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DULUTH, GA (AP) - The six Southeastern Conference teams ranked in the Top 25 should be wary of upsets in this week's women's tournament.
And with good reason - there's no reason the tournament should be any different than the regular season.
Most of the ranked teams, including No. 9 Tennessee, the SEC's regular-season champion and top seed in the tournament, lost at least once to an unranked team during the 16-game conference schedule. Unranked Missouri beat the Lady Vols.
The coaches say the upsets reflect the depth of the SEC, which makes it the nation's top conference.
No. 7 Kentucky earned the No. 2 seed by closing the regular season with a win over Tennessee.
The tournament begins Wednesday night when Alabama, which lost its last 10 regular-season games, plays Mississippi State.


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HOUSTON - The Salvation Army Greater Houston Area Command has received a generous donation just days into the official kick off of the Red Kettle fundraising campaign.
The nonprofit received its first gold coin of the season Tuesday. It was discovered at a Red Kettle site outside Sam's Club in the 5300 block of South Rice Avenue in southwest Houston.
The gold coin was wrapped inside a $1 bill with a note that read "A child is born, Jesus!"
"This is a wonderful start to our holiday fundraising efforts," said Lt. Josh McKain of the Salvation Army Irvington Corps Community Center.
This year is especially critical for the Salvation Army. The nonprofit is entering its Red Kettle season with a significant decrease in donations over the holiday season.
"We are extremely grateful to the person who made this donation. It is not only a significant boost for us this year as a monetary donation, but also a huge motivation for all of our kettle workers and really all of us who are involved in the Red Kettle campaign," said McKain.
The Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign is the largest and oldest charitable fundraiser of its kind in the United States, and the funds raised locally benefit programs and services that include the nonprofit organization's annual Christmas assistance program known as the Angel Tree program.
Some 30,000 children and seniors have registered to receive new unwrapped gifts from the Angel Tree program.
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Soon, it will be the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the mighty ship RMS Titanic, which hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage from England to New York City and fell to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912.
If you're hooked on that 1997 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, you should be excited that director James Cameron is releasing a new 3D version of the classic.
Paramount is re-releasing Titanic (originally opened in December 1997) in theaters on April 6th, 2012, four days before the 100th Anniversary of the real ship's departure on April 10th, 1912. They're releasing it in 3D nationwide, IMAX, and also in 2D, featuring a fully digitally re-mastered 4K print that Cameron has said will look better than it ever has before. They spent a painstaking 60 weeks and $18 million at two conversion shops to make Titanic in 3D look like one of the best conversions you'll ever see. Titanic won a total of 11 Oscars, including Best Picture. We'll see everyone back in theaters next April 6th!
But if your interest is more historical, you may be thrilled to know about an auction of 5,000 artifacts from the ill-fated ship coming up April 11 By Guernsey's Auctioneers & Brokers in New York City, the Associated Press is reporting.
The collection was appraised in 2007 at $189 million, including some intellectual property alongside the myriad items plucked by remote controlled probes from the pitch-black depths, some 2 and ½ miles below the ocean's surface.
Those artifacts include the massive hull section called "The Big Piece" as well as personal belongings of passengers and crew, such as a mesh purse and eyeglasses. A bronze cherub that once adorned the Grand Staircase is also among the collection, as are fine china, table settings, bottles and ship fittings — even the stand upon which the ship's wheel stood.
By court order, the items cannot be sold individually and must go to a buyer who agrees to properly maintain the collection and make it available for occasional public viewing. The sale is subject to court approval.


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Iraq, country of southwestern Asia.
During ancient times, lands that now constitute Iraq were known as Mesopotamia ("Land Between the Rivers"), a region whose extensive alluvial plains gave rise to some of the world's earliest civilizations, including those of Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria. This wealthy region, comprising much of what is called the Fertile Crescent, later became a valuable part of larger imperial polities, including sundry Persian, Greek, and Roman dynasties, and after the 7th century it became a central and integral part of the Islamic world. Iraq's capital, Baghdad, became the capital of the ʿAbbāsid caliphate in the 8th century. The modern nation-state of Iraq was created following World War I (1914–18) from the Ottoman provinces of Baghdad, Al-Baṣrah, and Mosul and derives its name from the Arabic term used in the premodern period to describe a region that roughly corresponded to Mesopotamia (ʿIrāq ʿArabī, "Arabian Iraq") and modern northwestern Iran (ʿIrāq ʿajamī, "foreign [i.e., Persian] Iraq").
Iraq gained formal independence in 1932 but remained subject to British imperial influence during the next quarter century of turbulent monarchical rule. Political instability on an even greater scale followed the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958, but the installation of an Arab nationalist and socialist regime—the Baʿth Party—in a bloodless coup 10 years later brought new stability. With proven oil reserves second in the world only to those of Saudi Arabia, the regime was able to finance ambitious projects and development plans throughout the 1970s and to build one of the largest and best-equipped armed forces in the Arab world. The party's leadership, however, was quickly assumed by Saddam Hussein, a flamboyant and ruthless autocrat who led the country into disastrous military adventures—the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) and the Persian Gulf War (1990–91). These conflicts left the country isolated from the international community and financially and socially drained, but—through unprecedented coercion directed at major sections of the population, particularly the country's disfranchised Kurdish minority and the Shīʿite majority—Saddam himself was able to maintain a firm hold on power into the 21st century. He and his regime were toppled in 2003 during the Iraq War.
Iraq is one of the easternmost countries of the Arab world, located at about the same latitude as the southern United States. It is bordered to the north by Turkey, to the east by Iran, to the west by Syria and Jordan, and to the south by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Iraq has 36 miles (58 km) of coastline along the northern end of the Persian Gulf, giving it a tiny sliver of territorial sea. Followed by Jordan, it is thus the Middle Eastern state with the least access to the sea and offshore sovereignty.
Iraq's topography can be divided into four physiographic regions: the alluvial plains of the central and southeastern parts of the country; Al-Jazīrah (Arabic: "the Island"), an upland region in the north between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; deserts in the west and south; and the highlands in the northeast. Each of these regions extends into neighbouring countries, although the alluvial plains lie largely within Iraq.
Alluvial plains
The plains of lower Mesopotamia extend southward some 375 miles (600 km) from Balad on the Tigris and Al-Ramādī on the Euphrates to the Persian Gulf. They cover more than 51,000 square miles (132,000 square km), almost one-third of the country's area, and are characterized by low elevation, below 300 feet (100 metres), and poor natural drainage. Large areas are subject to widespread seasonal flooding, and there are extensive marshlands, some of which dry up in the summer to become salty wastelands. Near Al-Qurnah, where the Tigris and Euphrates converge to form the Shatt al-Arab, there are still some inhabited marshes. The alluvial plains contain extensive lakes. The swampy Lake Al-Ḥammār (Hawr al-Ḥammār) extends 70 miles (110 km) from Al-Baṣrah (Basra) to Sūq al-Shuyūkh; its width varies from 8 to 15 miles (13 to 25 km).
North of the alluvial plains, between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, is the arid Al-Jazīrah plateau. Its most prominent hill range is the Sinjār Mountains, whose highest peak reaches an elevation of 4,448 feet (1,356 metres). The main watercourse is the Wadi Al-Tharthār, which runs southward for 130 miles (210 km) from the Sinjār Mountains to the Tharthār (Salt) Depression. Milḥat Ashqar is the largest of several salt flats (or sabkhahs) in the region.
Western and southern Iraq is a vast desert region covering some 64,900 square miles (168,000 square km), almost two-fifths of the country. The western desert, an extension of the Syrian Desert, rises to elevations above 1,600 feet (490 metres). The southern desert is known as Al-Ḥajarah in the western part and as Al-Dibdibah in the east. Al-Ḥajarah has a complex topography of rocky desert, wadis, ridges, and depressions. Al-Dibdibah is a more sandy region with a covering of scrub vegetation. Elevation in the southern desert averages between 300 and 1,200 feet (100 to 400 metres). A height of 3,119 feet (951 metres) is reached at Mount ʿUnayzah (ʿUnāzah) at the intersection of the borders of Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. The deep Wadi Al-Bāṭin runs 45 miles (75 km) in a northeast-southwest direction through Al-Dibdibah. It has been recognized since 1913 as the boundary between western Kuwait and Iraq.
The northeast
The mountains, hills, and plains of northeastern Iraq occupy some 35,500 square miles (92,000 square km), about one-fifth of the country. Of this area only about one-fourth is mountainous; the remainder is a complex transition zone between mountain and lowland. The ancient kingdom of Assyria was located in this area. North and northeast of the Assyrian plains and foothills is Kurdistan, a mountainous region that extends into Turkey and Iran.
The relief of northeastern Iraq rises from the Tigris toward the Turkish and Iranian borders in a series of rolling plateaus, river basins, and hills until the high mountain ridges of Iraqi Kurdistan, associated with the Taurus and Zagros mountains, are reached. These mountains are aligned northwest to southeast and are separated by river basins where human settlement is possible. The mountain summits have an average elevation of about 8,000 feet (2,400 metres), rising to 10,000–11,000 feet (3,000–3,300 metres) in places. There, along the Iran-Iraq border, is the country's highest point, Ghundah Zhur, which reaches 11,834 feet (3,607 metres). The region is heavily dissected by numerous tributaries of the Tigris, notably the Great and Little Zab rivers and the Diyālā and ʿUẓaym (Adhaim) rivers. These streams weave tortuously south and southwest, cutting through ridges in a number of gorges, notably the Rū Kuchūk gorge, northeast of Barzān, and the Bēkma gorge, west of Rawāndūz town. The highest mountain ridges contain the only forestland in Iraq.
The Tigris-Euphrates river system
Iraq is drained by the Tigris-Euphrates river system, although less than half of the Tigris-Euphrates basin lies in the country. Both rivers rise in the Armenian highlands of Turkey, where they are fed by melting winter snow. The Tigris flows 881 miles (1,417 km) and the Euphrates 753 miles (1,212 km) through Iraq before they join near Al-Qurnah to form the Shatt al-Arab, which flows another 68 miles (109 km) into the Persian Gulf. The Tigris, all of whose tributaries are on its left (east) bank, runs close to the high Zagros Mountains, from which it receives a number of important tributaries, notably the Great Zab, the Little Zab, and the Diyālā. As a result, the Tigris can be subject to devastating floods, as evidenced by the many old channels left when the river carved out a new course. The period of maximum flow of the Tigris is from March to May, when more than two-fifths of the annual total discharge may be received. The Euphrates, whose flow is roughly 50 percent greater than that of the Tigris, receives no large tributaries in Iraq.
Irrigation and canals
Many dams are needed on the rivers and their tributaries to control flooding and permit irrigation. Iraq has giant irrigation projects at Bēkma, Bādūsh, and Al-Fatḥah. In the late 1970s and early '80s, Iraq completed a large-scale project that connected the Tigris and Euphrates. A canal emerges from the Tigris near Sāmarrāʾ and continues southwest to Lake Al-Tharthār, and another extends from the lake to the Euphrates near Al-Ḥabbāniyyah. This connection is crucial because in years of drought—aggravated by more recent upstream use of Euphrates water by Turkey and Syria—the river level is extremely low. In 1990 Syria and Iraq reached an agreement to share the water on the basis of 58 percent to Iraq and 42 percent to Syria of the total that enters Syria. Turkey, for its part, unilaterally promised to secure an annual minimum flow at its border with Syria. There is no tripartite agreement.
Following the Persian Gulf War, the Iraqi government dedicated considerable resources to digging two large canals in the south of the country, with the apparent goal of improving irrigation and agricultural drainage. There is evidence, however, that these channels were also used to drain large parts of Iraq's southern marshlands, from which rebel forces had carried out attacks against government forces. The first was reportedly designed to irrigate some 580 square miles (1,500 square km) of desert. The vast operation to create it produced a canal roughly 70 miles (115 km) long between Dhī Qār and Al-Baṣrah governorates. The second, an even grander scheme, was reportedly designed to irrigate an area some 10 times larger than the first. This canal, completed in 1992, extends from Al-Yūsufiyyah, 25 miles (40 km) south of Baghdad, to Al-Baṣrah, a total of some 350 miles (565 km).
The two projects eventually drained some nine-tenths of Iraq's southern marshes, once the largest wetlands system in the Middle East. Much of the drained area rapidly turned to arid salt flats. Following the start of the Iraq War in 2003, some parts of those projects were dismantled, but experts estimated that rehabilitation of the marshes would be impossible without extensive efforts and the expenditure of great resources.
The desert regions have poorly developed soils of coarse texture containing many stones and unweathered rock fragments. Plant growth is limited because of aridity, and the humus content is low. In northwestern Iraq, soils vary considerably: some regions with steep slopes are badly eroded, while the river valleys and basins contain some light fertile soils. In northwest Al-Jazīrah, there is an area of potentially fertile soils similar to those found in much of the Fertile Crescent. Lowland Iraq is covered by heavy alluvial soils, with some organic content and a high proportion of clays, suitable for cultivation and for use as a building material.
Salinity, caused in part by overirrigation, is a serious problem that affects about two-thirds of the land; as a result, large areas of agricultural land have had to be abandoned. A high water table and poor drainage, coupled with high rates of evaporation, cause alkaline salts to accumulate at or near the surface in sufficient quantities to limit agricultural productivity. Reversing the effect is a difficult and lengthy process.
Heavy soil erosion in parts of Iraq, some of it induced by overgrazing and deforestation, leaves soils exposed to markedly seasonal rainfall. The Tigris-Euphrates river system has thus created a large alluvial deposit at its mouth, so that the Persian Gulf coast is much farther south than in Babylonian times.


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First osmo-nvs-gps evaluation boards soldered
At the osmocom project, we recently discovered the most interesting NVS NV08C-CSM module. It not only is a superb GPS receiver, but it includes GALILEO and GLONASS receivers, too. However, it's only available as an industry module, or as an expensive (700 EUR or so) evaluation kit.
Given the cheap PCB prototyping service at seeedstudio, I thought I'd spend an afternoon creating the schematics and PCB layout for an evaluation board. It exports the two 3.3V UARTs on OsmocomBB-style 2.5mm jacks, so they can be used with the T191 cables. I have the feeling this 2.5mm jack is becoming a new standard for low-voltage RS232 links ;)
Furthermore, it exports the SPI, I/O and I2C on a 20pin 2.54mm pitch header, connects to an external antenna via a MCX socket and has an optional footprint for a CR2032 battery on the bottom side.
So far, the board seems to be working fine. If there is interest in the bare PCB itself (without components!), please send me an e-mail. Depending on the amount of interest we might add it to the sysmocom webshop.
Schematics and Gerber files will be available at http://openbsc.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/osmo-nvs-gps soon.


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Courtesy of http://musicinafrica.net After a successful second edition that saw Malian artist Salif Keita perform, the Old Fort in Zanzibar will between 2 – 4 September come alive as the third Jahazi Literary and Jazz Festival holds. The festival will feature open-air jazz concerts, poetry readings, storytelling, literary round table discussions and cultural walks. Kenyan trumpeter Christine Kamau, Danish pianist and composer Morten ... Read More »
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2011-12: Re-elected the captain the Yale women's fencing team in the 2012-13 season ... Received the Sherry Marcy Award ... Awarded Academic All-Ivy Honors ... Captained the team to strong victories against Drew, Vassar and Sacred Heart
2010-11: Elected to captain the Yale women's fencing team in the 2011-12 season ... Member of the epee squad that captured sixth place in the inaugural United States Collegiate Squad Championships ... Earned a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Northeast Regionals ... Competed at the Ivy League Championships with a 8-10 record ... Served as epee squad captain and starting fencer.
2009-10: Served as alternate fencer in epee squad ... Received varsity letter... Qualified for NCAA regionals.
Before Yale: B08 USFA ranking ... Made the 2007-2008 Cadet National Points List.


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Columbia 300 Blog
Ready for the new season!
I can't believe that as of tomorrow I will have middle school kiddos. I seriously can't believe how quickly time flies by. It has been a busy couple of months with gall bladder surgeries, ear surgeries, baseball practices, home renovations and a hall of fame induction. What a roller coaster ride. So thankful for the Hall of Fame Induction, everyone that attended and those that sent messages. It truly was a dream come true and one that I will never forget!
After an exciting two weeks of watching Chris bowl on Xtra Frame for the Summer Swing - I am fired up and ready to start bowling myself. He bowled amazing and I am so proud of him. I look forward to trying out all the new equipment in preparation for the USBC Championships, the U.S. Open and the Queens. I am sure with how quickly time has been going by the end of June will be here before I know it.
Chris has been telling me how much I am going to like the new Columbia 300 equipment. Hopefully I will get my pro shop operator (Chris), to start drilling as soon as they show up. Thank you to Columbia 300 for the opportunity to be a part of such a great staff.
See everyone on the lanes soon! Enjoy the summer, be safe and healthy!


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The start of something new — FlakPhoto Digest.
We're developing a new project, a weekly newsletter focused on photography + visual culture recommendations carefully curated from across the Web. You know, the good stuff that deserves a closer look. FlakPhoto Digest is currently in closed beta and will be available to the public later this year. You can request an invite by subscribing below.
Untitled (Architecture),
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Michael Lundgren was born in Denver and spent his formative years in the hills of upstate New York. He received his BFA in photography from RIT in 1997 and his MFA in photography from ASU in 2003, where he has taught photography since 2004. His recent monograph, Transfigurations, is published by Radius Books. He is coauthor of After the Ruins: Rephotographing the San Francisco Earthquake with the photographer Mark Klett. He is represented by ClampArt, in New York City. His work is included in the fine art collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, the Museet for Fotokunst in Denmark, the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, as well numerous private collections.
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Bluster and denial. That's all it will come to.
Oh, the appropriate political words are being said. The president wipes away tears. Politicians huff and puff. Columnists write and rail. But all it will amount to is bluster and denial.
Bluster and denial. That's all it will come to.
Oh, the appropriate political words are being said. The president wipes away tears. Politicians huff and puff. Columnists write and rail. But all it will amount to is bluster and denial.
Twenty beautiful, smiling, trusting small children were killed in Newtown, Conn., on Friday. But last Friday, the FBI reported 197 other people were shot in America, with 41 dying.
On average, 41 people will be shot to death in America today. On average, 41 people will be shot to death in America tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and the day after that.
The streets in America; the homes in America; Newtown, Mass; Clackamas, Ore; Oak Creek, Wis.; Aurora, Col.; Fort Hood, Texas; Blacksburg, Va.; Littleton, Col. and many more places are on the list, and many more will be added to the list.
Tragically and sadly, these incidents of carnage did, can and will happen again for three reasons.
One, the Supreme Court's interpretation of the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment opens the door for carnage.
Two, legislators have been held hostage and do not have the political and moral courage to stand up to an organization of firearm zealots to discuss and debate the carnage in a sensible way.
But mostly because Americans will not shed the myths that have misidentified and misdirected the reasons and solutions that make this carnage easy to do and easy to repeat.
And it will repeat.
The American public's failures to shed these myths give cover to the court and to the Congress.
To solve a problem, you have to admit that there is a problem, identify the problem, shed the myths and direct the solution.
Gun violence has always been misidentified and misdirected as a crime problem, and the solution has been acquiring more guns. The simple, simpleton, simplistic, hackneyed and trite saying, "If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns," exemplifies this. It is not the so-called "outlaws" who are killing Americans by the scores. America has more outlaws in jail than any country in the world and is sending more every day. So why is America the gun-violence capital of the world and, worse, infecting our neighbors with instruments of violence?
Gun ownership has always been misidentified and misdirected as a self-defense and protection need.
The advocates of this self-defense theory of gun ownership stress safe and responsible gun ownership by such methods as trigger locks, keeping guns unloaded and keeping guns locked away. Am I the only one who sees the inherent contradiction between safe ownership and the theory of self-defense?
Gun violence has always been misidentified and misdirected as a big-city, urban problem. America is primarily a rural nation with most people living in suburban and rural environments. The national and state legislatures reflect this demographic and their constituents' attitudes that gun violence doesn't affect them, is not their problem and any discussion on restraint is a curb on their liberty. The first words out of the mouth of a Newtown resident were, "I never thought it could happen here." Neither Newtown nor any of those cities above is a metropolis.
Now the denials: Gun violence has always been misidentified and misdirected by the majority in America as a black people's problem �— a "them" problem.
It has always been front-page news when one of "them" shoots someone or is shot by police, which has given rise to misidentifying gun violence as perpetrated mostly by black people, generally on black people, held in check only by harsh police action with the misdirected solution of jailing or isolating black people. The jealous white husband who shoots his wife or the white youth who shoots his pal while playing with his parent's gun or the vice president who shoots his hunting partner are always back-page stories explained as anomalies.
Brady Boyd, senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Col., when interviewed on CNN in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, said he is a gun owner but that he is not a violent person. Pastor, yes you are a violent person. When you shoot a gun, you are causing an explosion. Explosions are violent. It is the instrument that defines violence, not the intention.
Bluster and denial are a steep mountain.
Charles Mosley, a former head of the Lafourche NAACP, lives in Thibodaux. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Dr. David Grimshaw of Michigan State University will address issues of musicians' health through the lecture "Integrative Medicine and the Performing Arts" on Thursday, March 28, at 6 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The lecture will provide information to future medical professionals about how to approach the medical care of musicians and other performers, while addressing how to prevent injuries and how to seek competent medical help for performers.
After the lecture, Grimshaw will facilitate an experiential workshop for interested musicians. He will address individual concerns for several musicians, as well as draw out general concerns for players and teachers.
Grimshaw is a clinical associate professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the physician member/medical director of the Healthy Musicianship Team at Michigan State University College of Music. Co-author of "Music Education and Performing Arts Medicine: The State of the Alliance," he teaches an undergraduate course at MSU titled "Healthy Musicianship." He also is co-owner of the Center for Integrative Medicine in Okemos.
Graves Hall is located at 263 College Ave., between 10th and 12th streets.


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How can I determine the minimum shutter speed at which I can effectively avoid camera shake while hand-holding the camera?
The general rule is
1/EFL (equivalent 35mm focal length) without IS.
That means if you're on an APS-C, 1/(FL * 1.5~1.6).
The improvement IS gives is given in stops. One stop is applying a power of two, so, the final calculation is:
Everyone shakes different amounts, and even interacts differently with each IS systems.
General Rule
The general rule of thumb for 35mm (full frame) has been the reciprocal of the focal length.
This means that for a 50mm lens, the minimum shutter speed when hand-holding is 1/50 sec.
1/(focal length) = 1/50
Since this is usually not an option, 1/60 sec is the next option.
Since the move to digital and multiple sensor sizes, the generally agreed upon rule is that the effective focal length is the number to keep in mind.
So, on a APS-C cropped sensor, a 50mm lens would need a
1/(50 * 1.6) = 1/80 sec.
On a longer telephoto, say a 300mm on a full-frame (35mm) you would need 1/300 sec.
Image stabilization
Camera (and lens) makers are now adding image-stabilization to their lenses, which lowers the shutter speed needed. Generally the makers will rate the level of stabilization in stops. Keep in mind these ratings are used for marketing and may be a bit inflated, but I am going to do my calculations based on the numbers being correct to keep it simple.
If you are using a 100mm lens with a 2 stop image stabilization system on a APS-C cropped sensor then:
(1/(effective focal length)) * (2 ^ image-stabilization-stops)
(1/(100*1.6)) * (2^2)
(1/160)*4 = 1/40 sec
A couple of answers have already mentioned the 1/FL rule of thumb. Keep in mind, however, that this is only a rule of thumb, not an iron-clad law. Depending on how steady you are, you may find that you can (or must) adjust it.
Good technique is critical here. The same techniques used by target rifle shooters work nicely. First, get the steadiest stance you can: prone is best, kneeling second best, standing up your last choice. If you have to shoot standing, put your left hand directly under the lens and brace your elbow against your chest if possible (especially important with longer/heavier lenses). Take a fairly deep breath, then let it about halfway out before you squeeze the shutter release.
Okay, mine is not a technical answer, but I think it has some merit that the technical answers lack: empiricism. Try using different speeds and see what you can hand-hold.
For each lens (and zoom setting, if applicable), handhold the camera while on shutter priority,and see what the slowest shutter speed YOU can use is without shaking the camera. Different people have hands that shake to different degrees.
By the way, I would check out whether or not it is blurry on a monitor, not on the camera LCD. You just can't see clearly enough to be sure whether there is blur on the LCD (unless you have a much better quality LCD screen than I've seen.
You can determine the minimum shutter speed to avoid camera shake by
1) applying the following approximate rules of thumb. (See Wikipedia article - rule of thumb)
2) or carrying out careful measurements, as I did.
1) The rules of thumb
a) With NO image stabilisation
The approximate rules of thumb are:
Full frame cameras : min shutter speed = 1/focal_length
APS-C cameras : min shutter speed = 1/(focal_length*1.6)
Note that these are approximate rules and are heavily dependent on photographer technique, which is why they are called rules of thumb (my thumb and your thumb are not the same).
b) With image stabilisation.
Here the rule of thumb is to take the above calculation and increase the above shutter speeds by either two or three stops, depending on your confidence in the manufacturer.
2) Measured results
By conducting more than 1000 measurements under carefully controlled conditions I arrived at the following results. The fully documented study can be found on scribd.com:
A Study of the Effectiveness of Shake Reduction in the Pentax K7
The graph below shows the main result of this study. With a 50mm lens motion blur was kept below one pixel down to a shutter speed of 1/8 sec, which is more than acceptable.
This is effectively equivalent to the following rule (for the Pentax K7):
min shutter speed = 1/(focal_length*1.6) - 3 stops.
However at shutter speed below about 1/30 sec the result are critically dependent on photographer technique. The graph below shows how variability of the results increases rapidly at lower shutter speeds, which illustrates the importance of photographer technique.


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Gas prices are creeping toward the $4 per gallon mark, and consumers are sure to be looking for a break when it comes time to fill up.
A new Washington County merchant says he is going to do all he can to keep gas prices low for customers, and he even plans to have the cheapest gas in town.
Umesh Patel, who goes by the name Omar, recently purchased the convenience store that formerly operated as Porky's on Perryville Road in Springfield. Patel is young, but said he brings years of experience in the convenience store market to town with him.
Absentee voting is now available at the Washington County Clerk's Office. The office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., as well as Saturday, May 14, from 9 a.m. until noon.
Absentee voting is for those voters who will not be in town to vote on Tuesday, May 17. For more information about absentee voting, contact Washington County Clerk Glenn Black's office at (859) 336-5425.
In the 45-year history of Washington County High School, there had never been a student to receive the honor of National Merit Scholar. Until now.
Charlotte Campbell, a senior, and the daughter of Philip and Erika Campbell of Springfield, recently received word that she had won the honor out of more than 1.5 million students nationally.
Washington County football player Qwan Turner is set to sign a letter of intent to play college football today at 1 p.m.
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The Washington County Commander baseball team defended its 5th Region All-A Classic championship at Idle Hour Park Thursday with an 8-0 win over Bethlehem. With the win, the Commanders now advance to face Christian Academy of Louisville for a trip to Lexington to play in the All-A Classic state tournament at Whitaker Bank Park, home of the Lexington Legends.
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Hundreds of cyclists will make their way to St. Catharine College in an effort to fight Multiple Sclerosis.
The campus will be the starting point of the 25th annual "Bike MS: Bike the Bluegrass" event June 4-5. The event is sponsored by the Kentucky Southeast Indiana Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and is the largest and most successful fundraising cycling event in the nation, according to officials with the chapter.
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Behold the Mini five-door. A Mini hatch with - you guessed it - five doors.
True, this is not exactly a revelation for the small car segment. But it's the first time BMW has cut rear doors into its beloved Mini hatch - the bloaty Countryman, of course, being a different thing entirely. And considering five-door hatchbacks outsell their three-door equivalents by three to one in the UK, this could be quite a lucrative move for the brand.
As you can see, it looks like the new-new-new Mini but ever so slightly different. Like someone significantly weighty has sat on it. That's because the five-door Mini's wheelbase has been stretched 72mm, making it 161mm longer than the three-door. But it's also 11mm taller, to free up the occupants in the back.
And there's good news for your children/mates/pets, as they now won't have to suck in and clamber over the passenger seat to get in the rear. There's even better news for your favourite fourth child/mate/pet as the five-door Mini gets a third - admittedly small - seat in the back.
Headroom has increased by 4mm over the three-door, and the engineers in Oxford have carved out an additional 61mm of elbow space inside without making the five-door wider on the outside. Still, judging from that interior shot, it's not exactly… cavernous back there. Bootspace is up to 278 litres, 67 litres more than the three-door but still shy of the Coutryman's 350-litre trunk.
The five-door Mini will go on sale this autumn with the choice of four engines. First up, a three-pot 1.5-litre engine in the Cooper that makes 136bhp. That's joined by another triple in the shape of a 1.5-litre three-cylinder diesel producing 116bhp in the Cooper D. Then there's a 2.0-litre petrol four-pot petrol with 189bhp in the Cooper S, and a new Cooper SD model with 2.0-litre 4-cylinder diesel generating 170bhp. That's enough to get you from 0-62 in 7.4 seconds and 68.9 mpg. Fast and frugal.
If you can refrain from furious optioning, you'll be able to pick up a basic Mini Cooper 5-door for £15,900. That price rises up to £20,050 for the SD, and then quite a bit more if you get a bit busy with the specs as, this being a Mini, means you can personalise it to death.
Question is, what does this mean for the Clubman? We know there's a second generation of the Mini mini-estate on the way, likely next year, and we know from March's Geneva concept that it'll ditch the original's wonky-doored arrangement for a somewhat more conventional six-door set-up (two on each side, two at the back). If you were after a Mini and needed five doors, which would you go for?
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FREMONT — Investigators will return to a machine shop in the Warm Springs area Friday to try and determine what may have started a three-alarm blaze Thursday afternoon.
The fire erupted about 1:45 p.m. at C and H Enterprises at 801 Boggs Avenue, fire officials said.
According to Fremont Fire Department spokesperson Steve Silva, the building will most likely be a "total rebuild" after crews arrived to find it engulfed in flames.
Silva said due to flammable and combustible liquids in the back of the building, firefighters briefly issued a shelter-in-place order for local businesses and residents, telling them to also turn off their ventilation systems to avoid any hazardous chemicals that could have traveled through the air.
There were no firefighter or civilian injuries reported, Silva added.
The shop offers welding and manufacturing for a variety of industries, according to the C and H website.
Fire crews remained at the scene for several hours to clean up and try to determine what may have been the cause of the fire, Silva said.
He said crews who first responded said the fire seemed to have originated in the southeast side of the building, near a warehouse, where plumes of black smoke and flames poured from the building.
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Meet Sampa Choudhuri: Accomplished and Recognized Cisco Blogger
Sampa's blog posts on the Cisco Small Business Blog have obtained a strong following from audiences who are attracted to her writing that's interesting, useful and straightforward.
Cisco Blogs Program Manager Lindsay Hamilton recognizes Sampa as one of the company's top bloggers. According to Lindsay, "Sampa publishes quality content that's both engaging and meaningful. She has the skill of being able to take a complex subject and convey it in a way that's easily understood and digested by her readers." I couldn't agree more based on the number of Retweets, Facebook views and "Likes" that her posts have received. Not only are readers recommending her posts on Facebook, but the posts themselves are also receiving traffic directly from Facebook.
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Tell us about yourself and the work you do at Cisco.
"I am a Solution Marketing Manager for Cisco Small Business Wireless and Routing Portfolios. My interests lie in increasing awareness for Routing and Wireless technologies within Small Businesses and making it simple for them to understand and decode the technical vocabulary and jargon. This way, they can easily understand the business benefits that these technical features provide and how they can increase productivity, reduce costs and gain competitive advantage."
How do you find the time to integrate blogging into your day job?
"I consider it a part of my job to increase awareness of Wireless and Routing technologies, which in turn increases awareness of our products and solutions. Cisco Blog is a great platform on which to do that. Our blogs are often quoted in different publications for reference, so in turn, it increases awareness for Cisco Small Business as a whole."
How has your engagement on the blogging platform helped your work?
"It's good to get direct feedback from readers and know that the topics you have blogged about are relevant to your target audience. Time to time, readers have told me that the tips that I've provided in my blog (for example, on How to Setup a Secure VPN, How to Fortify Your WLAN Security) have helped them, and this is quite rewarding."
What are some of your blogging lessons learned you'd like to share with our social enthusiasts?
"First lesson I learned was do not try to pitch products to people. Rather, try to understand their needs and how a particular technology helps solve those needs. The content of the blog should be easy to understand and apply. Try to decode the technicalities, such as speeds and feeds of a particular technology, and try to talk about benefits and how customers can apply the technology in their business. Don't be an advisor or pretend to be an expert. Rather, try to be an enabler and helper for your target audience."
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Picture this: you wake up one morning and everything seems perfect. Your paycheck is more than you thought it would be, your car runs right for a change, and you enter your favorite store to buy that thing you always wanted that you never quit talking about.
You walk through the front door and then, without warning, it happens. You see "them." You know who "them" is. "Them" is that he or she that did something so catastrophic, and made life horrible for you. What's worse is they see you in return. So, what do you do?
Some people just can't catch a break- especially if your name is Jenny Siler and you live in Campbell County. At least that was the tale woven by attorney for hire Herb Moncier on Monday.
As he and Siler made yet another appearance in criminal court Moncier used a fair mix of drama and legalese in attempt to keep his client on the outside of the jail.
Oscar Wilde once said the two biggest tragedies in are not getting what you want and getting what you want.
It appears that is the case with the Campbell County Board of Education and Dr. Michael Martin, director of schools.
Last week's evaluation of his performance was brutal.
I am not sure why a man who improved the county's two high schools to the point they are no longer at risk of a state take over was asked immediately if he wanted to resign. Where I come from, that is just rude.
Have you looked in the mirror lately?
Try it sometime soon.
Are you happy with what you see? Or do you note a flaw or two you might need to work on?
Such is the case with your friends here at The Press.
We look in the mirror every day – make that day and night; weekends and holidays included.
Whether we like it or not: it is our job to mirror the community in which we live, work and play.
Two weeks ago, I was going through a very stressful time in my life, and I decided to actually get up early to go walking. Grant it, I'm by no means a morning person.
I'm what I like to call a "secret morning person".
A secret morning person is someone who isn't an early riser and doesn't whistle merrily as they jump out of bed before getting their day started at 7 a.m. It's someone who may be extremely sleepy-headed, yet isn't sleepy enough appreciate the beauty of the morning atmosphere.
Liza Minnelli once sang that "life is a cabaret old chum, life is a cabaret." It's true that "all the world's a stage." Ancient Greek philosophers agreed that politics is a theatrical performance, played out before the large audience of mankind. Modern man is Virtual Man: much of what we think is the product of what we see.
They say once you leave home that you can never come back again.
I'm a journalist so my first question is who in the heck is 'they' and what do 'they' know about it anyway? That being said, I am leaving home. But someday, I plan on coming back. My family and my friends are here. And after working as a reporter for the LaFollette Press for two-plus years, I've realized I will be leaving more family and friends behind than I ever knew I had.
As you go out into this great big world and begin your journey, remember that there is a few things to remember.
As you go, remember that you are no better than anyone else and no one else is any better than you are. We're all equal and God put us on earth for the same reasons and purposes. We all have to learn from one another to make it work. Can you imagine how boring life would be if everyone was exactly the same?
No matter where you are on the planet today, chances are that your country is in the midst of a financial crisis brought on by the unethical behavior of investment banks and other financial institutions. The banking crisis was the cue ball that brought us the credit crunch which, in turn, beckoned the housing crisis and bailout of the automotive industry. In Europe, entire nations—Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Ireland—are facing bankruptcy, due largely to the shenanigans of banks.
Webster's dictionary defines a mother as being, "A woman who has given birth to a child."
It's a fact that any woman can me a mother, but it takes a lot to be called a mom. What's the difference between mother and mom?
A mother is someone whose children observe her from a distance, but a mom is someone whose children look up to her. A mother provides because they feel it's just her duty, but a mom provides to the point she'd give her own life for the sake of her child. Well, you get the idea.
On Earth Day, I went for what felt like an incredibly long hike along the Cumberland Trail in order to benefit Relay for Life and the American Cancer Association.
While I raised money and hopefully a little awareness, I was really the one who benefited from the experience.
Two days walking 18 miles through the mountains with my best friend and my dog through sunshine and fresh air taught me a lot about myself, who I am and what life is really about.
For nearly three years, I have witnessed the way small town governments work.
I have gotten to see elected officials battle against falling revenues, downtrodden economies and shortages of employees. I have seen hours reduced, equipment reduced and even manpower reduced.
But when a mayor that truly cares recently made a suggestion for the betterment of his town, I was shocked that only two board members backed him up.
The Bible (Hebrews 13:2) says, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. For thereby some have entertained angels unawares."
This past week, a community and church lost a very special lady. Everyone who read the obituary knew her as Lou J. Nealy. To those of us who had the pleasure of knowing this special lady, she was Mama Lou and she touched my life in a special way no one knows about until now.
I'm mad.
Okay, maybe not really mad, but more than a little irked.
It all started on Tuesday night at the board of education meeting, which is a little unusual considering that is one of the least controversial beats I cover.
Anyway, I walked into the meeting just in time to catch a presentation by members of the Campbell County High School Student Council outlining all of the great things the school has to offer.
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What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman
What has gone wrong? What can be done to set it right? These are the questions Danielle Crittenden answers in "What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us." Crittenden is the founder and editor of "The Women's Quarterly" magazine. In only four years, Crittenden's "Quarterly" has made itself the center of a new national debate about women. Her views and writings have been cited, reprinted, argued, lauded, and criticized across the country. Mary Matalin describes the "Quarterly" as "one of my most favorite magazines on the planet." George Will calls it "a bright light," and even Betty Friedan, with whom Crittenden has sparred, concedes that her views are on "the cutting edge."
In "What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us," Crittenden looks at the big topics in women's lives: sex, marriage, motherhood, work, aging, and politics. She argues that a generation of women has been misled: taught to blame men and pursue independence at all costs. Happiness is obtainable, Crittenden says, but only if women will free their minds from outdated feminist slogans and habits of behavior:
"There are a great many women unhappy because they acted upon the wisdom passed along to them by the people they most trusted. These women thought they did everything right only to have it turn out all wrong. That thewisdom they received was faulty, that it was based on false assumptions, is a hard lesson for anyone to learn. But it is a lesson every woman growing up today will have to learn as I, and thousands upon thousands of women of my generation, had to learn, often painfully."
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With a college degree from an elite university, a top-level job at the N.E.A., a loving and successful husband, and two adorable children, Amanda Bright is ready to conquer the world. But when she decides to leave her career to be a stay-at-home mom, Amanda finds that her college degree, her professional wardrobe, and glamorous friends and connections are no preparation for her new life. Gone are the days of meetings and power lunches; Amanda's days are now filled with changing diapers, mopping up spills, and singing 'The Itsy, Bitsy Spider' over and over. While everyone else around her is on the fast track, it's getting harder for Amanda to even remember-or appreciate-why she left work in the first place. Mothers everywhere will laugh and cry along with Amanda as she experiences the daily trials of adjusting to this new life -and discovers that success isn't always measured in the workplace.
It's a little-known fact that President Bush — known to his Instant Messenger buddies as "Kickass43" — has logged almost as much time chatting online as he has clearing brush at Crawford. Now this hilarious collection of imaginary online correspondence between the POTUS and pals sheds light and empathy on W's tumultuous second term in office. Whether it's dodging Harriet Miers after the fallout of her Supreme Court nomination, hosting a live online chat with the nation's schoolchildren to disastrous effect, or the surprising late-night alliance with Bill Clinton ("Ladeezman42") because both wish to keep Hillary out of the White House, you'll never look at politics the same way again. Gleefully poking fun at political figures on both sides of the divide, The President's Secret IMs is wickedly clever, deliciously irreverent, and in the words of Kickass43, "ttly awesum" and "gr8." Srsly.


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When I was a lowly freshman hanging around the Yale Peabody Museum, one mind-opening surprise was the unrestrained joy of paleontological language. I'd been a dino-geek since the fourth grade. I knew a dozen duck-billed dinosaurs by name — their technical names. I'd met Corythosaurus casuararius and Saurolophus osborni face-to-face in the exhibit halls of the New York museum.
But real-life paleontologists in the Yale lab addressed their favorite fossils as if they were family pets. The great Tyrannosaurus rex had been known as "that big bug" since 1909. The Montana canyon where the finest rex had been dug was "Bug Creek." And the whole slice of geological time recorded by the rocks there had become the "Bug Creekian Age."
Our esteemed Curator of Paleontology, Dr. Robert T. Bakker
The term "bug" was a term of paleontological endearment. Tiny, microscopic fossils were "bugs." The paleo folks squinting down their microscopes searching for single-celled fossils said they were searching for "my beloved Early Paleocene bugs." Field expeditions looking for tiny Jurassic mammals spoke of "furry bug jaws," a.k.a. the dentigerous rami from Paurodon, Docodon, and Ctenacodon.
Gigantic species, too, were encompassed by the affectionate buggy label.
Trilobite specialists — and I have met many — always smiled when they showed us students an especially ornate Devonian phacopidan: "Check out this elegant bug," they'd say. Trilobites with smooth, streamlined shells — adaptations for burrowing through the sediment — invariably were "mud-bugs."
A trilobite or "dino-bug," as they are affectionately called in the paleontological community.
"Puppy" was popular for Mammalia of gargantuan sizes. The immense, multi-ton Eobasileus cornutus, an herbivore with six horns and giant saber-teeth, was "that bumpy-headed puppy." Even cold-blooded Amphibia could enter that category. When we moved a cast replica of the Triassic Mastodonsaurus, with its yard-long skull, we were cautioned to be especially careful with that "monstrous puppy."
The term "Dinosaur" was an honorific as well as a narrowly defined taxonomic category. Any fossil that evoked the mystery of the Deep Past could be an "honorary dinosaur." Mastodons and mammoths, saber-toothed cats and fin-backed Dimetrodons were all included in the "dinosaur exhibit." Trilobites, because they were so captivating, were honorary "dinosaur-bugs."
The labels in our new HMNS fossil hall follow the paleontological tradition of using both technical and affectionate terms. The free app, which be available soon, will give even more scientific data, plus stories from the scientists. Our superb skeleton of an Early Permian lake amphibian is labeled as an Early Permian archegosaurid. But it also goes by the nickname bestowed by the collection-management crew when the crate was opened — "Happy Puppy."
The breathtaking sea reptile with seven unborn embryos is described in the signage as "Stenopterygius from the Toarcian Age of the Early Jurassic." And also as "Jurassic Mom."
Our HMNS trilobite display is among the very best in the world. All our many trilobites are identified by genus and species, family and geological age. There's a compact but precise scientific family tree of all trilobites, showing their Darwinian booms and the puzzling busts of extinction. But, since we are very fond of every single trilobite specimen, we are are quite happy to call them "bugs," too.
The only way to experience the joy of paleo-nomenclature in all its multi-levels is to visit our hall, stroll past the petrified bugs, puppies and mini-monsters, and thereby absorb the wonder of the Deep Past.


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This was going to be a full-length photo but she looked so serious in each shot.
However each time I lowered the camera she would smile like this.
again, anticipation
Monday, August 25, 2008
This was going to be a full-length photo but she looked so serious in each shot.
However each time I lowered the camera she would smile like this.
again, anticipation
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…and what a smile it is!
beautiful smile indeed!
I have always liked this type of knitting, Norwegian or whatever it is called. I know it comes in and out of fashion, but to me it is a classic. I admire her boldness in pairing it with gingham, and keeping it basic, simple and clean. Great look! Jorge from W Palm Beach
i can't help but smile myself when I see this picture with that description.
I´m so glad the classic pixie cut is coming back again! Her clothes fit with her generous smile. That´s a typical beginning of autumn clothes combination in the nordic countries, when end of August can be really cool already. Woollen cardigan with cotton mini skirt and a heavy coat, or thick tights with a tiny top and heavy scarf – you´ll be seeing a lot of that I bet.
What a cutie! Maybe the lack of a full length smile was due to shyness. Or maybe she wasn't happy with her shoes this day. Now we want to see the shoes! t.x
I love her hair! And that cardi is fantastic. Me want!
she looks GORGEOUS!
absolutely love her smile!
She´s beautiful.
I am really envy of her. She is so beautiful. No matter what she wears, it shines harmony out of her.
I am sure, that even with serious face she is still beautiful, so if you have that full length shot, show us please.
She is a flat shoe-type girl, so perhaps she wears ballerinas or rather low boots???
So adorably sweet. And I LOVE the pixie cut and the cotton/wool pairing here.
i like the combination of red cardigan and navy blue coat.
Someone from CDG will see that and decide to stitch the cardigan to the dress (or the cuffs of the cardie to the coat!) and, voila, all the hairdressers in Tokyo will be wearing it.
Such a beauty! Her clothes are so scandinavian. Nothing fits well but, that's the miracle (maybe the smile, indeed), it works.
It looks sooo cold there but her beautiful smile brings warmth to the photo. Like the sweater too.
fantastic smile. fantastic style. love the dress and sweater with the collar peeking out. the black tights and the navy coat. short, cute gamine hairstyle. she's got it going on!
I love the look, her hair and that infectious smile.
I love her sweater. How cute. Her smile is infectious. She's a beauty.
She's gorgeous! Her smile is so infectious! i love her haircut and the way her cardigan is working with the rest of her outfit – sort of trompe l'oeil collar and cuffs.
And I am glad you cought that smile… Beutiful indeed. Bella, preciosa.
Pd. I love the cardigan too.
Beautiful lady and beautiful smile !!
She's so cute. Lover her style.
i love the layering.
how cute!
Great shot! Love her haircut and her smile.
i think what we have all learned here is that swedish folks are all very beautiful. anyway…i would totally wear what she's wearing, except for that it almost never gets cold enough to do so where i live.
She reminds me of the song "Stockholm Sweetnin'". Looks a little like Mia Farrow. What a cutie.
Adorable girl from the countryside. Whether or not that is right, that's what I'm getting!
Winter is coming. Excellent job of layering the sweater and coat. Beautiful colours that match her own nicely. A little odd how her shirt waist is sticking out like that though, looks like she forgot to wear
Very sweet look and smile. She pulls of this look effortlessly.
Love the fact that this silhouette seems so spontaneous. She could well have woken up this morning, looked out the window, noticed that the wind was up and pulled out some tights, an old jacket and comfy cardie to pop over her nightshirt. Not forgetting to brush those pearly whites, she would have headed for the bakery and newsstand only to bump, whoops, on the way, unexpectedly into The Sart!!…giving her something to grin so impishly about all day.
Yes,she really smiles nicely and is very cute and pretty. A brave gesture to mix the colorful thick knit with that small,light dress. Well maybe her tights are 60-80 d, otherwise she might freeze herself. Don´t know what the temp. was when you took this photo though.
She looks wonderful: very happy and confident. I love the hair — my cut is just like her's and it definitely brought out a lot of similar qualities in me too. I think a great cut really does pull an outfit or style together. She's the perfect example!
She is so precious!
I love the knit coat and her smile is infectious!
Love this ensemble–it suits her so well. Would be great if you could add a little shot of her feet…very curious about her footwear selection.
You have a gift for taking photos of people that goes beyond anticipation. I think it's more like empathy. You clearly are able to establish a relationship with your subjects in a very short time.
I'm breathless!
She likes you more than the camera, Mr. S. I'm glad you caught her in the act.
A rumpled cotton dress, a stranded knit cardigan and a pixie cut would be only so much fiber without that wonderful face. Aren't people wonderful?
Its' a shame you couldn't have gotten a full length shot with her looking like that it would have been amazing. Then again it works how it is, as it makes me want to go buy those cloths :)
What a cute picture, but even better when you described what was happening when you took the picture. Love her look too :)
Like a forgotten song found on your ipod, her smile is a pleasant surprise.
She reminds me of old pictures of my mother from the late 70′s when she met my father and they were young lovers in Uppsala. Minus the horrible 70′s glasses.
When I saw this picture I scented the clean smell of lavender.
She haves a cool style!
amazing. Everything, as usual.
Beautiful. I am curious – what is she wearing for footwear?
ok, but now i am SOOO curious about what her shoes look like!!
awww look at that smile…the best accessory!!
The smile pulls it all together.
her smile is her best piece of all.
i would think smiles work the same on any wearer, even if it's like, a bad hair day. so go, flash it!
I love everything about this shot! She mixes the colors wonderfully and I love the knitting/embroidery on her jacket! I love how she mixed nautical (blue and white striped skirt) with folksy (the cardigan).
Oooh, I really want to copy this outfit for the fall semester at university! Very stylish!
Her smile is darling too.
is it that cold in sweden already? I am jealous
Everything about this girl is beautiful.
Cette jeune femme est rayonnante.
She reminds me of Natalie Portman with her smile. Beautiful.
she is gorgeous!
Haha that's a clever photography trick.
O the master you are.
Isn't it wonderful that you can frame your subject as you deem fit.
How we carry ourselves and wish to present ourselves is an aspect,and maybe even a window into, our personality. You usurp that personality to paste your own image of reality. How silly of people to believe individuality, for it can only exist by its own pure representation, can be fully captured in a photograph. Not that there is anything wrong with putting your mark on your image, you are the artist.
Yet the assumption in the last line of your post, that anticipation has revealed something more raw, is incorrect.
By touting the need to anticipate to achieve a great shot, you give more truth-value to that later shot. Yet it is as much a crafted fragment of reality as any other photograph.
There seems something terribly wrong with photographs– the ability to possess what others , perhaps foolishly, understand as reality. Maybe its the audience who is at fault though, for believing in the reality of photographs.
The mix match are very stylish. I love the cardi. Too bad here is sooo… hot, we have no reason to put on cardi..
Awwww. . . she's just adorable!! Too cute!
I love her expression! so lively!
I love the Diamond patern on the cardigan.
She's darling, and the smile is refreshing. Great pic.
Short haircuts complement beautiful skin, full lips and a big smile. In NZ we are out of season for the photos here – they make me yearn for a new winter wardrobe, and spring is a few days away!
I love the pixie cut. And that sweater pretty nice too.
I'd like to start out by saying that I absolutely love your blog. I've been visiting it for about a year now, and I'm always inspired by people's creativity, and their energy that seems to come straight through your photos.
My comment, however, is totally unrelated. I'm sure you've seen this, but just in case…
I laughed for a little, and then just felt strange. In any case, have a nice day!
I looked up the weather in Stockholm. 16 to 18C is not cold, and I'm commenting from Canada, where it's 2 degrees warmer than that today.
A sweater AND tights AND sweater-coat?
Vibrantly beautiful girl!
OMG! She is adorable! I want to wear my hair like hers!
I love the sweater peeping out of the coat sleeves, the dark middle area of the sweater pulls the jacket in to make a great outfit. I love the rumpled dress and leggings too. I wonder what she was wearing on her feet?
I like her look. She looks so nice and innocent.
I'm a big fan of knits too…
But my favourite of all the pic is definitely her haircut…I instantly thought of Jean Seberg in "A bout de souffle" when I saw her.
Just lovely.
I love the clashing of patterns and fabric textures. She pulls it of as she is simply beautiful in an understated and very fresh way. I love the way her cardie sleeves peek out at the cuffs. Lovely!
this is such an adorable photo – good catch ! I cant imagine such a happy person looking making a serious pose :)
I think I'm in love. Great shot!
Effortless chic, personified.
p.s. I keep your blog link on my blog to click in regularly… love it!
This shot makes me look forward to autumn and layers.
her smile is fantastic.
She's a perfect 10. I love what she's wearing but mostly it's about the fantastic hair and absolutely radiant smile.
she's breath-taking. i completely agree with everything that kate g. already said. fabulous work, sart.
Love this so much! it's just charming as is hair and smile. Could you please post the full length as well; I'd really love to see her shoes or Boots!
I love this so much, I cannot tell you. So fresh! So natural! And speaking of which, I always find it amusing when people go on and on about how beautiful the Swedish people are. I see lots of beautiful people around me in North America every day – or elsewhere – but the difference is that Swedish people seem to look like people who actually walk places! And eat healthy food! (And, maybe it's the pictures you've shown, but they don't seem to bother much with makeup for daytime.) I like this much better than the movie-starlet wannabe looks that so many people over here seem to covet.
great shot! just adorable!
A gorgeous smile like that is all the style you need.
she is absolutely adorable!!
soo adorable–I would completely wear this if I lived in chilly stockholm rather than sweltering south carolina!
bet she's a fan of belle & sebastian. everyone should have at least a couple of peacoat in the closet like this sweet girl does…
I have her haircut – and often feel like I look like my little brother – so thank you for posting this lovely photo and reminding me it's all about the attitude! she's soooo cute and although we've had amazing weather here in Indiana this summer this photo makes me anxious for autumn, sweaters & tights. :)
Why so serious?
This charming young woman is absolutely beautiful–perfect haircut; gorgeous smile; gamine style.
So tell us more about the
shoes!Anticipation indeed…
love the combination.
I really dig this look. Not to mention, she is a lovely woman. Ahh … to be in Stockholm.
Suddenly everything was 100% sunny day.
Scott, are you coming to Norway aswell? Oslo or any other town?
elle est adorable!
The smile makes the whole outfit.
I love the look and her beautiful smile!!
I met this girl last summer at a festival! She was really nice and I also had to take a photo of her… She was so cute! Like a mix between Twiggy, Audrey Tatou and Audrey Hepburn, I think.
She is beautiful!!
She's adorable. Love the short hair.
She has a beautiful smile!
Adorable girl, adorable outfit!
a modern day amelia earhart!
I think. I should want to marry her.
this photo springs alive. lovely girl.
Just FYI, people – it's NOT that cold up here (yet), we've got around 68 degrees, not too shoddy.
I think people (like this gorgeous girl) are just OVER the summer look and feel of clothes and want to move into fall. Does that make sense?
Wow, look at all the 100+ comments she has had so far!
This girl is so beautiful! Her smile is so heart-warming and I absolutely adore her style.
The best smile in the world! She is like Amelie! Great photo…
She is a doll!!!
i normally hate those sweaters but on her it lookd so fab
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!!!!!
Love that outfit and that smile is amazing…..
this is beautiful and sweet
i like it a lot
adorable, she reminds me of natalie portman in garden state. understated and beautiful!
she's so cute!
I know that you probably didn't intend your description of this photo to be sexist, Sart, but it does come across that way to me. Your words uphold the stereotype that "women 'should' smile; only men are allowed to be serious."
Great smile and even better, such a great haircut!
I would never have thought of wearing a Fair Isle?patterned sweater with rumpled gingham cotton, but she makes it work. Love her haircut and smile!
I'm in LOVE…..
can you play cupid?
very lovely!
she is such a darling! i love her hair
Wow! I know her… Not a fan of the sweater but I like the dress
Thank you for a picture that champions how beautiful a woman can look with short hair. I have this haircut and love it. It takes confidence to chop off your locks and let the world see you with nothing to hide behind.
She's lovely and makes the whole look seem effortless, now that is what style is all about.
beautiful girl and beautiful smile :)
yet, her outfit is so cute!
adore the haircut.
I guess a full length photo was too intimidating.
She looks beautiful anyway.
Delightful! Think I may print this to brighten rainy days in London.
Also love the typical play in the design of Norge/Sverige knits.
wow! what a great smile! her hair is also gorgeous! her face just matches her outfit! so preppy!
Hayley Mills in The Parent Trap!
Impecable! I was just about to cut my hair like that. Her cardigan is just right with the skirt. I would be scared to match those two things together.
Beautiful jacket.
so cute! i love the pic!
What a beautiful smile!, this might be the best outfit whatever you dress. Don't you?


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TALLAHASSEE (AP) - Two of Florida's major research universities could soon have wide power to decide how much to charge students.
Amid a backdrop of deep budget cuts for all universities, Florida lawmakers are pushing ahead with a plan that would allow both the University of Florida and Florida State University to raise tuition rates above the current limits.
A House panel is expected to take up the measure on Tuesday, while a Senate panel late last week attached the provision to an unrelated bill.
University presidents say the bill would help them get the money to raise their national profile.
"You are giving us a chance to out compete universities in other states," FSU President Eric Barron told legislators.
The push for the bill comes when Gov. Rick Scott already has come out in opposition to increased tuition hikes.
Florida legislators have the power to order tuition hikes, but universities also have the power to raise tuition up to 15 percent a year without legislative approval.
The House budget currently includes an eight percent tuition hike for all 11 public universities. The Senate budget does not order a tuition hike but gives universities permission to increase tuition a full 15 percent higher. But the Senate budget also cuts state funding to universities by $400 million.
The bills emerging late in the session would allow any university that meets a list of criteria to ask the Board of Governors to raise tuition even higher, or to set different tuition rates for different types of programs.
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A legislative analysis shows that both UF and FSU meet at least 11 of the criteria while University of South Florida meets seven and the University of Central Florida meets only three.
Rep. Bill Proctor, R-St. Augustine and chairman of the House Education Committee, stressed that the legislation is aimed at helping UF become of the nation's top 10 public universities and helping FSU gain admittance to the prestigious Association of American Universities.
Proctor said that the House will also come out with another bill that will assist the state's other public universities if they meet certain thresholds.


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Catering Assistant - Casual
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NEWS- Bus scare: Emergency message shocks driver
Anita Impagliazzo was leaving the Pantops Shopping Center on Tuesday, November 28 when she noticed something strange about the city bus in front of her.
"The bus sign that had just said the route number suddenly changed," she says. Now, instead of reading "Downtown 10"– the destination and bus number– a far more ominous message was displayed. "It said, 'Call Cops,'" says Impagliazzo.
Confused and concerned, she tried to peer through the windows to see if the passengers inside appeared to be in distress. Although she didn't see any sign of a problem, she decided to play it safe and called 911 to report the message and the bus's location.
That's just what she should have done, says Bill Waterson, the city's director of transportation. He says because there have been no reports of incidents on buses in the last several weeks, the alert was probably a "false alarm" that happened when the driver accidently triggered an emergency feature designed to allow buses to alert other drivers of problems.
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There's a new Wipeout game coming to the Nintendo Wii and DS this summer, but don't get too excited - it's not what you think.
For nearly 15 years, Sony fans have thrilled to the balls-out futuristic racing action of the Wipeout series, with each installment bringing new challenges and more speed to the beloved hover car racing franchise.
This is not one of those games.
Instead, this is a game based off of ABC's Wipeout television show, which is a program about people with giant balls. No, really.
See? Giant balls.
Wipeout is a television show that features regular folks trying to get through a rough and tumble obstacle course. Hilarity often ensues. Futuristic racing in hover cars never ensues.
"Watching ABC's 'Wipeout' on TV is outrageous fun, and viewers can't help but dream of trying the obstacles themselves," said David Oxford, Activision Publishing. "We designed the video game with this in mind. Wipeout: The Game brings all of the challenge and laugh-out-loud hilarity without the pain."
I have never seen this show before. I watched a few clips on ABC's website earlier, and it does seem rather entertaining, but in a string of mini-games sort of way.
Maybe if they tried tying the people to tricked-out hovercrafts?
No, it just wouldn't be the same. Damn entertaining, sure, but not the same.