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René Char was born 14 June 1907, and died 19 February 1988
Five Quotes
- I believe in the magic and authority of words.
- Children and geniuses know that there is no bridge, only the water that lets itself be crossed.
- It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.
- In my land we don't question someone who has been touched deeply.
- A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof. Traces alone engender dreams.
Char was a 20th-century French poet whose first book, Cloches sur le cœurwas published in 1928. He was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. Char was a friend and close associate of Albert Camus, Georges Bataille and Pablo Picasso.
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In many stories, characters experience a number of struggles which may cause them to unwillingly modify their lives. In Sophocles Antigone, Creon is faced with difficult challenges, but he manages to keep hope in his attempts to overcome them. A reader usually feels sympathy for the characters who are challenged throughout their lives. Although Creon, at first, may not seem deserving of the readers sympathy, due to the occurences of the play, he becomes a very admirable character. Creon is deserving of the readers sympathy because he is under pressure, he changes his state of mind, and is faced with death.
Creon is under pressure to portray the image of a strong ruler for his people and he should be given the readers sympathy. Because of his political power, Creon has no choice but to act cruel throughout the beggining of the play. He is a newly appointed ruler who has to rescue his people from the civil war brought on by the rivalry of Polynices and Eteocles. Therefore, Creon is forced to formulate unpleasant laws so that political trouble makers will think twice before attempting to start conflicts. Objection to Creons laws is seen by nearly all the characters in the play. Creon understands the objections and recognizes his mistakes, but in order to maintain his exemplary position as the absolute powerful ruler, he attempts to conserve his laws. Creon admits that he did not wish to be the king, it was brought upon him, and he is doing his best. Extremely concerned for the peoples well being, Creon stays true to his initial rulings, and does not change in order to gain the trust of his people.
Additionally, Creon is deserving of the readers sympathy because he attempts to change his state of mind and reconcile with Antigone. Recognizing that Antigones reasons for her actions are reasonable, Creon says to Antigone, I shall have to have you killed. And I dont want to. He is affraid of his own decision and begs her to have pity on him by changing her mind. The rebellious and determined Antigone refuses, and pities Creon for his weak spirit. Creon again attempts to change her mind by urging her to seek happiness in love and life by marrying Haemon. Again Antigone fights back, even though she is now more understanding and somewhat sad. Creon is sick at heart over not being able to change the mind of the stubborn Antigone.
Creon has become a completely changed man, but no one takes pitty on him. As he has positively changed his state of mind, his son and wife kill themselves. This horrible tragedy leaves Creon alone in his throne for eternity. Althouth it is unkown to the reader, Creon may be left to face depression in the future due to the unexpected deaths of his loved ones. Creon is left wondering that if when one changes their state of mind for a good cause, he is left with nothing but tragedy. For the rest of his life, Creon is left with guilt. He will never achieve peace with his conscience and is left mentally scarred forever.
Indeed, Creon makes mistakes as a ruler, but attempts to correct them, only it is too late for him to acquire forgiveness. Creons solitude results from his ignorance. Perhaps, Creon is a changed man who will continue to live his life concerned for his people, or in contrary, Creon is so deeply left with depression that he may take his own life. As a result, Creons fate is left to the readers imagination which enhances the beauty of the play.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
The eventful end to our Independence Day.
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I'm so happy to hear that it was nothing serious. I hope she starts feeling much better soon. Mommy instinct is a very powerful thing--always trust yours!ReplyDelete
Poor thing! I agree with Tryna, the mother's instinct becomes your best friend. You're always better safe than sorry with your little ones. I hope she feels better soon.ReplyDelete
Poor sweet girl!! I'm glad that you went on to the ER just to be safe. Glad it was a good experience for you guys! Hope she is feeling 100% very soon! Good job, mama :)ReplyDelete
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I, too, can relate to the scary moments of watching your child not being able to breathe correctly. You did a GREAT thing by taking Eme to the ER. Glad things worked out for the better.
Try to sleep some. You rock as a first-time mommy.
It shouldn't come as a big surprise that a couple of times, we've graced the ER unnecessarily with L. But the other times that it ended up being a good choice makes up for them. Especially with breathing issues, it's better to be safe than sorry. Hope she tolerates the 'roids ok...they make me feel like I'm crawling out of my skin. They are great when you need them, though.ReplyDelete
Sweet baby has such a good mommy.ReplyDelete
I'm glad everything is ok!!
Oh my unexpected ER visits are never welcome but I have had them with my 3 kids before. Never on a holiday though. I'm always reassured by being there though and getting the help that we need.ReplyDelete
So glad everything turned out well and so glad your ER experience was a good one! The first (and only so far) time I've taken Lidia to the ER, I sat in the waiting room for 4 HOURS and when I got up to leave, they said she probably wouldn't have been seen for at least another 2... really? You couldn't have just said that to begin with? Crazy. And she ended up having a seriously high white blood cell count and having to go to the hospital every day for the next 3 days... so yeahhh I'm glad your hospital is courteous... maybe I should move just for that fact?! :) hehe jk!ReplyDelete
Poor baby! (And mama!) I hope she's feeling better soon!ReplyDelete
Our little Charlie (7 months) has been dealing with upper respiratory/virus issues since we put himi into daycare four months ago. I can totally relate to what you were feeling! The neb will work wonders (especially at bedtime) until those steroids kick in! It's so scary to see those little ones struggling to breathe!! You did the righ thing Momma!!!ReplyDelete
P.S. Emeline is sooooo adorable! I'm a avid follower of your blog and I have to say, you are an AMAZING writer!
aww poor thing. Glad to hear it wasn't anything serious. hope she feels better soonReplyDelete
Awwwww, poor girl...I sure hope she is feeling better. xReplyDelete
So glad she's okay! Definitely an eventful 4th! You were so smart to trust those momma instincts. Hope she feels better soon!ReplyDelete
Oh poor thing!! I hope she's feeling better now!! how not fun for a 4th of July!!ReplyDelete
Poor baby! She does look pretty pitiful there. Hope she's feeling better!!ReplyDelete
My little man had bronchitis twice in 1 month before he turned one, so we got a nebulizer sent home with us then. Asthma runs in his Dad's side of the family too.ReplyDelete
My son has also had croup a couple of times. The seal bark like cough, wheezing and high fever. It's scary when that happens. His doctor suggested to put him in a steamy bathroom for 10 minutes, or outside if it's cold, but wrap him up so he doesn't get cold. Both are suppose to help with wheezing.
I feel like I have been going on and on about this. But I hope my information will help in the future.
I hope she feels better soon!ReplyDelete
Sometimes going to the doctor just reassures you. I'm glad she's ok.ReplyDelete
I'm sorry she was sick, you're right, that's just no fun. I'm glad she's alright and that you had a decent ER experience. xoReplyDelete
Poor baby E!!ReplyDelete
How scary for you!!
How scary! I was scared shocked when I read on twitter what happened, glad you felt the prayers loads of us were saying! hope the little girl gets better (if she isn't)ReplyDelete
How scary!!! I'm glad your ER trip went better than expected!ReplyDelete
We had to do nebulizer treatments before.. no fun! I hope she feels better soon!
Poor baby! I hope she is feeling better! That is super scary and honestly, you now have me thinking that I better figure out where we are actually suppose to go in a case like this! what a scary night, but glad all seems to be getting taken care of!ReplyDelete
We had our first ER visit when Zoe was 6 wks old...it was haaaaaard. So glad your experience was pleasant. I saw from Twitter that you were up all night. Hope little Eme is feeling better and you were able to catch up on sleep.ReplyDelete
I'm glad Eme is okay and that you had a good ER esperience. Hugs to Eme!ReplyDelete
Get well soon little Eme! And hope mumma can get some rest soon. xxxReplyDelete
You are such a great Momma! Thanks for sharing to "inspire" (for lack of a better word) other parents in their sick baby struggles.ReplyDelete
Aww, poor girl and poor mama. You definitely made the right call. I felt like such a crap mom yesterday because Monroe woke up crying at 3 am (not horribly, but THANK GOD we're not doing that regularly anymore, so it was unusual) I gave him a minute or two and he kept going. Since he was teething, I went to grab some ibuprofen to take in, but he stopped, so I didn't go in. He slept later than usual this morning and when I went to get him after he woke up, there was vomit all over his bed. He had thrown up for the first time ever. I felt horrible..that must have been so scary and he was all alone :(ReplyDelete
btw-I work in the ED on weekend nights and we love the little babies (although they break our hearts). I'd much rather rush to the side of a sweet sick baby than a drunk passed out on the sidewalk.
Glad she is okay and doing well.ReplyDelete
There is always next year for fireworks.
I hate that you had to go through this, but so glad she's okay!! Way to follow your instinct Mama. So glad y'all didn't get stuck there all night.ReplyDelete
Our kiddos really are on similar timelines. After I posted about my poor guy getting sick in his bed it got worse over the weekend and happened a few more times and then we added the big D to the mix. We had to take our little one to the ED on Saturday. It was awful. We had to hold him down so they could give him an IV. The nurse was a little snarky because, OF COURSE, he cried-a lot-and mama really had to work to keep her claws in.ReplyDelete


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and...and, i think I did okay for a first time Macro lens user. I used my new Tokina 100mm in both configurations as a 100mm full range and 100mm macro. I stil have some working out with how incredibly shallow the depth of field is when shooting...it's one of those things you have to know in your head where you are, because what you will see in the playback is only a close guesstimation. There is a shot of a Chrysalis of what I think is the pupae for this wormy thing I shot from the rear because I know that what they show when distressed...looks like a big ferocious face.
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Beating the NCAA Football Point Spread
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1 Beating the NCAA Football Point Spread Brian Liu Mathematical & Computational Sciences Stanford University Patrick Lai Computer Science Department Stanford University December 10, Introduction Over recent years, professional sports betting has grown to be a multi-billion dollar industry. College football is one of the most popular sports that individuals bet on and has become a major contributor to the overall size of the sports betting market. There exists many different types of sports bets that can be made on college football games. The most popular one is the point spread bet. Point spread betting involves a number known as the spread which represents how much a team is favored to win by. For example, if a team has a spread of -7 then the team is favored to by win 7 points. Therefore, a person placing a bet on a team with a spread of -7 will only win if the team wins by more than 7 points. The purpose of the point spread is to create a fair betting market by offsetting a priori biases towards a given team. Point spreads are not static values in that sports bookmakers continually update point spreads to account for changes in the betting market. In theory, either team in a given match-up would have roughly a 50% chance of winning when the spread is taken into account. Expert sports bettors believe that achieving a consistent success rates of 60% or higher has become extremely difficult as bookmakers have begun to employ more sophisticated techniques in creating spreads [2]. Another type of sports bet is the straight bet. This is simply a bet on which team will win a given match-up without regard to the spread. In this project we focus on both the point spread bet and the straight bet. The goal of this project is to learn, explore and apply modern machine learning techniques to a data set of NCAA Division I FBS football statistics in order to predict the outcome of a given match-up between two opposing teams. We wish to devise a binary classification system that can consistently predict match-up results at an error rate that is significantly better than random guessing and at a level that is competitive with expert sports bettors. Specifically, we will experiment with three popular binary classification algorithms: logistic regression, support vector machines (with different kernels) and AdaBoost (different variants). We test these algorithms by training models for predicting the winning teams in games with point spreads and in games without point spreads. 2 Data Set We obtained our data set from two sources. The detailed team statistics for each game from the 2009 and 2010 seasons were scraped from a college football statistics repository. As the data is not provided in a format that can be easily downloaded, we resorted to downloading the entire website page-by-page for offline processing. We then created a HTML scraper in Java to extract, format, combine and transform the statistics into consistent and easily consumable format. The point spreads for each game from the 2009 and 2010 seasons were retrieved from a sportsbook aggregation site. We extracted the team identifiers, game date and the opening point spreads from this source and matched the point spreads to specific teams using the team identifiers and the game date, 1
2 resulting in our raw data set. The raw data set is then processed with a Java program and used to generated training and testing examples. Finally, the examples are saved in a CSV format usable by our machine learning algorithms. Note that although we gather data for both the 2009 and 2010 seasons, we only use the 2010 season in experimenting with machine learning algorithms. The data from the 2009 season is used as initial values for computing examples for games that occur early in the 2010 season. One problem we came across in gathering our data set was missing values in the data. However, we noticed that all of the missing values came from events which occur very rarely in college football games. These rare events usually don t affect the outcome of a game. We simply disregarded these rarely occurring events since we suspect that they would ultimately have very low prediction power in our models. 3 Features The raw data set contains 94 fundamental college football statistics that captures each team s performance in a given game. Using the raw data set, we could easily compute new features and generate examples for feeding into our machine learning algorithms. Our initial examples were generated by first computing a cumulative average of the statistics in order from earliest games to most recent games. This gave us an average of a team s statistics up to a specific week in the season which could then be used in predicting future games the team plays in. This method of generating examples prevents us from making predictions on games using statistics generated in future games, which would distort our test error. For example, if we wanted to predict the outcome of a game at week k, we can use the teams cumulative averages from week k 1 (which we know doesn t incorporate future statistics) to train our model. For each game we create an example by concatenating the two teams cumulative statistics up to (but not including) the date of the game. This resulted in a total of 730 examples with 210 features per example (features besides the fundamental statistics were added). Each example is labeled 1 if the home team wins and 1 if the away team wins. Passes attempted Interceptions Points gained Passes completed Interception yardage Points allowed Passes intercepted Passing touchdowns allowed Red zone scoring percentage Pass completion percentage Passing yards allowed Red zone field goal percentage Pass rating Rushing touchdowns allowed Red zone touchdowns allowed Passing touchdowns Rushing yards allowed Red zone field goals allowed Passing yardage Sacks Third down conversion percentage Rushes attempted Sack yardage Third down conversion percentage allowed Rushing average Tackles for loss Quarterback hurries Rushing touchdowns Tackles for loss yardage Passes broken up Rushing yardage Forced fumbles Kicks or punts blocked 3.1 Momentum Figure 1: A subset of the fundamental statistics used as features One important aspect that can determine the outcome of a game is a team s momentum going into the game. Momentum shifts can occur abruptly and last for several games, e.g. a change in team strategy or an important player gets injured. We used two techniques to account for momentum in our models. First, instead of using a cumulative average of the fundamental statistics we use a k-game moving average of the fundamental statistics. Second, we computed 12 new features for each team that track momentum at different time horizons. 2
3 Average wins in last 3 games Average wins in last 5 games Average wins in last 7 games Average wins with the spread in last 3 games Average wins with the spread in last 5 games Average wins with the spread in last 7 games Average losses in last 3 games Average losses in last 5 games Average losses in last 7 games Average losses with the spread in last 3 games Average losses with the spread in last 5 games Average losses with the spread in last 7 games Figure 2: Momentum tracking features 4 Machine Learning Algorithms In this project we experimented with three popular binary classification algorithms. Each of these machine learning algorithms are different in how they learn from data and will allow us to draw deeper insight into our problem. 4.1 Logistic Regression Logistic regression is a very popular machine learning algorithm. It s simplicity serves as a good point of comparison for our other two machine learning algorithms. We used an implementation of logistic regression (generalized linear model) included in MATLAB s Statistics toolbox [7]. 4.2 Support Vector Machine Soft margin support vector machines are seen by many as the best off-the-shelf machine learning algorithm. We tested three of the primary SVM kernels: linear, polynomial (3rd degree) and radial basis function (σ = 1). In order to select the optimal SVM, we varied the box constraint parameter C and selected the value that gave us the lowest test error. This parameter selection technique also served to prevent overfitting the data. We used an implementation of SVM included in MATLAB s Bioinformatics toolbox [8]. 4.3 AdaBoost We experimented with two variants of AdaBoost: GentleBoost and ModestBoost. GentleBoost is a more robust and stable version of the original AdaBoost algorithm. Empirically, GentleBoost performs slightly better than the original AdaBoost on regular data, but is significantly better on noisy data and is more resistant to outliers. ModestBoost is a regularized version of the original AdaBoost that has better generalization. For our weak learner we chose decision trees (CART) with two split points. We boosted these weak learners for 800 boosting rounds (selected to prevent overfitting) to obtain our final classifier. Boosted decision trees select relevant features automatically, making it an interesting algorithm to use on our data which has a feature set that may contain irrelevant features. We used an implementation of GentleBoost and ModestBoost included in an AdaBoost MATLAB toolbox [1]. 5 Evaluation Methodology We estimate generalization error using hold-out cross validation where our data is split into 2/3 training set and 1/3 test set. All test set examples are from games that occur after games in the training set examples. This is necessary to ensure that we aren t distorting our generalization error estimate by training on data generated in future games. We also compare our results from the machine learning algorithms with random guessing, always predicting the home team will win and always predicting the away team will win. 3
4 6 Results Train Error Test Error Always Home % Always Away % Random % Logistic 14.11% 38.52% SVM (Linear) 7.77% 34.43% SVM (Poly) 0% 35.66% SVM (RBF) 0% 47.54% GentleBoost 0% 27.46% ModestBoost 9.41% 30.74% (a) Results for straight bets Train Error Test Error Always Home % Always Away % Random % Logistic 23.72% 50.41% SVM (Linear) 23.52% 50% SVM (Poly) 0% 44.26% SVM (RBF) 0% 45.90% GentleBoost 0% 48.36% ModestBoost 0% 47.54% (b) Results for point spread bets 7 Analysis of Results Figure 3: Game outcome prediction results Our results show that we are able to successfully predict the outcome of straight bets with an accuracy of 73% using GentleBoost. This result is slightly more accurate than previous work that has been done in predicting outcomes of other sports games [4][6]. In the case of predicting point spread bets, SVM with a 3rd degree polynomial kernel performed the best. We were able to beat random guessing by 4% and achieve an accuracy of 56%. This accuracy, which may seem low, is competitive with professional college football bettors who consistently achieve accuracies of 58% in betting on college football point spread games [3]. It is interesting that were able to achieve much higher accuracy in predicting the straight outcomes of games compared to games with points spreads. Intuitively this makes sense because the purpose of the point spread is to create a market such that either team has roughly a 50% chance of winning. However, we wanted to investigate our data further to determine why this may be the case. We plotted the outcomes of games against the first two principal components in order to draw insight into why we were not seeing better performance in predicting the outcomes of games with point spreads. Axis 2 Home team loses Home team wins Axis 2 Home team loses Home team wins Axis 1 Axis 1 (a) Game outcomes without point spreads (b) Game outcomes with point spreads Figure 4: Game outcomes against top two principle components 4
5 Looking at Figure 4(a) we can see that there is a difference in the distributions of wins and losses from straight outcome games along the second principal component (y-axis). It seems that more losing labels are cluster towards the top and more winning labels are clustered toward the bottom. Thus, we would expect a binary classification algorithm to find a decision boundary and allow us to predict with good accuracy when we have a win or a loss. Figure 4(b) shows the top two principle components labeled with outcomes of games with point spreads. In this plot, it is almost impossible to differentiate between the two distributions as winning and losing labels are evenly mixed. Both groups of data seem to be similarly distributed along the top two principle component axes where variance should be highest. In this case any binary classification algorithm would have a very difficult time separating the data because, according to the features we defined, both groups are distributed similarly. 8 Conclusion Though we were only able to beat random guessing by 4% in predicting point spread games, our results were still competitive with expert college football bettors. We believe the primary reason our results were not better is due to the set of features we used to train our machine learning algorithms. Alternatively, the fact that it is difficult to predict outcomes of games with point spreads may suggests that that market for point spread bets are efficient in that it is impossible to predict using historical data. 8.1 Future Work An interesting avenue to explore in the future would be to work on constructing and discovering new features that can more accurately capture the effects of real game situations to the winning/losing margin of games. From our analysis of the first two principle components of the data, it is apparent that our current set of features does not capture enough information to allow us predict point spread bets no matter which binary classifier we choose. Some additional sources of data such as opponent rankings and play-by-play statistics may help in constructing features that will be useful for predicting outcomes of games with point spreads. References [1] Alexander Vezhnevets. GML AdaBoost MATLAB Toolbox research/machinelearning/adaboosttoolbox [2] Dr. Bob Sports. About Dr. Bob. [3] Dr. Bob Sports. Best Bets. [4] Hamadani Babak. Predicting the outcome of NFL games using machine learning. Project report for Machine Learning, Stanford University. BabakHamadani-PredictingNFLGames.pdf [5] Kevin Gimpel. Beating the NFL Football Point Spread. Project report for Machine Learning, Carnegie Mellon University. kgimpel/papers/machine-learning-project-2006.pdf [6] Matthew Beckler, Hongfei Wang, Michael Papamichael. NBA Oracle. Project report for Machine Learning, Carnegie Mellon University. report.pdf [7] The MathWorks, Inc. Statistics Toolbox [8] The MathWorks, Inc. Bioinformatics Toolbox
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The teachers at our schools are negotiating for a new contract. The new contract that they are proposing includes asking for a wage increase. So far the parties involved have not been able to come to a mutually acceptable agreement, and as a result there will be strike action again this week.
Let me start by saying that we do not have a child who is worried about graduation this year, and both of our kids feel relatively secure with the marks they have, so this strike action is met with a great big 'YES!' from both parents and the kids in our house. From the kids because they are dreaming about sleeping in followed by movies and get togethers with friends on the days when they get to miss school. From the parents because it's spring and we know that there will be no sleeping in for them, but rather they will be building fences, moving cattle and mowing grass. Yay!! Take all the days you need teachers because we can use those kids here.
While it's true that I feel relatively at ease with the thought of strike action by the teachers, I do of course have some opinions on strike action and unions in general…..here I go, wading in where I don't belong….
There are teachers out there, and they are the majority, who are fantastic. These are the teachers who inspire their students to think and to learn. They instill a sense of value in these kids and they make them feel great about themselves, their accomplishments, and what they are about to achieve.
We have been fortunate to have had many great teachers involved in our kids' lives. They are the ones who have encouraged our kids to call on them when they need help, rather than suggesting we hire a tutor at the first sign of trouble. They are the ones who have instilled a keen interest in politics in our daughter…who now thinks that being the Prime Minister would be a great job for her when she grows up. Look out Mr. Harper. They are the ones who are enthusiastic about the subjects they teach, like the science teacher who went through the middle school lockers in search of the source of a fruit fly infestation, and upon finding the mummified banana underneath the moldy sandwiches and lost papers, showed the class the different stages of fruit fly development in the banana. They are the ones who ask if our kids are happy. They are the ones who ask about their previous students who have moved on to other schools. They help their students understand that they are capable of great things. They celebrate their successes with us. They put in that bit of extra effort, and they deserve all the money we can throw at them. I would not only support raises for these teachers, but I would organize fundraisers to ensure they got all the money and extras that they could possibly want, because my kids' future is that important. I think that most parents feel this way about these teachers, and it is my opinion that without unions, these teachers would be paid more.
But then…..there are other teachers. These are the ones who tear up a 9-year-old kid's homework in front of his class because he did the wrong page. These are the ones who throw a kid's shoes at him from across the full classroom because he didn't have them on his feet. These are the teachers who encourage other members of the students' class to kick him if his laces aren't tied. These are the teachers who say it's OK that a student didn't get an answer correct because she's blonde. These are the teachers who I can't get a meeting with at any time because they always have appointments at 3:45. The same teacher that I still run into years later already a block south of the school at 3:32. These are the teachers who will sit in the staff room and brag about being paid to sit in there while I volunteer for a track meet on a rainy windy day….and yes, he said that to me. This is the teacher who gave a 0% for the more than required volunteer hours a student completed for phys ed class because she didn't think that volunteering at a riding arena was sports related. Not 60%, not 40%, but 0%. These are the teachers who do not build up our childrens' self-esteem. These are the teachers who spend more time focussing their classrooms on the negative than the positive outcomes of students. These are the teachers who are not only undeserving of a raise, but they don't deserve the money they are currently getting, and should be fired. I think that most parents feel this way about these teachers, and it is my opinion that without unions, these teachers would be fired.
But what would happen to our overcrowded classrooms if we fire these few abhorrent teachers? It is my opinion that with the union out of the way, some teachers would be fired and others would flee like rats from a sinking ship, but these numbers would be very few. The majority of the teachers would stay and because they are doing a fabulous job, would be paid much more than they are being paid now. This increase in pay would attract more people to the teaching profession. As a result of the positive influence on their students, we would have more successful students. These now more successful students would add teaching to their future career plans because they would have had positive experiences in school, and of course, now teachers would be getting adequate pay.
Rose colored glasses? Perhaps. I know that teaching is a very difficult job. After one hour of volunteering in an elementary school, I usually have a headache and need a little nap. If you are a positive teacher who doesn't feel support from the parents of the students in your class, just know that we aren't objecting to your raise. We simply cannot get the image of that homework ripping teacher out of our minds. We know that they get the raise too. They will continue to leave at 3:30 every day and never be discounted for the damage that he or she hands down to the students. This is a very small percentage of teachers, but they are there and that small percentage 'holds back the rest of the class'.
I look forward to the resolution that will come for the teachers in our schools. I will celebrate and be totally in favor of compensating the teachers for all of the positive things that they do for our kids. For the teachers whose influence on our children is negative, I look forward to the day when you become more accountable for your actions….and in the meantime, enjoy your raise.
"The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn" – John Lubbock


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Adding more colour into your wardrobe can be tricky if you're a creature of habit (like me). I'm always in my more natural habitat when I'm wearing black, or black and white. But an easy way to liven up an outfit can be with a bright coat or boots! Easy yourself in gently 🙂
This coat is from BeJealous Clothing and I really love the colour. It's definitely brighter than I would normally go for, but with this Pussybow Blouse from Therapy Clothing, somehow I thought it worked for slightly more traditional (and colourful) look than normal. I also have to thank Debenhams for these boots, another pop of colour to an outfit!
Outfit: Coat – BeJealous*, Blouse – House of Fraser*, Boots – Debenhams*, Trousers – River Island, Shades – Mango


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The house was in a superb location and had everything we needed. We loved the character and space though we spent most of the time when 'at home' in the kitchen or on a verandah. Unlike a lot of rental kitchens, I loved this one and cooked every night. Provisions left for us plus flowers in every room was such a welcoming touch and the communication with the host was excellent. The beds were very comfortable and the pillows as good as mine at home. The electric blankets were a wonderful extra as our first couple of nights were quite chilly.
I'd love to stay again one day.
This character filled cottage harks back to another era. Spacious, warm and inviting; Holmcroft is set in a lovely rambling garden. Features like the stained glass windows and pressed metal walls are stunning and nicely balanced with mod cons such as central heating and a dishwasher. Sitting on the verandah with a cup of tea was a joy and the owner of this home was a delight to communicate with. Holmcroft is in strolling distance to Leura and we will certainly be back again one day.
Loved our stay at Holmcroft , such a beautiful home, full of history and character and wonderful to see the retention of historical detail in the decorative pressed metal walls, the federation windows, the beautiful floors and a garden full of camellias and daffodils, just gorgeous. Bedrooms were so comfortable and the two bathrooms worked well for five of us on a girls getaway to the mountains. A couple of blocks from Leura village and its great cafes, restaurants,shops and railway station on a very good and easy path meandering past other beautiful homes and gardens. Central heating is great, there is ample space in the well appointed kitchen and comfort in the two large living/dining rooms with a table and chairs placed within the lovely curved window looking out onto the garden which became a favourite spot for breakfast. Can highly recommend this house as a great place to stay when in Leura, and am sure you will love it as we did !
I adore this house- full disclosure, my parents used to live there years ago! I couldn't believe it when I saw this place was available to rent! It still has all the old-world charm and character, together with all mod cons and immaculate presentation to make it a perfect place for a relaxing getaway, or in my case a nostalgic family get-together.
Central heating has been added since my parents were there, taking the house to next level. The rambling garden is still exquisite and the short stroll to Leura village makes this place ideal. We will be back!
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Drumpad v1.2
The idea was to create a simple drumpad that would give users some basic options and features. The first version let the user play 9 different sounds that would be included in a basic drum kit. The next iteration provided multi-touch to those devices that are able to use it.
The newest update was to provide better and more sounds to the drum pad. There is now a menu option that lets you pick which sound is played when what area is pressed. To access the menu all the user needs to do is just hit the hardware menu button and it should come up with one choice, click on it and then you have your options. From there use the back button to return to the drum pad and then the sounds will be changed according to your choices.
Future Goals
- There is a push to refine the lag down as much as possible since this is the biggest problem beyond multi-touch for this kind of app.
- There needs to be more kits included.
- While in the app, the volume button needs to control media volume setting
- ...your suggestions?


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Frank Wilson
Frank Wilson began his professional career in 1948 at the Tivoli, two years after he had been released from the army and went on to become one of the legends in the Australian Film and Television industry. Now 78 and as fit as ever more from necessity (Frank was diagnosed as diabetic when he was 22-years-old) he is one of the most in demand actors in the country. Celebrating 54 years in the business, Frank has appeared in every popular television show produced in the country from the early 60s. His television credits include Bellbird, Cop Shop, Division 4, Bluey, Homicide, And The Big Men Fly (winning a Penguin award for Best Actor), Power Without Glory, The Sullivans, Carson's Law, Great Bookie Robbery, Country Practice, Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Water Rats, Changi. He has also done his share of compering including IMT and New Faces (won a Logie for Best Compere in 1972). He also received a Green Room Award for Best Supporting Actor in Noises Off. His film credits include The Club, Breaker Morant, Black Robe, Riddle of the Stinson, The Well. In the early 50s Frank worked in the theatre in the UK and one of his most memorable experiences was working with Charlie Chaplin in 1956 in London in the film A King In New York. "It was the second last film Chaplin made. It was amazing to meet and work with the man - the legend. He was a lovely bloke, " says Frank. Frank also worked with Lauren Bacall in the stage play Sweet Bird of Youth, 16 years ago - a memorable time. Frank admits working with the legendary Lauren Bacall would have been memorable enough but that time is now etched in memory because it was mid way through the tour, while in Melbourne, that he had a heart attack.
Note: This profile was written in or before 2003.
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Locke, Schmitt and Carroll
brexit | law | philosophy
John Locke, commonly seen as a founding father of liberalism, also foretokened the political thought of the Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. In chapter 14 of his Second Treatise, Locke turns to the notion of the prerogative: 'This power to act according to discretion, for the public good, without the prescription of the law, and sometimes even against it, is that which is called prerogative … therefore there is a latitude left to the executive power, to do many things of choice which the laws do not prescribe.' This is Locke's version of Schmitt's Ausnahmezustand, usually translated (no version is perfect) as 'state of exception', which obtains when the sovereign deems it necessary to override the law.
Schmitt's version of the idea is sometimes apposed with Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, disastrously invoked by Hindenburg after the Reichstag fire in 1933 and exploited by Hitler to hasten dictatorship. This is, to be sure, the sort of thing that gives emergency powers a bad name. It often happens on the plea of defending the constitution, as with the US National Socialist Movement, who have reportedly dispatched plain-clothes vigilantes to monitor supposed voter fraud at today's polls on Trump's behalf. Locke's version cites, more agreeably, the Ciceronian tag 'Salus populi suprema lex', though that leaves the small matter of who authoritatively determines what the public good is. For example, who decides whether the public good lies in Britain's remaining part of the EU? The British public themselves were recently asked this question, and various reasons have since been given – before they answered, not so much – for not treating their answer as authoritative.
Last week's high court ruling that the government needs parliamentary assent to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty was widely greeted, by Remainers at least, as a reaffirmation of the rule of law over the use of the prerogative. Some commentators who endorsed the verdict cited A.V. Dicey, the 19th-century theorist often invoked as an authority on the UK constitution. Their lordships quoted Dicey too: 'The judges know nothing about any will of the people except in so far as that will is expressed by an Act of Parliament.'
Unfortunately, Dicey is not entirely at one with himself on this issue. On occasion, he remarks, there may be 'fair reason to suppose that the opinion of the House is not the opinion of the electors … A dissolution is allowable or necessary whenever the wishes of the legislature are or may fairly be presumed to be different from the wishes of the nation.'
Brexiters might fairly take this as describing the situation that will come about if the government's appeal to the Supreme Court is thrown out and the Commons refuses to trigger Article 50; it might be thought of as Dicey's version of the exception that proves the rule of law.
Remainers have pointed out that Brexiters campaigned for Westminster to take back control; Brexiters have observed that Remainers have suddenly grown fond of the parliamentary sovereignty they'd happily ceded to the EU hitherto. Inconsistency is the warp and woof of our collective lives. This seems as true of the three High Court judges who handed down last week's ruling. 'The most fundamental rule of UK constitutional law is that the Crown in Parliament is sovereign,' they said, and 'there is no superior form of law than primary legislation.' This rule is so fundamental that it has only ever known one exception: the European Communities Act 1972, 'which confers precedence on European law'.
Richard Rorty, flagging philosophers' tendency to nod at their own inconsistencies, liked to quote J.L. Austin: 'There's the bit where you say it and the bit where you take it back.' Whose exception? Which authority? 'The question is,' Alice says to Humpty Dumpty, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' No, he says, 'the question … is which is to be master – that's all.' Or, if not all, it's always a question worth asking.


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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) --It's a record-setting holiday weekend for the Marvel superhero movie "Black Panther" -- directed by Oakland's own Ryan Coogler.
It's also been exactly a year since the release of "Get Out" -- a film that's just received four Oscar nominations: for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
In the case of "Black Panther," it's the most successful February movie opening ever, with $192 million in North American ticket sales.
As for "Get Out," the attention from the Academy is notable because all four nods highlight the work of African-American nominees.
RELATED: See the dazzling African-inspired fashion fans wore to 'Black Panther' premieres
At theaters in San Francisco, "Black Panther" showed to sold-out matinee crowds on Presidents' Day. Some moviegoers were die-hard fans of the comic book series, but others said they came for a different reason:
"Usually, African American people are portrayed as addicts and criminals," said 19-year-old Kiara Williams. "I want to see something where we're not portrayed as that."
Williams and her friend said they might return later for the theater's free encore screening of "Get Out" a year after its original U.S. debut. They would be seeing a pair of films some call breakthroughs, just two years after outcry over a lack of African-American representation at the Oscars.
"It comes at this point where we just got really impatient," said Lonny Avi Brooks, a professor of strategic communication at Cal State East Bay. "'Black Panther' and 'Get 'Out' are both protest films, in my opinion."
But Brooks says the two movies go about that protest in different ways.
"I think get out really speaks to police brutality," he said. "And how we have to carry ourselves when we're outside the home."
RELATED: 'Black Panther' director has Oakland roots
"Black Panther," he said, goes a step further -- crossing into a genre known as "Afro-futurism," imagining a future in which racial dynamics are different.
"With a whole black cast, with white characters as minor notes, it's like, oh wow, that's a universe I'm not used to seeing," he said.
Some moviegoers we talked to think it's just Hollywood trying to make a buck.
"Public image, how can we market, how can we get a bunch of sales going?" said East Bay resident Lamar Pugh.
But others said if Hollywood studios get rich off these movies, they've earned it.
"It's bringing in money and it's giving the minority an opportunity to come up in the world, so I like that," Murray Edwards told us as he bought one of the last remaining "Black Panther" tickets.
Marvel, which produced "Black Panther," is owned by Disney, which is also the parent company of ABC7.
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When the body remains in a constant state of tension, stress or anxiety the sympathetic nervous system and the adrenaline flow of the body is overstimulated. This causes stress on the body. All energy is diverted into being ready to move, to flee or to protect oneself from the stressors all around.
Healing, balancing, digesting and restoring the body occur when we relax. Hormones for relaxing and restoring are released and the body goes through it's processes for resetting the natural recovery systems of the body.
Lack of sleep, overwork, poor diet, extreme exercise and mental tension all put stress upon the body. If these stressors are not balanced by periods of relaxation the body cannot repair itself, thus becoming susceptible to disease. An environment can be created within the body which is receptive to illness. A strong robust immune system is developed and maintained during relaxation and sleep.
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Two-story, 3 bedrooms with study and game room, 3 full baths, 2-car attached garage, large family room open to island kitchen and breakfast area overlooking covered patio.. Large master overlooks patio and back yard with angled window. Master bath with tub, shower, double-bowl vanity and large walk-in closet. Upstairs game room has full bath and walk-in closet. Downstairs utility room.
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Chesmar Homes in now open in the Lakecrest Park community. The Fortunata Collection will be available with the features buyers desire, as well as the beautiful new Motif Collection. Lakecrest Park is a master-planned community located near I-10 and the Grand Parkway in Katy. It is surrounded by great shops, delicious restaurants, and acres of breathtaking parks.
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you have such a good husband! hope you had fun looks really nice there.. next weekend you will be in moab that will be nice too have fun..
What a great place and what a wonderful surprise! He needs to give lessons on surprising wives to those in need! LOL!


text: Palmistry is the art of palm reading, drawing meaning from the lines and shapes found in the palm of your hand. The pictures found in the palm can let you know anyone's nature and predict their future. Even if the Romani people are the main practitioners of this mancy (divinatory art) these days, palmistry had already been in use in China and India for more than 5,000 years.


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The colors on this card are so striking, love the way it turned out!
Bon Voyage
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This card has a simple sentiment - xoxoxo. I love the pink and brown together, with some small pearl accents to bling it up just a bit.
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The Baptism Towel
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Forever & Always
Black is almost required at an elegant formal wedding. This card reads "Forever Begins Today" in an elegant font. The black ruffles add a little playfulness to the affair, almost like a little girl hiding under the floral linens on the tables at the wedding.
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Important Things
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo
The Lagos State Government has concluded arrangement to provide free bus service for the residents of the state during the Sallah festival aimed at making the festival smooth and stress-free.
The free bus service was announced at a media briefing at Ikeja, by Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, along with Managing Directors of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (LAMATA) and LAGBUS Asset Management Limited, Dr. Dayo Mobereola and Mr. Tunde Disu, respectively.
According to Bamidele, the gesture which is usually done since inception of the present administration, was part of social responsibility of the government during the festive period and a way of giving back to tax payers their money value.
He said the free service would be provided specifically on Friday, adding that over 300 buses from the fleet of LAMATA and LAGBUS would be made available, especially for Muslims that would be going to the praying ground.
Mobereola and Disu said over 300,000 people were expected to be conveyed during the festive period, adding that all safety precautions had been put in place by the state government to ensure maximum safety of the residents.
Some of the areas which the free services would be available include Iyana-Ipaja-Igando, Ikotun, Ikorodu, CMS, Maryland among others.
Wishing Muslim faithful a splendid Sallah celebration, the government also used the opportunity to reiterate the secularity status of Nigeria, saying all religions would be accorded all privileges deserved.
Meanwhile, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has launched the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).
He equally gave a grant of over N3 million to 15 Community Development Committees (CDCs), aimed at assisting member of the communities in their quick response to emergency situations and for rehabilitation of some infrastructure in their communities.


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By CourtesyJanuary 25, 2018
Story by Maj. Elizabeth M. Bowles, clinical nurse officer in charge, Same Day Surgery, William Beaumont Army Medical Center
WBAMC has stepped up customer service and safety with the implementation of telephonic preoperative nurse instruction for beneficiaries having surgeries and procedures at WBAMC. The implementation of this new process will not only save time, it will also decrease the risk for day of surgery cancellations and increase clinic productivity.
Previously the process typically took 2.5 hours with limited waiting room space leading to overcrowding, particularly when patients brought along family members. Previous processes did not guarantee the completion of required diagnostics available for Anesthesia to review, leading to day of surgery cancellations.
With the implementation of telephonic preoperative instruction, surgical clinics place all orders when the patient is seen and schedule a pre-operation instruction appointment for the patient, who is given a telephonic preoperative packet with a checklist. Patients then proceed to pre-registration with PAD and complete EKGs and diagnostics if needed.
Patients can now complete pre-operative tasks on the same day they are seen at their surgical clinic. Prior to the preoperative teaching appointment, a nurse will review the patient's medical records, results and consult with an anesthesia provider to clear the patient for surgery and/or call the patient for more information, provide medication guidance, or ask for a face-to-face visit. Ninety-five percent of patients are cleared and do not have to return to the hospital before their scheduled surgery.
There are four reasons patients may not participate in telephonic preoperative instruction: cognitive impairment, severe hearing impairment, use of language line required besides Spanish, and for cases involving children under 13 years of age who were born less than 37 weeks gestation. The SDS Clinic is in the process of installing 3 way calling lines which will eliminate the use of the language line as a discriminator for telephonic preoperative instructions.
Ms. Jeanine Knox, telephonic preoperative clinical lead and preoperative registered nurse, worked with each clinic staff member to develop individualized plans which meet the needs of that particular surgical demographic. Knox further developed a patient survey which resulted in a 99 percent satisfaction rate from over 1,300 patients. The process also streamlined, standardized and improved communication between SDS and surgical clinics leading to a more pleasant patient-centered experience.
The new program provides patients more focused attention, safer preoperative screenings, less time waiting and increased preoperative appointments while improving patient care by ensuring higher safety standards are met, patients save time, and work-flow delays are prevented.
The processes developed by WBAMC staff and the committee for this project are currently being shared with the U.S. Army Medical Command as a best practice for standardized, efficient, effective and safe patient care for operative services.


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Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Why, oh why, is this so hard to do?
Another example of the character we should all have..... a character that leads to Godliness (of which post I'm still working on).


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miR-10a inhibits cell proliferation and promotes cell apoptosis by targeting BCL6 in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
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Protein and Cell
, Volume 7, Issue 12, pp 899–912
First Online: 04 November 2016Received: 08 July 2016Accepted: 06 August 2016
The BCL6 B-Cell Lymphoma 6 gene is a proto-oncogene that is often expressed in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas DLBCLs. BCL6 loss of function can kill DLBCL cells, demonstrating that BCL6 is necessary for the survival of DLBCL cells and could be a therapeutic target. In this study, we found that BCL6 protein levels were consistently upregulated in DLBCL tissues, whereas its mRNA levels varied randomly in tissues, suggesting that a post-transcriptional mechanism was involved in BCL6 regulation. We used bioinformatics analysis to search for miRNAs, which potentially target BCL6, and identified specific targeting sites for miR-10a in the 3′-untranslated region 3′-UTR of BCL6. We further identified an inverse correlation between miR-10a levels and BCL6 protein levels, but not mRNA levels, in DLBCL tumor tissue samples. By overexpressing or knocking down miR-10a in DLBCL cells, we experimentally validated that miR-10a directly recognizes the 3′-UTR of the BCL6 transcript and regulated BCL6 expression. Furthermore, we demonstrated that negatively regulating BCL6 by miR-10a suppressed the proliferation and promoted apoptosis of DLBCL cells.
KeywordsmicroRNA miR-10a BCL6 DLBCL proliferation apoptosis Qian Fan, Xiangrui Meng, Hongwei Liang, and Huilai Zhang have contributed equally to this work.
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'Minimally invasive' option may not be best for back
pain. Reader Marsha Gallavan asks whether there are
any nonsurgical or other minimally invasive procedures to remedy
her husband's back problems. Dr. Charles Rosen,
who founded the UCI Spine Center and the Association for Ethics
in Spine Surgery, discusses the options. Read
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Charles D. Rosen, M.D.
Clinical Professor
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Rosen's CV
Spinal surgery
Clinical Interests
Dr. Rosen specializes in spinal disorders having completed advanced fellowship
training in spinal surgery and rehabilitation in 1989. Dr. Rosen has been
in practice for 22 years and is an expert in the diagnosis of spinal problems.
His specialty in spinal surgery is in patients with spinal degeneration,
suffering from herniated discs, spinal stenosis, instability and all the
other consequences of this in the neck and lumbar spine. He has developed
a particular interest in treating patients with failed disc replacements
who travel from different parts of the country for consultation. He enjoys
taking his time and talking with patients.
He is also President of the Association
for Medical Ethics (can be accessed
at www.EthicalDoctor.org).
He founded this for the purpose of lessening the invasive
influence of industry on doctors' who are paid consultants
for spinal companies, and to provide a forum for the presentation
of spinal surgery research without company bias.
Research Interests
His research currently is developing a more accurate model
of spinal biomechanics. This has arisen out of his nationally
recognized expertise in evaluating
the failure of artificial lumbar disc replacements, and in their treatment.
After reviewing numerous failed disc replacements, he believes the current
disc replacements being implanted all have an inherent flaw. This flaw
is in the disc design being based on an erroneous model of
spinal motion.
Dr. Rosen received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania
and his medical doctorate degree from the University of California, San Diego.
He completed his general surgery internship at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital,
and his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital for Joint Diseases
Orthopaedic Institute. He completed fellowship training in Spine Surgery
and Rehabilitation at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center.
He currently serves as Clinical Professor in the Department
of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, Irvine.
He is board certified, and re-certified, by the American Board
of Orthopaedic Surgery, an active member of the North American
Spine Society, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and
the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, President of the
Association for Ethics in Spine Surgery.
Medical Degree
University of California, San Diego
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
Spine Surgery and Rehabilitation, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center
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American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery


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I love the black and white with colored eyes. My only suggestion would be to crop a bit tighter and level the cat; about 4 degrees clock wise.
I have to agree with Mel about cropping, it would bring out the eye's more. Your DOF is fine to me. the shot is overall very nice.
I like the DOF... good capture.
Hi, Mel! Both of your kitty cat shots are so clear and textural. What sweet little beasties!
Thanks for your comments, everyone. Will do some adjustments
looks v nice and DoF is great... I would level the cat but not crop.
what aperture was this?
Hi Neil. I used a 50mm f/1.4 USM glass and aperture was set at f/5.6.
Hi mel - just to be different - I really like the angle and the crop ( actually I really like everything about this shot)
- I get the feeling kitty is just about to leap up and run off to stage right going up hill & a 'straight' horizon angle would lose some of the energy....
this is of course why we're here all sorts of different ideas pop up