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Waterfall Photography Tips

Matai Falls in over 1 second exposure

This page provides photography tips and techniques to address the issues you're likely to face when you're out capturing your own memorable moments and sights. Now I'm no professional photographer, but I have learned quite a few things during my travels that I thought I could share with you. Hopefully, you'll find this page useful.

For the purposes of this discussion, I'm assuming digital photography though most of the principles apply for taking traditional photographs as well.

The topics I cover are shown below. You can click on their hyperlinks to jump to their respective sections.

Perhaps the one thing that gives the impression that your waterfall photo is "professional" is the ability to make the waterfall "smooth and silky." Now while a truly good photograph incorporates good composition (how the subject is positioned with its surroundings), color, and lighting, I've had people tell me a particular waterfall photo was "good" just because the waterfall looked smooth and silky (even though other aspects of the photo were not up to par).

The critical concept employed to make the waterfall smooth and silky is what is called a long exposure (also known as slow shutter speed). What is meant by long exposure is that when you're capturing a scene onto film or a sensor (CCD or charged coupled device for the digital camera photobuffs), you leave the film or sensor exposed for a time longer than if you normally took a photo and "froze" the moment. In essence, with each passing time the photo is exposed, you're essentially "drawing" on top of the previous image until the shutter is closed and the final image is produced. It's kind of hard for me to describe this in words without getting too technical and confusing so let's look at the following examples to illustrate the difference between "normal exposure" and "long exposure" photography.

Normal exposure of Lower Bouma Falls Long exposure of Lower Bouma Falls
Normal exposure of Lower Bouma Falls Long exposure of Lower Bouma Falls

Notice how in the top photograph, the water looks like it was "frozen" in the air. Then, in the bottom photograph, notice how the water looks like a series of lines added together (as well as brighter due to all the added light from the longer exposure).

The bottom photograph essentially took advantage of the movement of the water. Everything else in the photo stood still in this long exposure photograph. It is this motion blur that creates the silky smooth look that really spices up your waterfall photo.

So now that you see the principle behind long exposure photography, you're probably wondering, "So, how do I do it?"

In the case of my Canon EOS 20D digital SLR camera, I have a "Shutter Priority" mode that allows me to tweak the shutter speed. In my old point-and-shoot Sony Cybershot, I was able to set the camera to "S" mode and then spin a different wheel to change the shutter speed. All cameras have their own way of changing the shutter speed (assuming the manual capabilities are available). Consult your owners manual to see if you can change the shutter settings for your camera. But realize that most commercially available point-and-shoot cameras lack this ability.

Once you've figured out how to adjust the shutter speed of your camera, there are other things you'll have to worry about in a long exposure photograph - namely camera shake and overexposure.

A photo that suffers from camera shake during a long exposure attempt A photo that suffers from overexposure
A photo that suffers from camera shake A photo that suffers from overexposure

Camera shake occurs when the camera (or some other subject in the photo) moves any time the image is exposed and written to the sensor. You'll need to hold as still as possible when taking a long exposure photo. This is where a tripod comes in handy to steady the camera and keep your photo from looking blurry. I will discuss more about this subject in the Tripods section of this page. Just keep in mind that you can't move the camera in a long exposure photograph or else you'll have a blurry picture.

Overexposure occurs when there is too much light that gets added to the final image. It is easy to accomplish this in a long exposure photograph especially if it's already bright to begin with. One way to counteract this superposition of light is to use what's called a neutral density filter, which essentially darkens the image before it even reaches the camera. That way, you can lengthen the exposure without making your photo look too bright. So just keep in mind that you'll need lower-than-usual light to keep your photo from getting washed out.

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Our eyes have an amazing ability to resolve a tremendous range of lighting conditions even when there are subjects under shadows in a bright day. Unfortunately, the sensors in a digital camera aren't quite as flexible. The result is an image that is washed out when a subject in shadow is resolved, or an image with the subject in shadow that's too dark to see when everything else has decent light.

This is probably best illustrated in the following photographic examples.

Washed out photo in an effort to resolve the subject in the shadow The waterfall is now too dark underneath the shadow even though other parts of the photo look fine
Do you notice how everything outside the shadow of the gorge is too bright, but you could at least see the waterfall in the shadow? Do you notice now how everything outside the shadow has acceptable lighting but the subject underneath the shadow is now barely visible?

A way to combat this problem is to put a split neutral density filter or a fancier (but much more expensive) graduated neutral density filter over the camera lens. These filters essentially darken just a particular region of your scene (preferrably the brighter section) before getting to the camera. Combine this filter with a long exposure photograph (keeping your camera still of course) and you'll be able to resolve the shadowed areas without washing out the nonshadowy areas.

A way to combat this problem is to put a split neutral density filter or a fancier (but much more expensive) graduated neutral density filter over the camera lens. These filters essentially darken just a particular region of your scene (preferrably the brighter section) before getting to the camera. Combine this filter with a long exposure photograph (keeping your camera still of course) and you'll be able to resolve the shadowed areas without washing out the nonshadowy areas.

Unfortunately, most of us will find the split neutral density filter cumbersome to use (you have no say where the dividing line between light/dark is unless you reposition the camera) and time consuming to put on. Furthermore, most of us aren't professional photographers so a kit supporting a graduated neutral density filter is out of the question.

So what do we do?

The best answer I can give is to try to time your visit (if you have the time to do this) so the shadows won't kill you. This is typically around mid-day when the sun is high on the horizon and casts the smallest shadows. You can also time your visit to where everything is under shadow even though this may mute other desirable colors present in the scene. Now all of this assumes you have sunny weather.

If you have cloudy or overcast weather (including rainy conditions), you at least don't have to worry about bright and dark zones. That's because the clouds will scatter the sun's light in such a way that everything has roughly the same lighting. The consequence of this is that waterfall viewing may even be enhanced in less-than-ideal weather - so your trip isn't ruined if it's not sunny.

Take a look at the examples below to see the difference between a photo taken during a sunny day versus one taken in overcast conditions.

A photograph taken of a waterfall under sun The same waterfall under clouds
This photo was taken under the sun. Do you see how sometimes good weather doesn't necessarily bring out the best photos for your photography? Do you see how overcast skies have actually enhanced this picture more so than the previous one above?

One last thing you can do to combat light/dark zones involves Photoshop (or whatever your photo editing software of choice is). You could take an overexposed photograph to resolve a subject in the shadow and then a normally exposed photograph with the shadowed subject shrouded in darkness. You could then combine the two photos by keep the desirable parts and stitching them together.

Of course the caveat here is you have to know how to do the photo combining on Photoshop and you have to make sure you do a good enough job of it so the photo looks realistic and not fake.

Personally, I haven't really tried to do this myself as I lack the patience nor time to really want to do this. However, if I didn't have a choice (I would probably be forced to give this a try at some point), then I'll keep you posted if I discover anything worth passing along.

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Imagine this scenario. You manage to reach the base of this gorgeous waterfall and you eagerly snap several photos of it to capture the beauty of the moment. When you finally get home and put the photo on your computer, your heart sinks as you see each of your photos were ruined by waterspots from the waterfall's mist spraying your camera lens. And you wondered why this was not visible through your view finder or your LCD at the time you photographed the waterfalls.

A photograph suffering from waterspots A photograph of the same thing while managing to avoid waterspots
Waterspots ruining this photograph Waterspots not ruining this photograph; see below to see what I do to try to minimize the waterspots under misty conditions

This is perhaps one of the most annoying things to deal with when it comes to waterfall photography. I've had my share of ruined photographs resulting from the above scenario.

Well there's really nothing magical about how to remedy this problem. Basically come prepared with a lens cloth or soft tissue and a filter you don't mind getting wet (unless you don't mind wiping the camera lens directly - risking a scratch in the process). Then in the course of your waterfall photography, frequently double check the camera lens or filter to ensure waterspots are not on it.

There are some cases where waterspots are inevitable because of the amount of mist generated by the falls. To counter act this, I try to employ the following technique:

  1. Point the camera at the falls and press the button half way to lock in the current exposure settings (don't worry about water getting on the lens at this point)
  2. Turn away from the mist with one finger on the camera trigger still half way down and use the other hand to wipe the waterspots from the lens
  3. Cover the lens with your free hand and turn around in the direction of the mist
  4. When you feel a window of opportunity swing open (i.e. less mist blown your way), remove the hand covering the lens and quickly push the camera button down the rest of the way to take the photo

This photography method is crude, but it at least gives me a chance to capture a waterfall in otherwise difficult conditions.

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We've all taken photographs that were ruined by blurriness, which is why this tool is essential for photography. You'll often see serious photographers carrying tripods around to ensure their photos don't suffer from the camera shake - especially long exposure photographs (i.e. night time photography, waterfall photography, etc). The tripod also has the added benefit of allowing you to take photos of yourself without needing someone else to take the photo for you (you'll need to know how to set up the camera's self-timer feature to do this though).

There are various flavors of tripods and hence various prices reflecting this variety. The sturdier tripods tend to be more expensive and heavier, but they can usually keep the camera still under most windy conditions. The lighter and/or smaller tripods tend to be cheaper and more mobile, but they are more prone to camera shake - especially under windy conditions.

The best of both worlds is a tripod that is both sturdy and light (such as the ones made of carbon fiber). But realize that you're going to pay a price for this. Most tripods also have attachments that go onto your camera so you can mate it with the tripod.

Also, you will want a tripod that has a flexible head that swivels so you can take photos on the tripod in various angles and positions (e.g. portrait vs. landscape, shorter setup times, etc).

But while the benefits of using a tripod for photography are obvious, they tend to be cumersome to carry around and require a little bit of setup time (which many of us don't have the patience for when we're out on a trip). Lugging around a tripod can be especially difficult if you have a long hike or multi-day backpack.

Fortunately, you might be able to improvise without a tripod by taking advantage of props in the area. For example, you may find you can rest your camera on a rock to take your long exposure photos. You might also find a picnic table to rest your camera on.

If no props are available, then you might be able to use your hiking sticks to keep the camera from moving in at least two directions or sit on the ground and try to rest your camera on your knees.

You'll have to use a bit of your imagination and a willingness to spend some time on some trial-and-error to pull off a long exposure shot without a tripod.

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There are various filters available to enhance your photography. They all do different things and there are probably way too many to talk about in this limited discussion. So I'll just focus on a few filters that I've used in my experience. If you're interested in learning more about the subject, you can consult various photography websites and literature to deepen your understanding.

Circular Polarizer: The role of the polarizer is to cut out glare and reflections caused by the sun. Most people who wear polarized sun glasses will notice the difference in the clarity of what they see and thus have already seen the benefits of the polarizer.

The circular aspect of the circular polarizer basically means you can adjust the degree of polarization by rotating the filter until you get see a suitable setting through the view finder or LCD.

Through this filter, you'll see your subjects "jump out" more as the contrast between the subjects and the background is further increased. You may also notice bluer skies as well as more vibrant colors in the polarized image. If you're fortunate enough to have a rainbow in your photo, you may be able to enhance the rainbow.

Now it's also possible to overdo the polarization like making the skies too dark or getting rid of the rainbow in your photograph. There are also situations where the polarizer won't help you like if you're looking against the sun. A polarizer also won't help you much if it's overcast.

Maximally polarized imageA maximally polarized image

Minimally polarized imageA minimally polarized image

Still, this is probably the most commonly used filter and it's especially useful when you have a sunny day.

Neutral Density Filter: As mentioned earlier in this page, these filters darken the scene before reaching the camera. This affords you the ability to take longer exposures on your photos, which is especially useful for the motion blur of moving water. Other than that, the only other use for this filter that I can think of is to darken an otherwise very bright scene where underexposing your photo without filters is an unacceptable solution.

These filters are generally specified by the number of "stops" (more technically f-stops). So if you buy a 3-stop ND Filter, you'll have to increase the exposure of your photo by 3 stops to get back the original exposure had you not used the ND Filter in the first place.

You might also see some additional numerology like 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, etc. Each factor of 0.3 is an f-stop. So 0.6 is a 2-stop and 0.9 is a 3-stop.

Typical filters that people use are generally 2-stops or 3-stops. I tend to use a 3-stop so I have more leeway in terms of how long of an exposure to use.

Part of the view finder darkened by a 3-stop neutral density filterPart of the view finder darkened by a 3-stop neutral density filter.

Split or Graduated Neutral Density Filter: These are basically Neutral Density Filters except only part of the filter is darkened. If you use the cheaper but less flexible split neutral density filter (where the division is fixed), you will also have to worry about the percentage of area that is darkened. 50% means half the filter is darkened by the specified number of stops. 25% means only a quarter of the filter is darkened by the specified number of stops.

To be honest, I haven't really used this filter all that much during the course of my photography experiences. Only when you have long shadows and you can't stand the light disparity would I even bother to use this filter.

The graduated neutral density filter is really a professional photographer's tool. You need a pretty large and fancy kit that allows you to mount the large filter in a way you see fit. You won't be handcuffed like you would with a split neutral density filter.

This is great if you want to capture the dramatic colors of sunrise or sunset while still resolving detail in the shadowy areas. But, you'll need a tripod so nothing moves and you need a large, fancy kit to mount the filter properly. Professional photographers definitely use this for that coffee-table book quality photograph. Still, it might be overkill for the majority of waterfall photography situations.

UV Haze Filter: I haven't really noticed much of a difference in my photos when I employ this filter. However, I do use it to protect the camera lens and the sensors from UV radiation when no other filters are being used. It's equivalent to putting on shades for the camera so your retina doesn't get sizzled by the sun (though in this case, it's the CCD that would get sizzled).

Wide Angle Lenses: This lens basically brings more objects into your image while making your subjects appear further away. It's great for landscape panoramas where there are things that you'd like to capture but doesn't all fit on the viewfinder. It's also great for those times when you're too close to a subject that's too big (but can't do anything about it). The wide angle lens will help you capture as much of that big subject as possible.

In my waterfall photography experience, I've found that I might be able to show multiple waterfalls in a particular scene where I wouldn't be able to without this attachment.

The drawback with wide angle lenses is vignetting and distortion. Vignetting occurs when you zoom all the way out and you start to see black corners on your photo. This may or may not ruin your photo depending on the effect you're trying to achieve.

Distortion can definitely be a big problem in wide angle photographs because you might notice parts of the photo start to lose focus or sharpness towards the perimeter. This really comes down to the quality of the lens and how much you're stretching its capabilities (i.e. you've zoomed too far out). It's something you'll have to cope with when employing this lens.

A wide angle imageA wide angle image. Notice the distortion and vignetting around the edges, but the additional coverage as compared to the photograph below

A normal image without wide angleA normal image without the use of a wide angle lens

Telephoto Lens: This essentially has the opposite effect of the wide angle lens and may be something you'll wish to use for your photography. Instead of bringing more objects into the image, you're excluding more objects. It's essentially like putting a telescope in front of the camera lens. It's great for bringing distant objects (that would otherwise appear like a spec or a dot on your image) into greater focus and detail.

For waterfall photography, it might help you bring a distant waterfall closer. But in general, you could photograph the moon or other heavenly bodies. You could also photograph wildlife without having to get dangerously close to them.

I personally haven't spent money on a telephoto lens yet. Maybe later if I find I run into many more situations where it's necessary to use one will I have more to say about this. Until then, I'll save my money and spend on more pressing photographic (especially waterfall photography) needs.

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From left to right: A Sony Cybershot point-and-shoot 5 megapixel camera, The trusty old Sony Cybershot point-and-shoot 3 megapixel camera with attachments, A Canon EOS 20D DSLR with 17-85mm zoom lensFrom left to right: A Sony Cybershot point-and-shoot 5 megapixel camera, The trusty old Sony Cybershot point-and-shoot 3 megapixel camera with attachments, A Canon EOS 20D DSLR with 17-85mm zoom lens

While everyone has different photographic needs, I will attempt to address this question by comparing the two since I've used both during the course of my photography.

Point-and-Shoot Cameras: These are the widely available cameras that you see just about everyone use. Many of them these days are small enough to fit into your pocket.

The great advantage of using this type of camera is obviously its ease of use. It basically tries to take care of all technical aspects of photography through its algorithms while all you do is point and shoot the camera (as the name suggests).

Other advantages include price and size. Most people are pretty happy with what they do, which is why their use is so widespread.

The drawback (and a big drawback if you're a serious photographer) with this camera primarly revolve around the lack of flexibility in terms of manually tweakable functions. Thus, you'll find yourself fighting the camera if you want particular photographs that require settings the detract from the norm.

There are other quirky things about point-and-shoot cameras. For example, the eye-piece is practically useless. You're probably better off shooting through the LCD viewfinder. Unfortunately, that LCD won't help you determine if your photo is blurry or not (due to its limited resolution). Also because of this function, you'll also find out that battery life is very limited - mostly to support the active LCD.

SLR (Single Lens Reflex) Cameras: These are the bigger, bulkier, and more expensive cameras that you see the serious photographers carrying around. You can generally tell an SLR camera from a point-and-shoot camera simply by the size of the camera (though some of the old point-and-shoot cameras were quite big).

The advantage of an SLR camera is flexibility and speed. With the flexibility, this allows you to choose how you want to take your photos and what kind of photo effects you're trying to achieve. So if you want shutter priority for your silky waterfall shot - no problem. If you want closeup photos with lots of detail - no problem. You can even make the SLR work like a point and shoot if you don't want to worry about all the functions before you.

By speed, the time it takes the camera to take the photo from the time you close the shutter to the time it stores the image onto the CCD sensors is far less than the commercial point-and-shoot cameras. Consequently, you also have the option to take several consecutive photos split seconds apart if you're trying to capture a fleeting and dynamic moment that point-and-shoot cameras would surely miss (unless you got real lucky).

In fact, almost all photographers who sell their work gave up their point-and-shoot cameras in favor of an SLR.

The eyepiece of the SLR is also a very accurate indication of how your photograph will turn out. The single lens reflex is essentially the coordination of mirrors from the path of light through the lens that lead up to the eyepiece so you pretty much get what you see through it.

Unfortunately, there are many drawbacks to the SLR. Among them are price (they typically run upwards of $1000 or more when you include lenses, filters, etc.), size and weight (they're bulky and heavy), and a very high learning curve.

The Verdict: During the course of my photography, it actually took me at least 5 years of using a point-and-shoot camera before I finally spent money and devoted the time getting up to speed on a digital SLR camera.

My original point-and-shoot camera was a 3-megapixel
Sony Cybershot that fortunately had manual tweaking capabilities as well as the ability to have filter attachments. Through the time and experimentation using the point-and-shoot camera, I was able to learn about different filters, wide angle lenses, long exposures, etc. all without committing to an expensive SLR. Still, the old point-and-shoot had its limits and eventually I had to switch.

The digital SLR camera was expensive as I had expected. However, I came ready to buy armed with a better knowledge about photography (especially waterfall photography) in general and what functions I really needed or cared about. I still had to adjust to the way I used to do things with the point-and-shoot, but in the end, I think the DSLR is better for the long run.

Now when I go hiking and have to lug this camera around, I won't lie to you and say it's not much of a factor. It is, but at least it's not so bad that it keeps me from going far on hikes and backpacks. You just have to get used to the inconvenience. Finding a decent camera bag for the SLR was also a challenge.

So if you feel you have much to learn about photography in general (especially waterfall photography), I'd say experiment with a point-and-shoot (see if it has manual adjustments or filter attachments). Once you get comfortable using the camera and understanding how it works, then I think you're better armed to splurge and spend on a fancier SLR camera.

I don't think you would want to spend on an SLR first and then find out several thousands of dollars later that it wasn't what you had thought. Still, if you're serious about taking good photographs, you'll eventually outgrow a point-and-shoot camera and definitely want to own an SLR camera.

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LOS ANGELES -- Japan and Korea are meeting in the World Baseball Classic final on Monday evening at Dodger Stadium, and that leaves Team USA and its bevy of Major League players as spectators for what has become the world's most coveted international baseball championship.

And now it can't be ignored: The U.S. is no longer the undisputed leader of the game that was invented on its own soil. Team USA finished sixth in the 2006 inaugural Classic and fourth this year, following a 9-4 loss to defending champion Japan on Sunday.

Perhaps Team USA could learn a thing or two from the two finalists.

The Asian teams trained harder and for longer in preparation for this tournament, they take infield practice before every game and both are fundamentally sound and do whatever it takes as a club to win a game.

The results have been impressive. Korea won the last Olympic gold baseball medal in 2008, with the U.S. earning the bronze, and marched past powerful Venezuela into the Classic final. The Japanese were so serious about defending their '06 Classic title that they enlisted a sitting manager -- Tatsunori Hara of the Yomiuri Giants -- to run the show this spring, and now the Samurai are back in the finals.

After the game on Sunday, Team USA manager Davey Johnson was asked if Japan had passed the U.S. as a baseball-playing nation.

"No, I think we had quality players," Johnson said. "It's just one ballgame. You know, some of our pitchers aren't as far along as the Japanese pitchers. I think that's the second time that I've been beaten by a Japanese team, managing a U.S. team. And I've probably played about 10 games against Japanese teams. But I have to hand it to them. They have a very good team."

The Japanese win with just enough offense, solid defense and great pitching. They go into Monday's final game with a 1.57 staff ERA -- 12 earned runs in eight games. The U.S., in contrast, finished with a 5.99 ERA -- 45 earned runs in eight games. Offensively, the U.S. had 12 homers and scored 50 runs. The Japanese have four homers, but they've scored only five fewer runs.

How do they do it? Their first run in the second inning on Monday was a case in point, fashioned on a leadoff walk, a hit-and-run single that moved the runner to third and a sacrifice fly. Really, it's old-style National League baseball like the Cardinals played under Whitey Herzog in the 1980s, when they ran rampant on the basepaths and created run after run.

"You know when you play Japan and Korea, they're going to play fundamentally sound baseball," said U.S. second baseman Brian Roberts, who batted .438 (7-for-16) in the four games he played after joining the team as an injury replacement for Dustin Pedroia. "They're going to do the little things, and you're going to have to go out there and beat them. And so when it comes to that, there's something for everyone to learn from.

"As Americans, we probably don't do that at times. I think people look at the money and their contracts and what pays in the States may not pay when you watch them play. Unfortunately, that's becomes a reality in Major League Baseball and in our culture."

No doubt, though, if the U.S. wants to get back in the game with the Japanese and Koreans, something has to change.

Is it the training? The U.S. lost at least five players to injuries during the course of the tournament. The Japanese have lost one, the Koreans none.

"I don't think anyone prepares harder than we do," said Team USA's Mark DeRosa. "They've just been getting ready since December. I don't think it has anything to do with preparation."

Like the Asian teams, the U.S. has to get serious about attaining a more fundamentally sound approach regardless of the quality of players on the roster.

There's the old axiom in baseball: No one can give a good team extra outs. On Sunday night, a fielding miscue by Roberts and throwing errors by third baseman David Wright and shortstop Derek Jeter gave Japan extra outs and three unearned runs.

"They were fundamentally sound," said Jimmy Rollins, who hit .417 (10-for-24) in the tournament. "They took advantage of mistakes and didn't worry about trying to drive the ball out of the ballpark. And when you put the ball in play, you can find some holes. They definitely did that. They play with passion.

"We play with passion, but they just wear theirs on their sleeves. They do things right, and if there's anything we can learn from what we've seen is to take advantage of another team's mistakes."

Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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After New Orleans was captured by Union Forces on April 25, 1862 the Iroquois an Ocean sailing gun ship sailed to Baton Rouge, she anchored and a lone officer got on bank and walked through town, eyewitness's observed a "visibly shakened" man, he asked for directions to the Mayor's office. He arrived at the office of the Mayor he asked him to surrender the town, which he did, the Mayor must have heard that U.S. Admiral Farragut's fleet was at New Orleans and feared.

Things proceeded peaceably and General Williams Command stepped ashore in "Red Stick", Baton Rouges nickname that originated with a French explorer, so named because he saw a red totem on the bank with fish and animal head attached to it. It is believed that it marked the territory between the Bayougoula Indians and another tribe (if I recall the Houma Indian's) The Union troops set up their camps.

Admiral Farragut arrives aboard his flag ship the USS Hartford (pretty sure) with the rest of his fleet which loaded coal from the Baton Rouge wharf (no levee's then), Farragut set his aim higher than than little Baton Rouge, he was salivating for Vicksburg.

The Northern solder's suffered under the hand of their commander, General Williams, he was a glory seeking, by the books, West Point officer. At the staging area for the capture of New Orleans, Ship Island, off Louisiana's coast, he marched his men with full pack, at the double, through the sand, that day he gave a lot of his men a hernia. Bivouacked in Baton Rouge this uncouth officer again marched his men, full pack, at the double, but this time in late July, in sweltering heat, many of his men went on sick call.

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Any form of legal availability that could actually displace the illicit markets in cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine would make those drugs far cheaper and more available. If these "hard" drugs were sold on more or less the same terms as alcohol, there is every reason to think that free enterprise would work its magic of expanding the customer base, and specifically the number of problem users, producing an alcohol-like toll in disease, accident and crime.

Fortunately, there are things that we already know how to do that work demonstrably better than our current antidrug regime and avoid the predictably dire consequences of legalization. These practical measures can't abolish drug abuse or the illicit markets, but they could shrink those problems to a manageable size.

Start with the biggest problem: alcohol. Inflation has eroded the federal alcohol tax down to about a fifth of its Korean War level in constant-dollar terms. Analysis by Philip Cook of Duke University suggests that tripling the tax—from about a dime to about 30 cents a drink—would prevent at least 1,000 homicides and 2,000 motor-vehicle fatalities a year, all without enriching any criminals, putting anyone behind bars or having a SWAT team crash through anyone's door.

Raising alcohol taxes would have a big effect on adolescents and heavy drinkers, but many problem users of alcohol would have enough money to keep guzzling. Some of them like to drink and drive, or drink and beat up other people. Telling them not to misbehave does not do much good, because being drunk makes them less responsive to the threat of criminal penalties. So we need to find ways of preventing drinking among the relatively small group of people who behave very badly when they drink.

Larry Long, a district court judge in South Dakota, developed one promising approach, called 24/7 Sobriety. Started in 2005, it requires people who commit alcohol-related crimes—originally just repeat offenders for drunken driving but now other offenders—to show up twice a day, every day, for a breathalyzer test as a condition of staying out of jail. If they fail to appear, or if the test shows they have been drinking, they go straight to jail for a day.

More than 99% of the time, they show up as ordered, sober. They can go to alcohol treatment, or not, as they choose; what they can't choose is to keep drinking. According to the state attorney general's office, some 20,000 South Dakotans have participated in 24/7 Sobriety (a large number for state with just 825,000 residents), and the program has made a big dent in rearrests for DUI.

By distinguishing sharply between people who use alcohol badly and the larger population of non-problem users, 24/7 Sobriety moves past the simple dichotomy of either banning a drug entirely or making it legal in unlimited quantities for all adults.

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'If subjected to the right kinds of pressure, even most heavy users can and do stop using drugs.' Getty Images

An alternative means to the same end would require everyone buying a drink to show identification. A state could then make someone convicted of drunken driving or drunken assault ineligible to buy a drink just by marking his driver's license. That is a pretty minimal intrusion on the liberty of people convicted of crimes and on the privacy of those who don't now get "carded."

The same principle of denying drugs to problem users could work for the currently forbidden drugs. Current laws already make it illegal to possess or use cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, but the risk of arrest is too low to be much of a deterrent. However, once someone has been convicted of a crime, the rules change. Abstinence can be required as a condition of pretrial release, probation or parole, and that condition can be enforced with chemical testing.

Drug testing is already widespread for probation and parole, but these systems lack any sort of swift, moderate penalty for detected drug use. Given the alternatives currently available—issuing a warning to the relapsed drug user or sending him back to serve out his full sentence—most judges and parole officers choose the warning. Probationers quickly learn that a warning is mostly a bluff, and they keep on using drugs and committing crimes.

'If subjected to the right kinds of pressure, even most heavy users can and do stop using drugs.'

Steven Alm, a circuit judge in Honolulu, and Leighton Iles, the probation chief for Tarrant County, Texas (Fort Worth and Arlington), have demonstrated that swift and certain sanctions make all the difference. In a carefully studied yearlong trial involving hundreds of probationers, Judge Alm's program, called HOPE, reduced drug use by more than 80% and days behind bars by more than 50%, according to figures from the National Institute of Justice. Offenders quickly learned that drug use was no longer something they could get away with, and even most long-term users were able to quit. The program freed them from the cycle of use, crime and incarceration.

Having to call in every day to find out whether it is your day to be tested turns out to be powerful help in staying clean. As one probationer told a researcher, "Knowing I had to make that phone call the next morning ruined the high." Leighton Iles's Swift program in Texas has recorded equally impressive results, and there are promising pilot efforts with parolees in Seattle and Sacramento.

Substantial progress in suppressing the drug use of arrestees would be a great boon. It would deprive the illicit drug markets of their most valuable customers, which would, in turn, reduce violence in inner-city neighborhoods and take the pressure off Latin American countries now racked by drug dealing.

Since the war on drugs started in earnest three decades ago, the law has found it impossible to stop the flow of illegal drugs. Prices have dropped despite billions of dollars spent on catching drug dealers and locking them up. We are long overdue for refocusing antidrug efforts on the central task of protecting public safety and order.

David Kennedy of John Jay College in New York City has pioneered two related programs designed to go after the most violent dealers and organizations and to shut down the most violent market areas. His Drug Market Intervention program, first used in High Point, N.C., in 2004 and replicated many times in places such as Hempstead, N.Y., and Memphis, Tenn., focuses on areas where crack houses and flagrant street-corner dealing generate crime and disorder.

The first step, once the police negotiate community support, is to identify all the dealers and make cases against them. Then comes the surprising part: Instead of being arrested, the nonviolent dealers are called in for a meeting. (The handful of violent ones go to jail.) They are presented with the evidence against them—perhaps video of them making a sale—and confronted by angry neighbors, clergy and relatives. Each one is then offered a choice: Stop dealing and get help to turn your life around, or tell it to the judge.

The point is not to eliminate the drug supply but to force dealing into a less flagrant and socially damaging form: sales in bars or home delivery instead of street-corner transactions. The results have been spectacular, with long-established markets disappearing overnight.

Prof. Kennedy's other innovation was the Boston Ceasefire program. In 1996, violent youth gangs engaged in drug dealing and other crimes were brought in by the authorities and given a simple message: "If anyone in your gang shoots somebody, we will come down on every member of the gang for all of his illegal activity." Suddenly gang members had a strong reason to enforce nonviolence on one another, and pressure from peers turned out to be more effective than pressure from police officers. Youth homicides dropped from two a month before the program started to none in the following two years.

This approach could be applied to violent individuals as well. Instead of trying to arrest all dealers indiscriminately, law enforcement could identify the most violent dealers, warn them that if they don't stop right away they are headed to prison, and focus on putting away as many as possible of those who don't quit. That wouldn't shrink the supply of drugs, but it might reduce street violence.

The U.S. has reached a dead end in trying to fight drug use by treating every offender as a serious criminal. Blanket drug legalization has some superficial charm—it fits nicely into a sound-bite or tweet—but it can't stand up to serious analysis. The real prospects for reform involve policies rather than slogans. It remains to be seen whether our political process—and the media circus that often shapes it—can tolerate the necessary complexity.

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Trucking Company's Product Volumes Increases

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. said its fourth-quarter earnings climbed 9.4% as the trucking company's overall product volumes increased and its intermodal segment continued to grow.

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Perennial Feud Remains on Abortion

Many obstacles need to be cleared if the Democrats are to pass their health-care legislation, but one of the toughest will be the persistent issue of abortion.

Abortion was one of the final matters to be resolved in December when the Senate created its version of the health-care bill, with a carefully crafted compromise that left neither side in the debate happy. If a final bill is to clear the House, Democrats will have to find a way to finesse the problem again. One idea being floated involves inserting more-restrictive language later into a spending bill.

At issue is whether health-insurance policies people would buy with federal subsidies established by the legislation could offer abortion coverage. When the House debated its health bill last year, antiabortion Democrats led by Rep. Bart Stupak (D., Mich.) won language prohibiting insurers from selling plans that cover abortion to any person receiving the subsidies. With their votes, the bill passed 220-215.

The Senate language is less restrictive. It allows insurers to offer abortion coverage as long as customers write a separate check to pay for it, an exercise meant to assure that no federal money goes toward abortion services. That provision was a compromise aimed at satisfying Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, the last Democratic holdout.

But Mr. Stupak said the Senate version left too big a loophole, while abortion-rights supporters argued that in practice, it would be too cumbersome for insurance companies to collect separate checks and they wouldn't cover abortion at all.

At this stage, Democrats' last-ditch effort to save the overall health-care bill must work with the Senate provision.

The path toward passing the bill, given united Republican opposition, goes this way: The House passes the Senate bill, and both sides then approve alterations using a process known as reconciliation, which requires a simple majority in the Senate. Reconciliation can only be used for matters that relate to the federal budget, and abortion doesn't qualify. Thus, the Senate version would stand.

On Monday, Mr. Stupak called the Senate abortion language "unacceptable." House leaders believe there is a good chance he will vote against the final bill. Democrats estimate that roughly 10 other lawmakers could follow Mr. Stupak's lead, or perhaps more.

To make up for any lost votes, Democrats would need to pick up support from Democrats who voted against the original House measure for reasons unrelated to abortion—either the few liberals who thought that bill was too conservative or the conservatives who thought it was too liberal.

It is also possible Mr. Stupak could be brought on board. One idea being discussed, according to leadership aides, is for congressional leaders to promise to impose new abortion restrictions on the use of federal subsidies through one of the annual spending bills. Mr. Stupak hasn't ruled out a solution along those lines.

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What Utilities Have Learned From Smart-Meter Tests...

...And why they aren't putting those lessons to use

Utilities have learned a lot about how smart meters can compel consumers to save electricity. Unfortunately, too often they aren't putting the knowledge to good use.

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Smart meters are more precise than traditional meters in that they send readings on electricity usage to utility billing departments throughout the day. Not only do smart meters provide customers with a clearer picture of how they use electricity on a daily basis, they also make it possible for utilities to charge more for power when demand is highest—in the afternoon—and less when usage falls off—at night.

By making variable pricing plans possible, smart meters are expected to play a big role in getting customers to reduce their peak-hour energy consumption, a key goal of utility executives and policy makers. Electricity grids are sized to meet the maximum electricity need, so a drop in peak demand would let utilities operate with fewer expensive power plants, meaning they could provide electricity at a lower cost and with less pollution.

Utilities have run dozens of pilot tests of digital meters and found that people cut power consumption the most when faced with higher peak-hour rates. But utility executives and regulators have been reluctant to implement rate plans that penalize people for too much energy use, fearing that if customers associate smart meters with higher bills, they will stall the technology's advance just as it is gaining traction. Only about 5% of U.S. electric meters are "smart" today, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, but that figure is expected to grow to about one-third in the next five years.

So, many utilities are trying an approach that is less controversial, but also less effective: offering rebates to customers who conserve energy in key periods of the day. By doing things like turning off clothes dryers and adjusting air conditioners on hot summer afternoons, customers earn credits that can reduce their electricity bills.

Preventing Rebellions

"Most CEOs struggle over this issue more than anything else," says Ted Craver, chief executive of Edison International, EIX 0.53 % the Rosemead, Calif., parent of Southern California Edison, which is in the midst of a massive smart-meter rollout. "You could have a real rebellion" if smart meters push up customers' rates, especially if utilities' other capital expenses are increasing, he says.

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Pacific Gas & Electric Co., a unit of PG&E Corp. PCG 1.10 % , got a taste of the public-relations risk last summer when it installed smart meters in Bakersfield, Calif., as part of a broad upgrade in its Northern California service territory. When customers—who weren't participating in any sort of experimental rate plan—received dramatically higher bills shortly afterward, they blamed the meters for what they assumed was faulty billing. The San Francisco utility investigated and concluded that the meters were functioning properly. It found that the higher bills were simply a case of unfortunate timing: An increase in conventional rates had taken effect just ahead of unseasonably hot temperatures.

"What it told us is that people aren't really knowledgeable about smart meters coming down the pike and they don't pay much attention to rate changes," says Dian Grueneich, a member of the California Public Utilities Commission, which is monitoring the situation. "It told us there needs to be a lot of consumer education" before making big changes.

PG&E now has a voluntary program in which customers agree to pay higher peak rates of 60 cents a kilowatt-hour for no more than 15 days a year, in exchange for a discount of three cents a kilowatt-hour for electricity used at other times. So far some 26,000 customers have signed up.

To date, 16,000 to 18,000 people have participated in more than five dozen pilot tests involving smart meters and experimental rate plans, according to Ahmad Faruqui, a consultant with the Brattle Group who has helped utilities develop some of the programs. He says that while it is sometimes disheartening to see utility executives ignore their own findings, he understands the desire to move slowly until people become comfortable with smart-meter technology.

Pepco Holdings POM 0.30 % Inc. recently did a pilot test in Washington, D.C., of three rate plans designed to gauge how customers respond to different price signals. One plan pegged the price, which ranged from a penny to 37 cents a kilowatt-hour, to the wholesale cost of electricity. One charged a "critical peak price" of 75 cents a kilowatt-hour during certain hours on a handful of days, and 11 cents per kwh at other times. The final plan gave customers 75 cents for each kilowatt-hour of energy saved and charged 11 cents per kwh for power used.

Results showed that people responded most when threatened with the 75-cent-per-kwh peak pricing. Those customers cut their overall energy consumption between 22% and 34%, depending on whether they also had programmable thermostats that could automatically change temperature settings. Customers offered rebates reduced their usage 9% to 15%—again, with the deeper cuts among those who had smart thermostats.

Despite evidence that sticks are better motivators than carrots, the utility intends to offer rebates in the future in an effort to change behavior. "Our general sense is that consumers would prefer a rate structure with no downside," says Steven Sunderhauf, a program manager for Pepco. "From a purist's standpoint, I may prefer critical peak pricing because it gets the boldest response…but using rebates will help people get comfortable with smart meters."

Offering Protections

In addition to fearing a customer rebellion, utility executives and regulators worry that the introduction of peak pricing for the hottest or coldest days of the year could harm vulnerable members of society. Many experts feel that not enough research has been done to protect those who aren't able to change their electricity usage.

"I'm mindful that an elderly person with medical equipment can't say, 'I'm not going to run the equipment at the 'peak' time,' " says Kevin DelGobbo, a Connecticut utilities commissioner. "We have to be careful with these rate structures."

The same holds true for commercial customers—some may not have the option of cutting usage on weekday afternoons.

Last summer, Connecticut Light & Power Co., a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities Service Co., gave new meters to 3,000 residential and business customers, testing three types of rates. Like other utilities, it found that homes facing the highest peak-hour pricing—$1.60 per kwh at certain times—responded the most, cutting peak use 16% to 23%, depending on whether they had other aids like smart thermostats. Commercial customers, in a similar test, cut their demand far less, only 7%.

That was instructive, says Jessica Brahaney Cain, director of CL&P's smart-grid planning, because it told the utility that many commercial customers don't have the option of cutting usage during times of peak demand. "A restaurant has to use its ovens," she says. "A dentist has to use his drills."

One surprise, says Ms. Cain, was that almost all of the customers who participated in the pilot test reported more satisfaction with the Berlin, Conn., utility than those who didn't. They liked that the meters gave them greater insight into how they use electricity, she says.

CL&P expects to file a plan for mass-meter deployment and new dynamic-pricing plans by the end of March. It plans to offer rebates for conservation, at least in the beginning.

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Southern California Edison says it also plans to adopt a rebate strategy by the end of the year, even though it won't have all its meters in place until 2012.

"If customers do nothing, they'll get the same bill they otherwise would get," says Lynda Ziegler, senior vice president for customer service at the Edison International unit. Those that cut peak consumption will get a credit of 75 cents to $1.25 for each kilowatt-hour of reduction. The main concern of regulators, she says, is making sure meter readings are accurate.

The utility chose rebates over penalties partly because a law passed during the California energy crisis a decade ago limits its ability to involuntarily switch people to higher peak-hour pricing plans right now. A new law may allow it after 2013.

But the utility also concluded that it wouldn't be fair to really crank up peak pricing until homeowners have greater access to automation tools such as smart appliances and controllers. In the future, devices will contain computer chips and software so they can go into energy-saving mode in response to a signal sent from the utility or another energy manager that higher prices are kicking in.

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Essay Sparks Campus Uproar

An essay about premarital sex published in a student newspaper has caused an uproar at Yeshiva University, the Orthodox Jewish college in Manhattan, prompting the student council to withdraw the paper's funding and igniting a campus-wide debate over censorship.

By Thursday night, the website for the Beacon had received more than 41,000 hits, including 15,000 unique views on the anonymous first-person story, in which a young woman excitedly describes a hotel room tryst and her subsequent regret over having sex, the editors said.

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Some Were Offended

From the anonymous article published by the Beacon:

'Adjusting the clasp on my Hadaya necklace, I finally take in my whole reflection in the bathroom mirror.
My transformation from Occasionally-Cute-Modern-Orthodox-Girl into Sexually-Appealing-Secular-Woman: complete.'

But many said that the real argument sparked by the piece, published Monday, was over the soul of the university itself.

"It's not just that, 'Oh, we're a university, so we believe in free and open discussion about anything," said a co-editor in chief of the Beacon, Toviah Moldwin, who said he understood the objections. "There is also a religious institution that's called the Yeshiva University. The religious part is very much a part of what the institution is and believes in."

His co-editor was more critical. "Yes, there were people who were very upset about the article, but I don't think that was enough cause to really cut off our funding," said Simi Lampert, who founded the Beacon last year after working on a student paper that refused to publish several articles. "Our university spends a lot of time being afraid what this will represent to the rest of the world as the Modern Orthodoxy flagship."

The disagreement among editors is emblematic of the dual nature embedded within the mission of the university. The school is based on the ideals of Torah U'madda, a tenet of Modern Orthodox Judaism that recognizes the values of both religious and secular knowledge.

Yeshiva University is split into men's and women's campuses about 150 blocks apart in Manhattan. Students at Yeshiva College, the men's campus, don't begin their academic classes until 3 p.m., after pursuing religious studies.

Students grapple with the challenge of attending a deeply religious school while supporting the free-wheeling discourse of most American college campuses. So the most passionate objections to the piece came not from the faculty but from fellow students.

A friend sent Dena Shayne the article shortly after it was published. When she woke up the next morning, "I was flooded with emails," said Ms. Shayne, who is student council president at Stern College, the women's college. The "overwhelming majority opinion" was "very negative," she said.

After meeting with administration officials, the editors of the paper and her fellow student council members, the council decided to withdraw its funding, which was $500 this past semester. The men's college didn't fund the paper.

"It was a hard position because on the one hand, the Beacon is great. They bring up real issues that people are having," she said. "But on the other hand, if the majority of the students are getting this negative vibe, and if I'm getting so much negative feedback, then my personal opinions don't matter because I'm the voice of the students."

Students debated each other on Facebook and in the comments section of the article.

"It does contribute to a sense of a moral degradation," said third-year student Elan Kirshenbaum, 21 years old. If the author had written about the issue "in either a theoretical way or a less graphic way, it would definitely be much more acceptable."

Some students defended the right to publish the article, regardless of whether they enjoyed it. "This is a matter of public opinion and freedom of expression," said Natan Koloski, 21.

Gavi Brown, a 19-year-old English major, also believed that the article raised questions about the boundaries of Modern Orthodox Judaism.

"I personally enjoyed the fact that it brought about a conversation," said Mr. Brown. He added that he heard one rabbi at the school call the article "literary pornography."

Striking a balance between the "yeshiva" and "university" is a fundamental part of the student experience, many said. But some cautioned that the balance has recently shifted too strongly in the other direction.

Two years ago, an event featuring a discussion of homosexuality in the Orthodox community caused a backlash. In the wake of that event, the process for reviewing student events was "formalized," university spokesman Mayer Fertig said, though he stressed that the primary role of the committee was to facilitate events, not prevent them.

Some students dubbed it a "censorship committee," an accusation the school denies strenuously.

Last year, the school rejected a request to bring Rabbi Ethan Tucker, who works on the Upper West Side, to campus for an event. He ended up giving a presentation off school grounds. Rabbi Tucker could not be reached for comment.

"We didn't say you can't go, we didn't say you can't hear him, we didn't say you can't absorb what his message is," Mr. Fertig said. "There was a feeling at the time that his message was not in concert with the Jewish values of the university as an Orthodox institution."

On Thursday, a student newspaper run by the men's campus—though its editorial and writing staff includes women—published a report saying that the university would be installing Internet filters in male dorm rooms, primarily to weed out pornography. After initially denying the report, school officials acknowledged that such a plan is under way.

"We've kind of become used to the fact that things are going to be censored. I don't think that's OK," said Benjamin Abramowitz, the 22-year-old editor of the Commentator, the student newspaper that broke the filter story. "The basic notion of inhibiting students' expression, however used to it we've become, I think it's completely unacceptable."He didn't like the Beacon essay, finding it "cliché." But he defended the newspaper's right to run it.

University officials said they supported both sides. "We're proud that there are students who feel free to print things that may be disturbing to others, but start conversations that probably should be had," Mr. Fertig said. "This is a very nuanced place. This is a yeshiva and this is a university and we take both of them very seriously."

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