text: This casual, personal documentary charts one man's dedication to the New York neighborhood he grew up in, as he watches it go from a bohemian paradise in the '60s, to a haven for drug dealers in the '80s, to the gentrified, high-rent slice of Manhattan it has become. Born to a free-spirited single mother in a former tenement house, the fortysomething Josh Pais remembers a childhood filled with colorful characters, from the scenesters and hangers-on to the famous, luminary East Village artists of the era. Though he left the neighborhood to pursue a career as a Hollywood actor, Pais returned, only to find drug dealers and crack dens where his home once was; many of his mother's friends had fallen on hard times. Through it all, Pais remains committed to the area between Avenues C and D, and we watch as he attempts to create a safe haven for his wife and child -- a process made easier when the city decides to crack down on crime in the area. From Pais' point of view, 7th Street becomes safer, but also loses its character as its rents skyrocket. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi


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Industry Research : Retail Customers Facing Email Black Hole This Christmas
In the run up to Christmas, UK retailers are frustrating shoppers with distinctly average customer service, according to a new study released today. Despite UK online Christmas sales expected to exceed £4.6 billion (IMRG), top UK retailers are failing to answer questions asked online or sent via email, according to the 2012 Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study. The research found that just 48% of retailers could successfully answer basic questions sent via email, while websites could answer just over half (53%) of questions asked online.
The research, carried out by multi-channel customer interaction management software provider Eptica, evaluated 40 leading retailers, spanning the CD/books/DVD, consumer electronics, food and fashion sectors. They were tested on their ability to provide answers to 10 routine questions via the web as well as their speed and accuracy when responding to enquiries sent via email.
It was impossible to contact nearly a quarter (22%) of the companies in the study via email, as they either had removed the opportunity for non-customers to contact them through this channel or email addresses could not be easily found. This was a dramatic change since 2011, when 97.5% of retailers provided email contact details. And it also risks breaking the law - UK Distance Selling regulations state that online retailers must provide an email address on their sites (Source Office of Fair Trading).
Poor email performance continued when it came to response times. On average it took retailers 66 hours, 52 minutes to answer emails, a whole day (24 hours) longer than in 2011. One retailer took over 1 month to reply to an email – although another responded in just 19 minutes, delivering a real competitive advantage. Slow responses have a direct impact on Christmas shoppers, delaying purchases and potentially meaning presents will not be delivered on time.
There was a growing gap between best and worst when it came to online customer service. For example, fashion companies answered three quarters (75%) of questions asked on their websites, while CD/DVD/Booksellers and food retailers scored just 40%. Demonstrating the increasing chasm between companies, one food retailer scored 100%, answering all ten questions successfully – however three companies in the same sector scored just two out of ten.
"In such a competitive sector, a good Christmas can make the difference between survival or failure for hard-pressed retailers," said Dee Roche, VP, Global Marketing, Eptica. "Delivering a first class customer experience is central to winning and retaining sales, but our research found that while some retailers are excelling at service, many seem to be unable to provide answers to even the most basic of questions. It is particularly worrying to see that a rising number of retailers are making it more difficult for customers to contact them via email – not only does this potentially break the law, but it forces consumers to change channels and risks them going elsewhere."
Social media is now a growing channel for customer service – and retailers are embracing it fully. The study found that since 2011, social media use has increased dramatically – 90% of retailers now provide links to their Twitter accounts and 88% have Facebook pages (up from 58% on both networks in 2011). 8% of retailers link customer service to social media channels, allowing shoppers to ask questions of the wider community. This shows there is still room for improvement as retailers look to integrate social media into their wider customer service strategy.
Sector |
2012 % answered online |
2011 answered online |
Fashion Retail |
75% |
64% |
Electronics Retail |
58% |
54% |
CD/DVD/Books |
40% |
43% |
Food retail |
40% |
48% |
Average |
53% |
52% |
2012 Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study methodology
As part of the Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study 40 company websites across the CD/DVD/book retail, food retail, electronics retail and fashion retail sectors were evaluated in three areas in Q3 2012:
1.For their ability to answer ten basic, sector-specific questions via their website. These included:
- What is your last order date for guaranteed Christmas delivery?
- Do you price match?
- Can I order online and pick up instore?
- Can I return duplicate presents?
2. On the speed and accuracy of their response via their email channel
3. How they integrated links to sites such as Facebook, Twitter and forums into their overall customer service strategy.
An infographic illustrating the results of the Eptica Customer Experience Study can be downloaded here.
As well as retailers, the Study surveyed websites across the insurance, travel, consumer electronics manufacturers, utilities, telecoms and banking sectors. The full 2012 Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study report can be downloaded here.
Related Editorial
- UK Retailers Failing at Email Customer Service but Improving on Twitter
- 2015 Eptica UK Multichannel Customer Experience Study
- UK Insurers Failing to Deliver Channel Choice to Consumers
- Facebook and Email Beat Twitter for Retail Sector Customer Service
- Mobile Websites Failing to Deliver Right Experience
- Father Christmas Scores Above Average for Customer Service
More Editorial From Eptica
- U.S. Insurers Failing to Deliver on Digital Customer Experience
- Eptica Signs Global Partnership With SpiceCSM
- Facebook and Email Beat Twitter for Retail Sector Customer Service
- Social Media Outperforms Email for Customer Service According to New Research
- U.S. Consumers Unhappy with Holiday Retail Customer Experience In Store and Online
- 2015 Eptica Retail Multichannel Customer Experience Study
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JT in 60 – Who Will be the First Quarterback Taken in the NFL Draft?
Despite what Ron Jaworski might think, JT has his own opinion as to who the first QB taken in this year's NFL Draft will be. And you know, just like a certain body part, everyone has an opinion.
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PattyCast is the original Robert Pattinson podcast. Created by the owners of Pattinson Online, the web's top Rob site, PattyCast brings the latest and greatest to Rob's fans. Entertaining and thought-provoking discussions plus a healthy dose of Rob means the ultimate Robert Pattinson podcast!
July 24th, 2011
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Thanks to everyone who tookthe time to look over all my book covers leave a comment on my post last week! Mr. Darcy has worked his magic and drawn three random winners to receive my How To Series! The winners are:
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A Bride comes to Bonniebroch
Adam Cameron, laird of Bonniebroch, didn't expect his bride to turn up at his castle so soon after their arranged marriage was settled. But the daughter of his former enemy is comely beyond the common, so he's counting his blessings. Unfortunately, Adam doesn't know the lovely Cait Grant has sworn to kill her new husband with a blood oath that will set a terrible curse in motion if she fails.
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The European Patent Office will grant patent rights over the use of CRISPR in all cell types to a University of California team, contrasting with a recent decision in the U.S.
September 2014's selection of notable quotes
In addition to serving as a set of instructions to build an individual, the genome can influence neighboring organisms and, potentially, entire ecosystems.
Handedness, a conspicuous but enigmatic human trait, may be shared by other animals. What does it mean for evolution and brain function?
Raising a semi-terrestrial species on land highlights the role of developmental plasticity in the evolutionary transition from water to land.
Chimpanzees may reinforce social bonds by involuntarily mimicking a fellow chimp's pupil size.
Samples from an Antarctic lake 800 meters below the ice reveal an abundance of microbial life.
Hummingbirds perceive sweetness through a receptor with which other vertebrates taste savory foods.
Marine viruses may be key players in the death of massive algal blooms that emerge in the ocean, a study shows.
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MustHaveMenus Celebrates 15,000 Independent Restaurants Helping Make Local Search Better Through The Kitchen
Restaurants Using First True Menu Management Platform For Designing and Printing Tabletop Menus, As Well As The New Demands of Marketing Their Menus Online
Mar 06, 2013, 07:30 ET from MustHaveMenus
ASHLAND, Ore., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MustHaveMenus.com today announced that its "Kitchen Calls The Shots" menu management platform is catching on, surpassing the 15,000 restaurant mark. MustHaveMenus makes it easy for restaurateurs to create and update beautiful menus on and offline which increases the accuracy of local search results. Menus are sales and marketing engines for restaurants, whetting appetites, communicating uniqueness, and building loyalty. Prior to MustHaveMenus, restaurateurs needed a costly and time-consuming process to coordinate the different steps of designing, printing and publishing their updated menus. In addition, restaurants have had to cope with technology companies crawling the Web, finding and presenting wrong and outdated menu data. MustHaveMenus makes it easy for restaurateurs large and small to take control of their brands and food items online as part of their ordinary in-house menu creation process.
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"At MustHaveMenus, our customers send menus to the Internet straight from the kitchen, ensuring the most up-to-date menus and specials possible, while keeping the voice and brand that makes them unique," stated Jim Williams, CEO of MustHaveMenus. "By building strong customer relationships within the $600 billion dollar restaurant market, we intend to make local search the just-in-time experience it was meant to be for restaurant patrons. We are convinced that the restaurants need to call the shots, not the crawlers and bots with their data scraping techniques."
MustHaveMenus Customers Are Very Hands On
The value of tying the online menu to the tabletop menu has been striking for MustHaveMenus, as its restaurant customers average more than 23 site visits per month, totaling almost 400,000 visits per month. This ensures that menus published to Facebook, restaurant websites and other online locations are absolutely up to date when they come from MustHaveMenus. Busy restaurant owners and staff not only save time and money making their frequent updates from the all-in-one platform, they also rave about the beautiful designs that MustHaveMenus offers.
"Tapenade is a French restaurant where the timeless classic bistro dishes stand alongside the newest culinary seasonal creations; it is a challenging menu duality," says Jean-Michel Diot Owner and Award Winning Chef at Tapenade Restaurant and Fine Catering. "It is very important that all of our various menus match our atmosphere and properly display our unique and seasonal dishes. MustHaveMenus has made the design and updating process simple and easy. We have been very pleased using MustHaveMenus for the last 18 months to update our lunch, bistro, dinner and wine lists every 2-3 weeks for print, online and for Facebook. Their customer service has been magnifique."
Restaurants Return On Investment
For $15 per month, MustHaveMenus' customers are able to reduce multiple costs and save time while creating beautiful menus that truly speak to the cuisine and experience they offer consumers:
Save Time on back and forth with a graphic designer, eliminate trips to the printer, reduce requests to the web technicians.
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Better Marketing maximizing Facebook, increasing local search results, building your brand through great design and continuity online and in-store.
Simplicity with one-click updates, easy one-page dashboard, restaurant-friendly tools.
Satisfied Patrons based on up-to-date menus from accurate local search results getting their expectations met.
About MustHaveMenus
MustHaveMenus enables Restaurateurs to save time and money while creating and updating artistic menus on and offline. MustHaveMenus, headquartered in Ashland Oregon, launched from the Letters & Arts incubator in 2011 and subsequently landed $1MM in Angel funding. Executives and advisors of MustHaveMenus have a long history of successful ventures such as HotelTonight, MarketHome, LoveToKnow, Trails.com and more. The Mission of MustHaveMenus is to bring great restaurants and hungry customers together.
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Omaha and Lincoln area high school students (grades 9-12) are invited to participate in a three-day engineering camp full of activities and seminars. Learn how cool women are in construction! Registration for the 2016 Pink Hard Hat summer camp will open in early April; the registration fee is $50. This event is sponsored by The Durham School.
About Pink Hard Hat Days
Led by Terri Norton, Ph.D., associate professor of construction engineering with UNL's Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, the Pink Hardhats event connects young people and industry members at Omaha's Peter Kiewit Institute. The event incorporates interaction with female industry professionals and hands-on activities focused on engineering and design. Participants also get the chance to tour active construction sites throughout the Omaha area as a way to see how engineering concepts are applied during the building phase. In the inaugural year of the program, participants toured the job site of Creighton University's Champions Center.The Pink Hardhats event is open to all students entering grade 9 through 12 (including those entering their freshman year of college). Meals are provided, and registration scholarships are available.
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My name is Joseph Chastain. I recently received fiscal sponsorship to create a documentary on Self-injury. I have a bachelor's of arts in film and television from Columbia College Hollywood in Tarzana, Ca.
Sat 19 Feb 2011
My name is Joseph Chastain. I recently received fiscal sponsorship to create a documentary on Self-injury. I have a bachelor's of arts in film and television from Columbia College Hollywood in Tarzana, Ca.
Mon 21 Feb 2011
Welcome to The D-Word, Joseph. Interesting subject. Are we getting to witness......?
Tue 22 Feb 2011
Hello everyone, I am a cameraman based in Los Angeles, but am trying to make the move into the documentary world. I am in the middle of working on my first documentary about my great grandfather. You can check it out at DustofEurope.com. I am very excited to be in a community with so many other enthusiastic film-makers.
Tue 22 Feb 2011
Great to have you here, Michael. Welcome, as well, to Joseph, James, Nick and Jennifer. Always nice to have an influx of fresh blood ;-)
Tue 22 Feb 2011
You don't want to talk of fresh blood when we're discussing self-injury...
Welcome Michael. Interesting story. Also good to see that Kickstarter seems to have kickstarted you well!
Tue 22 Feb 2011
Hello everyone, my name is Mark Rattelle and I am a Documentary Theory and Production MFA student at Hofstra University and I am currently working on my thesis film called "The Indies." The film is about Independent Professional Wrestlers and the world of independent Wrestling.
I am based in NY and I am very excited to be a part of this community. I look forward to chatting with all of you about the film genre we love!
Wed 23 Feb 2011
Hey folks. I am saying "hello", and on here looking for advice for fixers in DRC. I'm beginning a doc there in 4-6 weeks time. Thanks for any help...
Wed 23 Feb 2011
What's the project, Liam? D-Worder Carlo Ontal is based in that part of the world.
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Welcome, Mark. I'll be out at Hofstra tomorrow night to show my film THE KIDS GROW UP and do a Q&A (well, technically tonight). Hope to see you there.
Wed 23 Feb 2011
Perhaps google Monique Mbeka Phoba- she is based in Brussels often, but has been mentoring film students in Kinshasa. She may help you. She directed the film Entre la coupe et l'élection.
Wed 23 Feb 2011
Hi everyone, I'm a videographer entering the Documentary Film world. Currently working on a documentary about religion and atheism in Toronto. Looking for tips and tricks to become successful in this industry. :)
Thu 24 Feb 2011
Hello all. I am very excited to be introducing myself to such a great group of filmmakers. I recently moved to New York and have been working freelance, camera and editing. Additionally, I am in pre-production on my first feature length film about an community of electronic musicians in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I am looking forward to gaining advice, interesting discussion, and collaboration through the d-word!
Thu 24 Feb 2011
Hi, I last logged on a few years ago.... sorry for disappearing! I have managed to escape the clutches of the big city of London and escape to Africa where I plan to concentrate on making some documentaries..... so thought it was time I said hello again!
If anyone out there is based in West Africa or is interested in collaborating on a project in this part of the world... then I'd love to speak to you.
Thu 24 Feb 2011
Hey Tara – I think we met at the Sheffield DocFest in 2007 – welcome back to The D-Word. Interesting time to be in North Africa...
Thu 24 Feb 2011
Welcome back, Tara. Great to get an update and hope you'll come back often (virtually, at least).
Thu 24 Feb 2011
Yes we did meet at Sheffield. Hello! It is an interesting time to be here.... not too much happening in Morocco though... although during a protest on Sunday the shop Zara got smashed up. However yesterday all the streets were lined with people welcoming the king back to the city.... so I think they like him. Although you never know for how long! Thanks for the welcome back.
Thu 24 Feb 2011
In reply to Tom Dziedzic's post on Sat 19 Feb 2011 16:18 UTC :
Thanks for the tip, Tom! Am just looking through the site now and already agree with you.
Sun 27 Feb 2011
Hello, my name is Rick Janzen and I've recently have started making Documentaries. I have two in the early stages of production at this time. I've been involved in the film business since 1987 as a scenic artist and sign painter, but decided to start shooting my own stuff two years ago. After spending countless hours learning to use my camera and editing system (not to mention spending a small fortune), I decided on a couple of projects. I have always thought the best way to learn a craft is to surround yourself with people who know what their doing. I know the road to discovery is going to have a lot of potholes and curves, but that's what makes it so interesting. I look forward to being part of the community and learning from your experience.
Sun 27 Feb 2011
Great to have you here, Rick. Hope we can help support you in your career shift, it's an admirable thing to do.
Wed 2 Mar 2011
Ahoy there! My name is Blaire Johnson. I'm co-producing a new documentary with my good friend, Linda Booker, to help bring Industrial Hemp farming back to the US. We are very proud that the nation's first hemp house was just built in the mountains of our home state- North Carolina. We are focusing on hemp's abilities to build the healthiest houses while taking a look at the toxic chemicals used in building materials and everyday products.
Through Linda, I have heard great things about the D-word from her good friend, Mark Barroso. I've just ventured into HD with Panasonic's AGAF100. It's great to be here!


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Top Five Pop Culture Versions of Handel's Messiah
From the Sublime to the You-Know-What
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Handel's Messiah features three thematic parts, four soloists and more than fifty numbered passages, but it's known universally for one word: Hallelujah. And that word becomes ubiquitous at Christmas, expressing the joy of a turkey dinner or as a replacement for the exclamation, eureka. Here are our five favorite invocations of the famous chorus from film, television and YouTube:
1. Lowbrow Comedy
At the end of 1994's Dumb & Dumber Lloyd and Harry (Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels) are down on their luck, walking their way across the desert, when a Hawaiian Tropics bus pulls up to them. The windows open to the sounds of Hallelujah and a dozen blond beauties, pop out. Unfortunately the meeting doesn't turn around Lloyd and Harry's fortunes.
2. An Oscar Meyer Commercial
The Oscar Meyer wiener song is one of the great marketing jingles. But the company went a little higher-brow to sell its turkey cold cuts. In a somewhat unexpected twist, Oscar Meyer pairs the piece with a Thanksgiving feast rather than a Christmas dinner.
3. Flash Mob Performances
In a stunt seen by more than 38 million people on YouTube, a Christmas Food Court Flash Mob started singing the Part II finale for over a hundred unsuspecting shoppers. Since then, the idea has begotten many imitators: at a Florida airport and a Philadelphia Macy's, among others.
4. A Film Musical
As Julie Andrews swoons for her baby-faced" future boss, Trevor Graydon, in Thoroughly Modern Millie, composer Elmer Bernstein interlaced a few Hallelujahs in between Richard Morris's lyrics. They are timed to when Graydon (played by chiseled John Gavin) strikes a profile.
5. An MTV Cartoon
The gleefully revolting MTV cartoon, Ren & Stimpy, invoked Handel frequently and to great ironic effect. Handel's music first appeared in the pilot episode (it accompanies the sun as it comes out from behind clouds and just before a dog catcher runs over the pair) and several times afterward—usually during a brief euphoric moment that's about to be crushed. The cartoonist must have enjoyed Handel's music: "Alla Hornpipe" from Water Music is included in later programs.
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A brief reference to Handel occurs in the 1956 musical, "The Bells are Ring." The telephone answering service at the center of the plot is taken over by an illegal horse race betting scheme under the guise of a classical music recording provider. Bets are placed using the names of composers. When the boss asks the staff, "Who is Handel?", they respond Hialeah! Hialeah! to tune of the chorus.
The villages of Quinhagak, Alaska, uploaded this "silent" Hallelujah last year, but it's been quite a hot item this year as well.
It's political, but spot on, and musically well done.
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Hanshi Shugoro Nakazato
10th Dan - Okinawan Shorinryu Karatedo
Founder of the Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan
Hanshi Shugoro Nakazato was born in Naha-city Okinawa on August 14, 1921. While attending normal school in Osaka, Japan (in 1935) he began his study of Karate at the age of 16 under the instruction of Ishu Selichl. Nakazato studied under Sensei Ishu for 6 years. During the war, he was in the Japanese Calvary.
After the war was over, Nakazato-Sensei returned to his home in Okinawa to find his family a casualty of war. In June of 1946, he began his study of Karate under Hanshi Choshin Chibana, who was the Menkyo inheritor of Anko Itotsu. In 1948 Chibana's Shuri dojo closed but Nakazato-Sensei continued his study with Master Chibana. For one year Chibana gave Nakazato-Sensei personal tutoring at Chibana-Sensei's home.
In 1951 Nakazato was instrumental in helping Chibana open his new DAI ICHI DOJO in Naha City at Matsuo. Chibana continued his personal tutoring of Nakazato at the Dai Ichi Dojo until January 10, 1954 when Nakazato received his Shihan Menkyojo at which ti me he became Master Chibana's Shihan Dai (assistant). After work as the Shihan Dai in the Dai Ichi Dojo under Chibana for one and half years, Nakazato was commissioned by Chibana to find the Shorin-Ryu. Shorinkan Nakazato dojo in Naha City at Aza.
Nakazato was appointed as one of the directors of the Okinawan Karate Federation when it was formed in 1956 with the four major (Shiryuha) systems of Karate in Okinawa Goju-Ryu; Uechi-Ryu, Shorin-Ryu, Matsubayashi-Ryu. All during this time Nakazato devote d all of his time and energy to teaching and perfecting Shorin-Ryu Karate-do. In 1960 the Okinawan Karate Federation promoted him to Eight-Degree Black Belt and Kyoshi. Seven years later Nakazato continued his climb to the top of the Shorin-Ryu hierarch y when Master Chibana and the Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Karatedo Kyokai promoted him to Hanshi and 9th Degree Black Belt.
Nakazato began his study of weapons almost from the beginning of his training in 1935. He was trained in the sai, bo, nunchaku, tonfa, and nicho kama, but he specialized in Bojutsu for 4 years. Throughout his career he has given of his knowledge very willingly. He has demonstrated his technique of Karate all over the world, in Europe, India, Africa, mainland Japan, and he has made at least 8 trips to America. He has appeared on television many times and is often a guest on the "Tokyo TV Afternoon Show." When Master Chibana passed away, Shugoro Nakazato inherited the Leadership of Okinawan Shorinryu Karate-do, thus becoming a (10) TENTH DEGREE BLACK BELT.


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Moral hazard under the Japanese "convoy" banking system
This paper examines a banking regime similar to the "convoy" scheme which prevailed in Japan through most of the 1990s. Insolvent banks are merged with solvent banks rather than closed, with the acquiring banks required to accept negative value banks at zero value. I demonstrate that a convoy scheme effectively taxes the acquiring bank and increases moral hazard by reducing bank effort towards enhancing its portfolio, even relative to a fixed-premium deposit insurance system, for negative value banks. However, for positive bank charter values, which are retained under the convoy scheme and lost under the deposit insurance program, these effects may be mitigated or even overturned. ; I also find that the rules governing the convoy scheme can affect bank behavior. I compare two convoy regimes, one where acquiring banks are chosen at random and one where the weakest banks are paired with the strongest banks. Simulations reveal that the disparities in bank effort between the two convoy regimes are greater than those between the convoy regimes and the fixed-premium deposit insurance regime. I confirm the theoretical result above that the bank effort under either convoy program is increasing in bank charter value.
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As you may have guessed, I love birthdays. Not just mine, but pretty much any birthday I can be part of. I especially love those celebrated by my family and friends, and now that we're into spring nearing summer, it's a birthday extravaganza. Between my husband, myself, my kids, my dad, and more, it seems there's a birthday every week (and one wedding anniversary in 3 days!), and that's one way to guarantee there will be no shortage of birthday cake (in case you're concerned about my lack of cake). The kick off was on April 25th, when our little (but not so little) Reese turned 5. You might remember this colourful post from last year, when she turned 4–I feel as though I just made that cake, and yet it was a year ago. As a mom, that both amazes and saddens me, but of course it's always a super happy occasion, and making cake for my girls is one most fulfilling things possible.
This year we threw her a Baking Party, which was something I've been wanting to do ever since I saw this party. I made her a cake just like this pink party cake–it was the perfect balance of girly, fancy, and delicious (and shh, don't tell the girls, but this is one of the easiest and quickest cakes to make). The party itself was, as you can imagine, so much fun and complete chaos! The girls wore handmade chef's hats (complete with pink satin lining–thank you Auntie Mary!), adorned with cupcake liner flowers (which the girls made when they arrived) and their names added by them in colourful letter stickers.
Wearing their favourite aprons, we whipped up chocolate sprinkled party spoons, decorated cupcakes, made strawberry jam and more. They each took home a pink-twine wrapped bakery box filled with their own creations as well as a "slice" of this goodie box cake filled with loot bag treats, designed by the talented Linnette of PaperGlitter, and printed and assembled by our friend, Danielle. Planning, preparing for and playing at this party made my inner 5-year old super-duper happy.
I was determined to engage, partake and enjoy every minute first hand this year, which I was able to do, but I wasn't able to take photos as well, which does break my heart a bit. Looking back I would have designated someone to take photos or even hire a photographer, because there were just too many adorable, hilarious, messy, crazy moments. Most importantly, though, is that the we made the memories and nothing can take that away.
The recipe itself for this cake is really just a very slightly adapted version of some of the other vanilla cakes I've posted (like this and this) but enough for 4 layers, paired with one of my best-loved sweeter frosting: a quick and easy (but super creamy and delightful) Whipped Vanilla Frosting that, as a result of whipping the butter and the blended frosting, tastes like creamy ice cream, and there is no sugary residue or chalky texture as with some sweet frosting. With an all-butter base and the addition of pure vanilla (and often vanilla bean), there's an authenticity to it, even with all of that icing sugar. It also has a glide factor that makes it wonderful when applying it to the cake. I use this recipe anytime I need a fast fix or when baking for those attached to bakery frosting memories from childhood (although, isn't that all of us?).
The reason I've put it together again for this post (aside from the slight adaptations of the cake), is because I've never posted it for a full 4-layer version of the cake, which is a simple way to make the cake party-worthy, along with some , again, quick and easy decorating I do when I can't spend oodles of time on a cake. Truth is, sometimes even if I have the time, I still prefer cakes like these, and cakes that trigger all of my childhood memories.
If you knew Reese, you'd know that, like most 5-year-old little girls, she's devoted to pink. And cake. And anything involving tutus and twirls, so the simple addition of a few retro ballerinas and sprinkles really fancies it up. In the past, I've done cakes for the girls that have taken me a week to do, but honestly, not only could I simply not make that happen this time with all of the party prep, but it wasn't necessary. You know I love that kind of thing, so it's not to say I won't make more of those for her down the road, but this cake was enough to make all the girls giddy (even the moms!).
The best part about this kind of moist, buttery white cake is that it pairs nicely with this type of sweeter party frosting, as I like to call it, as well my all-time favourite, Swiss Meringue Buttercream. I took the super-simple approach of filling and frosting the cake with the same thing, but I've also filled this cake with strawberries and whipped cream, lemon curd, homemade jam, and more. Just remember that for best results with these cake layers, you really need to weigh your ingredients. It really is the only way to guarantee cake success with this recipe–I promise!
And before I go, I thought it would be fun to share a short home video of Reese when she was 2 years old (I don't normally share home videos, but just for fun!) This was at a little family dinner at my dad's for her 2nd birthday (notice one of the early fondant cakes I made–apparently I thought we were serving a few million), and although it's just your standard Happy Birthday song video, I love the look of wonder in her eyes and the fact that she was almost going to bust of excitement–it's kind of what this whole baking thing is all about.
And, if you have 3 minutes and 24 seconds to fill, you can watch my all-time favourite video of Reese here. It has nothing to do with cake or birthdays, but funny as can be.
These videos may make me cry, but I hope they make you smile. ♥
Beautiful baker birthday girl, Reese.
- 1-1/2 cup (360 ml) whole milk, at room temperature
- 7 large egg whites (210 g), at room temperature
- 1 whole egg, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) almond extract
- 3-3/4 cups (430 g) cake flour, sifted
- 2-1/4 cups (450 g) sugar
- 1-3/4 tablespoons (25 g) baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt (8 g)
- 1-1/2 sticks (170 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature and cut into cubes
- 6 tablespoons (85 g) vegetable shortening
- 2-1/2 cups (5 sticks)(575 g) unsalted butter, softened and cut into cubes
- 5-1/4 cups (600 g) confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 4-1/2 tablespoons (70 ml) milk
- 1-1/2 tablespoons (23 ml) pure vanilla extract
- pinch or two of salt
- few drops pink gel colour
- pastel sugar pearls (I used 4mm), or any other sprinkles for decorating
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease, line with parchment and flour two round 8-inch pans (you will be using each one twice), or four 8-inch pans (if you're lucky enough to have four on hand). I use Parchment Paper Circles for ease.
- In a medium bowl or measuring cup, combine and stir 1/2 cup of the milk, stir the egg whites, whole egg, vanilla and the almond extract. Set aside.
- Sift cake flour twice. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the dry ingredients, including the sugar, together on low-speed (I use the "stir" setting on my mixer) for 30 seconds.
- Add the butter and shortening, blending on low-speed for about 30 seconds, then add remaining 1 cup of milk, and mix on low-speed until just moistened. Increase to medium speed and mix for 1 -1/2 minutes (90 seconds), but no more.
- Scrape the sides of the bowl and begin to add the egg/milk/extract mixture in 3 separate batches; beat on medium speed for 20 seconds after each addition.
- Pour 1/4 of your batter (~2 cups)(445 grams) into each prepared pan (if you have 2 pans, you will bake 2 layers first followed by the remaining 2), spreading it evenly with a small offset palette knife. If possible, weigh the batter in the pans to ensure 2 even layers.
- Bake cake layers two-at-a-time in center of oven and 2" apart for 20 minutes or until a cake tester comes clean when inserted into the center. Be so careful to not over-bake. Check cake at 20 minutes, but not before, and once you feel it's almost ready, set the timer for 2 minute intervals. Let cool on racks for 10 minutes before loosening the sides with a small metal spatula, and invert onto greased wire racks. Gently turn cakes back up, so the tops are up and cool completely.
- Wash the 2 cake pans and line, grease and flour again and repeat.
- Wrap tightly and store at room temperature for up to 2 days, refrigerator for up to 5 days, or frozen for up to 2 months. Best enjoyed day 1 or 2.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip butter for 8 minutes on medium speed (I use "4″ on my KitchenAid). Butter will become very pale & creamy.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix on low-speed for 1 minute, then on medium speed for 6 minutes. Frosting will be very light, creamy, and fluffy. If you want all of your frosting (for filling and frosting cake) pink, then add a drop of pink gel colour and mix again, adding one drop at a time until desired pink shade is achieved (see notes). If you want just the outside of the cake pink, you will fill the cake layers first, and then colour the remaining frosting pink.
- Best used right away (for ideal spreading consistency), but keeps well once frosted.
- Trim any doming or top crust from cake layers using a very sharp serrated knife.
- Use a cake turntable for filling, frosting and decorating, if a possible. Place a small dollop of frosting in the center of a cake plate or 8″ round thin foil-covered cake board, and place the bottom cake layer on top, face-up.
- Place ~1 cup of frosting on top of the cake layer, and spread evenly with a small offset palette knife. Gently place 2nd cake layer, face up, on top. Repeat until you come to your 4th layer, which you will place face down.
- Put a generous scoop of frosting on top, spreading evenly with a small offset palette knife and working your way down the sides until you have a thin layer of frosting over the entire cake. Chill until set, about 30 minutes.
- Remove from refrigerator and apply another "coat" of frosting.
- For the top of the cake border, place a large star decorating tip (I used 1E) in a large Decorating Bag filled no more than 1/2 full with pink frosting.
- Hold pastry bag in one hand (your dominant hand) and slowly rotate the turntable with the other. Holding frosting-filled bag at a directly above the top of the cake (90° angle), squeeze a small bit of frosting and turn the table a bit at the same time, releasing pressure slowly then stop (this will create a tapered decoration). Repeat all the way around the cake, overlapping slightly each time you pipe a new "shell."
- For bottom border, you will want to have the cake on the plate or pedestal which you plan to serve it upon. Fill another pastry bag the same way, and this time use tip 1M. You will pipe at about a 45° angle this time (give or take). Sprinkle with your favourite sugar pearls or sprinkles atop the top border. For some kitschy charm, add a few Vintage Ballerina Cupcake Toppers to your cake!
- Store, covered in a cake dome, at room temperature for up to 2 days, or in refrigerator for up to 5 days. Best enjoyed day 1 or 2 at room temperature.
[cake layer recipe adapted from Rose Levy Beranbaum]
Sweetapolita's Notes:
- If you do not have access to cake flour, you can quickly and easily make your own to cake flour substitute. Learn how in this previous post, Bring Me Flours. Substitutions with other flour types will result in a drastically different cake.
- This cake batter method of blending the butter with the sugar and dry ingredients first is called the "reverse creaming method," and was pioneered by cake guru, Rose Levy Beranbaum.
- As with any vanilla cake, you can use 100% liquid egg whites in the cake layers (simply weigh them on your kitchen scale), which saves wasting the yolks. If using whole eggs and separating, always separate when eggs are cold, but use when room temperature.
- Baking the cake layers in 4 pans, rather than 2 and then splitting the layers afterwards, yields an evenly baked cake that bakes faster and without overdone edges.
- I highly recommend (strongly urge!) you to use a digital kitchen scale to measure ingredients.
- This batter makes fabulous cupcakes.
- The frosting tastes like vanilla ice cream–you'll see!
- Some pink food gel colours cause streaking. I find that, for me, Americolor Electric Pink does not cause streaking (but it's an intense pink, so go easy!). After several hours there are some teeny darker pin-sized dots, but the cake in the photos is after several days, to give you a better idea. Also note that pink colour fades, particularly in the sun. You still want to go easy with the colour, but just keep it in mind.
- You may enjoy reading my previous post, 50 Tips for Baking Better Cakes.
Good luck & enjoy!


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Conquer the Behavioral-Based Interview
January 26th, 2012Ever wondered why you go on one interview after the next but never seem to get the job? Or perhaps you have been submitting one resume after the other but just can't seem to get a shot at an interview. Well, this series of blogs, The Making of a Star Candidate, may be just what you need to fine-tune your skills and bring your job search to the next level.
In the fourth and final post of the series, we'll take a look at something that stumps many candidates—the behavioral-based interview. As the name implies, these questions assess how an interviewee acts in particular situations, the idea being that past performance predicts future performance.
With traditional interviews, we have trained ourselves to look at a list of questions and memorize responses. With behavioral-based questions, the possibilities are nearly endless, which makes memorization an unrealistic solution. It won't hurt to be familiar with a few classic questions (see below), but before you burn the midnight oil surfing the web for sample questions, let's regroup and consider a different approach. The interviewer is going to be asking specific questions about your experience, right? So why not look at the primary source—your resume!
By now, you have hopefully crafted your resume with pithy, brilliant bullet points (If not, check out some resume tips). Go into the interview knowing your resume, which sounds obvious, right? However, can you look at the bullet points and elaborate upon experiences connected to each qualification and job duty listed? Also remember that interviewers want to know about a real situation and what you DID do, not about a hypothetical situation and what you WOULD do. If you provide hypotheticals, you did not answer the question.
So now you have your homework assignment for behavioral-based preparation: use your resume to refresh your mind with situations from past positions. Instead of trying to anticipate which questions to practice, invest your time in creating an arsenal of pertinent work situations as the foundation of your interview preparedness. While this approach does not give you a memorized list of questions and answers, the foundation you create will be a source you can draw from to tactfully apply your experiences to each behavioral question asked.
And now for one last but very important piece of advice: be true to yourself! Distorting behavior, preferences, etc. just to fit the needs of a particular position may end with a job offer, but you and your new employer will soon realize the lack of compatibility. In this situation, nobody wins—neither you nor your employer. So yes, always put your best foot forward, but also be sure that your responses are a true reflection of you as a candidate so you end up in a positive, productive employment situation.
As promised earlier, here are four common behavioral questions that you may encounter in some form or another, just to help get you started:
- Tell me about a time you went above and beyond to get a job done.
- Give an example of the most rude or irrational person you have had to deal with. How did you handle it? What would you do differently now?
- Tell me about a time you set and achieved a goal.
- Tell me about a time when you had to be persuasive and sell your idea to someone else.


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Basic Specifications | |
Full model name: | Nikon D90 |
Resolution: | 12.30 Megapixels |
Sensor size: | APS-C (23.6mm x 15.8mm) |
Kit Lens: |
5.80x zoom
18-105mm (27-158mm eq.) |
Viewfinder: | Optical / LCD |
Native ISO: | 200 - 3200 |
Extended ISO: | 100 - 6400 |
Shutter: | 1/4000 - 30 seconds |
Max Aperture: | 3.5 (kit lens) |
Dimensions: |
5.2 x 4.1 x 3.0 in. (132 x 103 x 77 mm) |
Weight: |
40.0 oz
(1,133 g)
includes batteries, kit lens |
Availability: | 09/2008 |
Manufacturer: | Nikon |
Full specs: | Nikon D90 specifications |
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Though it's late to the party, the Nikon D90 arrives fashionably, just as its predecessor did in late 2006. It comes sauntering in with most of the current hot features that the D80 lacked, plus a new twist that will bowl them all over with its relevance and utility.
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Nikon D90 Overview
by Shawn Barnett,
Dave Etchells
and Zig Weidelich
Hands-on Preview: 08/27/08
Update 08/27/08: First test shots posted! See the Samples tab.
Update 08/28/08: Added more test shots, including our low-light, flash and macro series.
Update 10/08/08: Posted full test results from a production unit! See the Optics, Exposure and Performance tabs/subtabs for all the details.
Update 10/10/08: Posted competitive comparisons and conclusions, brought to full review status.
Update 10/20/08: Posted a number of video examples and observations on the Nikon D90 Video page.
Nikon has been cranking out new digital SLR camera upgrades like crazy these last two years, with the low, high, and pro end of the lineup getting update after update, but the mid-level SLR in particular has gone more than 18 months without an upgrade. While the Nikon D80 has a rich feature-set and maintained a high resale value throughout its tenure, it's due for an upgrade.
Though it's late to the party, the Nikon D90 arrives fashionably, just as its predecessor did in late 2006. It comes sauntering in with most of the current hot features that the D80 lacked, plus a new twist that will bowl them all over with its relevance and utility.
With a 12.3-megapixel sensor, the Nikon D90 rises to the resolution of the more professional D300. It also shares the same sensitivity as the D300, ranging from ISO 200 to 3,200, plus L1 (100) and H1 (6,400).
Another essential upgrade on the Nikon D90 is the move to a high resolution 3-inch LCD screen. The 920,000-pixel display has a 170-degree viewing angle and appears to be as nice as the new screens found on the D3 and D300. It makes checking focus and using Live view mode that much more pleasant.
New to the intermediate range for Nikon, the Live View feature offers some new tricks over the mode found on the Nikon D90's high-end predecessors, particularly including Face Detection. Surprisingly, there is no phase-detect autofocus available on the Nikon D90 when in Live view mode, only three contrast-detect modes: Face Priority, Wide Area, and Normal Area. Just as we've seen on consumer cameras, in Face Detection mode, a box surrounds detected faces and follows them around the screen. The Nikon D90 can track up to five faces. Live view is activated with a dedicated button just right of the LCD.
Though Face Detection is helpful in Live view mode, its utility goes further, as it's now an integral part of Nikon's Scene Recognition System (SRS). Thanks to the Nikon D90's 420-pixel matrix metering sensor, the SRS can combine color metering with autofocus sensor data and tune white balance and exposure with a particular bias toward getting faces exposed properly. In theory, this should also include making sure the Nikon D90 focuses on an eye rather than a nose or forehead. If true in practice, this is quite an advance. Face detection even comes into play in i-TTL Flash control.
The Nikon D90's 11-point phase-detect AF system is arrayed in a diamond pattern and now includes 3D focus tracking as found on the D3 and D300.
Since the dawn of Live view on SLRs, the obvious question has been, "Why no movie mode? If you can draw a live image off the sensor, why can't you record it?" Nikon is the first to answer the question with a resounding, "You can!" The Nikon D90 records movies as a Motion JPEG in AVI format at 24 frames per second at what they're calling "720p equivalent" resolution: 1,280 x 720. Other resolutions include 640 x 424, and 320 x 216. Though you have to focus manually, and aperture remains fixed during recording, audio for the videos is captured through the monaural mic on the camera.
A new lens will ship with the Nikon D90 kit, as well: the Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 ED VR, with one extra-low dispersion element and one hybrid aspheric element to improve image quality.
The Nikon D90 began shipping to the US market in September, 2008, with a suggested retail price of $999.95, or $1,299.95 with the 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 ED VR lens. (Note that you save about $100 buying the lens with the kit.)
Nikon D90 User Report
by Shawn Barnett and Dave Etchells
There are a lot of great digital SLRs on the market, and I've had the pleasure of using most of them. But I've never taken to a camera as quickly and easily as I did to the Nikon D80, announced in 2006. Within moments of using it, I could tell I had a winner in my hands. The fit, the operation, and the lens was just right for getting all the shots I saw around me, in one camera.
The Nikon D90 felt so much like the Nikon D80 that I had to check the badge to make sure I hadn't picked up the wrong camera. Even the new lens felt pretty much the same, if a little shorter. The dimensions of the Nikon D90's body are indeed identical, measuring 5.2 x 4.1 x 3.0in (132 x 103 x 77mm), and the weight is only 1.2 ounces (35g) heavier. But what you get for that extra weight is noticeable indeed.
Look and feel. Though many elements are subtly restyled, the Nikon D90's front end has only one new feature: three holes for a microphone, just up and left of the D90 logo. This is, of course, for the new movie recording mode. All of the buttons are in the same locations and have essentially the same functions. Note also that the autofocus screw drive is still in place on the Nikon D90, meaning it will still drive old autofocus lenses as well as the new electronic lenses, something not included in the less-expensive Nikon D40, D40x, and D60.
On the back, again the Nikon D90's controls are restyled and the LCD is larger, but most of the controls are in familiar positions. Right of the LCD is where you'll find the major differences. First is the Live view button, marked with the letters Lv. Just below that is the new navigation cluster, which, like the Nikon D700, has an OK button in the center. The arrow pad is locked by the switch just beneath it, and the Info button, again from the D700, takes up position where the OK button was on the Nikon D80. The Info button brings up a status display, and a second press brings up a new onscreen menu.
The top deck has nothing new, just a slight reshaping to the buttons and a new top status LCD layout. The significant upgrade here is the new 18-105mm lens. While it doesn't have the extra reach of the 18-135mm lens that came with the D80 bundle, it does have the benefit of Vibration Reduction, Nikon's optical image stabilization.
Holding and shooting. The Nikon D90 feels just about identical to the Nikon D80. It's smaller and lighter than the D300, but still has a good grip, with a good dent inside the grip for the tips of your fingers. It also feels more substantial than the Nikon D60, with more of what an enthusiast photographer wants from his camera. I was very happy with the new multi-controller, which includes the OK button in the middle, rather than in some location distant from the menu navigation tool.
As on the new Nikon D700, the Nikon D90 also has a new Info button for bringing up the new rear Status display, and further activating the submenu. The submenu includes different items, but they're well-tuned to the enthusiast photographer. Options include changing Long Exposure Noise Reduction, High ISO Noise Reduction, Active D-Lighting, Set Picture Control, Assign Func. Button, and Assign AE-Lock/AF-Lock button. Whether many photographers will use all of these functions, it's good to have them here, rather than having to dig for them in the menu.
Changing most other items of importance is done by a button, including ISO, White Balance, Image Quality (on the left of the LCD); and metering mode, EV compensation, Drive mode, and Autofocus mode (on the top deck); and even flash exposure compensation is integrated into the flash pop-up button, appearing on the left of the lens mount, just above the Bracket button. These are all critical functions that need their own button for fast access, and they're out where you can find them easily; in the case of the latter two, you'll have to learn their positions, since they're out of sight, but at least you won't have to dig in the menu to activate these features.
Having the power switch around the shutter button is always nice too, because you can turn the camera on without taking your eye away from the viewfinder. I frequently turn my digital SLR off as I walk around, and some models make you pull the camera from your face to even find the switch.
Like all other Nikons, the shutter sound of the Nikon D90 is relatively quiet and tame. It's not whisper quiet, but there's not a lot of winding and whirring, just the necessary clicking to activate the mirror and shutter. Check the video at right to see what the Nikon D90 sounds like at its maximum frame rate of 4.5 frames per second.
According to company figures, the Nikon D90 speeds along in several areas over its predecessor, including startup time (0.15 compared to 0.18 on the D80), shutter lag (0.065 compared to 0.08), and optical viewfinder blackout time, which is down to 120 milliseconds from 150 milliseconds. That's of particular importance to me, because I like to keep my eye on the subject.
Optical viewfinder. Similar to the Nikon D80's viewfinder, the Nikon D90's 11-point autofocus system is arrayed in a diamond formation. Still called the Multi-Cam 1000, as on the D80, the Nikon D90's AF engine has been updated to include 3D focus tracking and the advantage of Face Detection, which will bias AF points to favor eyes over noses and other objects in a scene. As a test of this system, I held my hand up in front of my nose much like the Three Stooges used to do to protect their eyes from pokes by their fellow stooges, and had someone take a picture of me. The Multi-Cam 1000 consistently lit up the AF points right over my eyes, rather than choosing the closer object (my hand), which was a welcome surprise. If this system is applied to a camera with 51-point autofocus, it will realize its full power. Nikon D90 users will have to remember to keep their subject's eyes under the 11 AF points for it to work properly, but that's better than having to hope the camera will guess right. Better, of course, is to lock the AF point manually; but if you're in a hurry, you'll take what you can get.
LCD. Another significant treat for D80 upgraders, the LCD is the same bright, crisp, 920,000-pixel LCD screen found on the Nikon D300, D3, and D700. Three inches big, it makes checking your images more satisfying and sure; and autofocus in Live view mode is bound to be more accurate as well. The D80's screen was no slouch by any means, but higher resolution is higher resolution. Even menus benefit from the higher res, more color-rich screen. For one, they can use smaller fonts for more descriptive titles, and include more explanatory text via the help button.
A removable screen cover is still included with the Nikon D90, but the back glass is tempered to resist scratching. I've finally gotten used to using the screen protector, but be sure to carefully clean it before going out for a shoot in daylight, as the protector can transmit even more glare in daylight when it's dirty or smudged. The chief benefit of the screen cover is that if you scratch it, it's at most $20 to replace; the LCD glass, on the other hand, will cost a lot more.
Live view shooting. Activating Live view on other Nikon SLRs has included turning the Drive Mode dial to Lv and then pressing the shutter button to lock the mirror up; hardly intuitive. The Nikon D90, however, has a dedicated Live view button on the back, just right of the LCD, within easy reach of the thumb. With a single press of the Lv button, the mirror flips up and Live view framing begins. The difference with the Nikon D90 is that you can only focus in Contrast-detect mode, whereas the Nikon D300 and D700 allowed a choice between Handheld (Phase-detect) and Tripod mode (Contrast-detect mode). Phase-detect AF in a Live View SLR is always a noisy affair, as it generally involves dropping and raising the mirror twice (once to focus and once to take the shot), but it's generally faster than contrast-detect focusing, particularly as implemented on the D90. There's a good reason why Nikon refers to the contrast-detect AF mode as "Tripod mode," as it takes a long time for the camera to focus when using it; easily several seconds in some circumstances, and never less than about 2.3 seconds in our laboratory testing. Still, it works very well if you're not in a hurry, and by its very nature, is never subject to the front- or back-focusing that can plague phase-detect AF systems if they're even a tiny bit out of adjustment.
If face detection is activated, the Nikon D90 quickly begins tracking faces, placing a yellow box around each one, up to five at a time. Once focus is achieved, the box turns green. It's just as we've seen from almost all recent non-SLR digital cameras, but it's impressive on an SLR. Panasonic, for the record, was first with this feature. For more on Live View see the Live View subtab under the Operation tab.
Nikon is first with something else: Movie recording in Live view mode. Just press the OK button to start recording. You have to set focus before you start shooting your movie, but you can still manual focus while you're shooting, as well as zoom. The movie will record the noise of the zoom ring to an extent, depending on which lens you're using and how fast you zoom, but it's still pretty impressive. A whole new generation, now of non-professionals, will learn what it means to "pull focus" as the moment of interest turns from one subject to another. It's a cinematic technique usually performed by someone other than the camera operator, who is too busy framing the image to attend to focus as well. But millions of Nikon D90 owners will be able to try a technique that few camcorder owners can.
Movie resolutions include 1280x720 (16:9), 640x424 (3:2), and 320x216 (3:2). Recording times are limited to five minutes per clip for HD mode, and 20 minutes per clip for the latter two modes. Nikon couldn't explain the reason for the limit as of this writing, but it's likely due to sensor heating issues that might start to degrade image quality. The frame rate is 24 frames per second, and audio is monaural, not stereo. Approximate maximum file sizes for two of the modes are 588MB for the 1,280x720-size movies, and up to 2GB for the 640x424 movies.
As a Nikon representative pointed out, it's particularly interesting that it's Nikon, a company that has never had a dedicated camcorder camera, that is first breaking down this barrier in the SLR world. It will be fun to watch what photographers will produce with a video recorder that can use a full range of quality Nikon glass.
Video Examples: Dave shot some examples of video with the D90, so you can see what the different resolution levels look like. Rather than take up a lot of screen space with a number of thumbnails here, check out our Nikon D90 Video page for a number of examples as well as Dave's observations about the D90's video recording.
Viewing images. Playback mode's enhancements include a new calendar display, a 72-image thumbnail display, a 12, 9, and 4-thumb display; and a new enhancement to the Histogram view that locks the histograms to the displayed image as you zoom. In other words, the histograms show data for just the displayed portion of the image. The retouch menu has new features, including Cross screen and image overlay options, as well as the ability to rotate images in-camera, and create fisheye distortions. For more on this, see the Operation tab of this review.
Sensor. A step up from the D80's 10.2-megapixel sensor, the D90's 12.3-megapixel CMOS sensor may be the same as is found in the Nikon D300, but Nikon representatives were not sure as of this writing. Quoted dimensions are different, measuring 23.6 x 15.8mm, while our info on the D300 says it's 24x15mm. The Nikon D90's sensor has 12.9 megapixels total, but only 12.3 are effective. Output is 12-bit, so you won't get the same lovely 14-bit RAW images, nor the 14-bit Analog to Digital conversion that you get on the Nikon D300.
Sensor cleaning. Nikon's multi-frequency sensor cleaning is also employed in the D90, vibrating the optical low-pass filter glass perpendicular to the plane, rather than parallel as most sensor cleaning systems do. Due to the extreme variability in types of dust in the environment, don't expect any sensor cleaning system to remove everything, but it's certainly better than no cleaning system at all.
Scene Recognition System. Scene recognition is something that Nikon has been working on for years, and these last few models have seen incremental improvements to the system. With the Nikon D90 comes Face recognition.
Nikon's 3D Color Matrix Metering system employs a 420-pixel RGB light meter that covers most of the image area (the D300 and higher models use a 1,005-pixel RGB sensor). As in past models, the Color Matrix Metering system compares what it sees in the image to a database of 30,000 photos to make its metering decisions for each scene. They've added more to properly gauge factors like white balance and subject motion, and now they're tracking faces with SRS. The autofocus sensors are another piece of the SRS puzzle, each aspect informing and tuning the other. Finding and focusing on eyes rather than foreground objects, or even foreheads and noses, is one particular benefit of the overall integration. Another is improved 3D tracking of objects as they move across the image area. The RGB sensor may not be able to help focus on an object, but it can add a set of data for the Nikon D90 to use while tracking a subject with the autofocus system. For example, if a red object is traversing the frame from left to right, and growing in size as it does so, the SRS would add this information to the AF-sensor data to help it tune the focus more quickly.
Active D-Lighting. No longer new, Active D-Lighting keeps gaining enhancements. In addition to the Auto Active D-Lighting mode added with the Nikon D700, the Nikon D90 gains an Extra High setting to add even more punch to shadow detail. Note that JPEG files modified as they are captured with Active D-Lighting, so there's no unaltered "original" to refer back to: Consider whether you want top shoot RAW + JPEG to back up those files, or even use D-Lighting after capture if you think an image would benefit from the help.
Picture Control. The Nikon D80's Optimize Image setting has been replaced with the Picture Control system found on other recent Nikon digital SLR cameras. Options include Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, and Landscape. Each Picture Control includes adjustments for Sharpening, Contrast, Brightness, Saturation, and Hue. Monochrome mode allows adjustment of Sharpening, Contrast, Brightness, Filter effects, and Toning. You can also apply Picture Control settings to movies, and Scene modes have complete control over adjusting which Picture Control setting they use, based on information from the Scene Recognition System.
Outputs and inputs. New to the output stack is HDMI for easy connectivity to a high definition television, and an Audio/Video output connector (the D80 has a Video connector). Under a separate door you'll find the same Remote control port, but it's now dual-purpose, allowing connection of the new GP-1 GPS accessory, as well as the MC-DC1 Remote cord.
Battery and storage. You can get up to 850 shots (CIPA standard) with an EN-EL3e battery; that doesn't include any Live view usage or video capture. You can enhance the Nikon D90's battery capacity with the Nikon MB-D80 Multi-power battery pack that was designed for the Nikon D80. If you have large hands or shoot in portrait mode a lot like I do, battery grips can really raise your comfort level. You can use two EN-EL3e batteries, or six AA batteries in the grip. Adding the battery grip does not increase frame rate, as it does on the Nikon D300 and D700, but it does add greater control if you don't mind the weight.
Image storage is via SD cards, which offer up to 32GB capacity at this point. Some are disappointed that Nikon switched to SD in this level of digital SLR camera, but other manufacturers have begun to follow suit, including Canon. On a practical basis, current SD cards provide plenty of storage (does anyone really need more than 32GB on a single card?), and modern SD cards are quite fast, if not quite up to the level of the latest UDMA CompactFlash cards. SD cards are also somewhat more robust, less prone to bent contact fingers in the camera or card reader jamming the card connector while also rendering the camera useless.
Higher Resolution - Maybe not so much. While the move from 6 to 10 megapixels in going from the D70 to the D80 was a significant and noticeable increase in resolution, the move from 10 to 12 is actually pretty minor. You'll see slightly more detail in the D90's shots, but not enough to justify upgrading. (IMHO, at least.)
High-ISO Performance - Some benefit, but again, perhaps not enough to justify an upgrade. Based on our tests, in-camera JPEGs from the D80 are actually a bit cleaner than those from the D90 at least at ISOs below 1,600. At ISO 3,200 and 6,400, though, the D90 does demonstrate noticeably better noise processing.
Video - Definitely! As we discuss elsewhere, the HD video produced by the Nikon D90 is far from perfect. If you really care about video, the best bet is still to get a camcorder. If you're like me though, you probably often find yourself bringing a pocket digicam along on a trip, just to have the ability to grab occasional "video snapshots." This is exactly what the D90's video mode lets you do, and having it could let you finally leave the digicam at home. (Dave says he'll probably upgrade his D80 for this very reason.)
Chromatic Aberration Correction - Definitely! To our minds, not enough has been made of this feature on the D90. Chromatic aberration is what causes the purple and green fringes you often see around the edges of high-contrast objects in the corners of the frame. CA is a particular issue in zoom lenses, particularly ones with long zoom ratios. Depending on the subject you're shooting, it may be more or less of a problem, as it's generally restricted to the corners and edges of the frame. I find it very distracting though, and have seen many otherwise good images ruined by it. The D90 corrects this to an amazing degree, turning lenses I'd otherwise consider marginal into excellent performers. To my mind, this alone could be reason enough for a D80 owner to upgrade to a D90 body. The kit lens for the D80 was Nikon's 18-135mm optic. This was a very sharp lens, but it also showed a lot of chromatic aberration in the corners. On the Nikon D90, this lens turns into a beautiful performer in nearly every respect. The D90's own 18-105mm optically stabilized kit lens also has only so-so CA performance on its own, but combined with the D90's distortion-reduction processing turns into a stellar performer.
Faster Shooting - Definitely! With a maximum continuous-mode frame rate of 4.5 frames/second, the Nikon D90 is 50% faster than the 3 frames/second of the D80.
Whether you decide to upgrade or not will obviously depend a lot on how and what you shoot and the state of your budget. If you don't care about Live View or movie recording, and aren't too bothered by chromatic aberration in your current lens collection, you can probably take a pass on this particular evolution of Nikon's prosumer DSLRs. On the other hand, if any of the above strike you as must-haves, the D90 is a bigger step forward than we're accustomed to seeing between generations of SLRs from a given manufacturer.
Bottom Line: Competitive Decisions For people buying their first DSLR, Canon is Nikon's arch-rival and their models will most likely be the ones most shoppers will be comparing the D90 to. With the D80, Nikon cleverly split Canon's price structure down the middle, offering more features at a higher price than more down-market Canon models (like the XTi), but keeping the total price well below that of Canon's next model up the line (the 40D). With the D90, they've followed the same strategy, although the upgraded features Canon has added to their new XSi does narrow the gap there somewhat, and (for a while at least), the fire-sale clearance pricing we've seen on their 40D brings it down to close to the same price as the D90. Here's a quick breakdown of how these cameras compare:
All things considered, we once again see a Nikon prosumer SLR model placed squarely in between two Canon models, in terms of both price and capability. Even compared to the higher-end Canon product though, the D90's rich feature set does much to recommend it, making it a compelling proposition.
Nikon D90: In the Box
The Nikon D90 kit ships with the following items in the box:
- Nikon D90 body
- AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR Lens
- Body cap
- Front lens cap
- Camera strap
- Rubber eyecup
- USB cable
- Quick charger (MH-18a)
- AC power cord
- Li-ion battery (EN-EL3e)
- Accessory shoe cover
- Plastic LCD protector panel
- PictureProject CD ROM
- Quick start guide
- Instruction manual
- Warranty and registration card
Nikon D90: Recommended Accessories
- Large capacity SD/SDHC memory card. These days, a 2GB or 4GB card is inexpensive enough, and you'll want a large card if you plan on recording many HD movies. Good to buy a higher-speed card also, able to record fast enough to not limit movie duration simply due to card speed. (SanDisk Ultra/Extreme III, Kingston 133x or equivalent)
- Camera case for protection
- Accessory lenses
- Accessory flash: SB-400, SB-600, SB-800, SB-900 (SB-600 is most economical to do off-camera flash with Nikon's wireless lighting system.)
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Nikon D90 Conclusion
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I'm starting to feel strange about saying Nikon's done it again, but it looks like they have. The Nikon D90 looks like a genuinely excellent camera for the intermediate photographer, and a great choice as a full-featured, light weight body for those who own a Nikon D200 or D300. The addition of video is ground-breaking, and will open up new possibilities that will be fun to explore, even though I wish it handled motion better than it does. Really, my only major disappointment for the intermediate market is the lack of a higher frame rate. I'd like to see at least five frames per second, if not six. But at least they raised it to 4.5 from the Nikon D80's three frames per second. Otherwise, there's little to complain about, and only more great features to praise.
As they did with the D80 before it, Nikon has cleverly positioned the D90 squarely within a gap in Canon's lineup: It's more expensive than the Canon XSi, but delivers many more features. At the same time, while it doesn't quite measure up to some specs of the Canon 50D (although coming close in many areas, surpassing it in some), it's also a good bit less expensive than that model. All in all, the Nikon D90 presents a truly compelling proposition for intermediate photographers - Or novices looking for a camera with plenty of capability to grow into. For Nikon shooters it offers a great step up from the previous D80 or previous entry-level Nikon DSLRs like the D50, D40, or D40x. For more advanced Nikon users, it makes a great second body for those whose main camera is one of Nikon's higher-end models, like the D200 or D300.
Bottom line, the Nikon D90 is an exceptionally well-rounded digital SLR offering, with just about everything an aspiring photographer will need, and quite a few of the advanced features found on the higher-priced SLRs in Nikon's line, but at a lower price. Very highly recommended, and an easy Dave's Pick.
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The White House accepted General Services Administration chief Martha Johnson's resignation after she dismissed two deputies and suspended other career employees over an $820,000 conference. The 300-person event at the M Resort Spa and Casino in Henderson, Nev., included a $95-per-person dinner and reception as well as various violations of federal laws and policies.
"As the agency Congress has entrusted with developing the rules followed by other federal agencies for conferences, GSA has a special responsibility to set an example, and that did not occur here," the inspector general concluded in its report.
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Hello everyone, I'm doing an ESB version and I've got everything painted all ready to assemble, and I have a question. Where does the sidearm holster attach? I'm a little confused...:confused Thanks for the help...
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Hello everyone, I'm doing an ESB version and I've got everything painted all ready to assemble, and I have a question. Where does the sidearm holster attach? I'm a little confused...:confused Thanks for the help...
I have been confused for the longest time about this as well.
It actually attaches @ the top with a strap that has 2 grommets. Take a look at the following pic of my Nemrod holster:
I have another doubt about this holster...
Was the Nemrod logo removed in the movie ?? and ... did they paint the holster in brown, like the gun or similar .. or they left the original black color ?
I have a real Nemrod, and dont know if I shuold remove the logo and paint it brown or not :$
This was the shot I used for my Nemrod holster that helped me decide to keep the logo on the holster and I repainted it flat black:
You can see the outline of the triangle shape, but you can't the the archer in the logo. Not sure if it was removed or not because of the image quality. I'm sure Braks or one of the other vet's on here may have a better shot.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for the help so far. Which belt does the holster attach to?
Based on the limited screen shots of the holster, I attached mine to the ammo belt. It slides perfectly over it, and seems to hang to the side of the leg correctly. One problem I had with the belt when I did this was the weight caused the belt to sag down. I fixed this by simply cutting a piece of abs and velcroing it to the inside of the belt where the holster hangs from.
Someone had posted a great screen shot awhile back that showed ESB Boba full body from the back. I believe it was a Kenner image they used to make the action figure. I can't find it now, or I would post it, so if anyone has this image could you post here? It really is a great pic to refer to.
TK-2177, this one?
Thanks guys, that's what I was looking for!:cheers
Seeing how tight that thong looks on Jeremy reminds me why I'll never get one...
How did they attach the codpiece? It looks like an elastic strap connected it to the bottom of the back armor. Is that correct?
The other possible way it was attached is to the separate belt that the front waist pockets are attached to. This belt is hidden under the ammo belt.
So the holster straps dissapear under the ammo belt but the holster hangs at the same position.
^ That's a great idea, I think that's what I'll do. Thanks for the help everyone!
I really think that the holster is hold from the girth belt... as simple as that... but well, who knows... At least, that is what I can see in that back picture of Boba... (I will do that).
Unfortunately, the area around the sidearm in the screen image is dark, but as for which belt to attach it to, keep in mind that there is a 3.5" strap attached to the top of the holster for mounting. I'm not saying for sure which is correct, girth or ammo belt attachment, but I gaged mine by lining up the tip of the side arm where it ends near the knee armor. When attached to the girth, it rests way below the knee armor. When attached to the ammo belt, it lines up a lot more accurately. Another issue with attaching it to the girth is there is no support from the girth. It sags waaay down because of the weight of the sidearm and holster. This also causes the side arm to bang into the knee when walking.
yes i agree. i have a FG and a real nemrod holster :-) and the length and the weight would make it to low on the girth. also from the pics i looking at the loop on the real holster it's attached to the ammo belt. im almost sure of it.


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hello all, I would like to know if some of you have already succeed to upload file with jit.uldl under windows 7 ? Nothing happens here using the help file even if the upload works with others softwares (like pd). Is this a bug ? Or should I config something in windows ? thx.
nobody ?? weird that should work
I tried the jpg download from the helpfile and it work alright with windows 7.
thanks for your reply. My problem concerns the upload. Does it work for you ?
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Uploading works for me using the jit.uldl help file. Win 7, Max 6.0.5
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