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Camry 2011 transmission problem
You say the dealers want $100 to check your 2010? It is under warranty for 5 years, or 60,000 miles (powertrain warranty). There should be no charge.
There are some people that complain of the extra and/or jerky shifting. I think most have said that it is that way to get more mpg, by design. Most people are very happy with the car, and it is working fine, so you won't get far at all with a lawsuit. I have heard same complaint with other makes of cars, due to getting more mpg with the new 6 speed auto trannies.
My 2010 is great, but it is a 6 speed manual transmission!
Getting 31.5 mpg on my commute to work, which is great! I can get 33 mpg on the highway (as the EPA says), but NOT going over 65 mpg and NOT with a strong head wind.0
I am having similar problems with my new 2011 Camry. Soon after I bought this brand new 2011 Camry the car started acting weird. A constant problem that appear a lot of time when I am driving concerns the transmission. At low speeds, mostly city driving, the car jerks with abrupt shiftings, and sometimes harsh shifting. Also it feels like the car pauses a little when shifting at low speeds.
The thing that concerns me and my wife the most is that the car takes off like it rushes rather than a smooth acceleration, although we both press the gas pedal really gently. This mostly happens at low speeds when we are driving in the city where heavy traffic might be present. This is making both of us very concerned about our safety. We are concerned to the point that we both stopped driving the car unless we really have to, we rely on our second car which is a BMW. One other issue is that the car feels like it is going to stall when I release my foot from the acceleration. This happens at both slow speeds and high speeds. I have taken the car to the dealer three times and they said they could not reproduce the problems I am describing, although on the second visit the dealer's mechanic did feel the harsh shifting and only then did he offer to take it for a check up which he did but said he could not reproduce it.
But now to the real question is what can we do? There seems a lot of people on this forum that are complaining about very similar issues, so Toyota can't just tell us there is nothing wrong with all of these cars. Can we take legal action? What are our options? I did file a complaint with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (http://www.nhtsa.gov/) which only took a minute. I was surprised however to see that I am the only one who filed a complaint on the 2011. So I encourage every one with a problem to report it at the site I listed here, it literally takes a minute.0
"..feels like it is going to stall..."
It is "stalling".
When you release the gas pedal at almost any speed the engine will go into coastdown mode with FULL fuel cut and sequential downshifting to prevent the engine from stalling fully. Once a speed is reached that is too low to sustain enoght engine RPM then fuel flow will be restored while at the same time the transaxle is upshifted. The car will then not downshift in 1st gear until you reach a full stop.
Note that if you by happenstance reapply pressure on the gas pedal just as that final upshift is commanded you will get a bit of hesitation in response. A little later, before the fully stopped downshift occurs, and you get the jerk, lurch.0
Service manager took test drive with me. Says it is ABS pump kicking in at 10 MPH when starting to drive. Says the ABS solenoid makes the noise. Also says it is "normal" which I cannot accept. I have a case number with Toyota Corp and will follow up tomorrow. Service manager said another customer with same complaint traded for a 2012 Camry. But, he could not assure me that 2012 would not have same noise and problem. Svc manager said he has not heard of complaint from other customer with new 2012 Camry. If I trade to get rid of this irritable noise, it will NOT be another Camry.0
I'm thinking about seeing if I can trade this car for a manual transmission Camry. I wonder how they are to shift?0
What kind of issues would there be with FWD and manual gearbox?0
I have a 2010 Camry 6 speed manual, which is the same as a 2011 Camry. For 2012, they do not make a manual anymore, so you would have to get used 2011 or older.
Love the manual transmission, no issues, just got back from a 554 mile trip and averaged 32.1 mpg. 85% of the miles were highway, 70 - 75 mph, no AC use, light wind.
Issues with FWD and manual gearbox - no different than any other FWD with a manual. IF the clutch is not used properly, then clutch replacement is approx. $1,500. Other than that, no issues. I have had 150k miles on my FWD manual transmissions, and still had not had any problems with clutch or transmission. Just change the transmission oil every 60k, and make sure to use the clutch CORRECTLY.
What specific questions do you have?0
I just wondered if having the manual transmission would solve the problems so many of us are having with our six-speed automatic transmissions. You seem to have answered my question. The problems with FWD, and manual transmissions was posed by someone else. I had no knowledge of such things. $1,500 to replace a clutch is much less than what I'd imagine it'd cost to replace, or repair an automatic transmission. Thanks for your feedback. Enjoy! Sounds like fun, ripping around with a stick-shift on this car. Maybe I can find one.0
Manual transmission vehicles have been on the decline for a number of reasons(***) but FWD even moreso due to the matter of safety. With a manual transmission in a FWD an unwary/inexperienced/unknowledgeable driver can induce loss of directional control far too easily.
Downshift to a level that engine compression braking levels are beyond the roadbed traction capability and....
VW recently introduced a technique to overcome this problem, automatically up-rev the engine if a downshift results in wheelslip/skid.
*** Not the least of these being better MPG ratings with automatics vs manuals resulting from increased lockup clutch use and FULL fuel cut during coastdown periods.0
Thanks for the reply.0
Your welcome. I know I could get the EPA rating of 33 mpg on the highway IF I went slower on the highway, but to me, it is not worth it.
Yes, an automatic is way more $ to repair! And I have always been able to sell my old manuals myself - may have taken a week or two longer due to fewer people wanting one, but they always sold.
It will be very difficult to find a manual Camry, unless you are in certain parts of the country where they actually sold manuals, or if you are willing to travel a ways to get one. They did not sell manuals in my region, so I had to travel a bit to buy one.
All I can say is it makes a typical, mid-size boring car fun to drive, even if it is a mid-size Camry sedan. I really wish most other people (and especially my better half) would agree with me!
Good luck, let me know how it turns out or if you have any other questions.0
Followed up with Toyota Corp and got no where. They will forward my complaint to Quality Control, but there is nothing more I can do. Told person that if he would google "2011 Camry ABS noise" he would see other complaints. He said that he was not "allowed" to do that, to look at non Toyota info on his computer. Bottom line is that Toyota has really slipped. Only if government threathens them, will anything get their attention. They try to tell you that the Camry is really quiet, then say that the clunking noise from the ABS pump is "normal." And no one is able to say whether or not the same condition applies to the 2012 models. Looks like my next sedan will NOT be a Camry, the only model sedan I have owned since 1984.0
Yeah, I heard that if you drive at 60, or 65mph you get the best gas milage, but I feel the same, I'd rather have more fun, and give a little on the gas milage.
Yeah, I think I may have to stay with my AT, but it's still ok. I basically like the car. As long as the thing lasts, I'm ok with it. I'd like to drive it 200,000 without any major difficulties.
Is it a good manual trans? Nice shifting, how's the clutch? I had a 1996 Honda Civic DX coupe with manual, and it was nice except the clutch was ambiguous, I'd stall it after five years driving it, and reverse was hard to get sometimes. But it was a nice head on the shifter, and slipped right into the other gears. $12,080 new. Still had the original clutch when I traded it at 273,000 miles.
Do you share the Camry with your wife, or does she have something else?
Thanks! All the best.0
The sound is only once after you start it and get to around 10 mph or so, then not again until after you start it again, right? That is what mine does, and it does not bother me one bit, because that is what it is supposed to do, and it only does it ONE time. Mine is a 2010.0
Mine does the same thing. Now that I know what it is, I'm ok with it.0
4lisak4 Posts: 4I bought my 11 Camry just about 11 months ago. I have not been happy with it since the day I drove off the lot. I agree - they've completely gone downhill. The dealership - KERRY TOYOTA in Florence, KY is horrible, and their "customer service manager" needs a lot of human interaction training. I want to get rid of this crappy car, but I'm not sure how I can do it with all the problems it has. Has anyone else gotten rid of their car? Does anyone else have a 2012 camry?0
Interesting comment about a "customer service manager." After getting a case number from the corporate Toyota toll free number, I was told that the "customer service manager" from Cherokee County Toyota in Georgia would call me. I waited for over a week and never received a call from this person. So, I called "Al" back at Toyota Corp. This time I was "invited" to make a test drive with the Service Manager. This individual is the one who said the noisy CLUNKS I hear after start up at 10 MPH come from the ABS pump, and are ENTIRELY NORMAL. I will NOT trade for a 2012 Camry until someone from Toyota Corp or the local dealer tells me that this problem has been eliminated. So far, they are not willing to say one way or the other. I have purchased Camrays since 1984, but that string is about to end!0
I'm confused. You only hear a clunk the first time (ONE time) you get to 10mph after you start the engine, right? If so, your car is FINE. It is the ABS pump doing its test, and it does not cause any problem, nor is it a problem. Test drive another 2010, 2011. You will hear it if you listen closely, only one time after you start the engine and reach about 10 mph. I'm not seeing a problem here, unless you really can't stand that half- second small noise one time after each time you start the engine? That would be 2 or 3 times per day for most people, or less than 2 seconds per day. Just curious. My 2010 does it (if I concentrate on hearing it), but it is no problem, car is 20k + miles, zero problems. I recall wondering what it was when I first got the car, but a quick search told me it was normal - never thought about it again.0
Agree that it is not a safety problem, but you have obviously been lulled by Toyota into accepting front of the car repetitive noises from an automobile that is advertised as being quiet in it's operation.0
But it only happens once, after you turn the key and start the engine and get up to 10 mpg. And it only lasts for not even a half-second, right? So that makes it not quiet? No, Toyota did not lull me into anything, I found out what it was and that was the end of it. My concern at the time was more of "what is that?" Once I found out, I was fine with it, since it is the ABS check. For 99.9999% of each of my trips to somewhere, it is quiet.
I wish you the best.0
Same here and it is not normal. I have taken mine for the same problems three times to the dealership and they always tell me that it is "normal" and that "they could not reproduce the problems". I don't think they are honest with us. I think they are trying to cover the problem to see if we will just give up, cave in, and stop our complaints.0
So, I take it that you would much rather learn that your ABS, VSC, or Trac is non-functional after the fact. But you should be aware that maybe only your survivors will learn that fact.
Just think of it as a part of the "pre-flight checklist".0
Check Toyotanation.com. Owners there will also tell you it IS normal, and checks the ABS system. One time, less than 1/2 second, after you start the engine and get to 10 mph. Some have even verified this a number of ways. Your car is fine, enjoy the silence 99.99% of the time.0
Found answer about possible ABS pump noise in 2012 Camrys. They will probably have the same noise since 2012 owner's manual reads as follows:
Sounds and vibrations caused by the ABS, brake assist, VSC and
œA sound may be heard from the engine compartment when the engine is
started or just after the vehicle begins to move. This sound does not indicate
that a malfunction has occurred in any of these systems.
So it's not a "malfunction," but it sure is irritating. Telephone customer care people don't have a clue!0
Kirstie_H Posts: 11,077Every recent-model vehicle I've owned has the same noise, regardless of make/model. It was particularly loud in my Infiniti G35, but it's just something you have to put up with if you buy a vehicle with ABS.
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About the 60 mph, yes, that's why people complain (among other reasons) that there car is not working correctly. They drive 70+ mph and think they should get the EPA rated mpg on the highway. I'd wager to say that 99.5% of the time that people complain about mpg, that it is their fault/their driving conditions, and not a problem with the car.
To answer your questions: It is a typical Toyota manual transmission, meaning it shifts very nicely, but throws are long. Clutch is great, no complaints. The only complaint is the drive by wire, which just about all manual transmissions have now, no mater who makes the car. It requires you to drive a little different than older manual tranny cars, because the computer keeps the revs up between shifts, even though you take your foot off the accelerator. I've driven other makes' manual trannys, same problem. "Rev Hang" is for keeping emissions lower.
Wife is not a manual transmission fan, so no, I do not share it with her.0
Yes, agree. I rode in a Mazda 6 this weekend, and heard one clunk after starting and going slow.
Good to have someone put an end to to the worry about this "issue". And the noise is even described in the owner's manual!!0
"..computer keeps the revs up..."
In the olden days it was the carburetor dashpot that kept the revs up with a rapid release of the gas pedal.0
dwight11 Posts: 1Dealerships in Texas are very friendly and willing to help you though anything. They will sell whatever it is that you need, no matter what it is. The Toyota Camry is a very dependable vehicle. It is used by a ton of people. There are no concerns that it will break down. I was able to get every little thing I wanted from the Camry with Texas dealerships. Dealerships near you can be located by going to: http://cardealexpert.com/model/21326/2012-Toyota-Camry0


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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week the Palestinians must recognize Israel as a Jewish state to show they are serious about peace. It was the latest sign that despite seven months of mediation efforts by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, wide gaps remain between the two sides.
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Some of you guys don't have no opinion on the subject nor can you be objective on the trade. Sorry I don't accepting mediocracy. you few guys probally have that in your own life, so you can accept the same for this team. Do you think I would mention any trades scenario if we were 12-7 instead 7-12. off course not. its not like we successful with this squad at one time and are just struggling now. We are going in wrong direction. Poor BD with back problems has to comeback early to be our savior, god bless him if he can.
What do guys have against a trade. unity CHEMISTRY haha what teamwork is their. Last night was the best team work and it was with no Stat and Melo on the court. We seen both guys be healthy and play terrible together. Sure they play well but not together. Landing Mo-Williams Scola for Stat is blessing, but its realistic trade considering all the teams needs.
Unless you can be obecjtive abour trade or post topic don't respond my post or others. Everyone have a right to post about anything regarding the knicks. you guys seem to care more about what I am writing. Don't respond or don't the read post. It would be stupid if the moderator decides to separates forum for trade. Respect Everyone post and if you repond be objective on topic or on trade. Us the fans are all on the same team and probally have more unity than this team does. We suffered watching this team for so long and share the pain each night. Is it really a big deal to read post involving trade idea.
I don' like poster who attach 30 pics per subject or have to read everyone quote at the end each post, but its no biggie bc I don't complain about you guys. I complain about the team. I just do my thing and post trades and if anyone talks about something I don't like im objective on the subject.
If you want complain, start with the team, plenty to complain now a days.
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On one of my projects (the one that's kept me too busy to blog), I had to work quite a bit with the google data API. I was using Django, so I was using the gdata python client.
The client is, for the most, part excellent. It abstracts away the parts of OAuth that you never ever want to have to know anything about or debug. All the signing, encoding, and decoding takes place inside the library – where it should happen.
The spec is somewhat young, and the library is even more so; there isn't a whole lot out there covering the subject. The client comes with some sample scripts, but they don't make it very clear how to set things up in a web app workflow. I'm going to try to fill the void somewhat with a sample Django app and a somewhat extensive writeup. You don't have to know/understand Django to follow along, but it may help.
Disclaimer: The sample app is written in the simplest possible way, so as to focus on the code that actually has to do with OAuth and the GData API. When I say "sample," I really fucking mean it. I pay no attention to things like security and good practices, because I don't give a shit about those things, and neither should you. The purpose is to understand how Google's python client works. If you copy and paste this code into your production app and push your key, secret, and RSA creds to a public github repository, that is your own stupid fault.
OAuth Crash Course
There are many better resources for learning about OAuth proper, so I'll cover the basics. OAuth is a protocol for securing communication between an API (provider) and an app that wants to use said API (consumer). It's fairly complicated, but due to Google having a pretty nice client wrapped around their API, most of that is abstracted away. What we need to know is the general OAuth workflow:
- User invokes a part of the consumer app that requires access to the provider's API
- If the consumer already has an OAuth Access Token for that user, skip down to step 6
- If not, the consumer fetches an OAuth token key and token secret from the provider. The token secret is stored. The consumer then directs the user to an Authorization URL provided by the provider, with the token key as a query parameter, along with a "callback" URL pointing back to the consumer
- The user authorizes the consumer to use the provider's data; the provider redirects the user back to the callback URL with the "Authorized Request Token" 'oauth_token' query variable set to its token key. The consumer can then request an Access Token from the provider by sending this token key back with the token secret that was saved in the previous step
- The provider returns the Access Token. The consumer can now use this Access Token to access the user's data through the provider's API until the user elects to revoke the Access Token
- The consumer does magic tricks with user's data, including making it disappear
Simple, right? I've left out all the encryption details (those are still murky to me as well), but luckily we don't have to worry about that too much. I'll reference this list of steps as I go along – mostly to keep myself sane. Let's call a spade a fucking spade – shit is confusing! More info on OAuth and Google's implementation of it can be found here. If you want to be really hardcore, you can read the spec here.
Some key terms to remember along the way:
- Provider – service with the user's data (in this case, Google)
- Consumer – the app that wants to access the user's data (your app)
- Request Token – refers to a token used by the consumer to request access from the provider/user. It can be authorized and unauthorized. The token is initially given by the provider to the consumer in an unauthorized state. The consumer has to then direct the user to the provider's authorization page with the unauthorized token. If the user accepts, the provider will send the user back to the consumer with an authorized request token.
- Access Token – refers to a token used by the consumer to actually authenticate with the provider. The consumer has to exchange an authorized request token for an access token before it can access data. The access token is what gives the consumer long-term access to the user's data.
Getting Started
First and foremost, go here and sign up for an API key. Pretty straight forward. Store your App key and secret somewhere – I'm using the settings.py file in my sample app, though that may not be optimal security-wise. You'll also see an rsa_key in my GDATA_CREDS dictionary. That is there because my example uses RSA_SHA1 encryption. You don't have to use that, but I recommend it, and the example will be easier to follow. I've seen in some documentation that may or may not be outdated that the contacts API only accepts RSA encryption, though I haven't tried HMAC myself. To setup your RSA encryption, follow the steps here. You should be able to accomplish this on most unix/linux boxes.
Now that you have your app key and secret, and you've set up RSA encryption, you should download and install the the gdata lib itself. Get it here.
Storing the Token
Before you start using tokens, you need some way to store them. A token consists of a token key and a token secret. You could create a database table to store those things individually. Me, I'm lazy – I just pickle my entire gdata token object. It lets me rebuild a functioning token object on the spot when I fetch it from the database. So for my case, I just have a text field for storing the token itself. See models.py in the sample app.
You could probably just as easily define a model with token and token secret fields and a method to return an initialized token object. Whatever your preference, define an appropriate model. You also need a way to tie the tokens to a user. My sample app does this using a foreign key to the django.contrib.auth.models.User model.
Creating a Token
Now we're ready to actually start down the path towards getting the OAuth Access Token – the jackpot of API access. Seriously, you will feel a sense of palpable relief when you finally get one working. Like when passing a pineapple.
If you're following along in the app, we're going to skip over shit like user signup and auth (it's only there so that people could set this up on their server and really see it work) and go straight for the money: getting the OAuth token. Look at /oauth/views.py->add_token. Approximate line numbers will be given in square brackets.
The first line of the view [~97] fetches the right scope for dealing with the contacts API. The scopes determine what part of the user's data your token will have access to and are not part of the OAuth spec. They are stored under some pretty cryptic keys, so you may just have to look in the gdata source under gdata/service.py to find the right ones. I just want to use the contacts feed for the example, so I put 'cp' (what else would it be, right?)
Next, we initialize the gd_client variable, which is the object that will take care of all of our OAuth needs and communicate with TEH GOOGALZ [~99]. You will see that I tell it to use RSA encryption and pass it my app's API credentials from settings.py. There are a few different subclasses to the base client that provide more specific methods for dealing with individual feeds (contacts, blogger, docs, etc). We'll just use the base client for initializing our token.
Now we arrive at a conditional to check what part of the process we're on [~107]. If we don't have a 'oauth_token' get parameter, that means that we're at step 3 in our process – we have to send the user to Google to hit the big Authorize button.
The first thing we do is initialize a request token (rt). We then store the 'secret' part of that token. I store it in a session for simplicity/readability, but it can be stored anywhere.
We then tell our client to use this request token and to generate an authorization URL for that token [~116]. That's the URL we will send our user to in order for them to authorize us. Note that in the callback we just pass the current URL. When the user clicks 'Allow' on Google's authorization page, they will be sent right back to this same view, but this time with the 'oauth_token' parameter, meaning they will hit the 'else' part of our conditional.
When we do get back to the page, we'll need to reconstruct our token [~127]. Google has modified our token and marked it authorized, but we still need to put back our piece of the puzzle – the token secret. Since we stored it in a session variable, we retrieve it with ease. Since our token now has no context, we have to tell it what scopes we're interested it in as well.
So what we have now is an authorized request token. We're still not out of the woods. Now we need to upgrade our token to an actual access token. This is done via the UpgradeToOAuthAccessToken method of the gdata client [~135].
As the comments in my code indicate, this part is a tad shifty [~141], at least as of version 1.2.4 of the python client. Since upgrading the token modifies it once more, we need to store the end result of the upgrade. However, the upgrade method does not return that modified token, it just stores it in the client's token store, hence the find_token call. See discussion here for more info. UPDATE 05/05/2009: the patch to fix this awkwardness just got committed to SVN, so hopefully the next version of the library will no longer require the extra step.
Regardless, once we've retrieved the authorized token (at), we can store it [~145]. As I had mentioned, I just pickle it into a TextField.
That's it. Once you've saved that token, you can reconstruct it at any time to fetch any data that token is authorized for (as in, which scopes you specified when sending the token to Google).
To see it in action, just take a look at the views.py->home. First, we find the latest OAuth token in our database [~66]. If we don't have one, we redirect the user to the add_token view to go through the OAuth process [~86]. If we do have one, we fetch some data.
We create and initialize a ContactsService client [~71-78] and then pass it our token [~79-80]. Then BAM, we fetch some contacts from our user's contacts feed.
That's all for now. Hopefully this overview is helpful in getting everybody and their mother developing apps using the Google APIs. I welcome corrections and additions, and will update this post if I get any important ones.
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Udo Jürgens' Musical Uses the TG 1000 Digital Wireless System from beyerdynamic
Udo Jürgens' Musical Uses the TG 1000 Digital Wireless System from beyerdynamic
Since last November, Zurich's "Theater 11" has been running the musical "Ich war noch niemals in New York" (I've never been to New York). The new TG 1000 wireless microphone from beyerdynamic, the audio specialists from Heilbronn, Germany, plays a key role in this Stage Entertainment production in Zurich
In terms of acoustics, "Theater 11" is a typical musical theatre. In other words: Instead of "built-in" acoustics, the design focuses on suppressing the hall's own acoustics to allow flexible use of the sound system.
As a result, the wireless microphone system is particularly important, because this acoustic source already determines the maximum sound quality that the production can achieve. Simple acoustic transmission of the actors' voices is not the main focus of a musical production with a speaker-oriented sound design, the quality of the wireless microphone system is essential for providing the audience with maximum sound quality and clearly audible acoustic details
Reliable reception is almost as important – What good is the best sound quality if there are dropouts and interference? It's also important to have sturdy equipment; the beltpack transmitters have to be particularly durable because they are often integrated into costumes or masks, which expose them to the impacts of sweat.
beyerdynamic's new TG 1000 wireless microphone system has state-of-the-art technology to meet all these requirements: For that reason, it does not suffer from the typical sonic artefacts that can occur in transient signals, but rather replaces this sometimes poor audio quality with consistent digital transmission featuring 24-bit sampling and perfect modulation due to gain ranging. Thanks to the special codec, the system's total latency is just 2.1 ms.
Fortunately, the available UHF frequency spectrum was not really an issue for this production. But in general, the flexibility of wireless systems regarding use of the frequency spectrum is becoming increasingly important as more and more of the frequency spectrum is cut off. The beyerdynamic TG 1000 system offers exceptional flexibility with a transmitter and receiver that feature an enormous bandwidth of no less than 319 MHz to cover the UHF frequency range of 470 to 789 MHz with a single unit of hardware.
All in all, the new TG 1000 provides a stable foundation for the musical production in Zurich. And not just in terms of acoustics: beyerdynamic's system ensures stability and operational reliability, even if the available UHF frequency spectrum continues to be reduced in the future.
Further information are available at www.beyerdynamic.com/press/tg1000zurich


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Program looks at creative collaboration behind Greenwich, New Canaan gardens
During the past 40 years, Susan Cohen's creativity has taken root in all sorts of places and spaces, blossoming into the kind of artistry that can transform a house into a home.
"Every project is different; every site is different," said Cohen, a landscape architect who is based in the Riverside section of Greenwich. "If you have done a good job, no one knows you have been there. Even a slight change in landscape can make the space look more welcoming. It can welcome you home."
It is in that subtlety that a client's style and personality can shine through, she said, and a site's best features can be seen. "You don't ever want to compete with the best of what is there."
Cohen will be on hand next weekend to delve a bit deeper into her design practices and discuss the importance of collaboration as part of Washington, D.C.-based Cultural Landscape Foundation's Garden Dialogues program, which was launched in 2012.
The seminars bring together homeowners, their landscape architects and other members of their design team to talk about the collaborative process of designing an exceptional space. Two properties will be featured in Connecticut on Saturday, June 14, including a waterfront home in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Greenwich and a New Canaan home that was inspired by an Italian vineyard.
Cohen, who worked with the owner of the Greenwich home, said she is looking forward to participating in her first "dialogue." She plans to cover the importance of collaboration in creating a design that is welcoming, wanted and in sync with the environment.
She said in this particular instance, she, the client and the architect worked as a cohesive design team to add new elements to the site, such as a sweeping driveway that makes the most of the views of Long Island Sound and a small grove of crab apple trees. She also culled a crowded cluster of trees to create a new path to the water's edge.
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Garden Dialogues, Saturday, June 14, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. for Greenwich and 2 to 4 p.m. for the New Canaan home. $45 each. To sign up, visit tclf.org/event/garden-dialogues or call 202-483-0553.
"We planted grasses to the left and right of the path, as ground cover," she said, noting they came with high visual appeal, but with low maintenance. "It created a very pleasant journey."
Not all is new, however. An old magnolia tree sits strong and secure on the lot, a nod to the owner's desire to keep it.
"Great gardens are about great collaborations between owner/clients and landscape architects," said Charles Birnbaum, founder and president of the foundation. Since gardens do not naturally reveal all the behind-the-scenes decisions that went in to creating them, however, the program was launched "to make that visible," he added.
Over the years, Janice Parker, of Sherman-based Janice Parker Landscape Architects, has participated in the program and said she loves the opportunity to inspire others to think about transforming their own space, however big or small. "They get to see how (a plan) was executed, fabricated and maintained," she said.
Parker, who has worked on the New Canaan home for the past six years, said she has enjoyed creating a space for the site that has evolved with the growing family. There is a vegetable garden, fruit trees, a pond, waterfall and outdoor entertaining space.
"It is a constant balance of functionality and design," she said.
Those interviewed said the past few years have been rough, thanks to their muse -- Mother Nature. Hurricanes, damaging snow storms and a bitterly cold winter have had a major impact on gardens in the area and beyond. It is likely to be a topic that comes up during the seminars. "We just had a very challenging winter and a slow and cold spring," said Parker, who noted that on the plus side, such extremes tend to add to her body of knowledge.
"You see what is strong and healthy and perhaps what doesn't have what it takes," she said.
These honest assessments are the kind of revelations that have made Garden Dialogues a popular and growing program, Birnbaum said.
"People are hungry for information," he said. "And it's great to get all of that knowledge firsthand."
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6 takeaways from the debate
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama stopped the bleeding, Mitt Romney stayed in the game, and the 2012 race remains very competitive after the second presidential debate.
The two men sparred at Long Island's Hofstra University in front of a crowd of undecided voters who got to ask questions during a spirited and often angry exchange over 90 minutes.
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Below, POLITICO's six takeaways:
1. Offense is the best defense
The president clearly realized this second debate was not a drill (one actually has to seem like he wants the job in order to get reelected).
After taking a bit to find his groove, Obama unleashed attacks against Romney early and often, growing more forceful as the 90 minutes wore on. If anyone doubted that his internal polls showed him slipping and Romney rising, the forcefulness of his offensive should have erased that notion.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama fights back)
Obama tossed out kitchen-sink type opposition research data, including Romney's personal investments in certain China-based companies. He hit the GOP nominee as an "outsourcer" of jobs and over his personal tax rate. He unloaded the clip, including calling Romney "extreme" and saying his tax plan doesn't add up.
Obama was clearly making up for lost time (and lost poll support). Romney was also aggressive, but Obama's performance was more notable for the contrast to the first debate. Romney's attack lines, while also predictable, were less surprising because he used a number of them last time, and he got tripped up by Obama a few times and seemed too defensive at others.
( Also on POLITICO: Debate transcript (text, video)
The problem for a more aggressive Obama is how this style meshes with a candidate whose calling card is personal likability, but the president did what he had to do.
2. One stage, two potential presidents
Democrats are calling the debate a clear win for Obama, and there's a strong case that the president won on points. Republicans were not making nearly as forceful a case for a Romney triumph in the immediate post-debate spin, and Romney missed some opportunities.
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Obama reversed course from Denver and paved the way to grab the momentum back from Romney in the next three weeks — the last of the campaign. In the spin room afterward, his aides looked as though they had all just let out a huge gasp of air.
But for the first 20 minutes of the debate, Obama seemed nervous, and Romney seemed sure-footed.
Obama didn't smile enough early on, and Romney sounded effective making a case against the president's economic policies. Obama seemed testy and a bit beaten-down by Romney at the outset.
"(The) first debate, there was one guy on stage who looked like a president. Second debate, two guys on stage look like a president," said Republican strategist Bruce Haynes of Purple Strategies. "They've battled to a draw. I suspect the snap polls will give a small advantage to Obama because he improved so substantially over the last debate." Haynes gave points to Romney for some of his more tactical answers to specific audiences, especially on coal and on energy.
( Also on POLITICO: Liberals relieved by Obama's performance)
While Romney didn't have many breakout moments, he did generally project a presidential image and for the second debate in a row, he offered voters a plausible alternative.
The bottom line: Both candidates gave strong performances, but needed different things and how they are viewed by voters will depend largely on what qualities and issues mean most to those watching at home. This format didn't particularly favor Romney, but he generally handled questions about the economy and Obama's vision well.


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Find a part time or work at home job
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Wake up early each day and spend time alone (prayer, reflection, writing,etc)
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(According to the article), this venue was also known as Northwood Cinema and is a 2-screener.
This theater originally was the Northwood Park 1 & 2 and opened in the late 70s by General Cinema. In 1993, it was taken over by Regal Cinemas and was closed 3 years later. A local couple remodeled the the theater and removed the theater seating and replaced it with tiered tables & chairs and added a kitchen. The Northwood Cinema Grill reopened in the late 90s and still has 2 auditoriums. Seating capacity was reduced. They run 1st run movies and offer a basically a sandwich and appetizer menu with beer and wine. It has been very well received as it is the only movie house on the very populated northeast section of Fort Wayne.
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The South Burlington City Council has fired its city manager two weeks after putting him on administrative leave.
The council said in a statement Tuesday that Sanford "Sandy" Miller's aggressive and confrontational style was among the reasons for his dismissal. The council made its decision Monday.
The Burlington Free Press reports Miller's attorney, Scott Cameron, calls the council's explanation "disappointing." He said the council made Miller the scapegoat for its own poor decisions.
The councilors said they doubt Miller's commitment to carry out council decisions with which he disagrees.
Miller previously was city manager in Milton but left in 2009 after a falling out with the select board over contract negotiations.
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Social Media Listening and Engagement Journey
With multiple, diverse, and fragmented conversations happening on the social web, news—both the good and the bad—spreads rapidly. It's critical to have the ability to quickly gather relevant insights, market trends, and customer intelligence so we can use that information to improve our service and drive our business. There is a huge opportunity to engage with customers in ways and on a level that wasn't possible before.
For the past year now, I've been leading our efforts in social media marketing to do systematic listening for the Cisco brand and also help increase the number of Cisco teams that are monitoring their specific areas. What I've learned is that the monitoring and listening process is really a journey—it's not something we can easily switch on or off. To be truly effective, we must develop clear processes and allocate a variety of resources, people, and tools to this effort.
Ant's Eye View has been instrumental in helping us through this journey. I recently worked with them to adapt their Social Engagement Journey framework to help us communicate what I'm calling the "Cisco Social Media Listening Journey". In addition to helping us map our progress, we're also using this framework to move more teams at Cisco through the same phased approach and steps.
- Traditional
Little to no social media listening is happening, there might even be some skepticism about the value of what's being said in the social web.
- Experimental
This discovery period can be quite eye opening for teams as they start to dabble and explore what's being said about their specific areas or topics of interest.
- Operational
Usually during this phase is the "aha" moment, data is shared more broadly, people realize the potential, and some smart person usually asks "So what? What do we do with this data?"
- Impactful
Listening becomes integrated with business processes; cross-functional teams are listening, engaging, and reporting in real time.
- Fully Engaged
Data helps drive decision-making and influences budget and investment. This stage is still somewhat aspirational given that many tools are siloed, and at a large organization it's often a challenge to bring everything together under one cohesive process.
We have a variety of teams at Cisco at different stages of this journey. We're learning from each other by sharing what's working and what isn't. Some teams have progressed well into stage three. Others are just starting out but are quickly realizing the need for listening and seeing the benefits of engaging with customers and prospects in this way. Ultimately our goal is to move further along this journey, not just within individual groups but companywide.
This really takes a mind shift and requires change management across the organization—it's about changing the way we do business. We still have some distance to travel but the good news is there are a growing number of people at Cisco listening and participating in social media channels. And more recently, I've been seeing the first two phases of this journey highly accelerated—no one needs convincing anymore.
I recently discussed this journey concept with Tod Famous, Cisco SocialMiner Product Manager. Tod's team has developed their its own 5-phase "Social Media Customer Care Maturity Model".
Tod's premise is that social media marketing will lead to more customer engagement. More engagement will lead to more conversations and an increase in customer service or sales discussions and actionable inquiries such as "I'd like to buy it, do you have any resellers in Missouri" or "I bought it, but I'm having this type of problem with it". These are classic sales and service conversations and will require scalable sales and service teams to engage and handle these inquiries. For many organizations the first job is simply to handle inquires that come through social media channels, i.e. when someone posts on your Facebook wall or @mentions you on Twitter. Ideally these should be addressed regardless of whether or not it is on-topic or the type of conversation you were trying to initiate.
The simplest use of Cisco SocialMiner—our social media customer care solution— is to queue these inquiries and ensure they are dealt with in an efficient manner. This is what's described as level four. This model also identifies "proactive engagement" at level five—where companies are proactively searching for opportunities to sell and service customers. Customers express a need for a product/service or frustration with a failed product/service without even directing that expression at the company; and the company proactively looks for those types of conversations.
This is an emerging business practice and we've been moving quickly to incorporate and extend the various models based on what's working for our business. An early takeaway we've seen from all of our work is simple: you should be listening to and engaging with your customers. If you're not, you should be developing a strategy to begin that journey. As more people are using social networks to express their feelings about your brand, many people expect an answer, and fast.
Where are you and your organization on the journey? Do you have similar or different experiences with your social media monitoring? Has there been a particular approach that's worked well for you? Please share!
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Jeannette Burris
I enjoyed reading your breakdown of this process. I've been a fan of Ant's Eye View for 2 years and it's nice to see them listed on your blog as an integral part of your journey.


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Getting out of Iraq
As the war in Iraq continues to deteriorate, civil war looms closer on the horizon and the military progress in Iraq is falling far short of President Bush's own modest goals, it is clear to nearly everyone but this president and a handful of his advisors that it is time to devise another strategy in Iraq. Diplomacy with allies in the region is one answer, though the collapse of a central power that can provide a modicum of safety for Iraqi residents presents a huge hurdle to overcome. As U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker said late last week, fear now dominates the landscape. "If there is one word I would use to sum up the atmosphere in Iraq — on the streets, in the countryside, in the neighborhoods and at the national level — that word would be fear."Think of that. Let it sink in. We've been there for more than four years — longer than our involvement in WWII — and the situation in Iraq has only gotten worse for the past three years. Moreover, the threat of terrorism to the U.S. and throughout the world has grown, not diminished. The U.S. and Iran could soon be on the edge of chaos (see commentary on Page 5 called "When Cowboys are in Charge"), Afghanistan is slipping back into turmoil, and the diplomatic triumphs that occurred in the Middle East during the late 1990s before Bush took over are falling apart in rapid order.In sum, the Bush-Cheney foreign policy in the Middle East, including their 'war on terror,' has been a complete disaster.To continue down this road is foolhardy; each day we do, it gets worse. Bush and Cheney won't back down, however, because it would be admitting their mistake. So they hold on, not because it is the right thing to do, but because they can't admit their own failure.To that end, Congress will have to force the administration to change course. Vermont's Rep. Peter Welch addressed the issue last week in a statement he made to the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.R. 2956, the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act. It would require the Sec. of Defense to begin the redeployment of troops from Iraq within 120 days of the date of enactment and to complete the "reduction and transition to a limited presence" by April 1, 2008. Welch's statement articulates the nation's opposition.His statement said, in part: "Mr. Speaker: I vigorously opposed the war in Iraq before it began and now, well into its fifth year, the need for a new policy has never been clearer."The toll of this war has been devastating: More than 3,500 of our most courageous young men and women have been killed, and tens of thousands more have been seriously wounded. The toll on civilians: much higher. And while we struggle to fund domestic priorities in Vermont and in communities across the country — health care, crumbing transportation, cost of education — we now spend $12 billion every month on this war."From last November's elections, to pubic opinion polls, to the comments I hear from Vermonters every single day, the voice of the American people is loud and it is clear: it is time to end this war. No, it is well past time to end this war. Since the president refuses to act, Congress must. "Since the president refuses, Congress must make it clear that the United States will not maintain permanent military bases in Iraq. Since the president refuses, Congress must denounce the use of torture and must finally close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. And since the president refuses, Congress must bring our troops home and ensure that they receive the care they deserve when they return."Mr. Speaker, seven months ago, under the leadership of the previous Congress (then controlled by Republicans), a bill like this never would have been allowed to come to the floor. And now … there is an emerging bipartisan consensus that the president must be forced to change course."The bill passed the House, 223-201, on July 12 and has moved on to the Senate. The president has continued to reject such an approach and has recently again appealed to the public for more time. Americans must wonder when this administration will admit its mistakes and take corrective action — or will they cling stubbornly to those mistakes and try to rewrite history once they are out of office. Our bet is the latter. Angelo S. Lynn


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Mass dolphin die-off along northern Peruvian coast prompts investigation into 877 carcasses
(AP) LIMA, Peru - Scientists and Peruvian officials are investigating a mass die-off of hundreds of dolphins along the South American country's coast.
A total of 877 dolphin carcasses have been counted recently along the shore in the northern regions of Piura and Lambayeque, Deputy Environment Minister Gabriel Quijandria said Thursday.
Officials have been studying possible factors in the dolphins' deaths including a virus or seismic oil exploration that has recently been carried out off northern Peru.
An analysis of the beached dolphins' internal organs hasn't found the sort of symptoms that experts have seen in other cases when dolphins have been affected by seismic tests, Quijandria said in a radio interview.
He said experts are studying whether the animals could have succumbed to a virus. "So far, it's the most probable hypothesis, and it isn't the first time it's happened. There have been cases in Peru, in Mexico, the United States," Quijandria said.
He said the seismic tests produce underwater noise that can harm dolphins. But he also said that in Peru it's the first time such dolphin deaths have coincided with seismic work and that the dolphins began dying before the tests started.
Carlos Yaipen, who leads the non-governmental organization Orca, said the beached dolphins began appearing in January. Dolphins have had broken bones in their ears and some of their organs have been collapsed, suggesting that shock waves generated by the seismic tests could have killed them, Yaipen said.
However, Patricia Majluf, the government's deputy fisheries minister, said that based on the available evidence officials haven't been able to pin down any relationship to oil exploration.
Government officials have said scientists are carrying out further studies that they expect to finish in about two weeks.


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Alabama to Open Tuscaloosa Community Archery Park March 19
Alabama's ninth community archery park will hold its grand opening at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The facility includes an 11-target adult range from 15 to 80 yards, an eight-target youth range of five to 20 yards, a four-target range of 10 to 40 yards with a 12-foot platform and a 10-target walking course.
The archery facility is located in Faucett Brothers Park, 13040 Eugenia Faucett Dr., Northport, Ala. 35476. The park will be open year-round during daylight hours for recreational shooting, competitive tournaments and outdoor educational programming.
Day use of the park is free for those under 16 years of age or over 65 years of age. Alabamians ages 16 to 64 must have a hunting license, Wildlife Management Area license, or Wildlife Heritage license in order to shoot. For non-residents, an annual Wildlife Management Area license or non-resident hunting license is required. Licenses are available from various local retailers or online at www.outdooralabama.com.
The Tuscaloosa Parks and Recreation Authority will offer archery classes at the park this spring. For more information, contact archery instructor Mark Harrison at 205-331-5600, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit www.tcpara.org.
The Tuscaloosa archery park joins eight others currently in operation including Athens, Cullman, Dothan, Demopolis, Decatur, Heflin, Lincoln and Ozark. These facilities are one component of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) effort to increase awareness and participation in the life skill of archery.
The Tuscaloosa Community Archery Park was made possible by the following sponsors: ADCNR's Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Archery Trade Association and the City of Tuscaloosa.
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources promotes wise stewardship, management and enjoyment of Alabama's natural resources through five divisions: Marine Police, Marine Resources, State Lands, State Parks, and Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. To learn more about ADCNR, visitwww.outdooralabama.com.


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Fourteen year old Thrasher Magee is the son of farmer. He lives in Georgia. He wants to join the Confederate Army, but one has to be at least 18 years of age to join. He writes the number 18 on a piece of paper and sticks it in his shoe. When the Major asks him if he is over 18, he can honestly say that he is. Thrasher and his friend Baylor get assigned to the Okefenokee Rifles, a company in the 26th Georgia regiment. They are then moved to Cam...


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International trade has long played a major role in California's economy, but increasing competition from other ports in the U.S., Canada and Mexico threaten to erode some of that business.
And there's a lot of business at stake.
Most of California's import/export activity occurs at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. In fact, more than 40 percent of the nation's water-borne cargo moves through those twin ports. California ranks as the second largest exporting state in the nation, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
The LAEDC's 2013-14 Mid-Year Economic Forecast & Industry Outlook further reveals that statewide two-way trade totaled $578.2 billion in 2012, a new record.
But growth slowed considerably in 2012 to 3.5 percent, compared with double-digit gains during the previous two years. Statistics from the Port of Long Beach, the nation's second busiest port, show a significant decline in cargo movement over the past five years.
In 2006 the port handled 85 million metric tons of cargo. The following year that rose to 87 million metric tons. But it dropped to 80 million in 2008 and further declined to 75 million in 2011, according to the port's website.
Port of Long Beach spokesman Art Wong said cargo movement through the two ports was essentially flat in 2011 and 2012, although it ramped up during the second half of 2013.
"Overall the two ports will see a gain of about 4 percent in imports and 1 percent in exports for 2013," he said. "Based on what we've seen we're pretty hopeful that we can sustain our recent gains and maybe carry that forward."
Port of Los Angeles spokesman Phillip Sanfield said cargo traffic there was off 3.6 percent in 2013, although November was a good month.
"We had a really strong November," he said. "We were up 17 percent for the month. And we'll be forming some alliances with the shipping lanes, so we hope to get some of the traffic back that we lost in 2013. We're forecasting growth of 2 to 4 percent for 2014."
Crude oil, electronic products and furniture are among the two ports' top imports, while chemicals, wastepaper, scrap metal and foods are some of the top exports.
Some business leaders fear the expansion of the Panama Canal could divert traffic away from Southland ports and threaten much-needed jobs in Southern California and beyond. Trade through the ports of L.A. and Long Beach supports about 800,000 jobs throughout California, according to Wong.
The widening of the Panama Canal will allow the channel to take on bigger ships. More importantly, it will make ports in the southern and eastern United States more desirable to Asian shippers.
In the face of that expansion — which is scheduled to be completed in 2015 — Southern California ports have already made significant upgrades to streamline and speed the flow of goods moving to and from their facilities.
"The Port of Long Beach is in the process of upgrading terminals," Wong said. "We already did one and we're in the middle of another one. We're doing $4 billion worth of improvements. We're doing what we can to increase productivity to handle bigger ships and have a smaller environmental impact."
Sanfield said the Port of Los Angeles is in the early stages of a five-year, $1.2 billion capital improvement program.
"We have to make sure we have the best infrastructure in North America," he said. "The competition is very intense now. We're not only facing competition from the Panama Canal, but also from Canada."
Some cargo could end up being diverted to other ports, Sanfield said, but in many cases that wouldn't make sense.
"Cargo shipped by sea from Shanghai to New York takes 26 days to arrive," he said. "Then it takes another five days to get to Chicago by rail, so that's a total of 31 days. But going from Shanghai to L.A. is just 13 days by sea and another five by rail to Chicago. So you're looking at 18 days versus 31 days."
The Los Angeles Customs District — led by the ports of L.A. and Long Beach and Los Angeles International Airport — grew by 4.3 percent to $403.9 billion in 2012, making it the first and only U.S. customs district to surpass $400 billion in total imports and exports in a single year.
Ferdinando Guerra, an international economist with the LAEDC, said things are looking up at the ports.
"I think we are doing well," he said. "On the import side we saw stronger than expected growth in the August-through-October period. And it was strong on the export side too, which is a very positive thing. It wasn't as strong as we were hoping for in 2013, but we're encouraged that things are starting to turn around."
The Commerce Department reported that retail sales — excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services — increased 0.7 percent in December after a 0.2 percent rise in November.
Guerra said 55 to 60 percent of all the containers that move through Southern California's ports are coming from or going to China and Hong Kong.
"Another 20 percent of the business comes from Japan, Korea and Taiwan," he said.


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Bedford Blues v Cornish Pirates
Saturday 19th April, 2014. It will be one of those 'where were you?' questions for Bedford Blues fans (and a few Pirates ones) when we look back thinking – Do you remember when 39 and half year old Paul Tupai became the oldest Championship player to score a hat-trick?
Yes, you read that right. Toops – who turns 40 in September – racked up an impressive three tries in this exhilarating game which went one way and then the other with 14 tries being scored in total. Scores also came for Nick Auerac, Joe Vandermolen, Tony Fenner, Patrick Tapley and TJ Harris as the Blues reminded the 2365 inside Goldingotn Road that they still love to run the ball in a game of rugby.
The game started with the visitors running into a 12-0 lead after ten minutes thanks to early tries from Tom Hendrickson and Max Bodilly with winger Kyle Moyle converting once. Blues fans may have feared the worse after the first quarter but it soon became clear that they weren't going to let everything go the Pirates way.
Tupai scored his opener in this entertaining fixture in the 27th minute as an impressive Blues pack attack the Cornishmen's try line. Wiley old Toops spotted the gap and dived over from close range with James Pritchard adding the extras.
Five minutes later and Toops was over again. This time Mark Atkinson had split the Pirates defence apart before offloading smartly to the supporting backs. With Toops filling in for Atkinson he drove over with a defender desperately clinging to his boots. The referee and touch judge conferred before awarding the try and Pritchard again added the two points giving Bedford a 14-12 lead at the interval.
The visitors started brightly after the break with Number Eight Tom Duncan breaking form the back of the scrum to score an unconverted try to give the Pirates a 12-17 lead.
Bedford then ran in five unanswered tries. Auterac was the first to go over when he was played in by Pritchard to stroll under the posts with the Skipper converting. Goldington Road was then sent into raptures as Tupai found himself at the back of a driving maul with ball in hand to seal the hat-trick. He was then immediately replaced by Mike Howard and received the standing ovation that he fully deserved.
It was a mirror try in the 60th minute as Vandermolen went over from the back of the driving maul before Bedford grabbed their sixth of the afternoon when the ball came down the line to Corey Hircock who drew in the final defender before offloading to Fenner to open his account for the Blues. A seventh try followed two minutes later when a door was left wide open for Darryl Veenendaal who picked out Tapley and the crowd were celebrating when he was still 30 metres out. Four tries went unconverted but Bedford led 41-17.
Duncan scored his second of the afternoon for the Pirates following a smart steal by Joel Conlon with Moyle converting but then Harris found himself on the wing with plenty of space to score the Blues eighth which Jake Sharp converted.
There was still time for two more Pirates tries in the last two minutes. First, Luke Jones crossed for a converted effort when Pritchard found himself stranded in the 22 and then Hendrickson scored his second in stoppage time.
Final score was 48-36 and the Blues fans headed home happy.
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College adopts "no-mow" policy
Mow no more — or, at the very least, less. The grounds crew at the Middlebury College has reduced the amount of lawn they mow by 20 acres this summer, allowing pockets of the landscape to return to flower-filled meadows. Previously, the school has mowed roughly 75 acres of lawn on the main campus each summer — which took seven employees moving for three full days to complete one mowing cycle.The "no-mow" project is helping the school trim expenses in two ways: it saves an estimated 1,000 hours of labor and about 670 gallons of fuel annually. So far, the reactions have been positive. Students are studying plant and pollinator species in the no-mow zones, and passers-by say they enjoy the look and feel of the meadow as they walk through campus.Check out the video, produced by the college:


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A Sandwich a Day: Lobster Grilled Cheese at Luke's Lobster
A new sandwich every day.
In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
Luke's Lobster has a new item on their winter menu: a Lobster Grilled Cheese ($12). Fresh, tender chunks of sweet lobster meat are strewn across an ample layer of nutty Gruyère cheese melted between two slices of well-buttered and crisped white bread. We love each component on its own, but the cheese and lobster are so rich that the sandwich may benefit from some contrast, such as the cool mayo and spice you find in the lobster roll for $3 more. Still, a warming winter sandwich for a those who embrace shellfish and melty cheese.
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Florence establishes garden
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The Fred Harvey Community Garden in Florence, located just east of the Florence Harvey House, now has a special section for children.
The children's garden is being established using a $200 grant to the city from the Florence Community Foundation for that purpose.
Facilitator Phoebe Janzen is working with area school children to decorate large tubs and plant flowers in them. The children will also help in the rest of the garden and share in the produce.
For more information, contact Janzen at (620) 878-4343.
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Whether you are a long time follower or new to Red Door Home, you have most likely figured out I am not shy when it comes to wielding a can of spray paint. I have painted lamps, tables, chairs, mirrors, stools, light fixtures and much more.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
When Painting is not an Option
Whether you are a long time follower or new to Red Door Home, you have most likely figured out I am not shy when it comes to wielding a can of spray paint. I have painted lamps, tables, chairs, mirrors, stools, light fixtures and much more.
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- marty (A Stroll Thru Life) said...
It is gorgeous. I so agree, some things just don't need to be painted. I love the white ironstone. It looks wonderful mixed with the silver and the cabinet is a stunning piece. Beautiful room. Hugs, Marty
- August 11, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions said...
Well, it is a beautiful cabinet, Stacy! I totally agree that there are some pieces that just should not be painted, and we shouldn't feel that every piece we own needs to be painted either.
- August 11, 2011 at 3:01 PM
- Angela said...
It made a huge difference! And I love the cane chairs!!
- August 11, 2011 at 5:11 PM
- Amy Kinser said...
There are certain things in our home that I cannot paint. One of those things being our kitchen cabinets and the other being our mantel. They are the older orangey color oak...remember them? My husband is totally against painting something like that so I try to find ways to lighten up besides painting. You do what works, don't you? Love your dishes in there.
- August 11, 2011 at 6:24 PM
- A Delightful Design said...
Great work! I love all the white and the contrast. Plus, it's fun to mix it up.
- August 11, 2011 at 8:35 PM
- Anita @ GoingALittleCoastal said...
Amazing what a simple change made! I love it with the white and silver. It's a gorgeous piece.
- August 11, 2011 at 8:43 PM
- Barbara Bussey {The Treasured Home} said...
Great point! Small changes can make a big difference! Lovely setting!
- August 12, 2011 at 5:49 AM
- Deb Plapp said...
What about painting the inside of the cabinet to make it pop more?
- August 12, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- The mum of all trades said...
So funny that I came accross this post. I just posted earlier today about a cabinet I'd bought and can't decide whether to paint it or not. I think you've helped me make my decision!
- August 12, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- Andrea said...
I love that cabinet, just the way it is. Your white and silver theme is gorgeous!!!!
- August 12, 2011 at 7:14 PM
- Moddy Bee said...
very nice blog! i found you on tip junkie! your daughters room is very cute!
- August 12, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- Elizabeth said...
So true! With the spray and chalk painting flying in blog land I think sometimes people forget it is ok to have natural wood!
I have a few antiques that were given to us that I could nevr paint!
Love all of the Ironstone, it looks fabulous!
- August 15, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- under spanish moss said...
Stacy, thanks for stopping by our blog today. We are so glad to have found you and your lovely blog. We love your creative fix for your display cabinet. It's great when you get a big impact for little money and time. Looks great!
Angela and Renee
- August 16, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- Morgan said...
The cabinet is beautiful! I agree with you - the lines are great. I also love all your white dishes in the cabinet. Gorgeous.
- August 16, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- The enchanted home said...
You are good. Very good. Love the cabinet, your kitchen, your eye and style. The white dishes look exquisite and total magazine spread worthy!
- August 16, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- Stacy Curran said...
This is absolutely gorgeous and looks like it should be in House Beautiful!
- August 16, 2011 at 6:14 PM
- Maria Wheeler, Simply Cool Stuff said...
I love the way the mellow colors of the wood highlight your lovely collection of 'whites' simple and effective. Nice look and thanks for sharing Stacy.
- August 17, 2011 at 4:08 AM
- Kim@Chattafabulous said...
What a wonderful change, and it works with my budget!
- August 18, 2011 at 6:25 AM