California Bound

10. Home At Last. Returning home later Sunday night, sleep deprived Emily grabs her luggage to find her parents waiting for the buses.

9. Serria Waters cuddles with her Lotso on the long return home. Working for 4 days, the return home is much quieter because of the sleep that everyone is trying to catch up on.

8. Just Dance. Following the performance, Tualatin high and others returned to the Queen Marie for fine dinning and a dance party. Students bust a move to modern hip hop songs but still rocking out singing to classics like Journey.

7. Show Time. Saturday April 30th, all the students were shuttler down to UCLA to participate in a festival with 11 other selected high schools under the direction of composer Eric Whitaker. After 4 straight hours of rehearsal, doors opened for the show that same night.

6. Johnny Roberts gives a mock audition to a Broadway agent in one of the seminars to show the all the choir students just how demanding casting directors can be. He still manages to flash a smile after getting his reviews.

5. Waiting time. Noah (centered) and others gather around waiting for the next class to begin.

4. Down To Business. Choir members run to the boat with excitement to explore this claimed haunted ship. Music 101 classes and "How To Be On Broadway" gave them little time indulge in all the Queen Marie had to offer.

3. Dress to impress. Tualatin High senior girls Alexis (left) and Whitney get ready for their first day of music classes and seminars. Friday April 29th is dedicated to various motivational singers and after high school music planning attended on the Queen Marie.

2. Cracked out. Finally arriving in The Golden State, 3 buses full of over 100 students pose to portray there lack of sleep, yet being excited for pulling up to the hotel late Thursday evening.

1. In for the long haul. Tualatin High School Concert Choir, along with some members of Treble Choir, venture to California leaving at 11:00 pm Wednesday April 27th for a 20 hour bus ride to perform in a UCLA festival.

Saturday Market: Good For All Ages

10. Cat Walk. Saturday Market is known for some odd behavior, which this man walking his cat portrays along Natio Parkway.

9. Saturday Market's Northern Waterfront Park is mostly known for the food venues and the now famous "Spoonman." Visitors travel between the Events 3 main sections, including Ankeny Plaza off of Natio Pkwy.

8. Some children bask in the sunlight and aren't afraid to get their boots a little wet in the fountain off the waterfront at Saturday Market.

7. Portland's Palm Reading guru shares her insight on the future of this young soon to be married woman. The Palm Reader shares her talent every Saturday and Sunday for over 15 years.

6. Local Portland street walkers show their reaction to the "protesters." The walk ways are busy on the nice overcast Saturday morning.

5. A group of "Kenya Promoters" stand next to the waterfront stage and try to raise awareness to their cause.

4. Local hipsters get their groove on to some Reggae music located in the middle of Saturday Market on their main stage right off Burnside.

3. All The Apparatus, local Portland Indie Rock band, enjoy rocking out with Saturday Market fans singing one of their smash hits "Let's Go Ride Bike." The 8 member band mostly plays on open street corners on weeknights and the only proceeds are tips and CD sells.

2. Lunchtime. Portlanders from all over flood the food venues with over a dozen different choices ranging from Thai to good Southern BBQ.

1. The regular season kicks off the first week of March, but Saturday Market is still going strong with thousands of visitors each weekend. The season goes from the March to December each year.

A Day In The Life Of..

A Day In The Life Of: An Expecting Mother. Carrie Pabst, current mother of 3, is expecting another baby girl towards the end of summer 2011. Carrie recently took on the task of also taking in her 17 year old niece.

SWEET DREAMS! Carrie Pabst, shares a moment with her daughter Maya, 7, before she goes to sleep every night. They also reminish and go over the events that had gone on throughout the day, also exchanging a few laughs.

Kai helps his mother as they enjoy baking together Sunday afternoon. Carrie assesses him in the easy things as he shows the cooking abilities he has.

TICKLE FIGHT! Carrie takes a break in her day and still has the ability to rough house with her kids. Aside from the belly, nothing is getting in her way to show them who's boss.

Carrie's morning routine includes her first priority, which is getting her kids to go out the door. Once she has the house to herself, she uses that time alone to get ready and cleans, only waiting for the kids to do their damage returning from school.

GO! Carrie, 6 months pregnant, wakes up and jogs miles each morning before getting her kids up and ready in the morning. When the mother to be was asked about her drive to still exercise, she simply answered "I'm just pregnant, not crippled!"

VICTORY DANCE! The team celebrates on the field after a long practice Tuesday night on the high school turf.

GET FOCUSED! Players punt the balls with flying colors while going over continuous drills Tuesday night. The temperature outside motivated them to work hard and fast in the unreasonable cold February weather.

STOP THEM! Gabby Munez, the teams oldest player, drills the ball straight towards the goal for a simple, yet effective routine. She says her practice will make prefect.

GET IN LINE! The players line up multiple soccer balls before their nightly practice March 1. Parent volunteers assist children as they run through goal shot drills before each match on the Tualatin High School turf.

BRACE THE COLD! The team runs to get their gear to prepare for the cold practice about to start. Junior soccer leagues are getting ready to play all year, rain or shine: Mostly in the rain.

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I picked this imagine because the discussion of war photography has really brought an interest to me. I found that this captures the ultimate despair along with venerability of the subjects. It gives you a sense of compassion for what they are enduring. The visual placement and configuration of the people in the photograph let your eye wander, but also bring you right back to the main subject matter: the woman laying down in agony.

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