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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As time wound down in the Trail Blazers' victory over the Oklahoma City, LaMarcus Aldridge was showered with shouts of "MVP! MVP!" from the Portland fans.
Aldridge had a season-high 38 points and added 13 rebounds in the Blazers' 111-104 win Wednesday night that snapped the Thunder's eight-game winning streak.
It was his ninth double-double and 15th game with at least 20 points this season. He made a career-high 17 field goals.
"Just surreal. It was humbling to have that moment here," Aldridge said of the crowd's reaction. "I've been here so long and I've had very few of those type of chants here. So that was fun. I thought that made the night complete for me."
The victory gives the surprising Blazers a 16-3 record this season, best in the Western Conference and second only to Indiana overall. Portland has won 14 of its last 15 games, a stretch that includes an 11-game winning streak.
Nicolas Batum's 3-pointer with 29.9 seconds to go all but sealed it for Portland, which had lost seven straight against Oklahoma City.
The Thunder led by as many as 12 points in the first half, but Aldridge led a third-quarter rally and Portland built a 91-84 lead on consecutive 3-pointers from Dorell Wright and Damian Lillard with 7:58 left.
Russell Westbrook's 3-pointer pulled the Thunder within 95-94 before Reggie Jackson's two free throws gave them a short-lived lead with 5:34 to go. Aldridge hit a layup and a jumper to make it 105-100 for the Blazers.
Durant and Westbrook narrowed it again with consecutive baskets, but Batum's 3-pointer made it 108-104 before Durant missed a 3 on the other end. The Blazers made free throws for the final margin.
Durant finished with 33 for the Thunder, who were playing the second game of a back-to-back after defeating Sacramento 97-95 Tuesday night. Westbrook had 21 points.
"He was shooting turnarounds from almost the 3-point line over the top of our bigs and knocking them down," Durant said of Aldridge. "That's what great players do, they come through in the clutch and make shots."
Batum and Lillard added 14 points apiece for the Blazers, who were coming off a 106-102 victory over Indiana on Monday. Portland is 8-1 at home.
Aldridge scored 16 of his points in the third quarter, when the Blazers outscored the Thunder 35-21.
"I don't know if I have the words, to be honest," Blazers coach Terry Stotts said of Aldridge's night. "Offensively, obviously he can score. But I liked his toughness, I liked his leadership, I liked his competitive fire. As much as he played very well, it was a lot of the intangibles that I really appreciated from him tonight."
Wright's bank jumper evened the game at 27 to start the second quarter. It was close throughout the half, with Portland's Batum on Durant much of the time.
Durant took off on a fast break for a dunk and added a free throw to give the Thunder a 55-47 lead, their biggest of the game to that point.
Westbrook attempted a 3-pointer and the refs called a foul on Portland's Wesley Matthews, prompting an angry reaction from Stotts, who was given a technical, and the Thunder finished the half on a 9-0 for a 59-48 advantage.
Durant led all scorers in the half with 17 points.
"They hit a lot of tough 2s on us, shots we can live with," Durant said. "But they made enough to beat us."
One bright spot for the Blazers was center Robin Lopez, who had 12 points and five rebounds in the first half. Acquired by the Blazers from New Orleans in a three-team offseason trade, Lopez finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Batum's 3 got the Blazers within 67-64 before Matthews' layup got them within one midway through the third quarter. Batum's pull-up jumper gave Portland a 70-69 lead, and Aldridge added a long jumper.
The Blazers clung to the lead until Durant's jumper tied it at 78, but Aldridge answered with a turnaround jumper to cap a 10-point streak for the two-time All-Star.
"I've been saying it from the start — he's the best power forward in the game," Matthews said
NOTES: Oklahoma City is 9-0 at home but 4-4 on the road. ... Portland has lost only one game at home this season. ... Oregon State receiver Brandin Cooks and running back Storm Woods were at the game. The Beavers (6-6) are waiting to see if they're headed to a bowl in the postseason. ... Oregon Ducks receiver Josh Huff was also at the game. ... Coming off a six-game home stand, Oklahoma City is playing three games in four nights before heading home to face Indiana on Sunday. ... Lopez has seven double-doubles this season.


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The music industry has always been freaked out by piracy and the loss of revenue that comes with people stealing music.
If you're of a certain vintage, you may remember the hysteria manifested in the Home Taping is Killing Music campaign launched in the U.K. in 1981 that came complete with a half-million-dollar TV ad campaign. The industry blamed weak sales on people who were wantonly recording albums onto blank cassettes and making mixtapes for the car or this new thing called the Sony Walkman. It even came with a cute punky logo.
Both artists and executives tried to convince the public that if we wanted music on cassette, then we'd better bloody well go out and buy a legal copy from the record shop. Even making a copy for personal use was portrayed as evil and immoral.
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A decade later, pressure from the industry killed consumer use of Digital Audio Tape and the Digital Compact Cassette, two technologies that allowed for perfect duplication of copyrighted material. A copy protection scheme called the Serial Copy Management System was created especially to hobble the abilities of the new machines.
Meanwhile, the full-court press against the old-school cassette continued. In 1997, "private copying" was added to the Canadian Copyright Act, allowing for a levy to be assessed against blank cassettes and hidden by the manufacturer or importer in the retail cost of the tape. The idea was for this money to be redistributed to artists as compensation for music that was illegally copied and thus deprived artists of sales income. Within two years, Canadians were paying 23 cents on each blank cassette and 60 cents on each MiniDisc.
Canadians also ended up paying exponentially more for a spindle of blank CDs than our friends in America, thanks to a per-disc levy of 29 cents. Multiply that by 25, 50 or 100 discs on a spindle, and things quickly got expensive. Future Shop (remember them?) had packages of 50 on the shelf for more than $30, while I remember seeing U.S. retailers selling the exact same package for less than US$10.
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It also didn't matter that you might be using cassettes, MiniDiscs and CD-Rs for non-musical, non-piracy purposes, such as audio books, books for the blind and data backups. Everyone paid the levy regardless of the end use.
By the time we got to the late 2000s, the landscape had changed dramatically. We'd moved beyond copying music to cassette or burning music to CDs, and the talk turned to "digital audio recorders," devices like iPods, mobile phones, MP3 players, computer hard drives — anything that could store music in digital form. This became known as the "iPod tax," which asked for a tariff placed on MP3 players and other devices capable of storing music.
The government actually began collecting these tariffs — the Copyright Board assessed as much as $25 on an iPod with a capacity more than 15 GB with an increased ask of up to $75 per iPod in 2007 — but ultimately had to repay $27 million when it was ruled copyright laws governing computer equipment made no provision for such fees. The iPod tax was declared dead and buried.
Once again, though, the concept of levies on digital devices has risen zombie-like to fight another day.
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A House of Commons committee starts hearings this week on a review of Canadian copyright law. A group called the Canadian Music Policy Coalition, which represents 17 music associations, is circulating a document containing concepts it would like to see enacted. The 30-page report entitled Sounding Like a Broken Record: Principled Copyright Recommendations asks for the following:
(a) New levies on consumer devices like smartphones and tablets, a request far beyond the old iPod tax. How much? That's yet to be determined.
(b) A requirement that Internet service providers keep an eye on what content we're consuming and, if necessary, to police its use. That means monitoring usage, using "content recognition technologies," blocking content and then reporting back to the music industry ("Provide feedback to the intellectual property community.")
(c) Asking that the industry have the ability to cancel agreements with Internet companies if the benefits of those companies become "disproportionate" — whatever that means.
(d) An extension of the term of copyright. The group wants intellectual property protected for the life of the creator(s) plus an additional 50 years. (This is when it would be good idea to read up on how Mickey Mouse has been changing copyright terms for years.)
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You can't fault the industry for trying to protect its intellectual property, for pushing for more revenues and for trying to achieve copyright protections it sees in other territories. That's the whole purpose of a lobby group like this. But it's also worth noting that the Canadian music industry hasn't been in this good a shape for years.
SOCAN, the Canadian performing rights collection, has been reporting record revenues for its membership. The rise of streaming music services, like Spotify, has cut piracy through file-sharing drastically. Same thing with the amount of BitTorrent traffic. There are tough anti-piracy measures already in the works. And we don't "stream rip" music nearly as most other countries.
I know copyright law can be dry and dull, but if we don't keep tabs on things, music consumers could end up paying more for the things we take for granted.
Alan Cross is a broadcaster with 102.1 the Edge and a commentator for Global News.


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Plane to Guayaquil, bus to Santa Elena, and taxi or bus to Manglar Alto- Montanita. Anywhere you can find a taxi, bus ask them and they will tell you, or if you are lucky they'll take you.
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Special access4x4
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceExperienced surfers
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BottomSandy with rock
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell direction
Good wind direction
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 4m+ / 12ft
Best tide positionLow and mid tide
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
Week crowdFew surfers
Week-end crowdCrowded
Two distinct peaks, inside (southern) peak is preferred, longer and cleaner rides. On big NW it can all line up. Low tide can offer ledgy barrells on all swells. Higher tide the wave turns into a performance wall.
Cool little town...though has become very crowded with hippies and travelers in recent years. A real scene on weekends when locals from all over the country converge on the point. The town to the south has fewer gringos and some good food.
The town is cheap, I mean very cheap, Lots of hippies (woodstock kind of hippies) all night long bars live music (doors-zeppelin-floyd-etc.)
Lots of foreign people, but 90% of people speak only Spanish. ie you can hang out with the gringos if you wish and think everyone speaks English, or learn some Spanish and actually meet people! There is a good Spanish school in town that is very surfer friendly.
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By Anonymous , 16-06-2010
localism - the locals are regulating the point now, if carlos or danillo, or a few other of the locals are in the water, don't paddle deeper than them or on their wave, i've seen that guy break a gringos nose before even saying a word...be careful, if you drop in on someone here or even paddle around the wrong guy, you better be prepared for a fight. it's the 3rd world, the cops will just laugh at you
By Britney , 25-03-2010
Montanita is awesome - I've been going back and forth to Ecuador beaches.. its amazing! You do have to be carefull it is a 3rd world country.
Avoid weekends ("locals" not really, Guayaquilenos come from the city to the beaches to catch a wave. very territorial even though they are not from Montanita).
Every full moon there are tons of parties and raves called 'Fiesta de la Luna', but if you are not into the raves there are tons of bars, lots of Bob Marley, always good for the soul.
Galapagos are great if you want to explore a little bit more of Ecuador. Better surf there too.
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These three letters - C.A.B. - might just be the Dis-Humor story of the day. NPR reports that more than 200 schools across California are coming to the shocking realization that the upfront cash they needed so badly came at quite a price. These 'Capital Appreciation Bonds' are unlike normal bonds (requiring regular coupon payments and principal repayment); instead they provide the 'lent' money upfront and defer all interest and repayment to some magical faery land time in the future (by which time the interest accrued has grown exponentially as the interest accrues on the rising 'principal plus previously accrued interest'). Brilliant - as the Guinness chaps might say. So California schools are now undertaking PayDay or loan-shark style loans defending the idiocy of super-short-term thinking with such statements as "Why would you leave $25 million on the table?" referring to the upfront cash that one Treasurer was able to get his hands on - with clearly no comprehension of the financial instrument's massive convexity. California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer said "It's the school district equivalent of a payday loan or a balloon payment that you might obligate yourself for, so you don't pay for, maybe, 20 years - and suddenly you have a spike... It's so irresponsible."
There has to be some lesson in here - some philosophical reflection on our society's complete and utter inability to see beyond the next cashflow need... Simply mind-blowing...
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More than 200 school districts across California are taking a second look at the high price of the debt they've taken on using risky financial arrangements. Collectively, the districts have borrowed billions in loans that defer payments for years — leaving many districts owing far more than they borrowed.
In 2010, officials at the West Contra Costa School District, just east of San Francisco, were in a bind. The district needed $2.5 million to help secure a federally subsidized $25 million loan to build a badly needed elementary school.
Charles Ramsey, president of the school board, says he needed that $2.5 million upfront, but the district didn't have it.
"We'd be foolish not to take advantage of getting $25 million" when the district had to spend just $2.5 million to get it, Ramsey says. "The only way we could do it was with a [capital appreciation bond]."
Those bonds, known as CABs, are unlike typical bonds, where a school district is required to make immediate and regular payments. Instead, CABs allow districts to defer payments well into the future — by which time lots of interest has accrued.
In the West Contra Costa Schools' case, that $2.5 million bond will cost the district a whopping $34 million to repay.
'The School District Equivalent Of A Payday Loan'
Ramsey says it was a good deal, because his district is getting a brand-new $25 million school. "You'd take that any day," he says. "Why would you leave $25 million on the table? You would never leave $25 million on the table."
But that doesn't make the arrangement a good deal, says California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer. "It's the school district equivalent of a payday loan or a balloon payment that you might obligate yourself for," Lockyer says. "So you don't pay for, maybe, 20 years — and suddenly you have a spike in interest rates that's extraordinary."
Lockyer is poring through a database collected by the Los Angeles Times of school districts that have recently used capital appreciation bonds. In total, districts have borrowed about $3 billion to finance new school construction, maintenance and educational materials. But the actual payback on those loans will exceed $16 billion.
Some of the bonds can be refinanced, but most cannot, Lockyer says.
Perhaps the best example of the CAB issue is suburban San Diego's Poway Unified School District, which borrowed a little more than $100 million. But "debt service will be almost $1 billion," Lockyer says. "So, over nine times amount of the borrowing. There are worse ones, but that's pretty bad."
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The superintendent of the Poway School District, John Collins, wasn't available for comment. But he recently defended his district's use of capital appreciation bonds in an interview with San Diego's KPBS Investigative Newsource.
"Poway has done nothing different than every other district in the state of California," Collins told the program.
And he's right. In some cases, districts are on the hook to pay back anywhere between 10 and even 20 times the amount they borrowed.
But Lockyer says it distresses him to hear school officials defend these bonds.
"It's so irresponsible, that if I were on a school board — which I was, 40 years ago — I would get rid of that superintendent," Lockyer says.
Back in the '90s, the state of Michigan banned capital appreciation bonds altogether. But Lockyer says California needn't go that far. He supports a series of reforms such as capping the payback of debt to four times the amount borrowed. Otherwise, says Lockyer, these bonds will be paid well into the future, by the children of today's students.


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By Jill Becker, Special to CNN • Updated 30th April 2012
While planning a trip to London in 2010, I worked with a travel planner for the first time. And she suggested something odd. Or at least I thought it was odd at the time.
She recommended hiring a private tour guide. I cringed. All I could envision was having to follow around a perfect stranger robotically rattling off a bunch of boring facts on things about which I didn't even care. But the time I spent with the guide turned out to be one of the best parts of my entire trip, a lavish affair that included luxuries such as sipping champagne while watching the sun set on the Thames from atop the London Eye.
Leisure travelers such as myself aren't the only ones taking advantage of the joys of working with a personal tour guide. Business travelers have discovered that hiring a local guide is an extremely smart and convenient way to make the most of any downtime they may have.
"The biggest pro is that it's on your time schedule, so you have full control, which is especially good when you're trying to maximize a long layover," said Lauren Fairbanks, a partner at the marketing firm Stunt & Gimmick's
who typically spends seven to 10 days on the road each month. "I'm actually a fan of checking things out on my own, but only having a few hours in a city and not knowing your way around is a good formula for getting lost and missing your flight."
Plus, you're likely to learn more, as Fairbanks discovered when she hired a private guide for a visit to Teotihuacan during a long layover in Mexico City.
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"I got a lot of insider information that I wouldn't have gotten had I toured the site myself. My guide had a lot of great stories and history to impart," she said. "The other great thing was that from our conversation, the guide got a good sense of my personality and recommended making an unplanned stop on our way back, where I got to watch and learn how tequila was distilled."
Having the flexibility to tailor the tour and add an activity was a bonus, Fairbanks said.
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"Private tour guides can easily adapt to the needs of their customers, whereas on a packaged group tour that wouldn't be possible," said Tanja Markmann, of the German event agency Feine Fluchten, who used the services of a guide during a three-day corporate outing in Italy.
"A private tour guide comes with a lot of pros -- individuality, privateness without any interruptions, the personal touch, flexibility, and so on -- and is definitely worth the money."
The cost of hiring a private tour guide varies, but for an experienced guide, you can expect to pay around $70 an hour. In London, my friend and I paid $470 to have a guide for the entire day; that price included admission to all of the attractions we visited as well as all of our subway, bus, taxi and even boat fares.
That fee may sound like a lot when you consider that you can sightsee on your own for free, or when you compare it to the cost of the latest guidebook or destination app. But when I factor in the one-on-one attention and expertise we received, not to mention the convenience and ease of negotiating the city with someone who knew the area like the back of her hand, it seems like the deal of the century. And when you're traveling for business, your big expenses and most of your meals are covered by your employer, so isn't it worth spending some of your own money to make the most of the trip?
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Dan Nainan, a comedian who flew 200,000 miles and performed in 11 countries last year, said he thinks so. In particular, he values the insight and even companionship of having a local expert show him around.
"Since I travel by myself quite a bit, my favorite part is having somebody to talk to," he said. "I think it's great from a security standpoint, too. Not that I'm paranoid about being robbed or anything, but I think it's much less likely to happen if you have a local with you."
On the way home from a recent corporate gig in Dubai, Nainan arranged to have a long layover in Nairobi, Kenya, so he could go on a safari in
Nairobi National Park
"It was great having someone who knew how to deal with the local authorities at the park and who could get us in quickly instead of waiting and trying to figure everything out like all the other tourists," Nainan said.
"I think you can save a tremendous amount of time, because a guide is obviously going to know the quickest way to get someplace, instead of you having to consult guidebooks and maps and so forth. One also gets an excellent sense of the local flavor, and, if it's a country that's not English speaking, it's wonderful to have somebody who can translate for you."
Of course, as with most things, finding the right tour guide is key. Most countries, and even a lot of cities, have a professional tourist guide association to which you can turn. For example, Deborah Charles, who so expertly introduced me to London in 2010, is a member of Britain's
Guild of Registered Tourist Guides
. More importantly, she is a certified Blue Badge Tourist Guide, each of whom undergoes a vigorous qualification process and a two-year education and training program.
There are also several websites, such as
, designed to help you locate a qualified chaperon.
Robert Blessing, a former guide who launched LocalGuiding a year ago, started his site as a way of connecting travelers with locals in a new, more personal way.
"When I was a tour guide, every time I picked up a new client, it was like a blind date," Blessing said. "The clients booked me through a travel agent, and so I didn't know what kind of people they were, what their expectations were, etc. With LocalGuiding, travelers get to know the guide before they go and can establish a direct relationship with them."
His site also incorporates ratings and reviews from previous travelers.
"Traveling so much for work can be really tedious," Fairbanks said, "so it's nice to have a few hours or a day scheduled for relaxing and checking out a city at your own pace."
And hiring a qualified, knowledgeable tour guide allows business travelers to make the most of that free time.
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Loved the Fashion in Breaking Dawn? MTV Chats Up the Costume Designer!Nov 29th, 2011 | By Stefanie | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News
MTV Style has a fantastic, yes fantastic, interview with Michael Wilkinson, the costume designer for parts 1 and 2 of Breaking Dawn. I find interviews like this fascinating because once again we're getting a whole new perspective on the movie-making process. And this one just happens to involve lots and lots of gorgeous (designer) clothing.
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Radiohead: comScore Doesn't Have a Clue
Here's another story that casts a shadow over the accuracy of internet usage analyst firms' data. After Radiohead's decision to give away their new album on the net and let listeners donate to the band without obligation if they think the album is worth it, comScore said that most users (62%) chose not to pay for the album at all, and that the remaining 38% paid $6 on average.
Now, Radiohead claims that comScore's numbers are totally inaccurate. If you remember, a survey among 3000 internet users + some rumors showed a lot more optimistic data: 1.2 million downloaders, $8 average donation, and $10 million cashed in for Radiohead.
While they didn't give us exact figures just yet, which partly diminishes the importance of their statement, the folks of Radiohead have given us one simple truth in their statement: "it is impossible for outside organisations to have accurate figures on sales." Especially if their sample is a few hundred people. I have no reason to believe that comScore skewed the results on purpose, but they definitely fumbled the ball on this one. Since we all often rely on the data from independent analysts, it's sometimes good to remind ourselves that this data can be quite inaccurate. [via Mathew Ingram]


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Operations and Finance – Allies or Foes?
Let's take a simplistic view of the Postal Service by dividing it into two groups: Operations and Finance. Operations' main concern is to make sure mail is delivered and other services are rendered to satisfy customers' needs. On the other hand, Finance's responsibility is to ensure that all the information stemming from the Operations side is captured for billing/payment and financial statement reporting purposes. After all, the Postal Service needs to be paid for their good work, doesn't it?


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The Valley Arts Foundation has created a comprehensive walking map of WaitsfieldVillage to highlight and promote arts-related businesses in the area. "I noticed, as I drove into Waitsfield each day, that Route 100 is chock full of arts-oriented places. The area has so many galleries, studios and even outdoor sculpture," said director Karen Nevin, "It is all within walking distance, so it made sense to create a map to highlight it all."
The walk is 1.2 miles long from the Wait House to Three Mountain Cafe. Along the way are galleries and art shops, including those that are concentrated at the intersection of Bridge Street and Main Street.
"As you walk up the hill, you find the wonderful sculptures in the garden surrounding Pizza in the Valley. Once you arrive in Irasville, there are always arts exhibits on display at the Big Picture, the Festival Gallery and Three Mountain Cafe. Even People's United Bank has a small exhibit space that often presents the work of area artists," she said.
Key features of the map are the markers for outdoor sculpture. Nevin encourages folks to stop and take a look. In addition to the sculpture garden at Pizza in the Valley, public art can be found in front of the Village Grocery, by Tempest Book Shop and the Festival Gallery and on display outside of John Matusz' studio.
A directory on the back includes contact information and the hours for the 18 studios, galleries, museums and stores that are on the map. In addition, it includes a list of "Places to Eat Along the Way." Making sure to highlight dining options encourages visitors to get out of their cars and wander around. The maps are available at the Mad River Valley Chamber of Commerce and at many businesses in town.
In addition, the Valley Arts Foundation is making them available to inns and lodges. Because the map is not being professionally produced it is easily updated. The most recent addition is The Hidden Gallery, which is located behind Mad River Quilting and is the gallery of artist Peter K. K. Williams. The map was created by June Anderson of Resort Guides.
"Taking the Waitsfield Artwalk is a perfect rainy day activity for visitors to The Valley!" said Nevin. "We want to encourage people to explore all aspects of our beautiful home. When it's not a great hiking or skiing day, come on down the mountain and see what else we have to offer!"
To acquire a copy of the map, it can be downloaded from www.vermontartfest.com, contact Karen Nevin at the Valley Arts Foundation (802-496-6682) or stop by the Festival Gallery next to the Tempest Book Shop.


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In Northeastern China, a McDonald's restaurant served a customer detergent instead of Coke.
He was taken to the hospital and was diagnosed with erosive gastritis, after being served detergent in a Coke cup at a McDonald's in Northeastern China. The customer's girlfriend drank it, thinking it was soda. She then experienced a burning feeling in her throat and esophagus, reports Want China Times. "This has caused great harm to me and my girlfriend. My girlfriend is still receiving treatment in hospital," said Mr Liu, the customer who ordered the meal.
The McDonald's apologized, saying that an employee put a Coke cup filled with detergent on the counter. The customer, thinking it was his order, picked up the cup and brought it to his girlfriend. The McDonald's in question said it will compensate the woman. Mr. Liu wants the restaurant to cover any future health problems, should his girlfriend encounter them.
In recent years, McDonald's in China is viewed as a healthy alternative to other restaurants because the food is perceived as safe.
Shenyang McDonald's apologizes after woman served detergent [WantChinaTimes]
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Khloé Kardashian's New Look: Blonde Bombshell in Black
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Khloé Kardashian has been a study in contradictions for the past week. While her hair has been getting progressively lighter, her clothing has taken a turn to the dark side.
As the star crosses the globe to promote the Kardashian Kollection, it appears that she's been going blonder and blonder in every city, most recently displaying golden waves at an Amsterdam event (center). Her hair has had an ombré look for a while, but it appears she's crossed over to blonde officially, lightening her roots to warm honey to fade into her golden ends.
At the same time, however, she's ditched her preferred bodycon brights for a moodier color palette, wearing outfits ranging from leather-and-feathers (in shades of black and dark forest), a mini fit-and-flare dress worn under a flowy sweater-coat, and a look we're calling "2013 Pink Lady" thanks to its '50s-inspired, catsuit-and-bracelet-sleeve-jacket silhouette.
Certainly we expect Kardashian to be showing off the Holiday Kollection to best effect, but we're curious as to what inspired this new, tougher-than-ever look for the normally sunkissed star. Lamar, any ideas?
What do you think of Khloé's latest look? Weigh in below.
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U.S. Cellular is offering a limited time "Family Switcher Bonus" for new customers who activate at least two lines on a Family Plan. The deal, which runs through April 1, provides consumers with a $300 MasterCard debit card.
The catch? At least one of the new lines must be a smartphone.
To sweeten the deal, U.S. Cellular has discounted a number of smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy S 3 for $150 and the Huawei Ascend Y, which now sells for just a penny.
What's more, the carrier is tossing in a free 4G LTE Samsung Mobile Hotspot with any smartphone or tablet purchase. Family Plans start as low as $99 for two lines, but vary depending on the amount of allotted monthly data.
Rounding things out, new and existing customers with U.S. Cellular's 4G LTE coverage can sign up for unlimited data plans for $40 per month.


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Mike Tyson Arrested After Allegedly Punching Photographer at LAX
The boxer and paparazzo, who suffered a cut forehead, both accuse each other of battery
Mike Tyson and a photographer made citizen's arrests of one another after getting into a scuffle Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport, police say.
At 4:30 p.m., the former boxing champ, 43, was passing through LAX from Europe en route to Las Vegas when a celebrity photographer began taking his picture at the United Airlines terminal, Sgt. Jim Holcomb tells PEOPLE.
"The two men got into a scuffle, and it's alleged that Tyson hit the photographer once in the face with one hand, causing him to fall to the ground," Holcomb says. "The photographer sustained a laceration to the forehead, and was taken to a local hospital."
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Officers arrived on the scene and detained Tyson, who was booked at a nearby LAPD station and held on $20,000 bail, according to police records. Documents also show that Tyson was released at 8:24 p.m.
Tyson was reportedly traveling with his wife and 10-month-old baby. The incident was first reported by Radaronline.com.
"Mr. Tyson did absolutely nothing wrong, he was the victim in this case," his attorney, Richard Schonfeld tells PEOPLE. "We look forward to vindicating him and pursuing his rights."
Earlier this year, the boxer's 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, died in Phoenix after accidentally getting her neck wrapped in a cord from an exercise machine. In November 2007, Tyson was sentenced by an Arizona judge to 24 hours in jail and three years probation for drug possession and driving under the influence.
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Currently I am considering getting a 'Mini' brand folding bike mail order, even though I have not seen one in a shop or in the street. This I am happy to do as it is a re-badged Dahon at a special price.
Being a niche product I can understand why bike racks are not filled up with 'Mini' folders, however, I don't know why it is that all other bikes by auto manufacturers seem to completely fail in the marketplace.
Peugeot did really well until mountain bikes came along so it is possible for an auto manufacturer to succeed at bikes. Other than the past efforts of Peugeot the only real-world evidence in the UK of the efforts of the auto manufacturers are a few bicycle-shaped-objects from mail order catalogues with tacky 'Land Rover' decals on them.
I would not mind a Mercedes road bike and a BMW mountain bike just so I could have running jokes, e.g. casually mentioning that 'I came in to the office with the beamer today', 'I parked my Mercedes in the car-park', etc. For joke-reasons alone I would have thought bikes-by-auto-companies would have enough kudos to sell. But they don't. Why is that? Do they sell well outside the UK?
In case you have not seen any bikes-by-auto-manufacturers, here is a small selection of them.


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Introduction to the 'D' phoneme
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Hey.. I bumped into this video
called Retaliation..
I liked the intro how cool is she look as a Bimbo leader (Like me)
Like me??
Seriously I am a teenager who always fight with boys.. u know.. by hand, feet, brooms, fist.. u know.. kind of cat fight but lil extra harsh u know.. Because maybe I am raised surrounded by brothers which makes me as a Punch Bag lol.. So I get used to strike back.. Not crying like my girl friends did..and I am not a talkative person, mocking nor blabs as a defensive as my girl friend did..
When my friends get bullied, she will ask me to retaliate.. and of course the enemy again.. Boys..!
But Boys.. you know they not like girl fight..girl fight last till the end of the world.. But with boys.. we fight till bleed, then tomorrow like.. yo sup Karim.. (Boy dad's name) and they replied sup bebeh.. the hell? yea.. that is why i love boy.. and some said I looked like a boy.. and that is why I learn make up since Primary school with eyeliner, lipstick, gloss, lash curler..to prove that I am a girl..!! Then, Bimbo!!
Predictable, Of course Bimbo has many enemies from girls and teachers.!
I remember how others unintelligent Bimbo hates me and teachers as well
(cz my appearance)
But when it comes to helping
they will ask me politely.. when I helped, but if it not reach their satisfaction, they will cruelly hating and mocking.
But what kind of help?
Any school contest they don't know who else talented.. LOL..
But after all.. Bimbo is meant to be a beauty unintelligent female..Luckily I'm in science Class (But what for? I hate science).. But yes I am unintelligent in my emotion and lust.. sigh.. watever..
Just wanna say.. this video is cool.. cz I like the intro with that song and I search the song and I love it..


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With a 55-45 vote in the United States Senate, Vice President Michael Pence gaveled the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch as a Supreme Court Justice into history. After the Democrats voted in such a manner as to trigger the nuclear option, the seat of the late Justice Scalia was filled with a judge of impeccable honor and integrity.
And thus begins the Reshaping of the SCOTUS. In the four years, possibly eight, that lie ahead for President Trump, I predict that there will be AT LEAST two more vacancies to fill. Given that the Libs have triggered the nuclear option, the conservative Court will shape our judicial branch for at least a generation.
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This is how my life feels right now: full-on crazy, head spinning, multi-tasking frenetic energy and all on wheels. At least it feels like it's on wheels. Just switch out this domestic goddess's ear-to-ear smile with a look of fear and then you'll get a perfect example of how I feel right now. See, on top of all the sorting, filing, organizing, packing, moving, searching for a new home thousands of miles away, etc., we've had to find and buy a new car before the Big Move because our current one might loose its engine block halfway across the country, and.... I had to have a molar extracted today making me feel oh-so wonderful right this very minute. Gotta love perfect timing.
In the meantime, here's some neato scans of ads and illustrations found in that December 1954 issue of Better Homes & Gardens I posted about earlier. I've got priorities, people.
Nice illustration above. Yay for Daddies bringing home the....uh, oranges?
Nice, simple clean lines here. Nice nice nice. Love the characters, too. Best viewed larger.
Classic housewife loving her appliance with a freakish-like glee. View larger, if you dare.
The following spot illustrations were for an article on winter driving. The artist signed it: "Pearson." They are very well executed with some nice stylization for the clouds and use of the blue spot color here and there. Definitely view them larger if you get the chance. Great stuff:
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Okay! Whee! There ya go! Excuse me while I dive back into my enormous pile of old notebooks, saved magazine clippings, and forgotten sketches.
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At Yale, former national security advisor briefs audience on national security
Thomas Donilon served three presidents
New Haven >> President Barack Obama's former national security advisor on Monday offered an insider's view of the planet's most critical, regular chat: the president's daily security briefing.
"It's the most protected conversation in the world," said Thomas Donilon, who conducted roughly 800 such briefings for Obama from 2010 until earlier this year. He typically spent three and a half hours preparing for each morning's session.
"We would start the briefing every day with a review of threats to the world," Donilon, 58, explained. He noted that unlike Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Obama wanted a preview of his security briefings in writing, and he would have specific questions ready.
If Donilon were conducting a presidential security briefing today, he said, the issues he'd bring up would include ramifications of the Edward Snowden intelligence leaks, ongoing talks with Iran over its nuclear program, the elimination of chemical weapons in Syria and the situation in Afghanistan.
"Although it's not on the front page of the newspaper, we discussed Afghanistan every day," Donilon said.
Donilon served presidents Clinton and Jimmy Carter, prior to working in the Obama White House. As National Security Advisor, he favored quick removal of U.S. troops from Iraq and advocated more of a focus on Asia. Susan Rice replaced him as National Security Advisor in July.
Regarding the unauthorized release of U.S. intelligence gathering information by Snowden, Donilon said it presents a "multi-dimensional" problem for national security. He mentioned the recent cancellation of a state visit from Brazil's president, as well as the potential impact of the leaks on upcoming trade negotiations with Europe.
The Snowden leaks have led to international outrage, as well as intense criticism in the U.S. about government collection of information from phone calls, email and other digital sources.
The issue, Donilon said, is finding the right balance between gathering intelligence and preserving individual rights. "Are we doing these various actions because we can do them," or because they are necessary to keep the country secure, Donilon said.
Although Donilon said he believes the president has struck the correct balance, he conceded there are valid concerns to be discussed over such things as whether there is enough oversight on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which grants requests for surveillance warrants against suspected foreign intelligence threats.
At Yale, Donilon also discussed Iran, drone technology, cyber security, the viability of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and Pakistan.
He said drones, for example, are merely a tool used by the military and the same wartime principles of ethics are in place for drones as they are with any other military technology.
As for Pakistan, Donilon said the stumbling block in U.S. relations with Pakistan has been a series of events "that took us off-track," from the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in 2009 to the accidental killing of Pakistani soldiers by the U.S. in 2011.
"Every month, there was some incident," Donilon said.
He also said today's national security challenges require a coordinated response from multiple government agencies, including the State Department, the Department of Defense and various intelligence gathering agencies. One of his goals during his tenure, Donilon said, was to establish guidelines for making each agency accountable.
"These problems are multi-dimensional," Donilon said. "The issue is that, maybe 40 years ago, you could have decisions made by the secretary of state or the secretary of defense, and that's all the government you needed."
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Wake up guys!
Heat turned up the ......heat last night! Lebrons block was one for the ages last night.
Got some SIRI at 3.33 last week. Had a 3.28 buy in and no luck.
BTW if anyone is looking to visit a smaller European city I highly recommend Dusseldorf, Germany. Awesome people, good looking women, literally hundreds of bars, and super safe. Go in the summer tho.


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Today I woke up feeling really hungry!
It's one of that well-known days when I need sugar, chocolate, greasy stuff, creamy cakes and good looking food.
So I just kinda… browsed some nice recipes on the world wide web, so at least my eyes could eat a little :p
And I found this amazing, good looking, I-don't-care-if-you-make-me-fat recipes that I thought I should share with you.
Don't worry if you feel like going to the next bakery shop and eat like a tiny little pig (lol), because I'll promised I'll make it up to you by posting about healthy recipes… later!
But for now enjoy and let sassy gluttony make its dreams come true, and go eat some sugar!!!
Fried Ice Cream
Blueberry Cheesecake Tart
Blueberry Cookies
Mini Strawberry Shortcake Poppers
Coconut Lime Cupcakes with Blueberry
Nutella stuffed french toast
Chocolate Buckwheat Pancakes
Butter Crisped Caramel Banana Shortcake
Vanilla Ice cream with Oreo
Strawberry Dream Cake
Oreo Cupcake
Raspberry Chocolate Chip Biscuits
Lime Pie Ice Cream with Chocolate
And to drink, some fresh fruit juice
Grape Ape
Blackberry Limeade
Grapefruit juice
Frozen Lemonade
Refreshing Watermelon Lemonade
If you want to know how to do this yummy things, just click on its name.
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Oracle and SAP may be back in court on June 18 to begin a retrial of Oracle's corporate theft lawsuit involving SAP's former TomorrowNow subsidiary, according to a judge's order Thursday.
Oracle was awarded US$1.3 billion in damages from SAP last November as compensation for TomorrowNow's theft of software and support materials from an Oracle website.
SAP argued the sum was unfairly high, and the court agreed, overturning the jury's award. Oracle was given a choice of accepting a lower damages amount of $272 million or going into a new trial, and earlier this month it picked the new trial.
The two weeks starting June 18 are the only two weeks free on the judge's calendar this year, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Northern District Court of California said in her scheduling order Thursday. If Oracle and SAP reject that date, they can choose August 19, 2013, or else hope an opening comes up before then.
It will be a busy year for Oracle in the courts. The company is fighting two other big cases that are due to go to trial this year. One was brought by Hewlett-Packard, over Oracle's decision to drop support for Itanium. The other is Oracle's suit against Google for alleged patent and copyright violations in Android.
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Starting Up a Hill
Climbing hills can be dangerous if you don't follow the proper procedures as described in your owner's manual. You could lose control of your ATV, or it could overturn.
In general, you should:
- Use good judgment. If the hill looks too steep, it probably is.
- Start the climb by shifting into a lower gear. Speed up to maintain momentum.
- Move up on the seat and lean forward, or stand and position your torso over the front wheels.
- Keep your weight uphill and your feet on the footrests.
- If you can't see what's over the crest of a hill, slow down until you can.


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Praise God for this one! After an initial resolution condemning the white power "alt-right" movement (which emerged last year and has become majorly entrenched in some conservative organizations like Breitbart) failed to pass on the floor of the SBC, which met in Phoenix this week, a revised version not only passed Wednesday. This is the latest step in an ongoing work among Southern Baptists to condemn racism, including our own racist past. The convention was founded in the nineteenth century when the National Baptist Convention split over whether or not slave owners could be sent as missionaries. The North said "No," and the South left. In the last twenty years, the SBC has formerly apologized for supporting slavery, grown to include more diversity (albeit with still a very long way to go), and elected both its first black president and--just this year--the first black president of its pastors conference (who happens to be my pastor's former pastor). The final vote on the resolution condemning white supremacy, racism, and the alt-right passed almost unanimously.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2 ... sbc17.html
FYI, I recently moved to Orlando as part of a group planting a multiethnic church. Currently we are about equally split black and white, but even we have a long way to go. For one thing, the very large Latino community here is not represented in our launch team. But God has been awesome to have brought us this far!
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Southern Baptists vote to condemn the "alt-right."
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More info from The Gospel Coalition on the "alt-right," for those not in-the-know (which is, apparently, the large majority of Americans):
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/arti ... -alt-right
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I think it's great when citizens can come together to find common ground and pursue peace and fun. Accepting people and forming bonds is what it's all about. I couldn't imagine my small city without diversity and all walks of life: the different music, food, cultures, fashions, ideas, religions. I really like it. Native Indian, Chinese, and Sikh people whose families originated from India are the three largest 'minorities' here, while people of many different European backgrounds (white) were once the clear majority. That's changing, as it is in most countries which are/were dominantly white.
Since the white folks here are generally getting poorer, and more of their kids (if they had any, and many don't now) are getting hooked on harsh drugs and/or empty consumerism/debt and/or nowhere jobs, and thus not reproducing as much, or at least not forming healthy families; and since a fair portion of people from other backgrounds are doing somewhat better in comparison (due to excellent business skills, importation of $ millions from their homelands, and heavy emphasis on family); and since new, successful immigrants are moving in as well, there definitely is something of a change in the air. I'm not afraid of it because I like all people, especially the productive, intelligent ones of all different walks. Canada is blessed because many of our immigrants are educated, friendly, and ready to pitch in.
But, like in real life, all is not love and brightness. There are some legit concerns when rapid changes happen which may chip away at functional aspects of society. There's the question of identity politics, engineered changes, corporate media infiltration, politically correctness, and where all this is actually heading in the bigger picture, where people are turning into pawns in a bigger game.
Before I get into that, I'll talk about your multi-ethnic church and the weird vaporware movement called the Alt Right, Darth. First off, I think the church is great. Racism is clearly bad. Coming together through the 'big ideas' to do good things is what people naturally do at their finest. The larger Southern Baptist movement is doing the right thing, because they're correcting the 'sins of the fathers', so to speak when they defended racism. My mom's neighbours are big participants in the Baptist church here and they are wonderful people, helping immigrants all the time, going so far as to as to donate significant assets and time. They're the neighbours from heaven, and my mom is so happy to see them nearly every day.
I just hope that, in its quest to reinvent itself and get back on the cutting moral edge, the SBC doesn't dwell too much on, or create too much of a big demon of, the so-called Alt Right (because if they do, then they may unknowingly be doing the work of much more cynical powers). Every motivated group fighting the good fight is sorely tempted to find an enemy, real or imagined. I personally think the 'idea' of a strong Alt Right infiltrating from the shadows is a media/ruler manufactured distortion. A fabrication. It is not a real movement; not a threat with any organization; not an emerging Trump/Bannon institutionalized entity, nor a vast grass roots white nationalist conspiracy spread by a silly attention-whore like Richard Spencer, who doesn't even really exist on the national radar (unless the liberal media wants him to briefly). Nor is it represented even by the always amusing, British-Greek-half-Jewish homosexual, black-loving, self-proclaimed agitator known as Milos Yiannopoulos (I find Milos to be a skilled orator, even adorably mischievous, but in the end, an ambitious troll testing the boundaries to get a rise from the totally dysfunctional, infantile Left -- and they deserve someone like Milos to pester them).
The Alt Right is a cloudy bad guy distortion far more unclear and even more media-hyped than the Tea Party and NeoConservative movement (the last two were not what people thought they were, but at least they had some power and could finally be defined to a degree). The Alt Right falls in to the same kind of vapor warning category put out in bulletins by the Southern Poverty Law Center (a contracted fearaganda associate of the US national security state).
Media/liberal/social justice accusations of an Alt Right menace running around in the shadows is really about something else. The rulers, who run the show, really enjoy scaring the audiences, dividing and conquering, and above all precluding certain legitimate ideas from gaining traction. It's skillful projection and theatrical demonization, so they can shape society as they wish, and weed out resistance.
Before citizens can fully figure out what's happening to their countries, the rulers examine the expected rise in reactionary sentiments, and then demonize those frustrations and conflate them with villainous peripheral nonsense that, in reality, few people cared about. Presto, chango - Look out for the Alt Right! Bunch of white supremacists. Don't think like them. All these changes are good and without consequence. The country is heading in the right direction, in our direction, if only we resist the Alt Right.
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Gavaar bhaaji was not on my list as an entry for RCI Maharashtrian Cuisine! Firstly, I don't like gavaar, secondly I don't get it here. But I had to post it. Firstly because my husband loves it, secondly because I found some fresh gavaar yesterday at the Indian store here, thirdly coz I cooked it for my husband yesterday and he loved to taste it nearly after 4-5 yrs and lastly coz I happened to taste it and could find no reason why I haven't been eating it from so long! :)
Gavaar falls into the beans category, (called gavaarchi sheng in Marathi) popularly eaten as a dry vegetable in Maharashtra. Some people who don't like to eat gavaar make excuses like "Only gavaar (meaning illiterate in Hindi) eat gavaar (the vegetable)!" It is a dry sabji, and a stir fry one! Not too much of a hassle to cook it and tastes good when served with hot rotis..
Gavaarchi Bhaaji
What you need:
300 gm Gavaar (Cluster beans)
1 big Onion
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
1+1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
½ tsp Turmeric
Salt to taste
How to proceed:
1) Discard the ends of gavaar and cut each into 2-3 pieces of 1 inch each
2) Wash the cut gavaar and cook it in cooker for 1 whistle
3) Heat 1-2 tbsp oil and add cumin seeds to it
4) When the seeds start spluttering, add chopped onion and fry till it is a bit cooked
5) Now add red chilli powder and turmeric and mix for a few secs
6) Now add gavaar and mix well
7) Add salt, mix and cook covered for 5-10 mins
8) Serve hot with chapattis/rotis


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If you're not sure which process version your image uses, do one of the following:
- Click Settings > Process. A check symbol appears next to the process version used.
- Open the Camera Calibration panel and look at the Process menu.
Process Version 5
(Introduced in Lightroom Classic CC 8.0, October 2018 release) Process version 5 offers improved negative
Process Version 2012
Images edited for the first time in Lightroom 4 and later use process version 2012. PV2012 offers new tone controls and new tone-mapping algorithms for high-contrast images. With PV2012, you can adjust Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Exposure, and Contrast in the Basic panel. You can also apply local corrections for white balance (Temp and Tint), Highlights, Shadows, Noise, and Moiré.
Process Version 2010
Images edited in Lightroom 3 used PV2010 by default. PV2010 offers improved sharpening and noise-reduction from the previous process version, PV2003.
- Click the Update To Current Process 2012 button in the lower-right corner of the histogram (Ctrl/Cmd + 0).
- Click the Update To Current Process 2012 button in the lower-right corner of the photo.
Choose Settings > Process > 2012 (Current).
In the Camera Calibration panel, choose Process > 2012 (Current).
Review Changes Via Before/After
Opens the updated photo in a Before/After view so you can inspect the changes. See View Before and After photos.
Update All Selected Photos
Updates all photos currently selected in the Filmstrip, not just the active photo.
Updating to Process Version 2012 may incur significant visual changes to your photos. It's a good idea to update images one at a time until you are familiar with the new processing technology.
Soft-proofing is the capability to preview in how onscreen photos appear when printed, and optimize them for a particular output device. Soft-proofing in the Lightroom Classic lets you evaluate how images appear when printed, and adjust them so that you can reduce surprising tone and color shifts.
Use the options in the Soft Proofing panel to see if your colors are in gamut, or range, for your display or output device.
Show/Hide Monitor Gamut Warning
Colors that are outside your display's color capabilities appear blue in the image preview area.
Show/Hide Destination Gamut Warning
Colors that are outside your printer's rendering capabilities appear red in the image preview area.
Colors that are outside the gamut of both the monitor and destination device appear pink in the image preview area.
A profile is a mathematical description of a device's color space. By default, the Lightroom Classic Develop module displays images using your monitor profile. You can simulate a different output color space by choosing it from the Profile menu.
The rendering intent determines how colors are converted from one color space to another.
Perceptual aims to preserve the visual relationship between colors so they are perceived as natural to the human eye, even though the color values may change. Perceptual is suitable for images with lots of saturated, out-of-gamut colors.
Relative compares the extreme highlight of the source color space to that of the destination color space and shifts all colors accordingly. Out-of-gamut colors shift to the closest reproducible colors in the destination space. Relative preserves more of the original colors in an image than Perceptual.
To edit your photo to bring it within a desired color space, click Create Proof Copy. Lightroom Classic creates a virtual copy that you can adjust to print as you desire. Then, make your adjustments.
If you start adjusting photos and forget to click Create Proof Copy, Lightroom Classic asks if you want to create a virtual copy for soft proofing. Click Create Proof Copy to preserve your original image and work on a copy. Click Make This A Proof to edit the original image. Remember that all editing in Lightroom Classic is non-destructive. If you choose to edit the original image, you can still change your mind or undo your changes later.
As you make adjustments to a photo in the Develop module or in the Quick Develop panel of the Library module, Lightroom Classic keeps a record of the settings. You can copy these settings and apply them to different versions of the photo and to other photos selected in the Filmstrip.
You can copy and paste individual Develop settings from the current photo to another photo in Library and Develop modules. To paste settings to multiple photos, you must be in the Library module.
In the Develop module, click the Copy button to the left of the toolbar, choose Edit > Copy, or choose Settings > Copy Settings. Select the settings you want and click Copy.
In the Library module, choose Photo > Develop Settings > Copy Settings. Select the settings you want and click Copy.
(Mac OS) The Edit > Copy command in the Library module copies text and metadata. The Edit > Copy command in the Develop module copies selected text in a panel or copies the Develop settings of a selected photo.
To paste the copied Develop settings to one other photo, select that photo in the Filmstrip in the Library or Develop module and do one of the following:
In the Develop module, click the Paste button, choose Edit > Paste, or choose Settings > Paste Settings.
In the Library module, choose Photo > Develop Settings > Paste Settings.
(Mac OS) The Edit > Paste command in the Library module pastes copied text and metadata.
The Match Total Exposures command in the Library and Develop modules allows you to easily make a series of photos with varying exposure values appear more consistently exposed. This command automatically adjusts and matches the overall exposure of a selection of photos to that of your Active photo - as computed from the combined aperture, shutter speed, and ISO camera settings.
The Synchronize command in the Library and Develop modules allows you to apply selected Develop settings of the current photo to other photos in the Filmstrip. (The current photo is indicated by a brighter white border in the Filmstrip thumbnail.)
When only one photo is selected in the Filmstrip, the Sync Settings command is not available. In the Develop module, the Sync button becomes the Previous button; in the Library module, the Sync Settings button is inactive.
- Shift-click or Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) to select other photos in the Filmstrip to synchronize with the current photo, and then do one of the following:
In the Develop module, click the Sync button or choose Settings > Sync Settings. Select the settings to copy and click Synchronize.
In the Develop module, click the Enable Auto Sync switch on the left side of the Sync button to enable Auto Sync mode. Then, drag sliders or make adjustments, and the adjustments are applied to all selected photos.
In the Library module, click the Sync Settings button or choose Photo > Develop Settings > Sync Settings. Select the settings to copy and click Synchronize.
Any settings that you may have previously selected or deselected in the Copy Settings dialog box are also set by default in the Synchronize Settings dialog box.
While working in Reference View in the Develop module, you can apply selected Develop settings of the current Active photo to other photos in the Filmstrip.
At the lower-right corner of the screen, click the Enable Auto Sync switch on the left side of the Sync button to enable Auto Sync mode. For details, see Synchronize settings across multiple photos.
You can copy all the settings of the photo you last selected in the Filmstrip (even if you didn't make any adjustments to it) and apply them to the currently selected photo. Do one of the following:
- In the Develop module, click the Previous button to the right of the toolbar, or choose Settings > Paste Settings From Previous.
- In the Library module, choose Photo > Develop Settings > Paste Settings From Previous.
When multiple photos are selected in the Filmstrip, the Previous button in the Develop module turns into the Sync button.
During the editing process, you can name and save any state of a photo as a snapshot. Each snapshot you create is listed alphabetically in the Snapshots panel.
Roll the pointer over the list of snapshots to preview each one in the Navigator.
Do not press the Delete key on your keyboard; this will delete the currently selected photo.
The History panel keeps a record of the date and time that a photo was imported into Lightroom Classic, including any preset that was applied at the time. Afterward, whenever you make an adjustment to the photo, Lightroom Classic saves that adjustment as a state and lists it with all the other states chronologically in the History panel. You can change the names of the states, but you cannot change the order in which they are listed.
- Preview each state of the photo by rolling the pointer over the list in the History panel and viewing the effects in the Navigator panel.
- Select a state in the History panel to reapply it to the photo or to save it as a snapshot.
- Double-click a state to select its name, type a new name, and press Enter or Return.
- Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a state and choose Copy History Step Settings To Before to copy a single adjustment.
- Click the Clear All button (the X) on the History panel header to remove all states from the listing.
When the list of states gets too long in the History panel, create snapshots of the states you want to keep. Then, clear the panel by clicking the Clear All button. This removes the list of states without affecting the current image settings.
Edit Smart Previews instead of Originals to improve performance
Introduced in Lightroom CC 2015.7/Lightroom 6.7
To increase Lightroom's performance while editing your photos in the Develop module, Lightroom Classic provides you a preference option to edit Smart Previews of your photos even when Originals are available. Although this may display a decreased quality of your photo while editing, however, the final output remains full size/quality.
To set this preference:
When you zoom to 100% (1:1 mode) in the Develop module, Lightroom Classic switches to Originals even if the Use Smart Previews Instead Of Originals For Image Editing preference is enabled.


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Tradition has it that Caradosso Foppa worked for the mints in both Milan and Rome. Until now, documentary proof of this has been lacking. A document in the Rome archives proves that this was true. Upon the death of Ulrich Fugger (1510), his heirs sought to renegotiate the agreement that existed between their family and Caradosso. Jacob Fugger agreed that Caradosso could continue to direct the mint, but only if he were willing to reimburse to the family half the real cost of the "furnishings and provisions for the functioning of the said mint".
Among the regional centers of fifteenth-century Italy, the city-state of Ferrara is distinguished by particularly distinctive and noteworthy artistic styles. Unfortunately, a number of generalizations have arisen that give a false idea of the nature of the local styles. These myths include the notions that Ferrarese art of the Quattrocento was particularly harsh and neurotic, that artistic production was unusually collaborative, and that the iconography was more complex than that found elsewhere in Italy. In addition, the overestimation of the role of particular artists there has given rise to a number of attributional problems, especially the idea that Cosme Tura provided drawings or cartoons for the most important surviving mural cycle of Quattrocento Ferrara, the Hall of the Months in the Palazzo Schifanoia.
Michelangelo's Bacchus, a more subtle and complex work of figure sculpture than has been recognized, can be fully understood only when it is seen from several different angles by a spectator walking around it. In some views the figure seems to be lurching and off-balance, while in others he appears stable and gracefully poised. This study is an analysis of the varying impressions gained from a number of significant views of the figure, and argues that Michelangelo consciously sought to add a temporal dimension to the work by having Bacchus appear to lose, regain, then lose his balance again.
Situated in the heart of Giulio Boiardo's and Silvia Sanvitale's new apartment complex in the Rocca Nuova at Scandiano, the Camerino dell'Eneide was a small rectangular room, lavishly decorated. The imagery depicted on its walls, particularly in the octagon, speaks not only to the more usual issues of self-fashioning, joint patronage and marriage alliances, but, more importantly, it illustrates the concept of the bilinear family. It is my contention that Laura Pallavicina is the matron of a bilinear family; she speaks of her power and of her position, not only through her daughter, Silvia Sanvitale, but in all her dealings whether it be through her letters to her life-long friend, Pope Paul III Farnese, or in the arrangement of the marriage of her son, Alfonso, to Gerolama Farnese in 1538. Through their artistic patronage both Pallavicina and Sanvitale, who used their own wealth to commission art and architecture, communicate publicly to their peers about family, religion and politics. Indeed, Laura Pallavicina, through her children, creates a certain dynastic image that conforms to the model of the bilinear family.
The article presents a new historical interpretation of the Battle of the Amazons and a new aspect for the dating. Rubens used the ancient literary sources for his mythological paintings but they always include ulterior meaning, related to actual events. This painting has not yet been linked with contemporary aspects, although none of the ancient myths can be related to it. Rubens interpreted the theme in an entirely new way showing an unusual degree of brutality and specific contemporary customs. The imminent assumption of hostilities caused the novel demonstration of violence apart from literary programs. This interpretation as a war picture dates the Battle towards the end of the armistice in the Low Countries in 1621.
In the Italian Renaissance, architects turned to antique sources such as Pliny and Vitruvius as they began to open up domestic space to light, air and landscape. Instead of relying on the thermal inertia of the thick-walled mediaeval castle, they enlarged windows and added loggias to both villas and palaces. Inspired by the ancients, they incorporated seasonal flexibility into their designs, allowing vertical or horizontal shifts from one apartment to another according to the time of year.
The article presents Katarzyna Kobro's innovative contribution to the sculpture of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Moscow, Kobro may have been educated by Kasimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin , whose works influenced her artistic formation. The most original and important of her works are the Unistic sculptures. The main postulate of the Unistic theory regarding sculpture was unity of the work of art and its environment. An Unistic sculpture had to maintain links with space; to achieve this, the solid, which closes off the sculpture from space, had to be renounced. The very first sculptures to renounce the solid were Kobro's "spatial compositions", constructed so as to form a continuum with infinity and with time. Their extremely simple structure, capable of both penetrating and absorbing space into itself, was in accordance with the Unistic theory which stated that a sculpture does not exist for its own sake, its aim being to sculpt space. In 1945 Kobro donated all her sculptures to the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, where they can be seen today, displayed in the "Neo-Plastic Room" designed by Kobro's husband, Władysław Strzemiński.


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Police: Fleeing Texas man's boss got him to stop
Texas authorities say they dialed a man's boss for assistance in persuading his employee to end a 70-mile high-speed chase.
Police say Lionel Rodriguez took off when officers stopped him for a traffic violation in Willis, 45 miles north of Houston.
They say Rodriguez fled at speeds exceeding 100 mph until he was stopped near Pearland, a southeastern Houston suburb.
Rodriguez had called the police dispatcher, told them that he was a wanted felon and that he wanted police to kill him.
The dispatcher made a three-way call with the suspect's boss who persuaded him to stop.
Records show Rodriguez was booked into the Montgomery County Jail, the county where the chase began.


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