticed about Manga balloons - they can change depending on the dialect. Most balloons are vertical, which makes for easy vertical reading. But if a character is American, their balloons will be horizontal. Here's a few select examples from Genshiken.
As an aside, I've always had trouble reading any of Joe Sacco's works, because his comics make me sick. It's not the subject material (which I might find interesting), it's the text boxes. They're constantly swaying from one side to another, and the overall effect makes me seasick. (Or at least as seasick as I can get from reading a comic - I've never actually gone on an ocean voyage.)
EDIT - Here's another example where the text boxes are at odd angles, yet for some reason, the speech balloons are perfectly still.
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- AnonymousJuly 7, 2010 at 8:42 AM
Yeah, I see what you mean about that Joe Sacco panel. It doesn't bother me as much as it bothers you, since I've read stuff by him before without even noticing this tendency. But in that page particularly it is rather distracting the way the text boxes are tilted in the air as if they're actually hovering and fluttering slightly in the breeze at semi-cross purposes to the movement of the car. This effect seems to be further enhanced by the fact that the words aren't centered in the boxes, and in fact have noticeably ragged margins that somehow make you much more conscious of the text boxes as quasi-physical objects intruding on the picture.ReplyDelete
That shoujo thing with the reflective "voiceovers" competing with the dialogue in a simultaneous or remembered scene bothers me, too. You even picked a page from "Skip*Beat," the manga that immediately sprang to mind as an example of this. Personally, I think this technique works a lot better when the voiceover at least finishes a complete thought or sentence in each panel, instead of forcing you to try to mentally carry the thread of both the half-finished voiceover statement and the ongoing dialogue across two or more panels. This makes it pretty much impossible to follow either thought coherently to the end without, as you said, temporarily ignoring one in order to read the other all the way to its conclusion first, and then going back to read the other.
It's somewhat more feasible to juggle the two narrative/conversational threads simultaneously if the non-voiceover action being pictured is just a recapitulation of a scene that's already been shown earlier in the manga. But sometimes even that doesn't help much, especially if the remembered scene originally occurred multiple pages or chapters earlier, or is obviously supposed to take on significantly deeper new meaning once it's juxtaposed with the conclusions drawn in the voiceover.
You're certainly one of the most verbose responders I've seen in awhile. So I was disappointed when your livejournal address led nowhere. I would've liked to see more of your writings.ReplyDelete
Regarding Joe Sacco, it's not just that the text boxes are tilted, I also have to contend with the speech balloons which are for some strange reason, perfectly horizontal. Just as I'm begining to feel some stability within a page, it lurches me another way, which fits my seasick metaphor perfectly.
One major difference I've noticed between Manga and American comics is that when recalling a previous event, the former will use a panel of a relevant scene in the background or a stand-alone panel. (This happens a lot in Naruto) Whereas, American S-hero comics will have "see issue 396, page 12, panel six!"
I may exagerate, but it was this continual refference to past issues that made the Soap Opera-ish S-hero comics gain popularity. Since they continually talked about past events, ravenous fans had to hunt down these elusive issues to find out what these people were talking about. If Romance comics had gone down this road, and not contented themselves with being stand-alone stories, the current comics landscape could be very different from today.
Zomg, that Twilight panel. Aghast, but more at the font used than the transparency, though the placement is problematic. (On a side note, translucent bubbles are surely a lot more annoying to edit/letter/redraw than white bubbles are.)ReplyDelete
Those examples of Joe Sacco's work make me feel a little woozy too! XD

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It's debatable whether or not Matthew Fox and Ed Harris were ever truly signed on to co-star in Marc Forster's adaptation of Max Brooks' World War Z, but whether they were on board or simply in negotiations, neither actor will be in the movie. Vulture reports that Fox won't be in the flick due to a scheduling conflict with Rob Cohen's I, Alex Cross (Fox is playing the film's villain). It's unknown why Harris opted out of WWZ, but now the production is scrambling to find two affordable but recognizable actors to fill the roles. Shooting is already underway and the producers are having actors read in both Los Angeles and London.
Hit the jump for a synopsis of the novel, which examines the world post-Zombie apocalypse. The film stars Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Anthony Mackie, Julia Levy-Boeken, and James Badge Dale. World War Z is slated to open next year.
Here's the synopsis for Max Brooks' World War Z:
"The end was near." —Voices from the Zombie War
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years.
Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War.
Most of all, the book captures with haunting immediacy the human dimension of this epochal event. Facing the often raw and vivid nature of these personal accounts requires a degree of courage on the part of the reader, but the effort is invaluable because, as Mr. Brooks says in his introduction, "By excluding the human factor, aren't we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end, isn't the human factor the only true difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as 'the living dead'?" [Amazon]


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While http://tiny.cc/utmimw says that it is a 3 elements array. This is the same kind of error reported in my post http://www.blender.org/forum/viewtopic. ... highlight= and CoDEmanX provided a good explanation of why this probably keeps happening.
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>>> type(bpy.data.objects['Cube'].data.
<class 'bpy.types.ShapeKeyPoint'>
>>> type(bpy.data.objects['Cube'].data
<class 'Vector'>
Correcting these errors aparently would involve modifying by hand the output of an automatic documentation generator, which is quite difficult to mantain. I don't know how this thing can be solved but probably Blender users should start by having some sort of central repository for documentation errors.
What if the online API documentation provided a link in every page pointing to some sort of simple wiki-like-discussion-page? What do you think?


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VANCOUVER - While the Web was all abuzz last month about her signing to famed indie label 4AD, Claire Boucher was holed up in her parents' basement in Vancouver.
Better known as Grimes, the 23-year-old emerging electro-pop/multimedia artist had found herself back in a place she sought to escape in 2006 when she left Vancouver for Montreal, preparing for a lengthy tour that kicks off Saturday (Feb. 18) at the Fortune Sound Club.
"I was really unpopular in high school," Boucher said. "So I wanted to have a different life. I'm appreciating Vancouver a lot more now. It's been good to go away and come back."
While she half-joked about missing the mountains and forgetting how clean the air is here, hinting that maybe, perhaps, she would permanently move back some day, the graduate from Lord Byng Secondary is looking straight ahead.
Her third album Visions, which will be released Tuesday (Feb. 21), is poised to make Grimes one of this year's biggest breakout artists.
The album is a dirty, gleeful mishmash of loopy electronica splashed with touches of '80s goth, punk, new wave and Asian sonic iconography that is as much a headphone-worthy experience as it is a dance floor-ready stomper.
Visions is jaw-dropping. Imagine an alternate soundtrack to Blade Runner mixing Enya, Aphex Twin, Brian Eno and Lykke Li, delivered by a one-girl band with a surreal siren-like vocal, a subtle hint of a lisp and an uncanny ability to build big, borderline psychedelic pop-driven hooks on her array of synths, keys and drum machines.
But how did Boucher, who admits to loving Marilyn Manson as much as The Weeknd, end up where she is now? What happened to the girl who was studying arts and science with a focus on neurobiology and philosophy at McGill University?
Boucher said her musical awakening happened just a couple of years ago, when she met friends who shared a similar interest in underground music and arts, which led her to move further and further away north of McGill and into Montreal's Parc-Ex neighbourhood, home to some of the city's most creative musical minds.
"Someone showed me how to use GarageBand and I just started trying stuff out," Boucher said.
"Then my friends started [small indie label] Arbutus Records and asked me if I would be on it even though I had no music at all. All our friends were on the label. But then everyone started making some decent music, so it turned out pretty well."
By late 2010, Boucher had dropped out of McGill, had two albums under her belt (the cassette-made Geidi Primes and the experimental "witch house" effort Halfaxa) and was a fixture of Montreal's loft scene.
In early 2011, she borrowed her father's van and drove with a few friends and her manager to South By Southwest in Austin, Tex.
"I quit my job right before that and dropped out of school in December [of 2010]. I decided I might as well take a risk. It was a crazy journey sleeping on random people's floors. And then I played 11 shows in three days. It was fun. My manager would carry my keyboard and I would carry everything else and we would sprint from venue to venue."
The blogosphere went berserk. Another album, Darkbloom, a split EP with friend and producer D'Eon, and the video for catchy single Vanessa cemented the hype.
At the CMJ festival in New York City, 4AD, the label once home to the Pixies, Cocteau Twins and other indie luminaries of the mid-'80s, came calling.
"No one told me until after the fact that they had come to the show because my manager didn't want me to freak out," Boucher said. "I get really nervous. They just seemed to really like [what they had heard from Visions]."
The album's first two singles, Genesis and Oblivion, are earworms of the most viral nature, stuff that pop radio should really play (but likely will not).
Circumambient has the kind of oomph and crackle that would drive a club insane, complete with Mariah Carey-esque, high-pitched squeals.
There is even a nod to Prince on Colour of Moonlight, which blatantly lifts the beat from When Doves Cry.
"Oh yes, that's my favourite beat of all time," Boucher said. "I love Prince. I actually took the beat again and made another song recently."
But while Visions is laced with a futuristic edge, a song like Be A Body is an obvious backlash against modern technology with a hip-hop feel that would make for a great Kanye West collab.
"I don't have a phone," Boucher said. "Everyone I know is always on their f---ing phone on the Internet all the time. I just wanted to write a song about being alive in the real world — 'be a body.'"
With Visions, Boucher finds herself at the crossroads of art and pop. Whether people will see her as just a quirky pop singer or as a full-fledged producer who creates her own beats all depends on the way they absorb her image.
"It'll either go away or it will get worse," she said. "I feel the way the package is presented at first glance, if you're watching a video or something, you would just think there is a producer behind it. It's just stereotypes: 'If someone's dancing in a music video, they probably didn't make the music,' or something.
"The thing that interests me the most about making art is that I want to have a place in the dialogue. I want to be part of something that is remembered. I really wanted to shoot big because I really wanted people to hear this record."


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In the interim, the office publishes the final bound versions of the House and Senate Journals, Laws of Utah, reports, newsletters, manuals, management audits and other legislative and state agency publications. The LPO is also responsible for the distribution of most Legislative publications. The LPO also coordinates bulk purchases of the Utah Code Annotated and Utah Code Unnanotated for Utah's Governmental entities in order to obtain substantial cost savings to the state.
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NASHVILLE, TENN. - Tennessee State
University head football coach Rod Reed announced on Wednesday that 23
student-athletes signed their National Letter of Intent to join the
football program in 2013.
"We targeted a lot of guys and in the end, we got a lot of the top guys that we wanted at the top positions," said Reed.
With TSU finishing the season 8-3, the most wins in an 11 game season since 2001, it made a big difference in recruiting
"It's easy to go into a school and tell a kid that you are 8-3 instead of 5-6," Reed said. "Kids pay attention to that and winning is important. We not only want to win the Ohio Valley Conference, but we want to win the National Championship. "
Cameron Carter – P/K
5-10, 180
Hamilton HS (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
A three year starter and a captain during the 2012 for Hamilton high school in Chattanooga, Tenn. … ranked top 10 nationally in punting, kicking, and combination specialists by prokicker.com … made class of 2013 All-American watch list as both a punter and kicker … kickoffs average 70+ yards with 3.8/3.9 seconds hangtime … set a state record for kickoff touchbacks in Tennessee sending 71/82 into or out of the endzone … ended the season with a 42-yard punting average and had 13 punts downed inside the 20 yard line … a member of the FCA ... To watch highlights on Cameron Carter, CLICK HERE.
Evan Clay – OL
6-4, 305
Tucker HS (Tucker, Ga.)
Was a member of the Class 4A State Championship team as a junior … also participated in track throwing the discus and shot put … received offers from Buffalo and Southern Miss. … plans to major in Business of Communications ... To watch highlights on Evan Clay, CLICK HERE.
Cousin - WR
6-3, 180
Blackman HS (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Caught 26 passes for 494 yards to lead the Blaze in his second season of playing varsity football. He also had three TD catches. … named to the 7AAA All-District Team as a senior … also played basketball at Blackman … Cousin told the Murfressboro News that the opportunity to play close to home was something he couldn't pass up."I'm a hometown kid," Cousin said. "They were the school that was consistent in contacting me. Plus, they have a new indoor facility and their coaching staff is great." Was recruited by Austin Peay, Colorado State, Howard, Tennessee Tech, UT-Chattanooga and UT-Martin.
Adam Davenport - RB
5-10, 215
Navy/Riverdale HS (Riverdale, Tenn.)
Ran a 4.5, 40-yard dash.
Rodney Edwards - DT
6-2, 295
Gadsden City HS (Gadsden, Ala.)
Was the team captain on defense for Gadsden City … named first team All-State and All-County … named the most outstanding defensive lineman during his senior season while making 53 tackles and 8.5 stops for a loss …played in the 26th annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Game on Dec. 15… had offers from Colorado State, Middle Tennessee State, Murray State, Southern Miss and UAB ... To watch highlights of Rodney Edwards, CLICK HERE.
Holderhead - P
6-4, 224
Butte Community College (Australia)
Played at Butte Junior College, the #1 ranked team in Northern California, for head coach Jeff Jordan … member of the State Center Bowl Champions and the 2011 Graffiti Bowl Champions … averaged 38 yard per punt during the 2012 season and 37 years per punt in 2011 … had a 3.6 cumulative GPA … hometown is Leongatha, Australia. … plans to major in Occupational Therapy
Afolabi Laguda – S
6-1, 200
Brookwood HS (Snellville, Ga.)
Has a vertical jump of 33 inches. To watch highlights of Afolabi Laguda, CLICK HERE.
Lewis – OL
6-5, 295
Vanderbilt/Arlington HS (Arlington, Tenn.)
Has seen limited action, participating in four games on the offensive line.
Lewis did not play during his first season on campus.
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Senior captain... Three-year starter at OT for school near Memphis... As senior, helped Arlington to 8-3 record and first round of 6A state playoffs... Played in two postseason games: Tennessee East-West Game and inaugural All-World Gridiron Classic in Charleston, S.C... Three-time All-District recipient and named to Commercial-Appeal's Best of Preps squad... As junior, helped squad to district title and 10-0 regular season, just one year after a 1-9 campaign... Also played on basketball squad.
James Edward Lewis... Son of Bryan and Endia Lewis... Born December 4, 1992... Dad is senior account manager; mom is early intervention specialist... Has a younger brother, Bryan II... An uncle, Darren Hughes, played in NFL... Served as youth coach at summer camps... Plays the tuba.
Khari Lewis – RB
5-11, 190
Florida HS (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Class 4A second-team all-offense selection as a senior … rushed for 1,110 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior ... was named the Charlie Ward Offensive Player of the Year by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club … offered by Gardner-Webb ... To watch highlights of Khari Lewis, CLICK HERE.
Miller - WR
6-4, 190
College of Dupage/Curie HS (Curie, Ill.)
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Roc-m Nesbitt – DE
6-2, 250
Carver HS (Atlanta, Ga.)
Named first-team All-State by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the Georgia Sports Writers Association … selected at Region 6B-AAAA Defensive Player of the year … recorded 10 sacks, 63 tackles and six tackles for loss during his senior season … named to the Atlanta Journal Constitution's Preseason All-State Watch List. … finished first in the shot put in the Atlanta Public Schools Middle School Track & Field Championships with a throw of 42 feet, 6 inches … City of Atlanta Champion in both the discus and shot put as a sophomore … named the Male Most Outstanding Track & Field Athlete at the City of Atlanta Track & Field Champtionships as a sophomore … placed second in the discus and shot put at the Region 6 AAAA meet and qualified for state in both events as a sophomore … plans to major in Sports Medicine ... To watch highlight of Roc-m Nesbitt, CLICK HERE.
Everett Nicholas – CB
5-11, 180
Cedar Grove HS (Ellenwood, Ga.)
Named a 5AAA All-Region and All-DeKalb county defensive back as a junior … selected as a 5AAA All-State, All-Region and All DeKalb-county DB during his senior season … received offers from Alabama State, Coastal Carolina, Howard and Grambling State
Justin North - LB
6-1, 220
Freedom HS (Orlando, Fla)
North is an aggressive, athletic and versatile linebacker … Nationalunderclassmen.com said that he finds himself around the football and the natural athleticism he displayed in both pass coverage and stopping the run. North plays with an aggressive attitude and loves getting physical at the point of attack. He shows great mobility in the open field and has the fluid hips to turn in coverage and help break up passing plays. North could either line up on the inside or play on the outside of any line backing corps. North has good speed and the ability to play sideline to sideline. He takes good angles towards making the tackle and has good instincts when finding the football. … runs a 4.7, 40 … had offers from Bowling Green, UMass and Memphis
Dantwaun O'Neal - WR
6-3, 190
Deland HS (Deland, Fla.)
Caught 41 passes from 753 yards and three touchdowns last season as a senior … ranked #97 on the Florida Top 100 list and #29 in Central Florida … a three start recruit from ESPN … has good hands, a knack for getting open and a desire to block … O'Neal told the Daytona Beach News Journal that he chose TSU, in part, because it recruited him the hardest. "The visit was nice," he said. "The head coach (Rod Reed) was cool, and I felt like I had a good bond with him." He said Tennessee State coaches told him they viewed him as a potential deep threat. "We went over film, and I asked a lot of questions," O'Neal said. "They are going to be running a multiple offense, and I think I will fit in perfectly." … was offered by Georgia Tech, Bethune-Cookman, Florida International, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Memphis, Toldeo, Miami (OH), Middle Tennessee State, Robert Morris and South Alabama.
Aaron Piper - ATH
5-10, 172
Duncanville HS (Dallas, Texas)
Is an explosive athlete capable of making a long gain when others that are just a tick slower couldn't … ran for 583 yards and had 298 receiving yards with nine total touchdowns as a senior … during his sophomore season, Piper ran for 741 yards and 10 touchdowns on 83 carries … Piper is one of the best athletes I have ever seen in a camp, Barry Every said at the National Underclassman Combine in June 2012. "He is very fast, quicker than a gazelle, and his change of direction reminds me of Bralon Addison who just signed with Oregon. When he is in space even corners struggled to get one hand on him as he looked to have double jointed knees. Piper also had good hands and body control ideal for slot receiver or punt returner at the next level." … ran a 4.4, 40-yard dash and a 4.19, 20-yard shuttle … has a vertical jump of 33 inches … offered by Stony Brook
Baron Poole – DL
6-2, 275
Southwest DeKalb HS (Decatur, Ga.)
6-AAAAA All-Region selection on defense … team captain during his senior season while also recording 10 sacks and 34 tackles … named All-State, All-County and All-Conference as a senior …
Mark Reeves – LB
6-0, 220
Grady HS (Atlanta Ga.)
All-region 5A first team during junior and senior seasons … had four interception, including on returned for a touchdown, during his senior season … played in the East/West game … coached by Ronnie Millen … had offers from East Carolina, Georgia Southern, Appalachian State, Delaware and Alabama-Birmingham.
Christopher Sanders-McCollum – WR
6-4, 180
Creekside HS (Fairburn, Ga.)
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when in tight situations … has the size and athleticism for the wide receiver
position at the major level of competition ... has played
football since the age of six and basketball since the age of five … a three
star recruit on ESPN … as a high school freshman, Chris played Varsity, JV and
9th grade football (Team Captain) and was an MVP that season … was a
captain on the varsity during his junior and senior seasons … played four years
of basketball on the varsity and was a captain on the varsity during his junior
and senior seasons … 10 years played of AAU basketball … also ran track in high
school …selected to play in the 2011 Rising Seniors Junior Bowl(Top 100
Football Players in Georgia) and the 2012 David Scott Jr. Senior Bowl … invited
to numerous camps, combines, training sessions, showcases, teams and games for
football and basketball as an elite athlete for many years … has won MVP
awards, Iron Man awards, honors as captain and for leadership … received offers
from Auburn, Cincinnati, Tulane, Middle Tennessee, Ohio and Pittsburgh … his
standardized test scores have awarded him the opportunity to take and receive
high school Foreign Language credits in French as a middle school student … is
an Honor Student and a member of the FCA, the FCCLA and the Friendship
Community Church Sports Ministry … plans to major in Biology with a focus on
Human Performance and Sports Science
De'Ante "Pop"
Saunders – CB
5-9, 192
Florida/DeLand HS (DeLand, Fla.)
True sophomore who has appeared in 12 games, recording 26 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble.
Saw action in 12 games, making nine starts as a true freshman…Finished his debut season with 26 tackles, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…In UF's Gator Bowl win vs. Ohio State, recovered a fumble and recorded four tackles…Forced a fumble against Florida State…Returned an interception for a touchdown against Furman…Grabbed his first career interception at South Carolina…Made a career-best five tackles at Kentucky.
Rated a three-star prospect according to Scout.com and Rivals.com…In 2010, the 6A Florida Athletic Coaches Association Player of the Year for Seminole and Volusia counties…In his junior year, ran for 1,634 yards and 23 touchdowns…As a kick returner, had 580 yards and three touchdowns and led the Bulldogs on both sides of the ball to 6A state title game in his junior year… First-team All-State defensive back for 6A classification and named All-Central Florida Defensive Player of the Year by the Orlando Sentinel in 2009…Participated in the Under Armour High School All-American Game in 2011…Chose Florida over South Carolina, Ole Miss, Clemson, Cincinnati, USF and FIU…Coached by Kevin Pettis.
Jordan Sidney – OL
6-2, 285
Riverdale HS (Riverdale, Ga.)
Played offensive and defensive line at Riverdale high school in Georiga … helped Riverdale rach the state playoff in 2012 for the first time since 2004 … 4-AAAA All-Region Defense First Team as a Junior … 4-AAAA All Region Offense First Team and 4A All-State Offense Honorable Mention as a Senior … recorded 18 solo tackles, 29 assists, three forced fumbles, two recovered fumbles and four sacks during his junior season … as a senior, recorded 39 offensive pancake blocks … coached by Olten Downs (TSU alum), James Reese and James Webster. … plans to major in Business
Patrick Smith – Athlete
6-0, 180
Whitehaven HS (Memphis, Tenn.)
Smith manned the quarterback position as a junior and had a strong season under center as a senior as the quarterback of the state champions Whitehaven … ranked 25th overall in Tennessee by ESPN … coached by Rodney Sawsberry … had offers from Arkansas State, Austin Peay, Memphis and Mississippi State.
Tevin Spells - RB
5-9, 195
Atlantic HS (Delray Beach, Fla.)
Rushed for 554 yards on 75 carries and eight touchdowns as a senior at Atlantic high school in Delray Beach, Fla. … rushed for 658 yards and nine touchdowns on 105 carries as a junior … as a sophomore, finished the season with 110 carries for 646 yards and a pair of scores... offered by Arkansas State, Bethune-Cookman, UMass, Georgia State and Purdue
Westmoreland - FB
6-1, 250
Beech HS (Hendersonville, Tenn.)
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Expert meeting Chlamydia control in EuropeArchived
This expert meeting was part of the ECDC project on chlamydia control in Europe and aimed to provide EU Member States with evidence-based information that is needed for the development and evaluation of chlamydia control strategies and to monitor progress in chlamydia control in Europe.
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They are young and mostly female: with more than 3.2 million cases between 2005 and 2014, chlamydia remains the most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection (STI) across Europe. The updated ECDC guidance on chlamydia control in Europe makes the case for national chlamydia control strategies in the EU Member States and shows ways to develop, implement or improve national or local control activities.
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Kerry scores by starting Israeli-Palestinian talks
Secretary of State John Kerry has pulled off a major achievement in getting Israelis and Palestinians to say yes to the United States. Can he now get them to say yes to each other?
I admire Kerry's doggedness in getting Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table for the first time in five years, in part by making clear that whoever said no to America's urging that they resume talks would be called out publicly. I also like the fact that Kerry dared to fail. It is how you make history as a secretary of state. It can also be helpful to him going forward. Even a little success like this breeds more authority, and more authority can breed more success in other arenas.
That said, the prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian deal remain slim. Indeed, if these negotiations were a play, it would be called: "When the Necessary Met the Impossible."
So why should we even bother? I've always thought that the most important rule of journalism is: Never try to be smarter than the story. There is every reason to doubt that these talks will succeed, but when you look under the hood of this story you find there were some powerful forces propelling both sides to say yes to Kerry — and at least consider saying yes to each other, so it's worth letting this play out a little.
Let's start with a small item in Britain's Independent newspaper on July 24, which began: "He once sang, 'You Gotta Get Outta This Place,' but now Eric Burdon is not even turning up at all having deciding to withdraw from a planned concert in Israel. ... The Animals frontman, whose hits include 'House of the Rising Sun,' and 'San Franciscan Nights,' had been due to perform alongside local Israeli bands in Binyamina. ... However, in a statement, Mr. Burdon's management, said: 'We've been receiving mounting pressure, including numerous threatening emails, daily. ... Burdon was just the latest of a rising number of artists and intellectuals who have started boycotting Israel over the occupation issue."
Israel's continued occupation of the West Bank is isolating the Jewish state more and more. Just before Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu agreed to these negotiations, the European Union announced new guidelines banning EU financing or cooperating with any Israeli institutions in territory seized during the 1967 war. This involves research grants, scholarships and cultural exchanges. The EU is considering requiring any products made in West Bank settlements to be labeled as such (some individual EU states already do) to make them easier to for Europeans to boycott. These are dangerous trends for Israel. The EU is one of Israel's largest trading partners. And now add the fact that Palestine has been granted U.N. status as a "nonmember observer state," so President Mahmoud Abbas is positioned to ask the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel's settlement activities in the West Bank, which are widely viewed as contravening international law.
Meanwhile, Abbas was looking at a situation where the turmoil in the Arab world was both sidelining the Palestinian issue and weakening his archrival Hamas, which had been supported by the Syrian regime and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. If Abbas — who foolishly did not take advantage of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's offer of a two-state deal in 2008 — did not take advantage of this renewed U.S. effort, it is not clear when the next bus would come again for him, if at all.
If all of that explains why both sides felt these talks were necessary, what makes them feel impossible is the sheer accretion of obstacles. There are some 350,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank and at least 50,000 to 80,000 would have to be moved, even after land swaps. There are tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees living outside the West Bank and Gaza who will have to be persuaded that they can return to those two places but never again to their original homes in pre-1967 Israel. Hamas will try to use any Abbas concessions to undermine him, while rightists in Israel will go ballistic over any Israeli givebacks in Jerusalem, while Palestinians will denounce any leader who does not restore a Palestinian foothold there.
And have no doubt: Just trying to make peace will have consequences the minute both sides reveal their maps. One should never forget just how crazy some of Israel's Jewish settlers are. They assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin when he tried to cede part of the West Bank for peace. Nor should one underestimate the capacity of Palestinian hard-liners to generate suicidal violence when left only with despair or a sense that their leadership is selling them out.
But doing nothing also promised disaster — permanent Israeli control of the West Bank — and I think the center in both communities has come to see that. I repeat: They did not come to the table by accident or just to please us. But saying yes to each other will require a new kind of leadership from Abbas and Netanyahu. They will have to help each other face down their respective internal opponents rather than use each other as an excuse for not doing so. How and whether they do that is the drama that you're about to see play out. Pull up a chair.


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The insulation layer of the three-piece Cloud Layering System: This super-light, three-season down puffy ensures backcountry and backpacking comfort when temperatures drop. 800 fill DriDown in the DriDown Cloud Puffy means no fleece backup is needed (reducing pack weight) if everything gets wet, and makes for warm rest or camp time if worn with the Cloud Windshell, even near freezing.
It's not very "puffy", compared to other SD jackets, and seems a full size too big. It could be used for a three-season belay jacket (though it's not specified as one). If you're going for a more active or fitted design, definitely try (and try on) sizing down for a closer, heat-trapping fit.
- Packs down to a 6" sphere
- Adjustable hood fits and moves well with a helmet
- 2 unlisted dump pockets on the interior
- Thumb holes, lengthy sleeves, integrated collar, and long rear hem keep everything warm and covered
- 2-way zipper keeps venting in quick reach, even while wearing a harness
- Great DWR treatment, craftsmanship, and fabrics
- Feature-rich for its weight, lofty 800 fill Dri-Down dries quickly
- Dri-down means no need for a fleece to stay warm, even if you're rain or sweat soaked.
- Way too baggy for its size
- Not really a puffy. More like a hooded down sweater with only 2.5 ounces of fill
- Heavier than advertised
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SIERRA DESIGNS CLOUD LAYERING SYSTEM: Designed with three purpose-built layers for ultra-light back-packing and hiking in varying conditions: a highly breathable Cloud Wind (proof) Shell worn over your base layer creates a micro-climate, keeping you warm, dry, and protected while on the move in cooler weather.
When you stop to rest or the temps drop near freezing while you're active, layer on the DriDown 800 fill Cloud Puffy for insulation to keep you comfortable and continue on, without worrying about inclement rain or sweat effecting its warmth. Only when it rains, layer on the Cloud Airshell waterproof hooded jacket and Cloud Pants to insure that the cold doesn't get the best of you. The entire four-piece layering system disappears into your pack and weighs only 25.5 ounces.
Scope of Testing:
I used the DriDown Cloud Puffy for several activities, including cool weather hiking in both dry and rainy weather, camping at rest, backpacking, and general use several days in elevations from 800ft to 6,600ft, and in temperatures of 62 down to 34 degrees, in the mountains of Cleveland National Forest and San Jacinto State Park in Southern California, as well as on a cool day hike in the Green Lake area near Seattle, Wash.
Male; 6' 2", 195 lbs trail runner, mountain biker, and backpacker, as often as possible.
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Jacket Features and Specifications:
Size Large. Sierra Designs proprietary 800 fill power DriDown, nylon rip-stop interior liner, shell is 100% down-proof, stitch-through 30D polyester ripstop with DWR
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The Cloud Puffy weighs 13.4 oz on my scale with stuff sack (manufacturer claim 12.0 oz). The included stuff sack weighs 0.3 ounces.
The Cloud Puffy jacket compresses to a 6" sphere. It has five pockets — two inner dump pockets, a zippered inner chest pocket, and two zipped hand-warmers — with YKK zips. There are elasticized thumbholes at the end of the longish (a good thing) sleeves. A two-way, full front zipper with draft flap is from YKK.
The articulated hood has drawcord adjustments, as does the hem (accessed from the pockets). The dropped rear hem extends 30.5", and the sleeve length is 36.5" (excluding the thumbhole/hand-cover area). The weight of DriDown insulation fill is 72 grams, or 2.5 ounces.
Dropped rear hem and baffle detail
Product Testing and Review
The baffle design is linear and relatively attractive, although not as dynamic as the Cirro I tested earlier this year. Good news, compared to the Cirro, which had its tag stitched through the baffle, the Cloud Puffy did not have the stitch-through, and was nicely puffed along my cervical and upper lumbar vertebra.
Overall, I'd say the Cloud Puffy has a nice color scheme design with the contrasting interior fabric, as I've received many compliments on it.
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The fit is relaxed. The cut of this jacket is boxy and oversized, which is unfortunate given the technical nature of the design (which normally means at least an athletic fit-compare it to the Cirro in the picture above). It could have been built more true to size and filled with another ounce of down while keeping the weight about the same. Sierra Designs already offers the new Stratus Jacket, which has exactly this increased fill spec but is otherwise appears to be the same fit for the jacket.
In fact, the Cloud Puffy is so boxy and roomy I could fit the Sierra Designs (same "size" Large) Cirro jacket, a base layer, and the Cloud Windshell underneath it without compressing the Cirro or Puffy's loft! Note the picture below...
Please excuse the intense look, LOL. At least my eyes are open...
On the plus side, it does make the Puffy comfortable and easy to move around in, and the hems all seal up to keep updrafts out of the interior. The Puffy's dropped-hem cut provides plenty of rear coverage, at 30.5 inches in length. Nice, long sleeves provide full coverage as well, even with arms extended (my rock scrambling test near Tenaja Falls).
DriDown has dried quickly in my Cirro review (see it here) despite heavy sweating in activities, and I haven't experienced anything less in this superior fill-rated (800 fill vs. 600) example.
Hikes in the cool weather of early spring really showed the advantages of the extra-long rear hem. The Cloud Puffy replaces the SD Cirro as the longest-hemmed jacket I own, offering protection for my derriere in all adventures, even when seated on a low log with my knees well above my waist.
Although the overly boxy design left gaps between my body and the jacket, the long hem and its drawcord meant I could mostly keep the wind out, and it still performs to its specifications as a three-season jacket. When the wind got too strong, I simply layered the Cloud Windshell on the outside of the Puffy instead. This speaks to the flexibility of the Cloud Layering System as a whole.
The two-way, full front zip makes for great on the go temp. adjustments, and the top zip features a nice rubberized pull for glove-friendly use. I do wish the bottom zipper had a larger pull as well. The exterior pockets worked pretty well with thinner, shoulder-season gloves. Pulls for the helmet compatible hood were easy to use to tighten things up, but loosening the cords takes both hands for each side if you want the hood completely relaxed.
Water Resistance:
The Cloud Puffy is not waterproof, but it sure tries to be. I haven't had the weather to test it in wet snow, but the surface has a superb DWR treatment, shedding mist, and light to moderate rain.
Eventually the fabric relented after 15 minutes of moderate rain and I started feeling some drips on my shoulder. Despite the wetness, the insulation didn't give up its loft or warmth at all, and dried extremely quickly, about 20 minutes once I got it back into cover.
Washing, Drying, & Care:
I've used Atsko Sport Wash once on the Cloud Puffy on extra gentle, top loader, with no damage and no perceptible degradation of the DWR. It was simple and easy. The flotation of the jacket in the water (evidence of the hydrophobic nature of the DriDown treatment) forced me to push it down several times to get it soaked and washed.
I laid it flat to dry on a towel and then dried it in the dryer on extra low in about 30 minutes (with some racquet balls) — good as new. So far the Cloud Puffy hasn't stunk that much in the underarm areas after sweaty adventures – a huge problem I encountered with the Cirro jacket. As such I haven't had to wash it several times.
Breathability & Moisture:
You're going to sweat in this jacket if you're on the move at anything more than a mild pace. It was never cold enough outside during my "active" spring tests it to warrant keeping it on. However, great breathability moves moisture (from light sweating) through the inner layer and DriDown layer to the exterior without reducing loft. As I said before, all materials dry quickly.
The Cloud Puffy proved quite warm at rest during misty night temps down to the upper 30's, to the point where I had to unzip to vent if I moved around at all. Of course I was hardly able to test out the DriDown's hydrophobic qualities on that overnight trip because the DWR finish is excellent.
I found that wearing the Cloud Windshell underneath the Puffy that night proved too warm, indicating that this Puffy has legs that could stretch it down comfortably into the low 30's combined with the ultra-light, super thin Windshell layer. A hooded, fully featured Down Puffy weighing only 13 ounces is pretty extraordinary. My other puffy jackets are at least 4-8 ounces heavier with less features (but more fill) and slightly more warmth.
Smooth fabrics inside and out allow this to easily slip underneath the Cloud Airshell if the rain starts to pour – same with my other rain-shells.
Cloud Airshell (waterproof layer) over the Puffy
The large cut makes it very easy to layer — too easy. If it were winter time with temps well below freezing, exceeding the insulating capabilities of this Puffy, I could layer this jacket over my Cirro Dri-Down jacket, as mentioned before. The problem is that the extra weight of another down jacket negates the claimed light-weight efficiency of the Cloud layering system.
I have seen very little down leakage from the Cloud Puffy, on-par with my other down jackets from other brands. I haven't put this jacket through much abuse, as the cool spring season for which this jacket was designed was over before it started. Future fall and winter updates, testing the durability as well as the lower limits of insulation, will be in order.
I found consistent (but underwhelming) fill amounts throughout the baffles in this jacket, accompanied by quality stitching and fabrics, and DWR treatment. The entire Cloud layering system is made in China. The thumbholes are very comfortable, with no rough or uncomfortable contact points. Zippers and pockets all worked properly, with two minor exceptions:
Much like the SD Cirro jacket, the interior dump pockets, while wonderfully large, do not securely hold items that are smaller than a Nalgene Bottle or goggles. They could use a small, lightweight hook & loop closure on each.Thankfully this jacket includes a zippered interior chest pocket for securing smaller item, and even includes a headphone wire port.
And since the jacket is baggy, with what I consider to be under-filled baffles (remember my earlier recommendation of adding an extra ounce or so of fill to this jacket), the front zipper catches on the baffle fabric on occasion, much like when a zipper catches on a sleeping bag.
The Sierra Designs Cloud Puffy Jacket manages to perform its insulation duties well, hampered only by its cut. It does pair very well with the other parts of the Cloud layering system. It is absolutely wind-proof and waterproof when layered underneath the Airshell (rain shell) or Windshell.
The lightweight Cloud system allows for plenty of flexibility. With its DriDown technology, I found the Puffy Jacket to be a capable insulating layer when backcountry hiking, trekking around town, and resting at camp or on a cool night in the stands at the stadium. DriDown and a great DWR treatment mean that I can leave the waterproof layer behind for colder conditions around town, as intermittent rain won't phase it. DriDown, especially in 800 fill, is much warmer and lighter than any of my fleeces, and is competitive in its ability to work in wet conditions. Time and further testing in colder conditions will tell the whole story.
Though the Cloud Puffy has a nice technical hood, premium–level fill power, and a cinch at the long hem, it may serve some wearers for some belaying, and may be baggy enough for traditional belay requirements, I cannot attest to its warmth when used as a cold season belay jacket (below freezing) thrown over another down sweater or jacket – the fill in the hood may not be substantial enough to keep your head warm. Sierra Designs makes no mention of this Puffy being a belay jacket, BTW. They only list it as designed for mild-weather backpacking. Thumbholes and lower hand pockets might interfere with gloves and harnesses, respectively in belay conditions.
Overall, the Cloud Puffy is part of a flexible layering system, encouraging one to wear it as additional insulation in various conditions and activities, and contributes well to a lightweight option for backpacking and perhaps some mild-weather mountaineering.
Because of the cut and lack of puff, the jacket receives a "very good" rating. In the case of the entire Cloud Layering System however, it is a valuable piece, where the sum is greater than the parts.
I wish to express my appreciation to Sierra Designs for letting me review this jacket.
Source: received for testing via the Trailspace Review Corps
(Sample provided by Sierra Designs for testing and review)
Good review...but for some reason the photos didn't come through on my end:-( Also...I have a couple of thoughts...perhaps you have some insight. My first thought is that while backpacking I have never needed my puffy when it is warm enough to rain while actually walking...I use mine almost exclusively while walking in much colder conditions and while at rest in camp. I'm not saying I do it correctly...just curious about your strategy. Second...I'm not sure 15 minutes is a fair comparison for this jacket against fleece. I live and play in a very wet and humid winter climate...so for me fleece only starts to overcome other forms of insulation after soaked through...till that point it is heavier and less warm than all of them. Don't get me wrong...I don't want things to get soaked through...but sometimes it happens while on the move...and this is where I believe the true strength of fleece is on display...completely soaked it has a considerable insulation value (not sure about the new thermal-pro stuff...talking about dense fleece)...particularly over "puffy" insulation (even synthetic insulation becomes worthless after being soaked through).
7 years ago
Hi Joseph. Thanks for the comment and insight. Yeah I am having troubles with picture download. I got some up but many will not load. I agree that a traditional puffy is too warm when on the move in rainy temps. This is not a traditional puffy, but a 3 season one, and per my review, is not for Winter conditions. Warmth is relative of course. To your point, Classic or 300 wt fleece still works when soaked through, but is inferior when wet to merino wool, the newer Polartec fleeces (WindPro and Thermal Pro, I have several iterations of each), and Dri-down. My Cirro Dri-Down jacket has had longer exposure to moisture and sweat-through, and still retained its loft and heat b/c the down plumes are hydrophobic and kept loft.
7 years ago
The beuty of this piece as part of the Cloud layering system is that you can easily layer and adjust to suit climate and personal conditions, which vary based on diet, hydration, fatigue level, exertion level, elevation, etc. Sometimes I wear the puffy while hiking at slow pace, sometimes I don't b/c I'm starting out warmer internally.
7 years ago
Pictures coming through great now! I think the system makes layering easy...and all the components work so nicely together...it does look like a great system and certainly an excellent review! With that said...for my money I think I would still prefer to purchase the pieces individually...though finding mid-layers that layer well can be a real challenge. As far as Merino being superior to Fleece in wet conditions...I think that statement has to be contextualized a bit (I personally think it is a Western perspective that leads folks in the East to making poor and expensive choices). In drier climates where wool (which absorbs more moisture and dries more slowly than fleece) has a better chance of drying out relatively quickly...Merino (as you said) is far superior to fleece because it does feel better wet than fleece...and both pieces will quickly be dry (.5 hours for fleece vs. 1 hour for wool). However...in sustained rain and high levels of humidity...both fabrics will dry much slower...expanding the difference in drying times to something like 5 hours for fleece vs. 10 hours for wool). For me...and I live and play in really humid and wet environments most of the year...I typically prefer synthetics as base-layers...because if I am doing everything right I can keep them dry longer than I can keep wool dry...since synthetics absorb less moisture from the air and dry so much faster than wool. The one (actually three) exceptions to this rule are hands + feet + head. I prefer Merino for glove liners + socks + and head insulation...because my hands + feet + head are more frequently exposed to moisture...and in really wet and humid conditions neither fabric really have a chance to dry...so the warmer while-while-wet aspect of wool becomes superior.
7 years ago
I'd like to thank you for your thorough review. I'm preparing to write my own after wearing the same model of jacket this whole winter in Colorado and being extremely impressed. I read your review first to get another perspective, and would like to chime in about your primary complaint. I'm guessing you didn't have a chance to try on the sizes before choosing which one to go with? Sizing is of course very important and I definitely recommend trying them on first in a store, or at least taking measurements and going by the numbers provided. I'm 6'2" and 130lbs - very tall and skinny - and the size Small fits me perfectly. Sierra Designs is still one of the only companies that provides long, slim cuts in their jackets. Patagonia, Columbia, REI, The North Face, Eddie Bauer, and most of the others, with the exception of the more costly Arc'Teryx and Mountain Hardware, are all much more boxy, designed for short, thick American torsos. I don't think picking the wrong size jacket should count against the overall conclusion of a review of a fantastic and well-priced piece of performance gear.
7 years ago
Mabel - thank you for your great input. I agree with you that one should, if at all possible, try on a technical garment before buying. I did not have that option. My reasons for counting size against the Cloud Puffy jacket are for the missing virtues you so accurately extolled about the SD brand. The size-Large Sierra Designs Cirro Jacket, which I reviewed just prior to this Cloud layering system, did have SD's hallmark long, slim cut, and I loved it. The Cloud Puffy, size-Large, was so boxy and over-sized, that I could fit the Cirro Jacket underneath it without compression. The boxy over-sized cut of the Cloud Puffy would have been acceptable had it been marketed, labeled, or described as a belay piece - which it was not. That is an oversight on Sierra Design's part, especially considering customers such as yourself might order the jacket online expecting it to fit like other SD jacket products.
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I've a request on multi genre tags support.
For id3v2.4 for mp3 and vorbis comment for ogg/flac files allows and encourage multi tags.
As an example here is a quotation from vorbis comment header specification :
So, following this tagging rules, the files could have several genre tags, for exampleField names are not required to be unique (occur once) within a comment header. As an example, assume a track was recorded by three well know artists; the following is permissible, and encouraged:
ARTIST=Dizzy Gillespie
ARTIST=Sonny Rollins
ARTIST=Sonny Stitt
As far as I know, only a few players support multi genre tags. So to circumvent this issues, users tag with only one genre tag with all genres separated with a separator, for example
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GENRE=Deep House
In Madsonic,and client apps, the mixing of genre is not supported, so for example, if a song A is tagged
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and an other song B is tagged
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it will results in two genre "Electronic" and "Electronic, Deep House". Song B will NOT be available under tag "Electronic" alone. So if I start a playlist under "Electronic" tag I will never have Song B available...
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GENRE=Electronic, Deep House
However, the logic would like two separate genres in this case : Electronic and Deep House. I could find Song A and B under "Electronic" and Song B under "Deep House".
That's the philosophy behind multi genre tags support and it would be great if it was implmented in Madsonic..


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Firefighters found thick, black smoke pouring from a manhole Sunday evening. The explosion littered the street with chunks of asphalt. About 550 We Energies customers lost power, which was restored by Monday morning.
Deputy Fire Chief Aaron Lipski told the Journal Sentinel that an apparent failure of underground electrical lines created the burst of energy.
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I have no clue what got into The Goat this afternoon. She seems stronger. Different.
Overcast skies ruled the later part of the day. A mild breeze from the southeast meant a bit of a tailwind from the A bus, which I took to get home. Something was different. The tailwind wasn't THAT strong, but The Goat was running really, really well and wasn't asking much from me in order to give me a very spirited jaunt back to home base.
After my wife lay down for her pre-work nap, it was even more pronounced. I had to make a few grocery runs. Two trips. Two different markets. You've gotta love it.
As I hauled The Goat down the long flight of stairs from our second-story apartment, there was a glistening coat of moisture visible on the ground. The air was misty, with a foggy aura. The sun, about half an hour from sunset, was nowhere to be seen, but you could tell it was setting by the nebulous gradient of the atmosphere above. Engaging only my LEDs, I set out for the closer of the two markets.
Given the low visibility, I opted for the sidewalk along 87th street, knowing full well that my already assiduous awareness senses would have to be intensified even more on the sidewalk. This tactic worked very much in my favor this evening, as there aren't many intersections along this particular stretch.
I mashed. She went. I hammered. She went faster and begged me for the hammer ring. Not being one to deny a bike the object of her carnal desires, I pressed my left thumb, still hammering away at the cranks. As if receiving a burst of nitrous (two bottles, the BIG ones!), she darted forward. Twenty Two. Twenty Five. Twenty Seven miles per hour... Intersection ahead is all clear... I was flying through the misty evening air on The Goat's knobby wings which oddly were rolling smooth but still whining on the concrete. I'd be lying if I said it was anything less than surreal.
I hit the abrupt ramp up the other side of the intersection at speed, catching just a little bit of air, then took up the cranks again: Twenty Five. Twenty Seven. Thirty miles per hour and running dead even with traffic. Approaching another intersection -- controlled by traffic lights, I scrubbed a lot of speed and brought it down to a more reasonable 10 MPH as I crossed.
This process continued both directions multiple times. With the wind, and against it for nearly 9 miles this evening total. I'm still uncertain what caused this phenomenon, until I saw a strange figure in one of my photographs which seemed to be casting some kind of power-spell upon The Goat:
Naw, just kidding. That's my hand. This, however, is one ugly, mysterious monster:
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
A misty flight on knobby wings
I have no clue what got into The Goat this afternoon. She seems stronger. Different.
4 comments:
W-O-W what a write-up!,30mph on BIG KNOBS ! i bet they were singing!
- March 27, 2008 8:21 AM
- Apertome said...
Yeah, you were really flying, I don't think I could hit those speeds on flat ground on my mountain bikes, I think I'd spin out first. Then again, I don't have computers on those bikes.
Your depiction of your ride is a little over the top, but I enjoyed it anyway. And I like the ghostly photos at the end.
- March 27, 2008 11:12 AM
- Noah said...
Re: "over the top"
Go big or go home! I embellished but didn't exaggerate or lie. Top speed is visible on the shot of my bike computer. You really should have been there, though. It was awesome and probably the only way you could comprehend what a great evening it was on the knobbies.
- March 27, 2008 11:27 AM
- Noah said...
By the way, according to My Top Speed Calc, the DB Sorrento's 42x11 gearing on 26x1.9 tires in top gear will propel me to 30 MPH at about 100 RPM on the cranks, which, as you may know, is a pretty brisk cadence but not hard to accomplish.
- March 27, 2008 11:34 AM
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DEFENDING THE NRA: With the Newtown killings, American public opinion appears to have reached the proverbial tipping point. Public discourse now is less about freedom and the constitutional right to bear arms and more about child safety and the appalling level of gun deaths in the world's largest and most modern society. With over 10,000 gun-related deaths a year, this PR brief is going to need some very creative thinking. The well-worn PR positioning that an armed society is a polite society won't cut it – nor will the old saw that "guns don't kill people."
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